Chapter 1556: Killing without mercy
Chapter 1556: Killing without mercy
A hush of raw violence settled across the Gu World the moment the last members of the Gu Sect, along with hundreds of thousands of Divine Ascension Masters and billions of Apotheosis Masters from various subsidiary organizations, arrived through the teleportation formation. Cultivators attacked each other on sight, each driven by greed for strength or blind obedience to the orders of their superiors.
Amidst the chaos and carnage, the seeds of order slowly took root as individual factions regrouped and forged alliances anew. Because people had been scattered randomly throughout the Gu World upon arrival, it took some time for each faction to reconvene. To further complicate matters, communication gems and similar devices were only partially effective here, making it incredibly difficult to pinpoint allies or coordinate large-scale maneuvers.
Still, powerful leaders like the Night Prince and Elder Azure had prepared extensively for this event. They possessed special means of tracking their allies, and before long, they managed to rally large forces around themselves. They then claimed one of the many strategically essential locations in the Gu World as a home base, fortifying their position. The top echelons of these factions stayed behind, coordinating from their strongholds while sending out squads to find more allies or hunt down anyone not aligned with them.
Ironically, this newly formed semblance of order only escalated the violence. Instead of minor skirmishes between lone cultivators, entire battalions now clashed, each side unleashing overwhelming might in an effort to kill the opposing force. As they fought, the Gu Insects that had bonded with them grew stronger by devouring the essences of fallen foes. Soldiers believed that even though their Gu Insects would eventually be absorbed by their faction leader’s insect, the stronger they grew now, the better their chance of survival—and potentially the better compensation they might receive from their leader afterward.
At this very moment, one such battle was unfolding. Two groups, each nearly one thousand cultivators strong, stood on opposite sides of a wide river. Both were led by Divine Transformation Masters.
One leader was a Deus Behemoth, towering and heavily muscled, with a peculiar spider-like creature protruding from his forearm. The other leader was a Hell Clan woman—an Inferno Daemon—whose own Gu Insect took the form of a razor-winged black butterfly perched delicately on her forearm. The tension in the air was palpable, and the only thing that kept them from hurling themselves at each other was the final few seconds of caution before the storm broke.
They needed no words to declare their hostility. The Light Race and the Dark Race had hated each other for eons, and the fact they belonged to different factions only meant that there was only one path left: a fight to the death.
With a guttural roar, the Deus Behemoth erupted in star-like power, raw energy crackling around his colossal frame. Across the river, the Inferno Daemon remained silent. Yet, black flames licked around her body, emanating a Law-infused aura so intense it caused sparks of electricity to dance across the air.
Their subordinates, emboldened by their leaders’ killing intent, unleashed their own energies. The atmosphere grew dense with swirling auras—some flaming, some icy, some harnessing Star Power instead of Laws. The final moment of tension snapped like a bowstring, and both sides lunged forward, each cultivator seeing nothing but red in their desire to kill.
Just as the two sides were about to collide, the water beneath them trembled violently. In a sudden, fluid motion, a figure rose into the air, positioning himself right between the two battalions.
The charging cultivators staggered to a halt, alarm etched on their faces. Their eyes zeroed in on the white-haired young man with nebula-like eyes hovering there, his calm demeanor chilling them to the core.