# Chapter 2506: Joining Forces
Mo Yunduan noticed that Bai Qinger was communicating with Zhang Ruochen and became alert. He transmitted his voice: "Brother Ruochen, help this god capture this woman. I only want the top-grade origin divine crystals on her; all other treasures are yours. If you're interested, before I kill her, I can let you toy with her for three days."
His address had changed from "Zhang Ruochen" to "Brother Ruochen."
Clearly, Mo Yunduan wasn't confident he could keep Bai Qinger trapped and had to use Zhang Ruochen.
Moreover, this false god seemed to know of Zhang Ruochen's reputation for coveting beautiful women, so he prescribed the remedy accordingly.
How could Zhang Ruochen believe him? He directly transmitted Mo Yunduan's message verbatim to Bai Qinger, adding: "Mo Yunduan truly understands worldly affairs. His proposal almost tempts me!"
Upon hearing this, Bai Qinger's usually calm and unruffled state of mind nearly exploded with rage.
Zhang Ruochen didn't immediately refuse Mo Yunduan. After all, whether cooperating with Bai Qinger to kill Mo Yunduan or cooperating with Mo Yunduan to kill Bai Qinger, both were like working with a tiger—highly risky, with each option having its pros and cons.
Cooperating with Bai Qinger was more advantageous for Zhang Ruochen.
But the risk was also greater.
The risk lay in the fact that even if they joined forces, killing a false god would be extremely difficult. If Mo Yunduan managed to escape, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Bai Qinger naturally understood Zhang Ruochen's thoughts and knew that by telling her this, he was essentially negotiating with her. To gain a greater advantage in the negotiation, she had to prove herself.
Prove that together, they had the power to kill a false god.
"Origin Dao Tower."
Bai Qinger floated in the void, her hands raised as if supporting something. As origin light emerged on her skin, over a trillion origin rules flew out from her body, twisting together like a storm to form an unclimbable mountain peak.
The mountain gradually took on the outline of a tower.
An Origin Dao Tower, ninety-nine thousand zhang tall, materialized. Each layer was one zhang high, totaling ninety-nine thousand layers.
Zhang Ruochen was inwardly shocked. He knew that some Supreme Realm Great Saints had all their sacred dao rules combined totaling only a trillion, yet Bai Qinger's origin rules alone exceeded a trillion.
Yan Wushen, who also cultivated the way of origin, had manifested an Origin Dao Tower only ten thousand zhang tall. His origin attainment was a world apart from Bai Qinger's.
"If her Origin Dao Tower increases by just one more layer, she can achieve origin-entering-godhood," Haitang Popo remarked in awe.
Blood Lingsian flew over with his sword, joining them, and said: "Reaching that step is harder than ascending to heaven. But if she succeeds, she can truly be considered an Eon-level genius. At that point, even if she doesn't match the Qiangu Nüdi of old, she won't be far off."
Xiao Hei, who always worshipped Qiangu Nüdi, surprisingly didn't refute Blood Lingsian.
"How can her manifested Origin Dao Tower be so powerful? Could it be... could it be that she has mastered the Origin Esoterica?"
Mo Yunduan was both delighted and under immense pressure.
Delighted because if he could seize her Origin Esoterica and then gain opportunities in the Origin Divine Temple, he might become the unprecedented false god who could challenge true gods.
But Bai Qinger, who had mastered the Origin Esoterica, was undoubtedly even harder to deal with.
Mo Yunduan mobilized his death divine power to the fullest, simultaneously activating both war banners to form two layers of defense before him. Then, he formed a strange hand seal and softly chanted: "Bone Venerable Soul-Suppressing Art."
A massive skeleton phantom emerged from the thick divine clouds and pressed a palm toward the ninety-nine thousand zhang tall Origin Dao Tower.
"Boom!"
The two collided violently, sending ripples of divine energy in all directions.
"Boom!"
Bai Qinger controlled the Origin Dao Tower to strike again, and the skeleton phantom also struck out with a palm.
"Boom! Boom! Boom..."
After thirteen consecutive collisions, even Mo Yunduan was forced back three steps, shock appearing in his eyes.
Bai Qinger's supreme dharma body couldn't withstand such tremendous force. Like ceramic, it became covered in dense crack lines, pushed to its absolute limit.
Her battle intent and determination moved everyone present.
"Boom!"
The fourteenth collision.
Bai Qinger finally couldn't hold on. With a cracking sound, her body shattered, turning into specks of light that dissipated into the void space.
The Origin Dao Tower collapsed along with her, crumbling into scattered origin rules.
"You thought that by mastering false god-level power, you could go head-to-head with a false god? How could your supreme dharma body withstand it?" Mo Yunduan withdrew the skeleton phantom, a cold smile appearing on his face.
For a Supreme Realm Great Saint to clash with him so many times, no matter how powerful her dharma body, it couldn't endure.
Her death was deserved.
However, Mo Yunduan still had some doubts. He couldn't understand why Bai Qinger hadn't chosen to flee but instead fought him to the death.
Could women really be so easily impulsive?
Mo Yunduan's divine sense scanned the surroundings but detected no life fluctuations from Bai Qinger. His doubts dissipated, and he glanced toward Zhang Ruochen's location.
Zhang Ruochen noticed Mo Yunduan's gaze and realized the other party was now setting his sights on him. He couldn't help but laugh inwardly. This Mo Yunduan had greatly underestimated the strength of an origin master.
"Something's wrong. Why didn't I obtain the Origin Esoterica after killing her? Could it be..."
Suddenly, Mo Yunduan felt a surge of crisis, sensing danger. He immediately activated both war banners, making them spin rapidly around his body, forming two layers of gray lightning defense.
But at that moment, a sharp pain struck his head, as if his divine soul was being cut. His vision momentarily went dark.
Spiritual power attack!
Mo Yunduan's spiritual power was only at the sixty-seventh rank, but his sacred soul had already been nurtured into a divine soul. In an instant, he neutralized Bai Qinger's spiritual power attack, and the pain in his head disappeared.
But in that instant, the two war banners slowed down, and the two layers of defense became virtually useless.
Bai Qinger, who had transformed into origin particles, re-condensed her body, turning into a streak of light that rushed through the gap between the two war banners. From her right palm, a crescent-shaped flying knife emerged and slashed across Mo Yunduan's neck.
The crescent-shaped flying knife was a supreme sacred artifact. Cutting into his divine body, it made a harsh sound like metal grinding against stone, sparks flying everywhere.
"Whoosh!"
Mo Yunduan's head was severed and flew away.
Success!
At the cost of being beaten into an origin particle state, she had finally severely wounded Mo Yunduan.
Bai Qinger knew that Mo Yunduan had already cultivated a divine body and wouldn't be so easily killed. So she turned back, forming a graceful curved streak of light, and launched the crescent-shaped flying knife toward the flying head.
Just as the flying knife was about to pierce the center of Mo Yunduan's forehead, Bai Qinger let out a pained cry. All her strength drained away as a war banner's pole pierced through her back. Her body flew away like an arrow, blood spilling across the void space.
The war banner had been thrown by Mo Yunduan's headless corpse.
Mo Yunduan's head flew back and reattached to his neck. His eyes turned cold and vicious as he glared at Bai Qinger, letting out a long roar: "Today, this god will surely slay you!"
"No!"
A voice rang out.
Mo Yunduan looked toward the source of the sound and saw Zhang Ruochen and Blood Lingsian flying over, while the owl-headed figure and the red-robed old woman appeared at his other two positions, surrounding him in the center.
Mo Yunduan's expression turned grim. "Why does Brother Ruochen obstruct this god?"
Zhang Ruochen smiled. "You promised me you'd capture her and let me toy with her for three days. Why go back on your word? Wouldn't it be a waste to kill such a beauty?"
Mo Yunduan was an experienced and shrewd figure. He could naturally tell that Zhang Ruochen was mocking him. In truth, judging by this formation, he and these Kunlun Realm remnants were preparing to kill him.
Mo Yunduan sneered. "What conditions did she promise you that made you lose your senses to the point of daring to attack a god?"
"She said..."
Zhang Ruochen deliberately provoked Mo Yunduan, hoping to make him lose his composure. "She said that after killing you, your divine body would be mine. Your divine blood, divine heart, divine kidneys, divine whip... all could be sold for a good price. A god's body is full of treasures."
Mo Yunduan's eyes turned blood-red. Two streams of divine mist and rosy clouds shot from his nostrils. He ground his teeth. "Zhang Ruochen, you brat, you're too insolent! This god will grind your bones to dust and devour your soul!"
He spread his five fingers and grabbed through the air. Dense rule divine patterns instantly appeared before Zhang Ruochen.
Blood Lingsian swung his sword, cleaving all the rule divine patterns apart.
"What fun is there in attacking a Hundred Shackles Realm junior? Let me fight you." Blood Lingsian stood straight as a spear, his bearing indescribably proud.
The stone sword "Wordless Sword Manual" in his hand sensed the powerful god-level enemy and emitted a clanging sound, as if requesting battle.
Mo Yunduan sent a divine thought to retrieve his war banners but was shocked to find that Bai Qinger had used her own blood to seal and imprison them.
Bai Qinger's back and chest were still drenched in blood.
Because the war banners contained death divine energy that had invaded her body, her wounds were difficult to heal quickly.
Today, she had suffered unprecedented severe injuries. Yet at this moment, she was not the least bit dispirited. Instead, her battle intent soared and her emotions surged. She casually tossed the Celestial Pivot Needle to Zhang Ruochen.
"Zhang Ruochen, don't forget your promise to me." Bai Qinger's gaze was fixed on Mo Yunduan from start to finish.
Zhang Ruochen caught the Celestial Pivot Needle, feeling emotional. After all the twists and turns, this divine artifact had finally returned to his hands. He said, "Rest assured, I swore an oath on my mother's honor. How could I break my promise?"
Earlier, Zhang Ruochen and Bai Qinger had communicated through spiritual power and reached a cooperation agreement.
For Bai Qinger to hand over the Celestial Pivot Needle, first, Zhang Ruochen had to compensate her for the divine stones she had lost at the Divine Maiden Tower.
Second, Zhang Ruochen also had to do one thing for her.
Of course, Zhang Ruochen had also proposed several conditions. He wouldn't do just anything for her. For this reason, Zhang Ruochen had sworn an oath on Xue Hou's honor before Bai Qinger agreed.
For her, this was a forced compromise.
It was also the first time in her life that she had ever compromised with anyone, including gods. But ever since encountering Zhang Ruochen, she had already compromised several times.
It wasn't that Zhang Ruochen was stronger than gods, but rather that his personality seemed to be able to restrain her.
That personality was firm yet gentle, upright yet wicked, appearing evil yet possessing goodness.
When she was tough and unyielding, Zhang Ruochen would automatically choose to lower his head, rendering all her strength useless. Like a knife striking water—let it strike as it would. Whatever treasure she wanted, let her take it.
When she showed even a hint of weakness, Zhang Ruochen would pursue her relentlessly.
When she thought Zhang Ruochen would join forces with the Destiny Temple cultivators, he precisely did not act but stood by, watching coldly.
When she thought Zhang Ruochen would stand by and do nothing, he precisely chose to act.
When she thought this fellow had principles, he turned out to be unexpectedly treacherous.
When she thought this fellow was treacherous, he would make concessions, cooperating with her with utmost sincerity, displaying a magnanimous side.
The so-called number one under the divine realm, playing a game of strategy with a Hundred Shackles Realm Great Saint, yet unable to grasp absolute initiative.
"Since that's the case, today we will join forces to slay a god." Bai Qinger said.
Zhang Ruochen's gaze sharpened, his resolve set on fighting to the death without regret. "Success or death."
Without such resolve, fighting a god would surely end in defeat.
Only by casting aside the great fear of life and death could one defy a god. Otherwise, under divine might, one's state of mind would collapse instantly.
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Ignoring her injuries, Bai Qinger was the first to attack Mo Yunduan.