Chapter 239: Desperate Situation

The eighth-grade escape talisman wrapped Lu Xun, flying swiftly away from the Ancient God.

As the distance increased, the Ancient God's massive body gradually appeared in Lu Xun's field of vision.

Although it was not the first time seeing it, the Ancient God's enormity still gave Lu Xun an extremely shocking visual impact.

A colossal lifeform over ten thousand kilometers tall.

To escape the Ancient God's body, one needed to reach the second cosmic speed defined by the old era, that is, escape velocity.

That required reaching eleven kilometers per second.

A Five Realms cultivator, without a fast enough flying device, would find it hard to fly out of the Ancient God's own gravitational range.

Without relying on any external object, traversing the starry sky with just one's fleshly body generally requires reaching the Six Realms or above.

The eighth-grade escape talisman naturally posed no problem.

After moving away from the Ancient God, the gravitational pull from its body grew weaker, and the speed of the eighth-grade escape talisman grew faster.

Not long after, Lu Xun's distance from the Ancient God reached over ten thousand kilometers.

This distance was still increasing rapidly.

Ten thousand kilometers, twenty thousand kilometers, thirty thousand kilometers, fifty thousand kilometers.... The Ancient God was visibly receding.

Lu Xun, however, did not relax at all.

He stared intently at the Ancient God, fearing it might suddenly awaken.

His Myriad Mile Eye, even when placed on a planet, still struggled to see that far.

In the unobstructed starry sky, however, it was no problem.

In fact, a Myriad Mile Eye was not needed.

An ordinary person could see the Ancient God at that distance.

Who made it so huge?

The Ancient God's body does not emit light, but after being scorched by golden runes for several days, its body turned completely red.

To the naked eye, it looked like a gigantic red humanoid celestial body.

Not long after,

Lu Xun's distance from the Ancient God exceeded one hundred thousand kilometers.

"Babala, still not enough?"

Lu Xun asked.

"Of course; if I could, I would have taken you away last time. According to your units, we need to stay at least one million kilometers away from the Ancient God."

Babala said.

One million kilometers!

The Ancient God's aura has a surprisingly far-reaching influence.

Within that one-million-kilometer radius, Babala cannot even use spells.

The eighth-grade escape talisman continued to accelerate.

In outer space, if there is no gravitational influence from celestial bodies, with a constant acceleration, speed can theoretically increase without limit.

"Faster!"

Lu Xun still felt the eighth-grade escape talisman was not fast enough.

But in fact, it had already reached its limit.

Last time, Chen Hufa used the Nine Heavens Escape Heaven Talisman, which was also only eighth-grade.

Compared to the one Fu Xue gave Lu Xun, its type is somewhat different.

The Nine Heavens Escape Heaven Talisman emphasizes 'escaping heaven'; it has a spatial attribute, allowing leaping forward, and its greatest use is actually for breaking out and escaping predicaments.

The eighth-grade escape talisman that Fu Xue gave Lu Xun, which he cannot name, is purely for speed.

In the starry sky, if there are no obstructions, this talisman is actually better.

Because its speed can keep increasing.

If it does not encounter stars, planets, or similar celestial bodies along the way, it can accelerate indefinitely, even approaching the speed of light.

Of course, even an eighth-grade spirit talisman carries only limited energy.

True infinite acceleration is impossible.

Two hundred thousand kilometers, three hundred thousand kilometers, four hundred thousand kilometers....

Lu Xun's distance from the Ancient God had reached the Earth-Moon distance.

That is, the distance between the moon and Lan Xing.

Seen from afar, the Ancient God is much larger than the moon.

It is as if one were looking at Lan Xing from the moon.

As the eighth-grade escape talisman moved farther away, the Ancient God began to shrink in the field of vision.

"Almost there!"

Approaching one million kilometers.

Lu Xun could roughly estimate the distance using his Myriad Mile Eye.

"But whatever you do, don't wake up!"

Lu Xun continued to stare fixedly at the Ancient God.

The Ancient God's eyes remained tightly closed, showing no sign of awakening.

"Babala, get ready!"

A few minutes later, Lu Xun said in a deep voice.

"Don't worry, you're my chosen husband; I will definitely take you away!"

Babala said.

Husband?

At this moment, why isn't she shy?

Lu Xun collected his thoughts, still staring fixedly at the Ancient God.

It's about to arrive.

"Whatever you do, don't wake up!"

He prayed in his heart.

But just as a feeling rose in his heart, the Ancient God that Lu Xun was staring at opened its eyes directly.

Lu Xun:...

Ni Ma!

Really, what you fear comes.

"Quickly close your eyes, don't look at it!"

Babala also noticed the Ancient God waking up, and shouted wildly in the inner mental space.

Close eyes?

Lu Xun reacted, quickly closing his eyeballs.

Already too late.

The Ancient God's eyeball turned, and from a distance of nearly a million kilometers, it saw Lu Xun, who was mosquito-sized to it.

No, compared to its size, Lu Xun is even better than a mosquito.

But with the Ancient God's power, it still saw Lu Xun at such a distant distance.

Next second, the Ancient God took a step, instantly crossing an unknown number of tens of thousands of li, and the distance to Lu Xun suddenly shortened greatly.

"Holy crap!"

Lu Xun's face changed dramatically.

He felt regret in his heart.

If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have looked at the Ancient God.

This really is the observer effect.

Or rather, an existence like the Ancient God is too heaven-defying.

When Lu Xun saw the Ancient God, the Ancient God also sensed Lu Xun.

If Lu Xun hadn't looked at it, perhaps it wouldn't have so easily discovered Lu Xun.

At most a few more minutes, Babala will be able to use the spell.

Regret also none.

Assumption is even more useless.

Because the Ancient God has already arrived.

Just a few steps, only a few steps, and it caught up to the distance opened by the eighth-grade escape talisman.

"Doomed!"

Lu Xun despaired.

Now for him, it is truly a desperate situation.

After the Ancient God discovers his escape, it will surely keep a tighter watch on him, perhaps even using some means on Lu Xun.

Now it's troublesome.

"Babala, is there still a way?"

"At this distance, what can I do? Otherwise I'll come out and fight it."

Babala also has no way.

The Ancient God drew even closer; to it, Lu Xun was already within arm's reach.

At this moment, suddenly.

The God-Suppressing Nail on the Ancient God's head flared up again, golden runes densely appearing and burning the Ancient God.

"Roar!"

The Ancient God roared repeatedly, having no time to chase Lu Xun anymore.

"Good!"

Lu Xun cheered.

This God-Suppressing Nail gave Lu Xun a divine assist.

His distance from the Ancient God was pulled apart again.

"Roar!"

"Boom!"

Just as Lu Xun was feeling hopeful.

Another change occurred,

Only saw the Ancient God clench its fists, its whole body's power violently shaking.

The outermost layer of golden runes on its body was directly shattered, turning into sky-filling fragments that shot in all directions.

"Holy shit!"

Lu Xun was dumbfounded.

The Ancient God actually smashed the golden runes to pieces!

Truly fierce.

Its ferocity is related to Lu Xun having previously burned a large number of rune nodes.

Otherwise, the Ancient God might not be able to shatter.

As soon as the golden rune shattered, the Ancient God violently raised its left hand and pressed it against the God-Suppressing Nail on its head.

The God-Suppressing Nail, upon being pressed, instantly became obedient.

This is forcibly suppressing the God-Suppressing Nail.

However, it seems it needs to hold it down for a long time, so the Ancient God simply kept its left hand on its head and then took a few steps toward Lu Xun.

Its right hand moved, and a towering giant hand stretching thousands of miles lunged at Lu Xun.

"We're doomed!"

Lu Xun's hope of escaping was completely dashed.

Just as he despaired, another change occurred,

A figure suddenly appeared before Lu Xun, his stature instantly swelling, most astonishingly his ears grew larger than Mount Tai.

After enlarging, his ears slammed shut like two ancient heavenly gates.

Starlight from across the sky gathered toward him, making him seem to be cloaked in starlight.

"Boom——!"

The next second, the Ancient God's sky‑covering palm came crashing down.

That person was shaken by the blow, yet managed to block the Ancient God's giant hand.

"God Slave!!!"

Lu Xun stared in shock.

The one who just struck was actually God Slave.

Even more astonishing,

he actually managed to block the Ancient God.

"Tenth Realm!"

This God Slave is definitely at the Tenth Realm.

Even at the Tenth Realm, being able to block the Ancient God is quite extraordinary.

"Now is its weakest moment; I'll hold it off—you hurry and flee!"

God Slave's voice was low and urgent.

As soon as his words fell, the Ancient God's towering giant hand attacked again.

This time, the Ancient God was enraged.

God Slave actually dared to defy him!

Although he could activate the slave seal with a thought and turn God Slave to ashes,

the Ancient God did not do so, but instead sought to slap God Slave to death!

"Boom!"

"Pfft!"

Even though the Ancient God was extremely weak at this moment, a single palm strike made God Slave cough up blood.

"He can't block it, and you don't have enough time to flee—you've got plenty of secrets, so think of something quick!"

Babala grew anxious.