Chapter 982: 493: Battle of the True God (Extra Release for Monthly Votes)

Chapter 982: Chapter 493: Battle of the True God (Extra Release for Monthly Votes)

Several hours later.

The already shattered Flame Rainbow Star, with countless star fragments still colliding endlessly, unleashed shocking aftershocks with each impact. Massive debris and flowing magma from the planet’s core churned violently.

About sixty thousand kilometers away, this part of the starry sky was similarly affected.

However, it couldn’t disturb the towering figure over a hundred meters tall hovering in the void.

As for Li Yuan and Liu Bing, they were nowhere to be seen.

“Li Yuan, Divine Son, you’d best stay hidden within the Cave Heaven Treasure,” said Lie Qing True God via a transmission. “When Chi Yan True God steps into the formation’s range, that’ll be your cue to come out.”

“Understood.” Li Yuan replied, as he and Liu Bing were already concealed within the Ancient Divine Palace.

They dared not remain in the distant void.

Before the overwhelming sensory powers of a True God, the soul auras of Li Yuan and Liu Bing were impossible to conceal.

Thus, at this moment, the Ancient Divine Palace had transformed into Dust, hiding within the cracks of Lie Qing True God’s armor.

Under this cover, shrouded by Lie Qing True God’s domineering aura, Chi Yan True God couldn’t immediately detect the presence of the Ancient Divine Palace, nor could he guess that Li Yuan and Liu Bing were hiding there.

As for those formation tools? Being lifeless objects, they were exceedingly difficult for a True God to identify unless unleashed.

Moreover, these were treasures refined by Qing Hong Heavenly Divine; if Chi Yan True God could easily locate them, it would be an absurd joke.

Suddenly.

“Chi Yan has arrived,” Lie Qing True God transmitted to Li Yuan.

Boom! Lie Qing True God rose directly to his feet, gazing at the distant void, where a blazing streak of firelight descended at lightning speed.

It finally stopped tens of thousands of kilometers away, revealing a figure clad in fiery crimson armor, surrounded by floating spears.

No less than nine fire-red spears encircled his back, forming a massive flaming halo.

A staggering presence.

“Lie Qing!!” Chi Yan True God roared angrily, “As a True God, bullying the weak, have you no shame?!”

His voice, carried by spatial ripples, instantly spread across a radius of over a hundred thousand kilometers.

“I wasn’t bullying the weak,” Lie Qing True God laughed thunderously. “I’ve simply made some breakthroughs in my cultivation recently and felt like sparring with you, that’s all. I didn’t kill any of your subordinate Pseudo-Gods.”

“As for those Demigods? They’ll all die within a thousand years anyway—what difference does the death of a mere couple hundred make? I saved you some resources; you ought to thank me.”

Whoosh!

Lie Qing True God waved his hand, causing two Pseudo-Gods to feel their world spin as they were flung thousands of kilometers away, their previously sealed perceptive senses finally unblocked.

“Ancestor?”

“Is it a True God who’s come to save us?” The two Pseudo-Gods, regaining their senses, immediately detected the terrifying aura of the figure in the distant void.

“Leave this place!” Chi Yan True God transmitted to them.

“Understood.”

“Quick, move!” The two Pseudo-Gods transformed into streaks of light and rapidly fled the area.

They knew the two True Gods were about to engage in a deadly confrontation.

…

“Sister Gu You, is it him?” Inside the Ancient Divine Palace, Li Yuan was making his final inquiry.

Although all the gathered intelligence confirmed Chi Yan True God was the same ‘Chi Yan Pseudo-God’ from ten thousand years ago, caution was always requisite.

“It’s him!!”

“Absolutely him!” Gu You’s voice carried an endless venomous hatred. “In that battle years ago, it was him who gravely wounded the True Phoenix.”

“Even if he’s ascended to True God, I would recognize him instantly.”

“Good, then there can be no mistake.” Li Yuan nodded, feeling no further inner hesitation or burden.

…

In the starry sky, after the two Pseudo-Gods had fled far away.

“Breakthroughs in your cultivation?””

Chi Yan True God’s gaze turned icy. “Lie Qing, let me see for myself how much a dying old relic like you has advanced in these thousand years.”

Boom!

Chi Yan True God’s aura erupted with dazzling flames as he moved to strike.

Like a fire deity incarnate!

True Gods, having condensed their Divine Heart, no longer relied on their physical forms. When their Star Techniques were cultivated to the Seventh Rank, their unleashed might soared to incomprehensibly terrifying heights.

This overwhelming fiery aura was the external manifestation of Chi Yan True God employing the Body Refining Star Technique.

“Haha, bring it on!” Lie Qing True God’s figure instantaneously expanded to over a thousand meters, his armor radiating endless heaviness, wielding a massive Combat Saber that shone blindingly bright.

Rumble~~

Streams of earthy yellow energy began emanating, the hallmark of Lie Qing True God’s specialty—his Domain.

Channeling the Law Origin’s power, infused with boundless Origin Power, created this immense Domain.

Swish~

As the Domain took shape, the Ancient Divine Palace disguised as a speck of Dust swiftly retreated in the opposite direction.

Shielded by the Domain’s immense fluctuations, even a True God would struggle to detect it, particularly with Lie Qing True God actively aiding the Ancient Divine Palace in its retreat.

“A battle of True Gods.”

“If they engage in close combat later, I wouldn’t dare emerge. Even the residual shockwaves of their proximity could severely injure or outright obliterate me.” Li Yuan understood this all too clearly: “The risk is far too great.”

For Pseudo-God Limit Experts, advancing into the True God Realm meant a leap in power so vast it was hard to fathom; their Origin Power multiplied dozens of times over, enhancing countless Star Techniques. As a result, their overall strength increased an estimated thousandfold—it was no exaggeration.

The further one progressed, the harder large-scale battles became across realms.

…

In mere seconds.

“Boom!” Like a blazing deity, Chi Yan True God’s speed soared as he charged through the void, causing ripples to shake space incessantly, rapidly closing in on Lie Qing True God.

Seizing one of the nine fiery spears behind him, he hurled it across nearly ten thousand kilometers.

“Boom!!!”

The flaming spear’s speed skyrocketed to an astonishing level, piercing the void across ten thousand kilometers in less than a second. Wherever the spear passed, space shattered into horrifying rifts.

Why do True Gods fear no space rifts? Because with mere gestures, they could tear space apart.

“Rumble~” The spear’s brilliance struck, instantly piercing the gaseous-stellar-like Domain.