Chapter 3417: Another Corpse of Time
In the wooden house, the old man with a red mole between his brows was one of the killing gods of the Heavenly Assassination Organization.
His title was Ruyuan, the Abyssal Killing God.
On the table, the flame of the oil lamp flickered.
Ruyuan Killing God sensed the increasingly intense chill emanating from Peach Blossom and couldn't help but let out a sinister grin. "You're nothing but a false god. Don't tell me you think you can take the child from my hands?"
"Perhaps I can."
Peach Blossom transformed into a pink streak of light and charged into the wooden house.
In those few short steps, it was as if she had shed a layer of shell, restoring her true appearance. Her eyes became like two swords, regaining their former cold ruthlessness.
Ruyuan Killing God released his Divine Realm World.
The moment Peach Blossom crossed the threshold, she plunged into a white mist.
Layer upon layer of mist concealed divine thoughts and blocked the five senses.
For a false god to enter the Divine Realm World of a mid-level god was like a young beast falling into an abyss, losing all chance of escape.
"Crackle!"
Peach Blossom raised her finger above her head, and instantly, the world's energy of the entire planet was drawn by her spiritual power, transforming into lightning that converged toward her fingertip.
The wooden house exploded, turning to ash.
Ruyuan Killing God's Divine Realm World was shattered by the lightning, and the white mist dissipated.
"You've actually cultivated your spiritual power to... such a level..."
Ruyuan Killing God's eyes sharpened. His five fingers turned pitch black, divine power surged outward, and he was about to cruelly kill the child in his arms.
"Chi!"
A golden needle pierced through his brow first.
Then, a storm of spiritual will pressed down on his divine soul, sealing his killing intent.
Ruyuan Killing God let out a miserable cry. A blood dot appeared on his brow, the back of his skull exploded entirely, and his body fell backward.
"Qing'er!"
Peach Blossom picked up the child from the ground, hugged him tightly, then directly burned her divine blood and shot upward, trying to escape.
She was well aware of how terrifying Yin Yuanchen was.
Yin Yuanchen looked at the thick dark clouds in the sky and the densely falling lightning, a slight smile curling at the corner of his mouth. "You've made the wrong choice! Do you think that by doing this, you can notify your husband to flee? He won't run. Instead, he'll rush here recklessly."
"Shua!"
Yin Yuanchen's form flickered, appearing midair before Peach Blossom. The small sword he used to peel cucumbers slashed toward her, dragging a long, bright sword light.
Peach Blossom's spiritual power field was instantly broken. The sword light grazed the edge of her cheek, leaving a bloody wound from the corner of her eye to her chin.
"Shua! Shua! Shua..."
The second sword, the third sword...
Yin Yuanchen's speed was countless times faster than Peach Blossom's. With each sword strike, he left a sword mark on her body.
Finally, Yin Yuanchen struck a heavy palm blow to Peach Blossom's chest and abdomen.
"Bang!"
"Crack, crack!"
Peach Blossom plummeted straight down. The sound of bones breaking came from within her body, and divine blood spilled all over the ground.
On the ground, a bottomless pit was formed. The entire planet shook with the impact, and dust surged into the sky.
Yin Yuanchen caught the little boy thrown from Peach Blossom's hand, landing lightly on the ground like a falling leaf.
"Ah!"
From the bottomless pit came a roar like that of a wild beast.
A golden Buddhist pillar shot out from the pit, soaring into the sky.
The profound Buddhist power caused a massive vortex cloud to form at the center of the golden pillar in the sky.
Ruyuan Killing God, pale and severely injured, looked at Peach Blossom suspended within the golden pillar. "Such powerful Buddhist aura."
They naturally didn't know that when Peach Blossom was pregnant, Zhang Ruochen had infused Yunqing Ancient Buddha's incarnation into the child's body, turning him into a reincarnated Buddhist child. That was why Peach Blossom had been pregnant for years—it was a Buddhist fetus.
What kind of existence was Yunqing Ancient Buddha?
He was the master of the Sixth Patriarch and Yinsnow Heaven.
The Buddhist fetus could nourish the mother, which was why Peach Blossom's spiritual power cultivation had progressed so quickly. Her physical body was also nurtured by Buddhist power, with thick and pure Buddhist energy in her blood and bones.
"Give me back my child!"
Peach Blossom's spiritual power and Buddhist power erupted simultaneously. Not only did she burn her divine blood, but she also ignited her lifespan, truly fighting with her life. A finger sword shot through the air toward Yin Yuanchen.
Her form and the finger sword moved in parallel, as fast as light and lightning.
Yin Yuanchen stood still, holding the little boy with one hand. He looked at her, and a tens-of-zhang-long divine sword of heaven automatically condensed around him, slashing straight down at the oncoming Peach Blossom.
"Puchi!"
Peach Blossom was sent flying backward, even more blood spilling out.
Before she could hit the ground, Yin Yuanchen's five fingers had already grabbed her head, forcefully pressing her body down to kneel. The kneecaps of her legs exploded directly, turning into bone powder.
Blood continuously flowed from her knees. Her body trembled, but she could no longer use any power.
The gap in cultivation was too great!
Peach Blossom's increasingly blurry eyes looked at the little boy in Yin Yuanchen's hand. Her voice was weak, carrying a plea. "Spare him... he's just... just a child... kill me, let him go..."
A strange light flickered in Yin Yuanchen's eyes, but it instantly returned to cold ruthlessness. "Whether to kill him or not, you can't decide, and neither can I."
"Please... ah..."
As if her soul had been pierced, Peach Blossom let out an agonizing scream.
Yin Yuanchen's five fingers pierced through her skull. Strands of witch god power flowed from his fingertips as he forcibly began a soul search to find A Le's whereabouts.
Just then, an extremely bright sword light tore through heaven and earth, heading straight for Yin Yuanchen.
The sword light carried a sharp roar of fury.
"Finally here!"
Yin Yuanchen looked at the sword light, smiled with satisfaction, and then let out a long howl.
A golden divine-demon lion appeared behind him, howling together with him.
Divine-Demon Lion Roar!
The roar spread, turning all humans on the entire planet into dust.
The sea dried up, the star cracked.
In the void of the universe, only a yellow, hazy nebula of dust remained.
A Le had long been sent flying. His body was tattered, with bones visible in many places, his internal organs riddled with holes, and blood flowing endlessly.
But he didn't flee. His eyes were sharp as swords and fierce as wolves as he continued walking toward Yin Yuanchen.
Yin Yuanchen shook his head in disappointment. "Once, you could still be my opponent. But over the years, how have you become so weak? Where is your sword? A swordsman thinks that by throwing away his sword and disguising himself as an ordinary person, he can live a happy and peaceful life?"
"Without a sword in hand, you become nothing but an ant, your life and death beyond your control. Only those who move forward bravely and dare to face the cruelest challenges are worthy of defending their family."
"You talk too much!"
A Le's body ignited. His eyes turned blood-red. His lifespan and blood rapidly drained away. Using his own body as a sword, he shot toward Yin Yuanchen like a beam of light.
Yin Yuanchen pointed a finger. Countless sword dao rules condensed, forming a tens-of-zhang-long divine sword of heaven...
Suddenly, Peach Blossom, who had been severely injured, struck out with a palm. Dozens of purple lightning bolts burst from her palm, shooting toward Yin Yuanchen's heart.
"Hua!"
A towering divine tree erupted from within Yin Yuanchen's body, sending Peach Blossom flying away.
At the same time, the divine sword of heaven slashed out, cutting A Le in half at the waist, sending the two halves flying into the distant void.
Yin Yuanchen threw the little boy to Ruyuan Killing God and chased after A Le's two broken halves. Unexpectedly, A Le didn't flee. Both halves flew back, attacking him from two directions.
A Le roared, "I'll hold him off! You escape now! Go to Xinghuantian and find Zhang Ruochen!"
A Le's lower half executed a leg technique, manifesting a footprint the size of a mountain, stomping toward Yin Yuanchen.
"Mother, father... where is this? I want my mother..."
The little boy woke up, terrified by the scene before him. He pounded on Ruyuan Killing God with both hands.
Peach Blossom, tears in her eyes, looked at A Le and Yin Yuanchen in the distance. Then, she activated a spiritual power divine technique. A Buddhist shadow condensed behind her.
The might emanating from the Buddhist shadow momentarily suppressed Ruyuan Killing God's divine soul.
In that instant, Peach Blossom pierced through Ruyuan Killing God's divine body, snatched the little boy from his hands, and then turned into a pillar of light, shooting beyond the sky.
She had no choice. For the child's sake, she could only choose to flee first.
She guessed that Yin Yuanchen and the Heavenly Assassination Organization were looking for A Le, most likely to use him against Zhang Ruochen. If so, A Le wouldn't be in immediate danger for now.
Yin Yuanchen's sword shattered the footprint manifested by A Le, blasting his lower half into a cloud of blood. Then, his gaze turned to the fleeing Peach Blossom!
Just as he was about to give chase, an extreme sense of danger arose in his heart. He turned his head.
In the blood mist, A Le's upper half flew toward him. His body was covered in cracks, each crack glowing crimson, releasing destructive force.
"Even without a sword in hand, I will use my life to protect those I must protect! Let's die together!"
A Le's divine source exploded.
His divine body turned to powder. Space collapsed, forming long cracks.
Even though Yin Yuanchen was highly skilled in the Way of Flowing Light and fled immediately, he still couldn't escape the core area of the divine source explosion.
"Boom!"
The destructive force surged outward, sweeping in all directions. All of Yin Yuanchen's defensive measures were broken, and his body shattered into pieces.
"No!"
Peach Blossom, fleeing while crying out, her vision completely blurred, her heart aching as if torn apart.
She didn't think A Le had brought this disaster. She believed it was her fault, that she had implicated A Le.
The Heavenly Assassination Organization could find them, most likely because of the soul flame she had left in the organization when she joined.
Why was this happening? They had already gone to the desolate frontier, already distanced themselves from trouble, reformed themselves—why wouldn't heaven still let them go?
Perhaps from the moment she joined the Heavenly Assassination, it was destined that she would end up like this.
Ruyuan Killing God also fled, but he was still hit by the destructive force of the divine source explosion. His divine body exploded, and his divine soul shattered into pieces.
Peach Blossom fled the fastest and was the farthest away. Although she was also hit by the destructive force, she survived.
She landed on a cosmic rock and looked back at the shattered space behind her. Wisps of blood mist flowed within the space cracks, but there was no longer any spiritual fluctuation from A Le.
She knelt on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.
Yunqing was confused, not knowing what had happened. He asked, "Mother, where is father? Where are we? I'm so hungry. I waited for you at home all day. Why didn't you come back?"
Peach Blossom pulled herself together, hugged Yunqing tightly, and said, "It's okay. Your father just went to find his good friend, your godfather. We'll go find him now..."
As she spoke, it was as if her throat had been grabbed. Suddenly, she couldn't speak.
Her gaze fixed straight ahead.
A chariot bathed in lightning, using the void as a road, approached from afar.
Xuan Yi sat in the chariot, appearing before Peach Blossom.
Peach Blossom couldn't muster any will to resist. The entire space was sealed. Even moving a finger was incredibly difficult.
In her eyes... there was only despair.
Xuan Yi looked down at her, his gaze indifferent to the extreme, no different from looking at a blade of grass or a stone.
Peach Blossom's appearance aged at a visible rate. Her skin turned yellow-brown, her hair white, and her body gradually withered.
In moments, she completely lost her life.
Like a human-skinned skeleton, she turned into a corpse of time.
"Mother, mother, wake up, wake up... Aren't we going to find father? And the godfather you always talk about? Wake up, Qing'er won't be naughty anymore!"
Yunqing grabbed Peach Blossom's withered, firewood-like hand, shaking it vigorously, tears streaming down like rain.
Gradually, Yunqing seemed to realize that his mother would never wake up. The pain in his heart deepened, as if someone were squeezing his heart, crushing it tightly.
A hidden power within him was awakened. Golden light burst forth, illuminating heaven and earth.
A Three-Life Gate appeared behind him, suspended in the air.
"Oh! An unexpected gain!" Xuan Yi said.
Infinite sorrow crushed this eight-year-old child.
He went limp and fainted on the ground.
In the distance, Yin Yuanchen's divine body recondensed. He was very weak but still stood upright, flying down beneath the lightning chariot.
He glanced at Peach Blossom, who had turned into a corpse of time, and said, "I failed the mission. Not only did I fail to capture A Le, but I also caused Ruyuan Killing God to fall. Please punish me, Divine Venerable!"
Xuan Yi said, "You certainly deserve punishment, but do you know where you went wrong?"
"I underestimated the enemy," Yin Yuanchen said.
Xuan Yi snorted heavily. "Do you think I don't know about every move you made? You didn't underestimate the enemy. You were soft-hearted! You cut A Le's body in half and sent both halves flying. Wasn't that an attempt to let him escape? You had at least three chances to kill Peach Blossom, but you didn't take any of them. Don't tell me you saw your own shadow in them?"
Yin Yuanchen knelt on one knee. "Perhaps there was a moment of weakness, but I only wanted to give her a quick death. After all, she had rendered many merits for the Heavenly Assassination."
"Boom!"
In the starry sky, light rules and space rules became more active. Many extinguished stars flickered.
Xuan Yi looked up in a certain direction.
Yin Yuanchen asked, "Could it be that a Divine Venerable from the Radiant Divine Temple has learned of our whereabouts and is chasing us to the Extinction Star Sea?"
Xuan Yi said nothing, his gaze cold and indifferent. "A Le is dead, but this child is still useful! Take him and follow me."
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