Chapter 619: Retrieving the Heavens from Toppling
"We're going to die, aren't we? We're all definitely going to die..." Qiu Yi, seated in his palace and gazing up at the sky, his face contorted in disbelief, repeated the same words over and over like a broken record.
Despair completely enveloped the man. A cataclysm of such an unimaginable scale as the Moon's descent held no possibility of resistance in his mind.
That was a mass exceeding seventy quadrillion tons; the combined life force output of all Mars might not even amount to a fraction of a fraction of that.
...
Having always been in a state of loss was far less painful than the anguish of gaining something only to lose it again now.
Originally, he had already used the Sinner Legion's connections as a bridge to contact the Federation's Martian Expeditionary Force, preparing for a joyous welcome of the "king's army" of liberation.
Qiu Yi had even begun planning how he would properly explain his twenty-year disappearance to his parents upon returning to the Moon, only to suddenly face such an apocalypse.
The Moon was about to fall; who could possibly withstand that?
"Do we... really still have hope?"
That was their home!
Every single one of their homes was upon the Moon God fortress. If it truly collided with Mars, even if they were fortunate enough to scrape by and survive, they would be left with absolutely nothing.
...
"Is it worth it?" Bai Mo cast his gaze towards Edward Teach, the prime culprit behind all of this.
"Behind me, let the floods rage to the heavens."
To achieve his ultimate goal, he had not hesitated to drag the inhabitants of two entire planets into the quagmire.
Of course, he himself wouldn't die, so he could still utter such cold, detached remarks.
"Then... what about you?" Bai Mo casually snatched several purple eyeballs from the air, which had previously been in an invisible state.
Ever since his arrival on Mars, he had known someone was observing him, but he had simply chosen not to expose them.
"Are you with him too?"
Immediately after Bai Mo spoke, a figure resembling Liu Wu from the Moon, yet emanating a strong feminine, yin-like aura, making it indistinguishable as male or female, silently squeezed out from the eyeball in Bai Mo's hand.
After the eyeball "gave birth" to its true form, it quickly caved in, transforming into a river of rich, dark-purple light, like congealed blood, swirling around the figure.
Within the river of light, countless indistinct whispers ceaselessly flowed, like the low murmurs of demons; a mere listen for an ordinary person might lead to complete brainwashing.
These demonic voices, seemingly possessing their own consciousness, attempted to bore into the ears of the other two, but they were gently repelled by their protective force fields.
"Our first formal meeting, esteemed Lord of a Foreign Star."
The figure, encircled by the purple river of light, offered a slight bow.
"You are Yin Huo?"
"Indeed, I am Black Wing's collaborator. Of course, I also have another name, the Spirit of Nature." Yin Huo casually admitted its collaborative relationship with Teach.
"Then, what is the purpose of your appearance?" Bai Mo had already vaguely grasped the entire sequence of events, but he still wished to confirm it once more from Yin Huo's own words.
Upon hearing this question, it paused slightly, as if gathering momentum for its next words.
Meanwhile, Bai Mo, standing nearby, waited with considerable patience for the other's reply, not the slightest bit tense despite the impending collision of the Moon and Mars.
...
"Fight me!"
Yin Huo mustered its courage and, in the Federation language, uttered these four words, each as heavy as a thousand pounds.
"Regardless of victory or defeat, I will give you everything I have left on Mars." These words, almost akin to burning bridges, declared its resolve.
Bai Mo listened, considered for a moment, and then agreed to Yin Huo's request.
To be offered the essence of an entire planet, just for the chance to explore the power of the seventh-stage – such a simple condition, he naturally wouldn't refuse.
Yin Huo had, without a doubt, already reached the pinnacle of the sixth-stage, just like Teach, capable of taking that final step towards promotion at any moment.
But breakthrough was a matter of life and death, and no one would ever complain about being too well-prepared. To exchange mere external possessions for the opportunity to glimpse the power of the seventh-stage beforehand was an extremely shrewd bargain.
How could paltry external things ever compare to the importance of one's own cultivation?
...
As the Spirit of Nature for Mars, if anyone knew best what treasures truly existed on this planet, it was undoubtedly Yin Huo.
Anything it deemed worthy was absolutely no ordinary item.
"This Void Profound Crystal Core shall serve as my down payment."
A transparent crystal, shimmering with a mesmerizing radiance, appeared in Yin Huo's hand.
The moment the Void Profound Crystal Core appeared, a faint sensation of spatial estrangement spontaneously arose.
Individuals of a lower cultivation tier couldn't even manage to touch it.
This was because the Void Profound Crystal Core's intense power radiation would distort the surrounding space, making it impossible for their hands to ever reach its surface.
"It's exactly like the ones I've collected; it's the real deal. I'll take it." Bai Mo used his psychokinetic power to receive the Void Profound Crystal Core from Yin Huo's hand, then casually swallowed it.
Of course, what he called "swallowing" was, in reality, merely a method for this avatar to store items.
"..."
Yin Huo, as half-master of Mars, had originally intended to display this rare treasure and subtly flaunt its wealth to the other party, only to encounter the one who controlled an entire Earth...
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"Myriad spirits, unite with my body!"
As a near-divine being revered and worshipped by countless lives on Mars, Yin Huo could naturally mobilize a portion of the faith power from its true believers.
Especially while on Mars, its home ground, the amplification could manifest at a full hundred percent.
Countless purple threads, perceptible under spirit energy vision, surged from all corners of Mars, all pouring into Yin Huo's main body.
Gathering fur from armpits to make a robe, accumulating grains of sand to form a pagoda – as it received the life force infusion from the entire planet, its body began to swell crazily like a balloon.
Five meters, ten meters, twenty meters, fifty meters, a hundred meters, two hundred meters... Yin Huo's main body expanded all the way into a giant exceeding two hundred meters in height.
Feeling the despair that permeated all of Mars, and the power brimming within its body, almost to the point of explosion, it subconsciously declared:
"We, shall retrieve the heavens from toppling!"
The atmosphere detonated because of it!
Mars' atmosphere, perpetually maintained at minus fifty degrees Celsius, seemed to be completely ignited after that single declaration!
However, all the exploding air currents automatically parted before Bai Mo, politely leaving a blank space; within three feet in front of him, the wind remained calm and the waves still.
...
"A pseudo-seventh-stage created by forcibly stacking power, heh heh heh."
From the perspective of sheer power accumulation, the giantized Yin Huo could already be considered on the seventh-stage level. However, this was unsustainable, just like the Moon God Spirit Energy Network System's amplification for sixth-stage superhumans, which was why it was termed a pseudo-seventh-stage.
PS: Happy May Day, coo.
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