Swallowing the Stars: Heart of the Martial God

Chapter 195 Destroying the Eternal Fist - God Hand Shattering Fist
The energy blades struck the stone body, producing a dense series of clanging sounds, and were all deflected and shattered; the nine giant tails lashed fiercely at the outside of the arm, but they couldn't even scratch the protective golden light on the surface of Xuan Gu's body. Instead, the tip of the Eternal True God's tail made a muffled sound, forcing him to withdraw his attack.

The Queen's Nest trembled continuously from the terrifying impact from the outside world. The Zerg Queen's joy was instantly replaced by worry, and her cold voice was full of urgency through the soul link: "Xuan Gu! It is gathering strength to launch an even stronger attack! Come in quickly, the Queen's Nest's defenses can help you share the pressure, don't try to withstand it!"

As she spoke, she activated the energy core within the palace, causing the purple passage on the side to glow even brighter, as if urgently summoning the two of them inside.

The Xuan Gu clone finally spoke slowly, its voice as steady and powerful as the clash of metal and stone, transmitting through the soul link to the Queen's Nest and Bi Long's sea of ​​consciousness: "No need to worry."

His stone eyes remained fixed on the enraged Eternal God ahead, and his right arm, protecting the Queen's Nest, showed no sign of weakening. "With me here, you can stay put. Watch me deal with this Eternal God."

As soon as he finished speaking, the golden light on the surface of his stone body suddenly surged, enveloping the entire Queen's Nest in a dazzling golden light curtain, preparing to meet the next wave of even more ferocious attacks from the Eternal True God.

The moment the golden light barrier around Xuan Gu's avatar took shape, the Second True Lord roared with bloodshot eyes, "Impossible! The Eternal True God could never be suppressed by him! Charge! Crush him!"

The Third True God gritted his teeth and channeled his divine power, and two golden rays of light once again poured into the body of the Eternal True God, causing the aura of this giant beast to surge dramatically.

The nine heads of the Eternal True God roared to the sky simultaneously, their voices causing the chaotic currents to momentarily pause.

Its 108 pairs of hooves pushed off the ground simultaneously, and its massive body, like an out-of-control meteorite, crashed straight into Xuan Gu's clone and the Queen's Nest, which he was protecting in his arms.

The chaotic space along the way was dented layer by layer by the impact, and energy splashed to both sides like a tide. The endless void energy was torn apart by the aftershock of this impact, and every fragment could easily tear apart the body of the Lord of the Universe.

"Xuan Gu! Be careful!" The Zerg Queen's voice carried a hint of tension.

The Xuan Gu clone remained motionless, its golden light shining even brighter in its stone eyes. Its right arm, which was protecting the Queen's Nest, tightened slightly, and the patterns on its golden stone body seemed to come alive.

Instead of dodging, he chose to take the impact head-on.

"boom--!"

The body of the Eternal True God crashed violently into the ancient stone body, the deafening sound almost tearing the chaos apart.

The energy shockwave emanated from the point of impact, forming a golden and gray interwoven airflow tens of thousands of light-years in diameter. Wherever the airflow passed, all energy fragments were crushed into nothingness.

Shockingly, the Xuan Gu clone remained firmly in place, the Queen's Nest protected by his right arm did not sway at all, while the Eternal True God was shaken and slid back several steps, his hooves leaving deep marks in the void.

"This...how is this possible!" The Second True One staggered back a step, his eyes filled with despair. "Even a full-force charge couldn't hurt him in the slightest..."

The Third God was even more pale.

As the Xuan Gu clone looked at the enraged yet unharmable Eternal True God before it, its stone body suddenly began to shrink.

The colossal body, hundreds of millions of kilometers tall, shrank at a visible speed, instantly shrinking to a height of one million kilometers. Although its size was greatly reduced, the golden light around it became more condensed, and its aura became more fierce, extending its coverage to hundreds of light-years away.

He gently raised his right arm, slowly pushing the Queen's Nest backward, and his calm voice entered the palace through the soul link: "You all retreat first, I will handle it."

The Zerg Queen inside the Queen's Nest immediately understood and manipulated the palace to speed backward, instantly exceeding a hundred times the speed of light. At the same time, she shouted to the Lord of the Azure Mound, "Come in quickly! Xuan Gu wants to fight alone!"

The Lord of Bilong was already prepared. With a flash, he flew out from the rock crevice of the Xuan Gu clone, like a green stream of light, and instantly rushed into the purple passage opened by the Queen's Nest.

The passage closed immediately, and the Queen's Nest transformed into a streak of dark purple lightning, rapidly retreating thousands of light-years to observe the battlefield from afar, leaving enough space for the Xuan Gu clone to fight. The purple aura surrounding the palace was still clearly visible tens of thousands of light-years away.

Seeing that the Queen's Nest had been safely evacuated, Xuan Gu's clone's stone eyes flashed with killing intent, and his figure suddenly disappeared from the spot.

Xuan Gu's figure suddenly rushed forward, his stone body, millions of kilometers high, drew a golden trajectory in the void, and his right fist, like a condensed star, carried the power to shatter everything, and smashed straight into the chest of the Eternal True God.

The Eternal True God reacted extremely quickly. The four pairs of wings on his left side instantly closed, forming a massive barrier spanning thousands of light-years in front of him. At the same time, his nine heads sank down, and sharp energy fangs extended forward, attempting to use the momentum of Xuan Gu's punch to crush his arm.

"Get out of the way!" Xuan Gu's clone shouted. The moment his fist hit the wing barrier, golden light waves surged wildly into it through the gaps in the wings. The energy structure on the surface of the barrier shattered layer by layer like glass, and gray light particles flew out, forming a light band thousands of light-years long in the void.

He suddenly twisted his wrist, turning his fist into a palm, and gripped the tear in the wing tightly. Using the recoil, he leaped up, avoiding the bite of the head below. At the same time, his left leg swept across like a steel whip, kicking hard into the jaw of the nearest head.

The kick carried the force of twisting the void, and the head was instantly kicked upwards. The energy structure at the "neck" trembled violently, and gray light particles poured down like a waterfall. The roar of the strange beast suddenly changed tone.

Before Xuan Gu's clone could land, the Eternal True God's tail, like a giant python spanning thousands of light-years, lashed out with a howling wind, its bony spikes like the sharpest blades, aimed directly at Xuan Gu's lower back.

Xuan Gu's clone's eyes narrowed, and he forcibly twisted his body in mid-air. His left hand grabbed the sweeping tailbone like an iron clamp. The moment the stone palm exerted force, a crisp sound came from the surface of the tailbone, which could not bear the weight.

Using the pull of his tail, he swung towards the other side of the Eternal God's body, gathering all his strength in his right fist, and slammed it hard into the beast's ribs—the moment his fist pierced through the energy body, the void turbulence within a range of tens of thousands of light-years was thrown back by the impact, forming a huge vortex, and the turbulent fragments at the center of the vortex were crushed into nothingness.

"Roar—!" The roar of the Eternal True God caused fine cracks to appear in the void. His body trembled violently, and his remaining thirty-five pairs of wings flapped at the same time, stirring up an energy hurricane tens of thousands of light-years wide, attempting to sweep Xuan Gu into the depths of the turbulent current.

Xuan Gu used his elbow to firmly hold down the beast's body, and his stone fingers dug into the texture of the energy-condensed "muscles." With the push of the hurricane, he moved step by step closer to the core of the beast's torso.

The gray light particles along the way constantly impacted his stone body, leaving layers of white marks on its surface. However, with each step he took forward, his stone body would burst forth with even stronger golden light, burning away the energy that was eroding him. The golden light patterns left an eternal mark in the void.

Seeing that it could not shake off Xuan Gu, the Eternal True God suddenly divided its nine heads into three groups, attacking from the left, right, and top directions in a pincer movement. Each head held a sharp energy bone spike in its mouth, attempting to completely pierce through Xuan Gu's body.

Xuan Gu's clone's eyes flashed with fierceness. He pushed off the beast's body with both feet, dodged to the side to avoid the bone spikes piercing his left head, and at the same time grabbed the sharp horn on the right head with his right hand and pulled hard—the horn was instantly broken off, and gray light particles gushed out, blasting the surrounding turbulence into a frenzy.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, he flipped over and leaped up, avoiding the attack from the head above. He stomped heavily on the top of the head with his stone feet, using the reaction force to fling his body toward the wings of the Eternal God. His fists pounded wildly at the joints at the base of the wings like drums.

With each punch, a pair of wings would shatter from the base, and gray light particles would fall like a torrential rain, forming a light mist thousands of light-years long in the void.

The Eternal True God twisted its body wildly, its 108 pairs of hooves and claws striking the back of the Xuan Gu clone like a dense warhammer. Deep dents appeared in the void where the hooves and claws stepped, but the Xuan Gu clone seemed to be rooted to the wings, letting the hooves and claws strike it, while its hands did not stop moving at all.

In just a few breaths, more than half of the thirty-five pairs of wings had been destroyed, greatly reducing the beast's ability to fly. Its movements in the void became sluggish, and it could only barely maintain its balance by kicking the void with its hooves.

Having lost most of its wings, the Eternal God descended into utter chaos. Its nine heads no longer fought independently, but instead huddled together in a tight mass. Gray energy surged wildly across the surface of its heads, gradually condensing into a thick layer of "armor."

The armor gleamed with a cold, metallic light, every inch of it containing the power to shatter stars. The nine heads, like nine out-of-control falling stars, carried the force to tear through the void as they simultaneously crashed into the Xuan Gu clone.

The Xuan Gu clone showed no fear in its eyes; on the contrary, its fighting spirit intensified. Instead of retreating, it advanced, and the golden light around its body suddenly surged. The golden light surged like a tide on the surface of its stone body, and layers of golden patterns emerged from under its skin, like the most intricate patterns of armor, completely enveloping its million-kilometer-tall body.

Every line of his body was flashing, radiating a terrifying pressure. He faced the impact of the nine heads and stepped forward with firm steps. The void around his stone body was slightly dented by this aura.

At the moment of their collision, there was no earth-shattering roar, only utter silence.

The next second, a terrifying energy shockwave spread outwards at the speed of light from the point of impact, like a tsunami. Wherever it passed, the void turbulence within a range of tens of thousands of light-years was completely shattered, turning into countless tiny particles of light.

Even the Queen's Nest, which was thousands of light-years away, was shaken slightly by the shockwave, and the purple aura on the surface of the palace rippled.

“Xuan Gu!” Inside the Queen’s Nest, the Zerg Queen, who had been sitting dignifiedly, suddenly stood up from her seat, her eyes fixed on the center of the battlefield, her voice filled with undisguised worry.

The Lord of Bilong clenched his fists, his small hands trembling slightly, his gaze fixed on the golden figure, and even his breathing became rapid.

Amidst the smoke and dust of the battlefield, the figure of Xuan Gu's clone gradually became clear.

The impact forced him back two steps, each step leaving a deep footprint in the air.

But he quickly regained his balance. His stone body swayed slightly, then he straightened his spine again, his eyes still shining sharply.

Seeing that Xuan Gu's clone had stabilized its body, the Zerg Queen's tense body instantly relaxed, and she breathed a long sigh of relief, a trace of lingering fear flashing in her eyes; the Lord of Bilong also patted his chest, a joyful smile on his face, his heart finally at ease.

"Xuan Gu, there's no need to get entangled with them any longer, come in quickly." The Zerg Queen's voice came through the soul link, with a hint of urgency, "Such an intense battle must have greatly depleted your divine power."

She was well aware of the current situation—the two True Gods, as the strongest beings in the universe, had miniature universes as their backing, which allowed them to continuously replenish their divine power. This war of attrition was nothing to them.

Even though the Xuan Gu clone has amazing combat power, it is only a master of the universe. Even with a divine body three million kilometers high, it has no chance of winning if the battle drags on for a long time.

Upon hearing this, the Xuan Gu clone nodded slightly with its stone head, seemingly agreeing with the Zerg Queen's statement.

However, he did not fly to the Queen's Nest immediately. Instead, he slowly moved his right fist to his waist, the muscles on his arm suddenly tightened, and the golden energy under his stone-like skin began to gather wildly.

Instantly, golden light burst forth from his right fist, its brilliance as dazzling as the sun, dispelling the surrounding gray mist. The energy fluctuations on his fist grew stronger and stronger, even distorting the void and causing fine cracks to appear.

"This is..." A hint of doubt flashed in the eyes of the Zerg Queen, but it was quickly replaced by shock. She could feel the terrifying power contained in this energy, far exceeding any previous attack.

The Eternal God seemed to sense the danger, and its six remaining heads roared madly, attempting to launch another attack.

Before it could make a move, Xuan Gu suddenly slammed its right fist forward.

"God Hand Smashing Fist!"

These four simple words carry a power that can shake the universe.

The moment the golden fist was unleashed, a massive golden fist shadow burst forth from it, like a giant mountain spanning thousands of light-years, carrying overwhelming power as it crashed straight towards the Eternal True God.

The void along the way was torn apart by the fist shadows, forming a pitch-black passage. The turbulent energy flow was engulfed by the fist shadows, becoming even more violent.

"Bang—" The fist slammed into the Eternal True God's head "armor," and the gray armor instantly developed dense cracks that spread like a spider web.

Immediately afterwards, with a crisp "crack," the armor shattered completely, and gray light particles flew everywhere.

The power of the fist shadow remained undiminished, continuing to advance and shattering all six heads of the Eternal True God. The gray energy body also gradually disintegrated and dissipated under the impact of the fist shadow.

In the end, this colossal beast, formed from the secret techniques and treasures of the Divine Eye Clan, completely transformed into countless particles of light and dissipated into the void.

In the distance, the Second and Third Gods saw the Eternal God defeated, their expressions instantly freezing, their eyes filled with disbelief and panic.

"This...how is this possible!" The Second God screamed, his body involuntarily retreating backward. He had never imagined that his proud Eternal God would be defeated by a single punch.

The Third True Lord turned deathly pale, his energy fluctuations instantly became chaotic, and his eyes were filled with fear. He knew very well that the Golden Wall Lord's next target was likely them.

Without the slightest hesitation or regard for saving face, the two turned and fled into the distance.

The second True Lord unleashed all his divine power, increasing his speed to the extreme, transforming into a golden streak of light; the third True Lord followed closely behind, the star diamond on his Starfall Gauntlets bursting forth with its last glimmer of light, helping him escape quickly.

They didn't even dare to look back, only thinking about getting away from this terrifying golden giant as quickly as possible, without even having time to leave a harsh word.

Seeing the two True Lords fleeing in disarray, the Zerg Queen was first stunned, then her eyes lit up with surprise, and her face showed an expression of disbelief.

She never expected that the Xuan Gu clone could defeat the Eternal True God single-handedly and even frighten the two strongest beings in the universe into fleeing in panic.

The Lord of Bilong cheered even louder, clapping her little hands loudly, her eyes filled with admiration: "Xuan Gu is amazing! He actually drove them away!"

Xuan Gu's clone looked in the direction the two True Lords were fleeing and did not choose to pursue them.

He retracted his right fist, and the golden light on his stone body gradually dimmed. This punch was the strongest secret technique he had created over tens of millions of epochs, barely reaching the peak of the eighth to the ninth rank. It was already a struggle to shatter the Eternal True God who only possessed one supreme treasure, and it was almost impossible to keep the two True Lords alive.

Just as the Zerg Queen said, if this drags on, his clone can't outlast two Divine Eye Clan True Lords who are supported by miniature universes.

It had to be the true master himself who, with a single glance from his divine eye, caused the eternal true god composed of four supreme treasures to immediately crumble.

However, if the Xuan Gu clone could obtain a supreme treasure-level gauntlet, it could use the power of the supreme treasure to upgrade the secret technique to the ninth rank, and perhaps even try to leave behind a true master of the Divine Eye Clan.

He slowly turned around and flew towards the Queen's Nest, leaving a golden trail in the void.

The purple portal of the Queen's Nest slowly opened, and a soft halo poured out as the Zerg Queen stepped out first.

(End of this chapter)