Chapter 371

Chapter 371: A Fate Worse Than Death!

As Ye Tianming’s thoughts stirred, countless stars in the distant galaxy seemed to answer a call, trembling and shaking one after another. Then, the light of innumerable stars poured down like a torrential rain, rushing straight toward the Divine Spirit Universe.

The entire Divine Spirit Universe was stunned.

Hall Masters like Jin Qing were also stunned. They hadn’t expected this High God to come out swinging so hard right from the start.

Was he really that decisive?

Billions of stars descending upon the Divine Spirit Universe — what a sight that would be? The entire sky of the Divine Spirit Universe was blanketed in that very moment!

And within those stars lay a terrifying stellar pressure. Countless waves of that dreadful force came crashing down from all directions, and every living being in the Divine Spirit Universe felt an unprecedented sense of oppression.

Was this going to destroy the entire Divine Spirit Universe?

Every living creature was horrified.

But just then, a woman suddenly appeared not far behind Ye Tianming — it was Guan Nan from the Immortal Treasure Pavilion.

Guan Nan suddenly swept her sleeve, and a square seal shot into the sky, forcibly transporting everyone present into a special space-time. This special space-time was extraordinarily sturdy, capable of withstanding the power of a True God-level expert!

The Curtain Heaven Seal!

This was a supreme divine artifact within the Immortal Treasure Pavilion, capable of manifesting a terrifying Curtain Heaven space-time. Within this Curtain Heaven space-time, not only was the fabric of space-time incredibly solid, but three years inside equaled only one day outside.

The flow of time was different from the outside world!

Beyond that, it also had a self-repair function — as long as it wasn’t destroyed all at once, it could continuously restore itself.

An artifact of this caliber was, by all rights, beyond Guan Nan’s authority to mobilize. But Ye Tianming had that card, so she invoked his name and summoned this divine artifact directly,

Opening a separate battlefield!

This was also something Ye Tianming had entrusted her to arrange beforehand.

After all, if the battlefield were set in the Divine Spirit Universe, a place like that simply couldn’t withstand the power of fighters at their level.

Not just the Divine Spirit Universe — the Official Residence Universe would also be caught in the blast and destroyed outright.

Under Ye Tianming’s control, the power of billions of stars descended directly into the Curtain Heaven space-time. Every living being in the Divine Spirit Universe outside let out a collective sigh of relief. Good thing it wasn’t aimed at the Divine Spirit Universe…… otherwise, with those stars falling, the entire Divine Spirit Universe would have been reduced to ash.

Shen Qi glanced at the billions of stars raining down, his expression perfectly calm.

Inside the Curtain Heaven space-time, Ye Tianming suddenly extended his hand, and the Tianming Sword transformed into a streak of sword light and flew out, merging with the power of the billions of stars.

Boom!

Wave after wave of terrifying sword pressure instantly spread across heaven and earth, crushing everything in its path.

Just then, the red-robed man named Huai Qing suddenly flew out from behind Shen Qi. He looked down at Ye Tianming below and laughed, “Ye Tianming, look at you acting all high and mighty — come on, let me have a go at you……”

With that, he clenched his right hand hard.

Boom!

Divine light surged around him as a fierce aura poured out from within his body, and a terrifying pressure instantly swept outward, clashing against the sword and stellar pressure filling the Curtain Heaven space-time.

The next moment, he suddenly threw a fierce punch upward. A terrifying fist radiance shot into the sky like a thunderbolt and slammed hard into that field of stellar sword energy.

Boom!

A deafening explosion rang out, and the terrifying region of stellar sword energy was actually driven back and caved inward by the sheer force of the blow.

Utterly frightening.

“Haha!”

Huai Qing burst out laughing, though his laughter was truly bizarre — sharp and piercing, like the squawk of a male duck, grating on the ears to an extreme degree.

Just as Huai Qing was laughing triumphantly, his pupils suddenly contracted. At the far end of the universe, countless stars had actually formed a strange and massive stellar formation!

The Star God Path!

Using the universe as the board, and the stars as the pieces!

It was clear that Ye Tianming had already mastered the Star God Path completely.

Boom!

Suddenly, a pillar of stellar light plunged straight down from the depths of the universe. In just an instant, it shattered through space-time and came crashing down directly onto Huai Qing’s head.

A ferocious look flashed across Huai Qing’s eyes. He spread his right leg, clenched both fists, and thrust them upward in a heaven-lifting stance!

Wave after wave of terrifying power surged out from within him, causing the space-time around him to tremble faintly.

And at that moment, the pillar of stellar light came down.

Boom!

Under everyone’s gaze, Huai Qing was sent plummeting downward by the stellar pillar at tremendous speed, and finally slammed hard into the ground. The ground was instantly smashed into a massive abyss with no visible bottom.

The stellar light did not vanish — it plunged straight down and crashed deep into that bottomless abyss.

Boom!

The entire abyss began to collapse rapidly. One terrifying explosion after another echoed up from within, utterly horrifying.

Witnessing this, Ling Shao, who stood beside Shen Qi, felt his expression grow incomparably grave. He took a long look at Ye Tianming below, quietly relieved that he hadn’t been the first to step forward. In truth, he had wanted to show off a little first, but Huai Qing had beaten him to it.

Shen Qi glanced toward the depths of the abyss and made no move to intervene, his expression remaining calm.

Boom!

Just then, another tremendous sound came from the very bottom of the abyss, followed immediately by a roar that echoed up from the depths, causing the already shattered abyss to collapse once more.

Before long, a streak of red light suddenly shot up from the depths of the abyss, and then a figure came into view.

It was Huai Qing — though at this moment, he was in a wretched state. His body was covered in wounds, and blood flowed continuously from him, dyeing his red robe an even deeper shade of crimson.

In his hand, he gripped a long spear that looked as though it had been forged from magma.

Everyone was somewhat taken aback. None of them had expected Huai Qing to actually make it out of the bottom of that abyss alive.

Huai Qing slowly raised his head and looked toward Ye Tianming in the distance. His gaze made no effort to conceal the icy killing intent within. Never in his life had Huai Qing been in such a sorry state!

Just then, deep within the cosmic river of stars, countless stars suddenly began to tremble faintly.

Huai Qing knew the stellar formation was about to activate again. Not daring to take another direct hit from it, he shuddered and instantly transformed into a streak of fire, charging straight toward Ye Tianming not far away.

With that charge, a terrifying wave of fire instantly swept across heaven and earth. The dreadful heat seemed as though it would melt the entire world.

Yet Ye Tianming stood there without moving, letting that spear thrust straight at him!

Just as Huai Qing’s spear stabbed hard into Ye Tianming’s chest, countless stars had gathered around Ye Tianming at some unknown point, covering his entire body in a dense layer, like a suit of stellar armor.

The Indestructible Stellar Body!

Bang!

The spear struck Ye Tianming, and countless flames suddenly erupted from his chest. In an instant, he was swallowed by the blaze.

Seeing this, Jin Qing on the other side immediately grew tense.

Boom!

Just then, the flames suddenly exploded outward, and a figure was sent flying hard through the air.

It was Huai Qing!

No one looked at Huai Qing — they all looked toward Ye Tianming. As the flames receded, Ye Tianming was completely unharmed.

The armor on his body, formed as though condensed from stars, had withstood every ounce of Huai Qing’s power.

On the other side, Huai Qing was pushed back a full several tens of thousands of zhang before coming to a stop. The moment he stopped, a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

Ye Tianming gave a light wave of his hand, and the surrounding flames were instantly extinguished. He paid no attention to Huai Qing, instead slowly raising his head to look at Shen Qi. “That’s the thing you sent to fight me? Some neither-male-nor-female creature like that?”

“Ahh!”

The moment Huai Qing heard Ye Tianming’s words, he let out a hysterical roar. Like a man gone mad, he ignited his own flesh and soul. At the same time, endless flames surged out from within him, and wave after wave of terrifying power spread across heaven and earth — utterly horrifying.

Jin Qing glanced at Huai Qing. “That neither-male-nor-female thing has gone berserk.”

Chu Nai said calmly, “Going into heat won’t do any good.”

Jin Qing and the others: “…….”

As Huai Qing went berserk, his aura surged wildly, rising to several times what it had been before. The long spear in his hand in particular seemed to come alive, with streams of terrifying blood-red magma gushing from its tip.

Huai Qing slowly raised his head and looked at Ye Tianming. His face had grown somewhat ferocious. “You piece of trash — I’ll make you wish you were dead!!”

With that, he suddenly shot into the sky. In an instant, a torrent of flames erupted from within him, flooding the entire heavens and earth. Within the flames, countless tiny golden runes condensed, and wave after wave of tremendous power spread across heaven and earth.

A divine technique!

Sensing the terrifying might of that divine technique, Jin Qing and the others nearby were all somewhat surprised. Jin Qing studied Huai Qing for a moment. “That neither-male-nor-female thing actually has some real moves.”

Chu Nai said, “He is of divine lineage, after all.”

As he spoke, he looked toward Shen Qi in the sky above. Jin Qing and the others did the same.

When their gazes landed on Shen Qi, they all grew somewhat grave.

This one…… even they found him unfathomable!

Chu Nai said, “Jin Qing, wasn’t this person sent down by your Divine Path Hall?”

Jin Qing said in a low voice, “At first, yes — he was sent down to retake control of that official residence. But something felt off later. We found that he had completely slipped out of our control. I had wanted to send someone down to investigate, but then the High God appeared……”

Chu Nai fixed his gaze on Shen Qi. “And his background?”

Jin Qing shook his head. “Nothing. Absolutely nothing. And going down there — that was his own idea…… Very mysterious, and very strange.”

Chu Nai suddenly said, “Could be……. a God.”

A God!

Hearing that, everyone was startled — but on second thought, it didn’t seem all that surprising.

Just then, Huai Qing in the distance let out a furious roar, then gripped his spear and, wrapped in a sky full of flames, came crashing down toward Ye Tianming below. As he dove, all the flames swept downward like ten thousand crashing waves. The terrifying pressure caused the surrounding space-time to tremble faintly — utterly terrifying!