Looking at the figure blocking his way, Jiangnan smiled gently.
"You're back."
Those three simple words made the Phoenix Emperor's eyes, burning with Hellfire, tremble.
It's been a thousand years.
She had so many grievances and so much to say to this heartless man.
But she didn't say anything.
Now is not the time for reminiscing.
Phoenix Emperor turned her head, her phoenix eyes flashing with murderous intent, "I'll settle the score with you after this fight is over!"
Jiangnan did not refute. He stood up, tore the Chaos Armor off his body, and casually threw it aside.
Since we can't compete with the gods in terms of defense and strength, let's not defend and push our speed to the limit!
"Hahaha! The mighty Dragon God, now reduced to hiding behind a woman and living off her?"
Smile Face appeared in mid-air, making a teasing sound.
"Waaaah... It wasn't fair that it was two against one before, but now that you've called for backup, it's fair..."
[Cry Face] Wiping away tears, she echoed.
"Enough with the nonsense!"
The Phoenix Emperor robe billowed, exuding an aura of dominance.
She suddenly raised her right hand, pointing straight to the sky, "Using heaven and earth as paper, and all things as ink, let a thousand autumns paint a picture, the Creation Infinity!"
"Give me a pen!"
At the same time.
Tu's Rabbit Meat Shop, a thousand miles away.
Shangguan Shuyi, who was sitting at the table gnawing on a rabbit head, suddenly froze.
The next second, he instantly transformed into streams of light particles and flew away into the distance!
In just a few breaths, those particles traversed thousands of miles.
In the palm of the Phoenix Emperor, the [Mountains and Rivers Brush] condensed!
"Die!"
The Phoenix Emperor wielded the Mountains and Rivers Brush, rapidly wielding it across the void as its canvas.
The ink stain materialized in mid-air, accompanied by four beast roars, and the four divine beasts descended into the world!
Vermilion Bird! Black Tortoise! Azure Dragon! White Tiger!
The moment the four divine beasts appeared, they perfectly aligned with the elemental power within the Phoenix Emperor.
The Vermilion Bird was bathed in the Divine Phoenix Karma Fire, Burn to Ash everything!
Black Tortoise carries the immense weight of Mother Earth on its back!
The Azure Dragon is surrounded by Cosmos Black Ice!
The White Tiger controls the Lord of Myriad Metals can cut through the void!
The four divine beasts charged towards the Smile Face and Cry Face!
"Holy crap! This was supposed to be a two-on-two fight, how did it suddenly turn into a gang brawl?!"
[Smile Face] was terrified and was forced back by the White Tiger's Claws.
"Waaaaah... This time it's our turn to be outnumbered and outgunned, it's so unfair to the gods..."
[Cry Face] Running around the field in a panic as he was burned by the Vermilion Bird's Hellfire.
Jiangnan naturally wouldn't let this opportunity slip by.
He flashed forward, unleashing the full power of [Close at Hand, Near Yet Far]!
Weaving through the enemy's defenses, each attack left scars on both the Smile Face and Cry Face.
Hit and run, never be greedy for kills!
Meanwhile, the Phoenix Emperor was in complete control of the situation from the rear.
They controlled the four divine beasts to withstand all the damage from the two gods.
At the same time, they continuously used the Divine Phoenix Karma Fire to restrain and limit them.
In just a few minutes of exchange, the Smile Face and Cry Face, which had initially held the upper hand, were suddenly Suppression into a retreat!
These two are such a perfect counter to them!
Jiangnan used a kind of Word Spirit that is impossible to replicate.
The elements carried by the divine beasts summoned by the Phoenix Emperor.
It also highly overlaps with the Chaos Armor element that Hislay previously copied.
This completely negated Hislay's attribute advantage, making him impossible to fight!
The Smile Face and Cry Face, driven to the brink of despair, exchanged a glance across the distance and instantly understood each other perfectly.
[Cry Face]: "Waaaaah... Since we can't beat them even if we try..."
[Smile Face]: "Hahaha! Then let's separate them!"
As soon as the words fell, the two gods completely abandoned their defenses, enduring the Azure Dragon's black ice and the White Tiger's cutting attacks head-on.
They forcefully broke through the encirclement!
Then, He began indiscriminately destroying the surrounding buildings of Soul Return Town!
"They want to destroy the cause and effect of this timeline, forcibly drawing the attention of the River of Time."
Jiangnan instantly See Through their intentions.
Once the laws of River of Time descend, these anomalies, who do not belong to the past, will be eliminated.
They will be completely washed away and scattered into unknown spacetime!
We must not let them succeed!
Jiangnan's gaze turned cold.
He stopped and planted the Three-Point Double-Edged Spear in the bluestone slab beside him.
He straightened his back, his right index and middle fingers joined together, pointing vertically upwards.
The ultimate Word Spirit, God of Slaughter, exploded in unison at this moment!
"In the name of the king, I will sever your hands and feet!"
"Oh no! What's wrong?"
"Whoosh, this aura... it seems to be a divine technique..."
Smile Face and Cry Face faces are pinned to the spot by invisible shackles!
"By the Emperor's decree, I force you to submit!"
The emperor's overwhelming pressure crashed down, and the two gods let out a muffled groan as their knees shattered the ground, forcing them to kneel!
"With the Emperor's might, we will pacify all directions!"
The Binding Dragon Rope wrapped around them and locked them in place, cutting off any possibility of their escape!
All prerequisites have been met!
Jiangnan sternly pronounced the verdict:
"By the word of God, Adjudication upon your sins!"
"Boom!"
The sky suddenly split open, and a pure white beam of light crashed down from the top of the sky, engulfing both the Smile Face and Cry Face!
The two gods, trapped within the pillar of light, watched the white light and declared their departure.
[Smile Face]: "Haha... Oh no, we've messed up."
[Cry Face]: "Waaaaah... I'm really going to die..."
The white light dissipated.
A huge crater was left in the ground.
In the center of the giant pit, the two gods, who had been separated, had been forcibly returned to their original forms.
He became Hislay again, mortally wounded and on the verge of death.
His mask remained a mixture of laughter and tears.
However, the Chaos Armor on his body had been completely shattered, revealing his body riddled with holes.
"Give up."
Jiangnan drew his spear, walked to the edge of the pit, and looked down at Him from his elevated position.
Surprisingly, Hislay did not refuse this time.
He lay at the bottom of the pit, laboriously turned his head, looked at Jiangnan, and then at the Phoenix Emperor standing behind Jiangnan with a concerned expression.
Envy was even visible on that mask.
"I really envy you... Dragon God."
Hislay's voice was extremely weak, tinged with self-mockery.
"You're such a cold-hearted bastard who treats everyone like pawns..."
Yet there are still people who are willing to cross a thousand years to love you so deeply and selflessly.
"And I... after playing the role of a Casanova my whole life, all I feel is disgust."
Jiangnan stopped in front of Him, without refuting His accusations.
"Some things are beyond my control."
Jiangnan said calmly.
"Hehe... haha, are you showing off?"
Hislay lowered his head, his laughter sounding incredibly bitter.
Jiangnan shook his head. "If that's what you think, then so be it."
Keep your promise.
"Promise?"
Hislay looked up. "Of course I remember."
"I told you, I would never renege on my promise this time, but..."
The game isn't over yet!
"Whoosh!" The moment the words left his mouth, Hislay sprang into action!
He grabbed a fragment of extremely Chaos Armor from the ground and thrust it out!
Jiangnan instinctively raised his spear to defend himself.
But then he suddenly realized that Hislay's gaze wasn't even fixed on him!
This fatal blow was aimed at the Phoenix Emperor, which was walking towards them!
At Phoenix Emperor's current speed, at this distance, there's no way it could dodge a god's dying counterattack!
"Pfft!"
Blood splattered!
Jiangnan extends its right hand.
He used it to block the fragment!
The shards pierced Jiangnan's palm!
Hahaha! I knew you'd do this!
Hislay burst into laughter.
He didn't stop at all, but instead, following Jiangnan's palm, he flipped his wrist upwards!
"Sizzle!"
Jiangnan's left arm was actually split in two by this fragment!
Countless fine lines and sparks burst open at the break.
This bionic arm, which had been with Jiangnan for so long, is now considered unusable!
"It's a fake?!"
Hislay paused for a moment, but then laughed even more wildly.
"No problem! Then I'll just turn you into a human pig while I'm at it!"
"You're asking for it!!!"
Before Hislay could make another move, Phoenix Emperor, having realized what was happening, was engulfed in a surge of karmic Hellfire.
A whip kick landed on Hislay's chin, sending him flying dozens of meters away!
Are you alright?!
Phoenix Emperor didn't have time to pursue; she supported Jiangnan's shoulder.
"It's all my fault..."
Jiangnan did not respond to her self-blame.
He ripped the discarded bionic arm off his right shoulder and tossed it aside.
This is the second time.
He sighed inwardly.
The second time, he lost his arm because of the Phoenix Emperor, but...
The methods and states of mind on the two occasions were completely opposite.
Jiangnan used his remaining hand to pull the Three-Point Double-Edged Spear out of the ground.
Hislay watched from afar as Heathrow rapidly healed his wounds using his divine physique.
"The vast universe is my domain; what is near is also far..."
Jiangnan raised one hand horizontally, "Space Master!"
This is also the Space-Time Sequence 047 [Space Master] that he obtained from the Human Emperor Lamp.
Jiangnan reached one hand into the void in front of him, which had been torn apart by the Word Spirit.
The next second, to Hislay's horrified gaze, Jiangnan emerged from the turbulent void.
They took out two things!
That is...
It was once unusable due to a rejection reaction; it came from the body of a past Dragon God...
[Hand of the Sun]!
And, a lake of Water of Life, compressed entirely within the space!
"Boom!"
Jiangnan placed the Hand of the Sun on his severed shoulder, then poured the Water of Life into the Hand of the Sun!
A miracle has happened!
Under the influence of this life force, the Hand of the Sun and Jiangnan Fusion perfectly.
This time...
There is absolutely no rejection!
Energy surged through Jiangnan's entire body, instantly reattaching his severed arm.
All his new and old wounds were healed at that moment!
"Buzz~ Click!"
At this very moment when Jiangnan is reborn.
The spacetime of this place could no longer withstand the continuous destruction and began to tremble!
Countless enormous cracks spread across the sky.
"Splash!"
It seems as if the Milky Way has fallen from the ninth heaven, plunging straight down three thousand feet.
It began to indiscriminately wash over everything in Soul Return Town!
"What's going on?!"
The Phoenix Emperor stared in horror at the apocalyptic scene.
"The River of Time has sensed something amiss."
Jiangnan sheathed his spear, his tone grave. "I must go."
He raised the newly reattached [Hand of the Sun], palm facing Hislay in the distance.
"Since you want to play, then go and play slowly in the long river."
"Boom!"
The cracks in the River of Time were torn open by Jiangnan, sucking Hislay in.
Then, Jiangnan turned around, preparing to step into the crevice as well.
"Don't go!"
Two hands wrapped around Jiangnan's waist from behind.
Phoenix Emperor buried her face in Jiangnan's back, "Don't leave me again..."
"Please, either stay, or... take me with you!"
Jiangnan stopped in her tracks, her eyes filled with complex emotions.
Then, he raised his hands and pried open the Phoenix Emperor's fingers.
Jiangnan turned around.
We will meet again.
He reached out his newborn hand and wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes.
"Next time... I won't leave again."
Having said that, Jiangnan turned around and stepped into the River of Time.
"Boom!"
The spatial rift closed behind him.
Amidst the ruins.
Phoenix Emperor stood still, looking in the direction where Jiangnan had disappeared.
She didn't break down in tears again; instead, she clasped her hands together in front of her chest.
"I've waited a thousand years..."
"It's not a big deal... this time."
The River of Time.
"Almost there... almost there..."
As Zhang Lingqi traveled further and further into the River of Time, that countercurrent became increasingly turbulent.
Every step forward felt like carrying a thousand pounds on my shoulders.
Behind them, the situation in [The Abyss] was no better.
Although Guyue Xuyu's physical body had been tempered.
But ultimately, it was still not enough for Him to move freely in the river that it represented.
"Damn it..."
[Abyss] gritted his teeth, raised his arm, and tried to draw the [Death Bow] to shoot Zhang Lingqi to death.
But just as He exerted His power, a violent countercurrent swept in.
The swift current made it impossible for him to stand, forcing him to abruptly stop drawing his bow!
[Abyss] struggled to steady himself, raised his head, and stared with his Demon Eye at the figure at the end of the long river.
"This strange change in the water flow... it must be the work of that Guard Dog!"
[Abyss] roared in anger.
However, this is far from over.
The very next second, at the end of the River of Time, a divine sound suddenly resounded.
"The gods have been stripped of their crowns, and all laws have been broken."
Miracles are like smoke, while mortal life lies ahead.
"I summon this world, and all living beings are mortal!"
Upon hearing this magnificent divine sound, [Abyss] exclaimed in horror, "Oh no! It's this move!"
As soon as the words were spoken, a beam of white light shone across the entire River of Time!
"Bang!"
Zhang Lingqi, who was already struggling to walk, suddenly felt his legs give way and almost fell into the rushing river!
He struggled with all his might, grabbing onto a grayish-white rock nearby, barely managing to keep himself from being swept away.
"What's going on..."
Zhang Lingqi's eyes were filled with shock.
He was horrified to realize that the Sequence Supernatural Ability within him...
They've all disappeared!
Not only that, even his physical abilities were stripped away by this light!
He became an ordinary person!
And then.
The Demon Eye of the Abyss was forced to close under the light!
The [Abyss] has lost all its power.
He was swept away by the Reverse-Flow River and fell backward, rolling around on the riverbed!
"He can actually still use this divine skill! [Ordinary World]!"
[Abyss] struggles in the river.
This damned divine skill was used on the battlefield a thousand years ago.
He turned all the Evil God under His command into speed bumps for people to trample on!
Anyone touched by this light will have all their supernatural powers forcibly stripped away.
To become the most vulnerable ordinary person, including gods!
Of course, as the supreme High God, if His true form were here, He would naturally be unaffected by such laws.
But now, He is merely residing in a mortal body!
"Damn it! If my true form were here, I would personally twist your head off!"
[Abyss] was trembling with rage.
The High God could not even stand up in this turbulent river.
He could only cling to the riverbed, crawling in the shadows like a maggot.
In contrast, Guyue Xuyu is a pampered young lady who has been spoiled since childhood.
Before Zhang Lingqi awakened to become a superhuman, he was already a ruthless character who had been struggling on the edge of life and death.
He works in archaeological excavation and is often invited in by his uncle for tea.
As an ordinary person, he possesses absolute experience and perseverance!
"I can do it... I definitely can!"
Zhang Lingqi stared at the Time Fragment that was so close to him.
He released his grip on the rocks and faced the raging current.
"Aaaaaah!"
With a roar, Zhang Lingqi forcefully waded through the last few steps of the flowing water.
He finally arrived at that Time Fragment, plunged his head into it, and stepped into that unknown past!