Chapter 700: A Stubborn Sense of Existence

Chapter 700: A Stubborn Sense of Existence

The Moonlight Sea shattered. The blood-water swept to either side, freezing into two cliffs. In the middle of them was a huge trough so deep the bottom wasn’t visible!

The white nail, within which flickered six major worlds, shot forth, seemingly heedless of the fact that the surrounding god projections were racing to intercept it. It crushed everything in its path. Thunderous booms rang out as three god projections shattered.

Then the nail was right in front of Zhang Siyun, emanating terrifying pressure as it headed toward hīs forehead. It seemed just about to hit the target. However, Zhang Siyun was a doppelg?nger of Crimson Mother, with a life force that existed on an unfathomable level. Reaching out with hīs right hand, hē put a finger on either side of the nail and then squeezed down.

Hīs fingers didn’t move after that. Nor did hīs arm or his body. But hīs clothes began flapping as if being blown by storm winds. Hīs red hair also whipped around behind hīm as the air shattered and rifts spread out in all directions.

“Excellent,” Zhang Siyun said calmly. Then hē prepared to wave hīs arm and send the nail flying back to where it came from.

Except... that was when something unexpected happened!

Although the white nail had been grabbed, the reality was that its function wasn’t to stab. Instead, it began to change color, turning from white to green. At the same time, it melted, turning into numerous green threads. There were over ten thousand of them, and they quickly wrapped around Zhang Siyun’s fingers, then swept with rapid speed toward hīs face.

Even just one of those threads could be considered a magical treasure. They pulsed with a terrifying aura, and were unimaginably sharp. In the shortest of moments, they reached Zhang Siyun’s face and were about to stab into hīm.

Frowning, Zhang Siyun exhaled. Hīs breath was the color of blood, and hit the threads like a cloud. Most of the threads from the nail collapsed. However, four of them didn’t.

Hidden among all the other threads, they pierced through the blood mist and landed on Zhang Siyun’s face! Zhang Siyun tried to dodge out of the way, but the four threads were blessed by the Heir Apparent and his siblings, and they were impossible to evade.

In the blink of an eye, they stabbed into Zhang Siyun’s face. No blood flowed out. However, the four threads burrowed into hīs flesh like bugs, then started boring through his body. During the process, the Heir Apparent and his siblings unleashed divine abilities to wreak withering and destruction.

Zhang Siyun was a doppelg?nger of Crimson Mother, but hē still had the body of a mortal. It had been altered, but on a substructural level, it was still mortal. A moment later, Zhang Siyun’s body rippled as though it might collapse. However, hīs eyes remained calm, and hē didn’t seem to be reacting at all to the pain. What hē did do was stand and back up. As hē did, hē ripped open hīs throat and stuck two fingers inside to try to grab the threads and extract them. At the same time, hē used his other hand to wave at the Moonlight Sea.

The surviving god projections there opened their eyes and looked in the direction of the door. 34 gods emanated powerful fluctuations, filling the Moonlight Sea with such destructive fluctuations that any living being present would be killed in body and soul.

Yet that didn’t stop the Heir Apparent and his siblings from stepping through the door and into the Moon Palace, where they unleashed attacks on the intercepting god projections.

The Heir Apparent was visible in his true form, and his major world was out in the form of a huge eye that looked at Zhang Siyun. It wasn’t the eye of a god. But it was similar. The spot where it looked rippled and distorted, and perceptions there changed according to his thoughts. That even affected the projections of gods. After all, thēy were already dead, and existed only as projections.

Instantly, the blinding light of three Dawning Suns shone onto the Moonlight Sea. As the light spread, the Moonlight Sea brightened. At the same time, the god projections blurred. It was as if thēy couldn’t maintain thēir forms with the bright light shining on thēm. Ordinary projections couldn’t survive this. But these weren’t ordinary projections. Apparently, thēy were existences... that were similar to Xu Qing’s shadow.

Meanwhile, veins bulged on Xu Qing’s forehead as, using his blood as the medium, he used the Mirror of Moonrebel... to enter the blood on the surface of the Moonlight Sea!

The mirror used Xu Qing’s blood to pass through the door, and thus, the gigantic mirror appeared above the sea. The moment the mirror appeared, the world became one of even more dramatic brightness. The mirror shone down with dramatic effect, covering everything with light.

The only thing left behind was light. Thanks to that light, the god projections shrank away and began to hide.

Yet not even that was enough to fundamentally change the entire situation. The light only lasted for so long, and then it began to fade. When that happened, the god projections returned.

However, to the Heir Apparent and the other siblings, the brief disappearance of the god projections bought them precious time. As the light shone, they accelerated rapidly toward Zhang Siyun.

For the second time, Zhang Siyun frowned. Of the four threads that had entered hīm, hē had already extracted three. But the last one was deeply buried, and hē needed more time to find it.

“Even bugs can do a thing or two,” hē said coolly. Then, instead of backing up further, hē stretched hīs left hand out, palm open, and pushed down toward the Moonlight Sea.

“Red moon.”

Rumbling sounds filled the sea, and huge waves started rolling out across its surface. They grew taller and taller, until they were higher than Zhang Siyun hīmself! Endless amounts of seawater rolled up into the air to form the shape of a hand! The blood-colored hand was supremely shocking. It went as high as was possible and as low as was possible, and did not have any palm print on it. It was both Zhang Siyun’s hand, and also, the hand of a god.

Then, mountain-toppling, sea-draining force swept toward the incoming siblings. Nothing could stand up to it. Thanks to the pressure of a god that it exuded, the Mirror of Moonrebel started to crack.

The Heir Apparent and his siblings reacted with surprise, and quickly fell back. At that point, the Captain inhaled sharply. Blue light shone in his eyes as he shouted, “Moonfire! If you don’t get the eff out here right now, your food’s going to be gone!!”

Xu Qing’s expression was very serious as he backed away further. Taking a deep breath, he focused on the violet crystal.

Although Zhang Siyun’s god magic of Destiny Manipulation had been negated, and Xu Qing’s memories had been restored, those two specific images were still there in the violet crystal. And he had the feeling that he... could take those two images of the past and release them....

If I do release them, what will happen?

Xu Qing stood there thoughtfully.