NOVEL WEB Chapter 270: Provide Support
The power of the Blood Qi Shockwave was enormous, but its serial release caused severe damage to Lu Hong's heart vessels.
Bloodthirst continuously drew the power of the deceased elites, as Lu Hong clutched his chest and coughed out vital blood.
Seeing Lu Hong demonstrating divine prowess and killing so many elite warriors, Gong Shou halted his subordinates' continued assault. Now, numbers no longer posed an advantage, so he decided to let Gong Shou end everything.
Gong Shou raised his divine bow, aimed at Lu Hong, and as he continually gathered strength, bursts of explosive thunder appeared on the arrow, tearing through the ancient, solid space of the road.
Lu Hong also sensed the immense strength of this arrow and immediately switched to the War Holy Sword. Although his Divine Soul was split, Lu Hong endured the pain, began to recall, pondered, and realized the Eternal Sword he had released when he first ascended to the God Realm.
Finally, he pushed his body down, his violent, ocean-like Blood Qi entirely merged into the Holy Sword. In the next second, a terrifying pressure shocked the heavens and the earth.
One minute…
Two minutes…
Three minutes…
Four minutes…
As the time of their power accumulation elongated, although infinite Magic Power converged, the realm seemed split and scorching to those watching, silently colliding and roaring.
"Retreat, everyone back!"
Gao Sheng made a quick decision. Everyone present, including Gao Yi, quickly moved away to avoid the terrifying aftermath of the impending collision.
Seeing that Lu Hong was able to accumulate power with skills seemingly similar to his, Gong Shou's eyes sparked manically, "Good, very good, let's see who is stronger!"
As his words fell, the fully drawn bow and arrow reached its limit and tore through the space, shooting fiercely toward Lu Hong.
Although Lu Hong could continue to gather strength, time no longer permitted it, and he had to swing the Eternal Sword.
As both forces were released, everyone seemed to suffocate, frozen in place, unable to move an inch.
Thunderous explosions sounded.
Lu Hong's Eternal Sword was unexpectedly matched by Gong Shou's charged arrow.
Gong Shou mustered the remaining power within his body to withstand the shock, not retreating at all.
But in the next second, Gong Shou was stunned because he sensed the approach of his opponent, almost within a half-inch in the deceptive cover of the Magic Power shockwave.
The remaining Magic Power could no longer support Gong Shou's release of the time-condensing Skill, and he hadn't anticipated that Lu Hong would risk his life to charge through the explosion and launch an attack on him.
"Are you crazy?!" Gong Shou tried to retreat, but Lu Hong was faster, and his sword blade pierced the opponent's chest.
Just as Lu Hong thought he was about to kill Gong Shou, an old hand gripped the blade, preventing the Holy Sword aimed at the heart from advancing further.
Gong Shou, who had just escaped death, collapsed onto the ground, gasping heavily.
Lu Hong was covered in blood, many parts of his body reduced to bare bones from Magic Power corruption.
"Why... they ignored Wuzhen's rules and attacked in town; you didn't stop them—I accepted that. They wanted to kill me inside Wuzhen, you didn't intervene—I accepted that too, but... but why! Why did you intervene when I was about to kill him?! Why! It's not fair!"
Lu Hong roared angrily, unable to advance the Holy Sword even slightly despite exerting all his strength.
In response to Lu Hong's questioning, Wu Nian Celestial God responded indifferently, "These are the rules of All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds. You don't have a powerful family backing you, while behind Gong Shou stands the Gong family—I… cannot afford to provoke them. Thus, Gong Shou cannot die in Wuzhen."
Hearing Wu Nian Celestial God's explanation, Lu Hong could no longer hold on, released the Holy Sword, and knelt on the ground as his vital blood drained and the scent of death enveloped his heart.
Dying, Lu Hong uttered no more words; indeed! There was nothing left to say in a world… that was inherently unfair…
Regaining his senses, Gong Shou got up, firstly bowing to Wu Nian Celestial God, "Thank you, Uncle Nian, for rescuing me. From now on, Uncle Nian's affairs are my Gong family's affairs."
"Very well then," Wu Nian nodded, then glanced at Lu Hong kneeling on the ground, "This young man no longer possesses the strength to fight. You may deal with him as you see fit."
Having said that, Wu Nian stepped back half a step and cleared the way.
Gong Shou drew the short dagger from his waist, took a step forward, and came before Lu Hong, pressing the dagger against Lu Hong's throat. He smiled and said, "Lu Hong, I admit you are strong, truly, quite surprising. If you were born into a powerful family, this battle might have really been yours, but birth cannot be changed, and one must learn to accept fate, so... accept your fate!"
With that, he slit Lu Hong's throat.
With a thud, Lu Hong's eyes lost their color, and he collapsed completely.
"Big brother!" Gao Yi cried out in pain, wanting to rush forward, but he was firmly held back by Gao Sheng and other powerful members of the Gao family.
Gao Yue also watched everything happening in Wuzhen from a great distance and couldn't help but sigh. She admitted that Lu Hong's strength had indeed been beyond her expectations; it was a pity...
Sheathing his dagger, Gong Shou turned to Wu Nian and said, "Uncle Nian, this fight has inadvertently damaged your Wuzhen. Later, please tally up the damages, and I will have the Gong family send you the money."
"Alright," Wu Nian nodded and casually pointed at Lu Hong's corpse, saying, "This child..."
"Feed him to the dogs!"
"Feed him to the dogs?!"
Suddenly, a voice filled with murderous intent echoed through the sky.
Wu Nian furrowed his brows and rebuked, "Who? Who dares to act recklessly in my Wuzhen?!"
And while Wu Nian was looking for the source of the voice, he didn't realize the other party had already appeared beside Lu Hong's body.
It was the Netherworld God, ruler of the Netherworld.
Looking at Lu Hong's dead body, the Netherworld God felt her heart ripped apart by pain. Even though she knew that using the waters from the River of Time could resurrect Lu Hong, she was in such agony that she couldn't breathe.
With trembling hands, the Netherworld God took out the water from the River of Time, which the Goddess of Fate had given her, and sprinkled it on Lu Hong's body.
As the water from the River of Time entered Lu Hong's body, the fatal wound at his throat began to reverse, gradually restoring itself to its original state, bringing Lu Hong back to the state before his throat was slit.
"I..."
The awakening Lu Hong was somewhat bewildered, but the pain in his body forced him to become alert.
"Don't say anything, just rest," said the Netherworld God, not very skilled at healing wounds, and she hardly ever got injured, thus she didn't even have any medication to treat injuries.
Recognizing the Netherworld God's face, Lu Hong managed to squeeze out a smile: "Frog once told me that a Heavenly God had implanted a divine seed in me, I never thought... cough, cough... it would be you..."
"Don't speak, let me avenge you." The Netherworld God reassured Lu Hong, then turned to face Wu Nian.
Wu Nian, sensing the terrifying power of the Netherworld God, which felt like an infinite chaos, had no choice but to steel himself and say, "I advise you to think carefully, do not act rashly, and ruin your future."
"Rash? I saw everything that just happened very clearly, now I ask you again, where were you when these people ignored the rules of Wuzhen and acted here?"
"Where were you when Lu Hong was about to be killed by them?"
"Why, why did you intervene to help them when Lu Hong could have killed the opponent?!"
Hearing the Netherworld God's questioning, Wu Nian's brow creased slightly as he responded gravely, "Are you also as childish as that youngster?"
"How dare you!" thundered the Netherworld God, and the entire ancient path vibrated intensely.
And with that vibration, Wu Nian's body shattered, leaving only a divine soul, stunned in place.
Wu Nian knew this female Heavenly God was powerful, but he never imagined she would be this formidable.
Seeing Wu Nian stunned, the Netherworld God showed no patience and slapped him: "I'm asking you something, speak!"
And under that slap, Wu Nian Celestial God's divine soul completely shattered. A Celestial God with such stature died under the two rebukes of the Netherworld God, without even leaving a last word.
Seeing what had just happened, Gong Shou also felt a chill.
Especially when he saw the Netherworld God's gaze locked onto him, he panicked and said, "Predecessor, my Gong family..."
The Netherworld God frowned slightly but did not act against Gong Shou directly. Instead, she said, "I give you three breaths of time. If you cannot summon your Gong family's Celestial God, then die!"