Chapter 462: Death! Death! Flee…

The silver spear light penetrated everywhere, continuously tearing through the poison miasma barrier, shattering energy vines, forcing Ming She to retreat step by step, barely escaping death.

On the other side, Tiankui Star Lord removed his shield wall and clashed head-on with Zhu Jian!

Both relied on raw power, drawing upon the thick, majestic earth-elemental forces of heaven and earth.

Tiankui Star Lord swung his fists, shadowy punches forming mountains, carrying the weight to suppress all things.

Zhu Jian roared continuously, his fists like giant hammers, each strike heavy and powerful enough to split mountains and shatter rocks.

Their fists and feet collided, producing deafening roars; violent qi blasts exploded the ground into massive deep craters, while the rock walls continuously peeled away and collapsed.

A pure contest of brute force, shocking to behold.

Dikong Star Lord clung to the most cunning Shan Sao like a persistent parasite.

His movement was even more elusive and unpredictable than Shan Sao's; often, the instant Shan Sao believed he had vanished into shadow or escaped via polluted blood mist, Dikong Star Lord appeared from an angle he never anticipated, his short blade arriving silently with lethal void-cutting force.

Forcing Shan Sao into constant dodging and defense, he was left disheveled and helpless, unable to utilize his ambush and assassination strengths, let alone interfere with Chen Mu or other battlefields.

Under the protection of the Four Star Gods, Chen Mu's pressure dropped sharply.

Yet he did not retreat far from the main battlefield, instead drifting along its edges—alert for any possible reinforcements from other Beast Gods or disturbances from fleeing followers below, while closely monitoring the condition of the three Beast God Tiangong cultivators.

Tianfu Star Lord held the center, the starlight compass constantly rotating.

He occasionally bound and disrupted enemies with starlight chains, especially targeting Ming She's poison arts and Shan Sao's evasion techniques; at other times, he bolstered the states of Pojun and Tiankui, restored their depleted energy, and occasionally set up small defensive arrays to shield the mine structure from battle aftershocks, preventing large-scale collapses that might harm his side, fully embodying his role as "strategist" and "support."

Under his coordination, the Four Star Gods grew ever more synchronized, their assaults flowing like mercury spilled on the ground, relentless and unbroken.

The battle escalated further; Tiangong cultivators unleashed the full power of heaven and earth's forces, their might terrifying.

Boom—

Zhu Jian punched forward, summoning the power of the earth veins; the ground suddenly split open into a gorge dozens of zhang wide and bottomless, spewing scorching magma that formed a roaring fire dragon hurtling toward Tiankui Star Lord.

Tiankui Star Lord did not yield, stomping his feet and roaring.

"Rise!"

Hundreds of massive boulders around him were ripped from the earth by sheer force, coalescing in midair into a colossal rock mountain that crashed down upon the fire dragon and Zhu Jian.

On the other side, Ming She, cornered by Pojun Star Lord, let out a piercing shriek and bit his tongue, spitting a mouthful of essence blood onto his emerald staff!

The staff blazed with light; a lifelike, hundred-zhang-long phantom of Ming She, entirely formed from emerald poison and vengeful spirits, materialized out of thin air, radiating overwhelming poison miasma and hatred, opening its massive jaws to devour Pojun Star Lord!

This was his desperate killing technique.

Pojun Star Lord's eyes turned sharp; silver-white light boiled around him, his long spear merging with his body as if one, the spear tip revealing a true phantom image of the Pojun star.

"Die!"

He thrust forward—not mere energy discharge, but a perfect fusion of martial truth and heaven-earth force.

The spear shot forth like a true star of slaughter, descending upon the mortal realm with the will of termination and annihilation!

"…"

No explosive impact as imagined.

The spear tip touched the forehead of Ming She's phantom; time seemed to freeze for an instant.

The next moment, the emerald phantom shattered inch by inch from head to tail, dissolving into nothingness like a punctured balloon.

Pojun Star Spear pierced through without resistance; in Ming She's stunned, horrified, and desperate gaze, it tore through his chest!

"Puh~"

Crimson blood sprayed out, floating in midair.

"No… impossible…" Ming She's eyes widened behind his mask, his breath collapsing like a deflating balloon.

Pojun Star Lord shook his spear; violent true qi shattered Ming She's five organs, six viscera, and soul completely.

The first Tiangong Beast God fell!

【Corpse detected. Retrieve?】

"Yes!"

…

Card acquired, Chen Mu swiftly checked it.

Concentration Card!

Not bad.

Immediately, his form flickered, moving closer to the edge of the other battlefield.

He casually slew scattered subordinate followers of the Beast Gods.

【Corpse detected. Retrieve?】

"Yes!"

…

Seeing Ming She dead, Zhu Jian's single eye turned blood-red; he let out a mournful, furious roar and abandoned his clash with Tiankui Star Lord, turning to flee.

But Tianfu Star Lord's starlight chains had already clung to him like a shadow, wrapping him tightly.

Swoosh—swoosh—swoosh~

The sound of piercing air echoed across the battlefield.

Tiankui Star Lord seized the opportunity, gathering all his strength and slamming a punch into Zhu Jian's back!

"Puh!"

Zhu Jian spewed blood, his spine cracking under unbearable strain, his protective aura shattered, his massive body stumbling forward as he collapsed.

In the instant before he hit the ground, Dikong Star Lord appeared beside him like a ghost, his short blade tracing an arcane path as it lightly swept across Zhu Jian's throat.

The space-cutting force ignored his last remaining defenses, drawing a trail of blood.

The second Tiangong Beast God fell!

With two major leaders lost, the lone Shan Sao was terrified beyond reason.

He no longer cared about face or mission; he let out a shrill cry as a thick cloud of crimson mist exploded from his body, within which countless tiny, flame-wreathed Shan Sao phantoms scattered in all directions, blinding the eye.

His true body transformed into a nearly invisible crimson thread, sacrificing his primordial essence to unleash his ultimate escape technique, vanishing instantly into the complex waterway fissures at the bottom of the mine.

"Pursue!"

The General Star Lord, his killing intent still burning, moved to chase.

"Do not pursue a desperate foe."

The Heavenly Treasury Star Lord immediately halted him: "The commotion here is too great—other elite hunters of the Beast God may already be on the way. The Shan Sao, severely wounded and fleeing, cannot pose a threat in the short term. Our priority is to clear the remnants, inspect the ritual core, and evacuate immediately!"

Though reluctant, the General Star Lord understood the stakes; he let out a cold snort and withdrew his gaze.

With three of the Beast God's leaders dead or fled, the remaining followers crumbled like a mountain collapsing under its own weight; swiftly purged by the Four Star Gods, they were all slain.

Chen Mu moved silently toward the place where the Ju Jian had fallen, and under the cover of looting the battlefield and gathering Valuable Items, he quietly retrieved another card.

Memory Card!

……

Inside the mine, chaos reigned.

The earth cracked open, lava flowed freely; peaks shattered, rocks rained down. Though the poison mist had dispersed, filth remained.

The Four Star Gods stood atop this ruin, their star robes snapping in the wind, their aura blazing.

In this battle, they not only succeeded in rescuing the Giant Gate Star Lord but also dealt a crushing blow to the Beast God's forces here, demonstrating the formidable strength and decisive resolve of the "Star God" organization's elite.

"Gather all Valuable Items—especially the core object of the evil array—and go!"