Chapter 1 The Spear of Destiny

Ju Tianfu looked up at the sky, stunned, as the blood of the fallen God-King scattered. It was as if a string had snapped in his mind.

A Saint,

A Saint with demigod power, just one step away from ascending to a complete god, had died a sudden, almost absurd death in mid-air.

As if hearing Ju Tianfu's thoughts, a pale rift opened behind the cloud of blood mist. A man emerged from it.

He wore simple clothes made of linen, his hair was disheveled, and he emanated no energy fluctuations or intentions. Yet, strangely, Ju Tianfu could not make out his face.

He seemed both young and old, both handsome and ugly, both ordinary and possessing the absolute presence in the world. Everything around him seemed to exist only to set him apart.

He had no defining features, like a collection of billions of people, yet grander than them all.

"It is! You!"

The Huang Lion's single eye blazed with fierce crimson flames the moment he saw the man. His mane flew wildly, and immense demonic energy transformed into pure flames. He stomped the ground and shot into the sky.

The man in linen simply glanced at the Huang Lion and raised his hand slightly.

Buzz—

Threads of light gathered and grew in the man's hand, becoming an endless expanse of brilliance.

The intense light condensed into a pillar of light a hundred meters in diameter, directly engulfing the Huang Lion in mid-air.

The Huang Lion's figure, along with the raging demonic flames, vanished in the pillar of light.

As the light slowly dissipated, Ju Tianfu's eyes, stinging and numb, regained their senses with the aid of divine power. He saw a large, semi-molten meteorite crater in the forest ahead.

The rocks in the crater had melted and crystallized. The Huang Lion lay at the bottom, his face a bloody mess, his mane a tangled mass, barely alive.

The drastic change in circumstances caused Ju Tianfu's mind to feel like gears grinding against each other. He stared blankly at the figure in linen in the sky.

He is the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end...

He is... the God of the Shem Race.

The God overlooked the mortal realm.

Gungnir, the spear that never misses, flew into his hand from the ground.

Buzz—

Gungnir trembled violently, as if in sorrow, knowing that the one holding it was the murderer of the God-King Saint.

However, the God simply closed his hand and erased a part of the patterns on Gungnir's surface.

The spear's trembling was forcibly suppressed, and its divine essence seemed to be erased along with the patterns.

The God gripped the shaft of the Eternal Spear, looked down slightly, and coldly swept his gaze over the dying Huang Lion, and the astonished and frightened Sha Sheng Yuan and Ju Tianfu.

Then, he casually threw the spear.

Thud—

The Eternal Spear plummeted to the earth like a meteor.

"Cough... cough..."

The Huang Lion coughed violently in the molten crater. Countless wounds opened on his skin as his body trembled, and the remaining demonic energy formed a thick barrier around him.

However, like a needle piercing a soap bubble.

The Eternal Spear tore through the demonic energy barrier, pierced through the Huang Lion's ruined body, and continued its momentum, drilling into the bedrock below and disappearing.

Gungnir, the spear that never misses.

Ju Tianfu felt a chill run through him. The flat, solid ground beneath his feet instantly transformed into a terrifying trap of death.

Clang—

The next moment, the bedrock behind him exploded, and the Eternal Spear emerged from underground, stabbing straight at the back of his neck.

Too fast, too sudden. Xuan Ming divine power instinctively condensed and gathered, trying to stop the spear's advance.

But even the Huang Lion could not stop the Eternal Spear's penetration. The hastily gathered Xuan Ming divine power was like a gentle breeze in front of Gungnir.

"Don't stand there! Go!"

The roar came after the attack. Sha Sheng Yuan flashed to his side, her long whip once again wrapped around Ju Tianfu's waist. Sha Sheng Yuan herself wielded a dagger as black as ink, emanating a misty aura, and slashed a spatial rift in the air.

[Name: Torrent]

[Type: Weapon Consumable]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Effect: Spatial Torrent. Creates a spatial rift that ignores spatial blockades and allows for long-range teleportation upon use.]

[Consumption: Depends on the duration and distance of the spatial rift]

[Cooldown: None]

[Requirements: Complete the "Beneath the Torrent" scenario task]

[Note: The Torrent Dagger has a limited number of uses, with each use reducing its durability by one. Durability cannot be restored by any means. Current durability: ]

[Note: Anyone can pass through the spatial rift created by the Torrent Dagger. The spatial rift can last up to 5 seconds. The user can close it early.]

[Note: Wade through the shallows, cross the torrent, the Mogami River]

Sha Sheng Yuan dragged Ju Tianfu into the spatial rift, teleporting them far away, instantly appearing on the other side of the forest.

Before the two could catch their breath, a deafening roar echoed from the distant forest.

The Eternal Spear suddenly changed direction, still chasing after them, destroying anything in its path.

Countless trees exploded, branches, wood chips, flowers, and leaves scattering everywhere.

Clearly, the God had commanded the Eternal Spear to pierce and kill the Huang Lion, Ju Tianfu, and Sha Sheng Yuan. Until its mission was complete, Gungnir would never stop.

"Go!"

Sha Sheng Yuan gritted her teeth and once again waved the dagger, teleporting Ju Tianfu away.

This Torrent Dagger had the ability to teleport, and it also possessed the rare weapon consumable attribute—meaning that its overall practical performance was a cut above the rest, nearing the level of an Epic item.

With the help of the Torrent Dagger, the two constantly teleported away, dodging the Eternal Spear that was tracking them like maggots on a corpse. But each teleportation meant consuming the dagger's durability and Sha Sheng Yuan's own spiritual energy.

If she hadn't been constantly taking out and crushing red Killing Stones from her inventory, made of condensed blood, to replenish her consumption, the two would have been caught up by the Eternal Spear and killed long ago.

Throughout this process, the God did not even look down at them once.

After throwing the Eternal Spear, he flew directly above a vast forest, standing silently, as if waiting for something.

"Let me down."

After more than a dozen teleports,

Ju Tianfu waved his divine power to sever his connection with Sha Sheng Yuan. He took a deep breath in her gaze, stood on the ground, and looked at the golden dot flashing toward them in the distance, rapidly approaching.

Xuan Ming divine power was released again, condensing into thick ice walls in front of Ju Tianfu.

Clang—

The Eternal Spear stabbed into the ice walls without hesitation, smashing them one after another with unstoppable force. Finally, it broke through the last wall and pierced through Ju Tianfu's head.

However, the latter did not die—at the last moment, he had crystallized his entire body, so even though his head was pierced by Gungnir, his thinking ability and self-awareness still remained.

Freeze!

Ju Tianfu fully activated the Xuan Ming divine power, and threads of coldness climbed onto every corner of Gungnir, slowing down the spear's speed of withdrawal.

"Freeze, damn it!!!"

Ju Tianfu endured the pain of the soul shaking caused by the collision of divine power, raised his ice crystal arms, and grabbed the spear shaft, trying to freeze Gungnir in his head with brute force.

The Eternal Spear seemed to know its situation and generated a huge thrust out of thin air, contending with the Xuan Ming cold energy.

The divine power contained within each other vibrated, causing the earth beneath Ju Tianfu's feet to crack open.

Just when Ju Tianfu thought he was about to give up, Sha Sheng Yuan's rift appeared again in the space ahead.

A pair of hands stretched out from the rift, firmly grasping the spearhead of the Eternal Spear.

It was Shi Kong (Out of Control).

Appearing with him were Hohenheim, the Truth Side, Tai Hao, Wang Bu Liu Xing, Zhong Li Mie Ming, Ant King, Ding Zhen Si, and others.

Reinforcements had finally arrived. Shi Kong grabbed the spearhead of the Eternal Spear with his bare hands, the Truth Side flicked his fingers, releasing a mind-creation-type ability to lock the spear shaft, and Hohenheim chanted Runic spells, stripping the Eternal Spear of its kinetic energy.

With the combined efforts of the four, the Eternal Spear, which had long lost its original user, finally solidified completely.

"Phew, it seems we arrived just in time."

Hohenheim breathed a sigh of relief, exchanged a glance with the Truth Side, and jointly released spells to directly push the heavily sealed Eternal Spear into the depths of the earth. Everyone looked at the distant sky.

The God was still waiting silently.

Finally, under the light, a verdant sapling grew out of the soil, breaking through the fallen leaves and growing rapidly.