Primordial Era: Starting with slaughtering all the gods and Buddhas in the sky

The moment that deep blue eye opened, the entire altar seemed to be gripped tightly by an invisible giant hand.

The chill didn't come from the outside; it seeped into his bones. Huang Chen's hand, gripping the Asura Blood Blade, stiffened for a moment, his knuckles turning white, and the blood that had just flowed from the cracks in his palms frosted over on his skin.

Click, click.

The cracks on the ice coffin continued to spread, like thousands of white snakes writhing wildly.

The underground whirlpool of cold water spun faster and faster, and the dark gray waves crashed against the edge of the altar, producing a dull rumble. The air was filled with the smells of ice and blood, as well as the acrid smell of old soul ash that had been scorched by fire.

The envoy from the Northern Sea did not look at Huang Chen again.

It stared intently at the half-human, half-mermaid mirage body in the coffin, emitting low, resonant sounds from its throat, as if calling out or worshipping.

"It's open."

'

Its voice trembled, but not from fear; it was a kind of almost manic excitement.

"It's finally open."

'

Huang Chen cursed, his feet trembled, and he took a half step back to forcefully stabilize his qi and blood.

The system panel flashed before his eyes, and with a thought, he directly opened the attributes.

Mid-stage Earth Immortal.

Physical combat is possible.

But the line below is even more glaring—if the ignition chain is completed, even if the core enemy target is killed, there is still a risk of failure in the main quest.

Huang Chen's eyelids twitched.

Grass.

This is not something that can be resolved simply by killing the opponent.

The next moment, the ice coffin exploded.

Countless shards of ice shot out in all directions, like a rain of ice exploding at close range.

Huang Chen raised the Asura Blood Blade horizontally, blocking seven or eight fist-sized ice shards. The blade clanged and trembled as it was smashed, and blood gushed out again from the wound that had just split open in his tiger's mouth.

The mirage-like physical body in the center had slowly stood up.

Its upper body was almost humanoid, pale and thin, with dark blue veins floating on its chest and abdomen. Its lower body, however, still had the ethereal shadow of a shark's tail, the tail scales not solid, but semi-transparent, trailing above the whirlpool of cold water.

The strangest thing is that it wasn't breathing.

Only that deep blue eye slowly moved, finally settling on the envoy from the Northern Sea.

The envoy from the Northern Sea opened his arms, and the Black Tide incarnation lunged forward.

It was not an attack.

It is fusion.

The Kuroshio Current, like a living sea skin, instantly enveloped the mirage's physical body.

The black chains around the altar crackled and popped, the runes on the chains lighting up inch by inch. The Cold Water Vein, Soul Ash Fire, and the Earthly Fiend of Buzhou Mountain all poured in at the same time. The center of the altar was like a runaway heart being stuffed in, swelling, convulsing, and roaring.

Huang Chen felt his eardrums vibrating.

Black, white, gray, and blue lights flashed wildly before my eyes, and the ground bulged and cracked in patches. In several grooves at the edge, the sacrificial humans who had been locked up were also shaken out and rolled out, their cries mixed with the roar, sounding muffled.

"Help...help me!"

"Don't burn me!"

Don't burn me!

"mother--"

Huang Chen glanced at it out of the corner of his eye, and his face darkened.

At the edge of the altar, not only cold water gushed forth, but also thin threads of soul-ash fire. The fire was not red, but a ghastly white tinged with blue. When it touched flesh, it did not immediately burn the person; instead, it felt as if the soul was being slowly pulled out, causing even the screams to become distorted.

"Huang Chen".

The envoy from the Northern Sea, now united, spoke again, his voice several layers deeper, as if two people were speaking from the same mouth.

"You can't stop it."

It raised its hand and clenched its fist, causing the surrounding black chains to tremble in unison, and the black tide hanging from the sky to crash down like a waterfall.

Huang Chen did not reply.

He stomped his foot hard, his Mountain and River Boots shattering the sacrificial patterns beneath his feet with a loud crash, and leaped out to the left, not charging at the enemy, but towards the group of sacrificial humans.

"Get down, everyone!"

He roared and raised his hand to summon a replica of the Twelfth Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus.

As the crimson lotus appeared, dark red flames suddenly spread out, like a reversing curtain of fire, forcefully keeping the soul-ash fire outside. More than ten human sacrifices, their skin torn and bleeding from being bound, all huddled behind the curtain of fire, their faces covered in frost and tears.

An old man looked at Huang Chen, his lips trembling.

"You...you are human?"

'

"nonsense."

Huang Chen ripped off the rope binding his neck without looking back.

"If you want to live, don't run around; stay in the fire."

As soon as he finished speaking, a chill ran down his spine.

Huang Chen turned around and slashed.

clang!

The Sea Bone Spear and the Asura Blood Blade collided head-on, the resulting gust of wind causing the Karmic Fire Curtain to cave in half a foot. The envoy from the Northern Sea had completely changed; his face was still the same, but his neck, shoulders, back, and arms were now covered in a layer of mirage scales, the scales shimmering with a deep blue, cold light, and every movement was accompanied by the roar of the tides.

Huang Chen was so shocked by the spear that he staggered back three steps, and the sacrificial brick beneath his feet shattered into dust.

The envoy from the Northern Sea gave him no chance to catch his breath, flipping his spear and stabbing him again near his ribs.

too fast.

Huang Chen dodged to the side to avoid a fatal blow, but the spear still pierced his shoulder with a thud. His blood felt hot, but was immediately frozen numb by the cold.

The envoy from the Northern Sea grinned maliciously.

"Mid-stage Earth Immortal physical body?"

'

"How long can you hold out?"

Huang Chen spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva, suddenly moved closer, grabbed the spear shaft with his left hand, letting the bone spurs pierce his palm, and swung his right fist in a wide arc to smash it in the face.

boom!

The punch landed squarely, causing the envoy from the Northern Sea to tilt his head back and crack several of the mirage scales on his face.

"I'll hold out until you die."

Huang Chen grinned, his mouth filled with the smell of blood.

The next instant, the two of them suddenly sprang into action.

One used a spear, the other a fist-shaped knife.

The center of the altar instantly exploded into chaos. Bone spears pierced the air, fists smashed through scales, and the Asura Blood Blade sparked as it sliced ​​through the mirage scales. Every strike was terrifyingly hard, devoid of any fancy moves, purely a battle of flesh and blood, a fight to the death.

Huang Chen took three elbow strikes to the chest and abdomen, and his ribs seemed to crack.

The envoy from the Northern Sea was slashed five times on the shoulder and back with his knife, causing the scales to roll up and reveal the blackened flesh underneath.

But the altar is even more troublesome.

The more they fought, the louder the black chains around them clanged.

The cold water surged upwards along the underground array, the soul-ash fire darted wildly along the floor tiles, and the earthly evil of Buzhou Mountain, like thick black smoke, emerged from the cracks and began to converge towards the center of the altar.

Huang Chen's eyes twitched.

No.

Let it burn for half an incense stick's time, then light it.

He suddenly took two steps back, and taking advantage of the moment when the envoy from the Northern Sea swept his spear, he looked down at the formation pattern he had previously deduced.

Three earth vein piles.

If three parts of the altar break, the core will become unbalanced.

The envoy from the Northern Sea clearly saw through his intentions. He sneered, raised his hand, and four black chains lashed out from the side like venomous snakes.

"Try moving one!"

"Test your mother."

'

Huang Chen exerted force with his feet, and his Mountain and River Boots slammed into the ground.

The first step was taken in the southeast corner.

The floor tiles shattered, and a section of the dark blue stone pillar half-buried beneath them broke open, causing the altar to shake violently. The momentum of the surging icy water momentarily halted, and even the edge of the soul ash fire weakened slightly.

The envoy from Beiming's expression finally changed, and he thrust his spear forward.

Huang Chen didn't dodge, his Xuanhuang Armor withstood the blow head-on. His chest felt tight from the impact, and blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, but he used the force to flip over and leap to the second location.

boom!

The second foot landed.

The earth vein pile on the west side is broken.

The center of the altar began to tilt visibly, and several black chains were shaken violently, crashing into the stone pillars and creating large cracks.

Those human sacrifices huddled within the curtain of karmic fire were shaken to their knees and cried out in alarm.

The envoy from Beiming was extremely anxious.

It let out a shriek that was not human, and the black tide behind it surged, turning into overlapping ripples that completely sealed off Huang Chen from all sides.

"Stop it here!"

'

As the tide pressed down, Huang Chen's feet sank, and his knees sank into the cracked sacrificial bricks.

The chill seeped into his pores, as if trying to freeze him into an ice stump.

Huang Chen took a deep breath, flipped his wrist, and launched the Wind-Stabilizing Pearl.

The moment the small bead flew out, the surging black tide around them seemed to be held down by an invisible hand.

It was just a fleeting moment.

That's enough.

Huang Chen's eyes hardened, and he charged forward violently. His Mountain and River Boots dragged out a burst of air, and he stomped his third foot hard on the last earth vein stake.

Boom!

The third item, broken.

The altar was silent for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, the array patterns from all directions went into disarray.

The black chains no longer rang in unison, but instead collided with each other, producing an extremely piercing metallic scraping sound.

The underground vortex of cold water suddenly veered off course, and a large stream of black water crashed directly into the stone wall at the edge of the altar, causing the entire space to shake.

The system notification popped up suddenly.

[Detection: The core support point of the Frostfire Altar has collapsed]

The next chapter is even more exciting: Chapter 58, "Fist Shatters the Sea Lord," awaiting your visit.

[Main Quest Third Stage Completion Significantly Increased]

[Please destroy the key carrier to complete the final blockade.]

Huang Chen's chest heaved.

It's half done.

The remaining half is to kill this thing in front of you.

The envoy from the Northern Sea also understood.

It looked up at the shattered array patterns around it, its face turning white, then red, and finally contorted with a twisted rage.

"You destroyed the altar."

'

"You dare destroy it!"

Huang Chen walked forward with his sword in hand, his steps slightly unsteady, but his voice steady.

"I'm here to destroy it."

The envoy from the Northern Sea suddenly laughed.

The laughter was shrill and hoarse, like a cracked seashell grinding against bones.

"So what if it's destroyed?"

'

"Huang Chen, do you think this is the end? I'm just a pawn in the outer ring of Beiming."

Use me to test the primordial karma, to test the remnants of humanity, to test whether Mount Buzhou can suppress it again—”

Before it could finish speaking, it had already pounced on him.

This time, it didn't use fancy spells; it went straight to the body, thrusting the sea bone spear upwards from below.

puff!

The sound of a spear piercing flesh was extremely brief.

Huang Chen froze and lowered his head.

The sea bone spear had already pierced through his chest.

Blood flowed down the spear shaft, but it froze into blood droplets by the cold as it reached halfway down.

The envoy from Beiming had a look of madness on his face.

"Your time has come too!"

Some of the humans at the edge of the altar cried out in despair.

"grown ups!"

Huang Chen did not back down.

He first glanced down at the ghastly white spear tip on his chest, then raised his hand and gripped the spear shaft tightly.

The envoy from Beiming was taken aback and wanted to draw his sword.

No twitching.

Huang Chen took a step forward.

The spear churned in his chest, a sharp pain exploded, and his vision went black for a moment. Blood welled in his throat, yet he let out a low, bloody laugh, which sounded menacing.

"Got you?"

The next moment, his left hand shot upwards along the spear shaft, grabbing the back of the Beiming envoy's neck, his five fingers digging into the gaps in the mirage scales like iron hooks.

He then swung his right fist at extremely close range and smashed it in the face.

The first punch shattered the mirage scales.

The second punch caused the bridge of the nose to collapse.

The third punch sent blood flying from his mouth.

The envoy from the Northern Sea screamed and struggled, unleashing knee strikes, elbow strikes, and claw attacks on Huang Chen's wounds and throat. Huang Chen retaliated with a punch for every blow he took.

He takes two hits, then throws three punches back.

Every punch lands squarely.

Every punch cuts to the bone.

Dark gold sorcerer markings glowed wildly beneath his skin, and his blood energy, like a boiling furnace, spewed out from every pore.

He had long since discarded the Asura Blood Blade. At this moment, he didn't need the blade at all; he relied solely on his fists to smash the mirage scales on the Northern Sea envoy's face layer by layer.

boom!

boom!

boom!

With each punch, shattered scales and blood splattered everywhere.

The envoy from the Northern Sea was hit so hard that his head swayed from side to side, his neck bones cracked, and the protective layer of the Tide Shadow on his body began to collapse. The fusion of the Black Tide Avatar and the Mirage Body also cracked in this round of hard blows.

Half of its face was still human, while the other half revealed a pale, merman-like appearance, its eyes trembling wildly, like an illusion about to dissipate.

"Stop...stop!"

'

"You're a madman!"

Huang Chen, panting heavily, grinned and threw another punch.

"You think I'll stop just because you tell me to?"

That punch smashed its left eye open.

The envoy from the Northern Sea let out a mournful howl, struggling desperately to break free from Huang Chen's grasp. Huang Chen simply pressed his entire body against it, letting the sea bone spear pierce deeper and deeper into its chest, and with a quick twist of his arms, he actually managed to pin it down by the back.

Then, knee strike, shoulder lock, twist body, slam to the ground!

boom!

The two of them crashed into the crater in the center of the altar, and black water and rubble shot into the sky.

Huang Chen rode on its back, his fists raining down.

He smashed the collarbone with a single punch.

He smashed the throat bone with one punch.

Another punch slammed into its chest, shattering the still-shimmering, azure core into half-crushed pieces.

The system notification is flashing wildly.

[Critical carrier is collapsing]

Main Quest Part 3: Completed

[Mission Name: Track Down the Mastermind and Stop the Fuse of Heaven's Collapse]

[Completion conditions: 1. Follow the clues of the envoy from the Northern Sea 2. Find the real igniter on the outskirts of Buzhou Mountain]

[Reward: Main quest settlement in progress...]

The next moment, another burst of golden light shot out.

[Host has been detected to have destroyed the core of the Frostfire Altar]

[Ignition chain interruption detected]

[Judgment: The detonation fuse that blocked the tilting mechanism is valid.]

[Gained Karma Points: 120000]

[Merit Points Gained: 30000]

[Extra Main Quest Completion: Generating]

The numbers were flashing before his eyes, but Huang Chen didn't even bother to blink.

He stared only at the envoy from Beiming's face, which was already shattered beyond recognition.

The envoy from the Northern Sea is not quite dead yet.

Blood gushed from its mouth as it emitted a laugh that sounded like a broken bellows.

"Killing me...won't make a difference..."

"You ants of the primordial era are merely used to measure the depth of cause and effect."

'

"Those things mentioned above will, sooner or later—"

Huang Chen didn't let it finish speaking.

He raised his hand and grabbed its head.

His five fingers sank into the cracks in the mirage scales and the gaps in the skull. He exerted force with his fingertips, and the bones first made a cracking sound, then sank in little by little.

The envoy from the Northern Sea finally panicked.

"etc!"

"Huang Chen, wait—"

Huang Chen stared at it, his face covered in blood, his voice low and hoarse.

"Go down and test your karma."

Click!

The skull fractured first.

The next instant, he crushed the entire head.

Red, white, and bluish-black liquid splashed out all at once, splattering Huang Chen's face and body. The remaining black tide avatar struggled in mid-air for a moment, then, like a lamp being extinguished, it burst into a large cloud of cold, fishy water mist.

The black chains around them snapped all at once.

One.

Two.

More than a dozen pieces broke off one after another, striking the stone pillars and sacrificial walls, sending rubble flying everywhere.

The Cold Nether Altar, having lost its core, began to collapse completely, with the central vortex swirling in reverse and the edge stone platforms sinking one by one.

Huang Chen suddenly pulled the sea bone spear from his chest, let out a muffled groan, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

He staggered half a step, raised his hand and pushed the Karmic Fire Lotus outwards. The fire curtain rolled up, pushing the dozen or so sacrificial humans to the edge of collapse.

"Walk!

'

The old man was being helped up. He turned to look at him, his eyes red-rimmed.

"My benefactor!"

'

"roll!"

Huang Chen roared, his voice filled with blood and foam.

Only then did the group stumble and flee.

The black snow that had been falling incessantly above the altar suddenly stopped.

It's not slow, it's not less.

It was cut off abruptly.

It was as if someone had cleaved the sky in two with a single stroke.

Huang Chen looked up.

The dark clouds that had been churning above the northern foothills of Buzhou Mountain were dissipating, and the chilling aura that had been pressing down for who knows how long was receding like the tide. The ghostly winds that had howled night after night were also weakening, and icicles hanging on the distant mountain walls began to drip water, pattering as they hit the gravel and blood.

He had just caught his breath.

A muffled thud suddenly came from beneath my feet.

It wasn't the sound of the altar collapsing.

Deeper, farther, more ancient.

It was as if something deep within the earth had turned over.

thump.

This sound wasn't loud.

The entire northern foothills of Buzhou Mountain trembled slightly.

Huang Chen's pupils contracted as he looked down at the deepest part of the crack in the altar.

It was pitch black inside, with icy water, soul ash, broken chains, and body parts all falling in, like a path leading to a bottomless abyss.

At the edge of darkness, a faint, almost imperceptible, dark red glimmered in the depths of the crack.

Huang Chen gripped the still-dripping Sea Bone Spear tightly, blood gushing from the hole in his chest.

The wind swept through the collapsed altar, kicking up a cloud of cold ash that brushed past his face.

From deep underground, another muffled sound came.

thump.