The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 352 - 241: Against the Current of Time_2

Chapter 352: Chapter 241: Against the Current of Time_2

Suddenl, Zhou Yuan furrowed his brows.

Corpse Immortal Avatar...

Had left?

In just a short time, it had dispersed nearly half of the shadow clones, but in the end, it chose not to continue the confrontation and used some kind of Escape Technique to leave.

[There’s a reason why the Shadow Series is considered the best at enduring battles—Shadow Escape, shadow clones, Teleportation... These various displacement techniques are a headache for anyone who encounters them. The Corpse Immortal Avatar saw that you are as slippery as an eel and very hard to kill, so it decided not to waste any more time on you and instead went to do something more important, leaving a glimmer of hope for itself.

Yet, unbeknownst to it, the arrangements it had once made had already been wiped out, and it was only going to encounter a surprise.]

Zhou Yuan had not expected the Corpse Immortal Avatar to hit and run; it seemed that a matured Shadow Series was indeed difficult to kill.

"It ran away to activate its backup plan? But the backup has already been taken care of, hmm...must be the work of the Control Bureau, so I don’t need to worry about it."

...

Deep in a secret area, within a deep valley.

The Corpse Immortal Avatar appeared at the pitch-black bottom of the valley, proceeded along, and eventually reached a cave. Entering the cave, it then followed a tunnel leading underground and soon arrived in a spacious area deep beneath the surface.

However, someone had already been waiting there for a long time.

The arrangements from years past had been cleanly swept away, leaving only a single chair.

Sitting on the chair was a man wrapped entirely in dark bandages, with only his bright, resolute eyes exposed, staring at it.

"...How did you find this place?" asked the Corpse Immortal Avatar.

"A bit of simple divination," the bandaged man replied.

The Corpse Immortal Avatar looked at the bandaged man, remained silent for a long while, and asked, "True Immortal?"

"In this era, we are called True Gods," the bandaged man spoke calmly, "People call me Dr. A."

The Corpse Immortal Avatar fell silent again, "How long have you been cultivating?"

"If you’re referring to day and night rigorous cultivation, then not a single day."

Dr. A calmly stated, "I ascended to godhood accidentally from being a mere mortal. Before that, I was just a scientist researching anomalies."

...

The Corpse Immortal Avatar did not speak again.

Nor did Dr. A waste more words. He casually extinguished a wisp of consciousness within this body, eliminating any future troubles.

With a single thought, reality twisted, and he instantly arrived at a small island within the Central Immortal Palace.

This place had been transformed into a camp, with several figures gathered around a long table enjoying lunch; each of them was a heavyweight.

There were already three legitimate True Gods present, the rest being five individuals at the ninth rank peak. With Dr. A’s arrival, the number of True Gods increased to a full four.

Moreover, numerous destruction weapons from the Control Bureau were aimed at the Central Immortal Palace.

Such a luxurious lineup was naturally to deal with the Corpse Immortal sealed within the palace.

Boom!

Just then, a mighty oppressive force burst forth from the palace, shaking the entire Lingxu Dongtian.

Waves of death energy rolled out like demonic dragons soaring into the sky, darkening the heavens and the earth in an instant.

The Corpse Immortal was trying to break free!

"Take action," Dr. A said.

In that moment, a terrifying oppressive force swept through the Cave Heaven Blessed Land like a storm, causing all beings to tremble. Every person was horrified, their eyes filled with fear, and many directly prostrated in worship.

The battle of gods had erupted!

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"What’s going on?" Zhou Yuan was suddenly alarmed, the oppressive feeling leaving him incredibly uneasy, making his skin crawl as if a sharp knife was pressing against his heart.

"God War!" Ye Wushuang solemnly uttered those two words.

"It looks like the Control Bureau has taken action against the Corpse Immortal. I don’t know how many True Gods they’ve deployed," Jiang Wuming said.

"We should hurry and slip away."

Zhou Yuan had already gained enough benefits from this trip, and now that the God War had erupted, it was time to make a run for it.

A wise man does not stand under a collapsing wall.

No one knew if they would suddenly be killed by the backlash of the God War.

Zhou Yuan, leading the group, sped along toward the direction of the secret realm’s exit, encountering few Blood Corpses on the way as most seemed to have been taken care of.

Before long, they successfully burst out of the secret realm, only to be greeted by a prompt from the Eyes of Identification the moment they emerged.

[The Corpse Immortal has left more than one countermeasure in place. Remember when I mentioned earlier that the Corpse Immortal Association found something that could free the Corpse Immortal? Now they are performing a ritual near Chenzhou to summon the Corpse Immortal, and this countermeasure has blinded the Fates and gone undetected.]

Without any hesitation, Zhou Yuan changed direction and headed swiftly toward that location.

Boom!!!

A loud explosion rang out next to his ears, threatening to shatter his eardrums.

The earth trembled as a vast rift tore open, presumably due to the chaos caused by the God War disrupting the order and the fundamental laws.

From the rift, an ethereal river surged forth, its waves rolling and blooming in bursts.

"Time River?" Ye Wushuang was astonished.

"The Time River has fucking burst forth?" Jiang Wuming was incredibly shocked, quickly taking out his phone to capture the moment—a rare scene that occurs only once in a thousand years!

"No, the power of the God War is limited. it shouldn’t have released the Time River..." Ye Wushuang furrowed her brows, a sense of ominous foreboding creeping over her.

Boom!

The Gate of Time flew open, with the River of Ages surging powerfully, each wave unveiling scenes reflecting the infinite past, present, and future.

Suddenly, a majestic ethereal figure appeared, casting an emotionless glance in this direction, observing some unfolding events before vanishing.

"Father?" Ye Wushuang unconsciously whispered, recognizing that silhouette.

"No, it’s a Corpse Immortal." She quickly corrected herself.

[Ye Youxian, a master of the Time Path, thus allowed the Corpse Immortal to sense the major calamity happening in the future. Hence, it travelled upstream against the flow of time, catching a glimpse of a future corner—where it was being besieged while the members of the Corpse Immortal Association were conducting a ritual to free it.

Seeing this scene from the future prompted it to leave this countermeasure in the past.]

Boom!

The Time River roiled, shaking violently. Amidst the confusion, a divine rainbow rushed from downstream, breaking through the barriers of time to arrive at this place.

It was a towering figure enveloped in an aura of temporal mist, yet exuding an alarming deathly energy, hardly resembling a living being.

Upon its arrival, the Time River reverted, and the cracks in the sky began to close and heal.

[Before being sealed, the Corpse Immortal had blasted open the Time River, sending a portion of its power to the future to support its future self.]

"Damn it..." Zhou Yuan couldn’t help but swear aloud. What was this, shaking hands with my future self?

Suddenly, he felt a heart-palpitating, supreme pressure descending upon him.

Ye Wushuang beside him vanished in an instant, decisively ascending and returning to the True Immortal Realm. With a thunderous boom, she struck out a palm, clashing with the towering figure as space cracked and the earth shook, as if heralding the apocalypse.

"My good daughter, I never expected you to still be alive!" the Corpse Immortal expressed in utter astonishment.