Chapter 1162: Great Battle (Part 2)

Chapter 1162: Great Battle (Middle)

"Now I understand why the Red Sovereign so desperately desires to destroy Him."

"If He continues to grow, one day He will become the Red Sovereign's right hand and left hand—perhaps even achieve the rank of Supreme Lord!"

He murmured to himself, his voice barely a whisper.

At the same time,

as Zhou Zhan sent Osu flying, both He and Zhou Zhan surged into the heart of the Red Empire's encirclement.

Seeing these two great foes face them directly, the Red Emperors instantly recalled the mission entrusted to them by the Red Sovereign.

As long as the Sunlord is eliminated, they would receive unimaginable rewards from the Red Sovereign.

With that thought in mind,

their eyes instantly turned crimson.

"Kill him!"

"Destroy the Sunlord!"

"Use every master god technique!"

"Attack together!"

...

All the Red Sovereigns issued their orders simultaneously.

Some of them even immediately deployed their own master god artifacts, launching direct assaults upon Zhou Zhou.

In an instant,

Eight true god-level sovereigns of the Red Empire, wielding master god artifacts, instantly elevated their power to the level of lower master gods, and then charged toward Zhou Zhou with their respective master god relics.

Other Red True Gods swiftly deployed their own master god techniques, launching remote attacks against Zhou Zhou.

"Demonic Nightmare Art!"

A true deity of the Demonic Nightmare from the abyss brought forth a crimson rib bone, etched with numerous black incantations, whose very appearance struck acute discomfort into the surrounding crimson creatures.

Aiming this Demonic Nightmare divine bone at Zhou Zhan and Zhou Wu, the deity channeled divine power, activating the curse within.

One by one, the black incantations detached from the rib bone, streaking toward Zhou Zhan and Zhou Wu before branding themselves upon their skin with astonishing speed.

The moment these black incantations manifested upon their bodies, both men instantly felt their strength begin to plummet rapidly, threatening to drop them from the lower tier of Master God back to the upper tier of True God.

Zhou Zhan and Zhou Wu remained expressionless, contending with the eight pseudo-Master God lower-tier crimson master gods while gathering the chaotic holy power within their bodies to banish the black incantations.

It proved futile.

The pair then produced and swallowed two Master God mid-tier divine elixirs meant for breaking curses, hoping the medicinal efficacy would dispel the spellcraft.

Yet these black incantations clung to them like maggots on a rotting bone, gripping them so fiercely that no manner of expulsion could shake them loose.

Both men could only feel their realm of power teetering on the very brink of falling beneath the lower tier of Master God.

"Hmph!"

Zhou Zhan and Zhou Wu emitted a cold, sharp snarl, then activated their Supreme Saint Bodies.

Instantly, shimmering white glyphs—veiled in a hazy, ethereal light—appeared upon their bodies.

These glyphs seemed to embody the very essence of law, harboring infinite secrets of cosmic principles. They originated from the boundless laws of existence, yet surpassed them, ruling over all laws without exception.

As these radiant white glyphs first manifested, the black incantations on Zhou Zhan and Zhou Wu's bodies seemed to encounter a superior kindred force—each one subtly felt a pull, as if destined to be absorbed.

The black incantations were deeply sentient, instantly sensing their fate and desperately trying to escape the bodies of Zhou Zhan and Zhou Wu.

But would Zhou Zhan and Zhou Wu truly ignore such a chance?

Without hesitation, they consumed another vial of a Law-Enhancing Elixir from the lower tier of a Supreme God. This further amplified their Supreme Saint Bodies.

With the divine elixir bolstering their strength, the black incantations could no longer resist the inexorable pull of the white glyphs. One by one, they were compelled—against their will—to be absorbed into the divine bodies of Zhou Zhan and Zhou Wu.

At this very moment.

Whether it was Zhou Zhan, Zhou Wu, or Zhou Zhou far away in the Sunlit Imperial Capital, or any of the other manifestations, they all subtly sensed that their Supreme Holy Body had been strengthened.

"Ah. So the Supreme Holy Body, just like the Universal Law Star Palm, is a technique that grows stronger the more it is fought upon."

A clear understanding dawned within them.

Smiles bloomed upon the faces of Zhou Zhan and Zhou Wu.

Though this Supreme Holy Body, originating from its core, had only been trained for a single day—despite leveraging the fragments of the Lord's Talent Crystal—it had only reached the mid-level of a lower-tier god.

Yet, it had already proven capable of aiding them on a master god battlefield.

Its potential was truly staggering!

"If this were a Supreme Holy Body of a lower-tier master god, even if a hundred million lower-tier master gods attacked me simultaneously, I would barely be touched," murmured Zhou Zhou in the Sunlit Imperial Capital.

Let us return to the battlefield.

Although Zhou Zhan and Zhou Wu had escaped the influence of the curses, they still faced an assault from eight false chief deities.

Soon, Os joined them, launching a coordinated attack upon the two.

Yet, thanks to the unparalleled defensive strength of the sub-chief deity armor, Zhou Zhan and Zhou Wu moved with effortless composure. Even when portions of the assault struck their bodies, they remained unharmed.

Soon enough,

the false chief deities themselves noticed this.

"Chief deity armor!?"

They stared in astonishment at Zhou Zhan and Zhou Wu.

Had this Sunlord inherited the treasure vault of some supreme deity?

How could it be—besides possessing chief deity-grade weapons, did he also possess chief deity-grade armor?!

And at that moment, Zhou Zhan and Zhou Wu exchanged a glance.

They had to act swiftly.

With their pseudo-Primordial God strength bolstered by secret techniques, forcing them to control six Primordial God-level artifacts was still far too strained.

They wouldn’t last long—within no time at all, the chaotic divine power within their bodies would be exhausted. Even with three thousand Divine Court cavities and the Master’s innate talent ‘King,’ their endurance would be fleeting.

“Kill!”

Their eyes flashed with cold resolve.

Then Zhou Zhan instantly materialized beside a crimson Sovereign.

This crimson Sovereign was named Wu Li, the ruler of the Wu Li Crimson Empire, and one of the eight pseudo-Primordial God-level warriors attacking Zhou Zhan and Zhou Wu.

At the sudden appearance of Zhou Zhan before him, Wu Li jumped in shock, instinctively preparing to retaliate.

But Zhou Zhan merely cut through his attack with a single strike, then delivered a blade straight toward him.

A river of black blades descended from the heavens, slicing straight through the primary divine force shield on the enemy's body, cleaving the sovereign of the Crimson Empire in two. Before he could utter a final word, he fell beneath that river of steel.

The primary subordinate divine artifact in his hand was named the Infinite River Blade of Heaven.

It contained two primary divine laws—the Law of the Heavenly River and the Law of the Blade—and one master-level divine technique, the Heavenly River's Fall.

Among all the subordinate divine artifacts under Zhou Zhao's command, this blade ranked among the very top.

With the Heavenly River's Fall, Zhou Zhan effortlessly eliminated a false subordinate divine entity with no master artifact at all. It was simple, straightforward.

Yet, using this technique came at a tremendous cost.

He could feel his Chaotic Sacred Power dwindling to less than ten percent.

That single strike had consumed nearly all of his stored Chaotic Sacred Power—nearly nine-tenths.

While unleashing his King's power to replenish his inner Chaotic Sacred Power, he turned his gaze toward the battlefield.

And there, millions of kilometers away, Zhou Wu, wielding his Qinglin Lieji Staff, struck down another subordinate crimson spirit of a false main god.

Just as both men intended to continue eliminating other subordinate crimson spirits of false main gods,

"Ten thousand ages have passed!"

A voice, ancient as if echoing from beyond the endless reaches of time, erupted.

In that instant, Zhou Zhan and Zhou Wu felt their speed drop by at least ten thousandfold, their minds frozen for a single second.

During that one second, countless attacks from main god level rained upon them.

Even with defensive artifacts of lower main god rank shielding their bodies, both were thrown violently, vomiting blood, suffering grievous wounds.

Yet they did not die.

That was enough.

A second later.

The two of them activated the Lord's Law, once again dissolving the temporal stasis. Then, in a single instant, they materialized before the Emperor of the Crimson Age Empire, killing him with a blade and a cudgel as he stared in terror.

Zhou Wu casually picked up the Primordial Holy Soil that had fallen from his grasp.