# 1467
Chapter 1468: Grey Mist Orb
Bang——!!
A burst of primordial energy erupted from Lingbao Tianzun's palm, shattering one of Zeus's arms into countless blood mists. The latter's pupils contracted sharply as he rapidly retreated to the side!
But with that hand severed, the golden scepter suspended in midair immediately lost all resistance and fell precisely into the Daoist's palm.
Lingbao Tianzun gripped the golden scepter and gave it a gentle wave. The corona flames that had been shrouding the sky above Earth receded back to the sun and vanished without a trace. The sky once again returned to darkness.
Upon seeing this, the Chennan Pass forces whose hearts had been in their throats finally breathed a sigh of relief.
If those corona flames had descended upon the mortal world, it would have surely been another catastrophe... Fortunately, Lingbao Tianzun had seized the [King's Treasury], so they would no longer face constant existential threats.
Zeus's figure emerged from the lightning, staring intently at Lingbao Tianzun and the scepter in his hand. Flames of fury blazed in his eyes!
"Very well, very good."
Zeus's voice turned bone-cold. "I had originally not wanted to go this far... You forced this upon me."
Lingbao Tianzun held the [King's Treasury] in his hand, his gaze utterly unruffled.
Zeus took a deep breath, and a thunderous roar echoed across the entire sky:
"Retreat!"
The moment that sound rang out, the Olympian Gods locked in close combat first froze in bewilderment, then immediately withdrew from their current battles. They transformed into countless streams of light, rapidly retreating toward the misty border of Great Xia.
Seeing the enemy retreat voluntarily, the Gods of Great Xia who had been fighting desperately suddenly found themselves in a state of confusion. However, after much hesitation, they chose not to pursue.
They had just endured an intense battle with the Heavenly Divine Temple and were already at their last reserves. They could barely hold their ground against the Greek gods—if they had chased after them, it would inevitably result in tremendous casualties.
Watching Zeus order the Olympian Gods to retreat with a single command, Lingbao Tianzun's brow furrowed slightly...
While this was a good thing, for some reason, an uneasy feeling stirred in his heart.
Zeus stood atop the clouds, his hand reaching out into empty space and grasping at something. He drew out a luminous orb pulsing with grey mist and slowly spoke:
"In the temporal ruins at the edge of the world, enjoy eternal desolation..."
He flipped his palm lightly, and that swirling grey mist orb descended toward the earth. His form transformed into a bolt of lightning, piercing through the misty border in an instant and vanishing without a trace.
The moment that grey mist orb appeared, Lingbao Tianzun seemed to sense something. His expression changed drastically!
"The aura of the [Key to the Gate]?! You've actually colluded with the Three Pillars of the Cthulhu Faction?!"
He struck like lightning, reaching out to grasp that falling grey mist orb through the air. The Primordial Infinite Void beneath his feet twisted violently, but that grey mist orb seemed unaffected by his power, plummeting straight down.
The orb was roughly the size of a fist, concealed by a layer of grey vapor. Within it, one could faintly discern dazzling bubble-like afterimages twisted together, emanating an eerie aura.
Seeing that confiscation had no effect, Lingbao Tianzun took a step that shattered the void. His palm reached directly for that grey mist orb, but the instant before his fingertips were about to touch it, a bubble image rapidly expanded from within the mist. In the gap of time's passage, it covered the entire border!
It was too fast—fast enough that even time-manipulating Wang Mian could not perceive its "speed." By the time everyone came to their senses, all the Great Xia deities at the border and Lin Qiye before the Shanhe Jixie Diagram had already been engulfed.
That wisp of grey mist instantly filled the massive bubble image. Time and space twisted violently within, and everyone felt everything rapidly receding from them!
Snap—!
A crisp cracking sound rang out. All the Great Xia deities enveloped by the bubble image, along with the earth, air, light, time, and space within that range... every material or immaterial, tangible or intangible existence within that scope, vanished in an instant!
Above the outer wall of Chennan Pass, An Qingyu and others witnessed this scene with their own eyes.
As the bubble image disappeared, an absolutely pitch-black spherical region appeared above the misty border, like a black hole devouring all light that entered it.
Between heaven and earth, deathly silence descended.
"Where are the Great Xia gods? Where are the Human Apexes? Where's Qiye?!" Cao Yuan stared at the empty border, frozen in place.
"...They're gone?"
Molly stared blankly at the black hole gap at the border. Gritting her teeth, she swiftly vaulted over the outer wall of Chennan Pass and rushed toward that location at high speed.
"Let's go take a look too." An Qingyu carried the black coffin on her back and transformed into a streak of light, racing forward. Cao Yuan followed close behind.
Inside Chennan Pass, many others wanted to rush to the front lines to see what had happened, but after much deliberation, none of them acted.
Without orders, leaving their respective posts without authorization—who knew what might happen... What if the enemy returned?
And currently, Zuo Qing, the only person who could issue commands to all of them, had vanished at the border along with the Gods of Great Xia.
Meanwhile, within the mist.
A bolt of lightning tore through the mist, rapidly approaching the direction of Olympus. Numerous Greek gods followed closely behind.
"Seems that thing worked." Zeus glanced back, his eyes narrowing slightly. "Worth all the effort I spent digging it out of those ruins..."
"Your Majesty, since the Gods of Great Xia and the apex human forces of Great Xia have all been eternally banished, why don't we seize the opportunity to directly conquer Great Xia and turn those billions of Great Xia citizens into our Believers?" a Greek god asked, puzzled.
"Idiot." Zeus cast a cold glance at him. "Though they're gone, do you think Yuanshi and Daode the two Heavenly Venerables are dead? Besides, using that thing will inevitably bring pursuit from Michael...
Right now, the only safe place is Olympus.
However, utterly destroying Great Xia's foundations, leaving only my Olympus in existence—this sacrifice is worth it."
The other Olympian Gods said nothing more, merely accelerating to their maximum speed as they rushed toward Olympus.
...
Earth.
Antarctic border.
In the extreme cold of ice and snow, a tall figure bearing six pristine white wings walked slowly across the frozen expanse, as if searching for something.
Suddenly, an extremely faint sound of a bubble popping passed through endless space and reached His ears.
His footsteps came to an abrupt halt!
"Mm?" His brow furrowed tightly as He turned to look in the direction of Great Xia. "A Cthulhu Mythos aura... The Three Pillars?"
"Who... dares to touch the taboo?"
Michael's eyes blazed with dazzling golden light as a chilling killing intent swept forth.
His six wings behind him beat with force, and His form directly shattered the void, rapidly closing in on the Great Xia border!