Chapter 1445: When the Stars of Humanity Shine (Part 4)

On the scarred and devastated open ground,

The figure in the white coat, holding the particle holy sword, stared at the skeletal dragon flapping its wings in the air. His clothes fluttered in the hurricane that raged between heaven and earth. From afar, he looked like a human hero who had ascended to the pinnacle, about to challenge a legendary evil dragon.

"The Lord of Xuanyu has awakened!"

Jian Changsheng, who had been preparing for a fight to the death, saw this scene, and a flash of joy appeared on his face!

"The Lord of Xuanyu has awakened..."

Beside him, Sun Bumian’s expression grew increasingly bitter. He shook his head and sighed softly.

The same complex emotions appeared in the hearts of every resident of the Xuanyu Realm... The awakening of the Lord of Xuanyu was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for everyone. They were surprised and excited; after all, for the vast majority, the Lord of Xuanyu was just a hero from stories passed down by word of mouth. Now that this legendary figure had actually appeared before their eyes, it was impossible not to be stirred.

This emotion was like the Great Sage Equaling Heaven suddenly descending on a somersault cloud, settling the mountains and seas with a single strike of his staff—it was enough to make anyone’s heart surge.

But the awakening of the Lord of Xuanyu also meant... he had officially entered his death countdown.

The stasis pod was damaged, and all supplies maintaining his life had been cut off. Now, the Lord of Xuanyu was like the former Lord of Aurora; his life had entered its final countdown. As time passed, his power would grow weaker and weaker until he completely aged and died.

Moreover, what he had to face now was a world-destroying Calamity in its prime.

Some were stirred, some were anxious;

But the white-clad figure holding the particle longsword had a gaze so pure it contained no impurities. He just stared fixedly at Xizai in the air, with only one thought in his mind:

Slay it!!

What death countdown? What slim odds of defeating a world-destroyer in single combat... Now that my sword is in hand, how could I avoid your edge?!

He swept the particle longsword aside, and in the next second, his figure ejected from the ground like a cannonball.

Dong—!!

The white-clad figure soared into the sky. The tip of the particle longsword sliced through the void. Under the agitation of the Higgs boson, black holes resembling sword marks began to spread across the sky!

The Higgs boson could freely change the mass of any matter, so it could naturally create micro-black holes with ease. As the sword marks sliced open the canvas-like sky, the fierce hurricanes raging in the heavens seemed to be guided, crazily drilling into those sword marks.

Xizai’s authority over "wind" was restrained by the Lord of Xuanyu, and at the same time, a world-slashing particle sword beam tore through the thin wind wall in front of it, slashing toward the dragon’s head!

Xizai’s wind-tunnel-like pupils seemed to swallow everything. Facing the particle sword beam slashed by Ji Xuan, it showed no fear, opening its massive skeletal mouth to bite down!

Clang—!!!

The moment the particle holy sword was bitten by Xizai’s ghastly bone teeth, a world-destroying shockwave swept across the sky. In the next second, fine cracks spread across the surface of the particle holy sword, and as Xizai bit down with more force, the sword exploded into pieces!

The physical strength of a world-destroying Calamity was far beyond human imagination, and the Calamities of the Sighing Wilderness were already adept at brute-force collisions—let alone Xizai, this giant dragon...

The damage Ji Xuan’s full-force strike could inflict on it was very limited.

Ji Xuan’s palm was instantly shaken until it was dripping with blood, but there was no fear on his face. He twisted his palm in the void, and the particle traces shattered in mid-air began to spin, turning into a micro-black hole that forcibly tore off half of Xizai’s claw!

The next second, Xizai’s roaring dragon breath engulfed Ji Xuan’s figure, blasting him down to the earth!

As Ji Xuan’s figure was swallowed by the dragon breath, everyone’s heart trembled. A roaring explosion came from the impact point on the ground, and a bottomless abyss crater appeared in the dust.

"You..."

"Get down here too!!"

As Ji Xuan’s low roar echoed from the crater, the mass of Xizai, flying in the sky, climbed rapidly. Its bone density completely exceeded the scope of science, nearly ten million times that of steel...

And at the same time, the gravity it was subjected to also climbed rapidly!!

Every time Xizai flapped its wings, it became incredibly difficult. No matter how much it stirred the surrounding hurricanes, the force generated could not offset the extreme gravity the Earth exerted upon it. Its massive body plummeted bit by bit, finally crashing onto the ruined Xuanyu Realm!

A figure covered in dust crawled with difficulty out of the abyss crater...

"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough..."

Violent coughing erupted, and crimson blood flowed from the corner of the Lord of Xuanyu’s mouth. His complexion was far paler than when he had just awakened.

Under such intense physical exertion, his vitality was visibly weakening. Every internal organ felt as if it had been overdrawn, operating with difficulty and exhaustion.

Not far opposite him, the skeletal dragon, which had been crawling on the ground, slowly stood up in the dust. Even after being pulled down from the high sky, its size remained as massive as a mountain. Those wind-tunnel pupils stared fixedly at the Lord of Xuanyu, and the world-destroying pressure swept forward crazily with the flapping of its wings!

In the sky, some kind of invisible force field began to fluctuate.

The sky, which had been quite bright, briefly turned gray-white before returning to normal. An inexplicably cold and eerie aura spread through the realm from time to time.

"Oh no... the Lord of Xuanyu can’t hold up this domain anymore," Sun Bumian said in a deep voice.

The entire Xuanyu Realm existed by relying on the Lord of Xuanyu’s domain. Now, as his condition worsened, the realm began to destabilize, and the Gray Realm began to converge.

The Lord of Xuanyu realized this himself. He glanced at the residents of the realm behind him, his pale lips pursed slightly...

He clenched his fist, veins bulging on the back of his hand, as if in anger or self-reproach.

"Lord of Xuanyu!! Don't worry about us!! Keep going!!!"

"Even if we are doomed to die, we must make these Calamities pay the price!!"

"Kill Xizai!!! Let these Calamities know that our Xuanyu Realm is not to be trifled with!!"

"There are no cowards in our Xuanyu Realm! If they won't give us a way to live, then we'll die together!!"

"Kill it!! Lord of Xuanyu!!"

"Go, Lord of Xuanyu!!! We are always behind you!!!"

“……”

Hysterical voices came from behind. In the ruined city, the blood-covered survivors shouted with all their might.

Hearing these words, the Lord of Xuanyu’s body jolted, and then he couldn't help but tremble slightly... No one knew what this Nine-Lord was thinking now.

He just silently condensed another particle holy sword, stubbornly and slowly took a step, and continued to walk toward the skeletal dragon, whose aura was raging.

At the same time, a particle coordinate from an unknown time suddenly flashed on his arm. He frowned and flicked this coordinate to another space-time in the past.

He was busy; he didn't have time to support other timelines now. He’d better go find his past self.

After doing all this, he looked back at Xizai.

With his current state, could he kill Xizai in single combat?

The Lord of Xuanyu didn't know.

And he didn't want to know...

He only knew that if he didn't bet everything to do this, he would never be able to face the residents behind him, or the trust they placed in him.

Monstrous killing intent erupted from the Lord of Xuanyu’s eyes once more. In that broken, aged chest, the will to fight roared!!

Just then,

A meteor containing a terrifying aura streaked across the sky!

No... that’s not right,

That wasn't a meteor...

In the Lord of Xuanyu’s stunned gaze, a nuclear weapon, like a holy sword of judgment descending from the heavens, crashed onto the skeletal dragon that was pinned to the ground. The earth-shattering explosion turned into a rolling mushroom cloud, obscuring the sky!!

Destructive heat waves surged within the Xuanyu Realm. Above that scorching sun, a figure in a black robe stepped through the air.

The man had his hands behind his back, and the red light of six Philosopher’s Stones flickered silently between his brows.

Another Nine-Lord level aura spread between heaven and earth!!

"Ji Xuan..."

"It’s been so many years, and you... are still just as pathetic."