Swallowing the Stars: Heart of the Martial God

Chapter 194 The Strongest Shield - The Golden Right Arm

As we passed through the area with the densest turbulence, the scene ahead became increasingly bizarre.

The original dark purple turbulence was gradually replaced by a light black mist, within which countless tiny black threads could be vaguely seen, crisscrossing like a spider web.

These threads, though seemingly thin, can silently cut through energy and the body. Even the body of a cosmic master would be instantly severed if entangled by the threads. This is the "Black Silk Mist Zone" deep within the Shattered Void Turbulence Zone, which is even more difficult to defend against than the Space-Time Blade.

Without pausing, the Xuan Gu clone charged directly into the black silk mist area with its golden stone body.

The black threads, like sharks attracted by blood, instantly wrapped around his limbs and torso, attempting to cut him into pieces.

However, when the silk thread touched the golden stone body, it made a "sizzling" sound, as if a blade was cutting into a diamond. Not only did it fail to cut through the stone body, but it was also burned by the golden light on the surface of the stone body and broke into pieces, turning into black ash and dissipating into the mist.

In the short time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Xuan Gu's clone led the Lord of Bilong through the Shattered Void Turbulence Zone, a place that even the Lord of the Universe feared.

As the golden stone body broke out of the turbulent zone and stepped into the relatively stable void, the golden light on its surface slowly receded, and it returned to its gray-brown rock body. The entire body was intact, without even a scratch.

The Lord of Bilong breathed a long sigh of relief and patted his chest, saying, "Finally out! I thought we were going to be torn apart by the turbulence!"

The Xuan Gu clone did not respond, but looked up into the distance—there came faint rumbling sounds of energy collisions, clearly getting closer and closer to the place where the Zerg Queen was being besieged.

A barely perceptible glint of fighting spirit flashed in his stone-like eyes. The "warm-up" of navigating the turbulent zone had reignited a fighting spirit in his long-dormant heart.

Passing through the chaotic dust of the turbulent void, the battlefield ahead finally became clear.

It was a void distorted by an energy storm, with a majestic palace of deep purple suspended in the center. The palace was made up of countless rhomboid crystals, and its surface flowed with a dazzling luster like a galaxy. The surrounding area, spanning several light-years, was shrouded in densely packed points of light, which were connected by energy threads to form an invisible barrier.

This is the Zerg Queen's ultimate treasure, "Queen's Nest," whose defenses are strong enough to withstand attacks from Void Gods.

Outside the palace, two figures pursued each other at breakneck speed. The one on the left, clad in silver-white armor, wielded a crystal halberd whose blade reflected a chilling light; he was none other than the Second True Lord of the Divine Eye Clan. The one on the right, dressed in a black and gold robe, wore a pair of dark gold gauntlets, their surfaces inlaid with dozens of tiny star diamonds that shimmered with a pale purple halo. These were the "Starfall Gauntlets," a supreme treasure acquired by the Third True Lord after losing his Star Gauntlets.

"Don't even think about escaping!" The Second True Lord, wielding a crystal halberd, instantly traversed dozens of light-years. As the halberd swept across, a golden aura stretching for light-years tore through the chaos, crashing directly into the side of the Queen's Nest.

In the instant the intense light erupted, a huge gap was torn open in the energy storm. Although the Queen's Nest was undamaged, it was forcibly pushed off course by several light-years, and the originally locked escape route was completely deviated from.

"Fools who only know how to fight head-on." The Zerg Queen's cold voice echoed from within the Queen's Nest. The crystals on the surface of the palace suddenly lit up with purple light, and its speed increased dramatically as it sped toward the weak point on the other side of the storm.

"Trying to run?" The Third True Lord in the black and gold robe raised his hand and activated the "Starfall Gauntlets." The star diamonds burst out with pale purple starlight, instantly condensing into three giant hands of star energy tens of light-years high. The giant hands grabbed towards the Queen's Nest, and the spatial rifts torn at their fingertips spread like a spider web.

The Second God followed closely behind, his halberd blazing with golden light, transforming into a light curtain covering hundreds of light-years, forming an encirclement with the giant hand of stellar energy.

"Does the Divine Eye Clan, who is so powerful in the universe, really bully the weak with numbers?" The Queen's voice was mocking. Suddenly, countless pale green soul fluctuations surged from the surface of the Queen's Nest, ignoring spatial distance and instantly enveloping the two True Lords.

The Second True One's manipulation of the light screen abruptly halted, a sharp, stinging pain shooting through the soul within the Heart of the True God: "Damn it! It's a soul attack!"

The Third God's astral hand also showed a flaw; its giant fingers trembled slightly, revealing a gap hundreds of meters wide in what was originally a tight seal.

"Too late!" The Zerg Queen laughed, and the Queen's Nest transformed into a dark purple stream of light, rushing straight toward the crevice.

Just as it was about to charge out, the Second True One gritted his teeth, and the golden light of his halberd suddenly contracted, transforming into an energy pestle spanning tens of light-years, which slammed fiercely into the back of the Queen's Nest.

"Stop!" The roar of the energy pestle hitting the palace reverberated for hundreds of light-years, shaking the Queen's Nest to its core and halting its breakout attempt.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Third True One stabilized the giant hand of star energy, and starlight once again filled the area: "As expected of a famous soul master in the primordial universe, you are indeed troublesome! But do you think my Divine Eye Clan is completely unprepared?"

The Queen's Nest crystals shimmered, then suddenly changed direction and charged straight toward the Second God.

"Crazy?" The Second True Lord's pupils contracted slightly, and he held his halberd horizontally in front of him.

He didn't want to be crushed by the Supreme Treasure Palace.

Generally, supreme treasures of the highest level will have some of the functions of other supreme treasures.

Flying palace-type treasures possess both the functions of suppression and flying telekinetic weapons, and being directly hit by one would be very dangerous.

But just as the collision was about to happen, the palace suddenly changed direction, and the next second, a dense barrage of purple light arrows shot out from inside the palace, heading towards the joints of the giant star energy hand.

"Despicable!" The Third True Lord hurriedly manipulated the giant hand to dodge, but was still hit by the light arrow. The starlight on the surface of the giant hand dimmed, and several gaps appeared.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Queen's Nest accelerated, widening the distance between itself and the encirclement, and sped towards the depths of the storm.

"Chase!" the Second True Lord roared, his halberd leaving a golden trail as he pursued alongside the Third True Lord.

The two auras merged, and golden light and starlight intertwined once more. This time, the condensed energy torrent was even more powerful, coiling towards the Queen's Nest like a giant cosmic python, tearing the turbulent energy along the way to shreds.

"You think this can trap me?" The Queen's voice was cold. The Queen's Nest suddenly stopped, and the purple palace began to flicker at a high frequency. The surrounding energy storm was forcibly stirred up, forming a giant vortex around the palace. The vortex spun faster and faster, and even space began to distort.

The Second God's expression changed: "She's trying to use the storm to turn the tables! Break the vortex quickly!"

The halberd and the meteorite gauntlet exerted their power simultaneously, and the torrent of energy transformed into a giant blade, slashing towards the center of the vortex.

Just then, a muffled whooshing sound suddenly came from afar.

Hundreds of light-years away, golden light tore through the chaos, and the figure of the rock giant became clearer and clearer. Its golden stone body smashed energy fragments along the way, and even the airflow of the giant vortex was forcibly dispersed wherever it passed.

"What is that?" The Third True Lord subconsciously stopped, and the giant hand of star energy paused slightly.

The Second True One also frowned, the golden light of his halberd diminishing slightly: "I have never seen such a powerful aura before..."

"It's Xuan Gu! And Bi Long!" The Zerg Queen inside the Queen's Nest instantly recognized the two, her originally cold tone suddenly replaced by anxiety, "Why are they here? The Divine Eye Clan is still here!"

She knew that although the Xuan Gu clone had amazing potential, it might not be able to withstand the combined attack of the two True Lords at the same time. The Lord of Bi Long was only at the level of the Lord of the Universe, and was far from being able to participate in a battle of this level.

The rhomboid crystals on the palace's surface suddenly erupted with blinding purple light, and the giant vortex's rotation speed surged to a million revolutions per second. Like a living creature, it opened its massive maw and charged straight at the two True Lords. The spatial rift at the center of the vortex shattered the energy torrent, forcibly disrupting their attack rhythm. "Xuan Gu! Take Bi Long and leave! The Divine Eye Clan's target is me, don't get involved!" She directed the energy torrent towards herself, deliberately attracting the two True Lords' attention, while simultaneously causing the Queen's Nest's defensive barrier to retract, creating a safe passage outside the storm. Her divine power transmission was filled with urgency.

"Sister, we're here." The Lord of Bilong hid in the rock crevice on the shoulder and neck of the Xuan Gu clone, firmly protected by the golden light surrounding the giant. The surging energy around her couldn't even touch a strand of her hair.

She gently brushed the stray hairs from her temples behind her ears, her voice carrying an unwavering conviction through divine power into the Queen's Nest.

"As expected, even without their arrival, the Divine Eye Clan couldn't keep the Zerg Queen here," Ling Xuan thought to himself.

Without pausing, the Xuan Gu clone locked its stone eyes in the direction of the Queen's Nest, its footsteps shattering the void, each step traversing tens of light-years, and in an instant it arrived in front of the palace.

Seeing this, the Second God roared in anger: "You ignorant fool! How dare you interfere in the affairs of the Divine Eye Clan! Today I will annihilate your soul and spirit!"

The halberd blazed with golden light, its sharp edge stretching for light-years, almost tangible, piercing straight at Xuan Gu's face. Wherever the edge passed, a huge crack was cleaved in the void.

"Stop!" the Empress shouted, urging the Queen's Nest to crash into the side of the halberd. The purple light and golden sharpness collided, unleashing a powerful light that covered hundreds of light-years, and the energy shockwave tore apart the surrounding energy storm.

Seeing the Xuan Gu clone's unwavering stance and catching a glimpse of the Lord of Bi Long's resolute expression, she finally relented, transmitting her voice with a hint of helplessness: "Come in! Quickly!"

A portal quietly opened in the crystalline wall on the side of the Queen's Nest, and a purple halo flowed out to form a protective shield, enveloping Xuan Gu and Bi Long within it.

The moment Xuan Gu's clone stepped in, the Third True Lord finally reacted and shouted sharply, "Trying to run? Not so easy!"

The Starfall Gauntlets erupted with extreme light, and countless pale purple starlight condensed into twenty giant hands of star energy, each a million kilometers tall, grabbing towards the Queen's Nest from all directions. The spatial rifts torn at the tips of the giant fingers spread like a spider web, completely sealing off any escape routes around the palace.

The Second True God's eyes hardened, and he roared at the Third True God: "Activate the combined attack of the Eternal True Gods! Leave no room for retreat!"

"The Eternal Kingdom, divided by billions of star beasts, united, becomes the Eternal True God!" Strange music began to permeate people's hearts, and two golden rays of light bloomed in the endless chaos. Complex secret patterns appeared on the light, and at the same time, they emitted billions of rays of light, shooting towards the energy clusters condensed in the surrounding chaotic turbulence.

Those energy clusters instantly transformed into various stellar beasts, spreading across the entire battlefield.

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

Billions of celestial beasts raised their heads and roared in unison, then swiftly coalesced and converged towards the two golden beams of light.

With countless celestial beasts as its form, golden light as its soul, and ancient secret techniques as its core, it directly formed an endlessly majestic giant beast standing in the chaos—it had nine enormous heads, thirty-six pairs of wings, one hundred and eight pairs of hooves and claws, and nine tails. The laws governing its operation had long since receded from its body, and its overwhelming pressure surpassed that of all other beings present.

The entire chaotic turbulent zone fell into a deathly silence! Even the purple aura of the Queen's Nest trembled slightly, and the Queen's voice was filled with desperate urgency, "Come in quickly! This is the Eternal True Secret Technique of the Divine Eye Clan! Even the strongest beings in the universe must deal with it with caution, you cannot withstand it!"

"Eternal True God, kill them!" The Third True Lord pointed towards Xuan Gu and the Queen's Nest, his voice icy.

The nine heads of the Eternal True God were either ferocious, cold, roaring, smirking, or growling. Each head's eyes were fixed on the Xuan Gu avatar. Wherever their gazes fell, the chaotic space completely solidified, and even the flow of energy came to a standstill.

"Peng!" "Peng!" "Peng!"

The Eternal God treads upon Chaos, his 108 pairs of hooves striking the void with a resounding clang, each step causing Chaos to tremble.

It was enormous and appeared slow, but in reality, its speed had already exceeded a hundred times the speed of light, and in an instant, it arrived in front of Xuan Gu's clone in a mighty procession.

"Acridine!"

With a high-pitched cry containing a soul-shaking impact, the Eternal True God erupted instantly, its fangs sharp and its claws hooked, grabbing at Xuan Gu wantonly. Wherever it passed, the solidified chaotic space directly shattered, completely enveloping Xuan Gu and the Bi Long behind him.

At the critical moment, Xuan Gu's clone suddenly stopped in his tracks, and his stone body suddenly swelled up.

The colossal body, originally three million kilometers high, expanded like an inflating balloon, the sound of rocks rubbing against each other reverberating throughout the chaos. In an instant, it broke through to hundreds of millions of kilometers, and every rock emitted a scorching golden light like the core of the sun, even dyeing the surrounding chaos into a dazzling gold.

His right arm suddenly rose, bending like a mountain, firmly protecting the entire Queen's Nest within its crook. Amidst the brilliant golden light, the golden rocks on the surface of his divine body erupted with powerful energy fluctuations, directly meeting the claws of the Eternal True God.

"The Golden Right Arm!"

"Bang—!" The moment the claws collided with the golden stone arm, a deafening sound tore through the chaos. The spherical shockwave formed by the energy shockwave spread at the speed of light, and the surrounding stellar beast remains were all shattered into nothingness. The giant vortex in the distance collapsed in the shockwave, and even the void turbulence tens of thousands of light-years away was blown away by the shockwave.

Shockingly, the Xuan Gu clone remained completely still, and even the Queen's Nest, which was protected in his arms, did not shake in the slightest. All the impacts were absorbed by his stone body, and the force of the recoil caused the Eternal True God's claws to tremble slightly, and his attack instantly stalled.

The Second God retreated dozens of kilometers, his hand gripping the halberd trembling violently. His eyes were filled with disbelief and horror, and his voice trembled as he exclaimed, "This is impossible! Even the strongest beings in the universe must be cautious in dealing with the Eternal God. How could he possibly withstand this head-on?"

The Third True Lord's face turned deathly pale, his vertical eye between his brows dimmed, and his aura instantly became disordered. He stared intently at Xuan Gu's figure: "His divine body... is it even harder than the strongest treasure? It can even withstand the attack of an Eternal True God!"

Inside the Queen's Nest, the Zerg Queen looked at the ancient avatar standing like a mountain protecting the outer perimeter, her voice filled with surprise and disbelief: "You actually managed to hold them off! This...this is simply a miracle!"

She originally thought that the Xuan Gu clone could only delay for a moment at most, but she did not expect that it could withstand the full force of the Eternal True God's attack. This sudden reversal made her instantly excited.

"Sister, what's so special about this Eternal True Mystic Art?" the Lord of Bilong boasted proudly, her voice tinged with arrogance. "Xuan Gu was someone who could withstand even the Lava Demon God's fist; this little attack is nothing!"

The Xuan Gu avatar did not turn around. Its stone eyes flashed with golden light as it stared intently at the Eternal True God. Its body, hundreds of millions of kilometers tall, slowly took a step forward, causing the entire chaos to tremble.

The nine heads of the Eternal True God roared in anger at the same time, and the thirty-six pairs of wings flapped again. Countless energy blades, as solid as physical objects, shot out from the tips of the wings. Each blade carried a sharp sound that cut through space. They swept towards Xuan Gu and the Queen's Nest like a torrential rain, cutting the chaotic airflow into countless fine energy threads wherever they passed.

"Damn it, I don't believe there were so many freaks in the primordial universe era that another being has appeared who can stand up to the Eternal True God!" The Second True Lord roared angrily, his hand gripping the halberd with bulging veins, staring intently at the center of the battlefield, wishing he could personally go into battle and tear that golden behemoth apart.

Before the energy blade could even get close, the nine tails of the Eternal True God swept across like giant pythons, their tips gathering terrifying power capable of crushing stars. With a deafening roar, they formed a pincer attack with the energy blade, completely sealing off all escape routes for Xuan Gu and the Queen's Nest.

The chaotic space twisted violently under the dual attacks, as if it would collapse completely at any moment.

Despite the overwhelming attack, Xuan Gu's clone remained completely still.

His right arm, which was protecting the Queen's Nest, sank slightly, and the golden rocks on the surface of his stone body rippled, rising and falling like solidified golden waves.

(End of this chapter)