Light Fortress
Chapter 626 - 157 Mortals, God_3

Chapter 626: Chapter 157 Mortals, God_3

Gu Shen raised his hand and recalled the "hypnosis" Chi Huo.

The situation before him, Shen Li needed rest... Moreover, given the current state of the cemetery, even if Shen Li were awake, he wouldn’t be of any help.

"Xu Yan is not completely dead yet... I’m going out into the Disaster Realm to kill him," Gu Shen looked towards the distance.

Chu Ling earnestly said, "I will go with you."

"No..."

Gu Shen shook his head, his voice somewhat somber, and softly spoke, "I need you to make a trip to the inner mausoleum. Master Qianye is there, she left all the Array Pattern Diagrams there... If the worst comes to pass, someone needs to take over the array patterns."

For him, Chu Ling’s presence was a tremendous surprise and even more delight.

There were still nearly a hundred array patterns left.

No matter how talented Gu Shen was or how focused his mentality, this was an impossible task.

Now, he was racing against time.

Even the Tomb Guardian had no hope; she only hoped that Gu Shen could master as many array patterns as possible... that way, he could control the situation as much as possible.

The "Great Cold Disaster Realm" now covered the entire cemetery.

Transcendents who entered the "Disaster Realm" were akin to stepping into a cold snowfield hundreds of times larger than Qingzhong Cemetery... The three offices and five families, these Transcendents, unable to find an exit, would be frozen to death alive.

And after contemplating the Cemetery Map, Gu Shen was able to reveal the true path that guided the light between "true" and "false."

He had already completely understood Chu Ling’s situation.

Divine Temple Mountain had indeed hatched a "Divine Embryo"... However, the cost of Chu Ling’s survival was the consumption of Extraordinary Essence.

Perhaps this was the real reason why his [Key] encountered the [Source Code].

If there really were a Goddess of Destiny who had foreseen that Chu Ling would be born through the Prayer Technique of Divine Temple Mountain, the only way for Chu Ling to remain alive among the living... seemed to be by sending himself to her side.

Because "Chi Huo" could supply her with Extraordinary Essence.

The cemetery now needed to fight.

And when Chu Ling walked alone... what would happen after her essence was completely exhausted?

Gu Shen didn’t know.

He also didn’t dare to gamble.

"I... understand."

Chu Ling was silent for a short while before finally speaking.

Her eyes showed a touch of regret, but more so, satisfaction.

The red ceremonial robes fluttered slightly in the void as they were blown by the wind.

She smoothed her hair, softly laughing, "Compared to moving together, staying at the inner mausoleum to contemplate the unfinished array patterns, transmitting them through the Spiritual Link... indeed is a better choice. But you have to promise me, once all this in the cemetery ends... we will go to many places together."

Gu Shen stared blankly.

"Go ahead."

Chu Ling gently wrapped her arms in a hug; her crystal hair flowing with the wind, emitting a faint fragrance.

It wasn’t a fragrance common to the mundane world.

Nor was it something an industrial fragrance could emit.

Gu Shen remembered, he seemed to have smelled it somewhere before... it was on the summit of Divine Temple Mountain, once when he plucked a white flower symbolizing light and hope, emitting such a fresh and refreshing fragrance.

The two hugged gently.

Then parted.

...

...

With a "boom,"

Above the towering snow mountains of the Great Cold Disaster Realm, a rumble echoed.

Above that false Heavenly Curtain, the first ray of golden light emerged, followed by the second, the third... Countless streaks of golden light surged out like swords, floating in the air above the snowfield.

And a figure in black robes stepped on these golden lights, slowly descending to the ground of the snowfield.

Gu Shen folded his hands.

The thousands of strand-like array patterns revolved back to form a semblance of a giant sun, suspended high above Gu Shen’s head.

He looked ahead.

A few hundred meters away, beneath a massive boulder.

Xu Yan was sitting there.

His body enveloped in a purple radiance.

The previously deathly aura of Silent Annihilation had been dispersed by now, the token of the God of Wine had pulled him back from the brink of death... Moreover, after the mend, there was a faint trend toward even greater strength.

Gu Shen squinted his eyes.

He vaguely sensed... a hint of danger.

"...Gu Shen."

The desolate snowfield, with the harsh wind raging.

Xu Yan, wrapped in the divine power of the token, slowly stood up within the purple light.

He steadied himself by holding onto the boulder.

His voice pierced through the snowy curtain, carrying forth.

"You... a mere mortal, how dare you obstruct a god?"

There was disdain in that voice, but more than disdain, there was confusion and incomprehension.

Xu Yan looked at the young man shrouded by the golden array patterns.

Having been brought to Snow Forbidden City by the God of Wine, his biggest task was to investigate Gu Shen... and then to imitate him.

All this time, he had been very curious.

What was it about this young man that the Lord Divine couldn’t forget?

An S-rank... but he was also S-rank!

"A god?"

Gu Shen shook his head.

In the midst of the snowfield, he reached out his hand, the Truth Ruler slid from his sleeve, clutched in his hand.

"In this world... there are no gods at all."

Gu Shen calmly said, "Many years ago, he was just like us, a human walking among the dust."

Xu Yan looked down.

He pondered for a moment, then shook his head.

A few seconds later.

Xu Yan raised his head and said, "Perhaps... when I beat you to kneel before the Divine Throne, you will realize how ludicrous these words are."

Watching the surging purple radiance, Gu Shen simply smiled silently.

Just then, from the Four Seasons Wilderness within his heart, Tie Wu’s voice came.

"Lord Divine..."

Confusion filled Tie Wu’s voice, and even more so, fear.

"Why... do I sense the aura of the Source Tower?"

Following Gu Shen, no longer did he address the God of Wine with titles like "Divine," "Lord," or "the one", but it did not mean that he truly walked out from the shadows of the God of Wine.

To become an Angel Envoy, then a rebel... and to survive afterwards!

Tie Wu knew that he must be the only example in the Five Continents!

Once the God of Wine knew... that he was still alive, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The God of Wine might seem kind and gentle, but inherently he was cold and ruthless, absolutely incapable of tolerating any act of betrayal or deceit.

Gu Shen calmly said, "I have encountered the Apostle of the God of Wine."