Lilith, the God of Prophecy, transformed her physical body into shackles that sealed the entrance and exit of the异空间 (yì kōngjiān - alien dimension), saying faintly before disappearing, "I know I can't kill you, nor can I trap you, but a moment's time is enough for the Divine Official to fulfill his wish."
Shen Qi covered his face, his low laughter echoing eerily and resonating within the 异空间 (yì kōngjiān - alien dimension). His crimson-gold silver-ringed pupils had now been stained a pitch-black, and he murmured, "He is mine."
With that, a sea of flowers bloomed densely beneath his feet. With a terrifying momentum like waves engulfing whales, it struck the entrance and exit of the 异空间 (yì kōngjiān - alien dimension). The crushing, violent assault, heavy as steel colliding, caused the entire 异空间 (yì kōngjiān - alien dimension) to vibrate unstably.
The seal formed by Lilith's physical body barely held on for a minute before Shen Qi shattered it.
However, when Shen Qi arrived at the scene, he only saw Lu Chengxuan, severely injured and unconscious.
One minute was enough for Shao Xinran to take Lu Zhi away, and even block Shen Qi's perception of Lu Zhi's location. Shen Qi let out another cold, enraged laugh and instantly appeared before Tigger, the embodiment of lightning. Sword rose and sword fell, ten thousand blossoms bloomed, scattered and drifting, filling the entire sky.
Tigger's face turned ashen; he tried to escape but was sealed off by Shen Qi's sword.
The Zodiac Beasts and Shen Lu, Xue Jinhuai, and others had been engaging the foreign high deities for half a day, yet they couldn't withstand a single move from Shen Qi.
This utterly stunned everyone, including the Zodiac Beasts.
The booming sound was Tigger being struck from the sky and slammed onto the ground by Shen Qi's sword, causing the entire ground to concave and collapse.
The Zodiac Beasts, terrified by the low-pressure, enraged Shen Qi, quickly fled far away.
Red lines flew from Shen Qi's fingertips, entangling Tigger, who was trying to escape through a teleportation portal. Using Tigger's flesh as a medium, the red lines found and mercilessly crushed Tigger's divinity.
After swiftly and efficiently dealing with Tigger, Shen Qi looked at the Zodiac Beasts. His crimson-gold silver-ringed pupils, under the bright sun, possessed a decadent and eerie beauty. "I will borrow your strength."
Without giving the Zodiac Beasts any time to react, red lines bound them, and they vanished from the sight of Shen Lu and Xue Jinhuai and their companions.
"He just left like that?" Shen Lu widened his eyes in displeasure, "Doesn't he care about his father, me?"
Xue Jinhuai reached out and wiped the blood and dirt from Shen Lu's lips, saying, "Send the troops to clear the battlefield. There are still many anomalies waiting for us to deal with."
Soon, a large number of troop members began clearing the scene. As they approached the corpses of the foreign divine realm, intending to take them back to the research lab, the bodies dissolved into a cloud of black smoke and vanished into thin air.
Meanwhile, the unconscious Lu Chengxuan, whom Shen Qi had ruthlessly cast aside, was discovered by a troop member and taken back for treatment.
On this end, the Zodiac Beasts, forcibly taken by Shen Qi to borrow their strength, resentfully condensed their power and activated an ancient tracking secret technique. Golden, flowing liquid mixed with their crimson blood dripped continuously from Shen Qi's fingertips into the formation's eye.
The Black Treasure Rabbit couldn't help but frown, "Enough, we don't need so much blood."
The blood of a deity was different from that of ordinary people; every drop contained immense divine power. The divine blood dripping into the formation's eye was enough for the Zodiac Beasts to perform several secret rituals.
Shen Qi glanced at the Black Treasure Rabbit before his wound slowly began to heal.
The Black Treasure Rabbit and several other Zodiac Beasts touched their brows, condensing a drop of pure golden primordial divine essence, which gathered at the formation's eye.
Instantly, a blinding golden light erupted. The formation was activated and began to spin rapidly. A blurred mist mirror appeared in the void, vaguely showing Lu Zhi's figure, and Shao Xinran beside Lu Zhi. However, Shao Xinran's appearance seemed to have changed.
Shen Qi's face changed slightly, "It's actually him."