Simulation of the Heavens: Starting from the Age of Desolation

Chapter 116 Fighting
Somewhere in the Blood Demon Cave.

Outside the five stone houses stood five figures, four men and one woman, who were the five protectors of the Mother Ancestor Sect in the Blood Demon Cave Heaven.

Of the five guardians, the one with the strongest aura was a burly figure whose eyes seemed to burn with flames.

His name is "Calamity Candle," and he is the only top-tier protector among the five.

The other four were a female protector in a gray robe, an old man in a purple robe, a man with blue eyes, and a hunched figure. They were all just ordinary protectors.

Of course, even ordinary Dharma protectors are comparable to ordinary Venerables in the Opening Realm.

Five people sat cross-legged in a circle, and in front of them, a pot of medicinal liquid was constantly churning and bubbling.

The cultivation system of the Mother Ancestor Cult involves using various treasures to strengthen oneself, so almost every powerful figure is a master alchemist, and the medicinal liquids they concoct have many magical properties.

While refining medicine, the five of them also chatted idly.

"Life in this Blood Demon Cave is so comfortable. There are plenty of treasures and hardly any rivals."

“It is indeed a treasure land. The rules set by that Demon Ancestor are extremely favorable to us. Most of the Venerables in this universe have used up their chances to come in, so we can plunder at will.”

"Unfortunately, there are some places on the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel that we can't go to, such as the legendary Three Demon Palaces. We've been here for so long and haven't encountered them yet, which shows that the Three Demon Palaces are not open to us."

"It's already good enough that these six heavenly wheels allow us to enter. As for the more magical island in the middle of the lake, we can't even get in."

"..."

The group chatted, but it was mainly the blue-eyed man and the hunchbacked figure who were talking. The two, the Guardian of Calamity and the old man in purple robes, barely spoke, only occasionally uttering a word.

And at this moment——

"Ok?"

The Guardian of Calamity suddenly looked in the direction of the hunched figure.

"Brother Huozhu, what's wrong?" The hunched figure asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Chengyun, what treasure are you carrying?" Huozhu asked rather curiously.

“Treasure? There’s nothing special about it…” the hunched figure said, when suddenly, the Guardian of Calamity’s expression changed.

"Clam Cloud, get out of the way!" Guardian Huozhu shouted angrily.

boom!
The aura of the Guardian of Calamity suddenly erupted, and a wooden staff appeared in his hand. The staff crashed down on the space-time behind the hunched figure.

If the power of this attack were to spread outwards, even within the Blood Demon Cave Heaven, where spacetime suppression is extremely severe, it could instantly shatter everything within a radius of billions of miles.

At this moment, however, this move was concentrated within a million miles.

At that moment, Zhou Yu was traveling through that space-time.

"As expected of a top-tier protector, his perception is quite sharp." Zhou Yu was also quite surprised.

Although these guardians only have a superficial understanding of the mysteries of the rules, equivalent to gods of the fourth heaven, their physical bodies are extremely strong, and the souls they nurture are also powerful, possessing extremely strong perception even with just their souls.

"But it was too late..."

At this moment, Zhou Yu showed no intention of dodging. With a thought, a divine sword appeared in his hand.

"The cataclysmic destruction of spacetime."

Zhou Yu unleashed a sword strike, the sword light containing an incomparably terrifying power to destroy space and time, instantly arriving behind the hunched figure.

"What?" The hunched figure was shocked, but by then he could no longer dodge.

puff.

A sword light pierced straight through his body.

With a flick of the sword, the hunched figure's body was easily obliterated into dust.

At the same time, the power of the wooden staff also erupted.

It defied the barriers of time and space, striking Zhou Yu squarely.

Boom!

An endless, terrifying power erupted, and in terms of sheer strength, it already possessed several aspects of a dominant force.

But Zhou Yu stood there, unmoved by the overwhelming power. It did not only fail to harm him, but it also failed to repel him.

"what?"

The guardian of the calamity candle's expression changed slightly.

"Annihilation of Time and Space!" Zhou Yu raised his hand and unleashed another sword strike.

The hunched figure, which had just been shattered and was recovering, took another blow head-on.

"I've already lost 30% of my life force." The hunched figure was in a panic.

At his level, as long as his original life force is not lost, even if he is shattered a million times, he will not suffer any damage, and even his energy will remain intact.

However, the power contained in those two swords was too terrifying; they could easily damage his life essence, or even cause a significant loss of his life essence.

Two sword strikes were enough to deplete his life force; killing him would only require a few more strikes.

"Protect Clam Cloud." With a single step, the Guardian of Calamity Candle was already in front of the hunched figure.

When Zhou Yu unleashed another sword strike, the Guardian of Calamity Candle immediately countered with his own attack.

Boom!

A wooden staff and a divine sword clashed in the void.

In terms of power, the Guardian of Calamity Candle was naturally extremely confident. The guardians of the Mother Ancestor Cult were divided into several categories, some specializing in strength and others in curses. Clearly, the Guardian of Calamity Candle was the one specializing in strength.

Skilled in strength and a top-tier protector, the Calamity Candle Protector's power level is indeed several times that of the masters of the rules and mysteries of the system.

But at this moment, as their moves collided, the Guardian of Calamity felt an incredibly terrifying force coming from him.

Unable to control himself, the Guardian of Calamity was sent flying backward.

"Take action!"

At this moment, the other guardians also made their moves. The gray-robed female guardian summoned a massive amount of emerald green vines that wrapped around Zhou Yu's body, while the purple-robed elder chanted incantations, and an invisible, curse-like power descended upon him. The green-eyed man unleashed a beam of light from his eyes and shot it toward Zhou Yu.

Unfortunately, these attacks were too ordinary for Zhou Yu.

With a single rip, Zhou Yu tore the emerald green vines that were wrapped around his body to shreds.

As for the attacks from the purple-robed elder and the green-eyed man, Zhou Yu ignored them and chose to withstand them head-on.

At this moment, Zhou Yu was doing only one thing: attacking the hunched figure that he had torn apart and was rebuilding. Every time the figure was rebuilding, or even only half-rebuilt, Zhou Yu's killing move would arrive.

The Guardian of Calamity also wanted to hide the hunched figure, but every time he got close, he was blasted away by Zhou Yu. It was impossible to hide him from a distance. How could the Guardian of the Mother Ancestor Sect compete with Zhou Yu in terms of control over space and time?

In the end, the four members of the Mother Ancestor Sect could only watch as Zhou Yu completely obliterated the hunched figure.

"His power is too great. How could a cultivator in this universe possess such power?" The Guardian of Calamity looked grim and somewhat incredulous.

Power is something their Mother Ancestor Cult excels at, and it's truly unbelievable that even with his power, it was suppressed.

The Guardian of Calamity was unaware that Zhou Yu's physical martial arts were indeed terrifying.

Although the first volume of "The Flesh Universe" is not as powerful as the initial volume of "The True Body of Ten Thousand Demons", it still possesses about 20% of the power of the Calamity Candle Protector.

The second volume of "The Physical Universe" is, after all, a volume that truly incorporates the mysteries of the Dao of Arrays, and naturally far surpasses the initial volume of the True Body of Ten Thousand Demons, even granting Zhou Yu power that surpasses the level of top-tier guardians.

At this moment, Zhou Yu's power should be about 50% of that of an ordinary ruler.

Of course, strength is strength, and power is power; they cannot be generalized.

It may be powerful enough to withstand many methods, but its destructive power may not be strong enough.

The reason Zhou Yu was able to annihilate a large amount of the hunchbacked figure's life force with a single strike was because of the Time-Space Dao's ultimate move, "Cataclysmic Annihilation of Time and Space." This move is incredibly powerful, and the destructive force it unleashed with a true divine artifact is comparable to that of a top-tier Venerable who excels in attack, which is why it could achieve such an effect.

...

"It's your turn." Zhou Yu then looked at the remaining protectors of the Mother Ancestor Sect.

"You must be the Flame Lord? I never expected you to possess such strength." The Calamity Candle Protector said in a deep voice.

“Our Mother Ancestor Cult has never offended you, so why are you making trouble for us?”

"I've already killed him, what's the point of saying all this now?" Zhou Yu said calmly.

"Besides, if you dare to invade our universe, what is there that I wouldn't dare to do to kill you?"

"It seems you have no choice but to take action..." Guardian Huozhu wanted to say something, but Zhou Yu had already attacked.

"Brother Huozhu, what should we do?" At this moment, the other guardians felt a chill. If they were to fight, they might very well follow in the footsteps of Guardian Shengyun.

"You all hide in my treasure cave, and I'll lead you out." The Guardian of Calamity made a quick decision. Fighting was out of the question; he saw no chance of winning. His only option was to find a way to escape.

Whoosh!
The Guardian of Calamity instantly gathered the group together and then turned to run away, but how could he possibly outrun Zhou Yu?
In the blink of an eye, Zhou Yu had already traveled through time and space to block the path of the Calamity Candle!

boom!
Zhou Yu unleashed a powerful sword strike, which the Guardian of Calamity Candle blocked with his wooden staff.

However, his moves were too clumsy, and his most prized strength was inferior to Zhou Yu's. In a direct confrontation, Zhou Yu pierced his flesh with a single sword strike after only two moves. The physical body of the Calamity Candle Guardian was far stronger than that of the previous Clam Cloud Guardian, and its surface defense was also far superior.

When Zhou Yu's sword struck, he felt it was heavily blocked; the skin was so tough that it was almost comparable to an ordinary divine weapon.

"Break!" Zhou Yu shouted, unleashing his immense power as a divine sword pierced into the body of the Calamity Candle Protector.

"Did you hurt me?" Protector Huozhu's expression changed.

It wasn't just that his skin and flesh were pierced; the power of the sword caused him to lose his life force.

If one loses vitality, then one becomes vulnerable to being killed.

"According to the information the leader gave me, this Flame Lord has opened up a spacetime passage. I have no chance of outrunning him if I try to escape normally!" Protector Huozhu understood.

Within the Blood Demon Cave, he could only fly within the normal world, while Zhou Yu could traverse time and space; their speeds were simply on different levels.

He flew for a long time, covering billions of miles, but Zhou Yu arrived in a flash.

"We must rely on the dangerous environment." Protector Huozhu quickly recalled that he had been familiar with many dangerous places in the Blood Demon Cave for many years.

"Black Moon Swamp, that's my only hope for escape." Guardian of Calamity Candle quickly set his sights on a target.

boom! boom! boom!
Zhou Yu unleashed one attack after another, blasting the Guardian of Calamity Candle away in a chaotic manner. The Guardian of Calamity Candle was constantly losing his life force. Although the Guardian of Calamity Candle wanted to head towards the Black Moon Swamp, Zhou Yu did not give him the chance at all.

"I have to use my trump card!" Guardian Huozhu gritted his teeth and immediately took out a golden leaf and swallowed it.

"Our Mother Ancestor is above."

As soon as the Guardian of Calamity shouted, golden flames burst forth from his entire body.

In an instant, the power of the Calamity Candle Protector soared, almost rivaling that of the Sovereigns and even surpassing Zhou Yu.

"Go away!"

The Guardian of Calamity swung his wooden staff at Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu felt the pressure and did not choose to take the blow head-on. Instead, he manipulated spacetime to dodge it with a whoosh.

The Guardian of Calamity also understood that even if he used his trump card, he still couldn't kill Zhou Yu.

After all, his strength was not much stronger than Zhou Yu's at this moment, but his skills were completely outmatched. In a head-on battle, the outcome would most likely be a 50/50 situation.

His trump card has a limited lifespan, and he must use this time to get to the nearest dangerous place.

Whoosh!
The Demon Candle Protector transformed into a streak of light and shot off into the distance.

But just then—

hum!
A ripple suddenly flashed through the void, and the spacetime within a radius of one billion miles was abruptly isolated by a force, forming an independent spacetime.

Boom!

A pressure pressed down on the Guardian of Calamity, instantly slowing him down by a third.

"Hmm? A magic circle?"

The Guardian of Calamity sneered inwardly and raised his hand to smash down with his wooden staff.

Boom!

Everything within a billion miles was instantly shattered, and time and space were also completely destroyed.

However, as soon as this spacetime was shattered, a new spacetime was formed in the blink of an eye.

The guardian of the calamity candle's expression changed slightly.

He raised his wooden staff again, intending to shatter this space-time, when suddenly a sword came flying at him.

The sword struck the Guardian of Calamity, causing him to stagger and interrupting his charged attack.

"Anyone who stands in my way will die!"

The wooden staff in the hands of the Calamity Candle Protector grew a billion times larger, instantly sweeping across that space-time. This time, even Zhou Yu could not dodge it. He blocked with his sword, trying his best to deflect the immense power.

In fact, with Zhou Yu's physical body, he could withstand this attack without any problem, but if he did, he would be knocked away, which was not something Zhou Yu wanted to see. He had to delay the protection of the Calamity Candle.

The magic array he gave to the Ancient Tibetan Emperor was called "Nine Realms Time and Space".

This magic array will form nine independent spacetimes. It is necessary to shatter all nine spacetimes in a short period of time in order to break out of the array.

However, the nine spacetimes will become increasingly resilient, and if they are not shattered one after another, the previously destroyed spacetimes will quickly absorb power and recover on their own.

Although this magic array contains the mysteries of spacetime and array formation, it can normally only trap ordinary top-level Venerables and top-level Dharma Protectors. It is definitely impossible to completely trap Dharma Protector Huozhu, who is currently in an explosive state.

As long as the Guardian of Calamity breaks through the formations one after another, it will not be difficult to shatter the nine dimensions in a very short time.

Fortunately, Zhou Yu was strong enough that he could hold off the Guardian of Calamity Candle from breaking the formation.

"He's preventing me from attacking the surrounding spacetime." The Guardian of Calamity quickly understood.

But understanding was useless; Zhou Yu's entanglement was indeed very effective. Even if the Guardian of Calamity Candle wanted to ignore Zhou Yu, he couldn't. He ignored Zhou Yu's bombardment of the surrounding space-time, but Zhou Yu could still interfere with his attacks, greatly weakening their power.

Gradually, the guardian deity, Huozhu, became somewhat anxious.

On his own, he could at most withstand Zhou Yu's attacks and shatter six layers of spacetime in one go, but even after shattering the six layers of spacetime, he still did not leave the formation, which made the guardian of the Calamity Candle feel heavy-hearted.

The main problem is that he doesn't know how many layers of spacetime this magic array has. If it has hundreds or thousands of layers, wouldn't he never be able to get out?
Once the Void Mother Tree leaves you've consumed lose their effect, then it's all over.

Meanwhile, inside the protective cave of the Calamity Candle Guardian, the three ordinary guardians were also aware of the situation outside, and they were equally anxious.

If the Guardian of Calamity is destroyed, they will not escape either.

“Brother Huozhu, there must be someone else controlling this formation. That person may not be as powerful as Lord Yanhuo. When you shatter the sixth layer of spacetime next time, I can try to curse him to death,” the purple-robed elder suddenly transmitted.

Upon hearing this, the Guardian of Calamity frowned. Without blood, hair, or other mediums, the power of the curse is very weak.

But there was no other way at this point.

"Alright, I'll let you know beforehand when I unleash my power," said the Guardian of Calamity.

He needs to prepare well before he has a chance to shatter the six layers of spacetime.

the other side--

Emperor Guzang sat cross-legged at the core of the great formation, in the final layer of spacetime, while he tried his best to control the formation and watched the battle.

"This Flame Lord is too strong. He would need many swords to kill those guardians, but to kill me, he might only need one or two swords?" Emperor Gu Cang sighed inwardly, wondering when he would be able to open up his own path.

However, at this moment——

hum!
An invisible force suddenly descended from nothingness and instantly entered the heart of the Ancient Tibetan Emperor.

"What is this?" The Ancient Tibetan Emperor looked surprised.

But this force was too strange and impossible to stop. It erupted in an instant, and all we could do was withstand it.

puff!
Emperor Guzang coughed up a mouthful of blood, and his face turned ashen.

At the same time, the Ancient Tibetan Emperor's control over the magic array also showed a significant flaw, which was immediately captured by the Calamity Candle Protector.

"escape."

The Guardian of Calamity suddenly shattered the last layer of spacetime and escaped.

"Lord of Flames, I was just attacked," Ancient Emperor quickly explained via telepathy.

"We'll talk about it later. I'm going to chase after them first." Zhou Yu didn't say much more at this moment. He moved and chased after them.

Zhou Yu's decision to set up the magic array this time was merely for the sake of caution.

In fact, even without the magic array, he was confident he could kill these Mother Ancestor Cult protectors. In the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel, he could travel through time and space, while the Mother Ancestor Cult protectors could not. This difference in initiative made all the difference.

Whoosh!
As the Guardian of Calamity fled, Zhou Yu pursued him relentlessly, constantly intervening to slow him down.

Although Zhou Yu didn't know where the Calamity Candle Protector was going, one thing he was certain of was that he definitely couldn't let the other party succeed so easily.

"Damn Flame Lord!" Guardian of Calamity cursed as he flew, covering trillions of miles in one breath.

He finally arrived at his destination—Black Moon Swamp.

This is a dangerous place with extremely chaotic spacetime, and it contains many dangers. Even Venerable-level experts dare not venture into it casually.

The Guardian of Calamity had originally planned to use this place to escape, but his expression changed as soon as he arrived at the Black Moon Swamp.

His special power completely disappeared.

According to the calculations of the Guardian of Calamity Candle, if he used this power sparingly, it would not only help him reach the Black Moon Swamp, but also help him go deeper into it.

But at this moment, as soon as they arrived at the Black Moon Swamp, the power of the Void Mother Tree Leaf disappeared.

Clearly, the time lost while trapped in the Nine Realms space-time had played a significant role.

"Now, let's see where you run to."

Zhou Yu, wielding a sword in one hand, appeared in front of the Guardian of Calamity Candle.

P.S.: That's all.

(End of this chapter)