# 1938
Chapter 1938: Certain Kill
In mid-air, Lin Qiye reached out and gripped an invisible star-light chain, forcibly stabilizing his body.
A large spray of blood splattered across the ground. A deep, bone-deep crimson wound nearly bisected his body. Lin Qiye's physical form was, after all, still mortal—the attack from the bow without string was simply not something he could block head-on.
Lin Qiye slowly lifted his blood-red eyes. In the darkness, Vishnu's form—his feet stepping on Sanskrit mantras—was crystal clear. The golden wheel, conch shell, Vajra, and longbow—four ethereal images were clutched in his grasp, like an ancient deity existing only in ancient mural scrolls.
A trickle of blood also seeped from the corners of Vishnu's lips. His form appeared somewhat ethereal as well, but he continued walking toward Lin Qiye step by step, utterly unconcerned.
"To force me to the point of damaging my own foundations… as a Supreme God, you should be proud enough."
Vishnu walked up to Lin Qiye. His gruesome half-face twisted into a sinister smile. "I couldn't kill half of Great Xia's population, but killing you—the hope of humanity—should count as completing my mission, right?"
Lin Qiye stood before him. Flowing blood from the wound slicing through his body seeped out, merging with the crimson cloak.
He lowered his head, his expression unreadable.
"So, there is a gap between gods and mortals after all…"
Vishnu glanced at the wounds on Lin Qiye's body, then suddenly raised the hand gripping the Vajra image. Carrying world-destroying pressure, it came crashing down!!
CLANG—!!
The blood-stained Straight Blade blocked the Vajra. A dense web of cracks spread through the darkness beneath their feet.
Lin Qiye gripped the blade's hilt with one hand. Blue veins bulged from his arms. The wound on his chest tore open once more. Blood continuously gushed out!
Vishnu let out a surprised "hmph" and then shook his head. "Last-ditch struggle… what's the point?"
As crimson dyed the darkness, Lin Qiye slowly raised his head…
"Who's the one making a last-ditch struggle?"
In the absolute darkness, a glimmer of light bloomed from between Lin Qiye's brows. Surging faith power poured forth, instantly flooding into his body!
Fiery golden divine radiance spread frantically. Vishnu's pupils constricted sharply.
"How is this possible?? Night Watch was just exposed. Where did you get such abundant faith power?!"
"Not the only one with hidden cards."
Lin Qiye spoke calmly. The next moment, the surrounding darkness churned again. Vishnu instinctively tried to create distance from Lin Qiye, but it was already too late…
Dark thorns pierced through from nothingness, instantly piercing through Vishnu's body. Endless starlight clung to the thorns like overlapping shackles, binding him死死 in place!
Surging faith power rolled about, like a golden mark glowing at Lin Qiye's brow. Combined with the six increasingly pure white wings behind his back, at this moment he was no less than a heavenly deity descended to earth!
As Vishnu had said, both Night Watch and his existence had only just been exposed. There was no way they could have accumulated such abundant faith power… And this faith power didn't originate from Great Xia either—it had been hidden within this body for years… It was the Takamagahara faith that Merlin had seized for him when he first left the hospital.
All those years ago, Merlin had sealed this massive amount of faith into Lin Qiye's body as a parting gift. When Lin Qiye stepped into the Supreme God realm, he could unseal it for his own use.
At this moment, Lin Qiye's hidden trump card, carefully preserved all this time, was finally revealed…
Vishnu stared at Lin Qiye, whose divine power was continuously recovering, his eyes filled with shock and disbelief. Even if he had calculated everything, he never could have predicted that Lin Qiye was carrying the faith of an entire nation!
His earlier decision to damage his own foundations and fight Lin Qiye to this point had already left him on his last legs. Now that Lin Qiye had revealed this faith power trump card, it would become the final killing blow!
Vishnu immediately raised the golden wheel in his hand, wanting to shatter the starlight shackles around him. But Lin Qiye had already flashed to his front. That Straight Blade, converging with powerful divine force and faith, carved a golden afterimage through the darkness, slicing off this arm!
A pained roar erupted. Vishnu's eyes went wide, staring死死 at the golden figure before him, covered in blood. Lin Qiye took a deep breath, endured the pain, and raised his blade again. Another golden shadow pierced through the night!
After several consecutive strikes, the arm of Vishnu—holding the four artifact images—was completely severed. Countless starlight shackles pressed down upon his body like a massive tower, making it impossible for him to move even an inch.
A torrent of blood flowed down Lin Qiye's body and pooled on the ground. Carrying the Straight Blade, he walked toward the subdued Vishnu one bloodied step at a time, leaving a crimson path through the darkness.
Endless golden light flooded into the blade of the Straight Blade, like a miniature sun. A terrifying aura spread frantically through the darkness!
"Lin Qiye!! If I die… you won't survive either!!"
Vishnu stared deathly at the approaching Lin Qiye, his eyes crimson red. With a roar, his final divine power rippled through the darkness. A faint shimmer emerged from his navel, like a swaying lotus slowly blooming in the darkness…
Lin Qiye's aura had reached its peak. That Straight Blade, blazing like the sun, dragged a burning golden trail through the darkness. The six wings behind him gave a powerful flap. A blade light pierced through heaven and earth in an instant!!
Two dazzling light figures collided. The aftershock of the impact instantly shattered the surrounding black holes into fragments. The sea surface outside, churned by the battle's energy, was instantly vaporized by the spreading golden light. A vacuum domain rapidly expanded outward!
This scene resembled the scalding brilliance of a nuclear explosion submerging all things, but the energy contained within was tens of thousands of times more terrifying than an atomic bomb!
Outside the Sunken Dragon Pass wall, the crowd carrying cameras only felt their vision blur. That golden glow had already swept toward them. At this moment, the crowd恍惚ly saw that the once surging sea had vanished!
At the critical moment, a red, a black, and a gray cloak flashed in front of Sunken Dragon Pass. Together, they tore open a gap in the golden remnant waves. The remaining golden light spread madly to both sides, continuously devouring everything it touched.
The members of the exploration team were knocked to the ground by the tearing winds. They sat呆呆, staring at the scene before them, their bodies unable to move even slightly…
Finally, this drowning golden light gradually faded. Among the crowd, Reporter Liao, clinging to the railing, stumbled to his feet and hoisted the camera onto his shoulder, beginning to survey his surroundings.
"This, this…"
Standing on the Sunken Dragon Pass outer wall, Reporter Liao stared at the scene before him, utterly unable to form a single sentence.