# 1893
Chapter 1893
Chapter 1886: Civil War of the Three Pillar Gods
Mist.
On the dead-silent strait, a pixelated rubber duck floated alone on the sea's surface.
Jinian lay lazily on the rubber duck's back, her body bobbing up and down with the surging waves. She scanned her surroundings with an annoyed expression.
"What kind of route is this Lin Qiye taking? There's no trace of the Cthulhu Faction here... And he told me to wait—my teeth are going to get tanned black waiting!"
Jinian clutched the pixel walkie-talkie, about to call Lin Qiye in distant Great Xia for an explanation, when a thought struck her. Wasn't it not her problem that she couldn't find the Cthulhu Faction's nest? She'd done her job just by coming out here and scouting around. If she could slack off and return to give Lin Qiye a few shells, that would be great!
With this in mind, Jinian's mood instantly lifted. She flicked her fingers through the water beneath the rubber duck, fantasizing about being a paddle...
Just then, an urgent phone ringtone interrupted her leisurely moment.
"Hello? What kind of route is this? I'm already here, and I don't see anything..."
"..."
"What? In the reflection of the sea water? How am I supposed to blast that?"
"..."
"I'm not going in! The deal was to fire a few shells from outside to harass them! If I go in, I'm just handing myself over on a silver platter!"
"..."
"You're providing backup inside? Aren't you supposed to be in Great Xia?"
"..."
"Fine... I'll take the plunge! And by the way, you need to pay extra! No, I mean—extra shells! Five shells! Not one less!"
"..."
Jinian hung up.
Her gaze fell upon the sea surface below, and she sighed helplessly:
"No slacking off after all... Fine, I'll trust him this once!"
Jinian took a deep breath and dove headfirst into the sea below. A few splashes rose, and moments later, the surface gradually returned to calm.
...
Mirror Strait.
BOOM—!!!
The earth trembled as a world-ending beam of black light pierced through the clouds.
An Qingyu's form shattered into scattered blood mist. A figure stood calmly before a bottomless fissure, slowly withdrawing its palm...
"Your strength is lackluster, but your survival instincts are impressive." [Chaos] narrowed its eyes at the dissipating blood mist, a cold smile forming on its face.
A massive shadow blotted out the earth. A mass of writhing flesh and clouds rose from the nearby ground, its countless crimson eyes locking onto [Chaos]. Eerie murmuring filled the air, as if whispering something.
The Forest's [Black Goat]!
"Why? Why should there be a why?" [Chaos] understood those murmurs, casually spreading its palms open. "That brat dared to provoke me, so he must pay the price..."
"*#%*! *..."
"He's dead, so the [Key to the Gate] can't return? Why should I care?"
"@~*》#%￥!!..."
"Can you destroy the Earth or not? Why should I care?!"
"*#@%￥!!!"
"Nicolas, you also think he's more suitable to lead the Cthulhu Faction, don't you?" [Chaos]'s face grew increasingly ferocious. "What do your opinions have to do with me?! I'm warning you—I don't care whether that brat, you, or those pieces of trash outside live or die! Back then, when I brought that brat back and saved you from the Heavenly Lord, it was only to make this world more interesting!
I am the only one who truly understands Lord Azathoth's will! The sole reason this world exists is to entertain me!!"
The crimson eyes on the surface of the flesh clouds simultaneously blazed with fury. Countless tentacles went into a frenzy as a sky-eclipsing goat's hoof suddenly burst through the clouds, like a collapsing heavens, and crashed down upon [Chaos]'s diminutive form!
Seeing this, [Chaos] didn't rage—it laughed.
"Fine then... This time, you'll learn who your true leader is!"
[Chaos]'s palm collided with the collapsing sky. A terrifying shockwave swept across the entire strait. The six Cthulhu Faction deities hiding in the distance were all blasted away, then frantically fled beyond the battlefield.
The power of [Chaos]'s clash with the [Black Goat] far exceeded the earlier confrontation with An Qingyu. A battle between two complete Pillar Gods—even just the collateral damage—could tear apart any other Cthulhu Faction deity at any moment!
Heaven and earth quaked. Waves roared.
At the unobserved edge of the strait, a silver-haired girl leaped out of the water flow, landing steadily on a pixelated rubber duck.
She sensed the world-ending battle fluctuations in the distance, her eyes filled with astonishment.
"What the hell is going on?!"
Before she could react, a hand suddenly seized her wrist, dragging her at high speed toward a certain direction!
Jinian instinctively tried to struggle, but upon recognizing the person beside her as Lin Qiye, she paused, then spoke in displeasure: "You scared me half to death... Is this the Cthulhu Faction's lair? Who's fighting over there? Where are you taking me?"
Jinian, having just arrived at Mirror Strait, had no idea what was happening. Questions tumbled out one after another.
"No time to explain. Where's the planetary cannon?"
"Right here!" Jinian unclasped the brooch and placed it in her palm.
"Good. Follow me. When I tell you where to fire, that's where you fire. Turn the power all the way up! Understood?"
"Oh, okay... But you could at least explain a little! This is killing me!!" Jinian watched the distant battlefield, both nervous and curious.
A fifth goat's hoof descended from the flesh clouds. At this point, the [Black Goat]'s upper body was covered in wildly thrashing tentacles, like a dense black canopy, while its lower body sprouted several thick goat's hooves of varying sizes—each stomp capable of shattering虚空. Yet even so, it still couldn't touch [Chaos].
[Chaos]'s form flickered across the crumbling earth. In the next instant, it transformed into a pharaoh adorned in golden ornaments. With a light wave of its golden scepter, a thick goat's hoof was reduced to a mass of blood-red fragments, splashing onto the waves and dyeing the sea crimson.
Sharp shrieks rang out from within the [Black Goat], causing both Lin Qiye and Jinian in the distance to instinctively cover their ears, pain flickering in their eyes.
"Nicolas, your ability to spawn descendants is indeed remarkable, but why would you think... that you could defeat me?" The black pharaoh's form drifted slowly upward. Pure destructive power spread through the air.
"Whether it's you or the [Key to the Gate]... even if you two combined, you wouldn't be my match. Now... do you understand who the true leader is?"
The [Black Goat]'s roar shook the clouds. Just as [Chaos] was about to raise its golden scepter once more, a black figure descended from the sky once more!
An Qingyu draped in a black cloak, his grey eyes deep and profound. One of his palms pressed against the ground, and mysterious patterns rapidly interweaved across the surface!
"Oh~ isn't this our dear [Key to the Gate] fragment?" The black pharaoh grinned. "What? Reduced to only two avatars, and still coming to deliver yourself? I thought you'd老老实实的找个地方躲着，祈求我来饶恕你..."
As the patterns beneath An Qingyu's feet gradually brightened, a familiar spatial teleportation force rippled outward. On an island across the strait, an identical pattern lit up!
"You can shatter a illusory gate... but try breaking this one."
As An Qingyu's voice fell, a greyish-white portal remnant descended with a thunderous crash, materializing behind him!