Swallowing the Stars: Heart of the Martial God

Chapter 79 Enslaving the Supreme God
The moment the axe struck the ice wall, the ice wall shattered with a deafening roar, and Venerable Qianyue's axe cleaved into the ice layer.

The Ice Crystal Butterfly God hastily unleashed a ray of ice crystals in retaliation, but Venerable Qianyue dodged it by sidestepping. With a flick of his axe, the blade precisely pierced the ray.

Qianyue Venerable seized the opportunity, the dark red secret patterns on his axe flashing wildly. With a loud shout, he slashed out with his axe in a cross shape, tearing through space with a dark red crescent-shaped blade of light, heading straight for the Ice Crystal Butterfly God.

The Ice Crystal Butterfly God hurriedly flapped its wings, summoning countless ice crystals to form a shield to defend itself.

The blade collided with the ice crystal shield, unleashing a dazzling light. The powerful shockwave dispersed the surrounding blood clouds, sending countless ice shards and dark red energy fragments flying everywhere.

The Ice Crystal Butterfly Goddess was also forced to retreat under the onslaught of Venerable Qian Yue.

The aftershocks of the battle between the cosmic lords were like a surging tide, shaking the entire continent violently.

The blood cloud was stirred into a huge vortex by powerful energy, as if it would swallow the entire world.

The beasts below, though shaken by the terrifying aftershocks of the battle, still raised their limbs high and prayed devoutly amidst the roar: "The Lord God will prevail!"

Their voices, filled with trust in the supreme god and a desire for victory, echoed across the battlefield.

However, the human army did not stop because of the war of the Venerables.

The star destroyer's main cannons began their second recharge, the energy orbs turning the blood-red clouds an eerie, bright white. Dozens of beams, powerful enough to annihilate planets, ripped through the sky, carrying world-destroying force as they hurtled towards the alien army.

The beams of light traveled at extremely high speeds, leaving white trails in the air, like shooting stars in the universe, dazzling yet deadly.

Countless strange beasts were instantly vaporized by the high temperature or fell from the sky under the bombardment of that terrifying beam of light.

They let out shrill screams as their bodies gradually dissipated under the impact of the beams of light, leaving only patches of blood mist that permeated the sky above the battlefield.

"Ah!!" The Flood Dragon God looked at the Chaos Abyss Legion falling from the sky, his heart filled with grief and resentment, and roared angrily to the sky.

Its aura surged, and in order to protect its kind, it decided to burn its divine power and fight desperately.

In an instant, the golden lightning around it became even more dazzling, and its dragon might grew stronger, distorting the surrounding space beyond recognition.

However, the Heavenly Phoenix Venerable it faced was equally powerful.

The Heavenly Phoenix Venerable sensed the powerful aura of the Flood Dragon God after burning his divine power, yet he showed no fear.

Her spear thrust was fierce; with a sudden swing of her spear, countless phantom images of fire phoenixes surged from the spear tip, tightly binding the Flood Dragon God.

The phantom of the fire phoenix was engulfed in raging flames, constantly assaulting the defenses of the Flood Dragon God.

The dragon god struggled fiercely, its tail swaying constantly, trying to break free from the fiery phoenix phantom's restraints.

It spewed out golden dragon breath, which clashed with the phantom of the fire phoenix. The golden dragon breath collided with the flames, creating a powerful explosion that illuminated the entire battlefield.

All five main gods were fighting desperately, using every trick in the book to try and turn the tide of the battle.

However, the cosmic beings who fought them were even stronger and had far more combat experience.

With his superb marksmanship and powerful strength, Venerable Tianfeng completely suppressed the Dragon God; Venerable Jinyu skillfully manipulated his golden spear, constantly breaking through the Steel Rock Elephant God's defenses, causing multiple wounds to appear on his body, and his divine power was gradually worn away by the golden spear; Venerable Qianyue's battle with the Ice Crystal Butterfly God completely suppressed his opponent.

The group with the greatest disparity in strength, the Spirit Illusionist, the Nine-Headed Lion, and the Giant Crocodile God, appeared calm on the surface, but everyone knew that this kind of struggle was the most dangerous.

The bluish-gray mist surrounding the Spirit Illusion Venerable suddenly surged, and twelve illusory figures condensed from soul power floated out from the mist.

The nine-headed lion god opposite suddenly let out a painful roar—its leftmost lion head was frantically gnawing at its own forelimbs, with purplish-black poisonous blood seeping from its golden mane; while the third lion head on the right stared intently at the void, its pupils reflecting countless illusions of itself being torn apart.

"This extraterrestrial demon is actually a soul master!" The nine-headed lion god suddenly swung his neck, and his nine heads roared angrily, trying to tear the illusion apart.

But with a flick of his finger, the seemingly violent energy condensed in mid-air, transforming into soul power crystals bound by chains.

Seeing this, the giant crocodile god charged forward, brandishing its axe-like forelimbs. Its body was covered in extremely strong black scales, comparable to a precious treasure. At this moment, it was crashing into the Spirit Illusion Venerable with a ferocious aura that could tear through space.

"Well done." The figure of the Spirit Illusion Venerable vanished like smoke, but the forelimb of the Giant Crocodile God slammed heavily into its own shoulder. To its horror, it discovered that the blood clouds around it had inexplicably turned into a viscous, dark green liquid. Every drop of liquid that landed would sprout into entwining vines, and within the flowers blooming on the vines were all the Spirit Illusion Venerable's ambiguous, smiling face.

"No! This is an illusion!" The Nine-Headed Lion God finally realized something was wrong. Its consciousness had been invaded, and some images that would terrify even the most powerful beings in the universe rushed towards it. At the same time, it was even involuntarily burning its divine power wildly.

The giant crocodile god lashed the ground with its tail, attempting to break the illusion with seismic waves, but instead saw the figure of the Spirit Illusion Venerable appear in every crack.

For the first time, a human-like fear appeared in its murky vertical pupils: this seemingly harmless creature was able to infiltrate every corner of its soul with illusions.

The Nine-Headed Lion God felt the frantic struggle and roar, finally breaking free from the illusion's shackles. He could sense that the other party was secretly infiltrating his soul imprint, which was fused with divine power.

"You want to enslave me?" The nine-headed lion god was incredulous.

How confident this man was, actually deluding himself into wanting to enslave a supreme god.

The Illusionary Spirit Venerable did not answer, his eyes flashing with divine light as he began to burn his divine power.

He felt completely hopeful.

The will of these nine-headed lions and giant crocodiles is only average among the cosmic venerables, and they lack soul defense treasures and experience in fighting illusion masters.

Such opportunities to enslave a Venerable One are rare. Once you enslave a Venerable One, not only will your own strength increase greatly and you gain a powerful helper, but you will also have a lot of face when you go out in the future.

Therefore, he is willing to fight with divine power.

The giant crocodile god is once again embroiled in a battle with the illusion.

The nine-headed lion roared in resentment.

"Never even think about enslaving the great people of the Beast God."

Its nine heads simultaneously swelled into blood-red sacs, the speed at which its divine power burned suddenly increased, and the surrounding cosmic energy was rapidly converging towards it, its aura growing rapidly at a visible speed.

The Spirit Illusion Venerable's pupils constricted sharply, and his divine armor quickly covered his entire body: "Not good! It's about to self-destruct its divine body!"

On the battlefield, there were countless Venerables and Kings, who blocked each other's space, making it impossible to teleport or hide. They could only endure the attack head-on.

The Heavenly Phoenix Venerable swept away the Flood Dragon God with a single spear thrust, saying, "Don't struggle, enter my world ring."

"Senior Brother Guiyi, please make a move." Ling Xuan saw this scene through the virtual universe and made a decision immediately.

"Alright." Venerable Guiyi appeared on the battlefield and gathered up the cosmic legions that were close to the Nine-Headed Lion battlefield.

Although they are said to be close, the battle range between Venerables is extremely wide, actually at least tens of millions of kilometers apart.

"boom--"

Amidst the deafening explosion, the Nine-Headed Lion God's divine form transformed into a black hole of energy that devoured everything.

The blood cloud within a radius of tens of millions of kilometers was instantly emptied, and a ring-shaped abyss was blasted into the surface of the continent below. The charging alien beast legion was swept away by the aftershocks and disappeared without a trace, as if erased by an eraser.

The giant crocodile god was closest to the explosion's epicenter, and its entire body was vaporized by the energy flow.

The powerful domain opened by the Spirit Illusion Venerable trembled violently, and the bluish-gray mist was torn apart by the shock wave, followed by the shock wave from the weakened explosion of the top-tier powerful armor.

However, he was, after all, a high-level Venerable, whose divine body strength far exceeded that of a low-level Venerable. After being weakened twice in a row, he finally managed to withstand the impact of the explosion through a secret technique.

"It's your turn." The Spirit Illusion Venerable's voice was slightly hoarse, yet still full of majesty.

He looked at the giant crocodile god who had barely survived the aftershocks of the explosion.

(End of this chapter)