Chapter 276: The Inevitable Death Trap

At the same moment Master Bingshuangyan struck, the avatar of the True Lord of Black Day, shrouded in darkness by the distant riverside, could not help but pause in surprise.

"Ice Sea Azure God?"

Immediately, he reacted: "No, this is a beast body simulated through transformation. This aura... could it be Bing Shuangyan, the seventeenth direct disciple of the Star Fall Continent's Ancestor?"

As a capable subordinate of the Yuan Emperor, he had heard of most of the direct disciples of the Ancestors of the Three Great Holy Lands and had felt their recorded auras.

Everyone's aura is unique; this is a characteristic easier to identify than appearance or energy. Naturally, he recognized it instantly.

"Why would Bing Shuangyan appear here?"

The True Lord of Black Day found it hard to believe. "It seems she is waiting specifically for Lin Qing here. I heard Bing Shuangyan and this Lin Qing have some grudge. Could she have come to seek revenge?"

But in an instant, a decision formed in his heart: "So be it. Bing Shuangyan's strength is far greater than this avatar. Since our goals align, let Bing Shuangyan force Lin Qing out of the Main Star for me. This is even smoother than the plan."

His strength was not outstanding among the Void Divine Officials, reaching only the peak of the Yu Xingyuan nineteenth layer, and his avatar was even one level lower.

According to the Yuan Emperor's estimation, after Lin Qing transformed into a Void Sovereign, he would possess at least strength nearing the Yu Xingyuan nineteenth layer; truly reaching the Yu Xingyuan nineteenth layer would be normal.

Furthermore, due to the special nature of the Main Star, his avatar could only exert two and a half tenths of his power, making him even inferior to Lin Qing. Thus, Your Majesty had bestowed upon him a trump card, giving him the opportunity to force Lin Qing to leave the Main Star.

After all, his true body, as a Void Divine Official, could not ascend to the Main Star.

Even if he could ascend to the Main Star, exerting only two and a half tenths of his power, without the trump card bestowed by the Yuan Emperor, his true body would not have sufficient confidence to kill Lin Qing.

Therefore, his plan was to use his avatar to force Lin Qing out of the Main Star, and then have his true body strike and kill him in one blow.

But he never expected Bing Shuangyan, an unexpected person, to appear.

Fortunately, this did not affect the plan; on the contrary, it was even more advantageous.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by layers of space waves crashing down like a tsunami, the silver-white frost giant beast, swollen to a height of fully a thousand kilometers, had already seized the divine artifact boat.

This towering frost giant beast possessed four legs like pillars holding up the sky, its entire body covered in fur resembling the Frost Land, with eyes larger than great peaks. The natural chill radiating from its body had even completely frozen and stagnated the nearby void fluctuations.

At this moment, after the frost giant beast's claw seized the dark-green divine artifact boat, terrifying power immediately began to crush the divine artifact boat wildly.

Although the divine artifact boat was indeed sturdy, the protective light on its surface began to tremble incessantly under this terrifying power, seeming ready to collapse at any moment.

"Lin Qing, weren't you very arrogant?"

In the eyes of the frost giant beast, which resembled towering peaks, a trace of violence and satisfaction appeared. "Didn't you wait for me to come find you? Now why do you only hide like a turtle with its head in its shell? Hm?"

Inside the divine artifact boat on the verge of collapse, Lin Qing looked at this frost giant beast with a calm expression, his eyes slightly narrowed.

"Ice Sea Azure God? Truly worthy of being a direct disciple of a Holy Land Ancestor; you do possess some skill."

He naturally recognized that the opponent's simulated transformation was the dominant special life form of the North Pole Sea of the Void Ocean, the 'Ice Sea Azure God'.

As one of the races once raised by the Void Divine Clan, the Ice Sea Azure God belonged to the extremely terrifying category even among the terrifying life forms born as Void Sovereigns.

And the Ice Sea Azure God simulated by Bing Shuangyan not only possessed the Ice Sea Azure God's innate terrifying power but could also utilize it even better through divine techniques!

At this moment, after Bing Shuangyan transformed into the Ice Sea Azure God, she did not even use a divine technique; relying solely on the brute force of her body, which naturally contained spatial rules, she was nearly crushing the divine artifact boat to collapse!

"Still not coming out?"

The Ice Sea Azure God, transformed by Bing Shuangyan, roared, and the other hoof-claw immediately swept toward the divine artifact boat with a howl. The terrifying might caused space to twist wildly, clearly indicating the use of a divine technique!

Then—

"Boom!"

Terrifying golden light suddenly erupted. Endless might, centered on the divine artifact boat, surged outward in all directions, instantly transforming into a golden sun!

The Ice Sea Azure God shook violently, forced by the exploding might to retreat involuntarily, sweeping over hundreds of thousands of kilometers of land before its back crashed loudly against the stone wall of a massive Shanfeng.

This massive disturbance, enough to make the entire Main Star tremble, immediately attracted the attention of everyone on the Main Star.

That terrifying aura obviously far exceeded the level of most Void Sovereigns.

After the Void Sovereigns on this Main Star felt this terrifying aura, they could not help but instinctively tremble with fear.

"Hm?"

The frost giant beast, transformed by Bing Shuangyan, supported itself against the mountain wall with both hands, suddenly straightened its body, and looked at the terrifying golden sun in the distance with some surprise. "You actually managed to shake me off?"

At this moment, the golden sun, condensing endless power, suddenly collapsed, instantly transforming into a towering divine statue a thousand kilometers high.

The massive divine statue stood leaning against the sky and rising from the earth, facing the towering frost giant beast, radiating equally terrifying momentum.

"Some strength."

Bing Shuangyan sneered, then her four hooves suddenly stomped the void. Accompanied by the heavy collapse of space, she charged toward Lin Qing with a thunderous impact.

Lin Qing also activated the World God, suddenly lifting one leg to kick straight back. The terrifying might similarly caused space to collapse continuously; even the spatial ripples alone were enough to make many Void Sovereigns turn pale.

"Boom!!"

These two colossal beings, like two stars, collided with a thunderous crash. The spatial ripples they stirred up surged outward like ripples, and even the residual waves were enough to annihilate ordinary Void Sovereigns!

In the end, Lin Qing did not retreat a single step; he only stood in place, leaving a huge crater in the ground of the Main Star.

Bing Shuangyan, however, retreated more than ten steps before stopping her body.

"I am actually inferior to him?" Bing Shuangyan found it hard to believe.

She, a direct disciple of the Ancestor, had long ago created combined divine techniques using spatial rules and even studied a complete Ice Sea Azure God to simulate it so realistically and powerfully.

Yet, when competing with this Lin Qing, was she the one falling behind?

Even though the cosmic will of the Main Star suppressed her so severely that she could not exert her full strength, managing only about thirty percent of her power, this thirty percent was enough to easily crush many super-strong experts among the Void Sovereigns.

"So strong."

Lin Qing raised his eyebrows slightly.

He had already exerted his full strength, yet he was only slightly superior.

"Truly worthy of a divine technique containing complete spatial rules; it is indeed a leap forward," Lin Qing thought, shaking his head inwardly.

In fact, even the bloodline genes of the Ice Sea Azure God were inferior to the fourth or fifth-generation bloodlines of the Void Divine Clan, so he held an advantage in genetic index.

Moreover, although the opponent had created her own combined divine technique, it was not as perfect as his.

Coupled with his advantage in the set of divine artifacts, he barely surpassed the opponent's divine technique containing complete spatial rules by a narrow margin.

"If we were outside the Main Star, I wouldn't be his match..."

A divine technique created with complete spatial laws is ultimately too strong.

If he could also create a perfect World God using complete spatial laws, he could probably kill Master Bingshuangyan with a single slap.

"How is that possible?"

Bing Shuangyan found it hard to believe and charged at Lin Qing again with a thunderous roar, but the result was the same: he was knocked flying backward, clearly at a slight disadvantage.

At this moment, two towering behemoths clashed and fought repeatedly over the mountains and rivers of the Main Star. The terrifying, massive commotion made the Void Lords watching unable to suppress their shivers of fear.

Lin Qing was not in a hurry to use the Mist Pigeon Secret Art anyway; after all, he was activating the set artifact 'Nine-Source World Lord', whose consumption was pitifully small, even slower than his own replenishment.

Bing Shuangyan was clearly using a divine technique, so his consumption must be far greater than his.

As long as he dragged it out, victory was inevitable!

Meanwhile, the Black Hei Zhou Zhen Zhu, watching from the side, couldn't help but frown tightly.

"Is this Lin Qing really that strong?"

He found it hard to believe. "He hasn't even created a divine technique with complete spatial laws, yet he already possesses the strength of the nineteenth layer of the Yu Xingyuan?"

With his vision, he could judge it at a glance.

At this moment, both Bing Shuangyan and Lin Qing had reached the threshold of the nineteenth layer of the Yu Xingyuan; however, Bing Shuangyan, affected by the oppression of the Universe Will, was only displaying a small portion of his strength.

If they were outside, this Lin Qing would not be Bing Shuangyan's match.

"My avatar simply cannot threaten Lin Qing..." The Black Hei Zhou Zhen Zhu frowned.

His avatar possessed only the strength of the peak of the eighteenth layer of the Yu Xingyuan, and could only exert two and a half tenths of his power; naturally, he was far inferior to these two, making it difficult even to intervene in the battle!

"It seems I must use the trump card bestowed by Your Majesty..."

The Black Hei Zhou Zhen Zhu took a deep breath.

He suddenly raised his head, and saw a black shadow, hidden deep within the shadows of space, silently flying in from beyond the distant Main Star.

It was yet another avatar of the Black Hei Zhou Zhen Zhu.

This avatar had been separated from his original body, which had just arrived nearby, and it carried the ultimate trump card treasure bestowed by Emperor Yuan!

"Damn it..."

Bing Shuangyan's face turned ugly. "If not for the oppression of the Universe Will, under the condition of exerting my full strength, I could definitely kill this Lin Qing..."

With only thirty percent of his strength now, he was merely a tiny bit weaker than Lin Qing.

Naturally, he felt deeply unwilling.

At the same time, he found it even more incomprehensible: how could this Lord of the Mountain and Sea Realm, who hadn't lived for many years, possess such a terrifying will?

He had long possessed the strength to become a Void Divine Officer; the only reason he had not participated for so long was that he wanted to temper his will, hoping to reach the upper limit of the Universe with his mental will, so that in the future he could choose a naturally born divine artifact on a certain Main Star.

But after tempering until now, he was still at a vast distance from the threshold of actualizing the will.

Since his will was inferior to others, he had nothing to say.

But what he found most incomprehensible was—

"Master clearly said that if I came to the Main Star, there would be hope to kill this Lin Qing. How is that possible?"

Bing Shuangyan also understood that his display of such strength relied entirely on his own activation of a divine technique; the consumption was terrifyingly high. In a contest of consumption, he would undoubtedly lose.

Knowing he would undoubtedly lose, yet persisting, was because his teacher, the Ancestor of the Time-Space Island, had said he had hope to kill Lin Qing!

But...

Now that he had exhausted all his strength, he could see no chance of victory at all!

Moreover, within the scope of this Main Star, not only could the Inner Void not be opened, but even the spatial teleportation of the Holy Land could not be used.

If this continued, he even suspected he might die.

But...

How could a great existence like Master be wrong?

Just then—

"Voom—!"

Suddenly, accompanied by a vast and invisible wave silently sweeping across heaven and earth, countless streaks of flowing light descended like a meteor shower, with endless radiance falling down.

At this moment, the space within a range of tens of millions of kilometers around the entire Main Star was locked; spatial fluctuations completely solidified and vanished, and the void was thoroughly imprisoned!

Those countless streaks of flowing light were more like rain falling, striking the surface of the divine statue formed by Lin Qing, triggering wave after wave of light.

"Hmm?"

Lin Qing immediately felt an immense, surging power rush toward him; not only was the space imprisonment binding him, but the streaks of flowing light falling like raindrops were also suppressing him frantically.

In just an instant, his strength could only be exerted at one or two tenths!

"As expected, it has come..."

Lin Qing's face instantly turned cold, but his gaze remained calm.

Bing Shuangyan was stunned, then his pupils contracted slightly: "This is... a domain-type Chaos Divine Artifact? Emperor Yuan's Star Rain World?"

He suddenly looked toward the distant black shadow hidden within the shadows of space, which was activating this domain divine artifact.

"An avatar of the Black Hei Zhou Zhen Zhu?"

The number of Chaos Divine Artifacts was limited to just a few; naturally, he could not fail to recognize this famous domain-type Chaos Divine Artifact. Moreover, once a Chaos Divine Artifact recognizes its master and merges with the soul, the recognition can almost only be severed after the host's death.

Only a peerless powerhouse like Emperor Yuan, who possessed multiple avatars, could have an avatar voluntarily shatter his soul to sever the recognition of a Chaos Divine Artifact, and thus be willing to bestow a Chaos Divine Artifact upon a subordinate!

"Master was right; I can indeed kill this Lin Qing!"

Feeling Lin Qing's aura suddenly weaken by eight or nine tenths, Bing Shuangyan felt wild joy in his heart.

The Black Hei Zhou Zhen Zhu was, after all, a Void Divine Officer; even if it was just an avatar, he was stronger than many supreme experts among the Void Lords. After activating this domain-type Chaos Divine Artifact 'Star Rain World', the terror of the domain rose another level, sufficient to suppress a peak expert of the nineteenth layer of the Yu Xingyuan!

With Lin Qing's meager strength suppressed by such a terrifying domain, naturally, only one or two tenths remained.

"Seventeenth Highness, why do you not act yet?" The Black Hei Zhou Zhen Zhu transmitted a voice to urge: "Seal him first; I am contacting a One-Star God to arrive. At that time, we will seize his Divine Core!"

In any case, his goal was merely to kill Lin Qing and strip him of his Star God identity; he did not care who did the killing, as long as the deed was done.

As for that set of divine artifacts?

Once he activated the Star Rain World, even Master Bingshuangyan could be suppressed, so he had no fear of Master Bingshuangyan snatching it away.

"Hmph, very well."

Master Bingshuangyan let out a cold snort and immediately charged at Lin Qing again.

He had originally only been following his master's orders to kill Lin Qing; he never expected his master's calculations to be so precise and clever, actually succeeding in killing Lin Qing!

Lin Qing, meanwhile, narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Who set up this certain-death trap?"

Endless Star Rain crazily suppressed and bound him, while Master Bingshuangyan was charging forward; even space-time teleportation could not be used here.

Once sealed, with a Star God present, he would truly lose his position as a Star God.

Such a clever, heaven-sent killing trap was clearly the result of meticulous calculation!

"However, it seems they did not calculate my true trump card..."

A slight smile curled Lin Qing's lips.

At this moment, under the suppression of the endless Star Rain and within the heavy spatial seals, he suddenly transformed into a wisp of gray, wild wind and vanished instantly without a trace.

(End of this chapter)