Holding the Sword and Consumables
In the boundless deep space.
The aftermath of the explosion agitated in the void. A miniature version of the Red Paper planet had already been blown apart beyond recognition by the shockwave of the explosion... The devastated Red Paper trembled slightly, then like opened wings, slowly parted to the sides...
A figure draped in a red-based, black-Marked Theatrical Robe walked out from within with a light cough.
The Red Paper tentacles behind him wrapped around two unconscious figures. They were precisely the Lord of Tianshu Lu Xun, and the Lord of the South Sea Chu Changqing.
The Seven Monarchs' plan to ignite the Red Star was executed very successfully. They didn't try to shatter the Red Star with brute force, but rather used the Red Star's own energy to ignite and detonate it... There were no flying fragnts, and no disaster-level Star Cluster rain fell on Earth. The energy was directly annihilated in the void.
But for so reason, after 70% of the Red Star was ignited, it abruptly stopped. The broken core of the Red Star directly rushed out of the explosion, plumting towards Earth.
And even Chen Ling only had ti to save Lu Xun and Chu Changqing, who were furthest away from the Red Star.
Su Zhiwei, Yang Xiao, Qi Muyun, Wu Tongyuan...
All died in battle.
But destroying 70% of the Red Star in one breath was already sothing Chen Ling had never seen in the countless deductions of the Akashic Tower. It was the ti the most of the Red Star was destroyed, and also the closest they had been to victory!
"Director Chen..." Chu Changqing slowly opened his eyes.
Among the Seven Monarchs, Chu Changqing consud the least and suffered the lightest injuries. Seeing Chen Ling and that Red Star fragnt still plumting towards Earth, his whole person froze in place.
They... failed?
Seeing him wake up, Chen Ling imdiately spoke:
"I'll leave Lu Xun to you. Bring him back to Earth safely."
After speaking, Chen Ling directly turned into a stream of light, rapidly rushing towards that final Red Star core!
Although the Star-Severing Defense Line only wore away less than 10% of the Red Star, the continuous explosions slowed down its falling speed quite a bit. For these crossbow arrows to achieve this step had already exceeded Chen Ling's expectations.
One must know, even the nuclear weapons humanity threw out before the Great Cataclysm might not have been able to achieve this step.
And next, that human sword of slaughter rising from the earth made Chen Ling's suspended heart relax a bit...
"He... actually still made a move?"
In the Akashic Records Chen Ling saw, there was a world that created a peak state Bai Qi. In that world, Bai Qi carried humanity's sword of slaughter and chopped off half the Red Star with one strike.
But in that world, the Lord of the South Sea sacrificed himself to endow Bai Qi with extre vitality, and the Lord of Limitless turned himself into armor, draping it over Bai Qi, isolating the Red Star's influence on the Path of the Soldier God for Bai Qi before he could achieve that step.
The current Bai Qi didn't have a thod to effectively isolate the Red Star's power. Relying on himself and humanity's sword of slaughter alone...
Could he sever this final 20% of the Red Star?
...
The Red Star's storm swept wildly in the void.
The remnants of the Red Star surrounded by roaring flas, and the giant black sword rising against the wind from the earth, rapidly approached each other.
Under the Red Star's storm, that ancient Killing Intent winding around the hilt of the giant sword fluttered and danced wildly like a dying fla in the wind, seeming like it wouldn't be able to hold on for long before dissipating and disappearing...
Jian Changsheng's soul stared fixedly at that rapidly enlarging scarlet afterimage and took a deep breath.
He knew it was his turn.
"Master... no, Bai Qi!" Jian Changsheng steeled his heart, turned his head to look at that ancient figure occupying his body. Based on the principle of a dying person needing to get things off their chest, he poured out the dissatisfaction in his heart like a barrage of cannonballs,
"You old and cunning Lord of Wuan!"
"Let tell you, I've tolerated you for a long ti!"
"Occupying my body, not bathing day after day, not eating, soaking in Killing Intent all day long, raising your humble servant like a roadside beggar. Look at this face of mine, how weathered has it beco??"
"Occupying my body while holding my soul captive, making watch helplessly as you tornt like this, and even beating my brother in front of ... I've wanted to say this for a long ti, do you have so kind of sick fetish?"
"I'm warning you, after severing the Red Star, you better treat my body a bit better, otherwise..."
"Otherwise I'll Curse you into a vegetable, say goodbye to my body completely!"
Jian Changsheng fiercely gave Bai Qi the middle finger!
Then, feeling guilty, he didn't even look at Bai Qi's reaction, turned his head and rushed towards the Red Star storm falling from the sky!
Jian Changsheng's soul continuously went up, almost single-handedly shouldering the incoming Red Star storm for Bai Qi, like a human-shaped shield.
His Divine Path and soul both agitated in the storm. The intense pain striking straight at the soul made his face twist ferociously, just like an Ordinary Person of flesh and blood standing before an erupting tornado of flas, their body bit by bit scorched into charcoal, and then annihilated without a trace...
Only at this mont did Jian Changsheng truly realize what kind of pain the Fifth Generation Red King and the successive generations of Demigods of the Way of the Soldier who were annihilated just now had actually experienced... Fortunately, the Demigods of the Way of the Soldier who could reach this step had all gone through a thousand temperings. Even extre pain wouldn't make them yield. If it were Demigods of other Divine Pathways, they probably really wouldn't have a firm enough will to hold on.
But also precisely because of his existence, the influence Bai Qi received was reduced to the lowest. The sword of slaughter, which was already tottering, stabilized once again.
Just as the Red Star storm was about to tear his soul apart, a palm suddenly grabbed the back of his neck.
Swish——
Jian Changsheng only felt a burst of dizziness. His soul, which was in extre pain, directly plumted back into his body.
At the sa ti, a tall phantom draped in ancient armor walked out from his body...
That phantom glanced back at him, a deep and complex gaze.
"...Master?"
Jian Changsheng froze in place.
"You're right, soone always has to be used." Bai Qi spoke calmly, "But you seem to have forgotten, the only person in the world who has ever swung this sword of slaughter is not ... but you."
"Regarding how to control this sword well, you have more experience than ."
"So..."
"The person who should beco the consumable, is ."
Jian Changsheng's pupils shrank abruptly.
Jian Changsheng had thought of ten thousand possibilities, but the only thing he didn't expect was that Bai Qi would actually return his body to him at this ti... Ultimately, he was just a lucky guy who happened to step onto the Path of the Soldier God. What virtue and ability did he have to compare with the Lord of Wuan?
In terms of qualifications, abilities, and determination, Bai Qi was far above him. This was also why Jian Changsheng willingly handed his body to Bai Qi, even willing to sacrifice his own soul again to pave the way for Bai Qi...
He knew his own insignificance, knew his own inadequacies... If he could make even a little contribution to humanity, he would actually be completely satisfied.
But now...
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