by <unknown>
"While Wuying Qi is the ancestor of the Immortal Cultivators, the Mad Armageddon was the strongest Demonic Cultivator in history. Immortal Cultivators and Demonic Cultivators are on different paths. So, his power and the Mad Armageddon's must have serious compatibility issues.
"Yes, that's right. That's why he would rather not use the Blood God's power unless it's absolutely necessary. When he uses it, he needs a long time to address the incompatibility issue of the two powers. So, he's still striking poses when I've analyzed so much!
"No matter how cool he looks, he is not as strong as we imagine. It's possible that he's more weakened and divided than ever. This is the best opportunity to kill him while the two powers haven't been integrated with his body yet!"
Li Yao struggled to stand up and raised the shapeless blade made of fire and light at Wuying Qi.
"Wuying Qi, I've seen through your weakness. You're doomed!" Li Yao declared resolutely while spitting bloodstained saliva.
"Oh? Is that so?"
Wuying Qi smiled, and dozens of bald experts that were manipulated by him jumped over. Like a thorny wall, they stood in between them and gazed at Li Yao and Long Yangjun with their bloodshot, hollowed eyes.
Chapter 2645: Unstoppable Jump! |
"Here's my Cosmos Ring!"
Surrounded by the enemies, Long Yangjun quickly threw her Cosmos Ring at Li Yao. "Three minutes! I can buy three minutes for you at best! Make it fast!"
"Alright!"
Li Yao's fingers moved deftly, and dozens of thin and weirdly-shaped maintenance tools rolled on his fingertips like liquid metal, enshrouding the two Cosmos Rings in silver light.
Repairing a Cosmos Ring would be a piece of cake if Li Yao had molecular-level scanning magic equipment. But in such a shabby and dangerous environment, he could only try his best now!
"Kill them!"
It seemed that Li Yao was right about the conflict of powers inside Wuying Qi. Wuying Qi did not attack or summon his Colossus. He simply instructed the experts who were possessed by him to attack.
The dozens of bald experts lunged at Li Yao like hungry wolves in bloody auras, trying to rob him of the Cosmos Rings, or at least to disrupt the emergency maintenance.
Their eyes had turned into springs of blood. While shrieking, they blatantly unleashed frantic brainwaves, which was a type of virus on the mental level.
Normal people would've been assimilated by them and degenerated into uncontrollable devils.
Regretfully, neither Li Yao nor Long Yangjun were normal people.
Li Yao had a mental devil and Mo Xuan's heritage. He was highly adapted and immune to tenebrum energy.
Long Yangjun, on the other hand, as a successor of the Nuwa Clan, was a great controller of tenebrum energy herself.
"Tenebrum energy?"
Long Yangjun smiled and covered herself in a dazzling glass suit. She was holding a crystal whip in each hand, but the soft whips turned into sharp swords under the boost of her spiritual energy.
She was not affected by the tenebrum energy of the bald experts at all. Instead, she dashed among them agilely and went on a killing spree, cutting off their limbs and heads.
Brutal as the experts might have been, they could not fight anymore after they lost their heads or limbs.
"Such a power!"
Wuying Qi's face changed as he sensed the energy around Long Yangjun that was more evil and chaotic than the spiritual energy. He said gloomily, "If you also cultivate the tenebrum energy, why are you stopping my plan?"
"Because you do not understand the true meaning of tenebrum energy!"
Long Yangjun crossed her arms, and her whips minced the last few bald experts into pieces. "It's exactly because of guys like you, whose desires and ambitions expand infinitely because of the corruption of the tenebrum energy, that Pangu and mankind regarded tenebrum energy as a forbidden power and kept a distance from it!
"In order to introduce tenebrum energy into our civilization, I have to eradicate people like you first. Is there a problem?"
Long Yangjun squatted and stomped on the ground with her powerful legs before she threw herself at Wuying Qi in a streak of light.
The blood and the light collided a thousand times in only several seconds. It was impossible to see them clearly. The only indication of their collisions was the shocking cracks on the ground.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!"
On one of his knees not far away, Li Yao moved his hands so fast that their temperatures were almost a thousand degrees. He devoted his lifelong knowledge to the recovery of the rune arrays that were destroyed by Wuying Qi.
However, Wuying Qi's method was quite tricky. He left two hibernating powers on the two Cosmos Rings, which were like sensitive crystal bombs and would destroy the retrieval mechanism of the Cosmos Rings if anything went wrong.
No matter how anxious Li Yao was, he had to control his shivering nerves and dismantle the bombs first.
Time went by. When Long Yangjun and Wuying Qi were separated, it felt that a year had passed.
However, it was actually only one minute in reality. Li Yao had just figured out the basics of Wuying Qi's remaining power.
Long Yangjun was flung back into him, almost breaking the bones of both of them.
"Watch out!"
Li Yao protected the two Cosmos Rings instead of himself. They would have to surrender if they lost the last trump cards. "Didn't you say that you can buy three minutes for me?"
"Didn't you say that your plan would be easy and impeccable?"
Long Yangjun's suit had fallen apart. Her suit was not a piece of magical equipment but part of her body. It was a natural exoskeleton that had sharp senses and high trafficability of spiritual energy. She was under a lot of pain now that it was broken.
She was almost vomiting her internal organs out. "Things did not turn out as I planned. What can I do? Why don't we swap our roles? You can deal with the maddened Wuying Qi, and I can repair the Cosmos Rings!"
"There's no need to argue. It's all the same."
Wuying Qi's twisted and evil shadow that looked like burning blood emerged from the black fog again. His voice was lower and hoarser, like the whisper from the deepest level of hell. "You're both going to die anyway, and so will everybody in the Empyreal Terminus Sector!"
As he spoke, the redness in his hair clambered and made his head red. The black nerves, which had been withered and broken, bulged again in devastating red.
Wuying Qi's mental network was being repaired, sending out the craziest and uncontrollable power again.
Dozens of bald experts were slain by Long Yangjun, but more were coming and baring their fangs at Li Yao and Long Yangjun.
Zi! Zi! Zi! Zi! Zi! Zi!
With their brainwaves as the fuel, Wuying Qi launched his brainwaves together with the delirious tenebrum energy by using the Gold Crystal Pyramid again. The bloody bolt of lightning struck the sky at the sun!
…
In the space battlefield, the black spots on the sun had been dimming and freezing, but when they were boosted by the bloody light, a destructive chain reaction was restarted. The intensity of radiations and high-energy particles soared again!
The sun just now was like a black eye that was coldly staring at the universe.
The sun at this moment, however, was a black eye that had been broken, with blood splashing everywhere like a spring!
Many starships in the ace fleet of the four families had already used up their spiritual shields in the first place. They could not resist the intense solar storms and turned into intimidating incinerators. The fire licked every cabin through the aisles and burned up the Immortal Cultivators who were not crazy, who were crazy, and who were about to be crazy into ashes.
The starships whose spiritual shields were still minimally on weren't any better. Solar radiations pierced into the crew members' brains like invisible blades, churning their rationality and collapsing their mental defenses. Laughing crazily, they degenerated into Demonic Cult
ivators of the lowest level who knew nothing but destruction and slaughter!
After the consecutive strikes, it was impossible for the ace fleet of the four families to regain its combat ability.
However, it did not mean that the situation was in Li Yao's favor, because Xiaoming, Wenwen, and the Fist King, as well as the spiritual puppets under their command, were being corrupted by the solar storm too.
Information lives were highly dependent on crystal processors and Spiritual Nexus in the first place. They were also prone to indiscriminate interference.
In the beginning, Wuying Qi was mainly attacking the brains of humans with the interferences boosted by the sun. Thanks to the optimization of their physical systems, Xiaoming, Wenwen, and the Fist King managed to resist the first solar storm.
However, now that Wuying Qi had gone mad, he was infuriating the sun without caring about anything and unleashing a storm that would destroy anything. Naturally, Xiaoming, Wenwen, and the Fist King can barely stay safe from it.
Zi! Zi! Zi! Zi! Zi! Zi!
Nothing but noises could be heard in the communication channel. Xiaoming and Wenwen, who were on the ground, lost touch with the Fist King who was in space. Also, they felt that they were being suffocated, as if they were in a room full of lethal gas!
"I'm very uncomfortable…"
Xiaoming struggled to say, "Our virtual nervous network is suffering a massive indiscriminate attack. Interaction is barely possible now. We're now offline!"
"If it's so bad for us when we are protected by the atmosphere, it will be even worse for Uncle Fist King."
Wenwen said worriedly, "I wonder if he can keep the space gate under control."
"Even if he can, it won't help."
Xiaoming said, "The solar storm is escalating. The environment in the Empyreal Terminus Sector is too complicated now. Jumping here is a dead end. Even the most glorious fleet will be capsized by the solar storm!"
The space gate was only a lighthouse, which could provide navigation, but if the tides were too strong, it would still be hard for a fleet to reach the port.
"We have to inform Boss Bai and General Lei and ask them to stop the jump."
Wenwen said, "The starships and the crew will be in the weakest state after the jump. Unless the intensity of the solar storm is lowered by 30%, they won't be able to resist it!"
"That's impossible. The jump has already begun. I've detected unusual space ripples near the space gate."
Xiaoming said, "The interferences are too powerful for us to send a message to Boss Bai and General Lei. They're already here!"
Chapter 2646: A Competition of Willpower! |
In the underground Gold Crystal Pyramid on the capital planet…
"Hehe! Hehehehe!"
Intimidating laughter burst out from the depths of Wuying Qi's throat. Brilliant red streaks were popping up on his bulging if not swollen body. He seemed to be soaked in fire and blood.
His red long hair was like strings that controlled puppets when they stabbed into the bald experts, making the bald experts three times faster and more agile.
A hundred bald experts fought Long Yangjun in turns, and there were more that were showing up in the black fog with their rigid limbs after they were possessed.
Though Long Yangjun was not affected by tenebrum energy, her wounds still significantly weakened her, making it barely possible for her to defend herself.
"Are you done or not?"
While vomiting blood and brandishing her whips that might break at any moment, Long Yangjun roared at Li Yao, "How much longer do you need?"
"Right away! Right away!"
Li Yao's finger bones were almost fracturing when he finally bypassed the traps that Wuying Qi set up. He took a long breath and cried, "Half a minute. Just another—"
Hardly had he concluded when Wuying Qi waved his head, and a thousand hairs darted at Li Yao's eyes like crimson snakes!
Li Yao sensed that his eyes were hit by dozens of lightning bolts. He subconsciously tilted his head and blinked his eyes.
Exactly when he blinked his eyes, Wuying Qi's bloody hair stabbed his hands, and he dropped the Cosmos Rings.
Secretly cursing, Li Yao hurried to reach for the Cosmos Rings. He finally caught the two Cosmos Rings, although Wuying Qi left dozens of deep wounds on his arms.
However, all the maintenance tools had been shattered and scattered by Wuying Qi's long hair.
"That is…"
Li Yao was dumbfounded. Greatly disturbed, he couldn't resist Wuying Qi's bloody tides anymore and was hit in the chest more than thirty times in a row. He flew back like a kite whose string was broken, before he smashed into the wall.
The remaining power of Wuying Qi's attack slithered into Li Yao's body like venomous scorpions, nibbling his flesh and even his soul.
Li Yao felt that his every pore had turned into a widely-opened mouth that was vomiting blood. Half of the blood in his body was emptied within half a second.
More dreadfully, Wuying Qi dashed to Li Yao's front right after the blood tides like a shooting star chasing the moon.
With a creepy smile on his face, Wuying Qi raised his right arm high. The red streaks on his arm left the skin and entangled with each other into a complicated and luxurious blade.
Zhi! Zhi! Zhi! Zhi! Zhi! Zhi!
The bloody blade seemed to be alive. It seemed to be mocking, or maybe it was singing, when it dug out the last drop of blood in Li Yao's heart.
"I'm screwed!"
Li Yao's brain went blank. He could not come up with any solution.
The Gold Crystal Pyramid could not be stopped. The solar storm was escalating. Boss Bai and Lei Chenghu's fleets were jumping over ignorantly. They were as doomed as the residents in the capital.
The only way out was to kill Wuying Qi and stop the Gold Crystal Pyramid!
However…
Li Yao glanced at Long Yangjun, who was still haunted by dozens of bald experts. The enemies were fearlessly exhausting her with their own lives. It was impossible for her to finish them instantly and reinforce him.
On Li Yao's side, he only had one last step to repair the Cosmos Rings, but his tools had been blown away by Wuying Qi. Li Yao had been whacked as well. It was impossible for him to finish the procedure when Wuying Qi was gazing at him.
This time, there was really nothing Li Yao could do when the weird bloody saber cut him.
"Die now!"
Watching Li Yao's eyes that were still rolling quickly, like a rat that was looking for a hole when it was cornered, Wuying Qi did not waste time talking to him at all, even though he might have more secrets or enticing offers. Wuying Qi focused all his power on the blade, and then—
The most unbelievable thing happened!
The rigidity that happened to Li Yao just now happened to Wuying Qi again!
He had summoned all his tenebrum energy when he cut Li Yao's neck with the saber, but the saber was frozen in midair. The noises from his shoulders and his bones indicated that they were broken, but he still could not move, as if he were a statue.
"What's going on now?"
Li Yao gazed at Wuying Qi, too stunned to wipe the cold sweat on his nose.
Wuying Qi did not sense the pain from his broken arm at all. His face was full of hesitation and struggle, as if an iced lake were unfreezing and the water below the ice was springing vigorously.
His solid legs quivered, suggesting that Wuying Qi had lost some of the control over his body. His eyes were rolling toward different directions at the same time. It was rather appalling.
It felt like there were two powers in his body. One of them wanted to kill Li Yao as soon as possible, and the other was trying to save him no matter the cost!
The end of his raging hair became clear again, like a frozen waterfall. The astonishing white was spreading out to his head too!
"No…"
Another angry and regretful howl burst out from Wuying Qi's throat.
"No!"
; The second howl, however, turned into a familiar yet strange voice, which stabbed out of his chest, heart, and throat like a white sword!
"This is…"
Li Yao's eyes constricted quickly. He immediately realized it and said, "It's the queen. It's Li Linghai, queen of the Imperium!"
Huala!
A thunder rumbled in Li Yao's head, breaking all his confusion.
He understood why Wuying Qi dared not to use the magnificent power of the Mad Armageddon!
His speculation was correct. Wuying Qi, as an Immortal Cultivator, and the Blood God, as a Demonic Cultivator, had irreconcilable conflicts although they had something in common.
When he talked to Wuying Qi at the beginning, Li Yao asked Wuying Qi if he killed his teacher, the Mad Armageddon. Wuying Qi did not deny it back then.
However, assuming that Wuying Qi did kill the Mad Armageddon, he must've paid a price. Perhaps something from the Mad Armageddon lingered in Wuying Qi's soul and always threatened him.
At that time, Li Yao had miscalculated one factor—Li Linghai!
Wuying Qi was not controlling his own body right now; he was residing in Li Linghai's body, which was incompletely possessed.
Under normal circumstances, he could hypnotize and even suppress Li Linghai's soul so that Li Linghai would be his puppet.
However, Li Linghai was a super expert close to the peak of the Divinity Transformation Stage herself. When Wuying Qi had to tame the threat left by the Blood God with most of his power, would Li Linghai be given a window to regather her free will?
That was the greatest obstacle for Wuying Qi to make use of the Blood God's heritage!
It was also why Wuying Qi, or Li Linghai, looked so weird right now!
"No… No… No!"
Wuying Qi, or Li Linghai, was like conjoined twins. Each of them was controlling half of their face, making it half angry and half regretful.
The left hand was clutching the uncontrollable right hand so hard that it was almost tearing the right hand off.
