Chapter 857: Battle of the Gods
"Bang!"
A crisp cracking sound was heard.
The Origin Jade instantly turned into countless fragments, but the energy contained in it did not dissipate, but condensed into a dazzling beam of light.
The beam of light penetrated the sky and earth, accurately hitting the node with the densest runes on the monster.
"Roar!"
The monster let out a deafening wail, and three heads roared at the same time.
The runes on its body began to collapse, turning into dots of blood and dissipating in the air.
But it was not over yet.
As the runes collapsed, something seemed to be triggered in the monster's body.
"Not good!" Li Yan suddenly shouted, "The energy in its body is going out of control!"
Sure enough, the monster's body began to expand rapidly, and countless cracks spread between the scales.
"It's going to explode!" Qingping's face changed drastically, "This scale of energy explosion..."
"It will destroy a hundred miles around!"
Li Yang's eyes condensed:
"It's okay... I have a way."
He looked at the others:
"Everyone retreat."
Everyone immediately understood what he meant and retreated.
Li Yang took a deep breath, and [World Devourer] unfolded again.
But this time, the scale of the vortex was unprecedentedly large.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the dark vortex enveloped the entire sky.
And in the center of the vortex, the light of the origin jade fragment could be vaguely seen.
"Go!"
Li Yang shouted, and the vortex suddenly shrank.
Just when the monster was about to explode, it was completely swallowed.
"Boom!"
Even with the vortex wrapped around it, the aftermath of the explosion still set off a huge wave.
Everyone was blown away by the shock wave and fell heavily to the ground.
When the smoke and dust dissipated, there was silence between heaven and earth.
The deep pit and the monster disappeared, leaving only a charred land.
In the center of the scorched earth, Li Yang knelt on one knee, his face pale.
"It's over?" Xia Yuan climbed up with difficulty.
"I think so..." Li Yang nodded, "I hope it's really over this time."
"Ahem..." Li Yang stood up with difficulty, and the power in his body was almost exhausted.
Jiang Lan hurried forward to support:
"Are you okay?"
"I won't die." Li Yang smiled bitterly,
"It's just that [World Devourer] may need to rest for a while."
Yan Yue walked to the center of the charred ground and squatted down to take a closer look: "The spatial structure here is very unstable."
"After all, we just experienced such a violent energy shock." Li Yan said, "But we finally solved that monster."
"No..." Qingping suddenly said, "Things may not be that simple."
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Qingping staring at a certain position in the sky.
There, the space was twisting in a weird way.
"Damn." Li Yang gritted his teeth, "Is it not over yet?"
Just then, an ethereal voice suddenly came from the twisted space:
"Interesting... Really interesting..."
"In this era, there are still people who can control the power of chaos."
The voice seemed to come from all directions, but it seemed to ring directly in everyone's mind.
"Who are you?" Xia Yuan asked vigilantly.
"Me?" The voice said with a hint of amusement, "You can call me...Traveler."
"Traveler?" Jiang Lan frowned,
"What? I've never heard of it."
"Have you been watching us fight?"
"I guess so..." the voice replied, "It started a long time ago."
"That monster..." Li Yang suddenly thought of something, "Did you arrange it?"
"I don't have that much ability..." the traveler said, "At most, it's just some...small fueling of the flames."
"Why?" Yan Yue asked, "What on earth are you?"
The distortion of space became more and more intense, and the outline of a human figure could be vaguely seen taking shape.
"I've said before, I'm a traveler."
The voice of that thing was still calm,
"My duty is to travel through this world, observe, record, and occasionally... do some small interventions."
"It's to find people like you."
"People who can find a balance between chaos and order."
Li Yang's eyes condensed: "You mean..."
The traveler interrupted him calmly:
"This world should have fallen...but you are a variable."
"The upcoming crisis is far more terrible than you can imagine."
"The God of Chaos is just the beginning, the real war is still to come."
"What war?" Jiang Lan asked.
The traveler was silent for a moment:
"The war of the gods."
"When the beings at the top are about to start fighting, the whole world will become a battlefield."
"And you..." The traveler's tone was full of expectation,
"may be the key to changing everything."
Li Yan snorted coldly: "So you use that method to test us?"
"There is always a price to pay." The traveler said, "but your performance is really beyond my expectations."
"Especially you..." He looked at Jiang Lan, "It's really surprising that you can master the power of chaos in such a short time."
Jiang Lan didn't speak, but clenched his fists.
"Time is running out." The traveler's voice suddenly became urgent,
"They have noticed the abnormality here."
"Before the real war begins, you need to become stronger."
"And..." The figure of the traveler began to blur,
"The fragments of the origin jade, they will guide you to find the truth."
"Wait!" Li Yang shouted, "They are..."
But the figure of the traveler has completely disappeared, and the distorted space has returned to normal.
Everyone looked at each other, speechless for a moment.
"That's great." Xia Yuan sighed,
"Just solved one problem, and here comes a bigger one."
"The War of the Gods..." Yan Yue thought, "No wonder all planes are not peaceful recently."
"The key is the fragments of the Origin Jade." Li Yan said, "Where is that thing now?"
Li Yang shook his head: "It was swept away by my [World Devourer]. God knows where it is scattered."
"We have to find a way to get it back." Jiang Lan said, "I always feel that those fragments are not simple."
"The most important thing now is healing." Qing Ping reminded, "This battle is not easy, everyone is over-consumed."
Li Yang nodded:
"Go back... It's not safe here anymore."
"And..." He looked up at the sky, "We have to find other allies as soon as possible."
"Before the War of the Gods breaks out..."
"At least be prepared."
Everyone nodded silently, then turned and walked towards the city.
As the night deepened, the moonlight still quietly sprinkled on the ground.
It was as if nothing had happened.
But everyone knew that this was just the calm before the bigger storm.
And they would face this catastrophe that could change the world.
"By the way." Xia Yuan suddenly asked as they walked,
"Which places do you think the other planes that thing mentioned are?"
"It's probably some ancient planes. You'll know if you look through ancient books." Li Yan replied,
"We have records of some places where gods were born in legends."
"The underworld... the abyss... the star realm..." Li Yan counted on his fingers,
"It may even include some secret realms that we don't know about."
"Anyway... who knows."
