Bi Mo Zhi Jian

Chapter 314 With a Mortal Body, Stand Shoulder to Shoulder with Gods!

The weapon for slaying gods, the War Puppet · Shallow Red, was the pinnacle creation of the ancient empire "Khandra," a weapon used to deal with ineffable evil gods... among others.

Despite suffering extremely severe damage, Shallow Red, imbued with flawless divinity, still possessed some mythical-level might.

It was not a deity and could not perform divine descent or slowly ascend by gathering divine particles, but as long as there were sufficient strange crystals, it possessed boundless energy that even myths would fear.

It was a city-destroying weapon!

And a god-slaying weapon!

Augmented by its terrifying energy, it was especially effective against colossal beings like nest-type strange entities.

BOOM—

Stepping on the cloud-canopy-like body of "Dismounted Cloud Mica," the War Puppet Shallow Red extended its hands, which transformed into two dark muzzles. Infinite energy particles surged in, followed by one blue aura after another. In the next instant, an exceedingly dreadful energy beam pierced the earth.

The rising azure light waves seemed to dispel the crimson, transforming the sky and earth into blue for that moment.

A blue barrier, resembling an inverted giant bowl, continuously expanded, inch by inch engulfing the surrounding land, mountains, earth, stone, plants, and those ferocious disaster-level strange entities.

Anything swept by the blue light screen, whether disaster-level or hell-level, was instantly annihilated. Even those of catastrophe-level could not last a second.

In a brief moment, hundreds and thousands of powerful strange entities were destroyed under the blue shield.

The brilliant blue light illuminated the astonished faces on the defense line.

Master Wang Chui had stopped manipulating the giant cannon, merely staring at the radiance with fervent, fanatical eyes, muttering to himself, "The difference is too great, too great! What kind of exquisite structure and ritual are within that paired cannon?"

He desperately wanted to dismantle it!

The Strange Crystal Giant Cannon could kill several disaster-level strange entities with one shot, yet this was merely scratching the surface of the War Weapon · Shallow Red. If it could be thoroughly researched... thoroughly, he was confident he could design a weapon capable of killing gods!

This was what a blacksmith should pursue!

Unfortunately, Shallow Red's hand cannons were part of its body. If only it could be dismantled, or if there were equipment capable of seeing through its internal structure.

Old Master Wang yearned for it.

Mentor Fang felt heartbreak.

He realized that the 200,000 strange crystals he had prepared for Shallow Red were conservative. This single shot consumed at least 100,000 strange crystals, with much of the energy wasted and dissipated.

Of course, Shallow Red acted this way to AoE the surrounding disaster-level and hell-level strange entities.

While a seven-star world-ending-level strange entity was terrifying, the tens of thousands of four, five, and six-star strange entities before them could not be ignored... these strange entities were truly, too, too difficult to deal with.

Fortunately, they had reaped mountains of strange crystals from sniping strange entity tides across various regions.

He added several more mountains to Shallow Red. Now, the energy was still somewhat abundant, and it wouldn't run out of power in a few minutes.

However, Mentor Fang's heart still bled.

He sighed, and with a few 'Quenched Fire Thunder Pills' swirling around his fingertips, one pierced the solid body of the 'Mountainous Giant Beast,' one struck down the 'Disaster Nirvana Giant Owl' flying in the sky, and one blew up the 'White Bone Dragon Centipede.'

Even though it was one per large strange entity, it was still...

"Too difficult to deal with."

...

"That's too terrifying!"

On the defense line, some ordinary soldiers erupted in cheers, while some blacksmiths, like Master Wang Chui, had burning gazes.

But outside the defense line, pairs of eyes, hiding in the base city and observing secretly, could no longer contain themselves.

Their eyes widened as if about to split, their mouths agape as if their jaws were dislocated.

They remained like stone sculptures, staring fixedly into the distance.

After a long while, a few sounds of their worldview shattering emerged.

"What is this!"

"This is impossible!"

Those messengers who were preparing rituals and preparing to flee the Blue Star paused, froze.

They rubbed their eyes, as if seeing a god.

They saw a seven-star strange entity, comparable to a myth, instantly cast down from the heavens.

"Is this an illusion?"

"It's not an illusion!"

"But... what in the world is that?!"

The azure radiance gradually receded, and a massive pit, several kilometers in diameter, appeared on the distant horizon.

Inside the pit lay a colossal, tattered behemoth. Its tentacles were still struggling, but weakly.

Upon it was a very, very unremarkable shallow red figure.

Crimson blades spread.

*Squelch—*

Tentacle after tentacle was severed.

Energy converged.

*Rumble—*

Another burst of brilliant light erupted, and the earth trembled and roared.

The Lord of the Tower of Wealth's eyes widened, and he stiffly turned his head to look at the White Tower messenger.

The messenger suddenly shook his head, his neck swaying like waves, "I... I've never seen this thing either. How does Blue Star... how does Blue Star still have such a trump card!"

"It's more incredible than controlling catastrophe-level strange entities!"

Controlling catastrophe-level strange entities and obliterating another catastrophe-level one... the Lord of the Tower of Wealth had not really believed such things before. He didn't believe that a nascent world could possess such incredible means.

But now, seeing it,

They had been too conservative! All previous reports were too conservative! His understanding was too conservative!

He turned his head sharply, looking at the pure white high tower, then at the shallow red figure in the distance that he couldn't describe with all his vocabulary, and swallowed with difficulty.

"Truly too conservative."

"Originally, I thought the pure white high tower was the most precious inheritance Blue Star obtained, but compared to that puppet, it's nothing!"

"Is that really a puppet?"

"Blue Star, what immense fortune, and what... enviable it is!"

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...

In another place,

Mei Disha froze, her worried expression turning to joy. She couldn't help but jump up.

Hooray!

That's great!

The two deans also came back to their senses, their eyes filled with disbelief, complexity, and a myriad of emotions that were difficult to articulate.

"Mei Disha, you were right."

"Blue Star is indeed a world capable of creating miracles."

"Regardless of whether it's a puppet or what, regardless of the price paid for that figure to appear, it means Blue Star possesses a mythical-level combat power!"

Mythical-level!

Even if it were abnormal, not a true myth, it would still be a pillar of support!

The current situation was the best interpretation.

Without this shallow red puppet, Blue Star would have been destroyed at this moment, but with the appearance of this invincible puppet, the situation was reversed. In the blink of an eye, countless strange entities were annihilated, and even the seven-star nest-type strange entity was thoroughly beaten.

To them, myths were gods.

The Sword Flower City, with its century and seventy years of accumulation, did not have a single item that could touch the mythical realm.

Dean Rose's gaze was very complex, and she felt a bit jealous.

"Such a world can only be befriended. Fortunately, we had a pleasant cooperation with Blue Star before they revealed these means."

"In this regard, Mei Disha, you've made a great contribution."

The dean was very pleased.

Facts proved that this child Mei Disha's foresight was stronger than theirs, the two old folks.

Mei Disha rubbed her head and let out an ambiguous laugh.

"Hehe..."

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...

Some rejoiced, while others worried.

The messengers from the Scorching Flame Great Oasis and Wave City were among the worried ones.

After their shock, they quickly realized that their cooperation with Blue Star had not been pleasant.

"It's all that White Tower fellow's fault! If they hadn't proposed the 'joint price increase plan'...!"

They admitted that it was them... their higher-ups who had been tempted.

After all, that transaction was measured in legendary materials. If it could be doubled, it would be equivalent to gaining a legendary material for free, something that even a six-awakening throne expert would be tempted by.

However, this had enraged Blue Star.

And the plan had failed! Blue Star didn't lack the Eternal Brilliance Stone they had!

They had been thoroughly cheated!

The Wave City messenger said, "This is just a transaction after all, and it was brokered by White Tower. We still have a chance to rectify the situation. At most, it will be neither good nor bad, and besides..."

He looked into the distance at the brilliant blue radiance, his pupils filled with shock.

But,

"Although Blue Star defeated that world-ending strange entity, don't forget, Blue Star is currently facing the evil god faction, facing a high-ranking existence. Blue Star still... hasn't escaped its crisis!"

That's right!

With that puppet, Blue Star, in a sense, could even surpass their Great Oasis.

However, in the face of the evil god faction, what was mythical combat power? That world-ending strange entity wasn't even spontaneously generated on the spot.

"But regardless, Blue Star's foundation, Blue Star's trump card, is terrifyingly so."

"Foundation?"

The Wave City messenger gazed into the distance.

Their Wave City had also excavated ruins in the strange world, but why couldn't they obtain such a puppet? Why was such a treasure obtained by Blue Star, a nascent world?

It truly made them envious, jealous, and greedy.

Pairs of eyes watched, their expressions unreadable.

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...

Outside Blue Star, deep within the strange world.

Pairs of eyes were also watching, some with surprise.

"Mythical-level... puppet?"

Bull Demon Myth muttered.

The other two mythical beings were one whose body was cast from flesh and blood, wearing a crown, resembling the three-star strange entity 'Flesh Giant' at first glance, but the divine aura and majesty emanating from him were far beyond what ants like the Flesh Giant could compare.

His honored name was Flesh King.

The other, with a pair of black wings and a pointed beak, was the Black Wing Myth.

These three myths were the reinforcements invited by the Crimson Emperor. Even though the Crimson Emperor had a higher status and had advanced to an eight-awakening demigod, the seven-absolute myths still had the right to converse with him as equals.

Seven awakenings were a barrier.

Similarly, although he was an eight-awakening demigod, the divine descent that crossed worlds only brought him to the mythical baseline, not much stronger than the divine descent bodies of these veteran seven-awakening beings.

He needed more reliance.

Bull Demon Myth, Flesh King, and Black Wing Myth had previously been somewhat dismissive. Did it take such a grand mobilization to deal with a nascent world?

It was only because of the Crimson Emperor's status and position that they reluctantly agreed, and also for the considerable reward.

Despite their sneers, receiving rewards for nothing still made mythical beings happy.

They watched Blue Star's performance quietly, inwardly criticizing the Crimson Emperor's timidity, until this moment, they finally became interested.

"This seems to be... a weapon of the ancient empire · Khandra?"

The knowledgeable Black Wing Myth gazed north of the Water Marsh Base City and thought for a moment.

This was perhaps why Blue Star, a mere nascent world, possessed so many trump cards.

They had obtained the treasures of "Khandra."

Even if it was only a minuscule part of it, it was still powerful, after all, Khandra in its time was...

Black Wing Myth shook his head.

Now he understood why the Crimson Emperor had invited them to deal with a nascent world.

"That War Puppet is not easy to deal with. If our main bodies could act, we could capture it, but with only our descended bodies..."

"I'll deal with it!"

Bull Demon Myth spoke.

Black smoke billowed from his large nostrils as he gazed at the figure currently beating the world-ending strange entity, his bell-like eyes igniting with fighting spirit.

"Then let's descend."

The Crimson Emperor spoke.

He also watched the battlefield, watching that shallow red figure.

If he didn't descend now, the seven-star strange entity he had painstakingly created would be beaten to death.

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...

Divine descent was a power that mythical beings could achieve in an instant, but it required preparation.

Especially divine descent that crossed the world barrier of Blue Star.

Two elements were necessary.

Ritual – to cross the barrier.

Container – to accommodate divinity, forming a descended body.

At this moment,

As thousands of disaster-level strange entities still rushed towards the Water Marsh Base City, and as Shallow Red continued its onslaught, occasionally blasting away some strange entities from afar, thunder suddenly roared in the sky and earth.

"RUMBLE—"

Space seemed to freeze.

A mountain-like pressure enveloped the land. The dark clouds in the distance grew lower, as if about to collapse.

A terrifying aura, one that made souls tremble, rose from the distance.

It made one involuntarily want to worship.

If the seven-star world-ending-level strange entity was pure terror, then a seven-awakening myth was sublime and noble within terror.

It was a mythical existence transcending the mortal realm!

A presence pursued by countless Great Oases, yet unattainable.

"A mythical being has indeed descended."

"Now it remains to be seen if Blue Star can withstand this wave. If it can, and then promptly abandons the world to hide in the strange world, it still has a chance to continue."

In the northern wilderness, on a barren mountain under the red moon.

Dozens of cultists were worshipping a statue, human-sized, from which a terrifying divine might suddenly revived.

The statue gradually transformed into the shape of a bull's head.

It grew larger under the red moon.

A bull demon giant, wielding a giant axe, suddenly appeared, suspended in the air, emanating endless, hellish divine might.

He strode forward, covering hundreds of kilometers in the blink of an eye.

Shallow Red was also enveloped in a crimson halo. It immediately abandoned the heavily wounded and dispirited seven-star strange entity and soared upwards. In mid-air, it fired two concentrated energy beams.

They pierced the night sky.

Exploding at the edge of the sky, forming a flat energy cloud.

Undoubtedly, these missed, and were dodged by the Bull Demon Myth.

This myth appeared very burly, the charging type, but he was not incapable of dodging. Compared to a seven-star strange entity larger than mountains, the Bull Demon Myth was far more agile.

He quickly closed the distance and swung his giant axe down.

Shallow Red wanted to dodge, but in close-quarters agility, it was no match for the Bull Demon Myth. As its body shifted halfway, the giant axe formed from divine particles fiercely descended.

It cleaved through the crimson halo surrounding Shallow Red and directly struck Shallow Red.

"CLANG—"

Waves of clouds exploded.

Shallow Red's ten-meter-plus body plummeted towards the ground. Only when it was tens of meters from the ground did it regain its balance and fly low, pulling up.

A shallow mark was present on its shoulder.

A mark from the Bull Demon Myth's strike.

However,

It was not a major problem. Shallow Red's materials were very special. Even though its power was less than one-tenth, the special nature of its materials still made it incredibly durable.

After several rounds of combat, Shallow Red had a few more scratches on its body.

They were very shallow and quickly healed.

The battle-intent-filled Bull Demon Myth appeared behind Shallow Red as if teleporting and swung an axe towards its head joint.

Shallow Red did not turn its head.

Did not dodge.

Previous experience told it that in terms of agility and close-quarters combat skills, it was far inferior and could only be passively beaten. Since that was the case...

Shallow Red's body radiated brilliant energy.

From its torso, arms, head, and other parts, energy erupted simultaneously, pouring out like a flood.

BOOM.

A spherical energy cloud enveloped both it and the Bull Demon Myth.

"Did it work?"

Mei Disha clenched her fist.

Dean Rose pondered, "I heard that the descended bodies are much 'fragile' compared to true myths, perhaps..."

She shook her head again.

This fragility was merely unproven rumor. Moreover, even if it were indeed more fragile, it would only be compared to true mythical beings. It was likely not that easy to deal with.

As expected,

When the terrifying tidal wave of energy dissipated, the Bull Demon Myth appeared before everyone, completely unharmed.

Sword Flower, Wave, White Tower...

The Great Oases, and the six-awakening experts who witnessed this battle through various means, felt both fear and longing.

That gate was their lifelong pursuit.

"The strength of myths is truly terrifying!"

...

"Actually, it's not that terrifying."

"Shallow Red's move just now was quite brilliant. If that burst of energy had landed, it could have severely injured the Bull Demon Myth, but..."

Dean Rose, the Lord of the Tower of Wealth, and others had, after all, arrived at Blue Star in the form of item avatars.

Their strength was limited.

Their sight was limited.

Moreover, even if they were their main bodies, they might not have been able to see clearly.

However, Fang You saw it clearly. As the energy erupted, the Bull Demon Myth cleaved open a spatial rift and used it to block the main energy impact.

This was a myth with extremely rich combat experience.

"However, Shallow Red's combat skills are also visibly improving."

"It's not an illusion."

"It was equivalent to a new blank slate before, only possessing instincts. Now, in battles of equal footing, it has gained a lot of experience. Is this the power of a god-slaying weapon?"

This was something Mentor Fang did not know.

After all, as soon as Shallow Red moved, it cost ten thousand strange crystals. He hadn't dared to test it much before.

"Let the Bull Demon Myth teach Shallow Red combat skills. Besides... I may not have many extra strong individuals to send as reinforcements."

He looked towards another direction.

There, a mythical aura also surged in an instant.

By the time he perceived it, that mythical being had already descended.

...

"The se-second mythical being!"

"How could this be?!"

Dean Rose was shocked.

The evil god faction might have dispatched more than one myth during their attack on the Land of Perpetual Night.

But what was the Land of Perpetual Night? It was a hegemon-level force older than the Starfall City.

And Blue Star?

It was merely a nascent world that had mysteriously descended less than two years ago.

"To deal with a single Blue Star, the evil god faction not only conjured a red moon ritual and created a seven-star strange entity but also descended two mythical beings?"

"This is unreasonable!"

Everyone felt it was unreasonable, not mystical!

Did the Blue Star world have some deep-seated feud with you?

The high-ranking existence orchestrating this event was far, far too cautious!

"With one mythical being descending, the invincible puppet has already fallen into an absolute disadvantage. Now, a second one has arrived..."

"Blue Star is, after all, doomed."

"It's impossible to produce another mythical puppet."

"Blue Star has indeed created miracles, but the brilliance of miracles still cannot pierce the boundless darkness..."

The Lord of the Tower of Wealth sighed.

He was clearly jealous and wished to see Blue Star destroyed.

But his mood was still very low.

Did their White Tower exist only because it was too weak, so weak that... it was not worth the evil god faction's attention, and was allowed to linger on out of charity?

The Lord of the Tower of Wealth gazed at the night sky, gazing at the red moon.

His heart seemed to have... shattered.

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North of the Water Marsh Base City, several hundred miles away, the second descended myth, 'Flesh King,' strode through the air.

He seemed to glance at the distant battlefield, then paid it no further attention, and strode towards the base city.

He did not walk quickly.

But like the thunder of drums, it struck everyone's heart.

"Mentor, I'll handle this myth."

Behind Fang You, a figure clad in a black robe, with the hood pulled up to completely conceal them, spoke.

Only beneath the shadow of the hood, two golden pupils burned.

That was fighting spirit.

Seeing the battle between the Bull Demon Myth and Shallow Red, it ignited a towering fighting spirit.

However, Mentor Fang denied it.

"It's not time yet."

"That myth will be dealt with by someone else."

...

At this moment,

In the rear,

"A thousand days of training, one day of use."

"We actually have to intercept a myth, this is simply... too exciting!"

"I'm fired up too!"

If they were in a Great Oasis, even with their means, when the oasis elites learned they had to deal with a myth, their legs would undoubtedly go soft and tremble.

But the Firewood was different.

Myth? Just a higher-level awakened being.

Firewood warriors had no concept that a seven-awakening myth was the heavens.

They just wanted to...

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

The mythical being, Flesh King, strode through the air.

His majestic divine might enveloped the land. Those charging disaster-level strange entities became much slower, and an invisible domain spread, causing flesh buds to grow from the earth wherever it covered.

The flesh rejoiced.

At this moment,

A legion stepped out of the city and charged towards the distance.

"What are they doing? Are they crazy!"

"They actually expect to fight a myth with numbers?"

"Foolish!"

This was the thought of many Great Oasis inhabitants.

"We can fight too!"

"Damn it! Isn't it just a seven-awakening myth!"

This was the thought of the soldiers on the defense line, some even, with surging passion, about to leap off the city walls.

They were stopped.

"Dealing with those strange entities is our mission. For the rest, trust our comrades! Trust that fire can dispel this boundless darkness!"

But could the human body truly contend with divine might?

"It's impossible. The reason myths are gods is because they are heights unattainable by mortals. No matter how exceptionally talented one is, no matter what rituals and ceremonies are prepared, mortals absolutely cannot contend with myths!"

"Once one enters the mythical realm, they bid farewell to the mortal world. Even among the evil god faction, myths are respected."

"A single myth can create a super oasis. Without a myth, one is just an ordinary great oasis like us."

"Mortals are born and die generation after generation, while myths watch the stars shift."

Myths are absolutely unbeatable!

This was not only a warning passed down through generations of oasis inhabitants but also a fact.

It was not that no one had tried to slay gods or deal with seven-star strange entities, but all that remained were bloody facts and bodies that never returned.

Some emotional individuals no longer dared to watch.

That black armored legion had already launched a fearless charge.

The bugle sounded.

Flesh King grinned a ferocious grin. His ten-meter-plus tall body grew even larger, and with one step, it doubled in size.

Flesh intertwined.

In the blink of an eye, a terrifying giant, over a thousand meters tall, set foot on the earth, making mountains appear small beside him.

With a casual pluck, a peak was grasped like a toy. A mountain hundreds of meters high was hurled like a meteorite towards the charging black armored legion.

The legion paused.

"Blade Edge!"

Five hundred elites shouted in unison, their voices shaking the heavens!

Amidst them, a military banner fluttered, and circles of crimson and faint black light covered the entire legion.

War Soul Descended!

In an instant, the five hundred soldiers of the Blade Edge Legion became one.

Black Saber took a step.

Five hundred warriors took a step in unison.

Most of them could not use the Phantom Step, but at this moment, the entire legion soared into the sky, their steps astonishingly consistent, ascending step by step like a legion of heavenly soldiers clad in black armor.

Or demonic soldiers would also be acceptable.

Towards the incoming mountain, Black Saber drew his formless grip, and a great saber, over two meters long, struck out, creating a hundreds of meters long crimson saber aura in an instant, splitting the night sky.

The mountain was cut in two.

The saber aura continued unabated, flying towards the thousand-meter-tall Flesh Giant.

The giant raised its palm.

The saber aura and the flesh giant palm collided, emitting a grinding, gnashing sound, and wisps of smoke emerged.

Causing Flesh King a slight surprise.

"Ants, you possess the power to harm this king."

"I grant you my praise as a king."

"Then, die."

He accelerated fiercely, his giant palm like a heavenly grinding disc, descending from the sky.

The black legion, standing in the sky, was merely a group of stronger ants before the flesh giant palm. With a single blow, all resistance would be turned to dust.

How could a human withstand divine might?

"Fight!"

Black Saber's gaze beneath his mask remained calm.

He did not need to speak; his thoughts could command these five hundred people, like his own limbs.

Left flank, straight 5 left 2.

Right flank, straight 4 right 2.

Center army, straight 3 advance 5!

The entire legion, under Black Saber's control, was like the arms, legs, torso, and energy of a human body.

Flesh King was a thousand-meter giant.

They were also giants.

Black Saber himself was the head that formed this giant.

They were also a complete entity.

"Blade Slash!" x501!

The Blade Edge Legion shifted sideways, unleashing a crimson saber aura diagonally.

The two collided, a terrifying torrent cascading down. The legion's faint black domain vibrated continuously, but everyone's expression remained unchanged. They were merely cogs in this massive weapon, following Chief Instructor Black Saber, Commander of the Blade Edge Legion, to unleash the second, third... nth slash.

The black legion, like waves, like a school of sardines, constantly shifted in the air, unleashing one slash after another.

Slash after slash, possessed!

The legion trembled, and one sharp edge after another accumulated to its peak.

A blindingly brilliant saber aura, crimson interspersed with black and gold, suddenly slashed out. This time, it did not collide with the flesh giant palm but tore through it, cutting it apart with destructive force!

A segment of the giant palm in the sky plummeted to the ground.

The crimson saber aura evaporated droplets of golden-red blood.

The black legion's blade pointed forward. The thousand-meter giant was no longer invincible.

Time seemed to freeze, space seemed to solidify.

Pairs of eyes widened, gazing at those unremarkable, merely mortal black-armored figures.

At this moment, they were as majestic as human bodies.

Led by that black-clothed powerhouse, they...

"With human bodies, we stand shoulder to shoulder with gods!"

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ps: A two-in-one chapter of over seven thousand words, cough, weakly booking the guaranteed monthly tickets after midnight, begging for tickets~