Eternal Time and Space

Chapter 31 The Battle Resumes

A thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye.

On the desolate Central Plains, malevolent energy and murderous intent once again intertwined and surged. This time, the malevolent energy was more intense than ever before. Dark red malevolent energy descended from the sky, like countless giant dragons stretching across the heavens and earth. Within the malevolent energy, the phantoms of countless ferocious beasts could be faintly seen surging and roaring. These were the remnants of souls devoured by the ferocious beast race over countless years, which Shen Ni had refined into the malevolent energy with great magical power.

The allied forces of all races and the army of ferocious beasts once again arrayed themselves on the wasteland.

Both sides are much larger than they were a thousand years ago. On the side of the Allied Forces of Ten Thousand Races, almost all five races have come out of seclusion. The old dragon of the Dragon Clan, the ancient phoenix of the Phoenix Clan, the elder of the White Tiger Clan, the elder of the Black Tortoise Clan, and the veteran general of the Qilin Clan—these old-generation powerhouses who have been in seclusion for countless years have all come out of seclusion and joined the Allied Forces.

These people exuded an ancient yet powerful aura, and each of them possessed cultivation levels above the Taiyi realm.

On the other side of the ferocious beast army, countless new ferocious beasts surged out from the depths of the earth. These beasts were much larger than the beasts on the battlefield, their aura of malevolence was much stronger, and the ferocity in their eyes was even more insane.

These are the elite ferocious beasts that Shenni raised in various places where evil energy gathered in the primordial world, and today they have finally been brought out.

The two armies faced each other, and a tense atmosphere filled the world.

The bugle call sounded.

Shouts of battle and roars erupted simultaneously as two boundless crowds clashed. The sky was torn apart the instant the first wave of collision occurred.

This battle was more brutal than any before. The warriors of the allied forces of all races were entangled with the ferocious beasts, fighting from the sky to the ground and from the ground to the earth. The sounds of magical weapons colliding, flesh tearing, bones shattering, and screams of the dying mingled together into a deafening roar.

The roar soared into the sky, piercing through layers of clouds and the fierce winds of the heavens, and plunged into the vast starry sea. Countless stars at the edge of the starry sea trembled violently in the roar, some of them were directly shaken off their orbits, streaking across the sky with brilliant tail flames, and falling towards the primordial earth.

Above the battlefield, four figures faced off once again.

Shen Ni held a gun, Ji Du held a sword; Hong Qing had his hands behind his back, Mo Yun's sleeves hung down.

The space between the four people froze completely at that moment.

Shen Ni's gaze fell on Hong Qing, a ferocious smile curving his lips. Dark red light began to gather on the God-Slaying Spear.

Jidu placed his hand on the hilt of the Ten Deaths Sword, and a faint sword intent began to emanate from his body.

Above Mo Yun's head, a thirty-six-petaled silver-white lotus slowly rotated. Within the lotus, the light of countless stars, including the Big Dipper, the Southern Dipper, and the Central Dipper, condensed and transformed into beams of silver-white light that burst forth from between the petals.

Behind Hong Qing's head, a torrent of auspicious clouds rose again, and the Five Banners flew out from the clouds, their five-colored radiance intertwining to form five enormous halos, shimmering with a brilliance like chaos.

The auras of all four people rose simultaneously.

The army below, under the pressure of these four auras, turned pale and their bones groaned. Whether they were warriors of all races or ferocious beasts, they all felt the terrifying power emanating from the sky that transcended the realm of comprehension. It was a collision of rules, a clash of the Great Dao.

Shen Ni's grip on the gun tightened suddenly.

Hong Qing's face showed a look of deep emotion.

Jidu drew his sword.

Mo Yun flicked his sleeve.

All four attacked at the same time.

Flames exploded, a wave of malevolent energy surged, and spiritual energy boiled. The universe shattered the moment of impact, and the deafening roar immediately drowned out the sounds of battle from the millions of troops below.

Layers of light and flame surged and exploded, like suns bursting apart in the void.

Shen Ni transformed into a terrifying blood-red light, forcefully withstanding the enormous halo of the five-fold rotation, and blasted Hong Qing away.

Where the crimson light rubbed against the halo, the void was torn into countless tiny fragments, which were shattered into nothingness by the aftershocks before they even hit the ground.

Five-colored rays of light shot into the sky from the Five Banners of Heaven and Earth: apricot yellow, blue lotus, crimson, pure white, and black. The five pillars of light were like five divine pillars supporting the sky, firmly protecting Hong Qing's figure in the center.

The five-colored radiance continued to expand, intertwining and transforming into a vast world of five-colored mist. Within this world, the five halos re-condensed, and as they rotated, they shook back the scarlet blood light time and time again.

Meanwhile, on Mo Yun and Ji Du's side, a golden light and a bolt of lightning collided and exploded. Before the light had even dissipated, the two of them had already disappeared at the same time.

On the battlefield below, two intersecting cross-shaped cuts appeared silently, stretching from the center of the battlefield all the way to the horizon, dividing the battlefield, which covered eighty million miles of mountains and rivers, into four pieces.

Whether it was warriors of all races or ferocious beasts, whether it was mountains or rivers, everything was neatly cleaved open, the cuts smooth as mirrors, bottomless, and the soil and rocks on both sides of the cut were burned into glass-like crystals by the sword light.

A moment of deathly silence fell over the battlefield. The warriors on both sides, who were engaged in fierce fighting, involuntarily stopped what they were doing and stared blankly at the cross-shaped crack at their feet that had cut the earth into four pieces.

Deep within the fissure, subterranean fire and magma surged, and a dark red light shone from the ground, illuminating the sides of the fissure as if it were the entrance to hell.

Then the sounds of fighting resumed, even more intense than before.

Above the heavens, the battle between Shen Ni and Hong Qing continues.

The God-Slaying Spear continued to pierce outwards, its dark red spiraling spear light like streaks of blood rainbows piercing the heavens and earth, carrying a ferocious intent to slaughter everything, as it bombarded Hong Qing. One huge hole after another was drilled into the void, and the edges of the holes surged with malevolent energy that could not be healed for a long time.

Around Hong Qing, five enormous halos rotated in layers. Within the apricot-yellow halo, ten thousand golden lotuses bloomed; within the blue lotus halo, ten thousand rays of blue light descended; within the crimson halo, ten thousand flames burst forth; within the pure white halo, ten thousand white clouds unfurled; and within the dark black halo, ten thousand rays of mysterious light flowed.

The five halos rotated in an interlocking pattern, pushing away the spear's aura layer by layer.

Where the spear's edge collided with the halo, the void twisted and deformed, and the flames scattered like a torrential rain. Every drop of flame that fell to the ground burned a bottomless hole in the earth, but the five halo bodies remained unmoved.

The Five Banners of Heaven and Earth continued to expand, with five precious banners growing out from the five layers of light. The banners fluttered in the wind and grew larger in the wind. In just a few breaths, the five precious banners transformed into five divine mountains supporting the sky, protecting Hong Qing in the center.

The apricot-yellow flag transformed into a golden sacred mountain, upon which ten thousand golden lotuses bloomed, their golden light illuminating heaven and earth.

The Azure Lotus Banner transformed into a divine azure mountain, with countless rays of azure light cascading down its surface like numerous azure waterfalls.

The Flame Banner transformed into a crimson divine mountain, its surface surging with flames that turned half the sky crimson.

The plain-colored cloud-bound flag transformed into a pure white divine mountain, with white clouds swirling around its body, resembling a fairyland.

The Xuan Yuan Water Control Flag transformed into a dark divine mountain, with Xuan water flowing across its body like countless black rivers.

Five sacred mountains guard the five directions, firmly protecting Hongqing in the center.