Chapter 2989: Father-in-Law
Source Heaven Lord saw Feng Qi and the Nine-Tailed Heart Fox hesitating to advance, and let out a wild laugh: "Feng Qi, with your cultivation level, if you dare to come over, you will surely meet your end with both body and soul destroyed."
"I have long wanted to subdue a phoenix as my mount."
Blood Soul Lord released the divine might of an Upper God Great Perfection level.
Feng Qi's expression changed repeatedly, but he remained tough, saying: "Do not be so arrogant!"
He did not charge forward, still keeping a safe distance that allowed him to escape, and spat out Phoenix Divine Flame from his mouth.
A sky full of fiery rain fell into the ranks of the Death Clan army.
At the same time, the Nine-Tailed Heart Fox took out a golden silk pouch. The opening of the pouch grew to several hundred meters in size, and hundreds of thousands of colorful flying insects rushed out from within.
These were the Phantom Sound Demon Insects.
After the hundreds of thousands of Phantom Sound Demon Insects flew out, their wings vibrated, producing hallucinogenic demonic sounds. The sound waves quickly spread into the Death Clan army.
The soldiers of the Death Clan were all affected; some laughed uncontrollably, some had splitting headaches, some wailed and went mad...
"Trivial tricks!"
Source Heaven Lord struck out with the bronze pearl. Ancient scripture characters appeared again, exploding the hundreds of thousands of Phantom Sound Demon Insects into clouds of blood mist.
The Nine-Tailed Heart Fox's divine soul was injured. Her face turned pale in an instant, and her delicate body swayed as if about to fall. She finally realized the terrifying gap in cultivation between a Lower God and an Upper God. Her full chest heaved continuously as she began to contemplate retreat.
Feng Qi had also clashed with Source Heaven Lord once before, a collision of divine souls, but had suffered a hidden loss. Both were Upper God Peaks, yet he was far weaker than Source Heaven Lord.
"An Upper God Peak tempered by the Eon Calamity is indeed much more powerful. Only an Upper God Great Perfection can suppress him," Feng Qi thought to himself.
The Heavenly God Priest was indifferent, saying: "Ignore them. Continue building the altar... Huh?"
The Heavenly God Priest used his spiritual power to probe the seawater but did not find Luo Jinshu.
Earlier, Luo Jinshu's divine body had been cut in two by Source Heaven Lord and had fallen into the seawater. The sudden appearance of Feng Qi and the Nine-Tailed Heart Fox had distracted the Heavenly God Priest.
In that moment of distraction, Luo Jinshu's two halves of his divine body had mysteriously disappeared.
The Heavenly God Priest did not think much of it, only assuming that a god of the Heavenly Beginning Civilization had set up a concealment method in the seawater, helping Luo Jinshu escape. But in his heart, he became vigilant.
A thousand miles away, on a reef dozens of feet in size, Zhang Ruochen muttered to himself: "Such powerful spiritual power. He almost discovered me."
Beside him, Luo Jinshu's two halves of his divine body had recombined.
However, because Source Heaven Lord's Death Qi had invaded his body, there was always a blood line at his waist. The pain was secondary; the main issue was that the divine Qi in his body could not circulate properly, greatly reducing his combat power.
Luo Jinshu endured the pain in his body and bowed deeply to Zhang Ruochen: "Thank you, Daoist friend, for saving me..."
"Stop! Please stop! Fellow Daoist Luo must not perform such a great courtesy. We are both gods of the Heavenly Court. It is my duty to help." Zhang Ruochen said with righteousness and integrity.
He dared not accept Luo Jinshu's bow, otherwise, if Luo Ji found out in the future, it would be hard to explain. After all, he was Luo Ji's father.
Luo Jinshu only thought that this Daoist in front of him was a virtuous and respected recluse of the Daoist sect, and could not help but feel a bit of admiration: "If Luo does not die today, he will surely repay the Daoist friend's life-saving kindness in the future."
He held the Eon Thunderwood Staff and was about to charge again toward the sea area filled with Death Qi.
Zhang Ruochen quickly stopped him, saying: "Daoist friend is already injured. Why must you still seek death?"
Luo Jinshu's eyes showed no fear, and he let out a long laugh: "If I could live, who would want to die? But Luo swears to live and die with the Heavenly Beginning Civilization. The Divine Toon Tree is in imminent danger. How can I not fight to the death? Daoist friend is not a cultivator of the Heavenly Beginning Civilization. Coming to fight in the Heavenly Beginning Civilization is already a noble act. Do not go to this battle today!"
Zhang Ruochen could see that Luo Jinshu had decided to self-destruct his divine source and die together with the gods of the Hell Realm. He absolutely could not let him leave, saying: "Let me help you dissolve the Death Qi in your body before you go."
Luo Jinshu hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded in agreement.
He could tell that the Heavenly God Priest's spiritual power was very strong. If he was injured, even if he rushed over, he would not be able to self-destruct his divine source. He could not even achieve mutual destruction.
Zhang Ruochen formed a Daoist finger seal and pointed it at Luo Jinshu's waist and abdomen.
"Hua!"
A circle of light appeared, revolving around the two of them, absorbing the Death Qi from Luo Jinshu's body strand by strand.
A strange expression appeared in Luo Jinshu's eyes, and he said: "Is this Taiji?"
Zhang Ruochen knew he could not hide it from him, and said: "As expected, the Heavenly Beginning Civilization is indeed the birthplace of the Daoist sect. My little trick cannot fool Fellow Daoist Luo."
Luo Jinshu looked into the distance at the thick clouds of Death Qi, and sighed: "Daoist friend's Dao method is profound. This Taiji circle is full of mystery. If there were no war, Luo would truly wish to drink wine and discuss the Dao with Daoist friend. That would be a great joy in life."
"Naturally," Zhang Ruochen replied.
While healing Luo Jinshu, Zhang Ruochen pondered how to break the deadlock.
Luo Jinshu asked: "Can Daoist friend see what the altar beside the Heavenly God Priest of the Death God Temple is?"
Zhang Ruochen had already investigated earlier, and said: "That altar should be related to space."
Luo Jinshu, who was originally being healed, suddenly had golden light blazing in his eyes. He shouted "Not good," broke free from the Taiji circle, and rushed toward the Divine Toon Tree at top speed.
But it was too late!
The two altars had already been successfully built.
On the Pattern-Suppressing Altar stood thirty-six Death Clan formation masters. They chanted in unintelligible voices, pointing their staffs toward the sky.
The Ten Lords flew over together, their divine Qi turning into ten torrents that surged into the altar.
The entire sea area trembled.
The divine patterns and formation inscriptions protecting the Divine Toon Tree were fixed and quickly dimmed.
But relying on a single Pattern-Suppressing Altar to erase the divine patterns and formations left by generations of gods of the Heavenly Beginning Civilization was obviously impossible.
The Heavenly God Priest stood on the other altar. The spiritual power within his body surged out from the staff in his hand, lighting up the space patterns on the altar.
"Crack!"
Behind the altar, the space rift that had been restricted by the divine patterns let out a tearing sound, gradually expanding.
From within the space rift came a divine roar that made all the cultivators present tremble.
"Invite the Qingkong War God to descend upon the Heavenly Beginning Civilization and destroy all ignorant life on this great world!" the Heavenly God Priest chanted loudly.
"Hua!"
A cyan divine blade, over ten miles long, flew out from the space rift, cutting through the divine patterns on the sea surface and flying straight toward the Divine Toon Tree.
This was a strike from a peerless War God, crossing space to deliver the blow.
If not for the Pattern-Suppressing Altar, perhaps the formation inscriptions and divine patterns guarding the Divine Toon Tree could have withstood it. But now, as the cyan divine blade struck, it shattered formations one after another like splitting bamboo.
Even the divine patterns left by the old Heavenly Lord could not withstand it.
A War God standing at the top tier of Great Gods struck with full force. Such an attack could not be blocked by Infinite Realm gods relying solely on divine patterns.
"Boom!"
The cyan divine blade finally struck a formation tower, shattering the upper half of the tower.
The large number of Heavenly Beginning Civilization soldiers guarding below the formation tower were swept away by the residual force of the cyan divine blade, instantly turning into blood sand, not even a bone left.
The Ten Lords of the Death Clan all drew in cold breaths.
Too powerful!
This was the power they should pursue. A single strike could break all laws in the world.
This strike from the cyan divine blade opened a gap leading to the Divine Toon Tree for the Death Clan army.
Led by the Ten Lords, the gray Death Qi surged forward like a tide, charging over.
Yue Tong Zhenjun, guarding below the Divine Toon Tree, changed expression wildly. Escape was impossible; he could only do his best to repair the formation, holding on as long as possible, hoping for a powerful reinforcement to arrive.
Feng Qi had long since withdrawn his attack methods, saying cautiously: "The situation is hopeless. A top-tier Great God of the Death Clan is about to descend. Leave. This place can no longer be stayed, or else we won't even be able to escape later."
"Luo Jinshu is going to attack the Heavenly God Priest!" the Nine-Tailed Heart Fox exclaimed in surprise.
Feng Qi sighed: "He wants to fight to the death, but that Heavenly God Priest's spiritual power is too high. Even a Taiyi Realm Great God might not be his match. He probably won't even have the chance to self-destruct his divine source!"
Seeing the cyan divine blade shatter the formation tower, Luo Jinshu was filled with despair, knowing that the Divine Toon Tree was in imminent danger.
Now, the only chance was to destroy the altar beneath the Heavenly God Priest and prevent that Death Clan War God from descending into the Heavenly Beginning Civilization. Unfortunately, the Heavenly God Priest's spiritual power was unfathomable. With his cultivation level, going there would be like throwing an egg against a rock.
"Feng Qi, help me!" Luo Jinshu roared.
Feng Qi did not dare to go, hesitating.
"Fellow Daoist Luo, I will help you!"
Zhang Ruochen stepped onto a light talisman the size of a door panel, catching up to Luo Jinshu like the wind.
A deeply moved expression appeared in Luo Jinshu's eyes. He nodded firmly at Zhang Ruochen, then burned his divine blood and lifespan simultaneously. The aura he emitted continuously rose, quickly reaching the Upper God Peak level.
The Heavenly God Priest's white hair flew wildly, his eyes cold: "There are still those who are not afraid of death."
"Nine Heavens Shaking World Thunder Method!"
Luo Jinshu held the Eon Thunderwood Staff with both hands, soaring into the air. Above his head, a huge thunder vortex appeared.
In the vortex, thunderclaps sounded, and lightning flashed.
The Eon Thunderwood Staff struck down, heading straight for the Heavenly God Priest.
"Even if you go all out, your attack is only at the Upper God Peak level. But I am a Seventy-Sixth Level spiritual power god!"
The Heavenly God Priest raised his staff, releasing Death Thought Power, forming a gray world shadow that scattered all the thunder and slammed heavily toward Luo Jinshu.
After sensing the opponent's Seventy-Sixth Level spiritual power intensity, Luo Jinshu was completely resigned to his fate. His eyes showed a willingness to die, and the divine Qi in his body surged toward his divine source.
"Seventy-Sixth Level is impressive? I am also Seventy-Sixth Level!"
"Watch my Five Elements Divine Talisman!"
Zhang Ruochen appeared beside Luo Jinshu. A five-colored great talisman, a thousand feet long, rose from the sea surface, like a five-colored waterfall, colliding with the gray world shadow struck out by the Heavenly God Priest.