Chapter 3060: Wu Yue, or Moon God
"It's the Moon God. She actually came to the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain as well."
Qian Heng Yishu cast a peculiar glance at Zhang Ruochen.
All cultivators in the world knew that Zhang Ruochen had once been the Moon God's envoy and was highly valued by her.
To save Zhang Ruochen, the Moon God, despite her noble status, had even furiously rammed into the Merit Divine Temple. For a Saint-realm cultivator to receive such importance from an ancient great god was utterly unbelievable.
For a time, some cultivators even spread rumors that Zhang Ruochen was the Moon God's son.
Not long after, those people all died!
After that, no one dared to spread such words again.
Wu Yue indeed looked extremely similar to the Moon God, but their temperaments were completely different—one was gloomy and sinister, the other ethereal and elegant.
Zhang Ruochen was absolutely certain that the woman fighting Xiu Chen Heavenly God was Wu Yue, even wearing the same black divine robe from years ago.
But now, Wu Yue's temperament had changed greatly. She had lost her sinister aura, appearing quite refined and elegant, and she wasn't deliberately hiding her appearance. No wonder Qian Heng Yishu had mistaken her.
"I didn't expect the Moon God's spiritual power to be so high, already reaching the level where she can contend with a Grand Void realm great god," Qian Heng Yishu said.
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"Wu Yue, is this all the strength you have? Have you regressed after all these years of cultivation?"
Xiu Chen Heavenly God's jade hand pushed forward horizontally, sending a tidal wave of time imprint light spots surging forward like a thousand-mile-long giant wave toward Wu Yue.
The two had already fought into the starry sky outside the Gods Continent, with residual divine power destroying one star after another.
A hint of confusion appeared in Wu Yue's eyes. She formed a talisman seal that collided with the time imprint tide, then quickly retreated into the distance.
"Do you know who I am?" she asked.
Xiu Chen Heavenly God pursued her, her colorful robes fluttering like a ninth-heaven divine consort flying through the dark void. She sneered, "What kind of existence do you think I am? Few cultivators indeed know your background, but can you fool me? What, are you trying to pretend to be the Moon God?"
As she spoke, Xiu Chen Heavenly God pointed a finger, sending a beam of slaughter light across the starry sky, shattering space into a ten-thousand-mile-long rift.
Wu Yue tried to inscribe a talisman seal, but failed halfway through and had to dodge immediately.
The residual wave of the slaughter light struck her body, drawing a muffled grunt from her.
"I don't know what you're talking about. Why are you attacking me for no reason? Do we have some kind of grudge?" Wu Yue said.
Xiu Chen Heavenly God said, "Still pretending? Didn't you come to the Gods Continent to save your disciple?"
"My disciple? Can you stop first? Perhaps there's some misunderstanding here," Wu Yue urged.
A flicker of doubt appeared in Xiu Chen Heavenly God's eyes. She felt Wu Yue's state was very not right (bu dui jin), and her cultivation strength was even weaker than a hundred thousand years ago. Moreover, as a renowned talisman path divine master, her use of talismans was crude and clumsy—she had even failed to inscribe a divine talisman!
"They say this bitch has extremely high spiritual power talent, having reached the eighty-fourth rank in recent years. I'm no match for her. If she came to save Yu Shi, she could just forcefully break into the Eternal Divine Temple. There's no need to pretend like this. Unless... she's lost her memory?"
As soon as this thought arose in Xiu Chen Heavenly God's mind, she immediately shook her head.
How could a powerhouse with eighty-fourth rank spiritual power lose her memory?
Unless a Heaven Round No Lack level expert had done it.
"Never mind. Since you've delivered yourself to my doorstep, I'll just refine you. That will be enough to make my divine source even stronger."
Xiu Chen Heavenly God stopped probing as before. Her slender jade hands traced a circle, and instantly the entire starry sky lit up, transforming into a sea of time spanning over a hundred million miles.
Because they were too far away, Zhang Ruochen couldn't hear the conversation between Xiu Chen and Wu Yue, but he could clearly see their battle scene, and he was extremely shocked.
How could this be?
Wu Yue was so powerful that even Feng Yun Ba's Pure Yang Self-Immolation Technique couldn't kill her. How could she be suppressed by Xiu Chen?
Moreover, she was only dodging and defending, as if she had forgotten all her battle divine techniques, relying entirely on instinct to withstand Xiu Chen's attacks.
Qian Heng Yishu said, "Why is the Moon God only using spiritual power to fight? Has something happened to her martial arts cultivation? Zhang Ruochen, aren't you going to help her?"
A thoughtful expression appeared in Zhang Ruochen's eyes. "Now is the perfect time to break into the Eternal Divine Temple."
"Whoosh!"
He flew toward the Gods Continent.
"So the Romantic Sword God is a heartless man after all."
Qian Heng Yishu chuckled, his form dissolving into a mass of qi and vanishing.
Moments later, Qian Heng Yishu flew to the sky above the Gods Continent. His body stood straight as a spear, his cloak fluttering in the wind as he looked down at the magnificent sea of clouds below and the mountains and rivers spread out like a map beneath the clouds.
He raised his six-foot longsword, drawing in the sword dao rules of heaven and earth. Billions of sword shadows manifested behind him.
With one slash, he formed a brilliant sword river.
"Boom!"
The sword river entered the sea of clouds and collided with the world-protecting divine formation.
It seemed as if the entire Gods Continent trembled slightly.
Hearing the thunder from the sky and feeling the earth's tremors, the living beings on the Gods Continent were all terrified, kneeling and kowtowing.
The world-protecting formation of the Gods Continent was far inferior to that of Xinghuantian. Qian Heng Yishu's single slash split open a long gash, and the sword light descended straight toward the divine temple in the Eternal Divine Domain.
Above the Eternal Divine Temple, a circular formation manifested, sending out tens of thousands of lightning bolts that formed a river of electricity, shattering the incoming sword river midair.
The Eight-Armed Shura flew out from the temple, roaring angrily, "Qian Heng Yishu, you have some nerve! The Heavenly God ignored you, yet you dare to come and provoke us? Do you want to die?"
"Xiu Chen is nothing but a homeless dog, and you are nothing but a battle soul of that homeless dog. What do I have to fear from you?"
Qian Heng Yishu passed through the world-protecting formation, standing above the clouds as he slashed with his second sword.
The sword light was pitch black, tearing through space.
The Eight-Armed Shura had an even more extreme temperament than Xiu Chen Heavenly God and couldn't tolerate any provocation. He said, "You guard the Eternal Divine Temple. If any other god breaks in, those false gods will be your fate."
Leaving these words behind, the Eight-Armed Shura soared into the sky, directly tearing apart the incoming black sword qi with his arms. His other six arms each threw out a battle weapon, slashing toward Qian Heng Yishu.
"So strong? I underestimated you!"
Qian Heng Yishu turned and fled, escaping toward one of the cosmic directions.
"You think you can escape? Do you really think you can get away?"
The Eight-Armed Shura was faster than Qian Heng Yishu. He threw a punch, forming the phantom of a Shura divine army that injured Qian Heng Yishu.
Although Qian Heng Yishu had deliberately allowed himself to be injured to lure the Eight-Armed Shura into a trap, this strike still far exceeded his expectations. Its power was not much weaker than that of a Grand Void realm god.
A starved camel is still bigger than a horse.
Xiu Chen Heavenly God had once been far more than just a camel—she was like a divine dragon in the clouds.
Inside the Eternal Divine Temple, five true gods looked at the ground covered in divine corpses, their hearts filled with terror. They truly wished they could immediately flee the Gods Continent.
This Eternal Heavenly God was too ruthless. To refine a divine source, she had dug out the divine sources of all the false gods on the continent and drained their divine blood and souls.
If that wasn't enough, she would probably use them to fill the gap.
But where could they escape to?
Now they could only hope that the Eternal Heavenly God and the Eight-Armed Shura could capture the two great gods who had come to provoke them. That way, they might not be needed.
"Boom!"
The earth shook, and the formations around the temple all manifested.
The five true gods were jolted from their mournful thoughts. Looking dozens of miles away, they saw a Confucian-robed man breaking into the formation, ignoring the divine patterns and formation inscriptions of heaven and earth as he walked straight toward the temple.
"Someone is forcefully breaking into the temple."
"Hurry, activate the formations to stop him."
An upper-level god of the demon clan with three fiery red tails gave orders: "Ma Yi, you take charge of the Strange Wind Divine Formation. Bo Ye Jun, you control the Solitary Dragon Earth Fire Formation. Jing Kong True God, you operate the Seven Cities Divine Formation and must stop him outside the seven cities. Rong Nai, you handle the Cloud Thunder Divine Formation."
The four true gods were not panicked. Even if the opponent was a great god, the Eternal Divine Temple was surrounded by numerous divine patterns and multiple divine formations. With a true god in command, even a Grand Void realm great god couldn't break in easily.
Moreover, all five true gods were present.
If the opponent was just a Tai Yi realm great god trying to force his way in, once he fell into the formation, he might even fall!
But soon, something terrifying happened...
The ghost clan mid-level god named Ma Yi stood in the Strange Wind Divine Formation, releasing his divine realm world and merging it with the formation. Driven by divine qi, a divine wind giant condensed within the formation.
This Strange Wind Divine Formation had been left behind by a hall master of the Eternal Divine Temple from ancient times.
That hall master's cultivation had reached the level of a god venerable.
The divine wind giant let out a "woo woo" howl and punched toward Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen held a brick-sized object in his hand and activated it. Instantly, the divine wind giant's fist disintegrated, turning into formation inscriptions and divine qi.
Finally, its entire body exploded.
Ma Yi watched in horror as the formation inscriptions of the Strange Wind Divine Formation beneath his feet rapidly faded and dissipated.
A divine formation had just disappeared like that?
How could such a bizarre thing exist in the world?
Zhang Ruochen waved his sleeve, forming a divine wind that sent Ma Yi flying tens of thousands of miles away.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
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On the ground, seven city walls rose in succession, with strong spatial power fluctuations.
The city walls stood on the earth, connecting to the sky, seeming infinitely high and impossible to cross.
Zhang Ruochen charged straight into them. The Seven Cities Divine Formation, said to be able to block great gods, collapsed one wall after another, completely unable to stop him.
Watching Zhang Ruochen break through like a hot knife through butter, the demon clan upper-level god's lips began to tremble. "Impossible, how is this possible? Why are all divine formations useless before you?"
Moments later, Zhang Ruochen had broken through all the formations and stood at the foot of the temple's stairs. "Do you have any other tricks? Bring them out."
With the God-Defying Stele clearing the way, it could nullify divine patterns and formation inscriptions. Who could stop Zhang Ruochen's advance?
There was still a most powerful time divine formation within the Eternal Divine Temple, but the demon clan upper-level god knew that the opponent's mastery of the way of time was extremely high. Even if he activated the time divine formation, it probably wouldn't stop him.