Swallowing the Stars: Heart of the Martial God

Chapter 174 Eternal True God
"Enough!" The Third True Lord interrupted him, his eyes filled with even more killing intent. "Today, with us here, we will surely kill this human and the giant axe together, and let the entire universe know the consequences of provoking my Divine Eye Clan!"

The Sixth True Lord nodded, his body glowing with azure light once more: "That's right, with the three of us joining forces, plus our secret techniques, I don't believe we can't defeat them!"

"I have always been troubled by the lack of a suitable treasure, which makes it difficult to unleash my full power. Today, I will use the three true masters of the Divine Eye Clan to test my secret technique."

Ling Xuan gripped the Heaven-Slaying Blade tightly, crimson blade energy swirling around its blade, each turn causing the surrounding space to tremble slightly.

“Teacher, it wouldn’t be a bad thing if the two of us fought together against the three true masters of the Divine Eye Clan today!” Ling Xuan said with a smile, his tone full of fighting spirit.

"Is your divine power alright?" the Giant Axe Founder asked with concern. He hadn't forgotten that Ling Xuan had been fighting the Seventh True Lord for several years. Even if his divine body was large enough and his divine power was abundant, he was bound to experience some depletion.

"Don't worry, Master, even if my true form were to perish from exhaustion of divine power, it wouldn't be a big deal!" Ling Xuan said firmly, his eyes gleaming with confidence. "Besides, with you here today, Master, it's a perfect opportunity to show the Divine Eye Clan how powerful we, a human master and disciple, can be when we work together!"

“Alright, then you continue fighting the Seventh True Lord. I will take care of the Third and Sixth True Lords.” The Giant Axe Founder laughed, and with a slight tremor of his black giant axe, streaks of black light extended from the axe blade, swirling around him like an invisible armor, exuding a terrifying aura.

"Giant Axe, today you and your disciple have both perished here. Your Primal Universe Humanity should also be completely wiped out!" The Sixth True Lord suddenly uttered a sharp mockery, his voice piercing through this space-time. "A reckless brute without any supreme treasure, a newly promoted Universe Lord who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth, dares to oppose my Divine Eye Clan? If we kill you today, the Primal Universe Humanity will lose its pillar, and extinction will only be a matter of time!"

These words were like a spark igniting a powder keg. The smile on the face of the Giant Axe Founder vanished instantly, and his aura suddenly exploded.

His disheveled hair moved without wind, his eyes turned icy cold, and the black light on the giant black axe in his hand suddenly surged. The seawater within hundreds of light-years around him was forced back by this rage, forming huge circular waves. The space at the edge of the waves was slightly distorted by this power.

"You scum of the Divine Eye Clan, how dare you speak of annihilating humanity!" The voice of the Giant Axe Founder boomed like rolling thunder across the cosmic sea, "Today I will let you taste the power of my axe!"

Before he finished speaking, the Giant Axe Founder flashed, transforming into a black streak of light that instantly traversed dozens of light-years and appeared before the Third True Lord.

With the might of splitting the heavens and earth, the giant axe in his hand cleaved down towards the Third True Lord. Before the axe blade even fell, the space around the axe began to crack, and black axe light condensed in advance, forming a giant axe shadow tens of light-years long. The terrifying power contained in the shadow even slowed down the flow of time around him.

The Third God's expression changed drastically, but he remained calm and composed.

The starlight patterns around him suddenly spread out, instantly enveloping the space within tens of light-years. Countless illusory stars appeared in the patterns—these stars were not illusions, but entities formed by the condensation of spatial fragments and divine power.

"With a single thought... an eternal kingdom is born!" The Third True Lord chuckled softly, a hint of disdain in his voice. "Giant Axe, without the ultimate treasure, you are doomed!"

"Thump!" "Thump!" "Thump!" The sounds rang out one after another, as if a drumstick was hitting my heart.

The countless stars that were originally scattered in the cosmic sea suddenly stopped, and then began to tremble violently.

"Bang!" A star cracked open and rapidly transformed into a four-legged, one-horned beast; "Bang!" Another star cracked open and instantly transformed into a two-headed serpentine beast.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Countless stars cracked open one after another, revealing billions of strange beasts.

These strange beasts all prostrated themselves in the void, kneeling and worshipping in the direction of the Third True Lord, emitting hoarse cries. The absolute suppression caused the entire universe to freeze and solidify.

"Teacher, be careful! This is an ancient method passed down by the Divine Eye Clan!" Ling Xuan, who was some distance away, noticed and hurriedly reminded him.

It's still a long time before the giant axe of later generations obtains the most powerful treasure, and he's not sure if the giant axe has actually created his own eighth-order secret technique.

He was currently engaged in a fierce battle with the Seventh True Lord, his Heaven-Slaying Blade unleashing a dense barrage of crimson blade shadows that blocked all of the Seventh True Lord's white blade energy. However, due to this suppression, his movements were slightly slowed down.

The Seventh True Lord seized the opportunity, his white longsword condensing into a giant blade shadow, slashing towards Ling Xuan: "Human, you can't even protect yourself, yet you want to remind the Giant Axe? Today, you and your master will both die here!"

Ling Xuan snorted coldly, and the Heaven-Slaying Blade also condensed a crimson blade shadow, which collided head-on with the white blade shadow.

"Boom!" The two sword shadows shattered simultaneously, and the energy aftershocks spread for light-years, shaking the surrounding solidified space and creating cracks.

"Seventh True Lord, you should worry about yourself first!" Ling Xuan said, suddenly increasing his speed. The crimson sword energy carried an inexplicable power, making the Seventh True Lord's movements a little slower.

At the same time, the Sixth God also joined the attack on the creator of the giant axe.

His body radiated azure divine light, and two azure rays shone in the endless space and time, which were his supreme treasure, the Azure Eye Divine Light.

Complex runes appeared on the light, while simultaneously radiating billions of rays of light that shot towards the strange beasts transformed from stars.

"The Eternal Kingdom, composed of billions of star beasts, united, is the Eternal True God!" The voice of the Sixth True Lord resounded, intertwining with the voice of the Third True Lord.

Strange music began to permeate people's hearts.

"True God!" "True God!" "True God!"

Hundreds of millions of strange beasts raised their heads and roared in unison, then quickly converged and gathered towards the blue-eyed divine light.

Formed from countless celestial beasts and ethereal blue light, it directly created an immeasurably majestic being—with nine enormous heads, thirty-six pairs of wings, one hundred and eight pairs of hooves and claws, and nine tails, standing in the void, its oppressive aura surpassing that of every strongest being in the universe present.

The nine heads of the Eternal True God are either ferocious, cold, roaring, smirking, or growling. Each head's eyes look at the surrounding void, and wherever their gaze falls, the cosmic space completely freezes. Even the power of the strongest being in the universe cannot shatter the frozen space.

"Peng!"

"Peng!"

"Peng!"

The Eternal God treads on the void, each step causing the void to tremble and roar, the sound of 108 pairs of hooves pounding in perfect unison.

Its massive size and seemingly slow speed actually exceeded a hundred times the speed of light. The laws of operation were ineffective at this moment, and it quickly arrived in front of the Giant Axe Creator.

"Ah!" Accompanied by a high-pitched cry containing impact, the Eternal True God erupted instantly, its fangs sharp and its claws like hooks, wantonly grabbing at the Giant Axe Founder. Wherever it passed, the solidified space directly collapsed, completely enveloping the Giant Axe Founder.

"Bang!" The founder of the giant axe held the axe with both hands and tried his best to block, but was still blown away by the impact.

"To actually manage to block it, you've got some skill," the distant phantom of the Third True One said with a smile. "But your luck only lasts this time; next time you'll..."

"As expected of the Divine Eye Clan!" The Giant Axe Founder, who had been flying backward, suddenly stopped. His eyes, hidden beneath his disheveled hair, were filled with fighting spirit. He laughed heartily, "Impressive! This beast god actually contains a powerful impact. I was caught off guard and it gained the upper hand. However, this is the only time you'll be able to gain the upper hand!"

The Third God and the Sixth God were enraged. The Sixth God roared, "How arrogant! What, from now on you intend to suppress us?"

The phantom of the Third True Lord also let out a cold laugh: "I roam the universe, and there are very few who dare to be so arrogant towards me! What's more, the Sixth True Lord and I are joining forces to deal with you, and you actually say you want to suppress both of us? Haha, what a joke, what a joke!"

The nine heads of the Eternal God roared simultaneously, once again engulfing the Giant Axe Founder. In the distance, the Giant Axe Founder, with his disheveled hair, roared again: "The twelfth!"

"Whoosh!" The divine axe was raised, and giant axe phantoms appeared in the surrounding space-time. Each one was as vast as billions of kilometers, like a world in itself! A total of twelve phantoms were scattered in all directions, and under the pressure of the phantoms, every part of the solidified universe began to crack.

At this moment, beneath the twelve phantom images of giant axes, the creator wielding the axe resembled the core of the universe! His powerful right arm swung forward, and the instant the divine axe was swung, the twelve phantom images rapidly converged and merged into the axe, causing it to emit an incomparably dazzling black light. The hooves of the Eternal True God also stomped down.

"Boom!" Space-time trembled. The Giant Axe Founder took a step back and stopped, while the 108 pairs of hooves of the Eternal True God took three steps back in succession.

A hush fell over the room. Even Ling Xuan and the Seventh True Lord, who were engaged in fierce combat in the distance, stopped what they were doing and looked over here.

The Third and Sixth Gods could hardly believe it.

"Your divine axe is the most powerful treasure! It's the most powerful treasure!" the Sixth True Lord roared in fury. "You actually possess a most powerful treasure!"

"Hahaha, my good apprentice just gave this to me. Perfect, I'll use you guys to test my axe." The Giant Axe Founder stood in the void, his messy hair flying everywhere, exuding absolute dominance. "Your Eternal True God is indeed powerful, but compared to my axe... he's still far inferior."

The phantom of the Third True Lord slowly said, "You possess the most powerful treasure, so you shouldn't be able to suppress the Eternal True God. This Eternal True God is a technique created by me and the Sixth True Lord by combining the power of two most powerful treasures with ancient insights. Yet you manage to gain the upper hand. Your skill with the axe is impressive, truly impressive. You are worthy of our full effort."

"Oh, you haven't used your full strength yet? Come on, I haven't used my full strength either!" The Giant Axe Founder laughed heartily, his laughter causing the void to tremble.

"Blue-eyed, make your move," said the Third True One. "Alright, let this giant axe see!"

The Sixth True God was utterly enraged. The Eternal True God began to emit a hazy emerald light, and countless emerald lights condensed into secret patterns, causing the Eternal True God to begin to change. At the same time, two purple lights flew up and quickly entered the Eternal True God's body—this was the power of the Third True God's supreme treasure, the "Star Hand."

The Eternal God rapidly transformed, growing another pair of extremely large hind hooves, and stood upright!

The originally densely packed hooves and claws merged together, becoming just eighteen sharp claws. Each of the nine heads was equipped with two sharp claws, as if nine ferocious gods were united.

"Roar~~" The nine heads of the Eternal True God let out an even more frenzied roar, its eighteen arms were incredibly sharp, and its whole body was covered with a layer of purple armor, making its power several times stronger than before.

"Three supreme treasures!" The Third True Lord's voice was icy. "With the two of us joining forces and combining our secret techniques, I refuse to believe you can suppress us!"

Looking at the even more terrifying Eternal God from afar, the Giant Axe Founder simply uttered two words: "Thirteenth!"

Thirteen giant axe phantoms appeared, more solid than before, and the power of their axe beams surged.

The Eternal God suddenly gathered his power, and his eighteen claws struck out simultaneously, colliding fiercely with the axe's edge.

"Boom!" The two forces intertwined, black streams of light and emerald brilliance scattered everywhere, and the Giant Axe Founder was shaken back three steps.

The Eternal God also took two steps back, and many fragments of the strange beast on his body were scattered, but he did not collapse - the thirteenth axe failed to defeat the Eternal God who was fighting the two of them together.

"Hahaha, Giant Axe, weren't you so arrogant? The thirteenth axe strike is nothing special!" The Third True One's voice was filled with mockery. "You can't possibly defeat us!"

The Sixth True God also took the opportunity to increase the output of the Azure Eye Divine Light, and countless Azure Beams fell on the prototype of the Eternal True God, repairing its disintegrating body and allowing its power to rise again.

The founder of the giant axe narrowed his eyes, a fierce glint flashing beneath his disheveled hair: "Didn't win? Then try another axe strike!"

The black light around him surged once more, and he raised the divine axe high, shouting, "The fourteenth!"

Fourteen giant axe phantoms suddenly appeared in the void, each one like a world in itself. The phantoms interlocked, like puzzle pieces, obscuring half of space and time, plunging the surroundings into darkness.

"Chop!" The Giant Axe Founder roared and swung down the divine axe. Fourteen phantoms instantly merged into the divine axe, and the black axe light surged to its limit, carrying the power to tear apart the universe, and directly slashed at the prototype of the Eternal True God.

"Boom!" This time, the axe beam pierced through the claws of the nascent Eternal True God and struck its body hard.

The nascent Eternal God let out a mournful roar, its body splitting in two, countless fragments of strange beasts scattering everywhere, and the light in its emerald eyes dimmed, transforming into two streams of light that flew back into the hands of the Sixth True Lord.

The Third and Sixth True Lords' expressions changed drastically, and they staggered backward, their eyes filled with disbelief: "Impossible! How could you possibly have a fourteenth axe!"

"Even if the two of you join forces, you can't stop my axe!" the creator of the giant axe said coldly.

The Third True Lord's eyes turned sinister as he looked at the Seventh True Lord, who was engaged in a fierce battle with Ling Xuan: "Seventh Brother, don't waste time, quickly join forces!"

At this moment, Ling Xuan was locked in a fierce battle with the Seventh True Lord.

The Seventh True Lord's white longsword unleashed a dense barrage of blade shadows, with white blade energy raining down on Ling Xuan. Ling Xuan, in turn, used the Heaven-Slaying Blade to condense a crimson blade curtain, blocking all the blade energy and occasionally launching counterattacks. The crimson blade energy grazed the Seventh True Lord's divine armor, leaving shallow marks.

Upon hearing the Third True Lord's call, the Seventh True Lord feinted with his sword, condensing white sword energy into a barrier to block Ling Xuan's pursuit, and then turned and flew towards the other two True Lords.

"Trying to leave?" Ling Xuan sneered, unleashing a crimson blade of light from his Heaven-Slaying Blade, which chased straight after the Seventh True Lord.

But the Seventh True Lord was prepared. He swung his white longsword backhand, the sword energy blocking the sword light, and his figure instantly disappeared into the distance.

Ling Xuan could only stop and stare intently at the direction where the three true masters were meeting, his heart filled with anxiety.

"The three of you joining forces, let's see how arrogant you can still be!" A fierce glint flashed in the eyes of the Third True Lord. The starlight patterns around his body, the azure light of the Sixth True Lord's eyes, and the white sword energy of the Seventh True Lord all surged simultaneously. The three forces intertwined to form a three-colored light net. "Eternal Kingdom, unite!"

The previously scattered fragments of the alien beast reassembled, the emerald light transformed into a stronger soul, the white sword energy condensed into hard bones, and starlight patterns enveloped the entire body.

An even larger, eternal true god appeared with a roar.

This eternal true god has nine ferocious heads, thirty-six pairs of wings that stir up spatial storms with each flap, one hundred and eight pairs of hooves that gleam with black cold light, and nine tails whose ends are filled with energy such as flames, frost, and lightning.

Its gaze swept across the void, and wherever it went, space solidified as if it were steel, making it difficult for even light to penetrate.

"Peng!"

"Peng!"

"Peng!"

The Eternal True God treads on the void, each step causing the cosmic sea to tremble, pressing down on the Giant Axe Founder with overwhelming force.

The Giant Axe Founder raised the divine axe, his body surging with intense black light: "The Fourteenth!"

(End of this chapter)