# 1980
Chapter 1980: Arriving at the Ancestral God Temple
As several streaks of light streaked across the sky, the eight crimson giant eyes on the flesh-and-blood cloud all contracted, treating them as enemies!
In just ten minutes, the situation had shifted several times. Now that 【Chaos】 had been transported away by the Ancestral God, two Cthulhu Faction deities and numerous divine corpses had been decimated, and the millions of larvae were being firmly held in check by three S-rank passes. Now, 【Black Goat】 was fighting alone!
And among the figures flying toward Him, several could clearly be sensed as threats…
The sky-obscuring body writhed rapidly, and in the next instant, countless crimson worms burst forth from those eight giant eyes, forming a red tide that surged toward the crowd!
"Night falls."
Lin Qiye and Nyx raised their hands simultaneously. Two layers of night descended from above, like massive grinding stones that crushed the overwhelming red tide and broke through the defenses, striking the writhing 【Black Goat】's main body!
The two layers of night tore a gash in 【Black Goat】's flesh body. Then, the two night layers suddenly parted, and a towering giant clutching a blade of murderous energy burst forth, roaring as it stomped down upon 【Black Goat】. It raised its massive blade and slashed down!
Supporting the weight of Black King, 【Black Goat】's hovering body was forced down hundreds of meters. Its eight goat hooves emerged from the clouds, heavy as they struck the ground, finally stabilizing its form!
CLANG——!!
A massive flesh arm stretched out from the clouds, gripping the burning blade with an ear-piercing sound of clashing metal.
Baili Pangpang, Shen Qingzhu, Jialan, and Jiang Er flew out simultaneously, attacking 【Black Goat】's eight goat hooves that supported its body from below. Successive bursts of fire and thunder shook the heavens.
As four hooves were severed in an instant, 【Black Goat】's body began to tilt to one side. A furious roar echoed from within the clouds, and another eight arms burst forth, slapping toward everyone!
At this moment, 【Black Goat】 had transformed from a cloud-like form into a ball of flesh covered in giant hands and goat hooves, interspersed with countless tentacles!
"How disgusting…" Jialan frowned.
The eight crimson eyeballs each fixed on different directions, desperately holding off the encirclement. However, before this balance could last long, the night sky that had covered the heavens collapsed with a thunderous crash. A light resembling the Big Dipper stretched into a sword, held gracefully in a slender palm.
Night Goddess Nyx stood beneath the shattered night sky, her star-embroidered silk dress dancing wildly in the wind. The starlight sword in her hand pierced through a crimson giant eye in an instant!
At the same time, a sky-reaching avatar gripped its blade and slashed down, shattering another giant eye!
The besieged 【Black Goat】 raged furiously. Countless limbs and organs kept sprouting from its writhing flesh body, transforming from its initial cloud form into a grotesque monster, barely managing to hold its own against the crowd…
Among those围攻 【Black Goat】, Baili Pangpang, Black King Cao Yuan, Lin Qiye who had activated the Heaven-Equaling Avatar, and Night Goddess Nyx were all Supreme God-level combatants—comparable to the joint assault by the three Celestial Venerables against 【Black Goat】 all those years ago. With the addition of Infinity-level combatants approaching supremacy like An Qingyu and Shen Qingzhu working together, they gradually gained the upper hand in battle!
Seven crimson figures danced through the chaotic battlefield. Everything around them was annihilated by the battle's aftermath, as if they were the eye of a storm…
…
Great Xia border.
Ten minutes earlier.
Two aircraft swiftly carved across the azure sea.
The hum of propellers echoed outside the cabin. Six figures draped in purple cloaks sat in their seats, silent.
Fang Mo stared out the window with a furrowed brow, lost in worry. Lu Baoyou had his arms crossed, eyes closed in meditation. Su Yuan pressed her lips together, seemingly deep in thought. The other two members, Liu Jun and Han Chuang, also sat with bowed heads…
No one spoke. The world seemed to have fallen into a silence broken only by the propellers' hum. The atmosphere was gloomy and oppressive…
Li Zhenzhen opened her mouth, as if wanting to say something, but after hesitating, she lowered her head again.
She felt awkward…
Before their departure, everyone knew this mission was extremely dangerous, so it was natural for thoughts to be heavy… But for them, dangerous missions weren't unprecedented. Yet never before had they been this quiet.
The quieter it was, the more oppressive the atmosphere became. Under such conditions, even someone who considered herself level-headed like Li Zhenzhen felt an indescribable worry and dread…
The difference this time was that Su Zhe was absent.
In situations like this before, Su Zhe would always jump in to clown around and ask for a beating. He basically never let the atmosphere fall into silence. Though this guy sometimes said things that made people's teeth itch, every time after beating him up, the fear in everyone's heart seemed to disappear.
It was only then that Li Zhenzhen realized what Su Zhe's absence meant to this team…
Su Yuan seemed to have thought of this too. Her lips pressed together as she gazed out the window, as if worried about that figure still in the shelter.
As if she simply couldn't bear the silence anymore, Li Zhenzhen tried to find her own topic. She pulled out her phone, was scrolling through it looking for something interesting, when she saw a livestream trending at number one. She gasped in shock:
"The north is fighting?!"
The moment these words left her mouth, it immediately drew everyone else's attention.
Li Zhenzhen quickly turned up the volume. On the screen was Lin Qiye standing alone in a pool of blood, holding back the Cthulhu Faction army!
"How is Commander Lin fighting alone? How can one person hold back the Cthulhu Faction army??" Su Yuan couldn't help but exclaim.
"Transferring the three war passes takes time. He had no other choice." Su Yuan immediately understood the reasoning, her expression full of worry. "The frontlines are already engaged… Will we make it in time?"
The group fell silent again.
"No matter what, we have to trust Commander Lin." Fang Mo took a deep breath, speaking firmly. "If those three passes can't make it to the battlefield in time, the only ones who can share Commander Lin's burden is us…"
"Share his burden? But we're so far from the battlefield, how can we help him?" one of the teammates asked in confusion.
"Captain, we're here now. Can you finally tell us what this mission actually is?"
Fang Mo hesitated for a moment, about to speak, when Lu Baoyou淡淡said: "We've arrived."
Everyone turned to look. An ancient, majestic stone city floated above the sea surface. They were descending slowly toward the entrance of this city.
"So this is… the Ancestral God Temple?" Li Zhenzhen murmured to herself.