Chapter 3270: Hell Has No Gate
Death rules filled heaven and earth, surrounded by gray misty clouds on all sides.
Zhang Ruochen and Qiangu Nüdi were not far from the core area of the battle. Fortunately, both of them had divine artifacts protecting their bodies, allowing them to successfully escape and retreat without following Lei Suling's fate.
They retreated all the way to a million miles away, yet still did not stop.
It was too terrifying—a clash between the most supreme existences in heaven and earth. A single ripple of residual power could pierce through time and space.
"Boom, rumble!"
In the core area of the divine battle, lightning flashed, like bolts of lightning divine dragons dancing and coiling, their radiance enough to blind the eyes of a Great Saint, a thousand or ten thousand times brighter than a star.
Retreating to ten million miles away, the death rules and lightning in the void still flowed like streams, continuously converging toward the center.
Feng Tian and Lei Zu's divine souls were too powerful, able to mobilize heavenly and earthly rules from immeasurably distant places. They were true main gods, perhaps even overlords.
If they were outside the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain, the divine power they unleashed would be even more formidable.
Zhang Ruochen truly sensed Feng Tian's terror, and cold air rose within his body.
Earlier, she had been trapped inside Mu Lingxi's body, and with Mu Lingxi's appearance, although Zhang Ruochen knew she was the "Death God Venerable" and "one of the Twenty Heavens," with cultivation reaching the heavens, he had no direct, visceral feeling, and his reverence was not strong.
Today, witnessing Lei Suling, a Spiritual Power master at the eighty-fourth rank, being killed with a flick of a finger, with even Lei Zu unable to save her, he finally realized how reckless he had been before, and understood why even his proud grandfather knelt on one knee before her.
Zhang Ruochen recalled various past events, and suddenly felt he had been too arrogant, too proud beyond measure—daring to bargain with her, daring to ignore her, and even having hugged her...
He dared not think further.
The more he thought, the more he admired his former courage and boldness.
Zhang Ruochen and Qiangu Nüdi stopped, discovering that the one ancestor and one heavenly god were moving swiftly through the Void World, heading deeper into the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain.
Zhang Ruochen looked around and said, "Such dense death rules and death qi. Lei Zu is probably no match for Feng Tian, which is why he retreats deeper into the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain."
The death power in the void completely overwhelmed the lightning.
Clearly, Lei Zu's cultivation had a considerable gap with Feng Tian's, not reaching the Indestructible Infinite level.
"Did she come for you?" Qiangu Nüdi asked.
Zhang Ruochen's expression was grave. "Yes."
"This is a huge problem. The secret of Sword Realm's existence will be completely exposed," Qiangu Nüdi said.
Zhang Ruochen said, "This secret was already hard to hide. The major figures have long had suspicions. As long as Sword Realm's specific location isn't exposed, it's not that bad."
Zhang Ruochen stepped on Divine Spirit Step, crossing space, and sneaked back.
Qiangu Nüdi was curious, wondering what Zhang Ruochen was going to do. Was he going to chase after Feng Tian and Lei Zu?
Soon she saw it. Zhang Ruochen grabbed a black metal divine staff from that chaotic divine power-filled Void World.
It was left behind after Lei Suling's death!
The Black Water Divine Staff.
Qiangu Nüdi gently shook her head. No wonder he had so many treasures on him—he dared to take any risk for treasures. Which other god would be so reckless?
"Feng Caiyi, so you've already stepped into Indestructible Infinite, no wonder you're so arrogant and domineering. But you have a considerable amount of divine soul and divine power left at the Starry Sky Defense Line to suppress Bian Zhuang. If we continue fighting, you may not come out on top!"
Lei Zu's voice was vast, traveling with the lightning from afar.
These lightning bolts crossed vast distances and were weakened by the Void World, but Zhang Ruochen could still withstand them.
At Lei Zu's level of power, major events in the universe could be perceived across time and space with a single thought. Even standing at the end of a star river, he could see the divine battle at the other end.
Standing in a square inch, he could see the myriad red dust, the changes of the ages.
"With such confidence, why are you still running?"
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"Lei Wanjue, this Heavenly God kills you—why would I need to use full strength?"
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Feng Tian's voice was extremely cold, one after another.
A gray Gate of Destiny appeared at the edge of Zhang Ruochen's vision.
Fate rules and death rules were active, dark power and flames filling the Void World, turning it into a boundless dark red ocean.
The moment the gray Gate of Destiny appeared, Zhang Ruochen felt his cultivation severely suppressed, as if thousands of chains were binding him, pressing him down below the Great God level.
"The legendary Gate of Hell!" Zhang Ruochen's hair stood on end, and he immediately fled far away.
The "Gate of True Self" was a very special type among the Gates of Destiny.
But the "Gate of Hell" was even more special. Throughout the ages, very few had cultivated it.
When the Gate of Hell opened, a realm of heaven and earth was sure to be destroyed.
Even from a great distance, Zhang Ruochen could hear countless undead wailing, coming from all directions. Feng Tian had destroyed who knows how many great worlds, and the undead of those worlds were all suppressed within the Gate of Hell.
The Void World and the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain both turned gray, shrouded by death qi.
Lightning flickered within the death qi, but soon, Lei Zu's pained cry came: "You... Hell Has No Gate, your Gate of Hell has advanced further, evolving into Hell Has No Gate..."
Zhang Ruochen carried the Black Water Divine Staff, constantly flickering through the void, fleeing far away. He looked back curiously, finding that the lightning had largely dimmed, with blood qi spreading through the Void World.
Lei Zu's aura fled deeper into the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain.
"Is Feng Tian that strong? Lei Zu, who was said to have once fought to a draw with Heavenly Mother, can only flee?"
Soon Zhang Ruochen understood. The so-called "once fought to a draw with Heavenly Mother" was who knows how long ago. Those who once fought to a draw with Zhang Ruochen—many haven't even become gods yet.
Suddenly, an extremely dangerous perception came. Zhang Ruochen was horrified, thinking it was a strike from Lei Zu across space.
He immediately raised the Sundial and hid behind it.
Within the Sundial, the gods all released divine qi together, and a sea of time imprint marks appeared.
"Whoosh!"
A bright electric light, like a heaven-splitting sword, spread out from a point in the Void World and collided with the Sundial.
Zhang Ruochen neutralized this force, then continued fleeing far away with the Sundial.
It wasn't Lei Zu—it was Shide Divine King.
Shide Divine King rushed out from the Void World, a surprised expression on his face. This Zhang Ruochen kid's reaction speed was too fast!
Moreover, the power unleashed by the Sundial was unexpectedly strong, actually blocking his full-force strike.
In truth, it wasn't completely blocked. The gods within the Sundial were all injured.
Zhang Ruochen, outside the Sundial, was now covered in unending lightning, his skin charred black. Shide Divine King's divine power had invaded his physical body, struck his divine soul, and he was not lightly injured.
A Divine King's full-force strike—how could it be so easily blocked?
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
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One bolt of lightning after another struck, piercing through the time divine sea, continuously landing on the Sundial.
On the stone disk of the Sundial, Xiu Chen Heavenly God's imprint grew fainter and fainter, as if about to be erased.
The gods hiding within the Sundial were all charred black like charcoal by the lightning, their bones burning, flesh smoking, about to be refined to death inside.
Being hunted by a Divine King was not something that could be avoided just by hiding in a vessel.
Shide Divine King's goal was clear—to kill Zhang Ruochen and force Feng Tian to come to the rescue. Only then could Lei Zu escape.
But Zhang Ruochen's speed was excessively fast, his use of space and time masterful. In a short time, Shide Divine King couldn't close the distance.
Zhang Ruochen's blood burned wildly within him as he continuously swallowed divine pills, activating the remaining formations of the Yin Yang Eighteen Formations, the Six Divine Swords, the God-Defying Stele, and various supreme sacred artifacts.
He always maintained a distance of one Divine Spirit Step from Shide Divine King!
If the distance got any closer, Zhang Ruochen feared he would be pierced through the body with a single strike.
Shide Divine King was well aware of Zhang Ruochen's intention—to wait for Yuqing.
There was no other way. Shide Divine King drew a line across his brow with his finger, and a blood mark appeared. He was extremely frustrated and angry inside—dealing with a mere Taixu realm junior, and a dignified Divine King had to use a self-damaging secret technique.
But time was pressing, and he couldn't afford to delay any longer.
Feng Caiyi was famous throughout the world for her speed, and now she had cultivated "Hell Has No Gate." It was too difficult for Lei Zu to escape. For Lei Zu's sake, he had to sacrifice himself.
The blood mark on his brow was like a vertical eye, bright and blazing light gathering within it.
"For Lei Zu, for the Lei Clan, Zhang Ruochen, today I will stop at nothing to kill you!" Shide Divine King roared, his divine sound shaking the heavens, his violent qi and lightning flying together toward Zhang Ruochen, who was over a hundred thousand miles away.
A patch of black shadow flew overhead.
Just as Zhang Ruochen thought doom was upon him, he suddenly sensed all the lightning disappear. Shocked, he stopped.
He found himself already enveloped by dark power, surrounded by thousands upon thousands of tentacle-like things.
A large number of void substance bubbles drifted down from the tentacles.
"It's that thing!"
Zhang Ruochen was very surprised, many thoughts running through his mind.
This algae-like creature was hundreds of thousands of miles long, with countless tentacles. When he left the Endless Abyss from the dry riverbed, Zhang Ruochen had seen it in the Void World.
He just never expected it to be so powerful, swallowing a Divine King in one gulp!
Its dark aura and void aura were both very strong, void substance bubbles constantly spewing out, spreading in all directions. Inside its body, lightning flickered, emitting rumbling sounds.
Shide Divine King was trapped inside its body, unable to break out.
Yuqing and Qiangu Nüdi, who had caught up, watched this scene in shock.
"What kind of creature is this? Can it really refine Shide Divine King to death inside its body?" Qiangu Nüdi sucked in cold air, extremely wary.
Yuqing was well-traveled, but even he felt his scalp tingle, because although his cultivation was above Shide Divine King's, the gap wasn't that large.
Sword light swirled around him as he took Qiangu Nüdi far away. Only when he felt they were at a safe distance did he say, "It's fine. It didn't attack Zhang Ruochen, so it's probably a friend, not an enemy."
"Not necessarily? I think it's related to Feng Tian," Qiangu Nüdi said.
Yuqing's eyelids twitched, and his scalp grew even more numb!
Zhang Ruochen had actually long guessed that this strange algae-like creature was probably subdued by Feng Tian, which was why it appeared in time to save him.
Zhang Ruochen carried the Black Water Divine Staff, surrounded by countless war soldiers, carefully circling around the algae creature to reunite with Yuqing and Qiangu Nüdi.
Yuqing kept his sword raised in vigilance as he asked, "Ruochen, what agreement did you reach with Feng Caiyi? Why is she protecting you like this?"
The Nüdi was also curious, finding this too strange.
Feng Caiyi, that taboo existence famous throughout the universe, was only ever known for her killing methods. This was the first time they had heard of her saving someone!
The two looked at Zhang Ruochen with strange expressions, gazing at his gradually recovering handsome face. An identical guess formed in their minds. After all, with Zhang Ruochen's current cultivation, he wasn't qualified to sign an agreement with Feng Tian.
The powerful divine power fluctuations from the Starry Sky Defense Line—Yuqing could also sense some of them.
For Feng Tian to abandon such a major matter and come here... this little grand-disciple... had some skill!
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These past few days, I went to the Yuewen annual meeting, so updates were delayed! I'm home now, and can guarantee relatively stable updates from tomorrow!