Amid the white light, Liu An, whom Qin Chuan believed had come from Earth Star, escaped with Tang San and Tang Hao, father and son. They vanished without a trace.
The Scarlet King was startled. A crimson light blazed in his eyes, and murderous intent erupted around him. His icy gaze instantly fixed on the Shrek group below, who were still shaken and completely bewildered. An immense pressure suddenly descended over the area. A battle was about to erupt!
"Have we... been abandoned?" Ma Hongjun swallowed.
"Senior, this shouldn't have anything to do with them. Let's not waste time. We should continue on to Heaven Dou City!"
Qin Chuan glanced at the Shrek group, who stood as if facing a formidable enemy.
Though these people were detestable, at least they hadn't tried to kill him, so he spoke up to get them off the hook.
After a few words of warning, Qin Chuan didn't delay any longer. It was nearly noon, and Heaven Dou City was still a long way off.
Only then did the Scarlet King release his grip. He looked at Yu Xiaogang beneath Qin Chuan's foot. "What should we do with him? Kill him?"
"No, no! Don't kill me, I'm useful! I'm the Grandmaster. I can be your teacher—"
Qin Chuan's mouth twitched. Where did this guy get his confidence?
He pressed down hard with his foot. Yu Xiaogang immediately felt as though his eyeballs were about to pop out, and his mouth flew open.
In an instant, Qin Chuan tossed a pill into his mouth—
An astonishing sight unfolded. After Yu Xiaogang swallowed the pill, his body instantly shrank until he was barely any bigger than a stalk of Blue Silver Grass.
"This is..." Whether it was the Scarlet King or the Shrek group, their eyes all narrowed at the sight.
"This is a Shrink Pill!" Qin Chuan said with a smile as he picked up the terrified Yu Xiaogang and put him in a glass jar. "This guy's so interesting. It'd be a shame to kill him right away. I can have some fun with him later."
With that, he put the glass jar away.
"Let's go, Senior!"
Qin Chuan and the Scarlet King weren't especially slow, but they didn't hurry, either. They made their way along at a leisurely pace.
After almost two days, they finally arrived at the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire—Heaven Dou City.
"What a bustling capital. It's completely different from the modern world. It's like going back to medieval Europe," Qin Chuan said, looking around in admiration.
Buildings crowded the area, throngs of people filled the streets, and the markets bustled with activity. It had a lively beauty unlike the clamor of the modern world.
The Scarlet King's expression was cool. A faint glimmer passed through the depths of his eyes, but his face remained unchanged as he watched everything with indifference.
Qin Chuan pursed his lips. After spending this time together, he'd realized that the Scarlet King really was a man of few words, the silent type through and through.
He was about to say something when—
Boom!
A sudden tremor shook the sky above. Endless rainbow light shattered, and hazy immortal radiance poured through.
Qin Chuan and the Scarlet King were both startled. In fact, everyone in the street—and across the entire continent—heard the commotion and looked up.
At the highest point of the sky, the void trembled faintly. Vast swaths of the heavens caved in amid a shockwave, as if some giant spirit were pounding against them.
"What's happening?" Everyone stared in horror, unable to understand the scene unfolding before them.
Qin Chuan was shaken, too. Though he couldn't figure out what was going on, he had a feeling that those people from the stars had caused this disturbance.
Amid a rumbling roar, a figure gradually took shape beyond the shattered void above.
The figure was indistinct, as if standing amid the stars of the universe. Its face was impossible to make out, yet it exuded an inexplicable might.
Suddenly, it lifted its gaze toward the heavens. Clad in armor and gripping a halberd, it looked into the distance as if it scorned all creation, standing high above everything.
The figure raised the war spear in its hand and hurled it. The sight terrified countless people, leaving them trembling with fear.
What were they seeing?
A resplendent palace complex stood upon a miraculous continent, floating above countless prosperous worlds. It was magnificent and splendid beyond compare.
Two mighty deities emerged from the palace. They looked down upon all things, the chosen of the world and the worlds themselves, immortal legends.
Yet at that very moment, a war spear came hurtling toward them, piercing countless worlds and the void, its edge gleaming.
In an instant, it destroyed that fearsome continent and the endless resplendent palaces, then pierced the divine bodies of the two deities.
It pinned them firmly to a colossal wall.
So fast! It was far too fast!
The two mighty deities hadn't even managed to react.
The spear was already upon them, carrying the ancient, keen aura of its edge. It pierced straight through them, instantly snuffing out every last trace of life in the two deities.
Scarlet blood gushed from the wounds in their divine bodies and dripped down into the countless worlds below.
Crash! Crash! Crash!
The sky blurred. It had been bright and sunny, but now a torrential rain began to fall.
More chilling still, the rain was red—red as blood.
"It's all real. A god has fallen!"
"Blood rain is falling from the sky. Those two who fell really were supreme beings—the legendary gods!"
In an instant, everyone went mad with disbelief. Beings that had existed only in legends had truly appeared, only to fall in the blink of an eye.
The world's will struggled to survive, but another will, incomparably powerful and belonging to some terrifying existence, broke through the barrier and charged in like a猛虎, battling it.
It was quickly defeated, bitten until it was covered in wounds and on the brink of death. Yet at the moment before its complete demise, it still used its authority to inform the world of part of what had happened.
An evil god had set its sights on this world, bringing chaos and slaughter!
But the outcome was plain for all to see. The gods of the legendary Divine Realm had suffered a crushing defeat, slain by a single blow from their foe. Their true bodies hadn't even appeared; a mere spear had pierced the legendary Divine Realm.
As the two deities fell, the shadow in the void slowly faded, taking the entire vision with it.
Even the divine bodies of the two deities were carried away by a giant hand, leaving behind only ruins.
"This... There are people this powerful among the stars!" Qin Chuan was stunned. A moment later, he shivered as a chill crept up his back.
To slay and refine the highest beings of this world with a wave of the hand, and pierce countless worlds with a single attack—such power was utterly terrifying.
"Earth Star could never stand against this." Qin Chuan's scalp tingled as he truly felt the danger.
Even the legendary Divine Realm of this world had been discovered, perhaps turned into a secret realm for the descendants of some powerful being to undergo trials. What about Douluo Continent?
After all, Douluo Continent lay right under the noses of the powers among the stars, exposed for all to see.
"Senior, we should find somewhere to stay, quickly!" Qin Chuan shook his head and came back to his senses.
He led the Scarlet King into the street.
The continent would soon descend into utter chaos. He had no choice but to do his utmost to improve his strength and seize every opportunity he could.
The townspeople in the street all seemed dazed. They hadn't been affected as deeply as the Soul Masters, but the impact on them had still been immense. They probably wouldn't recover mentally anytime soon.
The Scarlet King had grown even quieter. His expression was vacant, and he said nothing, as if processing what had happened—or perhaps calculating something.
Just then, a bolt of purple light suddenly shot toward the two of them. Killing intent burst forth, sharp and terrifying, making every hair on Qin Chuan's body stand on end.
He hurriedly shoved the Scarlet King aside and dodged behind a nearby stall, moving with lightning speed.
Boom!
A violent explosion rang out, sending smoke billowing across the sky. Thick purple fumes drifted through the blazing light.
Qin Chuan got to his feet and warily looked toward the source of the attack. There, he spotted a delirious old man.
The old man was dressed in luxurious clothes, and his skin was as soft as a baby's. His features were gentle, and he should have had a kindly, benevolent air. Yet now he looked utterly mad, his appearance extremely bizarre.
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