# 1088
Chapter 1088: Kill Me First
"How ridiculous..."
Set, the Wind God, stood behind the city wall, his eyes filled with contempt. He raised both hands and casually tore at the massive steel wall before him.
Swoosh—!!
A piercing gale surged forth like a tide, shredding the surface of the steel wall. Amidst the teeth-grinding humming sound, this enormous wall was blasted open with a twisted gap over a hundred meters in radius.
Lin Qiye's gaze sharpened.
He had only stepped into the "Klein" realm a few days ago. Even with bearing the souls of Bragi and Idun, he could only raise his realm to the peak of the Klein realm. Against two gods, it simply wasn't enough.
Though Bragi and Idun's abilities weren't suited for offense, Lin Qiye had no other choice. Within the psychiatric hospital, only Bragi, Sun Wukong, and Gilgamesh remained. Sun Wukong's soul-bearing had just been used, and Gilgamesh's healing progress hadn't reached 50%, so Bragi was his only option.
Lin Qiye gritted his teeth and quickly raised both hands, holding them before his chest as if embracing an invisible zither. Just as he was about to pluck the strings, a figure had already quietly stood behind him.
Lin Qiye's pupils constricted!
He twisted his body rapidly, but still wasn't fast enough for a god. He saw Nut, the Sky God, expressionlessly raise a finger and gently tap Lin Qiye's back.
Puff—!!
Lin Qiye's right half of his body exploded into a cloud of blood mist!
The crimson cloak was torn to shreds, scarlet blood splashing onto the pristine white snow. With a dull thud, the half-bodied Lin Qiye fell powerlessly into the snowdrift.
Nut glanced at Lin Qiye's corpse as if looking at a pile of garbage. He withdrew his gaze and slowly turned his head, standing with Set beneath the divine stele. Two torrential, terrifying divine power fluctuations surged冲天而起!
Set raised his palm, about to grasp the black stone tablet, when a flash of azure light whistled past!
The azure light grazed Set's wrist, and the next moment, his entire hand floated down cleanly onto the snow, blood gushing out!
As the severed palm hit the ground, a wisp of transparent dao fire ignited from nothingness, instantly burning it to ash.
Set froze momentarily, then came to his senses. Bearing the intense pain, he猛地 turned his head to look toward where the azure light had come.
A figure entirely shrouded in white light was striding through the air. The violent snowstorm raged wildly, yet not a single snowflake could land on him.
From the隐约的道簪 and dao robe, he looked like a Daoist priest, but his physical form and features were completely obscured.
Whether it was from witnessing Yuanshi Tianzun's destruction of Sun City, Set and Nut's hearts suddenly skipped a beat upon seeing this Daoist-robed figure. Fear surged through them.
"Is that a Great Xia Celestial Lord?!"
"No, not a Celestial Lord... his aura is very weak, far from a Celestial Lord."
Nut carefully sensed the divine power on the Daoist priest and slightly relaxed.
Set glanced down at his severed wrist, his expression grim. "Another monster that popped up from who knows where... Can't let him delay us. Let's finish this quickly!"
As the words fell, both rushed toward the Daoist hidden within the white light. Gales condensed around Set, the Wind God, tearing through the howling blizzard at an astonishing speed. In the blink of an eye, they appeared before Baili Pangpang's throat.
Baili Pangpang's eyes narrowed. His left hand formed a dao seal while his right hand swung the Jade Ruyi gently.
Those gales, upon touching the white light, seemed to decompose and dissolve, vanishing in an instant. At the same time, he stepped forward with his right foot, and transparent dao fire ignited from nothingness, engulfing both gods.
Torrential divine power surged within the dao fire. A jade hand crashed through the edge of the fire, and Nut, the Sky God, stepped out from the flames. The gauze skirt around her showed no trace of scorching, but she glanced down at her hands, her brow tightly furrowed.
Set emerged right behind her.
"This fire... can burn divine power?" Set's expression was grave. "And the white light around him, it seems to melt my gales... Nut, leave him to you."
Nut, the Sky God, snorted coldly. Her arms spread slightly, and her gauze skirt automatically floated up. A mysterious law aura radiated from her.
Meanwhile, Set turned and prepared to strike the divine stele again.
Baili Pangpang's brow furrowed. His left hand suddenly changed the dao seal, and the red dao robe on his body flickered with a faint light:
"乾坤逆转!" (Inversion of Heaven and Earth!)
The words fell, and Nut and Set only felt their vision blur, as if heaven and earth had rotated in an instant, space twisting. When they came to their senses, they stood on a snowfield burning with black malevolent fire.
Roar roar roar—!!
A roar echoed from the sky, and a black chain crashed through the wind and snow, smashing down toward the top of both their heads!
Set and Nut's expressions changed drastically. Their bodies dodged rapidly. After a devastating crash, they stabilized in mid-air and looked back.
Without knowing when, their bodies, which should have been standing beneath the divine stele, had been displaced several kilometers backward, standing within the battlefield of Geb, the Earth God, and the towering giant shadow.
The Daoist priest entirely shrouded in light strode through the air to the Black King's side. Dao halos circulated, malevolent energy surged. The white and black figures stood like an insurmountable wall, firmly entrenched before the three Ennead Gods.
Baili Pangpang seemed to sense something. He slightly turned his head, looking toward beneath the divine stele:
"Qiye..."
...
Isis, the Life Goddess, draped in a blue-green robe, withdrew her gaze from the distant black and white figures and turned to walk toward the National Guardian Stele.
The current situation was somewhat beyond her expectations.
The Great Xia mortals comparable to gods had yet to arrive, and the Great Xia gods hadn't given chase either. Logically, the four Ennead Gods should have easily destroyed the National Guardian Stele, yet these two monsters that had appeared from nowhere had actually held them off for so long.
They hadn't concealed their divine might, so those mortals comparable to gods should have detected their invasion long ago. They would be arriving soon.
Their time... was running out.
They had to destroy this stele quickly.
Isis's divine power rippled outward. Just as she was about to reach the divine stele, something caught her eye, and her eyes narrowed slightly.
The blizzard carried snowflakes, howling mournfully through the air. At the foot of that jet-black divine stele, a blood-soaked figure, wearing half a tattered cloak, stood silently.
A faint cyan light circulated over his body. Under the power of the Youth Goddess, his severed right half had already regenerated most of its form. On the gray-white bones, flesh was rapidly spreading.
His right hand's five fingers hadn't fully regenerated. The pale-white bone segments, still connected by strands of flesh, were clutching a long sword that radiated a chilling killing intent.
"If you want to destroy this monument... you'll have to kill me first."