Chapter 3045: I Will Always Be Your Strongest Support!
This was nothing like what he had seen in the pages of the past—watching it like a movie, a mere recounting of life, simply recorded, knowing what had happened, etched into the mind…
But when Future Jiang Fan truly arrived in this spacetime of the past, this battlefield, and experienced it firsthand!
Everything became utterly different!
Jiang Fan could feel the weight of each star entrusted to him!
He could sense the resolve in the hearts of the soldiers who had fallen in battle!
The entrustment before death, the hope and longing for a brighter future…
He could feel all of it!
Watching his past self with bloodshot eyes, gritting his steel-like teeth, fists clenched tightly, glaring at the beast tide with vengeful fury!
Future Jiang Fan suddenly understood, could feel what kind of emotions his past self had carried!
Sorrow, heaviness, helplessness—endlessly accepting the stars entrusted by others, while fearing he couldn't fulfill their hopes!
And the murderous intent toward the beast tide, the hatred for the Holy Star…
All these complex emotions intertwined, like a spilled can of paint, surging within his heart!
Future Jiang Fan couldn't help but clutch his chest, fingers digging in, his gaze complex…
"Could… it really feel like this?"
At that moment, watching his past self and everything he endured, Future Jiang Fan's emotions seemed to merge with Past Jiang Fan's…
The one experiencing all of this was no one else—it was himself!
This… was my story, the past of my own self, Jiang Fan!
Just as Jiangnan had said, when all the stars were lost, it opened a crack in the pure, divine-white Jiang Fan, allowing rage to surge within!
He was stained by that rage, completely losing his reason!
Now, riding the Time Star back to the past, experiencing it firsthand, witnessing everything that had happened!
His heart no longer held only anger—it began to feel other things!
And it was precisely this crack that gave Jiang Fan a chance to regain his color!
Without this opportunity, even if the divine Jiang Fan had truly returned to the past in person, he could have stood aside and watched it all without changing expression, couldn't he?
Future Jiang Fan's eyes were fixed intently on his past self!
Just then, his mind suddenly recalled the words Jiangnan had said to him earlier…
"Your gaze… is it now properly focused on yourself?"
Jiang Fan fell silent, his eyes dimming. He couldn't help but clench his fists…
It had already fallen on himself…
The Time Star had gone out of control, and he could only watch…
……
The battle at Hengduan Tianya was incredibly brutal!
The soldiers, fearless of death, repeatedly repelled the beast tide's assaults!
Long Chen was incredibly strong—strong enough to carve mountains of spirit beast corpses and then slaughter those mountains into rubble!
His entire armor was dyed red with beast blood, like a demon possessed!
He was the undefeated general of the Northern Frontier, protecting a fertile land. Anyone could fall, except him!
Because if he fell, it would mean the end of the world!
Countless people would die under the fangs of the beasts, so he had to hold on, hold on until the beast tide passed!
But with Yue Lan around, Long Chen had no worries about recovery!
Even if the beast tide lasted half a month, a month, he could keep fighting before this natural moat!
Fight until he held the line!
During the battle, the beast tide broke through to the foot of Hengduan Tianya several times, shattering the defensive line of the Xiaolong Iron Cavalry!
Every time, Long Chen turned the tide and saved the line!
But not everyone had Long Chen's overwhelming strength. Soldiers kept falling forever on this battlefield, never to rise again…
The stars Jiang Fan carried had already reached over a thousand…
Just as Long Chen thought that if he could hold on, he could defend this natural moat!
Suddenly, intense spatial fluctuations erupted beside him!
A high-dimensional strike swept toward Long Chen at terrifying speed!
Long Chen dodged almost instinctively!
But he was still a step too slow. One of his arms was struck by the high-dimensional attack, severed instantly, decomposed into pure energy!
The moment Long Chen appeared!
Another Bose figure emerged behind Long Chen!
"Schlick!"
A high-dimensional sword pierced straight through Long Chen's heart, followed by over a dozen high-dimensional spikes that stabbed through his body!
Hot blood gushed from the wounds as Long Chen vomited a mouthful of blood!
His eyes bloodshot, he swung his long spear backward!
"Dragon Spear Rending the Void!"
But a high-dimensional slash cut through instantly! The bloodstained spear was severed cleanly, the spearhead spinning and embedding into a mountain of corpses!
A mocking voice came from behind him!
"Looks like you can fight, huh? I wonder how much longer you can hold out~"
Long Chen teleported to dodge the attack!
Staring at the Bose bodies emerging from the void, his eyes full of hatred:
"Holy Star! So you finally showed your faces, you filthy rats hiding in the dark!"
The Bose squad leader sneered, "What? Missed us that much? Now you've seen us~ Too bad—you're about to die!"
Yue Lan gritted her teeth: "Brother Long Chen!"
A pillar of Time Reversal shot straight toward Long Chen, but a Dimensional Gate opened to block it!
These Bose bodies, though many hadn't reached Star Breaker, there were those who had among them!
To them, this was just a game of developing a Star Ruins!
Remember, back then was the first spiritual energy revival, before any Ten Thousand Races Accord!
The Bose race could do whatever they wanted, with no rules to restrict them!
Moreover, during the first revival, humanity had no predecessors' path to follow. They had to figure out cultivation methods from scratch!
Development in the early stages wasn't very fast!
So Yue Lan's level wasn't high. Long Chen was strong, but still far from the limit of the human race!
Although their abilities were freakish—space and time—their levels were too low. They sat on a mountain of gold and silver but hadn't even started mining!
How could they possibly be a match for these Bose bodies?
The first spiritual energy revival was humanity's hardest and most grueling period!
Later, the second, third, and fourth revivals each generation stood on the shoulders of the previous one and climbed higher!
But Long Chen and the others had no such foundation—they were the pioneers themselves!
The Bose bodies looked at Yue Lan, their eyes roving over her body, "Tsk tsk~ A time-type. We should capture her and nurture her properly, see if she can serve our race!"
"If not, she'll fetch a good price. Humanity's talent is really something~"
"Don't rush! Once I finish with this guy, I'll deal with you!"
Several Holy Star Bose bodies surrounded Long Chen, holding Holy Judgment Swords!
Their faces twisted into mocking expressions!
High-dimensional slashes fell from time to time, cutting into the formations of the Xiaolong Iron Cavalry!
Every strike felled countless soldiers!
Long Chen's eyes were bloodshot, his murderous intent shaking the heavens!
"Stop! Stop it!"
But the Bose general laughed, "Break through our blockade, and we'll stop~"
Long Chen roared, charging recklessly toward the battlefield!
But the Holy Star Bose bodies blocked him, like cats playing with mice. High-dimensional cuts left wound after wound on Long Chen's body!
They laughed freely, as if toying with an ant they could crush at will!
They slashed open Long Chen's chest, cut off his leg!
No matter what Long Chen did, he couldn't break through the Bose race's blockade!
He was on the verge of madness!
Jiang Fan was frantic, roaring, "Brother Long Chen! Sister Lan! Save him! Save him!"
But Yue Lan's heart was also burning with anxiety. All her recovery methods were blocked by the Bose bodies!
Even using a large-scale Time Reversal couldn't reverse far enough to change the situation!
The Bose bodies would still appear, and the vast power gap couldn't be fixed by simply starting over!
Yue Lan was strong!
But against the Bose race, she still wasn't strong enough!
In just a short while, the Bose bodies grew bored!
Holy Judgment swords stabbed through Long Chen's body, pinning him in midair!
Now, Long Chen's entire body was covered in wounds, limbs broken, almost tortured beyond human recognition!
The world before his eyes was a sea of red. Blood flowed down his body, dripping onto the battlefield!
Long Chen was very weak. He could feel his life slipping away and his body growing cold!
Hengduan Tianya was still lost. The undefeated general would finally fall on the battlefield!
The gap was too great…
Long Chen was filled with reluctance. If only I had time, what were mere gods to fear!
But alas, he had no time!
The Bose leader licked his lips, "Leave him alive. His ability is pretty good. I want it! Let's have some fun first~"
He crashed directly into Long Chen's body, trying to replicate his ability!
Long Chen's broken body visibly shriveled!
Yue Lan gritted her teeth, tears falling like pearls: "Brother Long Chen!"
Long Chen shook his head weakly, "Take him… and go…"
As he spoke, his dim gaze fell on Jiang Fan!
"Kid… I'm giving you everything I have. Don't waste my ability… Didn't you want to surpass me? Then stand on my shoulders and climb up…"
"You're the one destined to stand at the pinnacle. Go… pave the way for humanity, win this victory!"
"The road ahead is full of hardships, but… the star I become will always be your strongest support!"
"Remember… don't lose! Don't bring shame to my star. I, Long Chen, have never lost to anyone in my life. And this time is no different… I just ran out of time… Unwilling… I'm unwilling…"
"So win! Win in my place too! Even if you face gods, you must win, because your victory will also be my victory. I will become a star and be with you…"
Long Chen grew weaker. The Bose general, who had entered his body trying to replicate his ability, still hadn't succeeded!
Everything Long Chen had, along with his life, flowed toward Jiang Fan's starry night sky!
Jiang Fan shook his head, tears welling in his eyes!
"Brother Long Chen! No! Don't! Don't become a star! Live! Live on for me!"
But Long Chen smiled and shook his head, "You'll walk the rest of the road yourself…"
"Go… and win…"
Before he could finish, the enraged Bose general burst out of his body and swung his sword!
He beheaded Long Chen in one stroke!
His head spun and fell from the void, rolling down the mountain of corpses!
Even his mutilated body was frozen into an ice sculpture by the general and kicked to pieces!
"Damn it! Bad luck… What the hell? Why can't I absorb anything? Who did his ability go to?"
The general said casually, as if crushing an ant meant nothing!
Jiang Fan watched helplessly as Long Chen's head was severed, his heart feeling like it was cut by a knife!
"Ahhh! I'll kill you! Kill all of you! Tear you limb from limb! Grind your bones to dust!"