Amidst the white radiance, Liu An, whom Qin Chuan believed to hail from Earth Star, made his escape, taking Tang San and his father Tang Hao along with him into the unknown.
Scarlet King was startled, his eyes instantly flaring with crimson light as a murderous aura erupted from his body. His cold gaze locked onto the Shrek members below, who were still reeling in shock and utter confusion. A crushing pressure descended upon the scene, and a great battle seemed imminent!
"Are we... being abandoned?" Ma Hongjun gulped.
"Senior, this shouldn't have anything to do with them. Let's not waste time; we should continue toward Heaven Dou City!"
Qin Chuan said, glancing at the Shrek group, who were braced for a fight.
Although these fellows were quite detestable, they at least harbored no lethal intent toward him, so he spoke up to grant them a reprieve.
After a brief warning, Qin Chuan did not delay any further. It was already nearing noon, and there was still a long distance to cover before reaching Heaven Dou City.
Scarlet King finally loosened his grip. He looked at Yu Xiaogang, who was under Qin Chuan's foot: "What do you intend to do with him? Shall I kill him?"
"No, no, don't kill me! I have my uses! I am a Grandmaster; I can be your teacher—"
Qin Chuan's mouth twitched. Who on earth gave this guy such confidence?
He stomped down hard, and Yu Xiaogang felt as if his eyeballs were about to pop out, his mouth flying open in agony.
In an instant, Qin Chuan tossed a pill into his mouth—
A shocking scene unfolded: after swallowing the pill, Yu Xiaogang's body shrank rapidly until he was barely larger than a stalk of Blue Silver Grass.
"This is..." Both Scarlet King and the Shrek members felt their pupils contract at the sight.
"This is a Shrink Pill!" Qin Chuan laughed as he picked up the terrified Yu Xiaogang and placed him into a glass jar: "This fellow is so amusing; it would be a shame to kill him right away. I can keep him around to play with later."
With that, he put the glass jar away.
"Let's go, Senior!"
Qin Chuan and Scarlet King did not travel particularly fast, maintaining a leisurely pace throughout their journey.
After nearly two days, the two finally arrived at the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire—Heaven Dou City.
"What a prosperous capital. It's completely different from the modern era; it's like stepping back into medieval Europe." Qin Chuan looked around, marveling at the sight.
The city was filled with towering buildings, a dense population, and bustling markets, possessing a vibrant, noisy beauty distinct from the modern world.
Scarlet King remained indifferent, a faint glimmer flashing deep within his pupils, but his expression stayed impassive as he observed everything with detachment.
Qin Chuan curled his lip. After spending this time together, he had realized that Scarlet King was truly a man of few words, the type who was purely laconic.
He was about to say something when, suddenly—
BOOM!
A tremor erupted from the high heavens, shattering the endless rainbow light and causing celestial radiance to spill through in a hazy glow.
Qin Chuan and Scarlet King were both startled. In fact, everyone on the streets, and indeed across the entire continent, heard the commotion and looked up.
At the highest point of the firmament, the void trembled faintly, and a vast expanse of the sky collapsed, the impact echoing as if a giant spirit were striking it.
"What is happening?" Everyone was gripped by inexplicable terror, unable to comprehend the scene unfolding before them.
Qin Chuan was also stunned. Though he couldn't grasp the situation, he had a premonition that this disturbance was caused by those who had come from the starry sky.
Accompanied by a deafening roar, a figure slowly coalesced outside that shattered void in the high heavens.
The figure was blurred, as if standing amidst the cosmic stars. Though his features were obscured, he radiated an inexplicable, overwhelming might.
Suddenly, he lifted his gaze toward the firmament, clad in armor and wielding a spear, staring into the distance as if holding all things in contempt, high and aloof.
The figure raised the war spear in his hand and hurled it with a violent thrust. The action terrified countless people, leaving them trembling with cold fear.
What was it they were seeing!
A cluster of brilliant palaces stood upon a magical continent, floating above countless prosperous worlds, magnificent and glorious.
Two powerful deities emerged from the palaces, looking down upon all prodigies and worlds—they were immortal legends.
However, at that very moment, a war spear struck, piercing through countless worlds and the void, its edge gleaming.
In an instant, it obliterated that terrifying continent, destroyed the endless brilliant palaces, and impaled the divine bodies of the two deities.
It pinned them firmly against a massive wall.
Fast! It was too fast!
It was so fast that the two powerful deities hadn't even had time to react.
The war spear had reached them, carrying an aura of ancient sharpness, passing straight through and instantly extinguishing all vitality from the two deities.
Bright red blood gushed out, flowing from the pierced divine bodies and raining down into the endless worlds below.
Splash! Splash! Splash!
The sky grew hazy. Originally a sunny day with bright, clear light, it now began to pour with torrential rain.
And what was even more chilling was that the rain was red—the color of fresh blood.
"These are real; gods have fallen!"
"The sky is raining blood. Those two fallen supreme beings were truly deities—the deities of legend!"
In an instant, everyone went mad, unable to believe that beings existing only in legends had truly manifested, only to fall in the blink of an eye.
The will of the world was clinging to survival, but another will, powerful to the extreme and belonging to some terrifying existence, tore through the barrier and surged in like a fierce tiger to tear it to shreds.
It was quickly defeated, bitten until it was covered in wounds and on the verge of perishing, yet in that final moment before its total collapse, it still utilized its authority to inform the world of the situation.
An Evil God has set its sights on this realm, bringing chaos and slaughter!
But the outcome was clear to all: the legendary deities of the God Realm suffered a crushing defeat, struck down by a single blow from their opponent, who had not even bothered to reveal its true form, piercing through the legendary God Realm with nothing more than a spear.
As the two deities fell, the phantom in the void slowly dissipated, taking all traces of the scene with it.
Even the divine bodies of those two deities were snatched away by a massive hand, leaving behind nothing but ruins.
"This... to think there is someone so powerful in the starry sky!" Qin Chuan was shaken, suddenly feeling his hair stand on end as a chill crept up his spine.
To slay the supreme beings of this world and refine them with a wave of a hand, and even have a single attack pierce through countless worlds—such methods were truly terrifying.
"This is absolutely not something Earth Star can contend with." Qin Chuan felt his scalp tingle, truly sensing the crisis.
If the legendary God Realm of this world had been discovered and perhaps refined into a secret trial ground for disciples, what about Douluo Continent?
One had to remember that Douluo Continent was right there under the noses of all parties in the starry sky, exposed and bright.
"Senior, we should hurry and find a place to stay!" Shaking his head, Qin Chuan snapped back to reality.
He led Scarlet King into the street.
The continent would likely descend into total chaos from here on out; he had no other choice but to do his utmost to improve his strength and seize opportunities.
The common folk on the street were all somewhat dazed; their perceptions were not as sharp as those of Soul Masters, but they had still been greatly affected, and it was unlikely they would recover their mental state anytime soon.
Scarlet King had become increasingly silent, his expression vacant and his lips sealed, as if he were digesting information or perhaps calculating something.
Just then, a beam of purple light suddenly blasted toward the two of them, accompanied by a burst of murderous intent so cold and terrifying that every hair on Qin Chuan's body stood on end.
He hurriedly shoved Scarlet King aside and dove toward a small stall, his speed lightning-fast, occurring in the blink of an eye.
BOOM!
A violent explosion rang out, kicking up a sky full of dust and smoke, with thick purple haze drifting amidst the blazing light.
Qin Chuan stood up, looking vigilantly toward the source of the attack, only to discover an old man with a frantic expression.
The old man was dressed in luxurious robes, his skin as fair and tender as a baby's, and his features were soft, suggesting a kind and benevolent appearance; yet, at this moment, he looked like a madman, appearing extremely eerie.