# 1860
Chapter 1853: Safe Passage
"Safe passage." Lin Qiye answered.
"Safe passage?"
"A passage that can enter any point in time at any moment, transcending outside the maze." Lin Qiye pointed to the end of the light cone. "Didn't you say the Temporal Maze is an inverted pyramid? The bottom of the pyramid is the Gate of Truth, and if we keep walking upward, we'll directly jump out from the top layer of the inverted pyramid, outside the maze."
Lina's gaze swept across these dense time fragments. She even saw Vishnu and Subject 22's figures on the fragment near the Gate of Truth, but neither of them seemed to notice her observation.
She looked at Lin Qiye with puzzlement, "Did you already know about the safe passage's existence?"
"Yes... but I didn't expect it to be so difficult to enter here."
In Lin Qiye's mind, An Qingyu's figure surfaced... The existence of the safe passage was what An Qingyu had told him. Did he know about this place through pure theoretical deduction? Or had he been here before?
Just as Lin Qiye was deep in thought, a blinding streak of light shot across the void, descending from above directly toward their heads!
Lin Qiye's eyes narrowed sharply!
"Watch out!"
Ame-no-Murakumo slashed through the air, the golden blade edge narrowly missing Lina's hair as it collided with the incoming light. The surging divine power exploded outward, sending the light streak recoiling.
The ambush had come too fast. Had it not been for Lin Qiye's spiritual perception alerting him to shield her in time, Lina would have been severely wounded or worse. Seizing this moment, Lin Qiye finally saw what the light streak truly was.
It was a golden-iron feathered arrow.
Almost simultaneously, a figure materialized behind Lin Qiye—a warrior in battle armor, a spear moving like a serpent, carrying domineering divine power straight toward Lin Qiye's heart!
Lin Qiye pressed his palm against the void, directly drawing 【White Slash】, and met the spear's cold edge head-on.
Clang—!
【White Slash】 deflected the spear, but the attacker showed no intention of stopping. The spear thrust continuously through the void, like countless fleeting afterimages flickering across the night sky, overwhelming Lin Qiye with a barrage of attacks!
Lin Qiye frowned. Surging divine power flooded into Ame-no-Murakumo, and a brilliant sword light swept across his front. The massive blade pressure suppressed the countless spear shadows, forcefully sending the attacking god tumbling back several steps!
Break force with force!
As the sword light dissipated into the air, a golden-haired woman stepped out clutching a spear. Her azure eyes gazed fixedly at Lin Qiye, her exquisite face seemingly devoid of any emotion—only endless killing intent and majesty!
She hurled her spear toward the sky with force, her feet stamping hard on the void. In an instant, she flashed before Lin Qiye.
Residual images flickered across Lin Qiye's vision. Without seeing how she struck, powerful fist wind had already brushed past Lin Qiye's cheek! Fists, elbows, knees, shoulders... Every part of the golden-haired woman's body seemed to pulse with chilling killing intent, like a human-shaped beast frantically tearing at its prey!
The Seraph Lin Qiye was after all not a Hongmeng Spirit Embryo. Close combat was his weakness. With a flash of blade light, he directly fled into the void, reappearing several hundred meters away.
The moment he appeared, the second arrow精准闪至his brow!
Lin Qiye's eyes narrowed sharply.
The moment the arrow's tip touched his brow, a purple domain rippled outward around Lin Qiye!
After 【终焉王律】 was released, the arrow instantly lost all driving force, floating uncertainly in mid-air before a blade light cleaved it cleanly in two!
Through the earlier brief exchange, Lin Qiye could basically determine that there were at least two enemies, both Chief God-level... But the coordination between these two Chief Gods was extremely默契. One engaged in close combat, the other waited for opportunities at range. Every arrow was precisely aimed.
But even so, as long as they were still Chief Gods, Lin Qiye could handle them.
"Hiding like cowards... why don't you show yourselves?!"
Lin Qiye let out a low cry, his foot stamping hard on the void. 【终焉王律】 spread to its limit. As the purple energy swept across, a slender figure was forcibly knocked from the sky. Her originally transparent body gradually returned to solid form.
She was a woman draped in leaves and coarse cloth, clutching a bow. Her face was painted with several blue marks, her eyes filled with wildness.
Both were goddesses?
Lin Qiye's gaze swept between the golden-haired goddess and the wild goddess. He frowned in thought.
Whether judging from the golden-haired goddess's individual combat power or the coordination默契 between the two, they were definitely not from 【Divine Desire Paradise】, nor could they be 【Hidden Gods】. The Heavenly Temple had been completely destroyed, so they shouldn't be people left behind by Vishnu either...
Could it be...
Just as Lin Qiye was pondering, the two goddesses exchanged a glance, their killing intent intensifying!
A spear spinning in mid-air, as if drawn by some force, dove straight toward Lin Qiye. In the golden-haired goddess's azure eyes, waves of divine power surged, her divine energy climbing steadily!
Her form shattered the void in an instant. Together with that spear, one on the left and one on the right, they rushed toward Lin Qiye. In the distance, the wild goddess drew her bow once more. A deep green divine glow lingered at the arrow's tail, terrifying divine power rippling outward around her...
Just as these three killing intents were about to erupt, Lin Qiye suddenly spoke:
"Are you the war goddess Athena and the hunting goddess Artemis? I am Lin Qiye. You should—"
Hearing these words, the golden-haired goddess and the wild goddess' bodies stiffened violently.
"Lin Qiye?"
The howling spear halted abruptly in mid-air. The ready-to-fire arrow shed its divine power. The golden-haired goddess who had been rushing toward Lin Qiye immediately slowed, but even so, she nearly crashed headfirst into Lin Qiye in mid-air.
"It's me." Lin Qiye gazed at that golden-haired face now inches away. "I came to find the night goddess Nyx."
Athena gripped her spear, her azure eyes studying him carefully. She frowned and asked:
"Can you prove it?"
"Of course."
Lin Qiye's palm flipped, and a wisp of darkness origin appeared before him. At this moment, even the surrounding light dimmed somewhat.
"Night origin...?" Athena naturally recognized the origin in Lin Qiye's hand. She stared blankly at Lin Qiye, complex emotions surfacing in her eyes.
As Chief Gods who followed Nyx, they had naturally heard of Lin Qiye's existence. And the night origin in Lin Qiye's hand was practically a token of Nyx.
The hunting goddess Artemis beside her also put away her bow. Placing one hand on her chest, she bowed slightly in respect:
"We've heard Lord Nyx mention your name before... We were merely stationed here, with no intention of offending."