Chapter 472: Forceful Annihilation

【Xiao Yan: This time, the group owner personally stepped forward to confront the Lord of Illusions—those great beings in the Nuwa faction must be completely stunned!】

【Pang Bo: Not just the Nuwa faction—even the powerful ones from the Yuan Lao and Wu Jian factions must be utterly confused right now!】

【Han Li: This is indeed highly unusual! They'd never in a million years guess that the group owner came here at the invitation of Brother Beishan, to aid the Nuwa faction!】

【Ye Chen: Of course not! The great beings of the Three Realms aren't fools, but they've never encountered anything like the group chat—how could they possibly guess the group owner's true intent?】

【Xiao Yan: Who do you think is stronger—the group owner or the Lord of Illusions?】

【Pang Bo: Obviously the group owner!】

【Han Li: I agree! The group leader never fights without preparation! Take the Star-Destroying Overlord—back then, his power seemed utterly terrifying to us, yet he still fell to the group leader's hands!】

【Han Li: Over these years, all of us have grown stronger, and the group owner's power must have increased even more—defeating the Lord of Illusions should be simple!】

Watching the group's casual chatter, Lu Qingshan felt deeply moved.

In fact, since joining the group chat, his cultivation had indeed surged—faster than that of most others in the group.

But this rapid advancement was entirely built upon the enormous time-flow disparity between the Starry Sky World and the group chat.

After joining the group chat, Lu Qingshan had already cultivated for hundreds of billions of eons.

This span of time was countless times longer than the combined cultivation time of everyone else in the group.

Of course, this situation also had much to do with the unique cultivation system of the Starry Sky World.

After all, even Luo Feng—the prodigy of the original novel—who after slaying the Realm Beasts cultivated for over sixty trillion eons and constantly observed the Realm Beast King wielding "Great Annihilation," still progressed at a painfully slow pace.

Luo Feng truly revealed his terrifying cultivation speed only after arriving on the Origin Continent.

On the Origin Continent, even beyond the Source World, Luo Feng encountered almost no obstacles and naturally reached the Huanyuan Lord realm—taking the path of brute force shattering the Dao, making him among the most astonishing Lords in the cultivation faction.

Meanwhile, as the group members chatted…

In the endless void of the Manghuang Ji World.

Sensing Lu Qingshan's terrifying aura, the Lord of Illusions immediately turned toward him and coldly asked: "Lord of All Worlds, who are you? Why are you so devoted to the Nuwa faction?"

"Hahaha!"

Lu Qingshan burst into laughter: "I'm not serving anyone—I merely wish to witness your Path of Illusions!"

"Of course, if your power is too weak, you'll simply perish in my hands!"

"You seek death!"

Upon hearing Lu Qingshan's words, the Lord of Illusions flew into a rage.

He was the supreme king of the Wu Jian Chaos Universe—when Nuwa once ascended to the World God realm, he never bowed.

Now that his power had surged, his earlier willingness to negotiate with Lu Qingshan was merely to avoid unnecessary trouble—not because he feared him.

So upon hearing such arrogant words, the Lord of Illusions erupted in fury, unleashing his divine power and manifesting six raging rivers in the surrounding void.

Boom! Boom! Boom…

These six raging rivers surged toward Lu Qingshan, their power making every being present tremble.

At that moment, Lu Qingshan also swung his longsword, unleashing six brilliant blades of light.

The six blades exploded simultaneously, slicing directly toward the six raging rivers.

Boom—boom—boom!!

Amidst deep, rumbling roars, the six torrents and six brilliant blades crashed violently together.

Instantly, terrifying shockwaves erupted in all directions; many ordinary Dao Ancestors could only survive by desperately relying on grand arrays.

"This power…"

Feeling the terrifying might within the blades, the Lord of Illusions' expression subtly changed.

His six rivers, each capable of easily suppressing top-tier Ancestral Gods, when combined, held overwhelming power.

Yet now, the Lord of All Worlds had merely slashed six blades—and blocked his full assault. How could the Lord of Illusions, who had believed himself capable of sweeping all opponents, accept this?

Even as the Lord of Illusions' mind raced with thoughts, Lu Qingshan, far away, already charged toward him, sword in hand.

"Damn Lord of All Worlds!"

The Lord of Illusions roared, transforming once more into six rivers, charging straight at Lu Qingshan.

"The Lord of Illusions' power is indeed formidable!"

Lu Qingshan, parrying his attacks, thought inwardly: "In terms of understanding the Dao—or even the laws—he surpasses me by a notch!"

"I'm only holding him off now because he hails from an ordinary Chaos World and lacks any powerful cultivation techniques!"

After all, cultivation methods from the Three Realms are extremely low-tier in the Manghuang Ji World.

The Qi Condensation path—even the best method in the Three Realms—only produces a third-rank Jin Dan, so that Pure Yang True Immortals' magic power barely matches that of first-rank Celestial Immortals from the Chaos realms;

The Divine-Mortal path's methods are somewhat better, yet they lack mastery of many divine arts, making them far weaker than other Chaos races.

For example, in the original novel, even Ji Ning—who slew Yuan Lao in the final battle—had no greater Dao comprehension than Sanqing Dao Ren or Buddha Sakyamuni; his near-World God power came from two factors: first, he reached the Ancestral God realm; second, he cultivated the powerful divine art "Tao Wu Eighteen Divine Demons," fused all his avatars into one, and thus possessed divine power far exceeding other Ancestral Gods—only then could he slay Yuan Lao.

As for Dao comprehension, the Lord of Illusions—who had now successfully broken free from the Heavenly Dao—is unquestionably the strongest in the Three Realms at this moment.

On the other side, seeing the Lord of Illusions entirely held back by Lu Qingshan alone, Feng Mo quickly developed thoughts of retreat.

After all, the overall strength of the Wu Jian faction was far weaker than Nuwa's; he had expected the Lord of Illusions' surge in power to annihilate the top leaders of the Nuwa faction—but instead, he was being held by the Lord of All Worlds.

That was precisely why Feng Mo now considered retreating.

With everyone distracted by the battle between Lu Qingshan and the Lord of Illusions, Feng Mo swiftly began gathering the Wu Jian faction's powerful cultivators.

The Nuwa faction's great ones soon noticed this.

"It seems Feng Mo is preparing to lead the Wu Jian faction's forces to flee!"

Sanqing Dao Ren, who was maintaining the Nuwa's Sky-Mending Array, quickly transmitted a message to the Nuwa faction's high-ranking leaders: "Should we stop them?"

"I think we should observe first."

Sui Ren Shi, the foremost of the Three Sovereigns of Humanity, quickly replied: "Feng Mo's speed is unmatched—even Nuwa Herself failed to kill him. Even if we stop him from rescuing the Wu Jian forces, we'd only kill a few more—and make Feng Mo even more hostile toward us!"

"Besides, our greatest crisis in the Three Realms is still the Lord of Illusions! Though he's currently held by the Lord of All Worlds, who knows what the Lord of All Worlds truly intends?"

"So I believe we should now conserve our strength, observe the changes, and be ready to respond to any crisis that may come!"

"Exactly!"

"I agree with Sui Ren Shi's view!"

After hearing Sui Ren Shi's mental transmission, the great ones of the Nüwa faction all nodded in agreement.

On the other side…

The Lord of Mind Demons, noticing Feng Mo's movements, immediately sent him a mental transmission: "Feng Mo, what are you doing?"

"Lord of Mind Demons!"

Feng Mo immediately sent back a mental transmission: "Leaving aside whether you are behind this cataclysm, right now you are blocked by the Master of All Worlds—we are no longer a match for the Nüwa faction!"

"We have already lost; we must withdraw. Hold off the Master of All Worlds a little longer—I will gather all our strong ones, then take you with me."

"What a joke!"

Upon hearing Feng Mo's words, the Lord of Mind Demons coldly replied: "Feng Mo, we already retreated once during the Great Annihilation—do we retreat again now?"

"Moreover, do you truly believe I am no match for the Master of All Worlds?"