# 1229
Chapter 1229: The Power of "Star Coins"
Snap—!
The Star Coins landed on Lin Qiye's hand, but instead of stopping, they wobbled诡异ly and continued rotating counterclockwise.
Lin Qiye stared blankly for a long moment before looking up at the gloomy sky, the Vast Desert beneath his feet, and the flames streaming toward him from behind... No divine miracle descended, no reversal of heaven and earth. Everything remained as it was.
"Is that it?" Lin Qiye's mouth twitched slightly.
He'd flicked the Star Coins up on a whim, and the only result was changing their direction of rotation?
Could this thing actually not work that way?
Right now, Gilgamesh was still in a state of mental Chaos, so even if Lin Qiye wanted to ask about how to use the Star Coins, he had no opportunity. His last hope had ultimately come to nothing.
There must be another way to escape...
The surging flames and heat were nearly swallowing Lin Qiye's form. At the threshold of life and death, his mind raced.
That's right!
The boots!
Those winged boots that liked to chase people around?
Lin Qiye suddenly remembered the "Artifact Trio" he'd encountered twice above the desert—those boots'惊人的移动速度 had left a deep impression on him.
If he could grab those boots right now, he might have a chance to shake off the Fire God behind him!
Lin Qiye's gaze swept his surroundings. Beyond the endless waves of heat, there was nothing within dozens of miles of airspace. The "Artifact Trio" had probably spotted the three Chief Gods descending and were too terrified to show themselves.
Lin Qiye reluctantly closed his eyes and sighed.
Just as despair was about to take hold, he suddenly felt his feet tighten, and his speed of movement skyrocketed!
Lin Qiye froze, looking down in confusion—familiar boots had somehow appeared on his feet, their twin wings buzzing and carrying his body forward at a breakneck pace!
Just as he was about to be engulfed by the flames, he pulled ahead of Gibir by a hair's breadth.
"How is this possible?" Gibir, who had been on the verge of successfully killing Lin Qiye, stared in shock at the sight. "When did those boots appear?"
The same question echoed in Lin Qiye's mind.
What was the deal with these boots?!
Lin Qiye clearly remembered that just one second ago, his spiritual sense had scanned the surroundings, and these boots hadn't shown even a shadow. How had they suddenly appeared on his feet?
This wasn't scientific!
His thoughts stirred, and as if remembering something, he looked down at the Star Coins rotating counterclockwise on his hand.
"Could it be this thing..." Lin Qiye murmured to himself.
He had just thought about those boots, and they appeared. What if he thought about something else?
A bold idea suddenly surged in Lin Qiye's heart!
He glanced at the Holy Grail in the Moon God's Nana's hand in the distance, thought about it carefully in his mind, and felt his left hand grow heavy. Something weighty suddenly appeared in his palm.
Lin Qiye opened his eyes—a dark golden chalice had indeed appeared in his palm!
"The Holy Grail?!" Gibir's expression changed drastically when he saw this!
Lin Qiye stared in astonishment. The original Holy Grail still remained in Moon God Nana's hand in the distance.
He immediately examined the interior of the "Holy Grail" in his hand—no crimson wine was inside, and it lacked the conditions for making wishes.
The one in his hand wasn't the real Holy Grail... just a fantasized replica?
Just as Lin Qiye was pondering this, his left hand suddenly felt lighter. When he looked again, the "Holy Grail" had vanished into thin air, as if it had never existed.
Two seconds later, the boots on his feet also dissipated, and his speed slowed once more.
"Disappeared? That quickly?" Lin Qiye's heart sank.
It was certain that the Star Coins had the power to materialize items from his imagination, but the problem was that the duration was far too short!
A second or two—how much could he possibly do with that? The boots had lasted no more than eight seconds...
Wait?
Why did fantasized items like the "Holy Grail" disappear so much faster than the boots?
Was it because the Holy Grail's tier was higher than the boots'?
Lin Qiye had no time to think further, because Gibir, whom he had barely managed to distance himself from for a few seconds, was catching up again.
At the same time, the Star Coins rotating counterclockwise on his hand were slowing down more and more, as if they were about to fall over at any moment.
Though he hadn't fully understood the Star Coins' principles, Lin Qiye could roughly guess that if the Star Coins reverted to clockwise rotation, this "materialization" ability would disappear along with it.
There was no time left!
He had to think of something that could exert a massive effect in a short period of time!
Countless ideas flashed through Lin Qiye's mind. His eyes lit up, and he took a deep breath, searching through his memories of something related.
A moment later, his palm grew heavy, and familiar sensations returned to his fingertips.
Lin Qiye opened his eyes, and joy flickered across his features!
It was a wooden chopstick.
A wooden chopstick carrying the sword intent of Zhou Ping, the Sword Saint of Great Xia!
Back when he had slain the Thunder Beast in Japan's Human Enclosure, Lin Qiye had already used up this wooden chopstick. Now, under the Star Coins' power, it had reappeared in the world, intact.
Gripping the wooden chopstick, feeling the familiar yet overwhelming sword intent within it, Lin Qiye's heart finally settled.
He stopped, turned his head, and gazed at the crimson sky.
Searing flames billowed like a colossal beast, licking at Lin Qiye's deep crimson cloak. A flame-armored giant shattered through the dense cumulonimbus, descending from the heavens above.
Gibir's contours emerged from the flames. He grasped the air with both hands, and blazing fire gathered into a massive sword hundreds of meters long, carrying terrifying divine might as it chopped down toward Lin Qiye's head!
The fierce wind howled; the yellow sand burned.
Against this world-destroying flame blade, a snapping sound rang out from Lin Qiye's palm—the sound of the wooden chopstick breaking.
Ding—!!!
A crisp sword cry echoed across the endless Vast Desert.
A sword shadow burst forth from Lin Qiye's palm, instantly slicing through the sky and colliding with that descending flame blade from the heavens.
In an instant, Gibir's massive sword was shattered by endless waves of sword qi, dissolving into scattered embers that fell like rain.
The sword's song rang clear; sword qi soared to the heavens!
From atop the clouds, the Fire God Gibir felt the "sword law" aura rushing toward him, and his expression changed drastically!
"Law? What kind of law is this?!"
Having hidden in the King's Treasury for a hundred years, he naturally wouldn't recognize the "sword law" that had only appeared on the Great Dao a little over two years ago. But he could clearly sense the god-slaying sword intent surging within that blade of light!