Chapter 1853
by 林方方Chapter 1853 Safety Passage
“Safety passage.” Lin Qiye answered.
“Safety passage?”
“A passage that exists outside the maze, allowing access to any point in time.” Lin Qiye pointed to the end of the light cone, “Didn’t you say the time maze is an inverted pyramid? The bottom of the pyramid is the Gate of Truth, and if we keep going upward, we’ll exit from the top of the inverted pyramid, arriving outside the maze.”
Lina’s gaze swept across these dense time fragments. She even spotted Vishnu and No. 22 in the fragment closest to the Gate of Truth, though they seemed completely unaware they were being observed.
She looked at Lin Qiye with confusion, “You knew about this safety passage all along?”
“Yes… though I didn’t expect entering it would be so difficult.”
In Lin Qiye’s mind, An Qingyu’s image appeared… The existence of the safety passage was something An Qingyu had told him about. Did he know about this place through pure theoretical deduction? Or had he been here before?
While Lin Qiye was pondering, a blinding streak of light shot through the void, heading straight down toward their heads!
Lin Qiye’s pupils contracted slightly!
“Watch out!”
The Kusanagi Sword slashed through the air, its golden blade light brushing past her hair and striking above Lina, colliding with the incoming light. The surging divine power exploded, forcing the light to retreat slightly.
The attacking light moved too quickly. If not for Lin Qiye’s mental perception allowing him to protect her in advance, Lina would have been severely injured if not killed. Taking advantage of this moment, Lin Qiye could now clearly see the true form of that light.
It was an arrow made of gold and iron.
Almost simultaneously, a figure materialized behind Lin Qiye. It was someone clad in battle armor, wielding a spear that moved like a dragon, carrying overwhelming divine power straight toward Lin Qiye’s back!
Lin Qiye pressed his palm against the void, drawing out [Zhan Bai], and swung it toward the cold gleam of the spear tip.
Clang——!
[Zhan Bai] deflected the spear, but the attacker showed no intention of stopping. The spear stabbed repeatedly through the void, like countless flickering stars in the night sky, surging toward Lin Qiye from all directions!
Lin Qiye frowned, channeling surging divine power into the Kusanagi Sword. A brilliant sword light swept across his front, the massive blade energy suppressing the countless spear shadows, forcefully pushing the attacking deity back several steps!
Breaking technique with raw power!
As the sword light dissipated in midair, a golden-haired woman wielding a spear stepped forward. Her azure eyes fixed on Lin Qiye, her exquisite face seemingly devoid of emotion, displaying only endless killing intent and majesty!
She hurled her spear skyward with force, then stomped on the void, instantly appearing before Lin Qiye.
Afterimages flashed in Lin Qiye’s vision. Before he could see how she attacked, powerful fist winds had already brushed past his cheek! Fists, elbows, knees, shoulders… every part of the golden-haired woman’s body seemed filled with murderous intent, like a humanoid beast frantically tearing at its prey!
As the Blazing Angel, Lin Qiye’s weakness was close combat, unlike the Primordial Spirit. As a blade light flashed, he immediately vanished into the void, reappearing hundreds of meters away.
The moment he appeared, a second arrow precisely shot toward his forehead!
Lin Qiye’s eyes narrowed slightly.
Just as the arrow’s tip was about to touch his forehead, a purple domain expanded around Lin Qiye!
After [Final King’s Law] was released, the arrow seemed to lose all its driving force, floating in midair before being cleaved in two by a blade light!
From the brief exchange, Lin Qiye could determine that there were at least two enemies, both at the level of major deities… but their coordination was extremely seamless, with one engaging in close combat while the other attacked from a distance, each arrow precisely aimed.
But even so, as long as they were still major deities, Lin Qiye could handle them.
“Skulking around… why not show yourselves?!”
Lin Qiye uttered softly, stomping his foot in the void. [Final King’s Law] expanded to its limit, and as the purple energy swept outward, a graceful figure was forcibly knocked from the sky, her previously transparent body gradually returning to normal.
She was a woman dressed in leaves and hemp cloth, holding a bow and arrow. Her face was painted with several green markings, her eyes full of wildness.
Both are goddesses?
Lin Qiye’s gaze swept over the golden-haired goddess and the wild goddess as he frowned in thought.
Judging from the golden-haired goddess’s individual combat power and their seamless coordination, they were definitely not from [Divine Desire Paradise], nor could they be [Hidden Gods]. The Temple of Celestial Gods had been completely destroyed, so they couldn’t be Vishnu’s people either…
Could it be…
While Lin Qiye was pondering, the two goddesses exchanged glances, their killing intent intensifying!
The spear spinning in midair seemed drawn by some force, diving straight toward Lin Qiye. In the golden-haired goddess’s azure eyes, waves of divine power surged, her divine aura rising rapidly!
Her form instantly broke through the void, charging toward Lin Qiye alongside the spear from opposite directions. In the distance, the wild goddess drew her bow again, a deep green divine light coiling around the arrow’s tail, terrifying divine power creating ripples around her…
Just as these three killing intents were about to erupt, Lin Qiye suddenly spoke:
“Might you be Athena, Goddess of War, and Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt? My name is Lin Qiye, you should…”
Upon hearing these words, the golden-haired goddess and the wild goddess’s bodies suddenly trembled.
“Lin Qiye?”
The whistling spear abruptly halted in midair, the charged arrow dispersed its divine power, and the golden-haired goddess who had been rushing toward Lin Qiye immediately slowed down, though she still nearly collided with Lin Qiye suspended in midair.
“Yes, it’s me.” Lin Qiye looked at the golden-haired goddess’s face just inches from his own. “I’m here to find Nyx, Goddess of Night.”
Athena, gripping her spear, examined him carefully with her azure eyes and asked with furrowed brows:
“Can you prove it?”
“Of course.”
Lin Qiye flipped his palm, and a dark essence appeared before him. At that moment, even the surrounding light dimmed slightly.
“The essence of night…?” Athena naturally recognized the essence in Lin Qiye’s hand. She stared at Lin Qiye in astonishment, a complex emotion appearing in her eyes.
As major deities following Nyx, they had certainly heard of Lin Qiye’s existence, and the night essence in his hand could be considered Nyx’s token.
Beside her, the hunting goddess Artemis also put away her bow and arrow, placing one hand on her chest and bowing slightly:
“We’ve heard your name mentioned by Lady Nyx before… We are merely guarding this place and meant no offense.”