# 1086
Chapter 1087: The Black King Reappears
In front of the National Foundation Stele, Cao Yuan had already placed his right hand on the hilt of the blade at his waist, his eyes filled with the resolve to die.
As one of the witnesses to the Temporal Fragment, he naturally knew what this stone monument behind him meant to Great Xia. He wasn't surprised that Lin Qiye had brought them here. Before other Human Apex could arrive, they had to do everything possible to delay these four gods... even at the cost of their lives.
Though he didn't understand why Lin Qiye had only brought him and An Qingyu, now was not the time to consider such things.
Just as Cao Yuan was preparing to draw his blade, An Qingyu turned around and looked at him seriously.
"What's wrong?" Cao Yuan疑惑的看向他。
"With just this, there's no way we can stop these gods."
Cao Yuan was stunned. "I know... but what else can we do?"
"Cao Yuan, do you trust me?"
"Yes." Cao Yuan answered without any hesitation.
"Next, I'm going to do something very bad..." An Qingyu stared into his eyes. "Forgive me."
Before Cao Yuan could react, An Qingyu reached out and grabbed the hilt of the Straight Blade at Cao Yuan's waist, seizing Cao Yuan's hand that was resting on the hilt, and pulled it free with force.
Clang—!
A crisp sound rang out, the blade's cry drowned by the wailing wind and snow.
An Qingyu gripped Cao Yuan's hand while Cao Yuan's hand held this Straight Blade.
In Cao Yuan's shocked gaze, An Qingyu pointed the blade's edge toward Cao Yuan's chest. The sharp edge cut through the skin and flesh of Cao Yuan's chest, piercing directly toward his heart!
An Qingyu's gaze was completely calm.
Cao Yuan looked at him in confusion. At the moment when the blade was about to pierce his heart, he instinctively resisted, but the next moment, he relaxed his body, allowing An Qingyu's blade to sink into his heart.
A massive pillar of killing aura and flame broke through the blizzard, surging straight into the sky!
...
Among the howling wind and snow, six "Klein"-level orderlies charged toward the four Pillar Gods simultaneously.
"Summoned a bunch of beasts?"
At the sight of this, the Wind God Shu simply shook his head. "With these things, how long can you stall us?"
He extended his hand and made a grasping motion toward the six approaching orderlies. Twisted gale force winds materialized, carrying terrifying law-based power that crushed all the air for several kilometers ahead.
At the critical moment, the void white bear hugged Wangcai and vanished into the虚空, while the gray sparrow flapped its wings and turned into a gray streak, flying several kilometers in an instant. Only the massive black python and the slower snow woman were instantly crushed to pieces within that gale force, dissolving into residual light and returning to the Asylum of the Gods.
Seeing that four "mysteries" had escaped, Wind God Shu's expression grew dark. Just as he was about to act, the ground beneath his feet shook violently.
All four Pillar Gods looked up simultaneously. A jet-black pillar of killing aura erupted toward the sky. The accumulated snow clouds above were gradually twisted into a massive vortex by the force of the killing aura flames.
Roar—!!
Killing aura flames intertwined into a sea of fire, burning away all the scattered snow in the sky. A low, rumbling roar echoed beneath the heavens. At the same time, a towering black figure slowly rose from the ruins.
It was a giant composed entirely of black flames, with circular holes in its arms, shoulders, knees, and chest. Black chains pierced through its body from the void, like shackles of fate, binding it死死 in place.
"Hm?"
At the sight of this towering figure, expressions of confusion simultaneously appeared on the four Pillar Gods' faces. "What is that thing?"
"I don't know... it seems to have come out of that red-clothed mortal's body. This kind of monster—I've never seen anything like it."
"Mortal? How could something like that be inside a mortal? That thing's aura isn't weaker than ours."
"It's coming toward us."
"Don't get held up by it. Split up and break the stele."
The four Pillar Gods flew in different directions. Just as the Earth God Geb was about to bypass the towering black figure, a heavy chain came whistling down.
Geb's eyes narrowed. His身形 quickly dodged, and that massive black chain smashed onto the snowy plain. Thick snow cascaded like two waterfalls on either side of the chain as it grazed the earth, instantly crushing an entire mountain peak into rubble.
Geb frowned at this towering black figure standing before him, knowing he had been targeted. He coldly snorted and directly erupted with divine power, charging toward the giant.
"Pen Fairy, Pen Fairy, you are my past life, I am your present life. If you hear my call, please draw a circle..."
A murmuring voice rose from within the wind and snow. A circular trench rapidly etched itself at the feet of the Life God Isis, enclosing her entirely within the circle. A bizarre woman in a white dress suddenly appeared behind her, her hands reaching around her neck, clawing toward her eyeballs!
Isis narrowed her eyes, a hint of contempt flickering in her gaze. At that moment, the scene before her transformed—the endless white snow vanished, replaced by a neon-lit dance floor.
There, a dog dressed in a tuxedo was swaying seductively on a pole, even turning its head to give her a flirtatious wink.
A wave of revulsion instantly arose in Isis's heart.
In that split-second, in reality, a white bear, a dog, and a gray blur moving too fast to see, simultaneously crashed into Isis's body from three different directions.
A cold harrumph echoed through the wind and snow. Within half a second, Isis broke free from Wangcai's illusion. She raised her right foot and slammed it heavily onto the ground.
An invisible ripple radiated outward from her center. Within moments, all four orderlies were crushed into bloody dust, scattered in the violent wind, dissolving into residual light and vanishing.
The combined assault of four "Klein"-level orderlies managed to delay the Life God Isis for less than seven seconds.
In that brief seven seconds, Wind God Shu and the Sky God Nut had already reached the black stone monument.
There, a figure draped in a deep crimson cloak, single hand gripping a sword, coldly stared at them.
Behind him, the silhouette of a golden-haired man slowly formed.
"Are you sure about this?" Bragi's voice echoed in Lin Qiye's ear, his tone serious to an unprecedented degree. "Just days ago, you endured that monkey's soul... Your soul strength right now is insufficient to sustain me.
If you do this, you might die."
"I know." Lin Qiye gazed at the two gods before him and spoke slowly. "But there are things I must do."
Lin Qiye was well aware of what would happen from consecutively hosting two Lesser Gods. During the Cangnan Great Catastrophe, he had hosted the souls of both Nyx and Merlin in rapid succession, which resulted in his soul splitting. If the Heavenly Lord hadn't personally intervened to stabilize his soul, he would either have died or been driven permanently mad.
Hearing these words, Bragi let out a soft sigh. He stepped forward and merged into Lin Qiye's body.