Chapter 3047: Paying Respects to Heavenly Mother
Xiao Hei immediately lost his fear and said, "Such a cheap trick of sowing discord, and you dare use it on a Grand Void realm great god? Here, this emperor, Zhang Ruochen, and Uncle Wolf all have some connection to the Kunlun Realm, but Xue Tu is a proper god of the Hell Realm, a disciple of Feng Tian. Has he ever suspected himself of being used by the Kunlun Realm?"
Xue Tu glared at Xiao Hei. Damn it, why are you dragging this emperor into this?
This emperor had already kept such a low profile that he was almost hiding under the White Feather Peacock Sacred Chariot!
Yu Ling Shen thoughtfully smiled and said, "Sister Wu Yue's suggestion is quite good, but sister probably doesn't know that there is an extraordinary big shot inside that sacred chariot. Sister might already be unmatched below the Infinite Realm, but what about above the Infinite Realm?"
Zhang Ruochen's eyes darkened, knowing that Yu Ling Shen was trying to use Wu Yue's hand to probe the true nature of the White Feather Peacock Sacred Chariot.
Indeed, the alliance with the Yaksha Clan was too fragile.
To strengthen this relationship and bind Yu Ling Shen, even the entire Yaksha Clan, to his war chariot, he would need to come up with some strategies.
Wu Yue, the Big-Headed Cloth Doll, the Human Skin Lantern, including Xue Tu and Xiao Hei, all looked toward the White Feather Peacock Sacred Chariot, with expressions of shock, doubt, and surprise.
Xiao Hei exclaimed, "Could it be that Uncle Dragon is inside the chariot?"
Wu Yue smiled, "If it really is Dragon Lord inside, even if I die here today, it would be worth it!"
As she said this, Wu Yue moved her spiritual power.
A purple divine lightning bolt, ten zhang in diameter, stretched a thousand miles, striking down from above toward the White Feather Peacock Sacred Chariot.
The Heavenly Light Rainbow Candle could block direct spiritual attacks, but it could not block attacks formed by spiritual power mobilizing the power of heaven and earth.
"Boom!"
The purple divine lightning fell, easily piercing through the defensive measures of Xiao Hei and Xue Tu.
Zhang Ruochen's six divine swords slashed out, but before they could even get close to the divine lightning, they were sent flying by the violent power. Xue Tu looked up, his legs trembling in fear, and thought to himself, this time I'm dead for sure!
When it was still several hundred zhang from the top of the White Feather Peacock Sacred Chariot, dense divine patterns appeared, blocking the purple divine lightning. All the electric light slid away automatically, turning into a rain of lightning.
Seeing the divine patterns surrounding the White Feather Peacock Sacred Chariot, Yu Ling Shen's expression changed drastically, and she immediately knelt on one knee.
Those divine patterns were something even a Heavenly Venerable-level powerhouse might not be able to cultivate.
Could it be...
Could it really be Heavenly Mother?
"Let's go!"
Wu Yue was decisive to the extreme, immediately fleeing.
The Big-Headed Cloth Doll and the Human Skin Lantern were clearly terrified, abandoning the ghost formation, tearing through space, and escaping into the Void World.
Zhang Ruochen was indignant and shouted, "Disturbing Heavenly Mother's cultivation and still trying to leave? Wu Yue, today is your death day! Why aren't you all making a move?"
Yu Ling Shen no longer had any doubt, her fear of Wu Yue completely gone. Billions of divine patterns surged out from her body like a heavenly river, tearing the ghost formation apart. The spiritual power threads snapped, and all the human-shaped lanterns turned into fireballs.
Without the Big-Headed Cloth Doll controlling the ghost formation, how could it trap a Grand Void realm great god?
Yu Ling Shen rose into the air, forming a seal with her right hand and pressing it out across the void.
"Rumble!"
Space over ten million miles shattered into countless fragments, forming a terrifying space-time tide that surged toward the fleeing Wu Yue.
The Big-Headed Cloth Doll and the Human Skin Lantern, who had escaped into the Void World, were thrown out by the space-time tide, completely unable to resist Yu Ling Shen's divine power.
Zhang Ruochen was dumbfounded, looking at Yu Ling Shen's graceful and exquisite figure, wanting to curse out loud: "You're this strong, so what were you afraid of earlier?"
"This is the true style of a Grand Void realm great god!" Zhang Ruochen exclaimed in admiration.
This Yu Ling Shen's cultivation was definitely not just at the early Grand Void stage; it could even be at the peak of Grand Void.
But compared to freaks like Xue Jue War God and Desolate Heaven, there was still a considerable gap.
Wu Yue stopped and turned around. Dense talisman patterns flew out from her pupils, spreading across ten thousand miles of sky, blocking the incoming space-time tide and clashing with Yu Ling Shen's divine power.
The Big-Headed Cloth Doll and the Human Skin Lantern flew between the two divine powers, their bodies sometimes surging up and sometimes falling down, with endless screams of agony.
Fortunately, Wu Yue had diverted part of her spiritual power to protect them, or their bodies would have exploded.
"Heavenly Demon Formless!"
A Mul roared, punching out across ten million miles.
A Heavenly Demon phantom, ten million miles tall, appeared, carrying boundless demonic qi, and crashed into Wu Yue.
"Boom!"
The Human Skin Lantern's body exploded, its divine fire scattering in all directions.
The Big-Headed Cloth Doll's body, made of some unknown material, did not shatter.
The talisman patterns in front of Wu Yue were pierced, and her black figure was instantly engulfed by the space-time tide.
But strangely, Wu Yue, the Big-Headed Cloth Doll, and most of the Human Skin Lantern's skin vanished in an instant, without a trace.
"Such a cheap illusion technique, and you dare show it off?"
Zhang Ruochen's eyes darkened as he took out half of the God-Defying Stele, continuously pouring his divine qi into it.
"Whoosh!"
Under the light of the God-Defying Stele, the illusion melted away, and Wu Yue's figure reappeared, but the Big-Headed Cloth Doll and the Human Skin Lantern were nowhere to be seen.
Zhang Ruochen clearly felt a sharp gaze, piercing like a needle, coming from under Wu Yue's black robe, and he could imagine how furious she was at that moment.
But she dared to be angry, yet she dared not fight.
After Yu Ling Shen and A Mul each struck with their sub-god-level supreme sacred artifacts, their true bodies quickly pursued.
Zhang Ruochen, naturally self-aware, had no intention of joining the chaotic battle of Grand Void realm great gods. He looked toward the White Feather Peacock Sacred Chariot and thought to himself, luckily I gave the Heavenly Venerable Treasure Gauze to Luo Ji in advance, or else I might not have gotten through this day.
The most important part of dealing with the Darkness Temple was Yu Ling Shen.
Only if she made a move would there be a chance of victory.
"Paying respects to Heavenly Mother! I am Zhang Ruochen's junior brother, named Xue Tu, Xue as in blood thicker than water, Tu as in slaughtering heaven and destroying earth, we are as close as brothers. I didn't know you were in the chariot, elder. If my senior brother had told me earlier, I would have come to pay my respects long ago!"
Xue Tu bowed, thought for a moment, then knelt directly, kowtowing repeatedly.
Kneeling to a Heavenly Venerable was not shameful.
Xiao Hei looked puzzled, somewhat unconvinced that the person in the chariot was Heavenly Mother, as he knew something about her situation. But he understood the current situation. Whether Zhang Ruochen was bluffing or not, they had to solidify the identity of Heavenly Mother now.
Xiao Hei knelt beside Xue Tu and said, "Paying respects to Heavenly Mother! I am Zhang Ruochen's brother, calling myself the Emperor Who Slaughter Heaven and Destroy Earth, Tu as in slaughtering heaven and destroying earth, Tian as in slaughtering heaven and destroying earth, Sha as in slaughtering heaven and destroying earth, Di as in slaughtering heaven and destroying earth, we are closer than blood brothers. I didn't know you were in the chariot, elder. If Zhang Ruochen had told me earlier, this emperor would have come to pay my respects long ago!"
Xue Tu glared at him and said, "Don't copy this emperor."
"Who's copying you? It's clearly you copying this emperor. How dare you casually use the words slaughtering heaven and destroying earth?" Xiao Hei retorted angrily.
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The Ancestral Realm Realm Venerable naturally held great reverence for Heavenly Mother, but he would never kneel like Xue Tu and Xiao Hei, feeling quite contemptuous of them.
Two Upper-Level Gods, just to curry favor with a Heavenly Venerable, had abandoned all the pride and dignity a god should have. They were truly a disgrace among gods.
Earlier, Yu Ling Shen had knelt on one knee only because she felt she had offended Heavenly Mother and was apologizing.
Zhang Ruochen ignored them, always focusing on the battlefield. The space within his sight was shattered into pieces, heaven and earth reduced to chaos. Deep within the chaos, three powerful and boundless divine forces surged, with deafening sounds and overwhelming divine might.
Before long, the sounds gradually faded away.
Yu Ling Shen and A Mul flew back.
A Mul's expression was grim, and he said, "Wu Yue is indeed severely injured, but her spiritual power is too high. Even with our combined strength, we couldn't keep her."
Yu Ling Shen took out seven palm-sized pieces of human skin and handed them to Zhang Ruochen. Then she walked toward the White Feather Peacock Sacred Chariot and bowed again to apologize.
After all, she had indeed intended to use Wu Yue's hand to probe the true nature of the White Feather Peacock Sacred Chariot.
How could that be hidden from the unparalleled Heavenly Mother?
The seven pieces of human skin were covered with ancient patterns, belonging to the Human Skin Lantern, containing part of its divine soul and spiritual will, but they had been sealed by Yu Ling Shen.
Judging by the material, it was definitely not ordinary human skin and clearly had a significant origin.
A Mul said, "These human skins were stitched and refined from the skin of multiple Infinite Realm human god venerables. Their defensive power is extremely strong. If this layer of skin hadn't been broken by the Pure Yang Divine Sword earlier, losing most of its defensive power, even with my ability, I couldn't have shattered it."
After saying this, A Mul also went over to pay respects to Heavenly Mother.
Zhang Ruochen's expression was somewhat strange. He walked over and said, "Everyone, Heavenly Mother is in a peculiar cultivation state that I cannot understand. She cannot hear your voices, so there's no need to continue bowing."
"Nonsense!"
Yu Ling Shen glared at Zhang Ruochen and said with reverence, "With Heavenly Mother's cultivation, her divine thoughts pervade heaven and earth. Since her true body is here, how could she not hear our voices?"
The Ancestral Realm Realm Venerable said seriously, "Angel Ruochen has been cultivating for a short time and clearly knows very little about some of the mysteries of the divine realm. Heavenly Mother, even among the Heavenly Venerables, is one of the most powerful. Do not make rash guesses."
A Mul said solemnly, "Ruochen, since you call me Uncle Wolf, then Uncle Wolf has the right to advise you on some matters. You lack too much reverence! Even if you are Heavenly Mother's envoy, you cannot be so presumptuous."
Zhang Ruochen's expression turned serious, and he said, "Thank you for your teachings, Uncle Wolf."
But in his heart, Zhang Ruochen was not sure if this move could scare Wu Yue. Once Wu Yue came to her senses, she would definitely become suspicious.
How could it be possible to offend a Heavenly Venerable and still escape?
Even if this Heavenly Venerable was truly in a cultivation state with all five senses sealed, it would be impossible.
Moreover, the secret of Heavenly Mother in the Abyss of Darkness might not be unknown to the Darkness Temple.
"Let's leave this place first! Then we can think carefully about the strategy to deal with the Darkness Temple. Wu Yue's strength has indeed exceeded my expectations too much. I miscalculated," Zhang Ruochen said.
Of course, Zhang Ruochen would not say that he had overestimated the combat power of Yu Ling Shen and A Mul.
Just as everyone was about to leave, a sword light flew out from the Void World within the chaos, landing before them, revealing a tall, thin figure.
Zhang Ruochen looked at the uninvited guest opposite and said, "You've come to the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain too? Isn't this too coincidental?"
"Not coincidental. My master and I were watching from the sidelines earlier. Brother Ruochen! My master wants to see you. Come with me," Que said.
Everyone present was shaken to the core.
The smile on Zhang Ruochen's face vanished, turning into a deathly pale.