A Taste of Betrayal by All—Such Endurance
A Taste of Betrayal by All—Such Endurance
“Kill!!”
The great battle erupted in an instant. The terrifying army crushed down toward the starfield below, like an unstoppable torrent.
The Lin Clan members who soared up to meet them were swept aside almost effortlessly, utterly powerless to resist, swallowed up in mere moments.
A thick stench of blood spread through the area. All manner of dazzling radiance burst forth, and piles of white bones rained down from the sky—a truly horrifying sight.
“Kill! Fight them to the death!”
“Fight!”
Many Lin Clan members, knowing that death was their only path today, roared in despair, their bodies blazing with light as they charged forward.
It was a battle of utmost brutality. Many had believed that relocating the entire clan to this place would let them escape the calamity.
But who could have imagined that Gu Changge would once again lead his army to slaughter their way here—he was giving them no path to survival at all!
Boom!!!
At this moment, the most dazzling radiance erupted from this place, as if to illuminate the entire universe.
The Array Patterns here, though only recently inscribed and still unstable in places, now all manifested in the void, transforming into beams of light that shot toward the army in the heavens above.
“Young Master, do you need us to act?”
Watching this scene, Gu Changge’s eyes remained calm and profound, without much fluctuation. It was the Bone Ancestor and the others behind him who asked respectfully.
This time, the Bone Clan had brought quite a few experts, including several True Daoists—a considerable force not to be underestimated.
“Not yet. Another power lies hidden deep within the Lin Clan.”
“Wait until he reveals himself, then you may act.”
Gu Changge shook his head and said indifferently.
He saw it clearly—deep within the Lin Clan’s territory, the laws of heaven and earth were undergoing subtle changes, giving rise to a new and mysterious fluctuation.
There were only two possibilities: either some figure there was undergoing a transformation, or the laws of heaven and earth were being suppressed.
But either way, neither could conceal the fact that a powerful being was hidden there.
“Yes. Though I’ve heard the Lin Clan’s ancestor never perished—I wonder if it’s him.”
The Bone Ancestor nodded. Within his deep-set eye sockets, flames flickered, a rather eerie sight.
“Oh? Wouldn’t that be the Blood Dragon War God himself?”
Gu Changge smiled faintly. If he hadn’t perished, all the better—this was precisely the resource he was most short on right now.
Weng!
Weng!
Weng!
Afterward, at Gu Changge’s command, the clansmen behind him activated the Array Patterns on the Ancient Battleships. One mysterious and ancient rune after another manifested into the void.
The Ancient Battleships trembled, their ancient divine arrays lighting up with brilliant radiance, weaving together billions of rays of light.
Like the veins of a star chart, they formed a peerless sword of light, its killing intent soaring to the heavens, sweeping in all directions, splitting heaven and earth as it slashed toward the vast stars ahead.
This sword of light contained the mightiest strike of all the runes inscribed upon the Ancient Battleships—even a Sacred Emperor Realm being who drew near would be shattered, body and soul annihilated.
Any Cultivator would pale at the sight. Before it, Chaos Energy churned, heaven and earth were split apart, as if the very world was breaking!
Boom!
Boom!
Sensing the terrifying aura pressing down from beyond the heavens, shocking auras immediately surged up from within the boundless continent. The Lin Clan’s mightiest experts, currently battling the Gu Family’s True Daoists in another direction, all changed expression drastically.
“You bully us too far!!”
“Today we shall annihilate you all right here!”
But in the next moment, accompanied by a cold snort, Lin Qinglong’s figure appeared from the depths of the Lin Clan’s territory.
He didn’t look particularly tall, yet a terrifying aura flowed around him, enough to seize one’s soul.
With a mere flick of his finger, he blocked the terrifying strike unleashed by the Ancient Battleships.
His cultivation was unfathomably deep.
Behind him followed two others.
Both of them were at the Emperor Realm—the accumulated foundation of the Lin Clan over countless years!
“How did you find this place?”
The moment Lin Qinglong appeared, he fixed his gaze on Gu Changge aboard the Ancient Battleship, his eyes ice-cold as he demanded.
He naturally knew that the culprit behind all of this was the young man before him.
In the eyes of many Cultivators of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains, Gu Changge was far more detestable than anyone else from the Beyond!
“That, you’ll have to ask your clansman Lin Wu.”
Gu Changge stood upon the Ancient Battleship, sleeves fluttering. His gaze swept unsurprised over Lin Qinglong before finally settling on the star behind him, and he smiled faintly.
At this point, Lin Wu was of no further use to him, so naturally he threw him out without the slightest hesitation.
This so-called Fortuitous One—it was time for him to savor the taste of betrayal by all.
Besides, the Lin Clan’s current catastrophe had been personally delivered to them by Lin Wu.
He had, after all, personally helped the Lin Clan root out their traitor.
“What... impossible...”
Hearing Gu Changge’s words, the many Lin Clan members all shuddered. The younger generation especially stared with eyes wide in disbelief.
How could it be Lin Wu who brought disaster upon them, exposing the location of the Lin Clan’s new territory?
“Gu Changge... you...”
Lin Wu had never imagined that Gu Changge would burn the bridge after crossing it, selling him out without the slightest hesitation.
His expression changed drastically. Fury surged within him, and then, noticing the expressions of the clansmen around him, his face instantly turned deathly pale.
“How... how could it be true... Lin Wu is our clan’s most dazzling genius of these years, how could it be...”
“This must be fake.”
Some simply couldn’t believe it, their minds buzzing—even more shocked than when Gu Changge had come to slaughter them moments ago.
“Nothing in this world is impossible. After all, I gave him a chance to live, and a new identity in the Beyond.” Gu Changge wore a mocking smile.
“Gu Changge... you despicable, shameless, faithless cur!”
Lin Wu now understood Gu Changge’s malice. His face was ugly and pale to the extreme, and he couldn’t help but curse aloud, his eyes reddening.
He understood that from this day forth, the vast Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains would no longer have any place for him.
Even if the Lin Clan wasn’t destroyed, they could never tolerate him.
“Utterly detestable!” Lin Qinglong naturally grasped the meaning of Gu Changge’s words.
It seemed a traitor truly had emerged from their clan—and the most dazzling genius of this generation, no less. Of course, this matched his own suspicions.
Otherwise, there was no explaining how Gu Changge had found them so quickly, sending his army to slaughter their way to the Lin Clan’s new territory.
Boom!!
Just then, Lin Qinglong’s expression shifted slightly as he sensed a vast, heavy Sword Qi, like mountains and seas bearing down, sweeping toward him—a wisp of sword intent that struck down numerous stars beyond the heavens.
It was a breathtakingly beautiful figure in a black dress, cold and imposing, yet utterly domineering, stepping out from behind Gu Changge.
A lustrous white longsword, as if forged from bone, surged with endless immortal qi and sword intent, materializing in her slender hand.
Though her aura was considerably weaker than his, it was still world-shaking, enough to awe the Eight Wastelands.
“It’s you—Ni Shang of the Bone Clan.”
“Your clan has betrayed the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains as well!”
After blocking this strike, Lin Qinglong recognized Ni Shang before him, and his expression immediately darkened.
He had never imagined that even the Bone Clan would join this battle.
And that they had secretly submitted to Gu Changge.
Or rather—had the Bone Clan been a hidden pawn planted in the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains by the Longevity Gu Family all along?
“My clan came from the Beyond to begin with. What betrayal is there to speak of?”
Ni Shang looked at him indifferently. The lustrous white longsword in her hand slashed out, its vast and terrifying Sword Qi like a surging ocean, seeking to drown Lin Qinglong before her.
She was direct, wasting no words, choosing to strike immediately.
“Your clan really was planted here by the Beyond...”
Hearing this, Lin Qinglong was both shocked and enraged. Though he was a descendant of the Lin Family’s Prime Ancestor with heaven-defying strength, he couldn’t quickly subdue Ni Shang.
In terms of realm, Ni Shang was inferior to him, but her methods were extraordinarily powerful.
The two rapidly exchanged blows, vast Emperor might filling this region of the universe, Sword Qi crisscrossing, threatening to sever heaven and earth and shake the cosmos.
Other Emperor Realm beings of the Bone Clan also appeared, clashing with the Lin Clan as great battles erupted.
In an instant, Emperor might surged, boundless light erupted—like billions of stars exploding, like a Great Universe being born—as endless Chaos Energy pressed down.
The stars appearing in this region were destroyed in swathes, cracking sounds ringing out incessantly, unable to resist for even an instant, reduced to ash!
“You insist on mutual destruction? Fine—then let me see how many of the Gu Family I can kill today!”
Lin Qinglong’s strength was terrifying. Even as he fought Ni Shang, he spoke coldly, divine light dazzling from his raised hand, great mists surging, using this as a threat.
However, Gu Changge clearly had no intention of paying him any heed.
“Ni Shang may not be this man’s match, but she won’t fall quickly either.”
The Bone Ancestor’s gaze flickered slightly. He chose not to act. If this was all the foundation the Lin Clan had, then they would likely be completely annihilated by Gu Changge without him even needing to lift a finger.
“No matter. The real big fish isn’t this one.”
Gu Changge’s expression remained nonchalant.
He didn’t act, because there was no need. Besides, his target was not this Lin Qinglong.
“A mere broken formation dares obstruct my Gu Family? You court death.”
“Today, no one escapes this place.”
Meanwhile, the battle on the other side was also drawing to a close, accompanied by an indifferent voice.
The Lin Clan’s Emperor Realm beings fighting the Gu Family’s many True Daoists all coughed up blood in defeat—outmatched in both numbers and strength, every one of them gravely wounded.
..............
They coughed blood, their bodies covered in wounds, drenched in gore, no longer resembling themselves.
“We surrender!!”
Seeing the Gu Family’s True Daoists about to strike again, their expressions changed and they hurriedly shouted, unwilling to lose their lives here.
“If you want to live, surrender without resistance and seal your own cultivation.”
At this, the Gu Family experts spoke, their voices cold.
Hearing this, they didn’t hesitate in the slightest, each sealing their own cultivation, fearing that moving too slowly would bring fatal disaster.
This sight filled the Lin Clan members still battling the Gu Family Army with terror and despair.
“Such cowardly fear of death...”
Lin Wu gazed at the group of ancient beings who had chosen to surrender, fists clenched tight. At this moment, he felt not the slightest regret for bringing calamity upon his family.
His only thought now was to survive, then grow stronger, and take revenge on Gu Changge.
As for Lu Luo’s life or death—he could no longer concern himself with that!
Pfft pfft pfft...
Blood flew, corpses piled like mountains!
This one-sided massacre held no surprises whatsoever.
It lasted merely a day and a night.
No matter how the Blood Dragon War God Clan resisted, not a sliver of hope could appear.
Apart from Lin Qinglong, the True Daoists who refused to surrender were shattered in the end, their Original Souls destroyed, their Primordial Spirits broken, dissipating into nothing with a hiss.
“Damn it all...”
“Ah...”
“Longevity Gu Family, this enmity shall never end!”
All the dying Lin Clan members roared, wailed, begged in despair, reduced to withered bones and ash, body and soul annihilated.
This place became a sea of blood, corpses heaped like mountains, countless remains strewn beneath the starry sky.
The stench of blood was thick, and when the astral winds beyond the stars blew, it swept into other starfields, reeking of tragedy.
“Ah...” Watching this scene, Lin Qinglong’s eyes reddened, his hair bristling with rage. Grief-stricken, he couldn’t help but roar toward the heavens.
Though his strength was great, as time went on he gradually faltered—he simply had too many opponents. Besides Ni Shang, other True Daoists joined the fray.
“As long as Father lives, my Lin Clan will never be destroyed...”
“The clansmen who died—it was all worth it.”
Even so, he was still trying to buy time.
But Gu Changge clearly wouldn’t give Lin Qinglong that chance. Throughout this battle, he hadn’t acted—he was simply waiting for that Lin Clan ancestor to appear.
Yet by now, the battle was nearly over, and almost all the Lin Clan members were dead.
That Lin Family Prime Ancestor still hadn’t shown himself. Such endurance—Gu Changge found it rather surprising indeed.