Chapter 255

…

However, just at this moment,

"Wrong."

Sasa, who had been almost dumbfounded and at a loss just a moment ago, finally collected herself, and then categorically denied it.

"Maitreya, you were indeed created by me, although I don't know how you suddenly changed."

"But if you choose to destroy the world—that is absolutely your own idea; do not drag the responsibility onto me."

"I'm not surprised at all that you'd say that, Mother."

Bo Xun sneered.

"Fine, I'm actually quite curious now about what you would ever admit responsibility for. I suppose you're going to say that all the suffering of the living beings in this world is also caused by themselves, and that I shouldn't drag you into it?"

"Master Leipu, can you actually tolerate such an irresponsible tyrant? This world she created is full of her mistakes and is beyond saving."

"Give up your delusions of changing the world. Even if you want to fight me today, you should abandon this cesspit in the future and return to your own world."

Sigh.

In Truth, these words from Bo Xun were not entirely without appeal to Qi Xing. Much of what was said were things he had considered himself in the past.

But Qi Xing still shook his head: "I have already moved past this stage you are in."

"As for your mother, although she has many problems… unfortunately, she is really not as bad as you say."

These words finally made Bo Xun laugh out loud, even causing the golden shackles pressing down on him to shake and tremble. Then he shook his head, looking even a bit sad, "—Are you crazy too, Master Leipu? She's not that bad?"

"Not crazy, really."

Qi Xing narrowed his eyes,

"Put down your resentment, calm down and think carefully, perhaps you will realize it."

"If you can't," he waved the Sasa blade, "then hurry up and break free from the golden shackles, and let's fight the second round."

The smile on Bo Xun's face finally disappeared.

Qi Xing had been saying that he felt Bo Xun "could still transform twice," and in reality, the situation was indeed just like that.

But what about Qi Xing himself? He had been fighting with the Sasa [Illusion] blade until now, but had yet to reveal the mythical form of the [Truth] silver coin. Qi Xing was also still holding back a trump card that no one had ever seen.

Whoever plays all their cards first is more likely to lose… Unfortunately, Bo Xun did not have many other choices now.

Taking one last look at his sinful, dark creator, he categorically declared:

"I renounce the divinity of Maitreya."

In an instant, something incredible happened.

His Immortal-level insight made Qi Xing realize in a split second that beyond the myriad phenomena, behind the curtain of space and time, somewhere, something like a gear had begun to turn with a clang, undergoing an abnormal operation.

It was as if reality and history themselves had been reorganized in this moment.

For some unknown reason, as Bo Xun declared that he was renouncing the power of the Giant Spirit and would no longer be a "god," his momentum immediately surged, exploded, and intensified! Even though he had discarded his godhood, his divine power at this moment was at least five to ten times stronger than at any time before—it was incomparably terrifying.

The golden shackles left his shoulders because he was no longer the false great power created by Sasa, and no longer belonged to the "Giant Spirit that ought to be shackled."

The golden shackles do not care about living, breathing humans.

At the same time, a [silver coin] floated up from Bo Xun's palm, spinning in the air.

The embossed pattern on the [silver coin] was clearly visible: a towering structure reaching into the clouds, standing proudly on the mountaintop, arrogant and unconquerable. Yet its top was struck by heavenly thunder, collapsing with a roar, crumbling into ashes.

This was the [Destruction] silver coin.

"I only wish for the Tathagata, that all living beings may quickly enter Nirvana."

With one hand pointing to the sky and the other to the earth, Bo Xun's body changed violently amidst the interweaving of fierce light and black mud.

The original appearance of a thin, lean youth was completely stripped away, replaced by a majestic countenance that was a mixture of god and demon.

His long golden hair spread out like flames, blooming behind his back like a halo of the sun, fierce and dazzling.

Three huge golden horns extended from his forehead, like a crown of a celestial god, yet filled with terrifying demonic nature.

Sitting in the lotus position, his skin was bronze-colored, as if it were divine iron tempered by fire and thunder, yet it was full of a beauty that transcended gender.

His wide robes were tightened by a black and gold belt, and his sleeves draped down, resembling both the robes of a Buddhist monk and the magnificent attire of an emperor.

When he opened his eyes again, that golden gaze was already like a cold sun.

"Now this is interesting."

Qi Xing grabbed the [Truth] silver coin, but couldn't help but smile,

"Wanting to send all living beings to Nirvana quickly, what kind of cool line is that? Do you think you are a god?"

"There are no gods in this world! There is only a stupid Creator who created living beings for selfish reasons, making everyone endure painful lives, being insulted and abused!"

Bo Xun answered proudly. Having transformed into his mythical form, his voice now roared like a beating drum,

"I will trample you, you meddlesome [Descender]!"

"And before the other ancient demon kings realize it, I will be the first to end this world of suffering that was a mistake from the very beginning!"

Volume VI: Thunder █ Hero · Lunar Expedition: 234: Like a Ghost

Greenwich Mean Time, 2:00 AM.

On Earth, everyone who knew about this battle on the moon and was struggling to observe the situation on the moon—whether it was military monitoring stations, the Vatican's astrologers, various major sects, or even ordinary people simply startled by the strange phenomena—had to witness that terrifying scene with their own eyes from the ground.

They saw the originally silvery-white moon suddenly flash with a blinding light. Immediately after, the entire moon was gripped by some invisible force, trembling violently.

In the next instant, the surface of the moon cracked, and cracks crisscrossed, spreading crazily like a spider web—almost half of humanity watched helplessly as the most familiar celestial body in the night sky was no longer a tranquil silver disk, but was forcibly torn off by two or three tenths in the night sky and shattered.

The vicious tearing, the purely violent shattering, was more terrifying than any lunar eclipse. The massive rock crust shattered into countless huge blocks, turning into a torrential flood pouring out into the dark universe.

That's right.

A meteor shower of hundreds of billions of tons, countless rock blocks ranging from hundreds of meters to tens of kilometers in diameter, among which were many meteorites capable of destroying cities and changing landscapes, turned into a rainstorm pouring down from the universe, colliding and rubbing against each other in the void, like ten billion volcanoes erupting at the same time.

And then, it smashed down toward Earth.

…

This "soon" actually meant at least a few days. The distance between the moon and the Earth is small on a cosmic scale, but in reality, it is still too great.

However, when the first batch of fragments entered the atmosphere, the night sky burned completely. They rubbed against the atmosphere at a speed of over ten kilometers per second, turning into a curtain of fire covering the entire sky.

It was not one meteorite, but tens of thousands of continuous meteor impacts. The power of each piece was greater than millions of nuclear bombs; every meteorite that hit the human world, even if it fell into the ocean, could set off a thousand-meter-high tsunami, sweeping across the coastline of an entire continent.

Even if only a small portion was pulled by Earth's gravity and entered the atmosphere, it would be enough to trigger a global firestorm. It would cause earthquakes and tsunamis to interweave, obscuring the sky, churning the oceans, and filling the air with unbreathable ash. This was already the end of the world. Humanity would watch helplessly as the sky collapsed, until the world itself tottered.

The battle of the supreme powerhouses on the moon, with just its aftershocks, was already enough to kill more than half of humanity.

And this was just the beginning of their full-force battle.

"We cannot stay here any longer."

Making a prompt decision, Jingo Rin told Xue Ning to take the two [silver coins] that dropped from the [Demon of Delusion] and the [Demon of Anger]—the [Peacock Disciples] had their own unique way of carrying [silver coins] without synchronizing with them—and evacuate immediately.

"What about Master Leipu?"

Xue Ning was worried.

"We have already defeated the two demon king attendants, allowing Qi Xing and Bo Xun to fight fairly."

Rin answered calmly,

"He will never lose."

"So many moon fragments, someone must block them instead."

Rin, who possessed angelic power, perhaps had a way to intercept some meteorites. Xue Ning didn't have such great ability herself. However, as long as Xue Ning piloted [Mahamayuri], her crater-smashing power would be much higher than Rin's.

Not to mention how much destruction these moon fragments would cause to the human world, and how many could be intercepted and blocked—let's return to those two demon kings who were engaged in a world-shaking battle.

Bo Xun had already revealed his true power, and Qi Xing could no longer keep hiding his moves. Flicking the [Truth] silver coin, golden solar fire crawled up his body, turning into a new golden-red battle armor. This was Qi Xing's new mythical form, which the world had never seen before.

"The golden-armored warrior of the sun. What kind of deity is this?"

Bo Xun held his ankles, sitting in the lotus position in the void, looking carefree, but he also narrowed his eyes.

…

For some reason, he felt that the deity Qi Xing had transformed into using the [silver coin] seemed to have some special connection to himself. That said, Qi Xing's current mythical transformation did not look like a deity from Buddhism or the Indian system. What exactly was going on?

"Guess?"

Qi Xing was not going to reveal his secrets to him. The golden-armored sun-flame war god brandished his shifting scimitar and categorically attacked Bo Xun.

Nuclear Fusion Blast Kick, Thunder-Speed Cannon Fist, Five Thunders Demon-Slaying Blade, Wuji Vibration Zen—countless killing moves were all bombarded at the opponent in this battle where true power was revealed.

Master Leipu was the strongest Martial Immortal at the time. But how could the martial arts of the Future Buddha born into the world be inferior?

Hands forming the Formless Blade, fingers turning into the Karma-Slaying Sword. A flick of the finger came, almost pure and undefiled, without desire or greed. When the invincible Tathagata Palm was blasted out, how could there be any opponent to the brilliance of Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage?

With every collision, they erupted with power that continued to tear apart the moon, insulting the moon and Master Leipu. It caused more moon fragments to smash toward the Earth, caused the Earth-Moon magnetic field to oscillate, and caused the tidal gravity to change instantly.

It would take at least a few days for the meteorites to hit the Earth, but the changes in gravity came in an instant. Scientists were calculating almost like madmen what kind of violent changes the tides would undergo, and what kind of oceanic changes would submerge the human civilized world.

All of this was not just a visual shock, but the absolute horror of reality. The entire Earth, in the coming hours, days, and even years, would bear the aftershocks of this destructive power. The reason for fighting away from Earth was that Qi Xing did not want to cause damage on Earth that would be difficult to clean up. But even if he came to the moon to fight, Earth still could not escape the threat of the supreme powerhouses.

But now, Qi Xing, who was fully focused on the life-and-death battle, didn't give a damn anymore.

Bo Xun, who believed from the beginning that this world was beyond saving, that it had been rotten from the roots since the start, and that all living beings must be annihilated, was even more of the mindset that, regardless of anything, as long as he killed all the people, it would be fine.

The sad thing was that even Qi Xing, who wanted to save the world and improve the world, could only pursue victory at this moment, his spirit focused only on how to blast Bo Xun to death.

Since he believed that his own plan could save humanity and the world, then he could only continue to fight and put the opponent to death!

Therefore, this was by no means a battle between a savior and a savior.

This was a battle between a demon king and a demon king.

And when two equally strongest demon kings with the same fighting spirit fought a decisive battle, the outcome could not be decided in a short time.

—In martial arts novels, there are often plots discussing whether internal energy or moves are more important. Either the moves are profound, using speed to overcome slowness; or the internal energy is abundant, relying on strength to overcome weakness.

In novels, the latter is generally pursued. Indeed, pure strength is just very satisfying; strong is strong, numerical monsters are satisfying, and absolute numbers are absolutely satisfying. How satisfying is it to crush others?

But… there is a small problem, what if the opponent's internal energy is the same as yours?

Fighting and killing in the world, how can one always just play crush matches. Human power sometimes has its limits, whenever encountering someone of the same level, equally strong—then just relying on fast, ruthless, and accurate real kung fu to hard-fight, it is impossible to quickly defeat the enemy.

Unless Qi Xing also wanted to fight on the moon for three years, until all of humanity was destroyed by the aftershocks, until the other two ancient demon kings returned to take advantage of the situation—otherwise he had to find a way to win.

Find some advantages that he possessed but his opponent lacked, look for some, even if they were deceptive or tricky, things to destroy his enemy.

What kind of driving force could give Qi Xing an advantage?

"Bo Xun, what is the point of you doing this?"

During the fierce battle, Qi Xing pondered for a moment and spoke,

"Even if you kill all of humanity and destroy this world created by Sasa, you cannot save all living beings, let alone save yourself."

—Since the divine power is about the same, and the martial arts are hard to distinguish, let's try trash talk!

"Starting to bicker because you can't win, [Descender]?"

Bo Xun replied to Qi Xing's verbal attack with a sneer,

"It has great significance! Because this is justified, it is an incomparably righteous reckoning!"

"I, having been born from the absurd desire of a fallacious Creator, and being her filthy spawn, should naturally take the destruction of her delusions as my righteous cause!"

"This is revenge, and also paying a debt. Only by using the wails of all living beings as swords and demanding a blood price from the Creator can the world and all living beings truly be liberated!"