Chapter 908: Tremor

After finishing this sentence, Zhen Jian blocked Hutian and the Shengnyu behind him. He stepped forward himself.

His intent was very clear; the Shengnyu opened her mouth to speak, but Hutian stopped her.

He knew the Shengnyu had the intention to intervene, and he also felt that letting a Sword Saint who understood nothing go off to fight a clone of an Evil God might be dangerous. Reason and logic dictated that he should offer a few words of advice, or at least inform him of the Evil God's formidable nature.

However, Hutian was not without a temper. His advocacy for peace was a rational judgment, not because he held any great reverence or deep affection for Humans; on the contrary, the way the two Sword Saints looked at him as if he were a stray dog had stung him deeply. For the sake of the big picture, he could ignore it on the surface, but if there were an opportunity to let the two of them make a fool of themselves, he would be happy to see it happen.

Of course, Hutian was not simply disregarding the big picture; he had his own considerations. That Evil God was indeed formidable, but it was not the main body that had come, merely a group of believers carrying the Evil God's power, and power had its limits. He had been unwilling to entangle himself before, which was why he had slowly retreated. If they truly fought to the death, there might not be no room for victory. Now that Zhen Jian had brazenly met it head-on, if he failed and was defeated, he could still go up to rescue him. With the three top powerhouses here joining forces, they certainly wouldn't lose, and he could even earn a favor right from the start.

Meanwhile, Zhen Jian, having stepped forward, did not forget to look back and say to Xun Jian: "Take care of our guests. Since they have arrived on our own turf, if there is any accident, it is our own faces that will be lost."

Hutian sneered, and the Shengnyu could not help but say: "I think if you are going to lose face, it won't be over this; you should be careful not to lose your face in the dirt instead."

Zhen Jian said: "Little girl, just watch."

Only a sizzling sound was heard, and a layer of lightning rose upon the surging waves.

The lightning was born out of thin air, turning into wisps of electric arcs and streaks of thunder snakes, instantly covering the river channel as far as the eye could see. Looking from afar, it was all deep blue, as if a blanket woven from lightning had been laid over the river.

Zhen means lightning.

Zhen Jian was originally a sword of lightning.

Lightning is inherently violent, but the lightning released by Zhen Jian, although trembling in wisps, was unexpectedly quite quiet. Except for the sizzling sound that seemed to tickle the eardrums when it first appeared, as the lightning gathered more and more, it became unusually quiet instead. Those dancing thunder snakes were also dancing silently, not even as loud as the sound of the rushing water. The blanket woven from lightning even isolated the sound of the water, causing a brief silence to appear in the ears of everyone present.

The Shengnyu swallowed a mouthful of saliva; she knew this move was extraordinary. The essence of lightning is manic, yet it behaved so quietly, which was actually taming. The person before her had tamed lightning to the extreme; no matter how much lightning there was, it was nothing more than a plaything in his hands.

She had heard that the powerhouses on the Human side could weave their own domains like gods; could it be that this blanket of lightning was the domain of this powerhouse who looked so dull and slow-witted?

In fact, she had not guessed correctly. This lightning was not Zhen Jian's Momentum, nor was it the Sword Domain that only a Sword Saint powerhouse possessed; it was merely lightning birthed by Zhen Jian using a small amount of Sword Essence, not even reaching the level of a Sword Image. If Zhen Jian truly released his own Sword Domain, then the existence of the lightning would not be just at this level.

"It's here?" Just as Zhen Jian was "showing off," a behemoth sailed from afar on the river opposite.

Looking at its shape, one should say that what was sailing over was a ship. But looking closely, one really could not say that this thing was a ship in the ordinary sense.

It had the shape of a ship, but its entire body was green, and there was a layer of green sludge slowly flowing on the surface. If one had to describe it, it was a mass of green mud with too much water added, molded into the shape of a ship.

The entire ship had only one other color—a flag fluttering on top of the green ship, which was pale yellow, and the pattern on it looked a bit like deer antlers.

Xun Jian said in surprise: "Why does this flag look familiar? Isn't that..."

Hutian gritted his teeth and said: "Yes, that's right, that is the flag of our alliance."

Their ship had not raised a flag when they came over, mainly to avoid attracting attention. The original plan was to raise the flag once they arrived here and were looking at the Humans from afar, to openly display their banner. They did not expect that they would not even last until that time; internal strife had already begun, followed by an attack from an external enemy, and then the entire ship was snatched away by someone, so there was no need to worry about the flag or anything else.

But he did not expect that after those Evil God believers snatched the ship, they actually found the spare flag in the warehouse, hung it on the top of the mast, and sailed over brazenly. The intent to humiliate could not be more obvious, and Hutian watched, gritting his teeth.

Zhen Jian laughed: "Are you sure that's the one? Rise!"

In an instant, the countless lightning bolts flowing quietly on the water surface suddenly recovered their violent nature and rose with a boom!

The speed of the lightning was truly too fast. Everyone heard the sound of "Rise," but could not see how the lightning rose; they only saw that in the next instant, countless lightning bolts had already wrapped around the Great Ship.

The Great Ship was like a headlong dive into a lightning cage, its whole body from top to bottom completely surrounded by lightning. The lightning cage was also full of thunder snake barbs, stabbing at the prey in the cage from every angle at every moment.

When the lightning had no sound, it was so silent that one suspected they were deaf; once it became violent, it made one wish they were deaf immediately. Every thunder snake was shrieking, every electric arc was hissing, and the booming, thunderous roars and the sizzling, crackling light sounds were intertwined, making one's entire nervous system very uncomfortable.

In this situation, not to mention what kind of power the lightning had, it seemed that the sound waves alone could cause the enemy to collapse.

However...

The Shengnyu endured the blinding glare of the lightning and looked into the center of the electric cage. She clearly saw the lightning attacking with all its might, trying to completely destroy and tear the green ship apart, but it seemed to be scratching an itch from outside the boot all along. Although the thick green mud was completely wrapped by the lightning, there was no movement such as shaking; instead, it was still moving forward steadily. It seemed that the lightning cage was just some kind of decoration it brought with it.

This seems... not to be breaking through the defense?

"It seems this Evil God is not conductive," Hutian also noticed this situation and said in a mocking tone.

Zhen Jian gave a slight cold snort. His lightning was not some ordinary lightning; just relying on being non-conductive would certainly not be able to defend against it. Even insulators like wood or tree gum would be reduced to ashes if struck by a wisp of fine electricity.

However... it was normal for the Evil God to have special abilities to not fear his lightning. He had also been to Tian Jiang Dao and knew that this green mud was actually an extension of the Evil God's body; its solidity and toughness were incomparable to any material existing in the natural environment.

Of course, Zhen Jian felt no frustration.

He did not expect that the power that made Hutian retreat three times could be taken away by him in one encounter; that would only prove that Hutian was acting.

The reason he chose this move to open was not because this move had the greatest power, but because it appeared the most ordinary, and the power could be large or small; he just wanted to see the foundation of that green mud.

"Add a little more—" Zhen Jian gently pressed his fingers downward.

"Boom—"

The cloudless sky suddenly thundered, and lightning bolts like thunder dragons struck down from the clear sky!

One strike was not just one or two bolts, but dozens, hundreds, or even countless lightning bolts!

If the thunder snakes just now had woven a cage, and there were gaps in the middle of the cage, then this time the lightning had connected into a single piece, like a lightning cover clamped onto the green ship, without a single gap—a true lightning cover!

The crowd watching from the outside could only see the light of the lightning and could not see the shadow of the ship inside at all. They also could not hear the sound of the lightning striking the ship, because the shrieking sound of the lightning itself was already deafening.

"What a great thunder, it's simply like..." The Shengnyu thought for a long time and thought of a storybook she had seen from the Human side, "It's simply like what they call the Heavenly Tribulation. It's that kind of Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation."

Hutian also could not help but sigh secretly: Indeed, such power was almost catching up to a god.

Or perhaps, it had already surpassed a god?

Human Sword Saints themselves were benchmarked against gods.

Thinking back then, they, these top High Priests, under the blessing of the Wanshendian and the High Gods, already had power exceeding that of ordinary small and medium gods, and they might not have been unable to use such moves. However, ever since the gods fell, the strength of these priests had actually plummeted. Like before, Haotian could challenge Qian Jian without falling behind, but now that was certainly impossible.

If the Evil God were to unify the Lingjie, because the Evil God itself did not give blessings to believers—it was not like the old school of gods who had some tacit "obligations," it only enjoyed the benefits and completely ignored the believers—then even if the order led by the only Holy God were restored, how could the people of the Lingjie compete with the Humans?

The Evil God is truly a scourge! It must be stopped!

At this moment, he could not help but think of Hao's strategy—to completely separate the two worlds.

Thinking carefully, this decision was very correct. Because even if they defeated the Evil God, the strength of the Lingjie had plummeted; if they did not actively retreat three times at this time, were they waiting for the Humans to come to their senses and counter-attack?

Hutian thought this, and turned his head to look at Zhen Jian.

Zhen Jian was currently draped in layers of faint blue; that was the tame Thunder Light, and also his Sword Light. Although there was light, one could still see his complexion—his complexion was very calm, and in the calmness, there was even a hint of solemnity.

Hmm?

Is the situation very bad?

Looking at the battlefield again, although the momentum was huge, he did not see the Evil God inside the lightning suffering any damage, did he? Could it be that this wave of attacks was also unable to break the defense?

This is too terrifying, right? This is just the power borrowed by the Evil God's believers, not the Evil God itself!

If this were truly the case, then his previous judgment—that he could still fight if he were willing to risk injury—was wrong; in fact, if he hadn't run fast, he would have already been in grave danger?

Just as he was about to decide to put aside his misgivings and go up to assist in the battle, he heard a tearing sound; the Thunder Light barrier was ripped open by some unknown force, and the green ship drilled its way out.

Completely unscathed!

However, just as everyone felt a sense of dread and stood as if facing a formidable enemy, they saw the Great Ship turn three hundred and sixty degrees on the spot and speed away, riding the wind and breaking the waves even faster than it had arrived.

Under the gaze of many powerhouses from both worlds on the shore, in the blink of an eye, the green ship had already vanished at the skyline!

What is going on?!

The Evil God gang has fled?!