Chapter 122

Chapter 122: Going Crazy

The god revered by the merfolk race was named Juying.

But the title of god was onesidedly thrust upon it by the merfolk race who needed an object of worship. In reality, Juying was nothing more than a mysterious divinity lifeform that lived at the bottom of the Forbidden Sea.

Nevertheless, divinity lifeforms who could exist on the seabed were all extremely powerful. To many races, they were mystical beyond imagination and wielded unfathomable might.

Before the fragmented face of God arrived, although there were still sea monsters in the Endless Sea around the Ancient Hope Mainland, they were much different compared to now. When the huge face arrived, all living beings were forced to change.

In various locations, living things that carried a hint of the face’s aura began appearing one after another. These existences came to be called divinity lifeforms.

The ancestors of various races had studied them and found that they seemed to have evolved out of eerie existences that were born in forbidden areas.

And Juying was precisely this sort of lifeform.

Well, to mortals… it could indeed be considered a god.

Divinity lifeforms like this had been at the top of the food chain for many epochs, and countless small races revered them as gods. Even larger races would still be wary of them.

However, after so many epochs had passed, most of the races that could stand tall in this world had their own means to fight against divinity lifeforms.

There were many races that could easily deter ordinary divinity lifeforms, and a few large races could even face off against the sovereigns of forbidden lands.

Although the human race was scattered about, it could be considered one of those large races.

As the roar echoed from the sea, and Juying walked toward the merfolk race’s islands, Seventh Master looked down into the deep sea from his position atop the greatwing.

“Zheng Kaiyi, once Juying arrives, blood will definitely be shed. There’s no need for your sect to go to war with us. We’re allies, our race is willing to remain your ally and even hand over all our profits. We can help you attack the sea corpse race if that’s what you wish.” The marfolk race ancestor hurriedly spoke.

“You want to surrender? It’s too late.” Seventh Master didn’t pay the merfolk ancestor any more attention. Waving his hand, his voice boomed in all directions.

“Human Race war banner!”

As soon as he spoke, the lizard-like dragon beneath him immediately roared up to the heavens. The thirteen elders bowed their heads with reverence on their faces, as did the hundred over Foundation Establishment disciples.

As they paid their respects, an enormous war banner was raised on the tallest building on the lizard dragon’s back.

This war banner was hundreds of meters wide, and the cloth was stained with the blood of countless beings. Its edges were tattered and jagged, as if it was a corner ripped off of some larger flag.

As the war banner fluttered in the wind, a peerless baleful aura erupted from it, shaking the world.

The aura was so powerful that the sky itself seemed to halt and the waves on the sea were instantly quelled.

This war banner seemed to carry the might to suppress the ages, suppress all races, suppress all living things. Even divinity lifeforms would have to bow their heads.

The mottled blood on the war banner exuded a powerful aura of divinity. Clearly, countless divinity lifeforms had been slaughtered by it, and there was a certain drop on it that shone in a brilliant, pure gold.

This drop of blood actually gave off the feeling that it was on the verge of transcending divinity itself. It seemed infinitely close to the level of the fragmented face of God in the sky!

“The Human Race war banner? Seven Blood Pupils doesn’t qualify to have this treasure, even if it’s just a corner… this is… it comes from the Seven Sects Alliance of Ancient Hope Mainland!!” The merfolk ancestor instantly paled and fell into despair.

As the war banner fluttered, a suppressive force descended from the sky, and an illusory finger poked out of the flag.

This finger contained the profundity of countless ages, as if stretching out from the river of time itself. It didn’t exude any sort of pressure, but everyone who saw it had their minds instantly turn blank.

This finger seemed to represent the Dao of Heaven. As it slowly descended, it pointed toward the sea, then pressed down slightly.

In an instant, hundreds of thousands of kilometers of sea turned to nothingness. In its place was an enormous hole, and within the hole was the screeching Juying.

All the tentacles on its body opened their eyes, but to no avail. Most of its tentacles collapsed with a boom, and the robe of fish bones on its body also shattered. The tongue on its back withered away, and the rotting of its body accelerated instantaneously.

Half of its body exploded with a bang, turning into countless chunks of flesh and blood. The other half instantly retreated with a terrified screech that echoed in all directions as it fled back to the bottom of the sea.

Covered by the sky-sealing array, the other three islands of the merfolk race were unable to see this scene. But those standing on the dry land of Juying Island were able to clearly see it.

However, the disciples underwater weren’t able to see it.

Cultivators in the underwater world couldn’t see what was happening outside it unless they used some special techniques or specific items.

For example… the Mind-Connecting Eye.

In the underwater temple, Xu Qing’s eyes were wide open. Huge waves crashed around in his mind as he stared at the Mind-Connecting Eye in front of him.

Reflected in the eye was the greatwing in the sky and the war banner, as well as the scene of the finger pressing down, the sea evaporating, and the body of Juying being half-destroyed.

But this seemed to be its limit. In the next moment, the Mind-Connecting Eye could no longer bear it, and exploded.

And just as it exploded, the captain did something that left Xu Qing and Zhang San dumbfounded.

He took out a piece of crimson flesh and slapped it onto the statue of Juying next to him.

The flesh immediately melted and covered the entire statue. Gulping sounds rang out, as if the statue was being swallowed, and then the statute transformed into a huge slab of flesh. A gap appeared in the middle.

It was like a gate.

At the moment, the gap twisted and wriggled, seeming very unstable. In fact, the whole slab of flesh was the same, as if it would wither away at any moment.

Within the gap was a pitch-black abyss, but looking closely, it seemed to be the depths of the sea. From time to time, broken limbs and chunks of flesh and blood could be seen floating past.

These were clearly the residue of Juying’s defeat, and they seemed to be fatally attractive to those beings in the deep sea. Terrifying auras spread over from the depths of the sea, rushing toward the chunks of flesh to devour them.

Through the gate, Xu Qing could clearly feel the might of these auras. Any one of them would likely be able to annihilate him in an instant. However, the Seven Blood Pupils elders in the sky weren’t among them. Clearly, they had some scruples and didn’t want to contest over the flesh and blood.

As for the captain, his eyes were shining brightly, and his expression was filled with unprecedented madness. After looking into the gap, he turned his head and quickly spoke to Zhang San and Xu Qing with reddened eyes.

“I know what you’re here for, and I didn’t lie. Since I said your treasures are here, they’re naturally here.”

“Zhang San, this is what you wanted, right? The blueprint of the merfolk race’s flying fish armor.”

As the captain spoke, he out a red jade slip from his robes. The jade slip seemed very impressive and exuded strange fluctuations. The image of a suit of armor appeared outside it.

Even at a glance, it was clearly extraordinary.

Zhang San’s eyes immediately widened, and he reached out to grab it.

“Where’d you get that?!”

The captain smiled and allowed the excited Zhang San to take the jade slip, then turned to Xu Qing.

“Xu Qing, you wanted Foundation Establishment Pills? Here. There are three of them, and they’re much better than ordinary ones.” The captain took out a jade box and tossed it to Xu Qing.

“How’s that? It’s what you came for, right?”

Xu Qing’s eyes narrowed. Grabbing the box and opening it, he saw that there were three azure pills inside that exuded a powerful fragrance. There were also mist and clouds lingering, as if the pills themselves were alive.

Xu Qing was shocked. He put them away carefully, then looked up at the captain.

He didn’t believe that the captain would hand these things over for free.

“I had to work hard to get those. I’ve helped you, so you two have to help me. Stand guard here. It won’t take too long, just a stick of incense’s worth of time!”

“Just stand guard. When I get back, I’ll share some of what I got with you! If I don’t come back after a stick of incense’s worth of time, you can leave.”

“I’m going to snatch some of Juying’s flesh and blood. That’s the god of the merfolk race, you know? You’d better hope I don’t die inside. Once I get back, we’ll share the rewards. We’ll be rich, rich!”

Xu Qing felt huge waves stir in his mind. He looked through the gate at the chunks of flesh and blood and sensed the terrifying auras approaching rapidly, then he stared at the captain’s eyes, which had already gone completely red with madness. Honestly, he felt like the captain had gone crazy, or maybe it was that the captain thought he had lived too long and wanted to tempt fate.

Xu Qing had seen this type of person before. They belonged to two opposite extremes. Either they died quickly, or… they reaped a huge harvest.

Xu Qing hoped that the captain belonged to the latter category and opened his mouth to ask a question.

“How are your chances of coming back alive?”

The captain grinned.

“No clue, it’s all up to fate.”

Xu Qing nodded.

“Haha, if you don’t tempt fate, what’s the point of living? I’ve played with my life countless times already. I’m going!” The captain inhaled deeply and the madness in his eyes intensified. His whole body instantly burrowed into the gap in the flesh statue, crawling into the abyss.

Along with the madness in his eyes, his body also gave off a powerful baleful aura, as if he was heading out to his death. He crawled through the gap and entered the place where the collapsed half of Juying’s flesh and blood was.

At that moment, the flesh statue trembled violently and signs of withering appeared on its edges. It seemed that it couldn’t hold on for long.

Zhang San was silent. After a while, he sighed.

“Have you ever seen anyone like this in Qi Condensation? He’s really just courting death…”

Xu Qing shook his head. Even if the captain swore to the heavens that he was in Qi Condensation, Xu Qing wouldn’t believe it. In any case, he opened his mouth to respond.

“Are coffins in the main city expensive?”

“I’ve prepared one for him before, but I never used it, so I ended up dismantling it. Oh yeah, it’s part of your magic boat right now. Back then, I didn’t have enough materials, so I added it in. Ah well, when I get back, I’ll have to make another one…” Zhang San sighed.

“…” Xu Qing was silent. After a while, he raised his head and looked outside the temple. His eyes narrowed as he muttered softly.

“Someone’s coming.”

Almost as soon as Xu Qing’s words rang out, a hissing sound came from outside the empty temple, as if something was being corroded by poison.

The sound was extremely harsh and piercing to the ear, but nothing could be seen outside.

However, the bombs planted by Zhang San exploded one after another.

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