Chapter 344: Acting in the Past

Under the palm of the Terror figure, Li Heng's form vanished.

At this moment, the Ancient Sages and other powerhouses finally reacted, eyes widening, revealing expressions of disbelief—what was going on, what had just happened!

The ten Ancient Sages were utterly bewildered.

Although they could clearly perceive that this Terror figure was one major realm stronger than them, it was absolutely an existence of the same realm as that Fellow Daoist Li, at most just a bit stronger.

Since it was only a bit stronger, the strength was limited.

Then such a crushing situation should not have occurred.

Fellow Daoist Li was just gone like that, did he flip his cart?

What about the trump card you promised?

At this moment, they could not sense any aura from Li Heng at all, as if he had truly been slapped to death by this palm, slapped out of existence; they looked at each other, completely dumbfounded.

Compared to the ten Ancient Sages.

The other powerhouses of the Present World were more filled with panic.

Sure enough, even that great power who opened up Reincarnation could not withstand a palm from this Terror figure, let alone them? It seemed the day of the destruction of the Present World was arriving, and everything was about to end.

Even a blind person could see that the Terror figure was an enemy, not a friend.

Of course, there were also some with an extremely strong desire to survive who were already desperately contacting the great clans, hoping to use the connections of those clans to escape with their lives.

The great clans, on the other hand, were incomparably ecstatic.

Their ancestor was truly invincible; even that fierce person could be slapped to death with one palm. From now on, no one would dare to provoke the majesty of their clans. Even super-powerful factions like the Dao Sect and Buddhist Sect could only be beneath them; the great clans would ultimately reign over the land of the Present World!

The monk and the Daoist staying with Xiao Hao had complex expressions.

Was it over just like that? Was it finished?

Could even Li Jushi not withstand this palm?

But...

The monk and the Daoist recalled Li Heng's unfathomable nature and his various methods; in the end, a faint glimmer of hope rose in their hearts—perhaps Li Jushi was not dead?

"Haha, everything is over, everything is over. Master, you have no idea what a terrifying existence this is..."

Xiao Hao drank wine, the surroundings covered in spilled liquor and shards of wine jars; his expression was manic, neither crying nor laughing, completely devoid of the ease he once had as a young master of a great clan.

The Terror figure withdrew his palm and looked at the ten Ancient Sages again, "Auras of the past, not belonging to this current era. Interesting, are you the Ancient Sages recorded in the classics?"

"But looking at it now, you are just Dead Remnants chased by the Calamity. Forget it, forget it; a grand carnival is ultimately not for Dead Remnants like you. Go and accompany that variable."

The figure's voice was indifferent, yet carried a very biting killing intent.

Immediately, he raised his hand and pressed down toward the ten Ancient Sages.

He was currently acting across eras and had paid a great price; he had to resolve all unstable factors as quickly as possible, otherwise, once his old rivals noticed, he would be in a passive position.

At this moment, a sigh sounded, echoing through the Heaven and Earth of the Present World.

"In the end, I still have to move these old bones of mine."

The Terror figure's movements did not change, his palm continuing to press down; it was just a mere Void Heaven Realm, not worth worrying about. But since he had jumped out, he would just crush him to death later.

Until a figure appeared in the River of Time.

This figure was very strong, at the Void Heaven Realm.

But facing this Terror figure projected from the future, he still lacked the strength to do so; the hope that had just risen in the hearts of some powerhouses instantly extinguished again, turning to disappointment.

But at this very moment.

In the future river segment extending from this figure as a base point, an identical figure emerged at every time Node, seemingly equivalent to him at every point in time.

It was just that these figures became more illusory the further they extended into the future.

The Terror figure was somewhat surprised at this, and he spoke.

"An interesting method, but since you have already died in the past, you should properly be a dead man. Do not interfere in the affairs of the present and future, or do you want to die completely?"

The words carried cold, fierce killing intent, pressing toward that figure.

At this time, the faces of these figures were no longer blurry.

Many powerhouses of the Present World were shocked to see this scene, for they had recognized the identity of this figure—it was actually the mysterious and unfathomable leader of the Tianming Organization, Xuantianji!

But why did the Terror figure say Xuantianji was a dead man?

The powerhouses were stunned, suddenly thinking of the previous disappearance of the Tianming Organization; could it be that it was precisely because Xuantianji died that the Tianming Organization disappeared?

But if Xuantianji was a dead man.

Why had he appeared again now?

Wait!

They gasped in their hearts, thinking of a possibility.

Could it be that Xuantianji was acting from the past, from the point in time when he was still alive, and then, through some method, allowed his power to cross the River of Time and act upon this current time Node?

This would explain why those figures of Xuantianji became more and more illusory the further they extended into the future. Because Xuantianji had already died in the past; in the present and future, he had no foundation.

Some powerhouses of the Present World felt lingering fear in their hearts.

Because back then, their Tianming Organization had not been so polite, and had even been very disdainful of Xuantianji's habit of hiding his head and showing his tail.

As it turned out now, Xuantianji was terrifyingly strong, having actually reached the Void Heaven Realm beyond the Heavenly Human, and was even able to cross time to a certain extent.

Although it seemed it would not help the current situation.

"Fellow Daoist jokes; your foundation is also in the future, and you now are also nothing but an illusory projection. How are you any different from me?"

Xuantianji said calmly.

"Hehe, old thing, you truly do not know the Heavenly Mandate."

The Terror figure sneered.

"The future is already destined, no longer ethereal, and has already turned into True Reality. You, a ghost who died in the past, dare to talk to me about foundations? Furthermore, you are only in the Void Heaven Realm, while I am in the Void Dao Realm. Even if we both have no foundation, that is not something you can rival."

Xuantianji laughed upon hearing this.

"I, this old man, don't need to be able to beat you."

As these words were spoken, the Terror figure immediately felt a sense of foreboding, withdrawing the palm that was about to suppress the ten Ancient Sages, erupting with Weird power, wanting to shatter Xuantianji in an instant.

However, it was too late.

Xuantianji's expression was solemn.

"Let the past return to the past, and the future return to the future!"

He spoke in a loud voice, and all the figures immediately ignited without fire, turning into torches, triggering invisible power fluctuations that rippled across this River of Time, affecting the stability of the River of Time and making it flicker in and out of existence.

Accompanying this, the Terror figure was also flickering in and out of existence.

It seemed to be disappearing at every moment.

"Audacious!"

The Terror figure roared, its speed surging as it killed toward Xuantianji.

The River of Time was the key to its ability to strike across eras from the future; once it disappeared, it would lose its channel for communicating power with the future, and this projection of its own would also completely vanish.

The ten Ancient Sages had solemn expressions.

They understood what was going on.

Just a moment ago, they were still wondering why Xuantianji was doing this; after all, neither the Void Heaven Realm nor the Void Dao Realm had the qualifications to interfere with the River of Time and cause it to fall into Chaos.

But now it seemed.

Although this River of Time was the real River of Time, it was only manifested because the Terror figure used a certain method.

Therefore, once power was used to influence it slightly and destroy the stability of this method, the River of Time could be made to fade away again, returning to between Heaven and Earth and all things.

In this way, the Terror figure would also lose its foundation of existence.

"Fellow Daoist, we have come to assist you!"

The ten Ancient Sages roared, and they also successively unleashed their Supernatural Ability power, helping Xuantianji interfere with the River of Time, letting the River of Time return to the midst of Heaven and Earth and all things.

"Get back to the future, old thing!"

Xuantianji also became agitated, his avatar body wrapped in flames, burning his own essence, energy, and spirit, his aura sublimating to the extreme as he cooperated with the ten Ancient Sages, wanting to strike the Terror figure back to the future.

The Terror figure was angry to the extreme.

"You are courting death!"

It did not expect these living beings to be so shameless; they couldn't beat it head-on, so they cut off its path of retreat?

It let out a great roar.

Suddenly, a pair of eyes emerged from the blackness at the end of the River of Time, looking at this current time Node, directly causing Heaven and Earth to stand still, and Xuantianji and the ten Ancient Sages were frozen solid.

This was not time stopping, but rather using a high-status pressure to suppress Heaven and Earth, causing the operation of Heaven and Earth to cease, and all living beings could only engage in mental thought.

However, those eyes seemed to have paid a huge price as well.

They shed shocking tears of blood.

And even became stained with that touch of black because of it.

The Terror figure breathed heavily, infinite Yin energy and baleful energy being swallowed by it like a whale, then it looked with a hideous grin at the Present World Heaven and Earth, as well as Xuantianji and the ten Ancient Sages who were unable to move on the spot.

It laughed out loud.

"In the face of Absolute strength, all your little tricks are of no avail. Did you really think this Venerable One could only project a Void shadow over? Go to hell, this Venerable One says!"

It brought down a palm.

It wanted to blast Xuantianji and the ten Ancient Sages to pieces.

At this moment, a foot stepped out from the dark Void.

Li Heng broke free from that state and returned to the Present World.

"Tsk."

He looked at everything frozen between Heaven and Earth and couldn't help but shake his head.

What kind of nonsense is this; how long had he been gone?

"Wait, you didn't die!"

The Terror figure, who thought victory was in its grasp, was incredulous to see Li Heng appear again.

"Are you surprised that I didn't die?"

Li Heng said with a smile.

"If you didn't die, I'll let you die again!"

The Terror figure roared, striking out with another palm, still locking onto Li Heng's future, making Li Heng fall into the fate of death.

Li Heng shook his head; just this one trick?

He slightly thrust out his fist, similarly locking on with the future, returning the favor in a way that destined the Terror figure to die, and in an instant, it collided with that palm of the Terror figure.

Then, the Terror figure exploded directly.

At the same time the figure exploded, in that black area at the end of the River of Time, a constantly writhing, murmuring, rotting form appeared, emitting a intense wail.

Li Heng calmly withdrew his fist and snapped his fingers.

Heaven and Earth returned to operation, and everything was restored.

He looked at Xuantianji, who was still burning continuously, and raised an eyebrow.

"What, you old man want to commit suicide?"