Chapter 402: Retreat - 402
At the same time, from all of the true gods in the battle, divinity burst out of their bodies. Ying Xiong's divinity began to heal him as everyone charged forward.
Although the 3 true gods that had shown up could each take on one of the destruction race's true gods, it would not do much.
One of the human true gods took on a normal true god from the destruction race, while the other 2 each fought one of the 21 destruction lords.
Ying Xiong opened his arms and countless palms appeared on the battlefield, grabbing at the members of the destruction race.
The king of the destruction race created black lines out of black hole Qi that raged around him like a tornado, destroying many of the palms.
Ying Xiong did not expect any great change to happen, he just needed to get the king of the destruction race alone.
Unfortunately, the palms were destroyed too fast. Ying Xiong single handedly fought against most of the destruction race as time passed.
The true gods who had arrived first were filled with admiration and pride. After all, he was their sect master. The number 2 below the origin god in the entire universe.
Soon, more true gods from the human race showed up. Ying Xiong's teleportation arrays were showing their usefulness.
As the battle continued, the destruction race was being pushed back more and more. Ying Xiong was like a madman, and Lu Wei, who had just arrived, was taking on 5 of the destruction lords with ease. They were already nearly dead.
The king of the destruction race gritted his teeth and waved his hand.
"All members of the destruction race retreat to the supreme black hole." He shouted, his voice echoing through the forbidden land.
The true gods of the destruction race began to slowly move back as the weaker destruction race members pulled back to the great attractor.
"Do you truly think you can leave? Today will be both the reveal and the end of your race." Ying Xiong said as more and more power burst out from his body.
The king of the destruction race looked at Ying XIong with unmatched hatred as he moved back.
"Do you think you can stop us? This humiliation will be repaid. I, Lin Zhenwu, king of the destruction race, swear it upon my life." He said as he finally entered the area of the black hole great attractor.
Suddenly, the space in front of Ying Xiong distorted and a giant array manipulated all the black holes of the forbidden land to form a barrier around the great attractor.
Ying Xiong attacked it, but the force of his attack was dispersed.
On the other side, all of the members of the destruction race at the god realm or above were using their power to strengthen the array.
It was a masterful array that would not be broken so casually, especially not by a first level true god.
Ying Xiong sighed and relaxed.
He would wait for all of the members of the cosmic sect to arrive before attempting to break through the array.
As he waited, he contacted Heaven, asking for assistance.
"I do not participate in such matters." Heaven responded simply.
Although his power was at least equal to Ying Xiongs and would make the possibility of breaking through the array a certainty, he was still Heaven.
As the prototype for the universal consciousness, he very rarely interfered in any matters at all. Especially as he grew older.
The members of the Heaven sect, on the other hand, were not restricted at all. Only the current Tian did not come.
Ying Xiong left what was once the forbidden land and soon found Zhou Fan.
"Did you create the destruction race?" He asked bluntly.
"I did." Zhou Fan answered. He had expected this day to come.
"Why would you create a race that carries the sole purpose of destruction?" Ying Xiong asked calmly.
"If you cannot understand why, then I won't waste my breath telling you." Zhou Fan responded.
After a moment, Ying Xiong spoke again.
"I understand, but I don't believe that this is the way." He said.
"If you can show me an alternate path that accomplishes the same result, I will personally destroy the destruction race." Zhou Fan said.
"Fine. Then I hope you keep your promise." Ying Xiong said as he left.
Soon, the thousand true gods, excluding the Tian and Heaven, had gathered in front of the array.
Not all of the true gods were humans or humanoid, and there were many beasts and supreme beasts as well. There was even a dragon with the first dragon king's bloodline.
The cosmic sect did not decline any race, they only looked at talent. The lineup included humans, Heavenborns, celestials, and many beast races.
"Let us all work together to destroy this race. They are a threat to not only humans and humanoid species, but to all living creatures. Their sole purpose is to destroy." Ying Xiong said.
Below the thousand true gods was an array. It was a god realm array, though it was created by a true god realm cultivator.
It would help condense the combined strength to produce a slightly better result.
"Now!" Ying Xiong shouted as he attacked with a stacked cosmic buddha's palm.
The people behind him let loose their most powerful attacks as well.
When they hit the black hole array, it shook and seemed on the verge of collapsing, but it did not do so.
On the other side, the destruction race king was clenching his teeth as the equivalent of their blood spilled out.
"Ying Xiong! I Hate You!"
On the other side, more and more attacks were released. Unfortunately, although the array shook and seemed on the verge of breaking, it never did.
Ying Xiong sighed and retreated. Both his side and his enemies were in the true god realm. It was very hard to decide victory and defeat while in the same realm, especially with such a masterful array guarding the destruction race.
"We will retreat for now. Decide among yourselves, but there needs to be at least 1 god realm or true god realm cultivator keeping watch from afar in case they attempt to escape." He said as he left.
Chapter 403: A Worm - 403
With the matter of the destruction race over, the universe once again fell into its usual pace of world creation.
Zhou Fan kept watch over it as he worked on the technique pathways.
A trillion years later, all of the god realm and true god realm cultivators gathered in the upper realm.
After many trillions of years of work, they were finally getting rewards.
Their efforts were turned into contribution points, and they were all informed of what they could get.
Among the top of the list was even an instant upgrade in cultivation level, though it would be artificial like Heaven's power. There were also techniques and temporary arrays that would boost the cultivation speed of anyone they wanted to use it on, without conforming to the rules of cultivation 1.2.
All of the god realm cultivators came up first.
Many spent the vast majority of their contribution points on an increase in level, taking them a single level up, and some others bought materials, instructions on how to increase the art ranks, and cultivation speed up arrays.
After all of them were satisfied, the true god realm cultivators came up. They had many more contribution points, but the things in the true god realm were more expensive.
The true god realm cultivators could not increase their cultivation with rewards, so Zhou Fan created an alternate way. He offered them stones that increased the power of their attacks an entire level one time. Many bought this. Ying Xiong was one of the few who did not. He spent the vast majority of his contribution points on materials and techniques for the cosmic sect.
Heaven was the same, though for the Heaven sect. Everyone left the upper realm satisfied and got to work. Zhou Fan went back to his usual spot and oversaw them once again.
His work on the technique pathways was getting closer.
As he watched, he saw an interesting scene. A worm with a familiar power challenged Ying Xiong to a duel.
Somehow, this worm seemed to have some of Zhou Fan's divinity from long ago within him. It had transformed the worm completely.
Zhou Fan remembered that long ago, when he was testing his divinity, he had thrown a worm to the ground after infusing it with divinity.
Although the vast majority of the true gods in the universe had joined Zhou Fan when they broke through, he was one of the very few who did not.
It seemed that he had always held high ambitions.
Zhou Fan did not expect much from the worm, but he was surprised as the battle started.
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Ying Xiong looked oddly at the worm in front of him. All around them were many of the true gods and gods from the cosmic sect, as well as the few beasts that had broken through.
The worm was mixed with the color of gold and gray, and Ying Xiong felt as if the power around him was familiar.
"Start." The appointed judge of the battle shouted.
Although Ying Xiong and the worm seemed close, they were nearly an entire galaxy apart. The spectators were even farther away.
At the voice, the worm and Ying Xiong moved. Ying Xiong used a simple buddha's palm, intending to quickly defeat the arrogant worm, but the worm did not react in the expected way.
Instead of defending itself, it flicked its tail and the buddha's palm was cut in half as a strong power approached Ying Xiong.
Ying Xiong got serious. A bell surrounded him that rang out when the worm's power hit it. The bell instantly cracked. The worm's power was on par with the king of the destruction race.
Ying Xiong wanted to speak, but before he could, the worm moved again. It wriggled its body and moved through space at a speed second only to teleportation.
It headbutted the bell and sent Ying Xiong flying.
A giant buddha appeared around Ying Xiong's body as his shirt ripped and his painting glowed.
He used a full powered cosmic buddha's palm with as many stacks as he could and it fell towards the worm.
The worm grew serious as well, and it teleported away to Ying Xiong's surprise. A teleportation battle ensued.
Few attacks were made as they tried to out teleport each other. Soon, more contact began and Ying Xiong was slowly gaining an upper hand despite not using the absolute power that he had shown against the king of the destruction race.
After all, that was a power he only used when his life was in danger or when he was truly filled with killing intent.
Suddenly, the worm rapidly teleported away multiple times and created a distance.
Ying Xiong did not follow. "I assume you are admitting defeat." Ying Xiong said.
"I admit you are strong, but you have not seen everything yet. Prepare yourself." The worm said as the gray and golden colors surrounding his body moved.
Zhou Fan watched closely.
"This power is both my power and not my power, but in the end, I control it. Behold, my power, the power of the origin god." The worm shouted as its tail flicked.
Ying Xiong felt a sense of dread overwhelm him as the colors on the worm's body shot towards him in a vertical crescent. For the first time in a long time, he smelled the stench of death.
He fully activated his back painting and formed a defensive cosmic buddha's palm with more layers than he could handle while a bell appeared around his body.
He had felt this feeling before.
"Chaos Qi!" He shouted as the layered cosmic buddha's palm was shattered and the bell around his body cracked.
The void distorted as Ying Xiong used all of his power to defend. He had only felt so powerless against a single person before.
The bell shattered and Ying Xiong's body was almost fully cut in half before the power dissipated.
Ying Xiong was barely conscious, but as he looked at the worm, he realized that it was in as bad, if not a worse state than him.
The worms skin was once again pink and his body seemed to be slowly crumbling to dust. It eventually stopped, but the worm was completely out of commision.
The battle ended in a draw.
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