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    ## Chapter 404: Remains of the Heavenly God

    “Rumble!” A mountain range on the other side of the valley exploded, and a giant arm, hundreds of meters long, pierced through the sky, sending dirt and rocks flying.

    Another Blood Demon!

    The appearance of two Blood Demons made the oppressive aura in the air even more terrifying.

    “This!!”

    “How could we attract Blood Demons?” Jiang Xuan’s face turned pale, and her heart ached: “We shouldn’t have come for this trial. We’ve dragged Uncle Fang and Uncle Guo into this, and they’ll be killed because of us.”

    “And we’ve implicated Brother Xu.” Jiang Xuan couldn’t help but look at Li Yuan, who still had a calm expression.

    “Master Xu Yuan has clearly not killed anyone.”

    “This shouldn’t be happening.” Xu Guo and the other soldiers turned pale: “From what we know, this has never happened before.”

    “Or maybe it has happened before, but everyone who encountered this has died?”

    At this moment, they all felt like they were doomed.

    Even with their trust in Li Yuan, he was ultimately just a Feitian Realm warrior. Even with a powerful domain, how strong could his real combat prowess be?

    He might be at the peak of the Half-God level, at best.

    But here, they were facing hundreds of Half-God level beasts, and two terrifying Blood Demons.

    “Brother Xu.” Jiang Xuan suddenly urged, “Let me and Uncle Guo go out on the ship, and we’ll desperately attract the attention of the Blood Demons… You can use this chance to escape, maybe there is a sliver of hope.”

    “I thought about it before.”

    “It’s probably because you saved us, Brother Xu, that you exposed your super-strength, which led to being targeted by the force behind the Abyssal Demon Blood Cavern. Otherwise, it’s impossible for such a strong force to surround us.” Jiang Xuan quickly said.

    She was extremely intelligent, and in a very short time, she deduced some possibilities.

    Xu Guo and the others couldn’t help but look at Jiang Xuan. They were trying to buy Li Yuan a chance to live by sending themselves to their deaths?

    Wasn’t this suicide?

    But they didn’t say anything. Because, even if they weren’t sending themselves to death, they were looking at certain death anyway.

    “Jiang Xuan, you’re kind.” Li Yuan, who had always been calm, couldn’t help but smile, and turned to look at the Blood Demon that had ripped through the sky, its full figure revealed.

    “However, based on your deduction, if this force behind the Abyssal Demon Blood Cavern is targeting me because I intervened, even if I manage to escape by chance, they’ll likely still find me.”

    “Then what should we do?” Jiang Xuan was stunned. Trying her best to buy Li Yuan a chance to live was the best way she could think of.

    “There’s no need to do anything?” Li Yuan’s voice was calm, but his eyes emitted a chill: “Stay on the ship and don’t move.”

    In fact, Li Yuan was very apprehensive about the power behind the Abyssal Demon Blood Cavern.

    The fact that they found him so quickly was enough to show that they could investigate the entire cavern, at least they knew his whereabouts.

    And they could mobilize so much power.

    These signs indicated that the power behind the scenes was likely far superior to his own.

    “But I have no choice.”

    “I haven’t really done anything yet, and they’re already trying to wipe me out. It’s not logical. Since the Eternal Hall transported me here, they wouldn’t have given me a mission with such a high mortality rate.” Li Yuan’s mind raced through various thoughts: “Besides, if they really wanted to kill me, they could do it easily.”

    Why only send these Half-God level beings?

    Even the Blood Demons that seemed terrifying to Xu Guo, Jiang Xuan and the others were clearly level 46 in Li Yuan’s Divine Palace scan!

    They couldn’t pose a real threat to his life.

    “There are two possibilities.”

    “One, is that the power the force behind the scenes can mobilize is limited.” Li Yuan’s eyes were cold: “Two, I’ve shown my strength to be quite powerful, so these Half-God level beasts are a specific test for me.”

    No matter which one it was, Li Yuan knew one thing, he couldn’t run.

    The blood calamity would last for at least one or two days. Even if he escaped using the Star Cloud Extreme Sky Shuttle this time, he would probably be surrounded by more Blood Demons and Half-God level beasts in a short time.

    “Fight!”

    “Sis, be ready.” Li Yuan transmitted his thoughts to Gu You.

    “Okay.” Gu You replied, “I’ll keep an eye out, and if it’s critical, I’ll directly bring you into the Ancient God Palace… But you also remember that this is your last resort. If a peak Half-God searches carefully, they’ll be able to find the Ancient God Palace.”

    “And a Void God can forcefully suppress the Ancient God Palace.”

    The Ancient God Palace was a true artifact, with infinite power, but only a True God could fully activate its power.

    “Mhm.”

    Li Yuan’s mind moved, and he rushed out of the Star Cloud Extreme Sky Shuttle. He immediately activated the Nine-Level Star Art, *All-Things Divine Body*, transforming his body into a ten-meter tall giant, and the powerful Origin Force flowed into the Nine Dragon Profound Armor. The battle armor instantly enveloped Li Yuan completely.

    His whole person instantly became like a steel war god.

    “Hmph!” In Li Yuan’s right palm, a spear exuding an ancient aura appeared. It was like cast from ancient copper, with a faint red glow on the surface, the ‘Dark Star Divine Spear’ that had been re-refined by Gu You and Venerable Qiu Bing.

    A top-grade Void Artifact.

    Although not as good as the Primordial Divine Weapon, among the normally refined Void Artifacts, it was almost the strongest weapon Li Yuan could obtain.

    “Want to fight?”

    “Then I’ll fight you!” Li Yuan’s killing intent soared, holding the spear, he exploded like a bolt of lightning, taking the initiative to attack the two eight-hundred meter tall Blood Demons.

    “This aura.”

    “Spear? Seeing that spear makes me feel suffocated.”

    “This is Brother Xu’s real strength?” Jiang Xuan and Xu Guo on the ship were amazed, watching this scene. A Feitian Realm warrior, directly attacking two Blood Demons head-on?

    It was too exaggerated.

    “Why do I feel like Brother Xu’s aura has a hint of Big Brother’s feeling?” Jiang Xuan couldn’t help but say.

    “He’s stronger than Young Master Jiang Shan when he was at the Feitian level.”

    Xu Guo directly said: “Young Master, this Master Xu Yuan’s instantaneous speed is much faster than a peak Half-God, my speed is less than half of his… I doubt he’s even a Feitian Realm warrior.”

    “If he’s really a Feitian Realm warrior, he’s probably stronger than most of the Feitian Realm warriors in Stellar Ancient City.” Xu Guo said repeatedly.

    “What?” Everyone was shocked.

    In the minds of the high-level strong in the Awakening Star Continent, Stellar Ancient City is heaven.

    The official members of Stellar Ancient City are all Gods.

    And Feitian Realm and Half-God Realm can become reserve members… This means that in the eyes of the higher echelons of Stellar Ancient City, these reserve members are at least those who have the potential to become Void Gods.

    “Or maybe, he’s originally one of the core members from Stellar Ancient City.” Xu Guo said.

    “They’re about to clash.”

    Hearing Xu Guo’s explanation, a glimmer of hope arose in Jiang Xuan and the others’ hearts.

    The Blood Demons were like giants.

    They just had thick, almost blood-red rock skin, and their bodies continuously emitted a small amount of blood mist.

    “Roar!” “Roar!” The two ‘Blood Demons’, nearly eight hundred meters tall, burst out of the earth. They charged forward, their momentum like a thunderbolt, their feet stomped on the earth, and the terrifying power caused the earth to shatter, sending countless rocks flying. The rocks slammed heavily onto the trembling earth.

    The two Blood Demons fiercely charged toward Li Yuan.

    Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! A large number of Half-God level beasts, their eyes scarlet, also charged like a tide, following the Blood Demons to attack Li Yuan who was taking the initiative.

    No one paid any attention to the Star Cloud Extreme Sky Shuttle.

    It was obvious that the two Blood Demons and the Half-God level beasts were specifically targeting Li Yuan.

    “Hmph!” The two Blood Demons suddenly opened their mouths, simultaneously spewing out terrifying blood-colored air currents. The currents were fierce, and they spread out instantly, engulfing the sky and earth. Wherever the blood-colored air currents passed, countless plants began to wither at a speed visible to the naked eye.

    A large amount of blood-colored air currents tried to engulf Li Yuan.

    “Domain?”

    “What a joke.” Li Yuan’s fighting spirit soared, his mind moved: “Heavenly River! Nine Dragon Profound Armor!”

    Boom! Boom! Boom… Nine yellow dragons surged out, followed by a surging tide of earth-yellow air currents. It was as if a gaseous planet was rapidly expanding, its power reaching the heavens.

    “Rumble~” Instantly, the powerful blood-colored air currents were completely engulfed and dissipated by a large amount of earth-yellow air currents.

    In a flash, the vast and boundless domain completely enveloped the two Blood Demons.

    “What?”

    “Such speed, such a powerful domain.”

    “This Feitian being has such a powerful domain?” The two powerful minds observing from the shadows were shocked.

    They had seen a lot, of course.

    Over the long years, countless Feitian-level warriors had come to challenge the Abyssal Demon Blood Cavern.

    But unless they used domain treasures, no Feitian-level warrior had ever displayed such a strong domain.

    “Kill!” Li Yuan, having activated his super-strong domain, finally closed in.

    “Roar~!!” The two Blood Demons were also suppressed by the Heavenly River domain, but their terrifying physical bodies gave them incredible strength. Even though they didn’t have high domain comprehension, and hadn’t activated their domains, they still had the strength of a peak Half-God.

    This was why they could easily kill newly promoted Half-Gods.

    “Boom!” “Boom!” The Blood Demon’s two arms were exceptionally long, and extremely thick, like pillars from the heavens, they slammed heavily towards Li Yuan.

    The two Blood Demons could unleash four celestial pillars.

    “Whizz!”

    Li Yuan, facing the attack of the two Blood Demons, his eyes were cold. One hand held the spear’s tail, the other held the middle, he directly swung across.

    “Whizz!”

    The spear circled!

    The spear, only ten meters long, was completely out of proportion to the arms that were like celestial pillars. But as the spear danced, the surrounding sky and earth seemed to tremble.

    The two Blood Demons felt an abrupt change in the pressure of the domain around them. The invisible power forced them to react, and even their bodies began to become unstable.

    At this time.

    The power of the spear’s technique suddenly burst forth, the space seemed to ripple, and the spear smashed directly onto one of the giant arms.

    Bang~ A large part of the Blood Demon’s sturdy arm shattered, countless flesh and bones flying.

    “Whizz! Whizz! Whizz!” The spear swept again, and then cut sideways, smashing the other three Blood Demon arms, or shattering them, or tearing a terrifying wound, almost breaking them.

    One move!

    The two Blood Demons were already heavily injured.

    “Roar~”

    “Boom!” The two Blood Demons were immediately frightened. The huge scarlet eyes in their faces showed fear, and they retreated in terror.

    Even if the Blood Demon’s intelligence was low, they still had the ability to distinguish strength. It was undeniable that the enemy in front of them was far stronger than them.

    “Want to escape?”

    “Too late!” Li Yuan moved again, his speed once again surged, and he killed the Blood Demon in front of him. He stepped on its chest, and flashed like a gust of wind, reaching the Blood Demon’s head.

    At the same time, he swung the spear in his hand!

    “Destroy!”

    The spear was dark, like a gentle breeze, yet it contained the power to pierce the heavens.

    Boundless Cloud Spear, Third Form – Valley of Gloom!

    “Bang!” The spear exploded, and the Blood Demon’s incredibly sturdy head was pierced through. Then, the spear’s light exploded, sending countless flesh and blood flying.

    With the terrifying shock, the towering body of the Blood Demon staggered back, his face covered in blood, looking hideous and terrifying.

    “One spear, he didn’t die?” Li Yuan was surprised. If it were any other Half-God, they would have fallen to this spear.

    Peak Half-God also had strong and weak individuals.

    In the past two years, as he continuously integrated the mysteries of space into his spear technique, Li Yuan’s spear technique’s power had been continuously increasing. Especially after obtaining the Dark Star Divine Spear, his spear technique’s power had risen from the initial peak Half-God level two years ago to almost the limit of a Half-God.

    But Li Yuan’s real transformation was the strangeness of his spear technique. The combination of wind, earth and space made his spear technique incredibly terrifying, whether it was frontal assault, group battle, defense, or control.

    “One spear isn’t enough, then use more!”

    Li Yuan saw that the spear in his hand moved forward once, drawing a ripple in the invisible space, directly shaking the half-grown arm of this Blood Demon, making its injury even more severe, and completely removing its ability to resist.

    Then the spear light flashed.

    Full of power, the large amount of earth-yellow air currents in the sky surged and gathered, instantly forming nine huge and terrifying spear illusions.

    “Bang!”

    “Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!” The nine spear illusions slammed one after another on the point where the Blood Demon’s head had been injured. It was like nine arrows in a row, their power increasing to an unimaginable level.

    “Boom~” The Blood Demon’s head could no longer withstand the pressure, and it instantly exploded. The massive body fell backward.

    The Blood Demon, dead!

    “Two years ago.”

    “My spear technique’s attack power was not as good as it is now, even with the Origin Force Array’s boost. At that time, I needed dozens of moves to kill a peak Half-God, even with Xiao Bing’s help.” Li Yuan felt a surge of pride in his heart: “Now, I can quickly kill a peak Half-God by myself.”

    The division of peak Half-God and Half-God limit was usually based on attack limit, defense limit, and so on.

    But real combat was multi-dimensional.

    With Li Yuan’s current strength, even if he faced a peak Half-God like Night Shadow Half-God, he could control them while remaining unharmed.

    “I want to see.”

    “Can you deploy a Void God power to kill me, you force behind the scenes?” Li Yuan held his spear and went all out, charging towards the other Blood Demon that had just escaped twenty kilometers away.

    “Roar~”

    “Roar~” A large number of Half-God level beasts, although terrified of Li Yuan’s strength, rushed forward under their master’s command, trying to cover the Blood Demon’s retreat.

    If it was another peak Half-God, they would definitely be hindered.

    But Li Yuan?

    “Whizz!” The spear pierced forward.

    “Bang~” Or swept across.

    “Tear!” Or slashed in anger!

    Most of these Half-God level beasts were only at the threshold of the Half-God realm, and occasionally there were some at the early stage of the Half-God realm. They were completely one-sided against Li Yuan, and were directly slaughtered.

    Li Yuan’s killing speed was incredibly frightening.

    In a matter of seconds, dozens of Half-God level beasts had fallen, they couldn’t stop Li Yuan at all.

    They were simply sending themselves to their death!

    In fact, the nine yellow dragons roaming in his domain alone could directly kill a Half-God level beast if they combined their attacks.

    “Hmph!” Li Yuan finally got close to the other Blood Demon, holding the spear in both hands, he suddenly twisted his waist as the core, the whole body like a large bow, exerted force, and the spear slammed heavily onto the Blood Demon.

    This Blood Demon’s arm hadn’t recovered yet, it had only grown halfway, and could only barely support half its arm, trying to block.

    “Boom!”

    The sound of bones shattering.

    The terrifying spear smashed down, instantly smashing the Blood Demon’s arm to pieces. Then, the spear, carrying the arm bones, slammed into its chest, and the terrible impact force caused the Blood Demon’s massive body to lose its balance, staggered backwards, and he vomited large amounts of blood from his mouth.

    The injury was even worse.

    “Die!” Li Yuan’s eyes were cold, the spear pierced forward, aiming directly at its head, wanting to completely kill it.

    Just then.

    “Stop!” A voice of anger and shock sounded.

    Then, a large amount of blood mist surged in the sky, forming a huge face in the void. The face exuded a terrifying aura, looking down at Li Yuan, and shouted angrily: “Boy, stop, I’ll count you as having passed the Blood Cavern trial! There’s no need to kill anymore, it won’t do you any good.”

    Li Yuan’s eyes were cold, he glanced: “【Target life level 29.9】.”

    A bluff!

    Why stop now? What were you doing before!

    “Scram!”

    Li Yuan roared, and an invisible wave of air swept across, instantly crushing the face to pieces.

    If it were any other Feitian-level warrior, or even a Half-God, they would have been terrified by the invisible pressure emanating from the face.

    But Li Yuan had the Divine Palace scan, he was not afraid of anyone who pretended to be powerful.

    So far, Li Yuan hadn’t found anything that could escape the Divine Palace scan.

    Li Yuan had also seen through the fact that this force behind the scenes was at their wit’s end, and they could only spout nonsense.

    Besides, they were so reluctant to even lose one peak Half-God level beast, which meant that the power they possessed was probably far weaker than he had imagined.

    “Whizz! Whizz! Whizz!”

    The spear light, like flowing waves, directly engulfed the Blood Demon, completely killing it.

    “【You have killed a fourth-order creature, and obtained Spiritual Nourishment】” Another Divine Palace prompt.

    There were the same prompts when he killed the Blood Demons and Half-God level beasts earlier.

    “Since I’ve already offended you, I’ll not hold back.”

    Li Yuan immediately turned around, like a bolt of lightning, and charged towards the Half-God level beasts that had begun to flee in terror.

    They couldn’t stop him!

    Even the two Blood Demons were defeated in an instant, let alone these Half-God level beasts?

    Fighting them would only lead to death.

    Naturally, the force behind the scenes wouldn’t make any more pointless sacrifices, and they had already ordered the beasts to escape.

    If they could live, that was one less to worry about.

    For the mind behind the scenes, breeding Half-God level beasts was a troublesome task.

    In that canyon that had experienced war, with the invisible power of the formation, the shattered mountains and earth began to recover.

    And those slain Half-God level beasts and Blood Demons, even though their heads were cut off, their remaining bodies were gradually merging with the earth.

    This vast earth was like a glutton, able to quickly devour and absorb the bones of the dead.

    “It’s so bizarre.”

    “No wonder it’s rare to see the corpses of beasts and trial participants.”

    “What kind of place is this Abyssal Demon Blood Cavern, after all?” Li Yuan was in the ship, recovering his Origin Force while observing the outside world.

    Seeing these scenes made him even more apprehensive.

    The only thing that made him feel a little relieved was that several hours had passed, and there had been no more beasts approaching.

    It seemed like the force behind the scenes had given up.

    Suddenly.

    “Li Yuan, be careful, it’s spatial power, quickly enter the Ancient God Palace!” Gu You’s voice of shock and anger rang out.

    Li Yuan hadn’t even had time to react.

    Hum~ Above the thirty-meter long Star Cloud Extreme Sky Shuttle, a huge spatial rift silently appeared.

    The rift was like an invisible maw, and it instantly swallowed the Star Cloud Extreme Sky Shuttle.

    Then, the spatial rift closed, and the void returned to normal.

    It was as if the Star Cloud Extreme Sky Shuttle had never been here.

    (End of Chapter)

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