Novel Full Chapter 1250: Gotcha!
Chapter 1250: Gotcha!
Sir Star Ring had once been the number one chosen Shining Star. He had plenty of battle experience, and after teaming up with Xu Qing, he had become a lot less arrogant. He had learned how to be observant, as well as how to identify the strengths and weaknesses of others. In short, he had grown up and become even more outstanding than before.
Therefore… as soon as he materialized, he didn’t spend time wondering about how absurd it was that they had teleported right in front of their target. He didn’t hesitate. After all, this was not the first time something unusual had happened during his time working with Xu Qing. He was used to it.
The moment he laid eyes on Starryeyes, he attacked! He took advantage of hēr unstable godliness and shaken mindset, to unleash over a hundred chains of order.
Clanking sounds rang out in the starry sky. They instantly latched onto hēr. The moment they did, Sir Star Ring’s eyes flared with killing intent, and he went into a double-handed incantation gesture.
“Balance!” he roared. Before becoming a Quasi-Immortal, his canon had been that of order. But after becoming a Quasi-Immortal, it became that of balance. It was capable of taking two parties with different levels of strength and forcing them into a state of balance. In other words, if his opponent was strong, he could make them weak. At the same time, he would be strengthened.
He was going all out from the get-go. He was not holding anything back. Heaven’s principle appeared, adding great weight to his balance. And thus… Starryeyes was weakened!
The reason he wasn’t bolstering Xu Qing was that he knew Xu Qing was stronger than him. If he brought Xu Qing and the goddess into balance, it would mean shē wasn’t weakened as much. That was why he brought himself and the goddess into balance. If you considered his canon to be a curse, then he was the carrier by means which the goddess had been cursed!
A rumbling boom echoed out into the starry sky as Starryeyes shivered. Shē suddenly felt as if invisible bonds were wrapping around hēr. And hēr aura was on the decline. It was like being bound by fetters.
The sensation forced hēr to quell the chaos inside hēr. Reaching up, shē unleashed all of hēr godly might to try to break the balance. Were shē at her peak, one word from hēr could break it. And even though hēr cultivation level had dropped and shē was also injured, destroying it… was not going to be hard!
But there was no way Xu Qing would give hēr the chance to do that! The moment Sir Star Ring put his life on the line to unleash balance, Xu Qing took action.
He stepped forth, and a will of metal filled the starry sky. A huge tree appeared, and then a massive sea of water spread out. Black fire erupted beneath his feet, hot enough to destroy worlds. It became a black sun. In the distance, earth-colored planets appeared.
All of it turned into a majestic star chart. This was the metal, wood, water, fire, and earth belonging to Xu Qing. The star chart emanated spatial fluctuations, and then… the power of time.
It combined, becoming a destructive mightiness that bore down on Starryeyes.
The danger caused hēr eyes to glitter coldly. Shē had no time to try to break Sir Star Ring’s balance. Xu Qing’s attack filled hēr with a sense of crisis. As golden light flickered around hēr, shē lifted hēr right hand and pointed at Xu Qing. Then shē spoke in a godly voice!
“Command the Underworld!”
Astonishingly, hēr godly authority was that of the underworld! It was the same godly authority as hēr father, God Emperor Death Departure. However, because hēr cultivation level was low, shē couldn’t use the full version. That said, it was still astonishingly gruish. As hēr finger fell, the surrounding starry sky seemed to peel away. Everything, from the light to the dust, was lifted away, making darkness the only thing in the starry sky.
Within that darkness, a chanting dirge spread out, as if from the underworld itself. It was a song of reincarnation. The song drifted, materializing into the form of black strips of paper money. This was the manifestation of hēr godly authority…. It could buy divine abilities, it could buy magical techniques, and it could buy planets. It could buy anything, including life itself!
The paper money floated forth to block Xu Qing. When it made contact with his metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, they all vanished in a bizarre fashion, as if they had been bought away. Even space and time disappeared thanks to this astonishing godly authority. They had been bought and taken away.
A few pieces of paper money shot toward Xu Qing, while a couple flitted toward Sir Star Ring’s canon of balance. Xu Qing’s pupils constricted because of the gruish godly authority. But then the sound of a bell rang out from his hand.
The bell hadn’t worked very well against a True God. But as for an Altar God…. The bell tolled, becoming like the voice of heaven. In an instant, the sound reached the paper money, and they vibrated. Xu Qing’s iron skewer then swished out.
Starryeyes’ face fell, and shē prepared to launch a counter attack.
But then Sir Star Ring howled. Veins bulged all over him, and blood oozed out of his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth as he glared at the goddess. The canon of balance went wild. An invisible force swept through the canon of balance, and was somehow stripped away from the goddess to pour into Sir Star Ring. As a result, his aura skyrocketed.
Starryeyes was being drained, causing hēr face to turn pale and hēr aura to decline. Shē was already injured, and so, hēr cultivation level showed signs of dropping again. Before, shē had been able to stay at the level of a peak Altar God, but thanks to this use of balance and Sir Star Ring’s strength, shē was now struggling to stay in that level.
“Dammit!”
Expression flickering, shē again prepared to take action. But then the bell tolled, a sound that mixed with a whistling scream. That sound came from Xu Qing’s iron skewer! It closed in on Starryeyes along with layers of space-time.
Xu Qing himself was right behind the iron skewer, holding a long spear in his hand. Within it was the spirit of a golden crow, and he was aiming it right at the goddess. All of this takes a bit of time to describe, but it happened in the time it takes a spark to fly off a piece of flint. And then the iron skewer was right in front of hēr forehead.
Hēr face distorted as hēr god magic was nullified by the sound of the bell. However, shē was the daughter of a god emperor, and shē had plenty of treasures. The eyes adorning the phoenix crown on hēr head flickered, then became projections that blocked the iron skewer.
A boom rang out. The iron skewer cut through the eyes like a hot knife through butter. And thus, the eyes that had barely survived Spirit Jade’s attack now shattered. Next, the raging sound of an unleashed sea erupted as an illusory blue sea appeared.
The iron skewer was finally blocked!
But Xu Qing was right behind it. His hair swirled and his black robe flapped as the black spear he held appeared right in front of Starryeyes. The spear stabbed right toward
It was right in front of hēr chest, just about to stab into hēr when… Starryeyes’ face rippled. Countless striations wriggled across hēr body, like tadpoles, which then raced toward hēr face and entered hēr mouth. Next… an ear-piercing shriek rang out of hēr mouth that could shatter souls and crumble planets.
The sound was astoundingly piercing. Xu Qing’s black spear collapsed. Trembling, he used his immortal embryo to block the sound, yet still ended up coughing blood and tumbling backward. Injuries mounted upon injuries!
Sir Star Ring’s chains snapped. His balance collapsed. Blood sprayed out of his mouth as the backlash inflicted a serious injury.
And yet, Starryeyes was in extremely bad shape. The sound that had erupted from hēr mouth was the forced manifestation of True God power. But given hēr current state, it was like using a strategy that killed a thousand enemies by sacrificing eight hundred of your own troops.
Shē staggered back, hēr phoenix crown crumbling into ashes. Hēr blue gown was ripped mostly to shreds, revealing the skin beneath. Hēr cultivation base dropped from peak Altar God to mid Altar God. The sensation of hēr lowered cultivation base left hēr feeling extremely unsafe. In fact, shē was overwhelmed by a sense of deadly crisis. Shē seemed to be crying out to hēr father, except… there was no response.
Hēr eyes flashed with golden light. Weak, shē backed up, having already made a decision about what to do. Reaching up, shē smacked hēr hand down onto hēr chest. Then shē shivered from head to toe as shē extracted hēr own godsource!
Again, hēr cultivation base dropped, placing hēr at early Altar God. However, by dropping hēr cultivation base and extracting hēr godsource, shē was able to unleash a trump card!
“Bring the Underworld!” shē shrieked.
Astonishingly, an underworld mansion appeared behind hēr. It had carved beams, painted ceilings, overhanging eaves, and traditional crossbeam architecture. The entire structure was covered with carvings of vicious ghost faces. And there was no sense of life at all, only endless, sinister coldness.[1]
Mutagen levels suddenly rose sky high. Gruish figures began to appear everywhere. They had cold, empty eyes, filled with nothing but animosity and hatred for their past lives. Though they could not manifest fully, it made this entire starry sky seem like it was the underworld!
This magic, Bring the Underworld, actually summoned an embodiment of the underworld! It could suppress all immortals. It made mutagen paramount.
Sir Star Ring was suddenly like a mortal. He lost his cultivation base, and due to his serious injuries, he passed out instantly.
Xu Qing’s expression flickered as all of his immortal powers were suppressed away. Using fleshly body power alone, he fell back and tried to do something to recover.
As for Starryeyes, shē was mentally exhausted and physically weak. But shē was in a better position than Xu Qing and Sir Star Ring. Given that shē was still an early Altar God, shē was still vastly superior in battle prowess compared to them.
“Pitiful bugs!” shē said, eyes glittering coldly as shē walked toward Xu Qing.
Shē wanted to personally kill him. He had been the one striking fear into hēr heart and throwing hēr godliness into chaos. Shē completely loathed him and wanted to destroy him in body and soul. But… even as shē raced toward him, he lifted his hand to do something. Then, something completely unexpected happened!
The surprise on his face disappeared, turning to calm, cold apathy. Astonishingly, mutagen erupted from him! It was Starfire’s mutagen, borrowed by Xu Qing. He had been cut off from immortal powers, but not this! It flowed through his hand and out into the open.
“You—” Starryeyes blurted in astonishment. Shē wanted to back away, but… shē was too close to Xu Qing, and hēr cultivation level was very different from before. The suddenness of the development gave hēr no time to do anything.
In the blink of an eye, Xu Qing’s right hand shot out and latched onto hēr neck! All five fingers clamped down with full force, digging deep into hēr flesh. Godly authority formed a seal. Little Shadow became fetters. Starfire laughed softly.
Having accomplished that, Xu Qing quietly said, “Gotcha.”
Starryeyes was sealed, and hēr face was pale. But hatred filled hēr eyes as shē glared at Xu Qing and hoarsely said, “My father—”
“Shut it,” Xu Qing interrupted. Face completely expressionless, he tightened his fingers.
1. The type of architecture described here is a very traditional and ancient type. Here are some visuals. ☜