Swallowing the Stars: Heart of the Martial God

Chapter 187 Encountering the Lava Demon God Again
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xuan Gu's clone struck again with his right fist. This time, the fist carried swirling chaotic energy, forming a huge chaotic vortex that enveloped the Golden Beast God.

The golden beast god struggled desperately in the vortex, its limbs flailing wildly as it tried to break free of its confinement.

However, the power of the chaotic vortex was too great, and its struggles seemed somewhat futile in the face of its relatively small size.

Tuo was anxious and wanted to escape, but he found himself firmly locked in by the giant domain of Xuan Gu's clone and the Ero realm of the Lord of Bilong. No matter how he tried, he could not break through the blockade of these two domains.

Within the vortex, the Golden Beast God was constantly subjected to the impact of chaotic forces.

Yin Tuo, who was hiding inside the Beast God's body, felt a tremendous force coming from the Beast God's tail and beginning to damage his divine body, but he quickly breathed a sigh of relief.

At least 99% of the power of that punch was weakened by his own innate secret technique, and the force transmitted to him was negligible, completely within his tolerance range!

"Thank goodness, my innate secret technique can still hold!" He felt slightly relieved, but continued to beg for mercy: "Lord of the Golden Wall! Look! Fighting won't benefit anyone! Why don't you let me go!"

Despite pleading for mercy, he didn't stop moving. He controlled the Golden Beast God to accelerate again, fleeing into the depths of the God-Slaying Abyss. At the same time, he secretly increased the speed of his divine power circulation, trying to create a greater distance before the Xuan Gu clone could make another move.

But Xuan Gu's clone reacted much faster than him, "Still dare to play tricks?"

Xuan Gu's clone sneered and threw out his left fist again. His five fingers spread slightly and then suddenly closed. The chaotic energy on his fist condensed and did not dissipate. The supreme imperial might pressed down on the golden beast god as if it were a tangible thing, directly targeting the beast god's body.

Upon seeing this, Yin Tuo's expression changed. He no longer dared to hold back and quickly manipulated the Golden Beast God to lower its head sharply. The single horn on its forehead flashed with dazzling golden light, carrying the power to pierce the sky, and crashed into the fist of the Xuan Gu clone.

He knew he couldn't dodge and could only take the blow head-on, and he was certain that his innate secret technique could weaken most of the punch's power!
"Bang!" The moment the fists collided, the golden light and the supreme imperial might clashed together, and the surrounding space shook violently like water ripples. Countless tiny spatial cracks appeared densely, like a huge net covering this area.

The chaotic energy exploded gently on the fist of the Xuan Gu clone, dissolving the piercing force of the horn. However, the Golden Beast God was pressed down slightly by this counterforce, its four hooves sinking deep into the rock.

Yin Tuo felt a force far greater than before emanating from the single horn, and he was both shocked and frightened: "How can the power of the Lord of the Golden Wall be stacked?!"

He gritted his teeth and channeled his divine power, causing the Beast God's movements to slow down by half a beat. He could only watch helplessly as the Xuan Gu clone raised its right palm—this time it was no longer a fist, but a hand shaped like a blade, with faint chaotic energy swirling around its edges, and swung towards the Beast God's body.

"We can't fight anymore! If we keep fighting, he'll wear us down sooner or later!" Feeling the drain on his divine power from these few battles, Yin Tuo hardened his heart, turned around abruptly, and controlled the Golden Beast God to rush towards the other side of the God-Slaying Abyss.

There was a backup escape route there that he had already scouted out. As long as he could get rid of Xuan Gu's clone's pursuit, he could find an opportunity to escape.

However, the giant domain of Xuan Gu's clone had already locked onto him. The power of the domain was like an invisible shackle, tightly gripping the body of the Golden Beast God and causing its speed to drop by 30%.

"Trying to change direction and escape? Too late!" Xuan Gu's clone's voice came from behind, tinged with a hint of mockery.

At the same time, the Lord of Bilong's Realm of Ero also enveloped it. The pale purple domain, like viscous mud, tightly wrapped around the limbs of the Golden Beast God, further hindering its movements: "Yin Tuo, Xuan Gu wants to keep you here. You can't escape."

The Lord of Bilong's voice was calm and without any ripples, as if he were simply stating a fact.

Tuo roared in despair, "Lord of Bilong! I have never had any grudge against your insect race! Why are you helping him stop me?!"

As he shouted, he manipulated the Golden Beast God to charge again, using all four hooves to power its charge towards the weak point of the Oro Realm.

He could sense that the forces on the western side of the Russian border were slightly weaker, and that if he could break through there, he could get rid of this double obstacle.

“Xuan Gu has his reasons for keeping you here; I only need to help him stabilize the situation,” the Lord of Bilong replied calmly, while simultaneously increasing the power on the western side of the Ero Realm. The originally weak domain instantly became as viscous as magma.

The speed of the Golden Beast God was immediately reduced.

Xuan Gu's clone seized the opportunity, unleashing both hands simultaneously. His left palm formed a fist, and his right palm formed fingers. Chaotic energy surged from his fist, while the supreme imperial might condensed at his fingertips. At the same time, he blasted towards the body of the Golden Beast God.

Since Tuo had no choice but to withstand the attack, he activated his innate secret technique at full power, and a thick layer of golden light emanated from the surface of the Golden Beast God's body, attempting to weaken the attack to the minimum.

"Bang! Bang!" Two loud noises rang out almost simultaneously, and the body of the Golden Beast God shook violently, almost losing its balance.

Because Tuo felt dizzy inside the Beast God's body, he quickly circulated his divine power to stabilize himself, while gritting his teeth and burning his divine power.

This time, it's not about speeding up, but about using the burning of divine power to enhance the power of the secret technique and forcibly break free from the shackles of the Russian world!
But the Russian Realm is, after all, a supreme treasure of the highest level, with immense power. How could it be easily broken by him?

The Golden Beast God staggered forward as Xuan Gu's clone quickly caught up, and Bang Bang delivered two more punches, causing it to stagger repeatedly.

"Lord of the Golden Wall! Don't go too far! If you really push me too far, we'll fight to the death!" Yin Tuo roared, controlling the Golden Beast God to charge in the opposite direction again. The Beast God's speed increased once more due to the burning of divine power.

If it weren't for his extraordinary talent and secret techniques, his divine power would probably have been worn away long ago.

If it were a cosmic lord with a smaller divine body like a human, he would probably have already perished under the opponent's fist. This Lord of the Golden Wall was known for his defense in the primordial universe, so how come his attack power is so strong in the cosmic sea?
These moves are at least at the seventh level of combat power. They are the strongest beings in the universe who are at the level of a universe master. Have so many monsters emerged in this cycle of the original universe?
"Fight to the death? You think you can take it all?" Xuan Gu's clone laughed disdainfully. He slammed his right foot into the ground, and the supreme imperial might transmitted through the ground. A huge rock spike rose from under the feet of the Golden Beast God, directly blocking its path.

At the same time, his left palm reached out again, his fingers forming claws, and chaotic energy condensed into tiny blades of energy at his fingertips, reaching out to grab the Golden Beast God.

Because Tuo didn't expect that Xuan Gu's clone could control ground attacks, he was so frightened that he quickly controlled the Beast God to jump and avoid the rock spikes. However, this also caused him to miss the best opportunity to create distance.

"Bang!" The claws of the Xuan Gu clone firmly gripped the body of the Beast God. Chaotic Qi seeped into the Beast God's body through his fingertips. The body of the Golden Beast God was slightly deformed by the grip, and its scales were shaken up.

Because Tuo felt a chill running through the Beast God's body, he was so frightened that his soul almost left his body, and his divine power was thrown into chaos.

"I...I surrender!" Yin Tuo's voice trembled with tears. He knew he could no longer escape. "Lord of the Golden Wall! I surrender! I am willing to submit to you! I will obey your commands from now on! Please, stop hitting me!"

The Xuan Gu clone remained unmoved, taking a step forward and gathering all its strength in its right fist. Chaotic energy condensed into a huge fist shadow on the fist, and the ultimate imperial might was fully unleashed. The surrounding space seemed to be frozen, and even the air stopped flowing.

"Admit defeat now? Too late." Xuan Gu's clone's voice was icy, while he thought to himself, "You son of a bitch, you've come looking for trouble for me. I'll kill you today."

The fist, carrying an overwhelming force, hurtled towards the Golden Beast God. Yin Tuo watched the approaching giant fist, a flicker of despair crossing his eyes, followed by a fierce glint: "Fine! You won't spare me! Then let's fight to the death!"

He stopped controlling the Golden Beast God for defense and instead poured all the divine power in his body into the horn. The Golden Beast God's body instantly burst out with dazzling golden light, even dyeing the surrounding space gold.

The Beast God raised its horn once more, carrying the power to destroy everything, and crashed into the fist of the Xuan Gu clone.

“Stubborn to the end.” A cold glint flashed in the eyes of the Xuan Gu clone, and the power of his fist increased again. Chaotic energy surged out like a tide, and the supreme imperial might pressed down on the surrounding spatial rifts, making them grow larger and larger, as if it were about to devour the Golden Beast God.

"Bang—" This collision was more intense than any before. The moment the golden light collided with the chaotic energy, the terrifying aftershocks instantly stirred up giant wolves hundreds of millions of kilometers high in the magma layer of the God-Slaying Gorge.

The magma layers were exposed, emitting billowing heat.

The golden beast god's horn was instantly smashed off, and its battle body began to disintegrate inch by inch, turning into countless golden fragments.

Yin Tuo's true form was thrown out of the fragments, and his aura dropped at a speed of light. Clearly, this attack was more powerful than all the previous attacks, and even with Yin Tuo's divine body, he almost couldn't withstand it.

"Lord of the Golden Wall... spare... spare my life..." He still wanted to beg for mercy. Having lived through two reincarnations, he did not want to die. The closer one is to their death, the less one wants to die.

Xuan Gu's clone raised his hand, and chaotic energy condensed on his right fist once again, preparing to launch the final blow to completely eliminate Yin Tuo.

Just then, a scorching energy fluctuation suddenly came from the depths of the God-Slaying Abyss in the distance. This fluctuation was stronger than any it had ever felt before. Accompanied by a deep roar, it was as if a terrifying being that had been sleeping for millions of epochs had been awakened by this fierce battle and was rushing towards this place.

Yin Tuo was suddenly overjoyed. The tremors coming from the depths of the God-Slaying Abyss were getting closer and closer—this commotion must be the aftershocks of the fierce battle between the two of them, which had alarmed those terrifying beings at the bottom of the abyss who were even feared by the strongest beings in the universe!
"Lord of the Golden Wall! This is the aura of the Lava Demon God! Retreat!" Yin Tuo's voice was urgent, even containing a deliberately amplified fear, hoping that Xuan Gu's clone would stop because of fear of the demon god and spare his life.

"The Lava Demon God?" A hint of "fear" instantly appeared on the seemingly honest stone face of the Xuan Gu clone. His brows furrowed, and his tone became more solemn. "That's a legendary being that even the strongest beings in the universe dare not easily provoke..."

His appearance seemed genuinely intimidated by the Lava Demon God's reputation, which eased Yin Tuo's mind somewhat.

"Exactly! If we drag this out any longer, we'll both become its nourishment! Run!" Yin Tuo pressed on while speaking, making a move to rush towards the outside of the God-Slaying Abyss, but keeping a close eye on Xuan Gu's movements, ready to deal with any unexpected situation.

“You’re right, we should indeed leave.” Xuan Gu’s clone nodded slowly, his tone sincere.

When Tuo saw that he had agreed, he was overjoyed and dared not delay any longer. He turned around and transformed into a golden light, rushing towards the safe area.

But he had only darted a thousand feet when a chilling killing intent came from behind him.

Xuan Gu's clone showed no intention of escaping. His right hand was already clenched into a fist, and the chaotic energy between his fists surged like boiling magma. The supreme imperial might was solidified and did not dissipate, and it was blasting towards his back!

"Damn it! How dare you lie to me!" Yin Tuo was shocked and furious. Fortunately, his innate secret technique was passively triggered and did not require deliberate activation. In the moment of crisis, a layer of dazzling golden light membrane instantly wrapped around his body, as if he were wearing an indestructible golden bell.

"Hmph, there's no need to delay in dealing with you." Xuan Gu's clone snorted coldly. The aura of the Lava Demon God was already close at hand, and he really didn't have time to deal with Yin Tuo anymore.

With this punch, he directly unleashed the "Chaos Suppressing Fist," an eighth-order secret technique he had studied for millions of epochs. At the same time, the divine power within his body burst into flames, and dense dark golden secret patterns appeared on the surface of his stone skin, each pattern absorbing and exhaling chaotic energy.

The power in his fist surged several times over in an instant, forcibly pressing the surrounding space into a depression. Countless tiny spatial cracks swirled around his fist, as if trying to suck the entire void into it.

This punch had no fancy moves, but it carried an overwhelming force, like a meteor falling to earth, and crashed straight into Yin Tuo's golden light membrane!
"Crack—" The golden light membrane made a crisp sound as it was subjected to the force of the fist.

Although Tuo's innate secret technique could weaken attacks, Xuan Gu's punch combined the dual power of an eighth-order secret technique and burning divine power, compressing the weakening effect to the extreme.

The cracks on the light membrane spread at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in an instant, they shattered completely with a "bang," and the force of the fist struck Yin Tuo's divine body without any hindrance.

"Ah—" Yin Tuo let out a shrill scream. His divine body shattered like porcelain under the force of the fist. Golden fragments of his divine body flew out and, as soon as they touched the surrounding air, were shaken into even smaller specks of light by the aftershocks of the fist, and finally dissipated into the void.

Just as Xuan Gu's clone withdrew his fist, a deafening roar came from the depths of the God-Slaying Abyss. The earth trembled violently, and scalding magma gushed out from the ground, staining half the sky red.

A colossal figure, nearly 10 billion kilometers tall, strode through the magma, its body ablaze with dark red flames. With each step it took, it created a bottomless crater in the ground—the Lava Demon God, who had been alerted.

Its head resembled an erupting volcano, its eyes like two pulsating magma. Its gaze swept across the battlefield, instantly locking onto the residual divine power fluctuations of Yin Tuo.

At this moment, Yin Tuo, whose divine body had been shattered by Ling Xuan, began to hurriedly try to condense his divine body.

Before it could fully take shape, the Lava Demon God strode over, stretched out his giant hand, and directly grasped the newly formed Yin Tuo in his palm.

"Die!" The demon god's deep voice was like muffled thunder. The flames in his palm instantly surged. Before Tuo could struggle, he was dissipated again in the high temperature. This time, his soul and spirit were destroyed, leaving not a trace.

Yin Tuo, who had traversed two cycles of the cosmic sea and was known as invincible, was easily killed by the Lava Demon God today.

"Xuan Gu! Run!" The Lord of Bi Long was deathly pale.

Xuan Gu's clone had already reacted, grabbing the Lord of Bilong in his hand and instantly surging with chaotic energy, carrying the two of them as they sped away from the outside of the God-Slaying Abyss.

"Roar!" After finishing off Yintuo, the Lava Demon God turned around abruptly, its body, billions of kilometers tall, its gaze like two falling magma stars, instantly locking onto the two fleeing figures, and roaring as it chased after them.

Although its speed is not as fast as teleportation, each step covers tens of millions of kilometers, and wherever it passes, magma surges into seas and rocks are reduced to dust.

It raised its giant arm, and a molten fireball with a diameter of over ten million kilometers condensed in its palm. Purple flames danced on the surface of the fireball, and wherever it passed, space was scorched and twisted into a vortex. With the power to destroy everything, it smashed towards the two of them.

Sensing the scorching heat behind him, the Xuan Gu clone flicked its wrist, placing the hand supporting the Lord of Bilong in front of its chest—its three-million-kilometer-long body acted as a natural barrier, completely isolating the Lord of Bilong from the terrifying fireball.

(End of this chapter)