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Chapter 582 The Serpent of Time

"kill!"

Star Wheel Saint Ancestor roared, his posture was fierce and his moves were ruthless, and he was quite surprised.

With his current cultivation level, having achieved the perfection of Nirvana Body, he is fully capable of going head-to-head with the Cosmic Emperor. However, the Cosmic Emperor is ruthless and fast, making it difficult for him to directly strike her true form.

Now things are much better. Zhou Nan's God of Imagination was able to forcibly attract her attacks, causing her to reveal a weakness. Taking advantage of this, he launched a series of powerful attacks and injured the Emperor of the Universe.

If they cooperated like this for a few more rounds, he might even be able to directly kill the Cosmic Emperor without Wu Tian having to release his sure-hit Yuan Qi Arrow.

The Cosmic Emperor was also frustrated. He roared and twisted his body like a snake, quickly bypassing the star wheel. However, he was then enveloped by a beam of light, and his body flew towards a nine-story pagoda.

"What kind of power is this? Devouring divinity? Abyssal divinity? Even I am affected."

The universe glanced at the small tower that was shining with light at its base, reached out and touched it, and the small tower shattered.

Before it, this small tower is utterly vulnerable and would crumble at the slightest touch.

However, she was delayed by the nine-story pagoda, and the Star Wheel Saint Ancestor took the opportunity to catch up, grabbed her ankle, and pulled her back.

"Where do you think you're going? I'll blast you to your death right here today!"

The Star Wheel roared like thunder, then threw a punch, slamming it hard into the back of the Universe Earth. At the same time, nine halos suddenly flew out from the crown of its head, transforming into nine Vajra rings, once again locking the Universe Emperor in place.

This lock was not easy to break free from, and the Cosmic Emperor's face immediately contorted as he roared.

Star Wheel Saint Ancestor didn't care about her performance. With a wave of his hand, countless afterimages of finger, fist, and palm prints filled the sky. These afterimages instantly overlapped with Star Wheel's raised palm, eventually transforming into a finger that touched the center of the Universe Emperor's forehead.

With a loud boom, a dark hole was pierced between the brows of the Cosmic Emperor, from which something like black lightning flew out.

This attack undoubtedly severely injured the Cosmic Emperor. Star Wheel was not satisfied. He patted his chest and spat out a bright beam of light, which struck the Cosmic Emperor's chest directly.

This is not a martial arts technique, but atomic breath, unleashed by Xing Lun, and is even stronger than that of Zhang Daqian, the Dinosaur Emperor.

The Cosmic Emperor let out a scream, her entire body becoming crystalline, and a power erupted from within her body, causing cracks to rapidly appear on the nine golden rings that bound her body.

"Alright, very well, then I'll use my appearance to drag someone down with me!"

"The Great Emperor of the Universe said through gritted teeth, and she looked at Wu Tian."

Wu Tian had already drawn his bow to its fullest extent, and a gleaming long arrow was becoming increasingly solid, likely to soon become a complete arrow of vital energy.

This arrow of vital energy, locked onto the aura of the Cosmic Emperor, was specifically condensed for her and is only aimed at her.

The Cosmic Emperor sensed a strong sense of crisis, but then suddenly looked at Zhou Nan.

As Zhou Nan drew his sword, cards appeared around him, all of them green. As soon as the cards appeared, they exploded, transforming into one nine-story pagoda after another.

There were also 15 Kings and Overlords standing in front of him, like guardian deities.

"You shall perish together with me!"

The Cosmic Emperor suddenly roared, his entire body exploding into a bolt of black lightning. This lightning did not attack Wu Tian, ​​who was condensing the arrow of primordial energy, but instead struck Zhou Nan.

This cosmic emperor had decided to attack Zhou Nan, intending to take him down with him.

No sooner said than done, the 15 King Overlord True Monarchs immediately stood in front of Zhou Nan, using their bodies to shield him from the attack.

The mountain guardian stood at the forefront. The moment his body touched the black lightning, it collapsed, and his cards were destroyed as well.

Next was Daoist Duobao, whose body was pierced by black lightning and quickly disintegrated.

Nezha, Barefoot Immortal, and Bodhi Patriarch were all instantly destroyed by the black lightning attack.

Just as the black lightning was about to strike Huanglong Zhenren behind Bodhi Patriarch, it suddenly changed direction and blasted towards a wriggling, basin-sized ball of flesh on the other side.

That fleshy ball was the colossal demon Zhou Batian. He had not yet returned to human form, but had already grown many small antennae. Those small antennae released mind control waves, which at a critical moment attracted the hatred of the Cosmic Emperor, causing him to transform into black lightning and strike him.

With a deafening roar, thunder roared.

The colossal demon Zhou Batian, who had just condensed into a mass of flesh, was shattered into pieces again. However, he was not completely dead; there were still bits of flesh left, which could slowly regenerate him.

"This is infuriating!"

The form of the Cosmic Emperor reappeared, his body damaged, his voice filled with intense resentment.

The black lightning she just transformed into was the final strike of her second form, a suicidal move. She didn't attack Xinglun because she knew Xinglun possessed the Tathagata Body, making her body extremely sturdy.

They did not attack Wu Tian, ​​because his vital energy was so strong that they feared they could not kill him with a single blow.

She chose to take Zhou Nan, this divine being, down with her, but unexpectedly, her plan was thwarted by that wailing, ghostly thing.

"I'm not reconciled!"

The Cosmic Emperor gritted his teeth, but at that moment, Wu Tian's arrow of vital energy shot out, piercing straight through his chest, causing his body to dissipate like smoke.

Zhou Nan's expression was somber as he strode forward, with Wang Ba Zhenjun making way for him.

"You annihilated five supreme kings and severely injured the great demon with a single blow. Cosmic Emperor, you've done your best!"

Zhou Nan spoke calmly, watching the dissipating Cosmic Emperor. He pointed his Emperor Sword, and though no one could see it, a large amount of data gathered on Zhou Nan's Emperor Sword and was then integrated into his Black Card database.

That information, also bearing the mark of deep space, could be directly absorbed by Zhou Nan. Its data volume was more than twenty times greater than when the first form of the Cosmic Emperor was destroyed. At this moment, it was quickly transformed into Zhou Nan's foundation, almost giving him signs of breaking through to the mid-stage of the Tathagata Realm.

Outside the world of Investiture of the Gods, somewhere, Lan Cuihua, her face beaming with joy, exclaimed excitedly, "The Cosmic Emperor has been defeated! Yay!"

Lan Caihe stood beside her, somewhat dazed, and muttered to herself, "They won?"

Around them were Dinosaur Emperor Zhang Daqian, Deep Sea Demon Tu Sanjia, and others.

The players gazed at the mirage-like scene in the sky and began to discuss it amongst themselves.

The two-headed demon lizard player said, "The mountain guardian is dead! Alas, what a pity, we hadn't even decided a winner yet!"

The zombie king retorted, "You've never won, have you? Sigh, even Nezha died!"

Wu Dalang said, "Our ancestor is truly formidable; one strike sealed the fate of the world!"

The old monk Yuanzheng said, "This old monk has discerned that these three are truly super strong, far surpassing us. I am ashamed, truly ashamed..."

In an unknown space-time, two mysterious beings watching the battle are still having a conversation.

"That divine insect's final, self-destructive move was quite powerful; judging by its appearance, it could probably shatter seven or eight of the Black Card Emperor's Imaginary Gods!"

"She made a mistake. Her final strike should have been aimed at Wu Tian. If it had hit him, although it wouldn't have killed him, it would have at least injured him, significantly reducing his fighting strength!"

"Indeed, even if her attack had landed squarely on the Black Card Emperor, it wouldn't have been able to injure him. After all, he had also cultivated the Tathagata Body. Although he was far inferior to the survivor of the Light Radiance Civilization, he was still stronger than Wu Tian of the Ape Warrior Clan!"

"The Light Radiation Body Refinement method is indeed unique. I wonder if there are any Light Radiation warriors in deep space who have cultivated the Tathagata Body or even created their own universes!"

"There probably are, maybe even some powerful beings who have transcended the Dao!"

"Is that divine little insect not completely dead yet?"

"She should have two more forms. Let's wait and see. Fortunately, these three are still fully equipped, so perhaps we can get her to reveal her fourth form..."

During the conversation between these two mysterious beings, a white snake with a human head slowly appeared at the place where the second form of the Cosmic Emperor dissipated in the Investiture of the Gods world.

The white snake was coiled up, its human head held high, its face exactly the same as the naked woman in the second form of the Cosmic Emperor.

There was a light mist around it.

"Third form!"

Zhou Nan's pupils contracted, and he retreated a hundred meters in an instant.

Star Wheel's eyes widened in surprise as he exclaimed, "The Serpent of Time! The mist surrounding her is the Mist of Time!"

Wu Tian's expression was grave as he said, "Her aura..."

After saying that, he made a gesture as if to condense the arrow of vital energy again, but then shook his head and gave up, saying, "Be careful, you two. I can sense that the snake's energy is very strange and seems to be indestructible."

Xinglun said, "She is the legendary Serpent of Time, living in history, shrouded in the mists of time, a being of the past. I never imagined the Cosmic Emperor was actually the Serpent of Time. This is troublesome; it will be very difficult for us to erase history!"

"Indeed, I am the Serpent of Time!"

The manifested Cosmic Emperor wore a contemptuous smile. "You actually destroyed my body and my true form, allowing me to manifest this past form. You are indeed proud of yourselves. But this is the end. I will obliterate you from the past and teach you why I am close to supreme divinity."

After speaking, the Cosmic Emperor Serpent, now in its third form, floated up, appearing in a half-coiled state. The gray mist around it thickened, and its eyes flashed, as if time had suddenly frozen. Everything in the Investiture of the Gods world, including Zhou Nan, Wu Tian, ​​Xing Lun, and the Cosmic Emperor himself, became completely still.

"What's going on? It's stuck!"

"The screen is frozen. Where's the main spokesperson? Is the internet down? Quickly check for the problem!"

"Did the Cosmic Emperor unplug the internet cable?"

"I was really getting into it, and now the internet's cut off?"

"You guys are so heartless!"

"You still have the nerve to joke around? If Unicron wins, we're all finished!"

"Keep it up!"

"Wait, wasn't it stuck? How come Bai Di suddenly disappeared?"

"The divine general wielding the great sword has also vanished!"

"What's going on? Why are the Black Card Emperor's men disappearing one after another...?"

Countless players watching the live stream started discussing, completely bewildered as to what was happening in the world of Fengshen.

Even the Dinosaur Emperor and the Deep Sea Demon couldn't understand it. Only Lan Caihe frowned deeply and said, "The amount of data transmitted from the core is too large. They are fighting, fighting in a way we don't know, fighting in a place we can't see!"

In an unknown time and space, the two mysterious beings watching the battle remained calm in their tone.

One of them said, "Your Majesty, this is a time-based technique, isn't it?"

"That's right, that divine worm pulled the three of them back in time to eliminate them!"

"That sounds really impressive."

"It's alright. This kind of time manipulation is a required course for graduates of the Primordial Academy of my Empire. All time travelers must master it. If you are interested, Your Excellency, you are welcome to visit my Empire. I will have Dr. Elpha, the Time Lord, explain it to you in detail."

"I'm not going, I don't understand it anyway! I just want to know, can the Black Card Emperor and his gang break this tactic?"

"Humans have guardian deities who are not affected by time and space and will correct cause and effect and prevent the timeline from being altered."

"The guardian deities the Great Emperor spoke of must refer to the two souls of Heaven and Earth!"

"That's right. The Heaven and Earth Souls are natural guardian deities, unaffected by any space-time constraints. Using time-based methods to erase beings from the past is only effective against those whose Heaven and Earth Souls are relatively weak."

"Oh, it seems that the Black Card Emperor is at a great disadvantage. He is already a divine being and no longer has the two souls of heaven and earth."

"No, his divine power is precisely what he has cultivated to become a guardian deity. His imagination can transcend time and space. Look at his imaginary deities; they have all gone to protect him."

"I see! In Your Majesty's opinion, what is the outcome of this battle?"

"That divine worm is doomed to fail once it uses time-related techniques. Its death will come when the time mist surrounding it is exhausted. This worm overestimated itself. If it doesn't attack and remains stationary, its true form hidden in history, the Black Card Emperor and his companions won't be able to do anything to it in a short time. How foolish! But divine beings are always like this!"

During their conversation.

Zhou Nan's consciousness seemed to be pulled into the galaxy and the universe.

His appearance was changing, the physical characteristics of the Black Card Emperor were disappearing, and his power was uncontrollably weakening little by little. Suddenly, the starry sky shattered, and Zhou Nan found himself reappearing in the world of Investiture of the Gods, but he was all alone here.

"This is……"

Zhou Nan was puzzled. He could sense that he had just been resurrected, that is, his two souls had returned to their places and had not yet been devoured by the divinity of his cards.

Suddenly, the Cosmic Emperor appeared in her third form. She looked at Zhou Nan with a smile: "I have reversed time and brought you back to the beginning of your life..."

Her voice suddenly stopped, and she looked Zhou Nan up and down before saying, "You, you're not even a year old yet..."

Zhou Nan remained silent.

If we start counting from the moment when the two souls of Heaven and Earth returned to their places and were truly resurrected, by the time he fought against the Great Emperor of the Universe, he had only just been born, and his age was less than a year old, only a day old.

"Even so, in this timeline, you are still just a helpless prey. Prepare to die!"

After saying that, the Cosmic Emperor pounced on Zhou Nan.

Zhou Nan wanted to use his methods, but found that it was really impossible. He had a profound realization that he could not make a move in the past.

Just as the Cosmic Emperor was about to pounce on Zhou Nan, round holes suddenly appeared in the void. The Nuclear-Powered Sword Immortal, the True Greatsword General, and others actually traveled through time and space to the past to protect him.

In an instant, the sky was filled with palm prints, sword energy, and blade light.

The Cosmic Emperor was a time serpent hidden within history, and now, within history itself, its body was no longer invincible. It was instantly riddled with holes and, in less than half a minute, was blasted into nothingness.

At that moment, Zhou Nan's consciousness suddenly returned. He looked at the motionless Cosmic Emperor, as well as the equally motionless Wu Tian and Xing Lun, and suddenly had an epiphany.

"I'm back. I should have only killed one of the Cosmic Emperor's time clones. Right now, she should still have time clones fighting against Wu Tian and Xing Lun!"

As soon as Zhou Nan had a thought, his imagination returned and reappeared around him.

(End of this chapter)