“Th-This... how is this possible?!” Yu Shuanghua's face was filled with disbelief.
These were office buildings; the twenty-odd story segment directly above his head alone weighed at least fifty to sixty thousand tons.
Not to mention the other collapsing buildings behind him. Together, they easily weighed hundreds of thousands of tons.
In the sky, the Earth Mother stared at the newly arrived Zhao Jin, her expressionless face twitching slightly.
She had thought that after growing her followers in the Church of the Earth Mother to nearly two million and gathering a vast amount of the power of faith during this period, she would at least be able to test Zhao Jin's depth, even if she couldn't defeat him.
Yet the moment he appeared, the overwhelming sense of threat he radiated was even more terrifying than before.
With that thought, her near-manifested body suddenly vanished. Her path of proselytization still had a long way to go; before she gathered a hundred million believers, she had no intention of ever facing Zhao Jin again.
Meanwhile, at the entrance of the Sun Sect in the suburbs.
Lin Yuanshan stood there with a grim expression. It was only after the Earth Mother vanished that the tension on his face finally eased.
“What a terrifying evil god. No, my Sun Sect must work harder to proselytize. If the world is ruled by such a heretical cult, it would be an insult to the Sun God!” He recalled the evil aura that had just swept through the entire city, and his four hands clenched tightly in unison.
On the other side!
“Is this guy a god as well?!” Yu Shuanghua was still staring at Zhao Jin in shock.
Having always considered himself second only to the Earth Mother, Yu Shuanghua took a terrified step back.
The next second, his expression turned fanatical as he glared at Zhao Jin and roared, “No! Even if you are a god, you are nothing before the great Earth Mother!”
“The Earth Mother? The moment she saw me, she abandoned you and fled,” Zhao Jin said, his expression unchanging as he looked at him.
In his eyes, from the Earth Mother down to Yu Shuanghua, they were all like mere ants.
Zhao Jin felt no emotion regarding the Earth Mother's appearance. After all, she was like a domestic pig to him—he was just waiting for her to get fat before slaughtering her to harvest her Destiny Force.
Hearing this, Yu Shuanghua abruptly looked up at the sky. The Earth Mother, who was supposed to have fully descended, was indeed gone.
This was an immense shock to the faith engraved deep within Yu Shuanghua's mind.
He stood in a daze before roaring in denial, “The Earth Mother is gone? Fled? No! The great Earth Mother is everything! She would never flee! You must have done something to me, blinding my eyes from seeing her! Unforgivable! Unforgivable!”
At this moment, Yu Shuanghua was on the verge of madness. He could not accept the reality of the Earth Mother fleeing.
He glared at Zhao Jin with a crazed expression. As a fanatic, no matter how powerful the enemy was, he would risk everything to eliminate anyone who stood in the Earth Mother's way!
Yet when he looked over, Zhao Jin had already vanished.
A calm voice echoed from behind Yu Shuanghua. “You are too loud.”
Zhao Jin stood two meters behind Yu Shuanghua, holding his black notebook. He didn't even spare Yu Shuanghua a glance.
He simply stared at the text rapidly appearing in the notebook. Every supernatural entity that had ever entered his Heavenly Domain, even the Earth Priest, had been recorded.
At the exact same moment, thousands of translucent Slashes sliced through Yu Shuanghua's body. The Slashes were so fast and sharp that he didn't even notice them.
Hearing the voice, Yu Shuanghua froze. “When did he get behind me? How did I not sense him?”
Splat!
He tried to turn around, but his vision was suddenly crisscrossed by countless black threads, as if the entire world had been segmented by them.
To the outside world, the moment Yu Shuanghua made a move, his body slid apart into countless slices of flesh less than a centimeter thick, scattering to both sides.
At this point, the super regeneration he took such pride in was completely useless.
Not far away, after the Earth Mother vanished, the immense pressure weighing on Tang Yongyun and Liu Wen dissipated.
Looking at the newly arrived Zhao Jin, neither of them found the Earth Mother's flight surprising.
To them, this was exactly how things should be.
Tang Yongyun bowed respectfully and said to Zhao Jin, “Mr. Zhao, if you hadn't arrived in time, I would probably be dead. If you ever have any use for me in the future, please do not hesitate to command me.”
Standing nearby, Liu Wen saw how quickly the kid was trying to curry favor.
He quickly chimed in, “O great Destiny, there is no need for me, Liu Wen, to boast of my character. As long as you have a need, I am willing to offer even my old life!”
Hearing this, Tang Yongyun couldn't help but glance at him. As he looked at Liu Wen, the three red eyes on the left side of Liu Wen's face stared right back.
If Zhao Jin hadn't been standing there, the two of them would have already started tearing each other apart.
“When the time comes to use you, I will. Now that the Earth Mother has made her move, there is no point in continuing this farce,” Zhao Jin said calmly.
The two men remained silent, not daring to voice any objections.
With a thought, Zhao Jin expanded his Gravity to cover the entire area of his Heavenly Domain.
In the distance, the crow atop Buck's head had just flown away, and before he could even sigh in relief...
The mask on his face was suddenly ripped off by an irresistible, massive force, and even the trench coat he wore was stripped from his body.
He was utterly dumbfounded. “My items! No, my items!”
He tried to reach out and grab the trench coat, but a force he could not resist pinned him to the spot.
Elsewhere, the ring on Xiao Qi's left hand, the long blade in his grasp, and the stone carving hanging from his waist were all pulled away by the gravitational force.
Watching his items fly away, his face paled in shock. “My lifeblood!”
There were still about ten hours left to complete his quest of holding the items. If they flew away now, he would drop dead!
He tried to resist, but the force pressing down on him locked him in place.
Only after the items had flown far away was he finally able to move.
Xiao Qi hurriedly ran in the direction the items had gone.
Inside a room in the East District, the crystal sealing the will of the Lord of Evil floated into the air.
Even the rattle drum buried beneath the ruins was dug out by Zhao Jin.
The seven items quickly gathered in the air above Zhao Jin. Looking at the hovering items...
A flash of regret crossed Tang Yongyun's eyes. He had already gathered five of them.
If the Earth Mother hadn't appeared, he was highly confident he could have secured all seven.
Zhao Jin didn't even look at the items hovering overhead. He turned to Tang Yongyun and said, “The Earth Mother's appearance interrupted this contest. Although we couldn't reach the most perfect outcome, I will still grant you your deserved rewards afterward.”
As Zhao Jin spoke, he looked up at the sky. Within his unique field of vision...
The sky above Yangcheng was blanketed by a golden sea of Destiny Force. This was an effect that could only be achieved by gathering over two million strands of Destiny Force.
This Destiny Force had been generated during the battle for the Lord of Evil's items, multiplying as the intensity of the struggle escalated.
Hearing Zhao Jin's words, the regret in Tang Yongyun's eyes vanished, and he quietly stood by, waiting for Zhao Jin's next move.
He admired this man from the bottom of his heart—someone who kept his word and possessed unfathomable power.
Listening to their conversation, Liu Wen stared at the rattle drum. He wanted to say something, but ultimately swallowed his words.
“If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have used this drum as bait.” He felt a pang of regret.
Zhao Jin reached out his left hand and grabbed the crystal. “Monster from four thousand years ago, the Lord of Evil formed from countless wicked thoughts—your power has gathered! Why do you not unseal yourself?!”
The moment his words left his mouth, the crystal in his hand began to vibrate violently.
Rumble!
In the sky, the gathered Destiny Force began to transform. Dark clouds rolled in, and bolts of lightning several meters thick snaked through the cloud layer.
The moonlight was completely blotted out by the dark clouds, and all electronic signals across Yangcheng were severed, disrupted by the fluctuations of an incredibly powerful energy.
The rumble of thunder grew increasingly deafening. Throughout Yangcheng, the survivors who hadn't been corrupted by the Earth Mother raised their heads to stare at the thunderclouds swirling in the sky.
A few hundred meters away from Zhao Jin, the approaching Xiao Qi saw the sky turn pitch black.
Rumble!
He looked up. Seeing a dragon of lightning stretching for over ten kilometers flash across the sky, his face filled with shock. “Is something else about to happen?”
Then, he saw his golden dragon-head ring hovering in the air above a young man wearing a fedora. Seeing this, he instinctively wanted to take it back.
Flap! Flap!
Suddenly, a dozen crows swooped down from the sky, knocking him to the ground.
Xiao Qi glared at the crows, his expression grim. “Mr. Tang, what are you doing? Are you in league with him?”
“Xiao Qi, don't be reckless. I'm saving your life. Do you have any idea what kind of existence that man is?” one of the crows perched on Xiao Qi's forehead warned.
This was the first time Xiao Qi had ever heard such wariness in the crow's voice. In his impression, Tang Yongyun was a fearless maniac who would pick a fight with anyone.
“Mr. Tang, I'm not trying to cause trouble. But if I don't hold that ring for three days, the existence behind me will definitely kill me!” Xiao Qi said despairingly as he lay on the ground.
Having finally become supernatural and survived the brutal battles of Yangcheng, he truly couldn't bear the thought of failing at the very last hurdle, dying just ten hours short of his goal.
“I will mention to Mr. Zhao that the ring belongs to you. Given Mr. Zhao's way of doing things, he won't let you suffer a loss,” the crow said calmly.
It thought it was some major issue, but on this planet, as long as someone acted in accordance with Mr. Zhao's interests, no one could touch them.
After all, Mr. Zhao valued fair exchanges above all else. Xiao Qi had voluntarily entered the fray, contributing a significant amount of Destiny Force toward the descent of the Lord of Evil. He would surely receive his due reward.
Hearing the crow's words, Xiao Qi could only nod silently. He had no power to change anything anyway.
He could only wait quietly for the outcome.
Boom!
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck down from the heavens, blasting directly into the seven items hovering in mid-air.
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