Novel Full Chapter 279: The War God, Li Zhantian, Bowed to Chu Sheng
Chapter 279: Chapter 279: The War God, Li Zhantian, Bowed to Chu Sheng
The Chen Family’s Ancient Mansion had almost completely collapsed long ago from Chu Sheng’s thunderous strike.
Amidst the ruins.
Gu Yuexi stood before Chu Sheng.
She wielded a longsword condensed from Mental Power, her eyes as cold as frost. The aura radiating from her was so potent that even Li Zhantian, a God of Slaughter at the Peak of the Emperor Realm, felt an instinctive chill run down his spine.
She was clearly only Fourth-Grade, yet as she faced Li Zhantian—a man at the Peak of the Emperor Realm who had carved a path through mountains of corpses and seas of blood—her presence didn’t falter in the slightest.
In fact… it even seemed to be suppressing his!
’How is this possible?!’
A storm of disbelief raged in Li Zhantian’s heart.
’He didn’t know why, but when he met the young woman’s icy gaze, he instinctively felt… a hint of fear?’
’No, was it… reverence?!’
’It was as if, long, long ago, he had gazed up at this very figure countless times, following in her wake.’
In the center of the ruins.
Gu Yuexi’s voice was not loud, yet it carried clearly throughout the entire Ancient Mansion, filled with an undeniable authority and majesty.
Lei Xiaotian, Li Daoyi, and the others who had just arrived behind her also felt this heart-stopping presence, and expressions of shock appeared on their faces.
’Is this really the kind of presence a Fourth-Grade Cultivator can have?!’
However, Li Zhantian quickly recovered his senses.
He looked at Gu Yuexi, who blocked his path, and his voice was cold and hard.
“Move aside!”
“This mosquito is no longer your Contracted Beast.”
“I must kill it now, while I have the chance!”
Behind him, Lei Xiaotian and Li Daoyi hurriedly chimed in.
“Gu Yuexi! Get out of the way! It’s been possessed by an Evil God of the Alien Race! It’s one of them now! We must eliminate it immediately!”
“That’s right! Otherwise, disaster will strike!”
“We must kill it now, before it has fully stabilized! The sooner, the better!”
The men spoke with growing anxiety.
Yet, Gu Yuexi remained completely unmoved.
Her eyes were fixed coldly on them as another heart-stopping wave of power surged from her body.
Li Zhantian’s gaze turned to ice.
’To eliminate the Evil God, I wouldn’t hesitate to kill Gu Yuexi as well!’
Suddenly!
At this tense, drawn-out moment!
A commotion, punctuated by cries of surprise, erupted from outside the Ancient Mansion.
Qi Chongshan glanced around. Since the Ancient Mansion had collapsed, he had a clear view of the outside.
“Look!”
“Those… those people!”
The crimson glow in the eyes of the millions of people who had surrounded the Ancient Mansion—their eyes bloodshot, their bodies driven by madness—was receding as quickly as the tide!
Their bodies were no longer rigid, their contorted faces gradually returned to normal, and the madness and chaos in their eyes gave way to confusion and dawning fear.
At that moment, the millions of people afflicted by the spiritual mutation all returned to normal!
’The mutation was lifted?!’
Qi Chongshan trembled with excitement at the sight.
The other three were also profoundly shaken!
There was only one explanation for the mutation being lifted.
’The will of the descended Evil God had dissipated?!’
’So… this Divine Mosquito wasn’t actually possessed!’
’Instead… it had destroyed the Evil God?!!’
…
「Outside the Ancient Mansion.」
The area had become a sea of ecstasy.
“I’m back! I’m back to normal!”
“I can control my body again! That insane urge is gone!”
“This is wonderful! We’re… we’re saved!”
“Who saved us… SOB… SOB…”
Countless people wept with joy, savoring the precious feeling of being in control of their own bodies and minds once more.
They looked at one another—fellow citizens who had also just awakened from the madness—their eyes filled with the relief and excitement of having survived a disaster.
「Inside the Ancient Mansion.」
Li Zhantian’s gaze remained sharp, but the storm raging within his heart was more turbulent than anyone’s!
’Did this mosquito really just turn around and destroy the Evil God?’
’How did it do that?!’
He wasn’t immediately swept up in the joyous relief. With a flicker, his figure vanished and instantly reappeared within the crowd.
He reached out, and a gentle yet irresistible force probed the Sea of Consciousness of a recently recovered young man.
He scanned it meticulously, over and over again.
Nothing!
There was absolutely nothing!
That sinister, corrupt, and nauseating aura of the Alien Race had vanished without a trace, as if it had never been there at all.
He proceeded to scan dozens more people, and the result was the same every time.
Aside from their Spirits being somewhat drained from the earlier madness, their Spiritual Origins were impeccably pure, without the slightest trace of the Alien Race’s aura.
“They’ve really recovered.”
“It… it really succeeded!”
Li Zhantian muttered to himself. For the first time, his face, perpetually hardened by an aura of slaughter, showed an expression of utter shock and disbelief.
His figure flickered, and he was back inside the Ancient Mansion once more.
「At the same time.」
Chu Sheng’s body, which had been frozen in mid-air, finally stirred.
He flew slowly to Gu Yuexi’s shoulder and flopped down, exhausted.
“BUZZ BUZZ? (’What’s going on? I think I heard… someone wanted to kill me?’)”
…
「Inside the Ancient Mansion.」
Li Zhantian and the others looked at the mosquito, so weak it could barely flap its wings.
Then they looked at Gu Yuexi beside it, her face equally pale, but her eyes still cold and resolute. A complex mix of emotions churned within them.
This creature had just single-handedly saved the city, saved the lives of millions, and arguably, prevented a catastrophe that could have engulfed the entire Great Xia.
And what had they done?
Not only had they not lifted a finger to help, but the very moment the crisis was over, they had rushed in to kill the savior.
They didn’t even bother to confirm if the mosquito was truly possessed!
The irony was staggering.
Li Zhantian’s chest heaved. All his life, he had been decisive in slaughter, ruthless to his enemies, and even more so to himself.
He despised the Alien Race, so he always maintained the highest level of vigilance and assumed the worst for anything even remotely connected to them.
But today, he had been wrong. Horribly, disgracefully wrong.
He took a deep breath, his hesitation gone.
Under the watchful eyes of Lei Xiaotian, Li Daoyi, and Qi Chongshan, the Military Department’s famous War God, known for his iron will and unyielding nature, walked step by step toward Gu Yuexi and Chu Sheng.
He straightened his uniform, a garment stained by the elements and the fires of war, his expression becoming utterly solemn.
The next moment, he snapped his heels together, straightened his back, and raised his right hand in the sharpest, most powerful manner possible, executing the highest formal military salute of Great Xia.
But that wasn’t all.
After completing the salute, his towering, mountain-like frame slowly bent forward, and he gave a deep bow to Chu Sheng, a Fifth-Grade Contracted Beast.
“Li Zhantian of the Military Department! For my earlier recklessness, ignorance, and murderous intent, I offer you, sir… my most sincere apology!”
“I am sorry!”
His voice was resonant as a great bell, every word filled with power as it echoed across the ruins.
Watching this unfold, Lei Xiaotian’s eyes nearly popped out of his head.
’What am I seeing?’
’This is Li Zhantian!’
’This is the “Mad War God” Li Zhantian, the man who would rather break than bend, who dared to draw his blade against an Emperor-level Alien Race, who would rather die than bow his head!’
’He… he actually apologized? And bowed?’
’But today, this mosquito—no, this Divine Mosquito… it deserved it!’