The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

Chapter 214 Annihilation of Time and Space
"What a wonderful treasure! It truly is a wonderful treasure!"

Taoist Yuqiu slowly circled the large black rock in the center of the void, looking at the thin black chains around the rock and then at the completely imprisoned silver-white miniature spear, his face full of smiles.

Having lived from the ancient world of Pangu to the present day, Daoist Yuqiu naturally possessed remarkable insight and quickly discovered the profound mystery of the treasure before him.

"This stone... must be a rare treasure from the chaos, a submerged stone of earth fire. And these chains and this small silver gun..."

Yu Qiu Daoist secretly thought to himself, "Tsk tsk tsk! I, Yu Qiu Daoist, will finally possess a Chaos Treasure!"

"The Three Pure Ones were lucky enough to obtain a set of the Four Swords of Immortal Slaughter, which directly made them leaders. As for me, Yu Qiu, I obtained a Chaos Treasure, which makes me at least a top-tier True God Ancestor, and I might even be comparable to a leader!"

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, Daoist Yuqiu turned to look at the Black Axe God, who stood silently to the side with a somewhat unpleasant expression.

However, he didn't care either.

He had seen countless such resentful expressions throughout his endless years. But as resentful as he was, he could only silently accept it. Otherwise, he could have easily shown these unwilling juniors what the power of a great being truly meant.

"Young friend, you seem unfamiliar to me. May I ask who your elders are?" Yu Qiu Daoist said, waving his hand to take away the Earth Fire Sinking Stone that was bound with black chains.

suddenly.

"Huh? It can't be stored away directly?" Daoist Yuqiu was also stunned. "This treasure has to be refined before it can be stored away freely?"

Upon discovering this, he no longer cared about understanding the Black Axe God's background, knowing that this was an extremely rare and wondrous Chaos Treasure.

He, Yuqiu Daoist, had finally discovered it. If the treasure he had finally obtained were to slip away in the end, he would be frantic with worry!

With a thought, the Dao Ancestor unleashed his power, directly enveloping the entire Earth Fire Sinking Stone.

"Hmm. It can be refined, although it's a bit slow." Daoist Yuqiu breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his face. While focusing on refining, his gaze once again fell on the Black Axe God beside him.

"This... Daoist Yuqiu has already begun refining the treasure, why hasn't the Lord of the Palace arrived yet?" Black Axe God watched silently, his heart filled with anxiety. If this treasure were taken away, they would be completely at the mercy of Daoist Yuqiu.

“Young friend, you haven’t answered me yet.” Daoist Yuqiu resumed his smiling demeanor. “Have you become a disciple of the True God Dao Ancestor? If not, I, Daoist Yuqiu, am perfectly capable of accepting you as my disciple. I will take you under my wing.”

"Hmm?" Black Axe God was taken aback.

Is this the start of probing for details?
He was very familiar with this tactic. He had heard his friend mention this Taoist Yuqiu before. This powerful being at the level of a True God and Dao Ancestor was not only shameless, but also treacherous and cunning.

If one didn't have a true god or ancestor behind them, they would naturally accept the offer of becoming a disciple of an ancestor, even if it meant holding their nose.

However, if someone has a true god or Dao ancestor behind them, they will usually immediately invoke the powerful figure behind them. And this Daoist Yuqiu is good at judging people by their abilities.

"Senior Yu Qiu." Although the Black Axe Celestial God understood perfectly well, he still bowed respectfully before speaking, "I am Black Axe. I am a commander under the Star-Picking Palace Master, Lei Zhan Zhen Shen. This treasure was discovered by my Star-Picking Palace lineage..."

"The Star-Picking Palace? The True God's Fortress?" Daoist Yuqiu was taken aback, and at the same time, a barely perceptible hint of apprehension flashed in his eyes.

For a powerful being like Yuqiu Daoren, who was at the level of a true god and Dao ancestor, several hundred years was just the time it took to doze off. Even so, he had heard of Lei Zhan's reputation.

This guy, once he breaks through, is a killing star who can directly kill a top-tier Dao Ancestor!
Yu Qiu Daoist muttered to himself, "Damn it, how did I end up going up against Lei Zhan this time! Lei Zhan is a killing star! Not only does he have a powerful background, but he also directly killed that 'King' of the Wujian Sect after his breakthrough. Although it was the Lord of Ten Thousand Demons of the Wujian Sect who didn't want to deal with worldly matters and thus sent out that King, but..."

Yu Qiu Daoist's gaze fell upon the treasure before him. He could confirm that this treasure was a powerful Chaos Treasure!

"No! No! I can't let this treasure go either!" Daoist Yuqiu thought to himself. "However, that Killing Star has the strength to kill a top-tier Dao Ancestor. If I really encounter him, killing me won't be too difficult. I must quickly refine the treasure and leave!"

With a thought flashing through his mind, Daoist Yuqiu waved his hand, and an invisible wave swept out, intending to send the Black Axe God directly out of this void space.

"This...this Taoist Yuqiu is going to attack me?" The Black Axe God sensed the terrifying, invisible fluctuation and his expression changed instantly. A large black axe on his back also appeared in his hand in an instant.

But suddenly...

"Hmm?" Daoist Yuqiu was taken aback.

Wow.

Within this void, ripples appeared in spacetime, as if layers of spacetime were intersecting, and finally a vortex quickly formed within these intersecting spacestimes.

call.

A young man dressed in a black robe emerged from the vortex.

"Lord of the Palace?" Black Axe God's face lit up with surprise.

"Hmm?" Lei Zhan's gaze sharpened as soon as he appeared. With a wave of his hand, he directly annihilated the invisible wave that had swept over the Black Axe God.

It sounds slow, but in reality, it all happened in an instant.

"Yuqiu Daoren".

Lei Zhan looked around, glanced at the millstone-sized black stone, and then focused his gaze on Taoist Yuqiu.

Lei Zhan said in an icy voice, "What? It's not enough to just steal the treasures of my Zhaixing Mansion lineage, now... you also want to touch the celestial beings under my command?"

boom! ! !
Instantly, an incredibly terrifying aura erupted from Lei Zhan's body, and boundless killing intent enveloped Yu Qiu Dao Ren in an instant.

"This..." The terrifying killing intent made Daoist Yuqiu gasp. The killing intent that Lei Zhan unleashed truly made him sense a terrifying danger.

"Damn it! Damn it! This base extension is really domineering! If I don't let go... I might actually die!"

Daoist Yuqiu immediately understood and became anxious as well. The Chaos Treasure was still being refined, and it couldn't be taken away immediately until it was completely refined.

As for taking action... the thought flashed through Yu Qiu Dao Ren's mind, but he completely suppressed it.

Although he had lived for countless years and was a powerful being at the level of a True God Dao Ancestor, his own strength was only average. If he were to fight Lei Zhan, who had killed a top-tier True God Dao Ancestor, it would be tantamount to courting death.

As for asking other powerful figures in their camp for help... that was even more of a pipe dream.

Even if Lei Zhan were to actually kill Yu Qiu Dao Ren, the powerful figures in the Three Realms would probably secretly cheer. Although those powerful figures in his own camp were displeased with his actions over the years, they turned a blind eye as long as it didn't infringe upon their interests.

But he's in danger. I doubt many people will plead for him.

After all, the Tathagata and Bodhi behind Lei Zhan are among the most powerful beings in the Three Realms!
"Hmm?" Lei Zhan glanced indifferently at Yu Qiu Dao Ren, whose expression was unpredictable.

"Get lost! I don't want to kill you today."

This Thousand Islands Great World was won by the Celestial Immortals under his Star-Picking Mansion in a battle against the Boundless Gate. And this treasure was first discovered by his Star-Picking Mansion. Regardless, this treasure should rightfully belong to their Star-Picking Mansion. Lei Zhan naturally didn't bother to say anything more to this Taoist Yuqiu.

"Too lazy to kill me?" Daoist Yuqiu's face instantly turned ugly. He glanced at the treasure beside him, his heart filled with rage, but he dared not offend it in the slightest.

Just as he was about to slink away, a surge of joy welled up inside him.

"Hmm? It needs refining! Almost there! Just a little bit more!"

suddenly.

Wow~~~
In the center of the void, on the millstone-sized earth fire boulder, countless black chains, like small snakes, intertwined and entwined with each other. At the same time, countless fine dark golden lights flowed on the surface of the chains, and the golden light permeated the entire void.

"Hmm? Still secretly refining it?" Lei Zhan's gaze sharpened, his voice icy cold: "You're courting death!"

Wow~~~
Lei Zhan's left hand suddenly swelled up, like a huge dark cloud, and reached out to grab forward. His palm swept through the void, instantly enveloping Yu Qiu Daoist.

Rumble~~~
With a single palm strike, time and space shifted.

A gigantic, sky-covering hand began to crush everything in its path. In that instant, the spacetime of the entire void began to distort and shatter, and the entire space seemed to transform into layers upon layers...

Within these layers of fragmented spacetime, it seems as if everything is about to be destroyed and annihilated.

"Hmm? Time and space? Star-picking hand?"

"This...this..." Daoist Yuqiu panicked instantly. Sensing the changes in the surrounding space and time, and feeling the aura that seemed to be annihilating everything, the greed in his heart vanished in an instant.

"Fellow Daoist Lei Zhan! Fellow Daoist Lei Zhan!"

Taoist Yuqiu shouted repeatedly, "I'm willing to admit defeat! I'm willing to admit defeat! I won't fight for this treasure anymore!"

"Not going to fight anymore?" Lei Zhan frowned. He didn't want to believe a single word that Daoist Yuqiu said.

“Fellow Daoist Lei Zhan!” Daoist Yu Qiu continued, “I have a good relationship with your master Bodhi and Tathagata, and I am even sworn brothers with your other master, Daoist Sanshou. Please, please spare my life!”

"Hmph!" Lei Zhan snorted coldly, utterly speechless.

This Taoist Yuqiu is truly shameless. With his despicable nature, he looks down on both Bodhi and Tathagata, and has only interacted with them a handful of times.

As for the Taoist Sanshou... there's no need to say more.

Lei Zhan knew that Daoist Sanshou, having fought for supremacy in the ancient times, naturally befriended other powerful figures, and thus treated Daoist Yuqiu with normal courtesy. This courtesy, however, was regarded by Daoist Yuqiu as a brother in life and death…

"Making a mistake means you have to be punished. This is a principle that even a three-year-old child knows. You, Daoist Yuqiu, have become a true god and Dao ancestor. How come you still don't understand this principle?"

Lei Zhan shook his head at Yu Qiu Daoist and said, "Treasures are good, but if you want to covet them, you need to have enough strength! How dare you, Yu Qiu, say one thing to my face and another behind my back?"

Rumble~~~
With a thought, Lei Zhan caused the layers of space and time surrounding Daoist Yuqiu to shatter.

Spacetime was shattering layer by layer, as if the power of spacetime could annihilate everything.

"You really want to kill me? Damn it!" Even the usually dignified and otherworldly Taoist Yuqiu's face turned ferocious.

"Go! Go! Go!"

In an instant, terrifying divine swords appeared around him, and countless forces of heaven and earth surged in the void, all frantically converging towards those divine swords.

Instantly, each divine sword burst forth with a dazzling azure light, its imposing aura astonishing.

"Is that all you've got?" Lei Zhan's eyes gleamed with disdain. "Die!"

Rumble~~~~~

Countless cyan sword lights slashed outwards like a tide, cutting into the shattered spacetime that was pressing in from all sides.

However, the surrounding spacetime power seemed capable of annihilating everything, annihilating time, annihilating space, and even easily annihilating the cyan sword light unleashed by Daoist Yuqiu.

Countless fragments of spacetime, like quicksand, carried an irresistible, overwhelming power that annihilated everything.

"How...how is this possible! This space-time secret technique...I can't even break free from the restraints?" Daoist Yuqiu was truly panicked. He resisted with all his might, but in the end, it was all in vain.

"Go!" Lei Zhan pointed into the distance, and the surrounding space-time surged, instantly engulfing Yu Qiu Daoist completely.

"You, you want to kill me?" As the aura of death descended, Daoist Yuqiu's face was filled with terror.

"No—you can't kill me! I'm a powerful being from Nuwa's faction! We're on the same side!"

"Destroy!" Lei Zhan stood in the void, watching coldly, his gaze deep and unfathomable.

"Whoosh~~~" The space-time that had completely submerged Daoist Yuqiu began to shatter and vanish in that instant.

"No—" Yu Qiu Daoist wailed, but in just an instant, he was annihilated into nothingness by the shattered spacetime.

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(End of this chapter)