Chapter 350: Chapter 189: The God-Smiting War, a World-Shocking Arrow
[Afterward, he slaughtered a great number of the Human Race, absorbing their blood essence to restore his divine body. This incited the outrage of the Human Race, ultimately leading to the God-Slaying War.]
[In the 756th year of the Great Enterprise, during the God-Slaying War, he was slain by Lin AhSan.]
Wang Xiao impassively read the information parsed before him.
It seemed this grand battle was just an act put on by Gongsun Yan and Siming Kang.
Their goal was to seize the Celestial Observation Cauldron within the Human Ancestral Land.
’It’s currently the 560th year of the Great Enterprise, which means the God-Slaying War is still about one hundred and ninety-five years away. I never thought someone I casually guided back then would one day possess the power to slay a god!’
Wang Xiao’s lips tightened.
He recalled that before their meeting, Lin AhSan’s original destiny was to be killed by Siming Kang.
’It seems Lin AhSan’s future accomplishments will far surpass those of an ordinary Celestial Venerable.’
’I wonder how Wenren Hu and his sister are doing.’
’Their original destinies weren’t on par with Lin AhSan’s, but they were supposed to have their own fortuitous encounters.’
’After receiving my guidance, they shouldn’t be doing too poorly.’
Just as Wang Xiao was silently digesting the parsed information,
KABOOM!
a tremendous roar suddenly echoed from the heavens, loud enough to shake the firmament.
Ten thousand li of Space shattered instantly.
Even with the protection of the Grand Array, the city below teetered on the verge of collapse.
The very ground roiled, destroying vast tracts of fertile farmland.
Siming Kang raised the Scepter in his hand, and behind him, a Celestial Palace seemed to materialize.
Myriad Divine Spirits sat cross-legged upon it, chanting a Celestial Sound that sent out waves of immense power.
The next moment,
RUMBLE!
The Celestial Palace erupted in a brilliant divine radiance, seeming to drag Heaven and Earth along with it as it hurtled toward Gongsun Yan like a falling star, intent on crushing him.
Gongsun Yan let out a furious roar. The Grotto Heaven within him trembled violently as his Red Tassel Spear erupted in searing flames that incinerated the Void, dyed the sky red for ten thousand li, and met the crushing Celestial Palace head-on!
BOOM!
A collision loud enough to drown out every other sound in the world abruptly rang out.
Ten million li of the Void collapsed, and an endless storm of astral winds raged without cease.
Under the crushing weight of the Celestial Palace, cracks began to appear on Gongsun Yan’s Red Tassel Spear before it shattered, inch by inch.
His pupils contracted sharply. He threw a punch at the Celestial Palace, but it was no use.
His body was torn like a rag doll, gushing blood. He broke the sound barrier, streaking across the sky like a falling star before crashing heavily onto the Mountain Protection Array!
KABOOM!
The barrier of light over the Grand Array rippled like the tide.
The point of impact caved in like cotton, but it quickly snapped back to its original state.
This array was the culmination of hundreds of thousands of years of work, fortified and laid down by generations of Celestial Venerables in the Human Ancestral Land, all integrated with the ley lines of the earth.
Not even a Celestial Venerable could easily destroy it.
"Heh, the Human Race is nothing special. You are fit only to be enslaved by my Divine Race."
"Dare to resist, and there is only one outcome for you: Death!"
Siming Kang raised the Magic Staff in his hand. A brilliant pillar of light erupted from it, descending like the Milky Way from the highest heavens. It instantly reached Gongsun Yan, pulsing with immense power, looking as if it would tear him into microscopic particles in the next moment!
Gongsun Yan’s pupils shrank. He could only struggle to raise a hand to defend himself.
But anyone could see he was a spent force.
Just as the brilliant pillar of light was about to blast Gongsun Yan to dust, a figure suddenly emerged from the Void.
In the space of a ten-thousandth of a finger-snap, he raised his palm.
His hand was aged, gnarled like the bark of an old tree and covered in deep, ravine-like wrinkles.
However, ripples began to spread from this withered hand.
The moment these ripples appeared,
everything seemed to dissolve.
The brilliant pillar of light that had been hurtling toward them vanished into the Void, ceasing to exist.
The golden radiance filling the sky also seemed to be smoothed away by this single hand, its divine brilliance gone without a trace.
"Gongsun Yan," Siming Kang said, his eyes narrowing as he gazed at the figure who had just appeared. "Tsk, tsk. It’s only been ten thousand years, and you’ve grown this old. It seems you’re not far from Death!"
Gongsun Yan was dressed in simple cloth robes. His hair was streaked with white, and his face, overgrown with wrinkles, bore the heavy marks of time.
He was stoop-backed, like an old man with one foot in the grave.
But the moment he raised his head,
his frame seemed to straighten, becoming infinitely tall. His eyes seemed to reflect a myriad of Stars and the cosmos, exuding an air of profound magnanimity.
A calm voice issued from his lips.
"Sigh... You of the Divine Race always believe yourselves to be the lords of all creation, so high and mighty."
"A pity you can only rely on your bloodline to swagger about for a time."
"The Human Race is eternal. Even if I die, there will come a day when we drive you from this corner of Heaven and Earth!"
"Today, you dared to set foot in the Human Ancestral Land. Though this old man’s body may be withered, I will make you understand one thing."
"The Human Race will not be humiliated!"
The moment his voice fell,
RUMBLE!
a terrifying, sky-piercing aura of blood and qi erupted from his body.
His body swelled, and all traces of his withered aura vanished.
The next moment,
DONG!
From a fog-shrouded valley below, the resonant sound of a great bell or cauldron being struck suddenly rang out.
Waves of vast, limitless power seemed to ride the sound, pouring into Gongsun Yan’s body.
Sensing this power, which had reached an absolute apex,
even Siming Kang’s pupils constricted slightly.
However, just then,
KABOOM—
A muffled, thunder-like explosion suddenly rang out from behind Gongsun Yan.
