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　At the same time, the huge rock that blocked the cave entrance began to move slowly and with difficulty.

　With a low rumble from the earth, the surface of the boulder began to melt. Lin stopped using the divine fire to heat it, quickly retreated to create distance, and pushed Qi Xing in front of him, protecting him behind him.

　Then a pale, half-melted arm stretched out from the cave and pressed against the rock wall.

　It was not a human hand, nor was it as holy as a god or Buddha. Instead, it was a strange hand that looked like half-melted ceramic, with the knuckles appearing to be flowing and the palm showing the Buddha's seal and fire pattern.

　"The Peacock King" crawled out.

　Its condition had clearly changed drastically, its surface charred and peeling as if it had been scorched. Of the three faces, the Amaterasu, representing joy, still held high the Yata no Kagami, its eyes sunken and blazing, like a sun rising from hell.

　But what Qi Xing was most concerned about was the golden shackles on its body, which had been forged by eight hundred nuns out of their faith in the "Tomb of Christ." These shackles had already melted in half under the "Red Fire" and looked like they could break at any moment.

　well.

　Staying alert, Qi Xing picked up the Spear of Longinus (temporarily), kicked his feet, and turned into a flash of lightning and flew straight ahead!

　——Although it has been seldom used in recent years, as a martial immortal in the world, Qi Xing has never neglected his spear and stick skills.

　Instantly, all three sides of the "Peacock King" shook simultaneously, with the "Joy" side still dominating, and the Eight-foot Mirror hanging high. But even more swiftly, one of its upper right arms suddenly clenched—

　Ten sword grips!

　In a flash, the "Peacock King" swung his sword, the sword tip carrying unparalleled divine power, surging like a tsunami, roaring like a typhoon, slashing down from the sky, and pressing down with a loud bang!

　"Well done!"

　With a loud shout, Qi Xing raised his spear diagonally, and his true energy flowed back into his spine like a lightning snake. He gathered his arms and attacked the gods and Buddhas directly!

　boom! ! !

　The Holy Lance and the Divine Sword collided instantly, sending a blast of energy blasting like the roar of thunder. The mountains and forests trembled, the sky and earth changed color, and fierce winds and lightning roared and twisted at their intersection, twisting into a dazzling vortex of light that shattered the rock walls and tore the surrounding ground like paper!

　Qi Xing was forced back a step, the rocks beneath his feet exploded, the gun body shook violently, and his palms felt numb.

　Even after being roasted by the divine fire for an hour, the giant's power, even if weakened, still exceeded human limits. Although Qi Xing resisted the giant's sword, his spear was also deflected.

　The djinn are indeed the nemesis of mankind that Samael painstakingly designed.

　——But in this attack, Qi Xing still took the initiative!

　"Thunder energy accelerates."

　Use your strength.

　The thunder energy circulates from the dantian below the navel to the internal organs and then settles on the spinal cord.

　——Aren’t martial arts and qigong training all about understanding your own body and the power within it, and then controlling and manipulating it?

　Taking advantage of the spear tip being deflected and circling, Qi Xing did not retreat but advanced, turning with amazing agility, pouring all his strength into a sweeping move, not to attack the body of "Peacock King", but to go straight for his waist, the golden shackles that were about to melt!

　In an instant, the holy spear drew a bright arc of light in the air and slammed heavily on the shackles!

　Clang! ! !

　An extremely harsh breaking sound burst out!

　The shackles that bound the "Peacock King" finally couldn't withstand the heavy blow of the holy spear. The moment the spear hit them, they broke into pieces of light and turned into golden light that scattered between heaven and earth!

　The whole body of the Peacock King immediately stopped.

　Among its three sides, the side of joy trembled slightly in an instant, and the divine light in the Eight-foot Mirror dimmed. The six-armed artifact made a subtle, dislocated sound, as if some command that "did not belong to it" was cleared from the system at this moment.

　"very good."

　Qi Xing stepped back with his gun, keeping his distance and watching intently.

　The golden shackles have been broken.

　Next...what will happen next?

　112: You have awakened the true giant

　The giant felt "incredible".

　It does not have emotions like humans, but when faced with contradictions, its intelligence will still perform necessary recalculations.

　Over the past thousands and tens of thousands of years, throughout the long history of humanity, we have staged this kind of meaningless "resistance" countless times. Some have dug huge pits in the hope of forcing it to fall, while others have built makeshift walls in a vain attempt to block its advance.

　If the giants could have human emotions, they would definitely laugh at these childish and fragile actions.

　Hundreds, even thousands of magicians, had joined forces to cast spells, attempting to weaken, seal, and eliminate its existence... but the final outcome was always, without exception, an instant collapse and meaningless death.

　No cruelty, no anger, no mercy. Djinn have no emotions, not even weariness.

　It is simply "God's machine," operating like an insect, following orders and cutting off all the "weeds" that should be removed.

　But this time – things seemed different.

　The human in front of me looks

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　It does have a human form, but it itself is not a human.

　From him came an aura that should have disappeared long ago—the aura that belonged to the "Lord."

　There appeared the reaction of the long-dead Creator, or "God".

　The giant spirit, born as God's agent, naturally has the ability to distinguish between humans and gods.

　That is not God.

　God is already dead.

　Even so, that thing still gave the same reaction as God.

　But why—why did that thing stand in front of the giant, pretending to protect an "excluded object"?

　The giant is not omnipotent, and it is natural to feel confused when faced with unreasonable situations.

　But the djinn know no fear.

　The giant will only make calm analysis.

　Neither the giant's past experience nor logic could provide an answer.

　But it still quickly came to the most reasonable conclusion...

　-

　The golden shackles have been broken by the holy spear.

　The movement of the Peacock King stopped.

　Qi Xing retreated with his gun in hand, cautiously keeping his distance and looking carefully.

　But the giant's movements seemed to have indeed... stopped. With its six arms drooping and its three faces speechless, its towering body, as tall as a skyscraper, stood frozen in the charred rock, motionless.

　"Won?"

　After a moment of silence, Qi Xing couldn't help but speak.

　"Say something like this at a time like this, is it a flag?"

　Lin stood in front of him, the divine fire still surging in his palm, and complained calmly.

　Despite her complaints, she didn't relax at all. She focused her attention on the enemy who had not yet fallen.

　At that moment, Elaine's voice rang out over the communicator from the frontline command post: "The 'space shock' has stopped! The divine radiation emitted by the 'Peacock King' has dropped to approximately 44% of its original level."

　The original 44% sounds like it has been reduced by more than half, but it is still at least twice the output when Qi Xing activated the "Silver Coin".

　More than twice as many, damn it. This isn't a disparity you can just laugh off. All I can say is, if they fight together, they might have a chance of winning.

　But even so, we still have to fight.

　Feeling the surging Yuan Qi in his body, Qi Xing had already vaguely realized that his body was changing.

　"Kill it while it's weak."

　Raise the holy spear, he said decisively.

　"Don't rush to the front again."

　Lin frowned and stood guard at Qi Xing's side.

　Unfortunately, they didn't yet have a special combined attack, but as long as they coordinated well and attacked together, defeating the now severely weakened giant was not impossible.

　There is a possibility of dying in battle, but they are all mentally prepared.

　——So, what happened next shocked Qi Xing and Lin.

　“What a remarkable method.”

　A silent voice came at this time.

　It wasn't that the "Peacock King" moved, nor was it that it released its divine power again.

　Instead, the sound came from the golden light scattered on the ground all around and from the broken pieces of golden shackles.

　It's not a physical voice.

　Instead, it was a reverberation that entered the ears silently, as if penetrating space and reaching the heart.

　"I didn't expect you to actually destroy the golden shackles."

　"As expected, the Black God Priestess, born under a near-miraculous coincidence, and the Black God's most powerful artifact, the God-Slaying Spear—could they actually defeat the White God's angel? Should I say it's unexpected, or is it reasonable?"

　A gentle and clear voice floated lightly in the air, and the tone was so calm that it almost sounded like a casual conversation.

　This voice—it turned out to be the voice of eight hundred bhikkhunis.

　There was no anger or resentment in his words, but rather a light-hearted joy, as if he was praising a student for answering a difficult question correctly.

　The tone of her voice was almost too polite, but because of this, Qi Xing raised his eyebrows slightly and felt disgusted.

　"Are you kidding me? You're still alive after this? Is this going to end?"

　"Please don't misunderstand me, Master Leipu, I am indeed dead."

　The voice in the golden fetters chuckled,

　"My 'Secret Ritual of Reincarnation' has been broken. When I summoned the 'True Buddha Peacock King', my eight hundred years of spiritual practice were also dissipated."

　"What you've heard now is me sealing a remnant of my soul within the golden shackles forged from faith, to give the True Buddha, the Peacock King, his final command."

　"Now that you have shattered it, I will also disappear completely."

　Her tone was as gentle as ever, even apologetic and graceful.

　"Congratulations."

　"You've already won."

　She didn't cry or laugh, but just said these light words in a gentle tone that was almost compassionate but without any color.

　This made Lin frown: "I hate this tone."

　Qi Xing didn't say anything, but just looked coldly at the golden light floating in the air.

　He didn't believe that the white-haired woman's "victory congratulations" would really be that simple.

　really--

　"Just two of you,"

　"You seem to have misunderstood something."

　Yaobikuni's tone remained relaxed, but a hint of regret and gentle sorrow lingered in her voice.

　"You seem to think that once the golden shackles are broken, the Peacock King will lose his command and cease his actions—limited to the reset of Northeast Asia. You may be right, for this is the order I gave him."

　"It's just that, "Rep Master", [Black God

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　Miko], have you forgotten——"

　Her voice suddenly seemed to come from all directions in the air, with a barely perceptible smile.

　"Even though the White God was killed by the Black God long ago, her angels still retain the orders she gave two thousand years ago, which continue to this day?"

　She giggled again.