People watch mountains, fish watch lotuses. Truly liking what you want, nothing can be obtained easily.
When you cannot choose, flip a coin. When you have the chance to flip a second time, do not flip again; you must fight with all your might.
Chongming was fighting fiercely, his immense demonic power entangled with the divine power of over forty members of the Arid Tribe army as if it were free. He was buying time for He Li, allowing He Li to deal with his enemies.
Chongming split into three fiery phantoms, each blocking one of the four directions along with his main body. He steadfastly defended his own battlefield, not choosing to defend but to attack. Every blow he struck carried the ferocity and bloodlust of a demon.
These Arid Tribe soldiers were different from the hundreds who had previously surrounded him. Those Arid Tribe soldiers had been too weak; a mere flap of their wings could send them flying. However, these Arid Tribe soldiers were clearly stronger, with many among them at the peak of the Void God realm, and the rest at the higher echelons of the Yuan Zhou realm.
They were an Arid Tribe army whose strength had been exceptionally well-preserved.
It was no wonder. With no conflict on the western front, both the Divine Tribe army and the Arid Tribe army had preserved their strength exceptionally well. The current strength on the western front was likely the strongest, second only to the central battlefield.
He Li was locked in battle with four Arid Tribe Realm Gods. Across the entire front of the battlefield, a white rainbow and four black lights intertwined. As both sides fought, their divine powers erupted, weaving a vast expanse of black and white lines in the void, resembling a net.
"Attack simultaneously!" a Realm God of the Arid Tribe roared. He then unleashed his life-bound bone blade, a massive warhammer with a ring of bone spurs around its head.
There were many powerful beings capable of killing He Li, but the four Arid Tribe Realm Gods were not among them.
He Li's blade sliced through the Arid Divine power net and struck the bone blade of an Arid Tribe Realm God. Although the bone blade was an Arid God's life-bound weapon, it could still break and shatter, especially since He Li was superior to them.
*Clang!*
The bone blade snapped into two pieces. Seizing the opportunity, He Li followed up with a single strike, beheading that Arid Tribe Realm God.
The Arid Divine power net woven by the four Realm Gods had lost a corner. The remaining three Arid Tribe Realm Gods were like lambs awaiting slaughter.
He Li turned to face the three Arid Tribe Realm Gods. In mere moments, he had exchanged thousands of blows with them. After killing another Realm God, the remaining two Arid Tribe Realm Gods were still struggling to resist.
The scales of victory had already tipped. As long as He Li killed these two Arid Tribe Realm Gods, he could go and help Chongming deal with the Arid Tribe soldiers in the formation.
Just then,
From the higher void, a sigh was heard. It was a woman's voice, her sigh drifting melodiously and far away.
"As expected of the Spirit-Taming Divine Tribe that roams the battlefield. Their combat prowess and spirit are second to none."
The battlefield instantly froze. All actions seemed to come to a halt, everything stopped. Then, with a bang, the battlefield shattered like a mirror, exploding into countless fragments.
In a daze, He Li found himself detached from the battlefield. Chongming had also returned and stood beside him. Looking ahead, over fifty Arid Tribe soldiers stood intact in the void. The two Arid Tribe Realm Gods he had killed also reappeared there.
What was going on?
He had clearly killed them!
Before He Li could ponder further, an Arid Lord, clad in a flowing black ribbon dress, appeared in the void above, looking down upon the battlefield. Her pair of dim yellow eyes were fixed intently on him.
He Li frowned, raising his saber in a defensive stance, mentally calculating whether he could withstand this Arid Lord by using the three divine artifacts within his spiritual sea, thereby creating an opportunity for Chongming to escape.
Huh?
He Li blinked in surprise. Why was he thinking of creating an opportunity for Chongming to escape? He should be abandoning Chongming and fleeing himself.
Damn it!
No way?
Had he come to consider Chongming a friend?
This was truly dog-like shit. One more friend meant one more danger. Damn these emotions. He shouldn't have come back.
And also,
What was that just now? He was certain he had killed those two Arid Tribe Realm Gods. How could they reappear unharmed? httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Suddenly,
"Xi Ling, it's been tens of thousands of years. It seems your cultivation has grown, as has your courage, to actually attack my people."
The voice of the Yu Qiang Divine Lord echoed through the void, sounding as if it descended from the extremely distant heavens. His voice was heavy and overwhelmingly majestic.
The next moment,
Yu Qiang Divine Lord, with his hands clasped behind his back, strode through the sky, facing Xi Ling.
Yu Qiang Divine Lord first glanced at He Li. Seeing that He Li was unharmed, he then turned to Xi Ling and said slowly, "High-tier He Yu realm? How is it that upon advancing to a high-tier Divine Lord, you have become so audacious in my presence?"
Xi Ling Arid Lord smiled charmingly, raising her hand to lightly tap the void. Ripples spread across the void. She disdained Yu Qiang's warning and instead chuckled, "I have touched the law of time. I observe two to three tenths of time; time is still at my fingertips. Yu Qiang, what can you do to me?"
"You pauper, having obtained a treasure, you must flaunt it everywhere to display your wealth, as if the starving person you were before was not yourself. Xi Ling, since you have touched the law of time, you should be more cautious and strive to extend your reach to deeper levels, rather than confronting me with only a preliminary grasp of two to three tenths."
Yu Qiang Divine Lord sighed slightly and said, "I observe all things in the world, and all things in the world observe me. You dare to be arrogant with only two to three tenths?"
Yu Qiang Arid Lord directly threw a punch. An incredibly powerful divine force transformed into a vast expanse of golden light. The golden light spread out and surged forward. All the Arid Tribe soldiers in front were sent flying and then annihilated and dissipated within the golden light.
The golden light struck the ripples in front of Xi Ling Arid Lord. With a hum, the ripples vanished, and the golden light shattered.
"You..." Xi Ling Arid Lord's face turned ashen with shock, looking at Yu Qiang Divine Lord in disbelief. "You can actually break time?"
"I cannot."
Yu Qiang Divine Lord shook his head with a smile and then said, "But I am stronger than you. Even if you and I were in the same realm and at the same level, I would be a hundred times stronger than you. I am not killing you because the battlefield requires an Arid Tribe member to confront me, not because I cannot kill you.
Touching time? Still only two to three tenths?
It's a joke. You are merely using time, and similarly, time is using you. It is borrowing your hand to steal the time of others.
If you cannot completely merge with time and control time, even if you advance to become a king, you will merely be a slave to time."
Xi Ling Arid Lord's expression turned grim, and she gritted her teeth, "I don't believe you. How can the long river of time be defined by your few words?"
Xi Ling Arid Lord unleashed a short blade, about a foot long, and attacked Yu Qiang Divine Lord.
He Li had been watching the confrontation between the two powerful beings. Listening to the words of Yu Qiang Divine Lord, he suddenly noticed that although Xi Ling Arid Lord was attacking Yu Qiang Divine Lord, her peripheral vision was cast towards him.
Not good!
He Li's heart sounded a dire alarm. This old hag was going to deal with him!
As expected,
After exchanging a blow with Yu Qiang Divine Lord, Xi Ling Arid Lord swiftly drew a slash in the void towards He Li.
The bone blade's edge directly cut through space. Not only that, but a swirling hurricane erupted from the space. Everything around was frozen, and He Li was no exception.
In an instant,
He Li was swept into the hurricane within the spatial rift. The space closed, and Xi Ling Arid Lord retreated swiftly. Looking at Yu Qiang Divine Lord, she said with a triumphant smile, "I've taken the person. But don't worry, I will return him to you soon. By then, he might be thousands of years old or have become an infant."
The next moment,
Xi Ling Arid Lord vanished into the void.
Yu Qiang Divine Lord's expression remained unchanged. He waved his hand, bringing the anxious Chongming back to the Divine Tribe camp.
Not long after Yu Qiang Divine Lord returned to the Divine Tribe camp, a golden message arrived: "Transfer He Li Realm God to the central battlefield."
After reading it, Yu Qiang Divine Lord calmly extended his hand and wrote a passage of divine script in the void:
"He Li Realm God was abducted by Xi Ling Arid Lord through spacetime turbulence. Additionally, Xi Ling Arid Lord has advanced to the high-tier He Yu realm and has touched time, preliminarily mastering the law of time."