Chapter 1126: Calamity Divine Monarch (Part 2)
"Lin Guyi, you're still just so-so!" Xiao Mu chuckled softly, enduring the pain and maintaining a facade of calm.
This Lin Guyi's power was truly formidable, especially as a True God of the Fate System, wielding the Power of Disaster. Each strike carried the power of calamity.
If Xiao Mu were not in the position of the Lord, his innate restraint against the False God System would not have sufficed; the calamity power from just Lin Guyi's initial move would've been too much for him to withstand.
The natural authority of the Lord within Xiao Mu's body manifested as golden light, automatically blocking the calamity outside his body, allowing him to endure only the pure force.
"I'm just so-so?"
Lin Guyi was driven nearly mad by Xiao Mu's taunt. Despite his surprise at Xiao Mu's ability to withstand his violent assault twice, Lin Guyi had no intention of investigating how Xiao Mu managed it.
Roaring wildly, he raised the Disaster Knife again to attack Xiao Mu, "In that case, take another strike from me."
The Disaster Knife howled fiercely, calamitous authority surged from Lin Guyi's body, causing the Disaster Knife to swell once more, becoming as massive as before in an instant.
The Ruyi True Light, which emerged from within the temple, entered the Disaster Knife, making its surface increasingly solid and its power even more fierce.
Moreover, in the high sky, an illusion of the Book of Destiny even appeared, and the power of destiny shone down, transforming into grayish-white brilliance that merged into the blade of the Disaster Knife.
As a True God of the Fate System, Lin Guyi could already draw strength from the Book of Destiny. The borrowed power of destiny made him increasingly formidable.
The surface of the Disaster Knife was now imbued with the authority of destiny, emitting a faint brilliance of destiny and reflecting illusions of the Book of Destiny.
The power of the Disaster Knife grew even stronger, breaking through the firmament, starting from the level of destiny, unleashing its full potential.
"I have no time to battle with you, farewell!"
Xiao Mu, seeing Lin Guyi's Disaster Knife borrowing the power of destiny, had no desire to continue fighting.
Earlier, the reason he managed to withstand Lin Guyi's assaults twice was primarily due to the strength of the Eastern Domain's earth.
However, with the second direct confrontation with Lin Guyi's assault, he felt he had already reached the limit of the earth's power he temporarily borrowed.
Under such extreme conditions, he had barely withstood Lin Guyi's second strike. How dare Xiao Mu be arrogant enough to battle Lin Guyi, who had borrowed the power of the Book of Destiny?
Thus, as soon as Lin Guyi swung the Disaster Knife, with the Book of Destiny appearing, and the power of destiny descending from high above, Xiao Mu soared into the air, riding the Five Elements Cloud Mist to flee westward.
"Trying to escape? Where to? Take this!"
Hiss!
Seeing Xiao Mu trying to flee, Lin Guyi roared, swinging the Destiny Knife at Xiao Mu even before the Disaster Knife could absorb the full power of destiny.
The Destiny Knife cut through the air, creating a terrifying thread of destiny, which immediately connected to Xiao Mu's fate, locking it from the level of destiny, ignoring space, distance, and even time, leaving Xiao Mu with nowhere to hide or escape.
Boom!
Xiao Mu was forced to swing the Yama Hammer behind him to fend off the attack.
An even more violent noise erupted as the Yama Hammer collided with the Disaster Knife, causing two different authorities to boil up, with the golden light of the Lord's authority and the grayish-white glow of destiny exploding in the air.
The cracking sounds resounded as the Yama Hammer, infused with the Ruyi Spiritual Pattern, was ultimately not as sturdy as the Disaster Knife imbued with the Ruyi True Rune. Under this frenzied clash, it shattered in Xiao Mu's hand.
The violent surging force rushed forth again, bypassing the broken Yama Hammer, and directly smashed onto Xiao Mu's body.
Xiao Mu's body was like a supersonic bullet that had been struck, shooting far off into the distance, soaring tens of miles away.
Simultaneously, a faint cracking sound echoed from within Xiao Mu's True God Realm, where a slight crack appeared at the bottom of the Lord's hand, finally sustaining damage from the unbearable external violent impact.
Moreover, within Xiao Mu themselves, chaos reigned in the True God Realm, with the golden light of the Lord's authority momentarily vanishing, resulting in a brief darkness within Xiao Mu's True God Realm.
Xiao Mu's head spun, almost losing consciousness, but fortunately, the Lord's hand, still absorbing the power of the earth, immediately brought him back to clarity.
Xiao Mu's divine sense split apart entirely, giving him the sensation as if someone had cleaved his head in two.
So strong! No wonder the late-stage True God!
Xiao Mu's heart surged with an assessment of Lin Guyi's power.
The late-stage True God Lin Guyi, his full might, was indeed something Xiao Mu in his current state could not withstand. Even with the borrowed power of the Eastern Domain, he was still no match.
Run!
Without hesitation, Xiao Mu, having regained his clarity, immediately rode the clouds to flee westward.
"Xiao Mu, where are you running? Stop for me!" Lin Guyi pursued relentlessly, stepping on the Fate Cloud.
However, Xiao Mu's mutated Five Elements Cloud was ultimately much faster than Lin Guyi's, and so during the escape, he gradually widened the distance, completely shaking off Lin Guyi after more than an hour.
Xiao Mu, having escaped Lin Guyi, did not immediately return to the ruins of the Great Tang. He suspected Lin Guyi was surely searching for him at this moment.
He had no confidence in escaping Lin Guyi's grasp again, deciding to evade Lin Guyi's divine sense search.
He stayed outside for three days, repairing his injuries during this time and reconsolidating the Lord's hand. Once he felt Lin Guyi's search was over, Xiao Mu finally returned to the ruins of the Great Tang.
Returning directly to his rented residence, Xiao Mu remained in the guise of a middle-aged man, moving as an ordinary Variant in the Mortal Realm.
As expected by Xiao Mu, he was subjected to another divine sense probe, as powerful as the encounters from the previous two searches, yet Xiao Mu could now be one hundred percent sure that this divine sense came from Lin Guyi.
Xiao Mu feigned ignorance.
Lin Guyi's divine sense was easily fooled by Xiao Mu and moved away from him without pause.
Returning to his dwelling, Xiao Mu directly pushed open the door and entered.
"Ah~"
Ling Xiaomin, holding paper and pen, had two sheets of stationery atop a notebook, her right hand holding a black gel pen, biting the pen cap, sitting sideways on the sofa in the living room, seemingly in contemplation. Suddenly seeing Xiao Mu entering the room, she involuntarily exclaimed in surprise.
"Good!"
Xiao Mu nodded at Ling Xiaomin.
"Hello, Mr. Mu!" Ling Xiaomin regained her composure and greeted Xiao Mu calmly.
"Did you buy any tasty spiritual fruits?" Seeing this scene, Xiao Mu couldn't help but tease her.
"Ah~"
Ling Xiaomin's expression showed a brief panic as she looked at Xiao Mu, hurriedly shaking her head, "No... I didn't buy any."
Xiao Mu smiled and continued to ask, "Are you afraid I'd eat yours, so you bought some and hid them on purpose? Or did you really not buy any?"
"I didn't buy any, really didn't!" Ling Xiaomin promptly said, her demeanor serious.
"Alright then!"
Xiao Mu nodded gently. This young girl wasn't good at lying; since she was so adamant about not buying any, she probably really didn't.
"What are you doing?"
Xiao Mu glanced at the paper in her hand.
"A letter of complaint, reporting to His Majesty the Human Emperor..."
Xiao Mu immediately saw the content of the complaint letter, a peculiar expression on his face.
Ling Xiaomin was actually writing a complaint letter, addressed to the Human Emperor.
Naïve, you're in the Mortal Realm, do you think the letter can reach the Human Emperor?
Ling Xiaomin explained bitterly with gritted teeth, "The leader of the Great Tang Ruins, Liu Yan, is too evil, even letting Sister Qi cultivate the Divine Thought Combination Method. I need to write a complaint and report him."
You can't persuade Qi Rong, so you're writing a complaint letter to report Liu Yan?
Xiao Mu guessed Ling Xiaomin's thought process but disapproved of her approach. Looking at Ling Xiaomin, he finally couldn't help but ask, "Do you think the complaint letter you're writing can actually reach the Human Emperor?"
"It should... be possible?" Ling Xiaomin was clearly lacking confidence.
Xiao Mu countered, "How, as a Variant in the Mortal Realm, can you ensure your complaint letter reaches the Human Emperor?"
"Do you know, even on Floating Sky Mountain, those who can contact the Human Emperor are at least of elder status? Do you have an acquaintance among the elders on Floating Sky Mountain who can help you pass on this complaint letter?"
"Uh..., then what should I do now?"
After hearing Xiao Mu's words, Ling Xiaomin realized the flaw in her thinking and felt disappointed.
If her complaint letter couldn't be delivered to the Human Emperor, what was the point of writing it?
Xiao Mu smiled silently.