Clang! As they neared the edge of the "Ao's leg, Buzhou Mountain," before they could examine the mountain itself, Qiu Wuji abruptly drew her divine sword and pointed it into the dark void.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Boundless sword shadows interwove like water, sealing off a thousand miles of void without a gap.
A shadow could be seen moving as fast as lightning. In an instant, it left the area covered by the sword shadows, then flickered out of sight eerily and appeared behind Chu Ge.
Chu Ge: "..."
Violent energy struck Chu Ge, but it sank like a clay ox into the sea, eliciting no reaction whatsoever.
It was as though it had dispersed into the world.
The attacker froze in shock, revealing its form.
It was actually a huge rat half as tall as a person, clad in soft armor and wielding a longsword.
This was not a demon. It was a god.
"Void Lodge, Void Sun Rat." Chu Ge turned with his hands behind his back and said calmly, "I bestowed all your abilities upon you. Who gave you the nerve to ambush me?"
"Heavenly Dao..." Horror appeared on the Void Sun Rat's face, its gaze flickering uncertainly.
This was not a question of who had bestowed what... As the will of a world, the Heavenly Dao could do whatever it pleased. It could make the rat vanish with a single thought.
But the rat knew that the Heavenly Dao's actual strength was not great... This was a world the Heavenly Emperor had already cut off. The Heavenly Emperor had long since taken the rat as a subordinate and appointed it to guard the Northern Celestial Pole.
It had never expected the Heavenly Dao to take physical form and enter directly... Now it faced a choice: follow the