Chapter 155 All the Arrays

The great cold disaster enveloped the entire Qingzhong Cemetery.

Except for the secret mountain deep within the inner mausoleum, everything else was covered in ice and frost. Anyone who stepped in would be pulled into the boundless, desolate "Icefield Dreamland."

Without a "being" like Chu Ling, who possessed a large amount of computing power, it was almost impossible for anyone else to find the "entrance" to the inner mausoleum from this great cold disaster.

Shen Li had thought that he and Miss Chu Ling might "die" after colliding with that towering snow mountain.

But unexpectedly!

He seemed to have left this enormous disaster. Amidst the howling wind and snow, the whole world turned dark.

And at the end of the darkness, there stood a slowly burning flame.

That flame… was Gu Shen!

Before he could rejoice, a purple light burst out from the blind spot in the corner of his eye.

Xu Yan, who was traveling with the "Apostle Token," had been "closely following" behind them… and now suddenly increased his speed!

He had been holding back, waiting for this moment –

One palm strike!

This palm burned with powerful divine power, appearing directly behind Chu Ling!

Chu Ling's expression was solemn. She burned the last of her black flowers to accelerate, but the speed of that purple light was even faster than her burning originium…

She could vaguely feel the pressure of the space shattering…

If a mortal body were hit…

Wouldn't it be directly reduced to ashes?

Just as the purple light was about to strike her back,

"Buzz—"

A crisp metallic clang.

Shen Li broke free from Chu Ling's grasp and turned to meet the palm!

The towering Iron-Eating Disciple burst forth once again, transforming into a mountain-like figure, accompanied by a hoarse roar, unleashing dozens or hundreds of punches in an instant to meet Xu Yan's sneak attack head-on.

Seeing this,

Xu Yan remained expressionless, only sneering.

He did not hesitate, and pressed down fiercely with his palm!

Dozens or hundreds of fist shadows were shattered in an instant. Just as the purple light was about to strike Shen Li's chest,

A furious roar rang out from beyond the distant sky.

"Xu Yan! How dare you!"

This voice was like rolling thunder, like divine fury, striking a resounding drum, exploding directly in the dark void miles away!

Xu Yan's expression changed drastically.

He knew this voice… it was Gu Shen's!

However, what shocked him was the terrifying power contained in the voice at this moment.

Only four words had caused his consciousness to tremble and waver!

The next moment, a brilliant figure burning with blazing fire rose from the distant darkness and instantly arrived before Xu Yan. Thousands of array pattern blueprints inscribed with ancient characters turned into flowing light, colliding and piecing together to form an impenetrable barrier, blocking Shen Li and receiving Xu Yan's palm!

A moment of crisis!

"Rumble—"

The vast palm wind exploded in the void, creating dozens of meters of shockwaves along the thin wall of light composed of array pattern blueprints, creating a terrifying and spectacular scene.

Shen Li, who was only twenty centimeters away from the palm, was pale.

When the fist shadows of the Iron-Eating Disciple were shattered, he had felt the aura of "death."

If this palm… had struck him,

His physical body would probably have been shattered directly!

"Brother Gu…"

Shen Li looked at the dazzling figure floating beside him at this moment, feeling a sense of security, as if there was nothing to fear even if the sky fell… He breathed a long sigh of relief, and the tall and imposing figure of the Iron-Eating Disciple cupped his fist in a salute to Gu Shen before slowly dissipating into the air.

"I'm here."

Gu Shen spoke softly, not only to Shen Li but also to Chu Ling.

He looked at the girl in the red divine priest's robe before him.

And slowly reached out his hand.

Gu Shen's voice was very soft because all of this was too dreamlike.

Too much like a dream in the disaster.

He was afraid that it was fake.

"I'm here too."

Chu Ling smiled, reached out her hand, and grasped Gu Shen's hand.

It was real.

This time, it was no longer just Chu Ling feeling Gu Shen's warmth…

Gu Shen also felt Chu Ling's warmth.

He had truly touched her.

Gu Shen took a deep breath.

He looked at Xu Yan in front of him.

At this moment, even if all the Apostles of the Tower of Origin stood before him, he would not be afraid!

The two figures exchanged a glance, and their mental link was re-established at close range… Even without this link, the two were incredibly tacit, Gu Shen and Chu Ling understood each other's hearts even better than couples who spent every day together.

All it took was a simple glance, a slight movement.

That completely burnt black flower, in the empty sky, incinerated its last flower stem, but a large amount of, vast extraordinary originium was sent by Gu Shen into Chu Ling's body.

Extraordinary originium?

This kind of thing… Gu Shen had plenty of!

"Whir…"

Accompanied by the sound of originium tumbling like ocean tides in the void.

The white forehead of the red-robed priestess lit up with a dazzling black glow.

The two instantly lunged forward.

Chu Ling took the lead, extending a palm and pressing it towards the center of Xu Yan's brow. The red priestess robe in the void, like a begonia, rolled out hundreds of waves.

Xu Yan had no mercy.

He stretched out his hands, advancing instead of retreating, directly pushing himself in, preparing to dodge Chu Ling's head.

An Apostle who had ignited the Divine Throne Relic would never avoid battle! Retreat!

The other party was just a mortal!

He could exchange an injury for death!

Under the blessing of the Relic, ordinary injuries could not harm him at all, and he could recover in just a few breaths!

Thus, Chu Ling's palm pressed on the center of his brow!

And he crossed his hands, twisted open this head!

This extremely frightening scene almost made Shen Li, who was watching the battle, cry out in alarm.

However… Chu Ling's head did not explode. At this moment, she seemed to transform into countless golden lights. Xu Yan's hands crossed over, passing through the void, and he looked at this scene in astonishment. Was this a scene that exceeded his expectations?

He didn't hit?

Was this a dream?

Or… did this woman not have a so-called "entity" at all?

He never thought that this was not a mortal body! But a divine fetus!

The next moment!

A bloody hole was pressed into Xu Yan's head, his eyes quickly turning gray. The vast originium almost invaded his cranial sea, but unfortunately, the power of the Divine Throne Relic was too strong. This fatal injury was forcefully saved by the power of the Wine God at the final moment.

Those gray eyes burst out with an even brighter light!

Xu Yan raised his head.

He saw a fist burning with blazing fire!

With a "bang!"

Thousands of array pattern blueprints, and the golden light that condensed nine-tenths of the cemetery's array power, wrapped around Gu Shen's fist!

This punch was enough to evaporate a giant elephant in mid-air.

If time were slowed down a hundred times, one would see… Xu Yan's facial bones being incinerated every moment, and then reborn, constantly incinerated and constantly reborn, just cycling through this process, miracles descending on Xu Yan, this was the power of the Wine God saving his devout believer, but the impact of Gu Shen's punch was too swift and fierce, so that this wisp of the Wine God's power was constantly retreating in the offensive and defensive battle.

One second after the real world, most of Xu Yan's head was in a state of burning annihilation.

Too bad.

Starting from the second second, this terrifying injury was suppressed.

The divine power won this offensive and defensive battle… Under the burning of the Relic, it would probably only take ten seconds for his facial injuries to be completely restored!

Xu Yan's consciousness floated out of his body for a second.

After regaining his senses, he saw an even brighter light.

It was Gu Shen's relentless, subsequent second punch!

Xu Yan roared and smashed out his fist!

This time… unlike the scene on Changjie Street, he was no longer passively beaten, but chose to attack, delivering a punch with all his strength. This was a punch blessed by the power of the Divine Throne, but after the consumption of the previous two rounds of "near-death injuries," the power of the Relic was almost reduced to the bottom.

Gu Shen's eyes were like torches, not retreating in the slightest!

With a "bang!"

The void exploded with thousands of dazzling sparks!

Both figures retreated backward.

Gu Shen took a step backward, the golden light tightly condensed on the surface of his fist was scattered by the powerful counter-force… and then, within a few seconds, it regained "order."

On the other side, Xu Yan was not so calm.

He was directly knocked out of this void.

His entire body was knocked out of the "Inner Mausoleum!"

He fell heavily into the Great Cold Disaster, his back hitting the ground, smashing out a ravine hundreds of meters long. His entire body was cycling through the state of burning and rebirth. The Relic's vast power was constantly pouring into his limbs, desperately saving this dying torso.

……

……

In the void between the Great Cold Disaster and the Inner Mausoleum of Qingzhong.

The vast air waves slowly dissipated.

This void temporarily returned to peace.

Gu Shen floated to the front of Shen Li.

"Brother Gu…"

Shen Li looked pale, and was just about to say something.

Gu Shen said softly, "No need to say more, I know what I need to know."

Shen Li was stunned.

He was briefly dazed for a couple of seconds, and then remembered that Gu Shen was a disciple of Master Qianye and was proficient in divination.

But that wasn't really the case.

When the mental link with Chu Ling was established, all the "information" inside and outside the cemetery poured into Gu Shen's mind.

"You've been poisoned by the 'Scorpion's' mental toxin, I'll help you heal first."

Gu Shen said softly, "Close your eyes and don't think too much… Just like when I fought against you at Chunyu Temple."

After hearing this, Shen Li did as he was told.

He closed his eyes.

Gu Shen extended two fingers, bent them, and tapped lightly.

In the void, a ripple stirred.

Blazing fire directly drilled into Shen Li's brow, found the wisp of toxin hidden deep within that "spiritual space," and then… opened its mouth unceremoniously and swallowed it.

The next moment.

Shen Li only felt that the coldness and deathly silence all over his body had disappeared, replaced by a warmth that slowly flowed through his body.

He opened his eyes and couldn't help but exhale a long breath, feeling as if he had unloaded a thousand pounds of burden.

Too magical.

Shen Li's expression was complicated. Even though he knew Gu Shen's methods, he still felt incredible after experiencing it firsthand.

However, after the Scorpion's poison dissipated, his physical body felt relaxed, but his spirit was extremely tired, becoming more and more sleepy.

"…Thank you… Brother Gu."

Before Shen Li could finish speaking, he closed his eyes again.

This time, he fell asleep completely, floating in the void, wrapped in a corner of golden light array patterns.

Gu Shen raised his hand and recalled the "hypnotic" blazing fire.

Given the current situation, Shen Li needed rest… Moreover, with the current situation in the cemetery, even if Shen Li were awake, he wouldn't be able to help.

"Xu Yan is not completely dead… I'll go kill him in the outer disaster zone." Gu Shen looked not far away.

Chu Ling said seriously, "I'll go with you."

"No…"

Gu Shen shook his head, his voice a little dim, and said softly, "I hope you can go to the inner mausoleum. Master Qianye is in the inner mausoleum, she left all the array pattern blueprints there… If the worst happens, there needs to be someone to take over the array patterns."

Chu Ling's appearance was a huge accident for him, and even more of a surprise.

There were nearly a hundred array patterns left.

No matter how talented Gu Shen was, no matter how focused his mind was, this was an impossible task.

Now, he was racing against time.

Even the tomb keeper didn't have any hope, she just hoped that Gu Shen could master as many array patterns as possible… That way, he could control the situation as much as possible.

The current "Great Cold Disaster" covered the entire cemetery.

Extraordinary people who entered the "disaster" zone were equivalent to stepping into a frigid snowy plain a hundred times larger than the Qingzhong Cemetery… The Three Great Institutes, the Five Great Families, these extraordinary people wouldn't be able to find an exit and would be frozen to death.

After comprehending the "Cemetery Blueprint," Gu Shen could illuminate the true path that guided to light between "reality" and "illusion."

He already understood everything about Chu Ling's situation.

The Divine Shrine Mountain had really hatched a "divine fetus"… However, the price of Chu Ling's survival was the consumption of extraordinary originium.

Perhaps this was the real reason why his Key met the Source Code.

If there really was a goddess of fate who foresaw that Chu Ling would be born through the Divine Shrine Mountain prayer technique, then the only way for Chu Ling to walk alive in the world… seemed to be to send himself to her side.

Because Blazing Fire could provide her with extraordinary originium.

The current cemetery needed battle.

And Chu Ling walking alone… What would happen after her originium was exhausted?

Gu Shen didn't know.

He didn't dare to gamble either.

"I… understand."

Chu Ling was silent for a while before finally speaking.

Her eyes held a hint of regret, but more of satisfaction.

The red priestess robe fluttered slightly in the wind in the void.

She brushed her hair and smiled softly, "Compared to acting together, it is indeed a better choice for me to stay in the inner mausoleum to comprehend the unfinished array patterns and upload them through the mental link. But you have to promise me that after all this in the cemetery is over… we're going to go to many places together."

Gu Shen was stunned.

"Go."

Chu Ling gently wrapped her arms around him, embracing him. Her crystal hair flowed in the wind, emitting a faint fragrance.

It wasn't a fragrance that belonged to mortals.

Nor was it a scent that could be emitted by industrial fragrances or anything like that.

Gu Shen remembered that he seemed to have smelled it somewhere… It was on the top of Divine Shrine Mountain. Once, he picked a white flower symbolizing light and hope, and it emitted such a light and refreshing scent.

The two embraced gently.

And then parted.

……

……

With a "boom,"

In the Great Cold Disaster, a roar came from the sky above the towering snow mountain.

On that false sky, the first ray of golden light emerged, then the second, the third… Countless golden lights shot out like swords, floating above the snowfield.

And a figure in black, stepped on these golden lights, and slowly landed on the ground of the snowfield.

Gu Shen put his hands behind his back.

The thousands of strands of array pattern light returned, as if condensing into a great sun, hanging high above Gu Shen's head.

He looked forward.

Hundreds of meters away, under a huge rock.

Xu Yan was sitting there.

He was covered in a purple glow.

The original dying aura of annihilation had been dispersed at this moment. The Wine God's Relic pulled him back from the edge of death… Moreover, after the repair, there was a faintly stronger trend.

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes.

He vaguely felt… a sense of danger.

"…Gu Shen."

In the desolate snowfield, the cold wind raged.

Xu Yan, wrapped in the divine power of the Relic, slowly stood up, enveloped in purple light.

He held onto the big stone with one hand.

His voice penetrated the snow curtain and was transmitted out.

"You… a mere mortal, how dare you obstruct a god?"

There was contempt in this voice, but more than contempt, there was confusion and incomprehension.

Xu Yan looked at the young man covered in golden light array patterns in front of him.

After being brought to Xuejin City by the Wine God, his biggest task was to investigate Gu Shen… and then imitate Gu Shen.

He had always been very curious.

What made this young man so unforgettable to the Divine Throne?

An S-rank… But he was also an S-rank!

"God?"

Gu Shen shook his head.

He stretched out his hand in the snowfield, and the Ruler of Truth slipped from his sleeve and was grasped by him.

"In this world… there are no gods at all."

Gu Shen said calmly, "Many years ago, they were like us, humans walking in the dust."

Xu Yan lowered his head.

He pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head.

After a few seconds.

Xu Yan raised his head and said, "Perhaps… if I beat you to your knees before the Divine Throne, you will know how ridiculous these words are."

Looking at the surging purple light, Gu Shen just smiled silently.

At this time, the voice of Tie Wu came from the Four Seasons Wilderness in his heart.

"Divine Throne…"

There was confusion and fear in Tie Wu's voice.

"Why… do I feel the aura of the Tower of Origin?"

After following Gu Shen, he no longer called the Wine God "Divine Throne," "Lord," "That One," or other respectful titles, but this did not mean that he had truly walked out of the shadow of the Wine God.

Becoming an Apostle, and then defecting… and finally surviving!

Tie Wu knew that he should be the only example in the Five Continents!

Once the Wine God knew… that he was still alive, the consequences would be disastrous.

The Wine God seemed kind and gentle, but was cold and tyrannical in his bones, and would never tolerate betrayal and deception.

Gu Shen said calmly, "I met an Apostle of the Wine God."