Chapter 849: Replace Me and Clear the Way!

Chapter 849: Clear a Path for Me!

Seeing the starlight figure in the sky, resembling a divine miracle, the entire Tianshu Realm erupted in commotion.

“Look! There’s someone in the stars!”“It’s Lord Tianshu! Lord Tianshu has made a move!”“The savior who founded this realm after the Great Cataclysm, the starlight guardian who protected Tianshu for ten generations… I never thought I’d see a glimpse of that figure in my lifetime!”“Child! Child! Quickly, kneel and kowtow to Lord Tianshu!”“The Twilight Society is arrogant and presumptuous, stirring up chaos, murdering the Nine Lords, and causing widespread suffering… Even Lord Tianshu can’t tolerate it anymore!”“Oh Lord Tianshu, please act decisively and annihilate the villains of the Twilight Society!”“Please, Lord Tianshu, intervene!”“Please, Lord Tianshu, intervene!”

Residents who had lived for generations in the Tianshu Realm were overcome with excitement upon witnessing this scene. They knew how and why this realm came to be, and how it continued to exist. Without Lord Tianshu, their ancestors would never have been born, nor would they have their current peaceful and tranquil lives. In their hearts, Lord Tianshu was the guardian deity of this realm. Half of them, unable to control themselves, knelt down and prayed to Lord Tianshu.

The public outrage, which had been suppressed by Chen Ling, was reignited with Lord Tianshu's appearance, surging to an unprecedented level.

“Villains of the Twilight Society! You’re dead!”“Even if you possess immense power today, you will never leave the Tianshu Realm! I want you to be buried with the Ruoshui Aurora Realm!”“A bunch of street rats, do you really think our Tianshu Realm is a place you can just waltz into and out of?!”“Let’s see you try to be arrogant now! In front of Lord Tianshu, you’re nothing but a bunch of worthless wretches!”“Kill them!”

Overwhelming killing intent surged towards Chen Ling and his two companions. They could clearly hear the shouts of everyone below, but at that moment, their eyes were fixed only on the intensely oppressive starlight figure.

Murderous intent flashed in Chen Ling’s eyes. Without a word, he flung several reshaped iron nails, killing more than a dozen of the cursing civilians. Gushing blood flowed along the ground amidst cries of alarm.

“It’s really over now…” A sense of mortal crisis surged into Jian Changsheng’s heart. He clutched his scabbard necklace, opening his mouth with vexation and bitterness.“Why isn’t this thing working when it matters most?!”“It can only help improve your luck, not solve all your problems!” Sun Buming sped through the void. “The karma was already set before you even got it!”“So what do we do now?”“What can we do?! Run for our lives!”“But that’s Lord Tianshu! How could we possibly outrun him?!”“Do you want to just stand here and wait to die?”

As the two argued, the illusory figure of Lord Tianshu, amidst the starlight, became intensely brilliant. With a single pointed finger from Lord Tianshu, the mass of starlight shot forth, transforming into a colossal blade that seemed capable of cleaving the sky. In an instant, it swept across more than half of the Tianshu Realm!

The people within the Tianshu Realm only saw a brilliant cluster of stars streak across the sky. The light instinctively made everyone close their eyes, and at the same time, the oppressive power of a Nine Lord-level being swept across the world, leaving everyone breathless. This single strike was world-shattering!

It was over.

Witnessing the starlight sword cleave towards them, despair spread through Jian Changsheng and Sun Buming’s hearts. The framing by the five major realms, the insults from the ignorant populace, the full-force pursuit by the Nine Lords… They were mere tools used by the human realms to stabilize public sentiment, fourth-tier ants completely disregarded. They had fought with unprecedented pressure to reach this point, only to find themselves ultimately in a dead end. Like those cast into hell, they saw no way out.

Just then, Chen Ling’s eyes reflected the incoming starlight sword, and his lips parted…

A roar, echoing throughout the Tianshu Realm, exploded like thunder!

“—Lu Xun!”“—Clear a path for me!”

The starlight blade, piercing through the sky, suddenly froze for a moment in the void, as if a flicker of consciousness had been awakened. The indistinct figure within the star cluster abruptly looked back. Boom! The next moment, the starlight blade, filled with murderous intent, shattered with a crash!

The starlight shattered into thumb-sized specks, like fireflies, and swept past Chen Ling and his two companions like a hurricane. Jian Changsheng and Sun Buming, who had closed their eyes, bracing for death, suddenly froze in place. They opened their eyes bewildered, only to see a sea of starlight surging towards them. In a daze, it seemed a figure appeared before Chen Ling. That person, bathed in starlight, raised a hand as if greeting Chen Ling, then gradually vanished without a trace.

The swirling starlight reformed beneath Chen Ling and his companions, as if paving a brilliant, grand path of starlight for them. It majestically stretched across the sky of the Tianshu Realm, extending all the way to the realm's edge.

Scattered specks of starlight danced around the three. Both Jian Changsheng and Sun Buming stood frozen in bewilderment.

They weren’t the only ones stunned. Millions of residents in the Tianshu Realm stood in the streets, gazing up at the sky, having witnessed everything that had just unfolded. They stood motionless as if turned to stone, and the entire Tianshu Realm seemed to fall into a deathly silence.

Lord Tianshu… truly cleared a path for the Twilight Society?

They couldn't understand. The creator of the realm, the guardian deity of Tianshu, the being revered as a god by all of them… why would he suddenly turn his blade into a path, laying out grand and brilliant starlight for three villains from the Twilight Society?

The voices that had just been cursing were now speechless, as if a loud slap had struck everyone's face. All the malice, all the curses, all the slander, seemed pale and powerless with the appearance of that starlight. Chen Ling and his two companions didn’t need words to prove themselves; the world would prove it for them.

“…How is this possible?” The five realm representatives were profoundly shaken by the scene. They looked at the three figures standing on the path of starlight in the sky, feeling as if they were in a nightmare.“How could that ‘Heart 6’ possibly summon Lord Tianshu’s consciousness with just a single sentence…”“How could Lord Tianshu protect them?”“This is impossible…”

The members of the Twilight Society nearby were even more utterly dumbfounded. Their gaze towards Chen Ling and his two companions had shifted from initial admiration, to surprise when they turned the tables, to now complete disbelief. There were too many secrets surrounding these three young individuals. Although their current ranks weren’t high, the unknown and oppressive aura they exuded was enough to send shivers down the spines of the Twilight Society’s veteran seniors!

On the path of starlight, Jian Changsheng, clutching his scabbard pendant, finally snapped back to reality. He and Sun Buming simultaneously turned sharply to look at Chen Ling, asking in bewilderment: “Heart, what in the world is this…?”

The large red opera robe stood poised on the starlight, silently fluttering. Chen Ling watched the scattering and disappearing starlight figure, and after a long silence… he smiled faintly.