radicalducati Chapter 101 War Mobilization 1
Chapter 101 War Mobilization 1
In the dark star field where Heaven and Hell meet, chaos permeates the air, and for billions of miles across the starry sky, there are no living beings, only dead stars floating in the sky.
There is no starlight here, no vital energy of heaven and earth, only an endless, dark void, where spatial turbulence crashes about like ancient beasts, making it a barren land in the universe.
But at this moment, this dark star field, which has been dead for billions of years, was completely detonated by several world-destroying ultimate forces!
The laws of fire, the laws of the evil underworld, the laws of death, and the laws of darkness—several completely different yet equally terrifying forces—clashed and intertwined wildly, unleashing a divine light like the creation of heaven and earth, piercing through layers of darkness and illuminating the cosmic sky spanning billions of miles. The fluctuations of these laws swept in all directions, shattering stars and collapsing the void wherever they passed. Even the chaotic energy was forcibly crushed, transforming into the most primordial cosmic essence, only to be instantly annihilated by the aftershocks of the battle.
"Gong Xuanzang! Your Netherworld Clan has such despicable methods! You dare to secretly ambush and kill me!"
A roar that shook the entire star field, filled with boundless shock, rage, and hatred, exploded in the void. The one who spoke was none other than the Lord of the Radiant Sun Civilization of the Heavenly Court, the Four Suns Heavenly Lord!
He was one of the strongest factions in the ancient civilization of the Heavenly Court, his cultivation reaching the peak of the Great Freedom and Boundless Realm. He had comprehended the profound mysteries of the Fire Dao to the extreme, and four ancient divine suns floated around him. Each sun was like a collection of thousands of stars, and the crimson-gold flames burned the void. The phantom of the Golden Crow Divine Bird spread its wings and cried out in the divine suns, its voice shaking the heavens. The rules of the Fire Dao swept across all directions, and wherever it passed, even the void was ignited.
At this moment, the Four Suns Heavenly Lord had completely lost the majesty of a powerful figure among the gods. His divine robes were tattered and stained with divine blood, and two of his four once dazzling divine suns had dimmed. He had just unleashed a furious outburst, pouring all his fire-based divine power into a Heaven-Burning Palm Print. Wherever the palm print passed, the void was burned and space melted away. He forcefully broke free from the restraints of several forces in front of him, his body blazing with fire, trying to transform into a stream of light to break through the encirclement and escape this deadly place.
He was filled with shock, anger, and disbelief.
He never expected that Gong Xuanzang, as the patriarch of the Underworld Clan in the Hell Realm, a man of high status, would actually lower himself and join forces with other powerful figures to set up an ambush here.
"You old scoundrel Siyang, even now you dare to spout nonsense? You do have some skill, managing to hold out for so long against the combined might of the three of us. However, today you have no chance of escape and are destined to perish here!"
A cold, stern laugh, filled with boundless arrogance, came from the other side of the void.
The speaker, whose body was as imposing as an ancient divine mountain, was entirely forged from chaotic divine stones, and whose skin was covered with immeasurable and heavy rules. He was none other than the Lord of the Stone God Temple, one of the giants of the Hell Realm.
He was a top-tier powerhouse of the Stone Clan, his cultivation having reached the peak of the Great Freedom and Boundless Realm. His physical body was extremely powerful, unmatched by anyone of the same realm, and his vitality was incredibly tenacious. Even the Heavenly Lord Wentian couldn't kill him back then. Even if his divine body was shattered, he could quickly reshape it using the Stone Clan's essence. At this moment, all the boundless rules around him erupted, and his massive primordial divine body, spanning millions of miles, manifested, transforming into an ancient stone mountain that stretched across the star field. The mountain was covered with boundless divine runes, and its immense pressure caused the entire void to tremble.
Seeing that the Four Yang Heavenly Lords were about to break through, the Stone God Palace Master's eyes flashed with anger, and he bent down and slammed his palms into the void!
"Petrified into nothingness, ten thousand peaks locked in the sky!"
"Boom—!"
The boundless divine power within him poured out, and the terrifying petrification rule instantly spread out. The void within millions of miles around became stiff and petrified at a visible speed, transforming into an incomparably hard divine stone. Countless towering stone pillars burst forth from the petrified void, like towering peaks supporting the sky, layer upon layer, forming an endless stone prison that completely blocked all of the Four Yang Heavenly Lord's escape routes.
The Four Yang Heavenly Lord suddenly stopped, his fire-based divine power bombarding the stone pillar. Although it could burn the stone pillar, the stone pillar kept being born from the petrified void, making it impossible to break through completely.
The moment he froze, Gong Xuanzang, who had been poised to strike, made his move instantly!
Gong Xuanzang, the patriarch of the Netherworld Clan, was surrounded by an extremely dense Netherworld mist. His face was as pale as paper, his eyes were incredibly sinister, and his cultivation was unfathomable. He formed hand seals, and the Netherworld rules around him surged. Instantly, a boundless Netherworld divine image appeared, covering the surrounding area and transforming it into a Netherworld death zone. Countless Netherworld souls and beasts roared within it, carrying endless death energy, and fiercely suppressed the Four Yang Heavenly Monarch.
The stone cage imprisons the space, and the underworld deity suppresses the soul.
Under the dual extreme control, the space around the Four Yang Heavenly Lord was completely solidified, and his soul was bound by the rules of the Underworld, making him unable to move. He could only watch helplessly as the terrifying power pressed down on him, and the light of the four divine suns around him was suppressed and dimmed.
"You old bastard, just accept your death!"
A chilling, bone-chilling voice rang out. Seeing this opportunity, the Second Disciple of the Nine Deaths Heavenly Emperor of the Dark Temple, the God of Non-Action, appeared from nothingness like a ghost. He wielded a pitch-black dark divine sword, its blade flowing with dark rules that devoured all things. His movements were incredibly fast, leaving no trace, as he thrust directly towards the vital points of the Four Yang Heavenly Lord's divine body!
The Four Suns Heavenly Lord was tightly restricted by the Netherworld Domain and had no way to dodge. He could only watch helplessly as the Dark Divine Sword pierced through his divine body!
Pfft—!
The Dark Divine Sword pierced through the divine body without any resistance, its tip emerging from the back. The pitch-black dark rules, like a terrifying black hole, frantically devoured the divine body's origin and divine power of the Four Suns Heavenly Lord. Wherever it passed, the divine body's flesh and blood withered rapidly, and even the divine soul felt waves of excruciating pain.
"Ugh!"
The Four Yang Heavenly Lord let out a painful groan, enduring the double injury to his soul and body, and with all his remaining divine power, he struck out with a divine palm. The palm print contained a great deal of fire-based profound meaning, and slammed it hard into the chest of the Wuwei Divine Venerable, forcibly knocking him back tens of thousands of miles.
Even after defeating the God of Nothingness, the dark divine sword remained within his divine body, continuously devouring his original power. His aura plummeted at a visible speed, and his original peak combat strength was reduced by more than half.
He hurriedly mobilized the remaining fire elemental essence within his body, using the true fire of the sun to suppress the rampant dark rules within him. However, Wuwei's cultivation was no less than his, and the dark rules were extremely strange. Although the true fire of the sun could burn them, it was difficult to completely eradicate them. It could only barely suppress them and could not change the current deadly situation at all.
Gong Xuanzang looked at the Four Yang Heavenly Lord who was still struggling to hold on, nodded slightly, and said with a hint of recognition for his opponent: "Old man, to be able to hold on for so long against the combined forces of the three of us, your combat strength is even stronger than I expected."
This ambush was meticulously planned by the Underworld Clan, the Stone Clan, and the Dark Temple, employing a great deal of power and being extremely well-prepared. In a one-on-one fight, even if he could suppress the Four Yang Heavenly Lord, he would definitely not be able to capture him, and might even be devoured by him. Only by joining forces could the three parties set up this deadly trap.
The Four Suns Heavenly Lord was surrounded by three layers of power, his surrounding space was completely sealed off, and his retreat was cut off. His heart sank to the bottom in an instant.
He knew that if things continued like this, he would either be worn down to death by the three of them, or he would fight desperately and perish together with them, but he didn't want to choose either of those paths.
"You think you can kill me? Not so easy! Today, I'll fight you to the death!"
The Four Suns Heavenly Lord's eyes turned fierce and resolute. He hardened his heart and had already decided to risk everything to cut off his tail and escape.
His divine power surged wildly, and the four divine suns instantly burst forth with endless flames, hundreds and thousands of times stronger than before, like four giant stars magnified ten thousand times. The crimson-gold flames burned the void, forcibly tearing a gap in Gong Xuanzang's Netherworld Domain. The petrification rules around him were also completely melted by the profound meaning of the fire path.
"sucker Punch!"
Upon seeing this, the God of Nothingness and the Palace Master of the Stone God Palace turned cold and simultaneously attacked with all their might.
The God of Nothingness, wielding the Dark Divine Sword, unleashed all his dark divine power. Countless dark sword beams burst forth from the sword, transforming into endless chains of dark order that coiled out like venomous snakes, instantly imprisoning one of the Four Suns Heavenly Lord's divine suns, causing its light to dim completely.
The Palace Master of the Stone God Temple flipped his palm, revealing a divine artifact-grade stone staff forged entirely from chaotic divine stone. Holding the staff, he unleashed a powerful strike with all his divine power. The staff's momentum was like a meteor falling from the sky, carrying billions of tons of force, and smashed towards the other divine sun of the Four Suns Heavenly Lord!
"Boom—!"
With this strike, a million miles of space were reduced to dust, and the void completely collapsed. The divine sun of the Four Suns Heavenly Lord was unable to withstand it at all. It was hit by the staff, and its light was extinguished instantly, and it completely shattered!
The Four Suns Heavenly Lord was struck by two supreme beings at the same time. His divine body suffered repeated severe injuries, and he spat out a mouthful of golden divine blood. The divine blood dripped into the void, and even the void itself could be ignited. Two of the four divine suns had dimmed, and his combat power plummeted again. He had reached the point of exhaustion.
Seeing this, Gong Xuanzang showed no mercy. He knew that if he gave the Four Yang Heavenly Lord a chance to catch his breath, things would only get worse.
"The Four Phases of Dark Law, Purgatory Suppression!"
He roared, unleashing the full power of his life's cultivation to unleash the Netherworld Clan's ultimate divine ability. The four great dharmas of the Netherworld City, Netherworld Kingdom, Netherworld Ancestor, and Netherworld Sea simultaneously appeared, merging together to transform into a boundless Netherworld Purgatory. Within this purgatory, deathly energy surged, and Netherworld lightning rolled, carrying an overwhelming force that relentlessly suppressed the Four Yang Heavenly Lord, determined to utterly annihilate him within the purgatory.
"So be it! We'll sacrifice one piece today, for as long as we have life, we can always rebuild!"
A resolute glint flashed in the eyes of the Four Suns Heavenly Lord. He knew he could no longer be worn down by the three of them and had to cut off his tail and escape immediately.
His eyes hardened, and without further hesitation, he unleashed the most severely damaged part of his divine sun, detonating it with his own divine soul essence!
"boom-!"
The detonated divine sun instantly increased in power several times over, its aura expanding wildly. The Four Suns Heavenly Lord was as if possessed by an ancient golden crow, his flames transforming into a rainbow that pierced through the heavens and earth. He recklessly crashed into the weak point of the Netherworld Purgatory, trying to use the power of the divine sun's explosion to break through the encirclement and escape.
"Oh no! He's going to self-destruct his divine sun to break through!"
Gong Xuanzang's expression changed drastically, and he cried out in alarm. He immediately strengthened the spatial suppression with all his might, while his figure retreated explosively, not daring to linger for even a moment.
The Stone God Palace Master and the Wuwei God Venerable also changed their expressions drastically, their hearts filled with horror. They subconsciously thought that the Four Yang Heavenly Lord was going to self-destruct all his divine yang, taking them down with him. They hurriedly reinforced the spatial seal and at the same time, their figures flashed, frantically retreating hundreds of thousands of miles away from the center of the explosion.
The cultivation level of the Four Yang Heavenly Lords was already comparable to that of the three of them. They were truly top-tier experts. If they were forced into a desperate situation and self-destructed all their divine yang and divine soul, the power would be enough to destroy the heavens and the earth. Even if the three of them could survive, they would definitely suffer severe injuries, which would be a great loss.
The next moment, a terrifying explosion erupted!
The divine sun unleashed by the Four Suns Heavenly Lord expanded infinitely in the void, instantly covering tens of millions of miles of star field space. The intense crimson-gold light completely illuminated hundreds of millions of miles of dark star field. Even the distant Boundless Divine Sea felt this earth-shattering energy fluctuation, with towering waves rising on the sea surface and chaotic air currents churning endlessly.
The aftershocks of the explosion swept in all directions, turning countless stars into ashes, and tearing the void into a huge void that could not be healed for a long time.
Using the force of the explosion, the Four Yang Heavenly Lord transformed into a fiery rainbow, breaking through the blockade of the Netherworld Purgatory and the Stone Cage. Without looking back, he fled towards the direction of the Heavenly Court's ancient civilization defense line, leaving behind only a hasty yet resolute figure.
"Chase him! We can't let him get away!"
Gong Xuanzang snapped out of his daze, roared, and hurriedly led the Stone God Palace Master and the Wuwei God Venerable to chase after them. However, by this time, they had already missed the best opportunity to pursue the Four Yang Heavenly Lord and could only watch helplessly as the other party got further and further away.
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Meanwhile, the giants within the Heavenly Palace of the Heavenly Court had already sensed the earth-shattering changes coming from the border defense line. They all put aside their affairs and rushed to the battlefield to provide support. In particular, the supreme experts of the ancient civilization faction were extremely anxious.
The Thousand Star God Ancestor and the Big Dipper God Ancestor led a group of powerful beings from the Boundless Realm of ancient civilizations, traversing the void at full speed, their expressions extremely solemn.
Suddenly, a familiar yet extremely violent aura emanated from a distant star field, instantly sweeping across all directions. The expressions of the powerful figures from the ancient civilizations all changed, and their hearts sank instantly.
"This is... the aura of the Four Yang Heavenly Lord! And it's the aura of a near-death eruption!" The Thousand Star God Ancestor's face was extremely ugly, his eyes filled with disbelief. "What exactly happened to him that forced him to self-destruct his divine sun and sever his tail to escape! Just how strong is his opponent?!"
The Northern Dipper God Ancestor's face was equally grim, his starlight dimmed, and his tone was grave: "To force the Four Yang Heavenly Lords to this state, the enemy's attack is several times more ferocious than we anticipated!"
"He only managed to break through by self-destructing a divine sun. It seems the Hell Realm has sent at least three peak-level experts of the Great Freedom and Boundless Realm to join forces and kill him! The ancient civilization's defenses have likely suffered an unprecedented blow. This is going to be difficult!"
"With His Majesty Haotian on the front lines of the Boundless Divine Sea, the fact that the Underworld dared to launch such a large-scale ambush at this time must mean that a top-tier expert has withstood His Majesty Haotian's power... Could it be that the Emperor of Fengdu has returned?"
All the powerful figures from the ancient civilization factions at the Boundless Realm looked worried and were in a state of panic.
The ancient civilization world cluster was originally gathered at the front line near the Hell Realm, serving as a barrier for the Heavenly Court to resist the invasion of the Hell Realm. Now that the defense line has been breached and the Four Yang Heavenly Lords have been seriously injured and fled, none of them can remain uninvolved. Once the defense line completely collapses, the ancient civilization world cluster will inevitably become a hunting ground for the Hell Realm, and billions of living beings will be slaughtered.
"Fellow Daoists, please do not panic!" Upon seeing this, the Thousand Star God Ancestor quickly spoke in a deep voice to soothe everyone's minds. "The old Heavenly Lord of the Heavenly Beginning Civilization did not go to Xiniu Hezhou to participate in the Dan Yuan Conference. He must have already arrived at the front line to take charge of the overall situation! With Fellow Daoist Luo in charge, the gods of the Hell Realm will definitely not be able to break through our joint defense line of all realms for a while!"
The Great Dipper God Ancestor also composed himself, surveying the gods with his gaze, his tone serious and firm: "Fellow Daoist Qianxing is absolutely right! Our most urgent task is to rush to the battlefield at full speed, stabilize the defensive line, and not lose our composure! Lord Haotian is on the front line, and even if something unexpected happens, he will surely come to our aid in time. We must trust Lord Haotian!"
Upon hearing this, the gods nodded in agreement, forcibly suppressing their panic, adjusting their mindset, and rushing towards the battlefield with all their might.
The Hell Realm had been planning this for a long time and was extremely well prepared. Long before the ambush began, they sent powerful experts who were proficient in the Dao of Space and spies in the Heavenly Court to secretly destroy all the spatial wormholes and teleportation arrays that the Heavenly Court Realm used to reach the ancient civilization battlefield. This completely cut off the fast route for the front-line reinforcements. They could only rely on their own divine power to traverse the void and reach the battlefield step by step. It was too late to help them.
As the Thousand Star God Ancestor watched the group rushing on their way, the worry in his eyes did not diminish at all, but instead grew even stronger.
He gazed in the direction of the ancient civilization's battlefield, his heart filled with worry, and he kept praying for the old Heavenly Lord of the Tianchu Civilization: "I hope that Fellow Daoist Luo will not encounter any accidents..."
He knew perfectly well that Luo Yifeng, the old lord of the Tianchu Civilization, had fought against the Death God Feng Caiyi and the Ferocious God for tens of thousands of years on the battlefield. His divine body and soul were covered in indelible old wounds, which, accumulated over the years, had already damaged his very essence, and his strength was no longer at its peak. If Luo Yifeng were to suffer another accident at this moment, the ancient civilization's defenses would surely collapse completely.