Chapter 266: Ancient God Is Coming

Soon, Lu Xun flew to the vicinity of the demon emperor's avatar.

Within his body, violent energy still surged, like a volcano about to erupt.

That is to say, Lu Xun could self-destruct at any moment.

There was no way; facing absolute power, Lu Xun only had this move that worked.

"Don't worry, before I reach the demon star, I won't kill you."

The demon emperor's avatar examined Lu Xun with interest.

With a flick of his finger, a large amount of demon vines appeared, wrapping Lu Xun and him.

Immediately after, the demon vines that had surrounded the entire space instantly retreated, vanishing completely in the blink of an eye.

"Lu Xun..."

Chu Youqing was so anxious that tears streamed down.

She felt for the first time that she was so useless, unable even to protect her boyfriend.

Beside her, Murong Wan's pretty face was likewise full of worry.

"Little Wan, Youqing, don't worry; since the demon emperor has come for Lu Xun, he will surely not kill him rashly, and I will find a way to save him."

Fu Yue descended and comforted the two women.

Last time at the Ancient God's place, Fu Xue and she had thought of many methods, but to no avail.

But that was because the Ancient God was too terrifying.

This time it's a Nine Realms demon emperor, but we can still think of a plan.

However, at this stage, trying to save Lu Xun is difficult.

The demon star is about to fully descend; at this critical juncture, where would the blue star find extra strong ones to rescue Lu Xun?

"Would you like a drink?"

On the other side, within a space woven of vines, the demonic man handed Lu Xun a cup of fresh blood.

This space is quite large, all around blocked by blood-colored vines.

This prevented Lu Xun from seeing the outside situation.

The demon vines now should be taking Lu Xun toward the demon star.

Lu Xun naturally would not take that cup of blood.

"Not drinking?"

"Sorry, I have no habit of drinking blood."

"You really still consider yourself human; indeed, your human will should still be dominant."

The demonic man set down the blood and sat opposite Lu Xun.

"Sit."

He made a gesture of invitation.

Behind Lu Xun, blood-colored vines quickly wove into a chair.

Lu Xun did not sit.

"You needn't be so cautious; before returning to the demon star, I won't possess you. Moreover, compared to possession, I've suddenly thought of a better method—this method might let you avoid death. Want to hear it?"

The demonic man took a sip of blood, then said.

"What method?"

Lu Xun looked at him.

"The method is simple: we swap souls."

"Swap?"

Lu Xun raised his eyebrows.

"Exactly, it's soul swapping. I obtained an immortal-god-level contract from an ancient relic; using the contract as a button, we can swap. You would get my eight-realm avatar, and I would get your body—what a perfect plan."

The demonic man shook the cup of blood and said.

Lu Xun fell silent.

Leaving aside whether he is an ancient demon, even if he were, he could never agree to this plan.

Perfect, but only perfect from the demonic man's perspective.

This guy isn't even willing to sacrifice his true form; he merely uses an avatar to exchange for the ancient demon's body.

What kind of perfection is this?

Lu Xun was actually curious why the demon race had mobilized so heavily.

Does a reincarnated ancient demon really have such great value?

However, Lu Xun did not rashly speak up to ask.

Asking might reveal his hand.

He was looking for an opportunity to unseal Barbara.

Lu Xun was unsure whether Barbara could kill the demon emperor's avatar, so his plan was primarily to escape.

For now, being surrounded by demon vines, there isn't a good opportunity yet.

"Think it over carefully; if you disagree, I can only force it."

The demonic man's tone carried a faint threat.

After saying that, he said nothing more.

He merely sat there, savoring the blood in the cup.

"This guy is taking a detour."

Lu Xun secretly activated the Heavenly Dao Eye and then saw the surrounding situation.

The demonic vine was deliberately taking Lu Xun around the area where the experts of the two Spirit Stars were fighting, and heading swiftly toward Yao Xing.

Its speed was extremely fast.

At this rate, it won't be long before it reaches Yao Xing.

"Buzz buzz buzz~"

Vibrations of space kept coming.

In the intermediate region between Yao Xing and Lan Xing, experts above the Eight Realms were fiercely battling.

In the space far from the Spirit Stars, heaven and earth were weak; these experts' battles shattered space in many places, creating some pitch-black voids.

If anyone accidentally fell in, they would drop into the spatial turbulence, not knowing where they'd be swept to.

As for the dark universe, it lies in an even deeper layer of space.

After a few more minutes, even though it had taken a detour, the demonic vine still rushed past the gravitational balance point of the two Spirit Stars and began accelerating toward Yao Xing.

"Once we reach Yao Xing, escaping won't be so easy..."

Lu Xun wanted to trigger it, but he never had a good opportunity.

"Huh?"

Then, suddenly.

The demonic man discovered something, jumped to his feet, and his face showed an expression of astonishment and uncertainty.

"Roar!"

"Boom!"

"Humans, you're doomed!"

At this moment, in the middle of the two Spirit Stars, the battle became especially fierce.

The powerhouses on this battlefield are truly great powers.

Great powers above the Eight Realms.

Even though the Star-Annihilation Cannon restrained many Yao tribe powerhouses, the Yao tribe still held an absolute advantage in numbers of experts above the Eight Realms.

Among them, the most formidable is the golden lion with golden fur.

With a single roar from this beast, it can lift space up in layers.

One swipe of its claw can sink a continent and shatter an ordinary planet into pieces.

After fighting for several hours, even if other races' experts joined the fray, they could barely hold on.

Many Lan Xing powerhouses were already wounded.

They fought in the middle line of the Spirit Stars because here both sides could exert their full strength.

Yao tribe experts who enter Lan Xing are suppressed by Lan Xing's heavenly dao.

And vice versa.

Especially experts above the Eight Realms.

Therefore, the Yao Emperor's avatar's strength is not that of an ordinary Eight Realms expert, because he is under tremendous suppression.

In the situation where Yao Xing has not yet fully descended, the Lan Xing powerholders actually have the advantage.

Lan Xing's heavenly dao suppression will be somewhat stronger.

But now,

Yao Xing is about to fully descend, and Lan Xing's heavenly dao suppression on these Yao tribe experts is growing weaker.

Once Yao Xing fully descends, the heavenly and earthly laws of Yao Xing and Lan Xing will collide; at that point, Lan Xing's heavenly dao will no longer suppress the Yao tribe experts.

Although Lan Xing experts entering Yao Xing will likewise not be suppressed.

But Lan Xing's overall strength will be considerably weaker.

Then, it will be the time of Lan Xing's defeat.

Thus, the golden lion and the other Yao tribe experts grow braver the more they fight.

The Lan Xing side, however, is desperately holding on.

"Use the God-Slaying Cannon!"

Some Lan Xing powerhouses decided to unleash the true ultimate weapon in a desperate bid.

God-Slaying Cannon!

"The God-Slaying Cannon is incomplete; it can at most fire once. If we use it now, there will be no chance to repair it later!"

"One shot is one shot; if Yao Xing fully descends, all that awaits us is destruction!"

Several Lan Xing powerhouses quickly reached a decision.

"Hmm?"

"Huh?"

"What?"

Then, suddenly.

All the powerhouses present felt their eyelids twitch, as if some earth-shattering crisis were approaching.

Whether Yao tribe or Lan Xing powerhouses, they almost simultaneously ceased fighting and all turned toward a certain direction.

There, in the dim starry sky, a star flickered once and then quickly vanished.

Just a few seconds later, that star flickered again and then disappeared without a trace.

After another few seconds, it flickered once more.

It twinkled like the old song goes: 'twinkle, twinkle, little star.'

It was as if it were blinking its eyes.

If you look closely, each blink makes the star grow brighter.

Brightness isn't the key.

The key is,

In the perception of all the powerful beings present, that seems not to be a star.

But rather some indescribable terrifying existence!

Their spiritual sense is frantically warning.

Just a distant perception makes their eyelids twitch, hearts tremble like drums, an instinctive sense of danger screams from every nerve ending: Flee! Flee immediately!

Their skins keep jumping, hearts thumping, the spiritual sense of the strong tells them----danger!

What's more surprising is,

The heavenly dao of the two spirit stars both violently trembled, as if in fear.

Changes in the heavenly dao cannot be felt by ordinary strong ones.

But on this battlefield, all are powerful beings above the Eight Realms, who can feel it.

"What is that?"

Many strong ones look at me, I look at you.

Although everyone present is immensely powerful, at this moment each feels an inexplicable panic.

"This is... Ancient God!!! It actually broke free!!!"

On the other side, Lu Xun observed with the Heavenly Dao Eye for a dozen seconds, finally guessing what the rapidly approaching star is.

That is not a star.

That is Ancient God!

"How could it break free!!!"

Lu Xun was greatly startled.

Ancient God wasn't bound by the Soul-Suppressing Nails drawing a prison, imprisoned in that Spirit Realm, how could it suddenly break free!

Lu Xun burned the Soul-Suppressing Nails for several months, at most only one percent.

Even if finally Ancient God shattered the outermost layer of golden runes, but there are many layers of golden runes, it wouldn't break free so quickly.

Lu Xun couldn't figure it out.

"Ancient God, that's Ancient God!"

Meanwhile, on the other side, the Lan Xing powerhouses reacted.

"What? Ancient God!!"

Other Lan Xing powerhouses' faces instantly changed.

The existence of Ancient God is not a secret among the high levels of Lan Xing.

"What? Ancient God?"

The Monster Race still doesn't know the existence of Ancient God.

But their spiritual sense's warning, and the trembling of the Yao Xing's heavenly dao, is enough to show the opponent's terror.

"It is approaching... very fast..."

Every strong one feels the approach of Ancient God.

Each blink of the star makes it brighter.

This is because its distance is getting closer.

"You're done, we're all done!"

A Lan Xing powerhouse laughed maniacally.

"No, just you're done!"

Golden Lion said that, then fiercely retreated.

"Go, leave here."

"Roar!"

Those Monster Race powerhouses who had the upper hand a moment ago all retreated.

Meanwhile, the Yao Xing that had already descended over eighty percent actually began to accelerate back.

These Monster Race powerhouses are very decisive.

Although they don't know the existence of Ancient God, the opponent hasn't arrived yet and is already this terrifying; if it arrives, what then?

In the face of life-and-death crisis, they directly abandoned this operation, abandoned months of planning, abandoned imminent victory, decisively fled!

But this way, Lan Xing is in danger.

Yao Xing can leave... but above Lan Xing, there is no similar grand star array.

"We can only enter the Dark Universe, hope there's time!"

Many Lan Xing powerhouses quickly made a decision.

Enter the Dark Universe!

This is the last move.

However, this way Lan Xing must leave early this ancient road node, cannot share the cosmic origin in this nebula.

Lan Xing itself will be greatly affected.

But for survival, they have no choice.

"Go!"

Those Lan Xing powerhouses all flew back to Lan Xing.

Meanwhile,

At a place unknown how many billions of miles away from the two spirit stars, a giant engulfed in blazing flames, with a size comparable to a planet, is rushing toward the direction of the two spirit stars.

Its body leapt forward in the starry sky.

With each leap, it had traversed untold hundreds of millions of li.

This giant was none other than the Ancient God.

The flames on his body were due to the God-Suppressing Nail unleashing its power, madly scorching him.

But the Ancient God endured it.

Not only did it endure, but driven by pain it went berserk and surged toward Lan Xing.

"Friend, you really shouldn't have left behind the power from chaos..."

On the Ancient God's shoulder sat the God Slave, his face full of worry.

The Ancient God did not kill him.

Lu Xun didn't know why the Ancient God could break free, but the God Slave did.

The key lay in the Chaos Power left by Lu Xun.

To break free, Lu Xun's Chaos Power was ample, spreading out to seal off a radius of several kilometers.

After acquiring the Chaos Power, the Ancient God didn't know what it had done with it, yet the power restrained by the God-Suppressing Nail surged in a short span.

Then, it bore the God-Suppressing Nail's power and burst out of the Spirit Realm.

It... intends to capture Lu Xun and drag him back!