Chapter 1037: Lu Xun Awakens

The moment the voice rang out, almost all the staff members inside the Tian Shu Base seemed to be struck unconscious by some force, their eyes rolling back as they collapsed to the ground.

The entire Tian Shu Base was plunged into dead silence.

Gurgling— The bubbles churning within the hibernation pod suddenly intensified, and the hazy starlight grew even more brilliant. The dazzling glow, like a blue light source, illuminated the entire room as bright as day.

Meanwhile, the figure suspended in the hibernation pod stirred, its eyelashes gently fluttering.

Like a king who had slumbered for ages, now on the verge of awakening.

The constellations within the hibernation pod seemed like exploding light bulbs, reaching an instant of extreme brilliance before instantly vanishing into nothingness.

Darkness and dead silence completely enveloped the Tian Shu Base. In this profound, oppressive stillness, a pair of eyes, shimmering with starlight, slowly opened from within the hibernation pod.

The outer shell of the hibernation pod melted under his scorching gaze. The mysterious liquid that had filled it flowed silently outwards, like a shimmering sea of flowing starlight. A pair of feet landed inside the hibernation pod, then slowly stepped out, treading upon the sparkling sea as he walked forward.

"How long... have I slept?" Lu Xun's hoarse voice echoed in the darkness.

"Roughly three hundred years."

"Three hundred years... The hibernation plan worked better than expected."

Lu Xun accustomed himself to the body that had slumbered for too long, and the scorching starlight in his eyes slowly faded. He scrutinized Red King for a moment, an eyebrow slightly raised. "Why did you switch to this face?"

"Isn't it just me refusing to get old?" Red King chuckled. "The advantage of the 'Way of the Theatrical God' is that after a face change, no one can guess your true age. As long as I feel like a youth, I am a youth... though occasionally some clueless individuals say I'm trying to look young."

Lu Xun remained silent.

The smile at the corner of Red King's mouth gradually faded as he looked at Tian Shu Lord before him and asked seriously:

"How's your body holding up?"

"The decay has already begun... my time is running out." Lu Xun's voice was subdued. "Let's make this quick... why did you wake me? Is there something important?"

"There are two important matters," Red King said, pausing for a moment.

"First, it concerns Lou Yu, who is currently active in your territory..."

Hearing the name "Lou Yu," Lu Xun's eyes narrowed slightly. He seemed to sense something, his unusual gaze directed upwards, towards the sky above the Tian Shu Base.

"I think I understand. What's the second matter? One Lou Yu shouldn't be enough for you to personally wake me." Lu Xun asked calmly.

"The second matter is the most important," Red King said, an unprecedented solemnity appearing on his youthful face. "I have a premonition that we don't have much time left... In these three hundred years, have you deduced 'that' answer?"

Outside the Tian Shu Domain, in the Grey Realm.

Su Zhiwei, clad in white, stood suspended above swirling fiery ruins. Beneath her feet, the devastated land had been vaporized and dispersed, as if it had just endured an earth-shattering super nuclear explosion.

Su Zhiwei breathed heavily, her face slightly pale. A corner of her previously neat robe had been blown away.

"This guy... what kind of monster has he become?"

Su Zhiwei and Lou Yu had fought from high above the Tian Shu Domain all the way to the Grey Realm. The aftermath of their clash had annihilated countless disasters and left the land utterly ravaged. Were it not for the occasional glimpse of sunlight in the sky, one might have believed they were on the moon's surface.

Ordinarily, Su Zhiwei should have been able to utterly suppress Lou Yu. However, he seemed almost immortal and unkillable. The explosions from his two successive 'deaths' had even surpassed the intensity of all weapons of mass destruction in human history. Even Su Zhiwei couldn't fully withstand them and was injured by the residual shockwaves.

Just as Su Zhiwei was struggling to catch her breath, a streak of red emerged from the ground beneath her feet.

The red area was vast, covering the ground within a three-kilometer radius and several ruined mountain peaks. However, from a high altitude, one would see that six such massive red imprints had emerged on the ground.

The hexagonal red imprints, like scars upon the earth, covered countless ravines and mountain peaks. Su Zhiwei's figure appeared as tiny as an ant in comparison.

"I told you... you can't kill me."

Lou Yu's voice rumbled like an earthquake from beneath Su Zhiwei's feet. The next moment, an enormous human face outlined itself from the Grey Realm's ground. Its terrifying eyeballs swiveled, locking onto Su Zhiwei, who stood on its nose.

Su Zhiwei's heart jolted, and she flew into the sky without hesitation. A colossal giant slowly crawled out of the Grey Realm, its six hands each transforming into six giant nuclear reactors, which it then swatted towards Su Zhiwei in the sky!

Brilliant suns exploded one after another across the distant sky. The residents of the Tian Shu Domain, witnessing this sight, felt their hearts pound wildly.

They watched as Su Zhiwei's figure was engulfed in the explosion, only for her to forcefully cut her way out of the fiery waves, her white robe swirling in the air. With a furious roar, overwhelming hot flames pulsed in her palm, like a scorching holy sword drawn from the firmament. It tore through the Grey Realm sky and whistled down, cleaving directly towards the giant's face!

BOOM—!!!

The scorching holy sword directly severed Lou Yu's gigantic body and vaporized all matter within a radius of several miles. In Su Zhiwei's eyes, an unprecedented light blazed, as if she had pushed her power to its absolute limit!

This attack was truly apocalyptic. Su Zhiwei once again completely annihilated Lou Yu's body, creating a vacuum zone around it where no matter could exist.

Su Zhiwei gasped, exhausted, as large beads of sweat rolled down her cheeks. She gazed at the void below, utterly devoid of substance, her eyes bloodshot.

But the next moment,

Nightmare-like hexagonal patterns silently outlined themselves in the clouds above her head.

Seeing this, Su Zhiwei's expression instantly turned incredibly grim. She clenched her fists tightly, her chest rising and falling violently.

"This guy... is he truly unkillable?!"

"After fighting for so long, you should understand that battling me is meaningless." Lou Yu's figure emerged from the mists within the clouds.

"Let's stop here... I should go now."

Lou Yu had no intention of continuing to fight Su Zhiwei. He simply turned calmly, treading on the cloud mist, and walked away into the distance.

This time, Su Zhiwei did not step forward to stop him. It wasn't out of fear, but because the continuous battles had already drained her strength to its critical point. Even if she fought Lou Yu again, it would be impossible to contain him, let alone kill him.

The wide black robe gradually receded into the clouds. Just as Lou Yu was about to leave the Tian Shu Domain, the surrounding light suddenly dimmed.

Lou Yu was startled. He instinctively looked up and found that, at some unknown point, the azure sky had vanished, replaced by a magnificent star-filled expanse.

"That's..."

Seeing this, Su Zhiwei seemed to recall something, her pupils constricting slightly.

"Su Zhiwei, please temporarily take charge of the Tian Shu Domain for me." Amidst the vast starlight, a majestic voice, as if from beyond this world, calmly resonated.

"This place... leave it to me."