Translator: CinderTL
Boom!
The aftershock of what felt like a nuclear explosion reverberated for ten thousand meters, pulverizing everything in its path.
The sun high above erupted in violent turmoil, its golden light and yellow radiance swirling wildly across its surface as if about to explode.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A magnetic storm-like shockwave erupted, causing the ocean to surge, vaporizing the mist.
Waves crashed relentlessly, storms raged across the sky, and the seabed collapsed.
The entire Great Ocean trembled and roared as if on the verge of annihilation.
"This..."
The heavenly shieldbearer's host paled, his expression a mix of shock and disbelief.
He Mulan, linked to the sword emperor, watched with bright eyes, her mind buzzing with curiosity.
The gulf between divine beings and angels was as vast as a chasm, even greater than the distance between mortals and angels.
Before this moment, no being below the divine realm had ever managed to wound a divine entity.
Even the Evil God Angels struggled to achieve such a feat.
Buzz!
Oblivious to their thoughts, Chen Feng soared through the air, enduring his weakening state as he pierced through the ark's light shield.
Thud! Thud!
His feet landed heavily on the alloy deck of the ark ship, his body swaying slightly.
The strain of burning force and Qi and Blood was immense, a forbidden secret art for Martial Artists akin to overdrafting one's life force.
This was their only recourse, for only by unleashing the Divine Flame could they unleash a sacred strike comparable to a divine blow.
Chen Feng's Heart of Life talent allowed him to recover from internal injuries and alleviate the burden. Moreover, his physical body already surpassed that of ordinary High-Ranking Angels.
Otherwise, a normal person would have likely died instantly.
"Are you alright?" Star Spirit asked anxiously. Chen Feng steadied himself and shook his head slightly.
The Holy Shield Colossus, its body battered and scorched, flew to his side. Its rocky form was charred black, half of one stone wing and an arm missing from the shoulder, vaporized by the intense heat. The Origin within its body was also severely burned, clearly having sustained catastrophic damage.
Though these injuries could be slowly repaired later, this was undoubtedly the most grievous wound either of them had ever suffered.
As these thoughts flashed through his mind, Chen Feng glared fiercely at the raging sacred sun high above.
His killing intent was bone-chilling, yet he knew he was still no match for the divine beings, especially since the federation had three angels yet to reveal themselves.
Today's humiliation would require time to remember.
But first, he had to survive to see the future.
Buzz!
The Windrider's light shield activated, protecting the ship's hull.
The surrounding seawater churned violently, forming a vortex.
Layer upon layer of spatial distortions shimmered, as if new portals were about to open.
"Five seconds remaining!"
The Star Spirit in the central command room suppressed her anxiety and issued the warning.
Warp energy couldn't be activated instantly, even with prior preparation. It still required several seconds to fully charge.
"Not if I can help it!"
Sensing the anomaly and guessing Chen Feng's plan, the Heavenly Shieldbearer high above suddenly manipulated gravity, unleashing a devastating strike.
An invisible Force Field materialized into a colossal hammer, plummeting from the sky.
"Damn it!"
The Star Spirit's face paled with anger and alarm, knowing the ship's light shield couldn't withstand the impact.
On the deck, Chen Feng and the Holy Shield Colossus clenched their fists, their eyes burning with icy resolve.
Clang!
At the critical moment, the sword emperor's blade sang once more.
Golden divine light erupted as the Sword Emperor unleashed a horizontal slash that cleaved through heaven and earth.
The Force Field shattered into crackling magnetic fragments, scattering meters away from Chen Feng.
"You people truly have no shame."
The colossal divine being with its Glazed Golden Body hovered in mid-air, obscuring the sky vault.
Within the crystal core, He Mulan spoke calmly.
"You!"
The black-clad man inside the heavenly shieldbearer's eyes darkened, his expression turning grim.
In that fleeting moment, two seconds had already passed.
The windrider's energy accumulation reached its final stage, visible spatial fluctuations coalescing into a massive swirling vortex.
"Hold on tight!"
The Star Spirit warned loudly. Space jumps carry significant impact, especially when traveling thousands of kilometers from the federation back to the radiant light of the Red Nation.
Chen Feng nodded, his face solemn.
"This man has continued the path of Martial arts, already capable of defeating High-Ranking Angels. His spiritual world also shows anomalies, not yet reaching its limits."
"If we let him return to the Red Nation, combined with today's humiliation, he will undoubtedly become a major threat to our federation!"
The black-clad man inside the heavenly shieldbearer's face darkened, his eyes burning with murderous intent.
He manipulated gravity again, attempting to block their escape, but the sword emperor's strikes deflected his efforts once more.
Boom!!
The mountain-like giant black gilded shield rebounded upward, shattering the crushing gravity once more.
Zzzzt!
Magnetic sparks flickered and scattered before them.
Chen Feng steadied himself, receiving the Star Spirit's notification that only the final step remained.
"You deserve to die!"
Boom!!
Suddenly, a voice like the wrath of God thundered through the air.
The wind and clouds churned violently, reshaping the very heavens and earth.
Chen Feng's gaze sharpened, and the Star Spirit, who was controlling the light screen, paled and urgently looked up.
At the heart of the raging storm, beneath the mushroom cloud that had reached the upper atmosphere, the violently surging sacred sun suddenly stabilized, assimilating all anomalous light.
Even more alarming, it began emitting new radiant heat, unleashing a massive pillar of light that shot straight toward the ocean.
"This—"
The Star Spirit's face twisted with shock and fury, sensing that the beam surpassed all comprehension and was utterly unstoppable.
Her expression darkened as she regained her composure.
Chen Feng staggered, barely managing to gather his strength.
The Holy Shield Colossus, its body shattered and missing parts, silently rose to its feet, preparing to defend once more.
Clang!
At that critical moment, the sound of a sword rang out again.
He Mulan didn't even glance back as she silently connected with the Sword Emperor.
"Move!" she commanded, her Glazed Golden Body radiating divine power as she unleashed another sword strike.
The initial single blade split into countless fragments, each carrying immense destructive force.
They were poised to shatter the light pillar, neutralizing its power.
But then—
"Once is enough!"
The Heavenly Shieldbearer intervened again, manipulating gravity.
The countless sword fragments instantly slowed, their momentum crippled, allowing them to destroy only a fraction of the light pillar.
Whoosh!
Half the light pillar grazed past them.
He Mulan's face darkened as she saw the remaining beam soaring toward the world ark.
In an instant, an overwhelming wave of radiant heat crashed down.
The Windrider's light shield melted instantly, utterly unable to withstand the onslaught.
Danger resurfaced, death looming.
Facing this overwhelming force, Chen Feng stood shoulder to shoulder with the Holy Shield Colossus, their fists striking in perfect unison.
"Get out of here!!"
Boom!!
With a cold roar, golden Gale Qi erupted violently.
Drawing on the Heart of Life's regenerative power, Chen Feng disregarded all consequences and costs, forcibly summoning the Indestructible Golden Body once more and igniting the Scarlet Gold flames.
Simultaneously, he activated his Ocean Gate Extraordinary Talent, summoning the Ocean Tide.
Boom!!
In an instant, the ocean convulsed, waves surging violently.
The boundless Tidal Force coalesced into a Great Sea Wall, stretching across the heavens and earth, blocking the ark's path.
This spectacle stunned even the heavenly shieldbearer and the sacred sun.
Seizing the opportunity, the Holy Shield Colossus, standing shoulder to shoulder with Chen Feng, once again tapped into the earth vein origin, charging forward with a furious roar.
Boom!!!
A searing explosion erupted as the pillar of light finally struck, its boundless heat vaporizing everything in its path.
Platinum and Scarlet Gold radiance erupted simultaneously, each pushing their final reserves to the limit in a desperate defense.
The world fell into a brief stillness before the endless waves and tides surged anew.
Watching from afar, Yang Wudi and the others barely managed to break through the surface, enduring the stinging pain of blood tears in their eyes, afraid to blink amidst the heaving waves.
Miles away, the Red Nation Fleet, with their main cannons charged and ready to assist, watched the light screen intently, their faces shifting between hope and dread as they awaited the outcome.
Whoosh!
The radiant light dissipated.
The Great Sea Wall, formed by the Ocean Tide's immense repulsive force, had been forcibly breached and shattered, but it had managed to absorb a portion of the light beam's energy.
Though the world ark had lost some of its alloy hull layers, it remained intact.
Warp mode officially activated, and the ark began to merge with space.
At the epicenter of the residual waves, hovering above the ark's deck, stood a figure and a Colossus, their Incarnations forming a final, unyielding barrier against certain death.
Yang Wudi and the others, their faces lit with relief, were visibly moved.
But then...
"The Colossus!!"
"Chen Feng!!"
The Star Spirit suddenly cried out, her voice tinged with anguish.
Following her gaze, they saw the Holy Shield Colossus had lost half its body, wisps of steam rising from the ravaged metal.
On the other side, Chen Feng's right arm had vaporized, completely gone from the shoulder down.
Hiss!
Steam drifted into the air. His skin had turned a scorching crimson, veins bulging like molten lava beneath his flesh.
The blood that had just welled at the corners of his mouth and dripped from his shoulder evaporated instantly, a lingering aftershock of boundless heat and light—the explosive consequence of his desperate exertion of power.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In that instant, both the man and his avatar plummeted, crashing through the alloy hull of the ark ship and landing inside.
Witnessing this, the members of the Red Nation Fleet, who had momentarily felt a flicker of relief, paled and erupted in fury.
"Die!!"
Ignoring everything else, they watched as the Windrider officially initiated its warp, its hull dissolving into the void as it prepared to depart.
The sacred sun, having regained its chaotic stability, unleashed another searing beam of light.
"You—!"
He Mulan's rage boiled over, her eyes flashing with murderous intent.
But the heavenly shieldbearer smirked coldly, teleporting from the dome to mid-air, blocking her path.
"He won't escape today!"
Boom!!
Gravity surged anew, an invisible force field radiating outward for ten thousand meters.
The weight of an entire world pressed down again, crushing toward the vortex-like spatial portal that had opened.
The Windrider, already mid-warp, shuddered to a halt, as if frozen in the void, trapped by the overwhelming force.
The fluctuating spatial distortions were suppressed and sealed.
"No!!"
Star Spirit's face paled again, grief momentarily forgotten.
She clearly saw the space nodes being disrupted by the Force Field, threatening to forcibly interrupt the hard-won warp.
The combined divine assault, reckless and desperate, had completely abandoned all pretense of restraint.
He Mulan's expression darkened slightly. She had to choose: connect with the Sword Emperor and sever the Force Field, or let the warp fail.
"Hahaha!"
With the suppression disrupted, the Force Field collapsed.
But the heavenly shieldbearer's host erupted in unrestrained laughter.
Without a word, He Mulan's phoenix eyes flashed with murderous intent as she followed the trajectory of the attack.
It was an unstoppable beam of light, launched the instant her attention wavered to sever the Force Field.
The Windrider, barely restored to warp mode, still had half its hull outside the void.
The pyramid-shaped vessel's massive bulk now became a liability. All its defensive systems had been crippled by the earlier divine assault, their light and heat rendering them beyond repair.
"No!!"
Star Spirit's fury burned through her grief.
She couldn't understand.
Why, after obtaining Ancient Taiduo's supreme core and divine inheritance, would the Sun King still pursue such utter annihilation?
They should have been allies, united against the Black Tide!
"Cough, cough..."
His internal organs burned with pain, and the blood he coughed up evaporated instantly.
Sensing the imminent danger, Chen Feng, who had collapsed within the ark ship's hull, braced himself with his left arm and staggered to his feet.
Endless radiant heat lingered within his body, scorching his flesh and threatening to vaporize him.
The relentless battle between the radiant heat's destructive force and the Heart of Life's restorative essence drove him to the brink of madness.
Yet, even in this agony, he couldn't fall, couldn't falter.
Whoosh!
The radiant heat surged forward again, poised to strike the ship's hull.
Chen Feng's skin glowed crimson, veins bulging like molten lava. His mind raced through countermeasures.
His Force had been completely consumed, and his Physical Body was utterly exhausted.
The Heart of Life couldn't repair his injuries quickly enough to unleash its power. His other Extraordinary Talents were severely damaged, making them impossible to activate.
Summoning Wu Yunhai, Meister, or other Heroic Spirits?
The gulf between the divine and the angelic was an insurmountable chasm. One idea after another was rejected.
In that fleeting moment, the Holy Shield Colossus, its body half-destroyed, surged past him, bursting from the ship's hull and charging toward the deck.
A faint consciousness flickered through the mental link, like a final farewell.
"No!"
Chen Feng's pupils constricted, his heart jolting.
The critically damaged Holy Shield Colossus was utterly incapable of withstanding the divine strike.
Forcing the issue would come at an unimaginable cost, likely leading to its complete annihilation, sharing the fate of the three angels.
"Big guy!"
The Star Spirit, sensing the impending crisis, cried out in anguish.
Yet, at this critical moment, they were powerless to act, as if sacrificing their comrade was the only remaining option.
"Mo!!"
The Holy Shield Colossus roared in defiance, disregarding Chen Feng's orders for the first time.
Dragging its ravaged body, it leaped onto the ship's hull.
Activating Gigantification once more, it swelled to colossal proportions, preparing to unleash its final Origin in a desperate attempt to buy time for its master.
"Come back!"
Chen Feng's urgent command echoed through the air as he strode forward, his face etched with anxiety.
Witnessing this scene, Yang Wudi and the others in the distant waves trembled, feeling their own insignificance more acutely than ever.
Even He Mulan wavered for a moment.
But the beam of light, a pinnacle of cosmic power, hurtled forward at lightspeed.
Whoosh!
The final burst of light and heat erupted, threatening to engulf the ark ship.
Sensing this inevitable end, the Holy Shield Colossus roared skyward, ready to defy the consequences and resist.
Chen Feng stepped forward with cold determination, summoning all his Angel Heroic Spirits, prepared to pay any price.
Buzz!
But just then, the electromagnetic signals flickered erratically.
A familiar voice broke through the Force Field blockade, its voice ringing in their ears.
"Major General Chen!"
"Leave the rest to us!"
Boom!!
A pillar of energy pierced the sky vault, descending with earth-shattering force.
The Red Nation Fleet had finally unleashed its full power, completing their final charge.
It was the combined strike of several Warships and aircraft carriers' main cannons, traveling kilometers to strike above the ark.
Chen Feng's heart trembled, his gaze wavering.
Then, energy surged wildly, and blinding light erupted.
Boom!!
The roar reverberated through the heavens and earth, shaking the very world.
Distorted space erupted into daylight, the entire world trembling ceaselessly.
All colors lost their brilliance, leaving only an endless white radiance filling the sky and earth.
The tidal wave erupted, shaking the earth's crust.
A storm exceeding magnitude ten raged, overturning everything in its path.
Layer upon layer of shockwaves expanded for ten thousand meters, transforming into a hurricane that surged toward the shores of the Great Ocean.
The world fell silent.
Then, under the stinging, tear-filled gazes of all who witnessed it, it dissolved into utter stillness.
Splash!
Splash!
Finally, the blinding Daylight dissipated, and the world's colors returned.
Yang Wudi, Celine, and the old man endured the storm's aftershocks, swimming upward through the turbulent waves until they surfaced, their heads breaking the surface.
Their gazes swept across the ocean toward the former location of the world ark.
Invisible spatial fluctuations rippled through the air as the massive vortex rapidly shrank, as if space itself were healing.
The colossal pyramid-shaped ark ship had vanished without a trace.
Only the lingering storm waves remained in the empty sky, still spreading outward and stirring up endless crests.
"This..." Celine murmured, her voice trembling. Yang Wudi clenched his fists.
The waves crashed against them, their bodies weary.
In the ensuing silence, the trio's minds reeled, unable to find peace.
"Grandmaster Chen... did he succeed?"
(End of the Chapter)
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