Gods Retreat

Eternal Silence Throat Mortis's Bone Horn had finally amassed enough power, a deathly Divine Might capable of withering all things and freezing souls.

Its hollow eye sockets locked onto Qin Chuan as it raised the horn, ready to sound the final melody.

Yet, in the instant before its divine power erupted, a blurred shadow had already drawn near.

Qin Chuan's figure swept past the edge of the Death Silence Domain, and Night of No Light silently stabbed toward Mortis's wrist gripping the horn.

"Pfft!"

Bone harder than divine iron shattered on impact, and dark green divine blood sprayed forth.

Mortis let out a suppressed roar of pain. The deathly divine power that had accumulated to its peak instantly went berserk and backlashed against itself, making its enormous body tremble violently as the black-gray mist around it grew more chaotic.

"How is this possible?!"

Mortis could hardly believe it.

Qin Chuan's speed and timing of entry had been flawless. His understanding of combat far surpassed its own.

He was nothing like an ordinary human. Instead, he resembled a supreme warrior who had survived countless battlefields.

But that made no sense. This world had only just become a hunting ground—how could someone like him have appeared?

That speed could not simply be described as fast. It was an almost instinctive manipulation of space.

"Run!"

Soul Devouring Monarch Gregor was the first to react. Its Scarlet Chains lashed out, no longer attacking Qin Chuan but tearing open the space before it in an attempt to flee into it.

It had realized that this human was no longer a mere mortal they could casually toy with.

The disappearance of the Land of Divine Remains had not brought them a lamb ready for slaughter, but a prehistoric fierce beast wearing human skin!

"Trying to run? Did you ask me first?"

Qin Chuan's voice was icy, carrying a hint of mockery.

With a light flick of Darkest Hour in his left hand, the Divine Might of Space-Time Fracture activated.

Rather than creating an isolated zone, he turned the force that tore space apart into an invisible barrier, instantly sealing the Space Channel Gregor had just opened.

Gregor slammed headlong into that invisible wall. Its divine soul shook violently, and it nearly fell out of the forcibly torn space.

"You!"

Gregor was both shocked and enraged.

But Qin Chuan had already caught up like a parasite clinging to bone.

Shadow Imprisonment Kill!

A Void Sphere abruptly formed, forcibly dragging Gregor's enormous divine body inside.

Ten slashes, swift to the extreme, erupted across Gregor's body. Every blow landed precisely on a node in the circulation of its divine power, exploding into clusters of scarlet flames intertwined with shadows.

"Aaaah!"

Gregor struggled madly within the Void Sphere, but Qin Chuan's attacks came in an unbroken torrent, giving it no chance to catch its breath.

Crack!

A faint sound of breaking rang out, and a thin crack appeared on Gregor's divine body!

Though tiny, it was already a devastating wound for a god!

The Void Sphere dispersed. With unprecedented terror, Gregor burned its divine power without restraint and transformed into a streak of bloody light, fleeing toward the abyssal rift. Its Soul Furnace nearly fell from its grasp.

This scene completely shattered the Battle Intent of the other gods.

The light of the Soul Guiding Lamp in River Styx Ferryman Karonnix's hand abruptly dimmed. Its Shroud Sail curled up as it turned around, intending to sink into the phantom River Styx.

Father of Plague Maw Nogros went even further, exploding more than half of its rotting body into a sky full of putrid blood and chunks of flesh that scattered in every direction as it fled, attempting to divide Qin Chuan's attention this way.

Light-Devouring Maw Ulganos likewise dared not linger. Its amorphous shadowy maw rapidly contracted, preparing to retreat into the abyss.

"Leave something behind before you go!"

Qin Chuan sneered as Darkest Hour's Bullet Time activated!

Buzz!

The world suddenly slowed in his eyes. Every movement of the gods, every trace of circulating divine power, became crystal clear.

Meanwhile, bolstered by the altered flow of his own time, his speed reached an inconceivable level.

In a flash, he was already behind Karonnix.

Lamenting Assault!

This strike carried the fully charged might of Concentrated Snipe. Shadow Divine Power transformed into an arrow and pierced with absolute precision into the weakest point connecting Karonnix's divine kingdom projection to the Prime Material Plane.

"No!"

Karonnix let out a shrill scream, and the Soul Guiding Lamp's light instantly dimmed.

More than half of its phantom Styx ferry collapsed outright. Countless vengeful spirits that had existed for millennia were reduced to ash beneath the impact of Lamenting Assault.

Its divine body seemed to have been struck by a massive hammer as it tumbled away in a miserable state, its aura weakened to the extreme.

Next, Qin Chuan turned his attention to Light-Devouring Maw Ulganos.

This thing's true body was shadow, making it extremely difficult to lock onto.

But Qin Chuan's Sniper God talent had long since firmly locked onto its Origin Core.

Shadow Throwing Knife!

Dozens of throwing knives flew from his hand, each trailing a pitch-black tail flame as they carved strange arcs through the void. Ignoring the countless shadowspawn offspring Ulganos had split off, they all shot toward one point on its shadowy true body.

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"

Ulganos let out a series of muffled explosions. Its enormous shadowy body fluctuated violently, as though a massive hole had been torn through its core, and it could no longer freely spew its corrosive dark fluid.

"Madman! He's a madman!"

A god let out a terrified growl in the void.

Before descending here, when had they ever imagined this would be the scene?

Surrounding and killing a mortal?

Now it seemed that this mortal was hunting them!

Seeing that things were going badly, Eternal Silence Throat Mortis endured the agonizing pain in its wrist and blew the Bone Horn again. This time, however, it was not an attack. Instead, it summoned a dense curtain of death around itself, preparing to forcibly flee into the Kingdom of the Dead.

"Still trying to run?"

With a flash, Qin Chuan instantly appeared in front of Mortis's escape route.

Night of No Light and Darkest Hour flew from his hands together, unleashing over a hundred attacks in an incredibly short time, all of them pouring onto the curtain of death.

The curtain of death, enough to trouble even gods, was torn apart layer by layer like paper beneath Qin Chuan's high-frequency attacks.

Mortis's enormous skeletal body was exposed, greeted by Qin Chuan's cold, merciless gaze.

"No..."

Mortis saw only a dazzling shadow slash flash past.

Monarch's Judgment!

Boom!

Most of Eternal Silence Throat Mortis's connection to the Prime Material Plane was severed in one blow. Its divine power core suffered devastating damage, and it became a meteor falling toward the earth, its fate unknown.

The surviving Father of Plague Maw Nogros and Soul Devouring Monarch Gregor, along with several other wills that had yet to fully reveal themselves before preparing to flee, now burned their origins without hesitation and escaped toward their respective divine kingdom planes at all costs.

Qin Chuan stood in the void as the effects of Darkest Hour's Bullet Time gradually faded.

He did not pursue those fleeing stray dogs any further.

This battle was enough to deter the petty threats.

Dies Martin and Aleisa were already staring in stunned silence.

"Good kid, what a spectacular battle! You actually drove back a whole group of gods by yourself!"

Even Dies Martin's voice drifted unsteadily.

Aleisa's beautiful eyes shone brightly. As expected of Shadow Mister—his strength always kept surpassing her expectations.

Qin Chuan slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, feeling the surging divine power within him and his deeper understanding of the use of Space Laws.

This battle had also been a perfect test of his strength.

"God of Light..."

Qin Chuan looked into the distance.

The exploration of the Land of Divine Remains had come to a temporary end. Next, it was time to deal with the crisis in Magic City.