Swallowing the Stars: Heart of the Martial God

Chapter 105: Giving You a Chance to Run
Venerable Moka remained expressionless, leaving a blur in his wake before appearing tens of thousands of kilometers away in the next second, thus avoiding the charge of the Golden Beast God.

He slowly raised his hands, and the air around him suddenly contracted, revealing an ancient warhammer in his hands. The warhammer was covered with mysterious runes and exuded an aura as heavy as a mountain.

He swung his warhammer and smashed it into the void.

With a muffled "thud," as if striking the pulse of the universe, a visible spatial ripple spread outwards from the warhammer's center.

The ripples appeared slow, but they contained a terrifying compressive force, and wherever they passed, the space was compressed and slightly distorted.

The momentum of the Golden Beast God's charge suddenly halted. Its massive body was firmly locked by spatial ripples, making every step forward extremely difficult. The metal scales on its body made a "crunching" sound under the compression of space, as if they would shatter at any moment.

Ling Xuan's gaze shifted, first locking onto the Lord of Vanno Castle.

The Great Sage poured his divine power into the Heaven-Slaying Blade without reservation, resonating with the Great Sage's own laws on the blade.

He twirled the Heaven-Slaying Blade in his hand, creating a dazzling blade flower. Crimson-gold flames clung to the blade, and he instantly unleashed a series of blade beams.

The blade's light, like a crimson-gold lightning bolt, slashed towards the vines of the Vanno Castle's main scroll. A crackling sound resounded throughout the heavens and earth, and the vines touched by the blade's light snapped, turning into countless green fragments.

Seeing this, the Lord of Vanno Castle roared and manipulated the remaining vines to wrap around Ling Xuan at an even faster speed, attempting to bind him.

Ling Xuan flashed, weaving nimbly through the vines, his Heaven-Slaying Blade flashing continuously, each strike precisely severing the attacking vines while searching for the Lord of Vanno Castle's weakness.

In an instant, the battlefield was ablaze with light and energy swirling wildly.

The vines of the Lord of Vanno Castle covered the sky, the claws of Venerable Qijie were cunning and ruthless, the golden beast god controlled by Hirodo was incomparably powerful, the spatial ripples caused by Venerable Moka's warhammer were unpredictable, and Ling Xuan's Heaven-Slaying Blade was like streaks of crimson-gold lightning, shuttling through the chaotic battle.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Loud explosions echoed through the void, and energy shockwaves spread in all directions, blasting countless rocks into the air and creating a chaotic wasteland.

The five did not fight one-on-one all the time. As they used their skills to move around and dodge attacks, their positions changed constantly, and their opponents changed frequently as well.

However, the main body of Vanno Castle is enormous, and the world of vines composed of snow vines spreads wildly, almost covering the entire battlefield.

If he hadn't been afraid of being ganged up on by the others, he probably would have already swept away the small tower that was floating in mid-air.

Even so, due to his ambitious goals and aggressive actions, he suffered the most attacks, often with two or three people attacking him simultaneously.

With a deafening crash, the void trembled as the Golden Horned Beast God's single horn, carrying earth-shattering power, slammed into Ling Xuan's chest.

Ling Xuan's body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, his energy-based body violently shaking and nearly exploding.

Although Ling Xuan possesses a Great Sage-level physical body, the Netherworld Armor is merely a top-tier treasure armor. Against an ordinary cosmic overlord, this attack would be fatal.

Fortunately, Ling Xuan's Zhouheng clone possessed a life gene multiplier of 1200 times and cultivated the Heaven-Covering Technique, making his physical body incredibly sturdy. Furthermore, since he was not a divine being, it was difficult to discern how much injury he had sustained.

"Void Healing Mantra!" Ling Xuan dared not be careless at all and instantly activated the holy healing technique in the Void Scripture.

In an instant, countless void energies on the primordial star seemed to be summoned, frantically converging to rapidly repair his divine body, which had been cracked by the Golden Horned Beast God.

"What an amazing secret technique!" Herodo thought to himself upon seeing this.

After all, they were all top-tier overlords. Although the attack hit squarely, the damage it caused was limited.

But to his utter surprise, Ling Xuan was able to recover from his injuries instantly, which made him deeply astonished by the extraordinary nature of this energy-type life form.

"How dangerous!" Ling Xuan was still shaken, but his fighting spirit only grew stronger.

What he craved was this kind of intense battle on the brink of life and death, which could not only unleash his potential but also hone his tenacious will.

"Good, good, good, let's fight, let's fight!" Ling Xuan fought to the point of madness, fully activating the Great Sage Law, which resonated strongly with the Heaven-Slaying Blade in his hand.

At the same time, the amplification technique obtained in the Blood Luo World was activated instantly. Although this technique was not of a high level and could only amplify combat power by 20 times at present, it could be combined with Ling Xuan's own super-aggregate to instantly boost his combat power.

Ling Xuan's aura surged, his eyes sharp as an eagle's, locking onto Venerable Moka and the other two.

He raised the Heaven-Slaying Blade high in his hand, its crimson-gold flames burning fiercely, and the blade gleaming brightly.

"Break through illusions!" Ling Xuan roared, and terrifying sword intent instantly permeated the surroundings, transforming into streaks of tangible sword light, like crimson-gold lightning, tearing through the void and swiftly slashing towards Venerable Moka and his companions.

Sensing the deadly danger, Venerable Moka's expression changed drastically as he attempted to manipulate his warhammer to create spatial ripples to defend himself. However, Ling Xuan's sword light, imbued with the "Penetrating Illusion" sword intent, was too terrifying, completely ignoring the spatial ripples and instantly severing countless vines, striking Venerable Moka's divine body directly.

"Kacha."

Moka Venerable's divine body was instantly split in two. Although he recovered quickly, the terrifying sword intent of Ling Xuan's strike still raged within his body. He could feel that 3% of his divine power had been annihilated by this strike, and the sword intent was still annihilating his divine power.

Helpless, Venerable Moka had no choice but to abandon this portion of his divine power, using a part of his divine body to envelop the irresistible sword intent and expel it from his body. This resulted in a loss of approximately 0.3% of his divine body.

Lord Fan Nuobao was not spared either. Several blade beams flashed past, and the divine power contained in the vine arm formed by the Snow Vine was instantly annihilated by the blade beams. The vine also lost its support and turned into countless green light spots that dissipated into the void.

Lord Vanno Castle let out a painful roar, and the once sky-covering world of vines instantly dimmed. A large number of vines lost their vitality due to insufficient divine power and fell from the sky like a green "rain of withering".

However, for Bo Xueteng's body, which spans millions of kilometers, this attack was only slightly painful, and the damage to his divine body was less than 0.1%, which was negligible.

Despite using his uncanny movement techniques to dodge, a blade of light still grazed past him.

Although the blade of light did not directly and severely damage his divine body, a portion of his divine power was annihilated by the domineering power of the blade of light, approximately 1%.

Ling Xuan struck successfully, but he didn't stop. Using the Great Void Technique, he moved like a ghost and closed in again, preparing to launch the next attack.

When Venerable Moka saw Ling Xuan charging towards him menacingly, he turned and left.

Although the power of that strike was largely blocked by the Snow Vine of Lord Vanno Castle, it still reduced his divine power by 3%.

If they continue to target me and I get stabbed a few more times, my life will truly be in danger.

As a top overlord of the universe, no one in the Thorn Ring Alliance is strong enough to revive it.

Moreover, if it were to perish here, its clan would be completely deprived of protection.

With Venerable Moka's departure, only four people remained to fight.

"Give up," the Lord of Vanno Castle said in a booming voice, relying on his divine body, trying to persuade his opponents to retreat.

However, none of the three on the field were easy opponents, and with such a precious treasure before them, they could not easily retreat.

Qi Jie Venerable spread his wings and proposed loudly, “Gentlemen, the divine body of the Lord of Fan Nuo Fortress is too large. If we continue to drag this out, we will be the ones who suffer. Why don’t we clear it out first and then decide the winner?”

“Okay.” Ling Xuan and Herodo nodded in unison.

“Alright, then let’s not hold back anymore.” Herodo took the lead in burning his divine power, and his aura surged instantly. “Let’s burn our divine power together.”

Venerable Qi Jie nodded as well, and his aura instantly increased a hundredfold.

Seeing that the other party lacked martial ethics, Ling Xuan had no choice but to take out the Void Mirror. He was only a Realm Lord and did not have a divine body to burn. It would be more appropriate for his true self to do so, as his true self's innate secret technique would allow him to burn divine power to fight, but his true self's genetic multiplier was a bit lower.

Herodo and Venerable Qijie were not surprised when Ling Xuan took out a new treasure, thinking that Ling Xuan's divine body was too small and he was reluctant to burn it.

However, Zhou Heng's clone's body is actually not small. With 1,200 times the genes, his clone's body is over 3,000 kilometers tall. It's just that as an energy-type life form, he has a special innate technique that allows him to change his height on his own.

"Everyone, I'm giving you a chance to leave. Otherwise, once I unleash the full power of this treasure, it won't be fair," Ling Xuan advised.

In an instant, divine power 1200 times that of a Great Sage at his peak surged into the Void Mirror.

In an instant, the Void Mirror trembled violently, and the ancient and mysterious Void Runes on its surface seemed to ignite like stars, bursting forth with dazzling brilliance.

The runes intertwined and entwined, flowing rapidly along an esoteric trajectory, as if to outline the chaotic scene at the beginning of the universe.

Immediately afterwards, centered on the Void Mirror, a vast and boundless void domain surged and spread like a tidal wave.

At the same time, an unparalleled imperial might surged forth from the void.

This imperial majesty was like the arrival of an unparalleled emperor, carrying a domineering and majestic air of "stepping on all paths and sweeping away all obstacles."

The Emperor's might was vast and mighty, like a surging cosmic torrent, instantly sweeping across the entire primordial star, causing the heavens and earth to change color.

(End of this chapter)