Chapter 569: Heaven-Grade Maha vs. Earth-Grade Maha

Lingshuang City.

This is one of the branch altars of Wushuang City, and it is one of the most prosperous cities among the branch altars; even compared to Wushuang City, it is not much inferior.

One can see that the scenery within the city is picturesque, pedestrians are shoulder to shoulder, and merchants and travelers are endless. Of course, martial artists are not a rare sight in the city; a glance is enough to spot twos and threes of warriors carrying long swords on their backs, possessing a rather masculine air, or perhaps heroic and spirited swordswomen with slender, powerful waists.

The previous Jia Dugu did not put much thought into governing his forces, so bullying the weak was not uncommon.

But now, the one managing these hundreds of branch altars is Mo Baisuzhen. She knows that only by observing the ways of the world can she better implement the plan of Demon Saves All Living Beings, so she spends the vast majority of her time on this.

And although Bai Suzhen lacks management methods, she is as clever as ice and snow, with wisdom like the sea, so she quickly managed things into perfect order, making the increasingly dilapidated towns prosperous again.

There are two figures, one green and one white, strolling along the long street.

"This place is so prosperous."

The white figure looks around, her beautiful eyes filled with a touch of curiosity. Her voice is just like her, like a pool of clear spring water, ethereal, limpid, and elegant.

Her face is veiled in a layer of white gauze, and the dress she wears is also white. Her entire being is as white as snow, light and soft, dreamlike and illusory, as if she were a white enchantress.

Her waterfall-like hair is draped over her shoulders. Although she looks only fourteen or fifteen years old, those beautiful eyes are so dreamy and pure, as if hiding a distant dream, a dream yearning for the beautiful love of the human world.

"It is said that after Yu Liancheng became City Lord, he carried out drastic reforms, and the situation in the major branch altars has improved greatly. Compared to the rule of the Imperial Court and the World Association, it is more popular with the people."

The person in green wears a colorful mask on her face, making it difficult to discern her true appearance, but from the undulating figure within the green clothes, as well as her voice, one can still tell that she is a mature woman.

This green and white attire is conspicuous enough even among the martial artists, who are full of eccentrics, but no one noticed them, as if they were invisible.

"Divine Mother... I..."

The woman in white parts her red lips slightly, her moth-like eyebrows revealing a look of hesitation.

"You don't want the divine beast to destroy this place?" The green-clad woman has taken care of the woman in white since she was young; how could she not understand the woman in white's thoughts?

"That's right, this city has tens of thousands of residents, men, women, old, and young. Once the divine beast breaks through the city, I fear there won't be many survivors left in the entire city, and the casualties will be countless," the woman in white said in a low voice.

"But this is the order of God." The green-clad woman's tone became a bit more severe: "He hates it most when people defy his orders. Back then, the real Bai Suzhen, his daughter... also died because of this. Now that he has mastered the Maha Wuliang from the Alarm List and possesses the power of Heaven, I fear he is even more indifferent to emotions."

"Yes, I am just a substitute who doesn't even deserve to have my own original name." The woman in white lowers her head, with a heartbreaking sense of sorrow: "I fear that if I make the slightest mistake, he will kill me and go find the next substitute."

The woman in green is silent for a moment, then says: "Beast Gods are all monsters without intelligence. Since you are unwilling, then forget it. As for God, I will go and speak to him; after all, I have been doing things for him for over a hundred years..."

"Divine Mother."

The woman in white's beautiful eyes well up with emotion.

The Divine Mother has taken care of her since she was young; in reality, the two are like mother and daughter.

But she also knows that even if the Divine Mother defies God's order, she will only face death. Just as she was about to continue discussing, she caught sight of a back, a back that once seen, is hard to forget.

"Boss, two sticks of candied haws."

It is clearly just a simple back, yet it has a feeling of transcending the mundane and being peerless in grace. No matter how many people are in the crowd, one would notice him immediately upon a single glance.

This kind of transcendent bearing—among the people the two women in green and white have seen, even that Long-lived Immortal God seems to be a notch inferior in terms of style and bearing.

Is there actually someone in this world who can stand shoulder to shoulder with God, or even surpass him?

The man turns around, smiling. He is not only peerlessly handsome and flawless, but his whole body possesses a magical power like that of a god or demon, making it impossible for people to look away.

The man in black walks toward the two women in green and white, hands them the candied haws, and smiles: "Very sweet candied haws, please have a taste."

The two women in green and white look at each other and then take the candied haws.

"Since you have arrived on my turf, you are my guests. I should have treated you well; two sticks of candied haws are a bit too shabby. But you should also be content; after all, you came here originally to destroy this city."

The man in black smiles with his hands behind his back: "I originally intended to give you a beating, but since you have already abandoned your original plan, I naturally cannot bully two weak women."

Upon hearing this, the two women in green and white are shocked, having a vague guess about the identity of the person before them. The woman in green finally cannot help but ask: "May I ask for your honorable name?"

"Yu Liancheng," the man in black smiles: "City Lord of Wushuang City."

Upon hearing the visitor admit his identity, the two women in green and white immediately become vigilant, their internal energy surging.

Yu Liancheng fixes his gaze on the woman in white and says with slight interest: "Heaven-Shifting Divine Art? The God General died at my hands, and I happened to obtain the World-Destroying Demon Body, but I did not expect the Heaven-Shifting Divine Art to also show up today."

"What exactly does City Lord Yu mean?" the green-clad woman asks vigilantly.

Yu Liancheng smiles: "I have already reported my name; shouldn't you two return the courtesy and report your names as well?"

After a long silence, the green-clad woman says: "Divine Mother, Xiaoqing."

The woman in white hesitates for a moment: "Bai Suzhen, or Xueyuan."

She has said both of her names; the former was the name given to her by the Long-lived Immortal God to commemorate his daughter, while the latter is her true name.

"Bai Suzhen? What a familiar name."

Yu Liancheng chuckles, his figure flashes, and he suddenly appears before the white-clad Xueyuan.

Before the latter can react, a breeze brushes across her face, and her veil has already been taken away, revealing a face that is still youthful but already peerlessly beautiful.

"You..."

Xueyuan and the Divine Mother are shocked. The two of them—one possessing the Heaven-Shifting Divine Art, the other having cultivated half of the Heaven-Shifting Divine Art and half of the World-Destroying Demon Body—pride themselves on having martial arts no longer inferior to the martial arts hegemon Xiongba. Yet, the speed of this person's strike was such that they could not even react.

From this, it can be seen that if the other party wanted to kill them, it would certainly not be a difficult task.

"Sure enough, the appearance is also extremely similar. If you grow up, you will definitely look exactly like her."

Yu Liancheng touches his chin, his gaze examining Xueyuan's cheeks: "But that person is very cold, sometimes like a block of ice, and she is a workaholic; once she gets busy, she forgets everything. You must never learn from her."

Speaking of this, his tone suddenly changes: "But this is also one of her charms. For the ambition in her heart, she can make the earth sink and the seas rise, abandoning all enjoyment and all wealth. Moreover, she is not only as beautiful as a painting but also peerless in grace, with a unique temperament. Furthermore, she is as clever as ice and snow, and her talent is not below mine; she is the number one extraordinary woman in the world."

"Hehe."

A soul-stirring cold laugh rings out, and a mass of black mist spreads from afar, appearing before Yu Liancheng and the others in an instant.

"You've come. It seems the other side was resolved very smoothly."

Yu Liancheng's tone is slightly surprised, as if he were somewhat unexpected by the arrival of Mo Baisuzhen. He looks behind her again: "Why is there only one?"

Behind that mass of black mist follows a young girl shrouded in green gauze. Her figure is slender and her appearance beautiful, but those pupils, while seemingly clear and transparent, have no vitality at all; they are a void of death, as if all emotions had been washed away, turning her into a puppet to be manipulated.

"Second Divine Official."

The two women in green and white show looks of shock upon seeing this girl.

Mo Baisuzhen says calmly: "Of the two you asked me to subdue, the one called the Great Divine Official was too cruel, taking pleasure in killing; he deserved to die. As for this Second Divine Official, although she did not stop the divine beast from attacking the city, she intentionally avoided the old, the weak, the women, and the children, so she still has some humanity. I have controlled her with the Heart-Lost Crossing and reshaped her personality."

It turned out that God had ordered the Divine Mother, Xueyuan, the Great Divine Official, and the Second Divine Official to each lead the divine beasts to attack the cities of Wushuang City, with the strict instruction to extinguish all signs of life.

And these so-called divine beasts were simply those people in the Search God Palace who knelt on the ground.

The original Search God Palace had indeed scoured the world for extraordinary people and experts, but as time passed, these people either died or were no longer as loyal.

Consequently, God developed a special drug capable of washing away their consciousness and enhancing their physiques; even if an ordinary person took it, they would possess infinite strength. Those who consumed the drug were called divine beasts.

"I know a little about that Great Divine Official fellow; he is indeed someone who deserves to die," Yu Liancheng shrugged, though he did not take it to heart.

But Xueyuan and the Divine Mother were both startled upon hearing this.

The two of them were no match for Yu Liancheng, which meant that if it weren't for their kind hearts and the fact that they hadn't launched the divine beast siege, they would likely have either died like the Great Divine Official or had their consciousness washed away like the Second Divine Official.

Mo Baisuzhen had already fixed her gaze on Xueyuan, and after a long while, she sighed faintly: "I truly never expected that there would be someone in this world so similar to me."

"Similar?" Xueyuan was taken aback and looked at Mo Baisuzhen: "You, who are you?"

Mo Baisuzhen dispersed the black mist, revealing a peerless face. Her appearance was indeed extremely similar to Xueyuan's, only one was pure and the other mature. One was in white clothes drifting like snow, the other in a black dress like a demon; they looked very much like mother and daughter.

"Young Lady... no, it's not..."

When the Divine Mother saw this face, which was almost exactly the same as the one in her memories, she was completely stunned; she was the maid of the second Bai Suzhen, the legendary Xiaoqing.

"Hehe, the name Bai Suzhen originated from me. As for the Young Lady you speak of, that is the daughter of God and me, but it is a pity that I could not save her life..."

"What?"

Thus, Mo Baisuzhen began to explain everything to the two women.

Yu Liancheng stood to the side, admiring the faces of this "mother and daughter," finding it quite pleasing to the eye.

Suddenly, his expression shifted, and he looked toward the distance, feeling in the dark a power without beginning or end gathering, a force that could almost destroy the heavens and the earth.

Yu Liancheng understood the message within it.

That was both the Earth-Level Maha and a challenge.

"You two chat slowly; I will go meet that fellow first." Yu Liancheng unfolded his figure, turning into a wisp of blue smoke, and swept toward the distance at an incredible speed.

How fast was Yu Liancheng's speed?

Before he had even run at full strength, he had already arrived a hundred miles away after a short moment.

Raising his eyes to look, he could see a mountain standing in the distance, covered with green pines and cypresses, hidden among flowers and grass. And that aura unique to the Maha Wuliang, without beginning or end, came from atop the mountain, growing increasingly dense and terrifyingly imposing.

Yu Liancheng smiled slightly, tapped his toes, and amidst the ground shattering like a thunderstrike, his entire body soared into the air, reaching the clouds, before descending like a comet falling from the sky, smashing toward that mountain.

"You've come!?"

Atop the mountain peak, a person sat cross-legged, their face covered by a mask, their figure seemingly shrouded in chaos, making it impossible to see their specific appearance; it was none other than Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen. Besides Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen, Fazhi He Shang, who was most loyal to God, stood behind him, lowering his brows and bowing his head, displaying full compassion. And in front of God, there were chess pieces and a Chessboard, set up as a Jinglong Chess Game.

Yu Liancheng fell from the sky, getting closer and closer to the mountain peak where God was, bringing with him a whistling wind.

"Now that you have mastered the Maha Wuliang that only the 'Heaven' possesses, take this blow and let this God see if you are now qualified to play against me."

God spoke lightly, every word sounding like a divine decree, possessing the power to decide the fate of all living beings.

The Earth-Level Maha gathered above the head of Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen rolled up the sky and clouds with unimaginable momentum, bombarding Yu Liancheng.

The Earth-Level Maha was extremely Yin, while the Heaven-Level Maha was extremely Yang. When this long-prepared Heaven-Level Maha was blasted out, it suddenly burst forth with brilliant, blinding light, like a scorching sun exploding. And the explosive power, like boiling tides, under God's control, surged into the sky, like a long river flowing backward against the heavens.

"Well come."

A smile curled at the corners of Yu Liancheng's mouth, flames of war burning in his eyes; only this God, who had mastered the Heaven-Level Maha, was qualified to fight him.

His thoughts stirred, and his whole body seemed to transform into a black hole; the extremely Yin power between heaven and earth gathered toward him frantically, and then endless black energy permeated from his body, blotting out the sky and sun. This black energy carried a terrifying power, as if it could devour and strip away all life and energy in the world.

As Yu Liancheng rotated his palms, the black energy condensed and deformed, turning into a giant palm that pressed down toward the Heaven-Level Maha.

Demonic Palm Intercepts the Heavenly River!

Boom!

Boom-boom-boom!

The Maha with two diametrically opposed attributes of Heaven and Earth collided, erupting with astonishing power. A gale rose above the sky, hurricanes swept across, clouds were scattered, and even the trees and rocks on the peak were all shattered into powder. At the point of impact, it seemed to turn into a void of chaos, as if to reenact the creation of heaven and earth.

"It was worth the wait; this Heaven-Level Maha is truly powerful."

Yu Liancheng stood with his hands behind his back, his black hair fluttering, slowly descending from the air like a Heavenly Human descending to the world.

Although God's face was covered, the surprise was still detected by Fazhi He Shang, but he quickly calmed his mood and said slowly in a calm tone: "You also use the Maha Wuliang?"

"Indeed, a Maha Wuliang completely different from yours."

Yu Liancheng sat cross-legged: "It is a pity that I have only practiced this Maha Wuliang for a short time and am far from reaching perfection, so I had to use other martial arts to assist it in order to contend with that Heaven-Level Maha of yours earlier."

God said in a cold tone: "Where did you obtain your Maha Wuliang?"

"It was taught to me by a person."

Yu Liancheng smiled slightly and swept his gaze toward the Chessboard: "That person will arrive shortly; you will see her, a person who will absolutely exceed your expectations."

"Heh, nothing in this world is outside of this God's control."

Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen sneered and pointed a finger at the chess game: "Before our decisive battle, do you dare to try my 'God's Chess Game'?"

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