Chapter 1002: Left to You

It was at this very instant.

Lu Xunyang, with only a faint layer of red light remaining outside his body, joined the fray.

"Very good, you haven't turned into an Ancient God!"

He said this while throwing a punch.

Boom, boom, boom!

Blood flames and malice tangled and exploded; every collision caused a section of the void to collapse.

The fragments of the Heavenly God Armor on Zhang Huizhi's body were becoming fewer and fewer.

Lu Xunyang's punching speed grew slower and slower, and his injuries grew heavier and heavier.

The wounds on Fanni's body became more numerous and more gruesome, and he was even stabbed in the heart by a palm-blade strike from Zhang Huizhi.

This battle was earth-shattering.

The remnant souls of Xia Hanzhou and the other three watched this scene without blinking for a moment.

They no longer even cared about who was guiding their remnant souls at this moment.

Time passed slowly just like that.

With a squelch!

The long sword of malice pierced through Lu Xunyang's chest.

The moment Fanni flicked his sword, Lu Xunyang's physical body slammed onto the ground burning with malice, gasping for breath with difficulty.

Golden light erupted from Zhang Huizhi's eyes, and a Will Status appeared in his hand, transforming into a blood-red long needle that he drove downward into Fanni's already shattered forehead.

Squelch!

The Will Status pierced directly through Fanni's brain and neck, stabbing out from Fanni's chest.

With a thud.

Fanni's remnant eyes widened, looking in disbelief at the blood-red spike protruding from his chest, and he knelt to the ground.

Bang!

The rust-covered long sword of malice fell to the ground, Fanni lowered his head, and a long stream of malicious blood flowed from his mouth.

Thump!

Zhang Huizhi collapsed onto the ground, his physical body withered, his entire being occupied by malice, and he was already on the verge of death.

Inside his body, the True Martial Power of his nine internal universes was completely exhausted.

His own Will Status was still pinning Fanni down.

Nearby.

Lu Xunyang tried to stand up, only to find that the bones in his legs had long since shattered, his arms were completely broken, and blood was flowing ceaselessly.

He knelt on the ground, both eyes completely burst, with blood flowing out continuously.

He was on the verge of death.

Even though he possessed an Immortal Body, his physical form had reached a point where it could no longer recover, and the Will Power within his body had long been exhausted.

"Well..."

Blood flowed continuously from Lu Xunyang's mouth:

"Done..."

The next moment.

His head hung down completely, and he died.

"Won... we won..."

The Element Lord parted her red lips slightly, looking somewhat dazed.

"We won."

The Universe Lord revealed a smile; he was no longer in his mechanical form, looking just like an ordinary middle-aged man.

Xia Zhiyang revealed a smile and nodded toward Zhang Huizhi.

A trace of bewilderment appeared in Xia Hanzhou's eyes:

"Today, having seen my great wish fulfilled, this life is complete, hahaha!"

A remnant soul emerged beside him; it was none other than Lu Xunyang.

"Who is it that is guiding our remnant souls?"

As Lu Xunyang's voice fell, everyone's expressions stiffened.

At this moment, a sense of chilling dread actually emerged in the depths of their hearts.

The original person was already dead, and the remnant soul had dissipated.

Someone was able to directly reshape a remnant soul that had already dissipated, and then guide it once more.

What kind of method was this?

Could it be another Ancient God?

Xia Hanzhou's expression turned ugly, and he was just about to speak.

Caw!

That low, chaotic roar resounded once again.

Xia Hanzhou widened his eyes, staring fixedly.

Fanni, who had already been physically broken and had lost all signs of life, was actually slowly standing up again at this moment.

For a moment.

Even in Lu Xunyang's eyes, there was a trace of despair.

The human race had already been beaten to this state.

Is it truly impossible to kill an Ancient God?

"Run."

Xia Zhiyang's voice was low and listless as he looked at Zhang Huizhi:

"Flee this place; you still have one last shred of hope."

Zhang Huizhi collapsed on the ground, blood flowing like a river; his entire Heavenly God Armor had been completely exhausted, and now he stared with one eye at Fanni, who was walking slowly toward him.

"No need."

Xia Hanzhou's breath hitched:

"Go!

The heart has no dead end, the world has no dead end—is your heart dead!"

Xia Hanzhou's voice was even somewhat shrill.

Compared to the despair of the human world today, the despair in a person's heart is the most terrifying.

If even Chen Yan were to despair.

Then could the human world still be saved?

The Lord of Elements and the Lord of the Universe fell silent, not saying a word at this moment.

They even understood Chen Yan at this moment.

They could not win.

The human race was fundamentally unable to defeat the Ancient Gods.

Since that was the case, why struggle?

"Go!"

Xia Hanzhou's remnant soul roared, and the phantom of his remnant soul even showed signs of shattering:

"You are Chen Yan, your heart has no dead end!

Go!!!"

Yet, under Xia Hanzhou's gaze, filled with both terror and despair.

Fanni reached the front of Zhang Huizhi, stretched out a hand, and reached down toward Zhang Huizhi's head.

Lu Xunyang and Xia Zhiyang fell completely silent.

At this moment, endless desolation welled up in their hearts.

Yet, at this very instant.

Boom!

A golden radiance descended from above the firmament, like the Great Sun suppressing all.

Rumble!

The ground where Fanni stood instantly caved in.

The terrifying power suppressed him, as if carrying the strength of the entire human world.

Hiss!

Fanni's roar was like ten thousand waves surging, churning, and vibrating.

Yet his knees creaked and slowly bent downward.

Xia Hanzhou and the others widened their eyes, looking at this scene in disbelief.

They saw that what was enveloped within that golden sun was none other than Li Zhiyi.

Li Zhiyi waved one hand, and Zhang Huizhi's physical body turned into flowing water and instantly merged into his own body.

The next moment.

A golden-red flowing light emerged from Li Zhiyi's hand, transforming into a golden-red long thorn.

As Li Zhiyi pressed down with one hand, the scarlet long thorn pierced straight into the other half of Fanni's Ancient God status.

Boom!

Space and time vibrated and twisted; all light vanished.

Only the flickering light of the collision between the blood-colored long thorn and the pitch-black status remained.

Lu Xunyang's pupils shrank, staring fixedly at this scene.

The next moment.

Crack!

A crisp sound rang out.

The next moment!

Boom!

The light and flames exploded, and the void surged with waves as if it were the surface of the sea.

The sky, the earth, everything was shattering.

The Lord of Elements opened his mouth wide, looking at this scene in disbelief.

The Lord of the Universe choked, stunned for a moment.

The previous shock and anger still lingered in Xia Hanzhou's eyes, but now his facial muscles twitched, unable to describe the emotions in his heart.

Swish!

The long thorn transformed from the Will Status instantly pierced through Fanni's physical body, pinning him to the ground.

The restraints on the remnant souls of Xia Hanzhou and the others also vanished.

Xia Hanzhou was just about to speak.

Clatter...

The remnant souls of those few were guided away by Chen Yan's true self.

Hiss, hiss, hiss...

Drops of pitch-black blood were spat out from Fanni's mouth, corroding the ground.

He hung his head, yet his head slowly lifted, looking around in a daze.

"I..."

His vitality was rapidly draining away, and his physical body began to crumble and shatter like parched, scorched earth swept by a gale.

Within his crazed, remnant eyes, a glimmer of reason belonging to the human race finally emerged.

He looked at Li Zhiyi, then looked at the entire human world.

He saw the tragic state of the human world, saw countless wailing living beings, and saw countless pairs of tear-filled eyes.

"I... what exactly have I done?"

He was somewhat stunned, endless pain emerging in his eyes.

Li Zhiyi stood before Fanni, a pair of scarlet eyes revealing a hint of a smile:

"Senior's evil was not Senior's intent, yet Senior's intent has heralded a new spring for the human race."

Fanni was stunned, looking at Li Zhiyi once more, meeting Li Zhiyi's gaze.

"So it was... you..."

His voice carried a trace of confusion, as well as a trace of wistfulness and relief.

"I have... been waiting... for you..."

Fanni's physical body turned into fine powder and dissipated, and that broken head fell to the ground.

Yet it still looked at the human world with unwillingness:

"Kill Him..."

"Kill... Him."

His head began to dissipate, and the ferocity in the depths of his eyes was also about to vanish:

"I leave... it... to you..."

Fanni, dead!

Li Zhiyi stood calmly, slowly bowing.

"Green Mountain's Chen Yan, respectfully sends off Senior..."

The next moment.

Hum!

Strands of causality rules drifted toward Li Zhiyi.

This was the opportunity to ascend to the Ninth Rank.

Just like with Bai E, Fanni had brought out everything he could give to Chen Yan before he died.

But now, Li Zhiyi had already become a Ninth Rank, and did not need it.

With a splash.

The physically broken Zhang Huizhi flew out from within Li Zhiyi's body.

He received this strand of causality rules.

Li Zhiyi reached out with one hand, and the half-piece of Ancient God status that had been swallowed into Zhang Huizhi's body was grabbed into his hand.

Li Zhiyi began to devour and extinguish this half-piece of Ancient God status.

And Zhang Huizhi began to ascend to the Ninth Rank.

On this day.

Chen Yan's other two newborn bodies were both about to enter the Ninth Rank.

The Ninth Rank is a threshold.

Although the three newborn bodies possessed the same martial dao rules as Chen Yan.

If they did not enter the Ninth Rank, they could not fully utilize them.

They could not even utilize one-tenth.

This was also the reason why Li Zhiyi could so easily suppress and kill Fanni upon ascending to the Ninth Rank.

At the same time.

Xia Hanzhou, Lu Xunyang, and the others arrived upon the thick tree trunk.

They looked around, carrying a trace of bewilderment.

"Could there really be a world after death?"

The Lord of Elements was stunned.

"Perhaps..."

The Lord of the Universe was incredibly shocked:

"Since people can enter another world after death, does this world have existences comparable to Ancient Gods?"

The few felt uneasy.

If there were still Ancient Gods in the world after death.

Then when would the human race ever have a way out?

"If such a world after death is needed, perhaps the current me could truly build one."

A soft, laughing voice rang out.

Xia Zhiyang and the others all looked toward the source of the voice.

There, a figure stood calmly.

That figure was enveloped in chaotic light and flames, with profound Martial Dao rules flowing around their body that even they could not comprehend.

It was as if they were above all else.

"Father?" Xia Zhiyang narrowed his eyes, cold light erupting from the depths of his gaze.

"Senior, I cannot be your father."

Chen Yan smiled faintly, waved one hand, and the Martial Dao rules around his body dissipated, revealing his true appearance.

The next moment.

Xia Zhiyang and the others' bodies stiffened.

"Holy shit!"

Xia Hanzhou was stunned for a long time, only able to utter these two words.