Chapter 330 The Doomsday Approaches

Sword light crisscrossed, or rather, it was hard to say clearly whether this was sword light or purely spiritual energy condensed. In the deepest secret realm of Longhu Mountain, faint roars echoed. The Great Tengu lay prostrate outside, its body trembling involuntarily under the pressure of that powerful sword energy.

This was the secret realm of Longhu Mountain, where generations of Celestial Masters had secluded themselves.

It was the largest rift between the human world and the Mountain Sea Realm.

It was also the place where the talismans (lu) bestowed upon generations of righteous cultivators after their deaths since the Eastern Han Dynasty were stored.

Each and every talisman, representing the deeds of a true cultivator throughout their lives, floated within the cave heaven, transforming into an array.

Zhang Ruosu stood alone between the Mountain Sea Realm and the human world, a sword in his right hand, blocking the great fiends who constantly sought to invade the human world. His left hand held a communicator, answering Wei Yuan's questions.

"You guessed right."

The old Daoist raised his hand and cleaved open the head of a ferocious beast, his usual laziness gone. "The cause started on the Mountain Sea Realm side. Seven Mountain Sea rifts appeared around Shenzhou. Five cities were directly obliterated, and half of the remaining two were destroyed. The death toll is in the millions..."

The old Celestial Master concisely recounted the general situation to Wei Yuan.

After repelling Chaos, the slightly relieved expression on Wei Yuan's face slowly hardened again. He was silent for a moment, then asked directly, "How much time is left?"

"Twenty-five hours."

"Do you want me to find the key to the problem?"

"That's right..."

Zhang Ruosu's voice paused. Soon, Wei Yuan heard some chaotic sounds from the other side – the voices of other people, filled with panic. For some reason, Wei Yuan's heart sank. Quickly, the old Daoist's voice rang in Wei Yuan's ears again, with a rare hint of exhaustion:

"...Wei Yuan, there's no need to find the cause of the problem."

Zhang Ruosu said, "We already know."

"You know?"

"Yes..."

"The Mountain Sea rifts are closing faster. There are less than ten hours left. Now, these rifts have almost completely surrounded most of the Shenzhou area. The connection between the two worlds is becoming increasingly close. So, we can now see the scenes of the Mountain Sea Realm from the rifts in the human world."

The old man sighed. "Ah, it was never said that the closure of these rifts was at a constant speed."

"To put it inappropriately... it's like looking from outside the mirror into the world inside the mirror in a horror movie. And Shenzhou is now a world surrounded by countless giant mirrors. We can even hear the wind of the Mountain Sea and the roars of those ferocious beasts."

Zhang Ruosu looked at the video sent by his disciple and exhaled slightly:

"The cause of all this is a huge pillar of Qi, probably the legendary Tianzhu (Heavenly Pillar)."

"A sword is stuck upside down on it."

"Next to the Tianzhu, there is a person wearing white robes."

..................

Wei Yuan ended his call with Zhang Ruosu. He had less than ten hours left.

He even questioned whether those ten hours were guaranteed.

No one could confirm whether the speed of the Mountain Sea rifts converging would accelerate again.

"It's Taowu."

After hearing Wei Yuan's description, Kua Lin made a firm judgment.

She had been attacked by Taowu, and only survived because of a treasure she brought from the Women's Kingdom. Even so, she was seriously injured and ended up in the trap set by Chaos in the Xuanyuan Imperial Garden, which was how she met Wei Yuan and his group.

Wei Yuan nodded. Indeed, he had already guessed it.

The one who could be next to the Tianzhu and have enough mana to do all this...

The one who would have the motive to do all this... was only Taowu.

"We must resolve Him... If we can't resolve Him, Shenzhou falling into the Mountain Sea rifts... just the process of falling will cause huge casualties..."

Not to mention the subsequent Mountain Sea invasion and the fierce attacks of the beasts.

The power of civilization is strong, but sometimes the power of civilization is also fragile.

Because civilization is made up of individuals.

How many casualties would there be before there was time to reorganize the defense?

And the greater possibility was that when Shenzhou fell into the Mountain Sea, the huge tremors would bring all kinds of disasters. The most common and simplest point was that there would be power outages, panic brought about by mass deaths, and the loss of satellites, making it impossible for the entire Shenzhou to communicate.

It would directly enter the post-disaster era.

Shenzhou cannot enter the Mountain Sea. Absolutely not.

Wei Yuan exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, while suppressing the anger in his heart.

He had to solve the immediate problem.

But could the remaining five warheads really solve Taowu?

Wei Yuan had no confidence in his heart.

Yes, the high temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius was enough to harm the Four Fiends who were not in their corresponding positions, but five nuclear bombs only represented five attacks at the level of the Golden Crow. They would have an effect, but it would not be a qualitative change. If the five nuclear warheads could directly fuse into 500 million degrees Celsius, exceeding the core of the sun, perhaps he would have more confidence.

It could be roughly compared to four cups of 25-degree water and one cup of 100-degree water.

Moreover, it had to be a close-range bombardment.

It would be best to detonate within ten meters of Taowu.

But Wei Yuan quickly thought that he had another method. He looked at Kua Lin next to him. This general, whose name was Kua E Yuanlin, was a descendant of the Kua E clan, and Kua E were gods who could carry mountains and possessed great strength. The most important point – Kua E, Kuafu, and Xing Tian were related.

This was also why Kua Lin had brought Wei Yuan and Yu to Changyang Mountain as a representative of the Women's Kingdom. Wei Yuan himself could not use Xing Tian's weapons, but Kua E Yuanlin, as a descendant of Kua E, might have a chance.

And Xing Tian's weapons were used by the God of War and definitely possessed the characteristics of killing gods and concepts.

Wei Yuan looked at Kua E Yuanlin, hesitated, and then asked:

"...Miss Yuanlin, how strong is your bloodline?"

Seeing Kua E Yuanlin's puzzled gaze, Wei Yuan thought for a while and said, "I heard that the Kua E clan is related to Xing Tian. The higher the concentration of bloodline, the more capable one is of displaying the characteristics of the gods."

Kua Lin was stunned, frowned, and looked at Wei Yuan: "Where did you hear this from?"

She said, "This is forbidden and secret knowledge even in the Women's Kingdom. As for the Central Plains Yanhuang tribes, even fewer people know about it."

Wei Yuan did not expect this. Seeing the scrutiny of the heroic woman in front of him, he had to say:

"I saw it in an ancient book in my house."

"An ancient book?"

"Yes, it's an ancient book of the Tu Shan clan."

"It records the history of an unknown potter from that clan and a friend from the Kua E clan venturing to Changyang Mountain."

Wei Yuan fabricated this story to gain trust, but Kua Lin was stunned, thinking of the young man who called himself a historian in the past. Her eyes flickered, and she looked at Wei Yuan. The faint sense of familiarity seemed to finally find a reason to explain itself—

So it was like this.

Is he your descendant?

Her expression softened, with a faint hint of complexity. She tilted her head and said:

"I see."

"If that's the case, I understand."

"I've also heard about the things from that time..., I mean, the experiences of that ancestor."

This time it was Wei Yuan who was stunned: "Are you her descendant?"

He did not expect that there would be such a coincidence.

Could there be anything more coincidental than meeting a general from the Women's Kingdom while adventuring, who turned out to be a descendant of an old acquaintance?

However, the fact that what happened to him and his group back then did not affect Kua Lin's future was a relief to Wei Yuan.

"Descendant?"

Kua Lin paused and shook her head: "No."

"Our clan has many branches. I and she belong to different branches."

"She, on the other hand, never married in her life."

"It seems she was waiting for someone, and that person will never return."

"Well, let's not talk about this." The resolute and unwavering female general of the Women's Kingdom was not good at lying. Fortunately, there was no one here to expose her lies, so she could still maintain the indifference on her face and said decisively:

"Since that's the case, I understand. My bloodline concentration has a tendency to revert to the ancestors, so strictly speaking, it's not bad."

"Do you have a plan?"

With the crisis blocking their way, Wei Yuan did not have time to mention the past. He retracted his thoughts and said:

"I will use the method I used to deal with Chaos to attack Taowu later."

"Because this type of weapon still has many flaws for the gods, in order to achieve the greatest effect, I must explode all five weapons at once when He has no knowledge of this weapon. I will do this, and only I can survive in this situation."

"So, I'm responsible for the front. You are in the safe range fifty kilometers away."

"Judging from the situation with Chaos, simply accumulating power of the same level is difficult to finish Him off at once. Even if He takes it all, He will only be injured. But at least breaking the outer defense is enough. So, I need you to complete the final blow."

"Don't worry, I will guide the direction. You just need to throw this weapon over."

"With the power of a giant god, completing this blow shouldn't be difficult, and then..."

Wei Yuan raised his hand and flicked his sleeve.

The Qiankun Sleeve (Sleeve Universe) released its absorption of the battle ax.

With a clang.

Xing Tian's battle ax fell heavily to the ground, emitting an ancient and wild aura.

It carried a trace of baleful aura sufficient to kill the gods.

"Use this battle ax to pierce Taowu's vitals!"

"I want Him to die!"

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