Chapter 2398: The Unbearable Price
Wang Dalei looked around in total confusion, his eyes wide with shock!
He saw Odin and the others outside the star border, their jaws practically hitting the floor!
And right in front of him, Jiangnan was carrying Chong Feiyu and Wu Liang!
(˵¯͒△¯͒˵) "Uncle Jiang? How did you..."
Is this the Holy Celestial Kingdom? Are you kidding me?!
Jiangnan was even more bewildered.
What the hell? The fate punishment from the Fortune Coin—how did it strike Wang Dalei down?
(￢﹏￢(ヾ) "Nephew Big Thunder? Long time no see! Put some damn clothes on, will you!"
Over where Yang Jian was, Nico was stomping her foot in fury:
(∗❛ั皿❛ั)☛ "Big Thunder! Shameless! You, you, you... what were you doing in that angel's arms?!"
Wait till I get home—I'll make you kneel on a giant durian, got it?!
Lucifer's teeth were nearly ground to dust. Seeing Wang Dalei so bare in her arms, her eyes almost burned out!
She felt as if her very vision had been insulted!
꒰ঌ(#*皿*#)໒꒱ "Crude! Absolutely crude! Go to hell! Holy Light Annihilation!"
In an instant, Lucifer's hand pressed down hard, bursting with holy light. Wang Dalei had no way to defend himself!
After all, he was only at the Transcendent level now—how could he block an attack from a Star-Swallowing lord?!
Jiangnan's eyes widened: (ﾟ口ﾟ)ﾂ "Hey, hey, hey! Nephew Big Thunder!"
With a booming sound, Wang Dalei in Lucifer's arms was instantly annihilated by the holy light, blasted into countless bolts of lightning!
Killed on the spot!
A lightning kill in her arms? Who delivers themselves like that?!
Xiao Chuihuo's eyes narrowed, killing intent surging.
But in the next moment, within the torrent of descending fate punishment, black lightning gathered!
It formed into a human shape and bolted out of the star system at terrifying speed!
ﾚ(ﾟ益ﾟ;)ﾍ=З=З=З "Damn it, that fiery woman hits hard! Trying to kill me right away? I haven't even asked her for payment for looking at me, and she gets mad!"
"Curse you—may a stye grow on your eye tonight!"
Under everyone's stunned gaze, Wang Dalei, wreathed in thunder, reformed from the fate punishment. He charged all the way to where the Dawei Tianlong was and regrouped with Xiao Chuihuo and the others!
Odin stammered:
-`(っ°口°;)っ´- "Big... Big Thunder? How did you get here? That entrance was way too flashy! I want to learn it too!"
The starry sky boomed, and Big Thunder made a dazzling debut?
Yang Jian was also dumbfounded: "I tried to contact you earlier, but you were out of touch. How did you just come straight here? Did you see my summons?"
Wang Dalei looked blank:
୧(#⁼̴～⁼̴) "I... I don't know either? What summons?"
"All I know is the Grand Universe Hunt is about to start, and I was planning to hurry home to participate. But I was training in the Thunder Star Domain recently, went too deep, and accidentally fell into the central Ancestral Thunder Pool. I was trapped and couldn't find a way out no matter what I tried!"
"I thought that was it for me, but I accidentally discovered that the Ancestral Thunder Pool seemed to have sprung a leak—the thunder was mysteriously flowing toward some place, on and off!"
"At first the leak wasn't much, but then suddenly—just all at once, like a huge crack opened up! All the thunder poured toward one spot, even forming a whirlpool. I got swept in without meaning to!"
=͟͟͞͞(ﾚﾍ꒪ꇴ꒪) "Aiya~ I thought I was dead for sure, but luckily I survived and escaped. Ahahaha~"
Wang Dalei put his hands on his hips and laughed heartily, looking proud.
Everyone stared blankly at the black lightning pouring down from the starry sky.
So all this fate punishment came from the Ancestral Thunder Pool at the center of the Thunder Star Domain?
Wang Dalei leaked out along with the thunder?
The source feeding the fate punishment was an entire Thunder Star Domain?
Psst~
Across nearly a hundred billion light-years—how the hell did it strike here?
Wang Dalei was incredibly lucky. If not for this fate punishment, he might have been stuck in the Ancestral Thunder Pool for who knows how long!
Indeed—energy doesn't come from nothing, nor does it disappear into nothing, right?
Black God, however, rested his chin and looked at Wang Dalei.
His appearance pretty much confirmed the source of the fate punishment!
Black God turned his gaze to the endless starry sky, his expression gradually turning amused.
(●ಡ‿ಡ) Hmm~ Interesting.
He remembered that the heavenly punishment the Watcher used to strike Jiangnan also came from the Thunder Star Domain, right?
"Hehe~"
Lucifer looked disgusted. What the hell! He got away?
What weird abilities do these humans have?
Chong Feiyu's own fate punishment, plus the two Star-Swallowing-level lethal punishments, were already torturous enough for her!
She was struggling to endure!
The roaring thunder even drowned out the Celestial Kingdom's holy hymns.
But at that moment, Lucifer's hackles rose again. Black God picked up another Fortune Coin, this time targeting Lucifer!
He was about to toss it!
Lucifer: !!!
Damn it! No more! She couldn't take it anymore—she was at her limit!
Why did this thing always target her? Was she locked on?
"Angel Purification!"
A massive purifying light pillar slammed down onto Lucifer!
But Black God had already tossed the Fortune Coin!
Lucifer's face turned pale. She thought she would be hit again this time.
But unexpectedly, on the starry sky, an extremely intense fate punishment suddenly formed—and actually struck toward the dimensional gap where Black God was!
Its terrifying range enveloped Xiao Chuihuo and Wang Dalei as well!
Lucifer's eyes lit up with surprise. It didn't hit me? He got hit himself?
꒰ঌ(#⁰̷̴ꇴ⁰̷̴)໒꒱ "Ha! He shot himself in the foot!"
Even Jiangnan was startled.
So Black God wasn't guaranteed to win either? Even though his level was ridiculous, the probability of being hit was very small.
But that didn't mean there was no chance?
Probability—who could say for sure?
Yang Jian and the others were also stunned. Hey, hey, this thing could actually kill people!
Black God stared coldly at the incoming fate punishment, arms crossed, face full of contempt.
"Strike me? Are you sure? Getting bold, huh? Think twice!"
In the next moment, under everyone's horrified gaze, the fate punishment made a sharp turn, changed course, and headed straight for Lucifer!
Lucifer: ꒰ঌ(꒪口꒪#‧̣̥̇)໒꒱ Huh???
It can even turn?! That's cheating!
Jiangnan: (*ﾟﾛﾟ) Holy shit?
Another scream from Lucifer as three Star-Swallowing-level lethal punishments struck. The entire star system was bathed in thunder.
The domain she had just erected was torn apart again, and she was submerged in lightning.
Black God curled his lip, looking smug:
(◕ˇ～ˇ◕) "Pfft! Total trash!"
Jiangnan's mouth twitched, cold sweat beading on his forehead.
Damn! Black God was that badass? Just now, Black God clearly lost—the fate punishment should have hit him.
But with just a glare, he made it turn?
So it picks on the weak? Even fate punishment bullies the weak?
That was absolutely insane!
Black God seemed addicted:
(˵ಡꇴಡ)っ❂ "One more! One more!"
He picked up another Fortune Coin, ready to stack another one on Lucifer.
Yang Jian and the others twitched. He wasn't going to stop until Lucifer was dead?
The coin flew up again. Sure enough, Lucifer was still the target.
But something surprising happened.
As the fourth fate punishment began to form, it came out in fits and starts—like a 90-year-old man trying to pee—couldn't even form a steady stream, and eventually just fizzled out!
Black God was stunned: "What's this?"
Wang Dalei's mouth twitched: "I don't know why the thunder from the Ancestral Thunder Pool in the Thunder Star Domain leaks over here."
"But leaking like this, the Thunder Star Domain can't handle it, right? The total thunder in the pool has a limit."
Although the thunder in the Ancestral Thunder Pool constantly regenerated, it took time!
Black God rested his chin:
(͡°ก͡°) "What? Ran dry? Only three shots and it's empty? That's pathetic!"
Wang Dalei's mouth twitched again. Pathetic? The power was already terrifying! Three stacked together could destroy a star system!
In fact, the thunder in the Ancestral Thunder Pool had indeed decreased, but it wasn't completely dry.
The problem was—if this thing couldn't kill the target, it was supposed to strike for 24 hours, so it had to save enough reserve.
The Fortune Coin probably never imagined it would be broken like this!
Going straight for the max right from the start, multiple shots in a row, even hitting the output limit of the thunder pool!
Jiangnan clicked his tongue in amazement. The fate punishment was limited by the thunder pool's total energy—there was a cap on output at any given time.
His idea of stacking hundreds of coins on Lucifer was shattered.
But this energy output was enough!
(∗ᵒ̶̶̷̀◠˂̶́) "Lucifer! You keep enduring! Chong Feiyu is my person after all—I'll take her punishment myself!"
"Every grievance has its source! You've been working hard, so let me share some of the pressure. No need to thank me!"
With that, he carried Chong Feiyu and Wu Liang and charged into the dimensional gap!
The fate punishment above Lucifer's head was reduced to two stacked ones.
But Lucifer panicked:
꒰ঌ(#ớ口ờ)໒꒱ "No! Don't! Strike me! Strike me all! I'm willing to bear it for her! Don't go! I'm happy to do this hard work!"
"I really want to be struck! Don't you dare take it away!"
If she bore it herself, she could at least block it with her domain. But Jiangnan used dimensional reduction strikes!
That would unfold the entire galaxy into a two-dimensional plane!
But Jiangnan ignored her and rushed straight into a brilliant star system!
The dimensional reduction strike, combined with the energy from Chong Feiyu's and Wu Liang's fate punishments, was more than enough to unfold the galaxy!
Countless planets, matter—everything was being reduced to two dimensions as the plane expanded wildly!
Lucifer was completely numb. But with two fate punishments on her head, she didn't dare move randomly within the Holy Celestial Kingdom!
Otherwise, she would become the source of destruction!
She couldn't even try to stop Jiangnan. If she got close, her own punishment would fuel the expansion of the two-dimensional plane!
As the two-dimensional plane expanded further, countless angels died without any pain.
This was the price the Angel race paid for their actions!
And at that moment, Lucifer was entangled by fate punishment—like a clay Buddha crossing a river, she couldn't even save herself!
Now she deeply regretted agreeing to the deal with the Bose race. Otherwise, it might have been the Insect race suffering this attack!