83. The Gorgon Coming to Uruk!
Xiling was suspended high in the sky, looking down at the earth below.
The Blood Temple was right in front of Xiling, but the target he was looking for, the Demonic Beast Goddess Gorgon, disappeared just before he arrived, and no trace of her could be found in the world.
"Can that guy perform skills like space transfer?" Xiling frowned and thought.
He didn't remember the other party having this skill.
Xiling's perception was like an invisible giant net, sweeping through every corner of the temple in an instant, even penetrating deep underground into the devil's cave that was constantly wriggling like a giant womb, hatching ferocious monsters. There was no trace of survivors, only the sticky sound of new life breaking out of the egg and the sickening fluctuations of magic power.
Xiling slowly raised his left hand. Above his palm, the air suddenly boiled and twisted, emitting a heart-pounding hum. A terrifying crimson lightning emerged from nowhere, entwining madly. Within a few breaths, it condensed and solidified, transforming into a lightning spear.
The spear was forged, but Xiling didn't even bother to throw it. Instead, he gently let it go in mid-air.
The next second, the lightning spear seemed to transform into the legendary sword of Damocles, falling straight and unstoppable.
The moment they made contact, a pure, eardrum-piercing white light silently engulfed everything. When the light faded, the former Blood Temple, along with the demonic lair buried beneath it, had completely reduced to a whirlwind of dust so fine it was unrecognizable.
All that was left on the earth was a huge, charred, still sizzling wound.
After doing all this, Xiling began to sense where KIngu was, but still couldn't find him.
The perception of everyone else is still there, but these two seem to have disappeared, or are no longer in this... world.
Things are getting blurry.
Or maybe the other party discovered that he was being tracked by Xiling, so he cut off his own existence and blocked Xiling's search.
Honestly speaking, the possibility of this is very low. Even the Lord of War, who gave Xiling an unimaginable sense of oppression, can't block Xiling's search. It is even more impossible for Gorgon, who was easily found from the beginning, to do so.
The only answer is obvious: the target is no longer in this world.
The boss...ran away
This time, Xiling was confused.
However, this brief confusion only lasted for a moment because something happened the next second!
The Gorgon's fluctuations were suddenly and without warning once again clearly captured by Xiling! Position locked—
Uruk!
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It was the languid afternoon of Uruk. Sunlight streamed generously across the mud-brick houses. The marketplace bustled with activity, children played, and craftsmen clanged their tools. The vitality of life pulsed through this ancient city. A sturdy man, freshly unburdened from a heavy load, wiped the sweat from his brow, grinned, and picked up his waterskin, about to take a drink.
Suddenly, the light disappeared.
It was not a sunset, but some huge shadow that instantly covered the entire sky.
The man subconsciously looked up, and the water bag in his hand fell to the ground with a clang, spilling water all over the ground. He was completely unaware of it; his pupils dilated to the extreme with extreme horror.
A breathtakingly huge magic circle suddenly unfolded in the clear sky above Uruk!
In the center of the magic circle, space was violently twisted and torn apart, as if some indescribable giant was desperately tearing open the curtain of reality and struggling out.
Deathly silence! Absolutely deathly silence! Then, like a tsunami, a primal sense of unease and fear erupted from the depths of everyone's heart!
"How can it be!?"
On top of the divine tower, Gilgamesh, who was handling things, immediately realized something, looked outside suddenly, and a furious voice like thunder rang out in an instant!
"How dare you!"
It almost overlapped with the tail end of his roar!
"Boom—crack—!" The sharp sound of shattering was deafening.
The space at the center of the magic circle was completely shattered like fragile glass! An immense shadow descended with an overwhelming, despairing aura!
The upper half of her body was a bewitching, icy, and beautiful woman's face, capable of captivating anyone. Her lower half was a massive, coiling, snake-like body covered in dark scales. Even more terrifying was the hair that danced wildly through the air like a waterfall—those were thousands of hissing, fang-baring, venomous snakes!
The Gorgon, the goddess of demonic beasts, descends upon Uruk!
"Run! Run!"
The brief silence was completely broken!
"Ah--!!!"
"Run! Run!"
"Monster! It's a monster!"
"Goddess... No!"
Desperate cries and terrified screams instantly tore through the tranquility of the city.
The crowd was like a group of frightened ants, instinctively and desperately pushing and running away from the terrifying existence.
However, the speed of mortals seems so ridiculous and slow in front of the power of the goddess.
Almost at the moment her massive form fully materialized in the city square, the violent magical energy in the air had already gathered to its peak! Without words or emotion, Gorgon's hollow eyes locked onto the fleeing ants below, its giant mouth slightly opened—
"Buzz——!!!"
A beam of magical light, thick enough to pierce through the city and condensed with the aura of destruction and death, swept out mercilessly like a giant whip of divine punishment! Wherever it passed, the sturdy stone houses collapsed and shattered like sand castles, and the fleeing people, along with their screams, instantly evaporated in the dazzling light!
"Bastard!" Above the divine tower, golden ripples expanded wildly like a raging ocean!
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh——!"
The Demonic Beasts Goddess's rampage was met with air-rending shrieks, denser than a rainstorm! Dozens, hundreds of golden beams emanating from the King's Treasure shot down with uncanny precision! They pierced the dancing venomous serpent heads above the Gorgon, exploding into clouds of foul-smelling blood mist. More attacks pounded her serpentine form like battering rams, shattering scales and cracking open wounds so deep they could see the bone, oozing thick, dark purple blood!
Yet, the Demonic Beasts Goddess, so severely wounded, didn't even let out a cry of pain! Her face didn't even change expression, her crimson eyes still blank and lifeless! Ignoring the wounds on her body and the loss of her hair, the massive serpent merely adjusted its angle slightly, brewing the next ray of destructive light from its mouth, still mercilessly shooting towards another dense, terrified, screaming crowd.
She seemed like a programmed, soulless killing machine, numbly and precisely executing the orders to destroy Uruk.
Inside the sacred tower, Gilgamesh's figure stepped towards the outer edge of the tower step by step. Golden ripples kept flickering behind him. His anger was beyond words, and his rage kept burning.
Someone had interfered, and he knew who that bastard was!
Looking at the hollow shell of the city, a being that knew only destruction, the King of Heroes' wrath was tempered by a hint of cold contempt.
"It's nothing more than a soulless shell..."
"But—it's time to stop!"
The golden ripples behind him suddenly expanded, and dozens of ancient-looking wands, emitting powerful magical fluctuations, slowly emerged from the center of the ripples! The tips of the wands simultaneously lit up with dazzling light, pointing towards the huge source of disaster in the center of the city, ready to strike!
At this critical moment!
Gilgamesh's wand has not yet been activated—
Something strange happened suddenly!
"Boom--!!!"
A dull, earth-shaking explosion suddenly erupted from the edge of Uruk! A streak of white light suddenly rose from the ground without warning! Its speed was so fast that it almost instantly reached the Gorgon, who was gathering her second magical power!
A giant hand, condensed with magical energy, appeared out of thin air! Its five fingers spread out, completely enveloping the Gorgon's mountain-like body in its palm!
Without the slightest hesitation or resistance, the giant white hand suddenly closed!
"Woo--?!" The Gorgon's hollow snake pupils seemed to shrink instinctively, and her huge snake's body twisted and struggled violently, trying to shake the confinement.
However, it was in vain!
He tightly grasped the Demonic Beasts Goddess, which symbolized disaster, and swung his arm fiercely towards the distant wall of Uruk as if throwing a stone!
"Boom--!!!"
A deafening sonic boom exploded in the air! Gorgon's immense body, transformed into a parabola engulfed by immense wind pressure, was instantly hurled out of the city! Leaving behind only a dull, heart-pounding crash from outside the city walls and a column of dust and smoke rising into the sky.
The people of Uruk who survived the disaster stared blankly in the direction where the Demonic Beasts Goddess disappeared, their hearts filled with shock. Then, their eyes instinctively focused on the figure in the sky.
It was Xiling who had just returned to the city through the chat group system!
Xiling hung in the air, his eyes scanning the area below.
On the streets, there were shocking ruins, blazing flames, wounded people lying in pools of blood and groaning in pain, and faces crying in despair after losing their loved ones... In just a few seconds, the Demonic Beasts Goddess instantly tore apart the peace that had just been in this city.
Xiling stretched out a hand and pointed at the devastated earth below.
"Treat."
As these brief yet oracular words fell, a vast sea of white magic instantly spread out from Xiling, gently covering the entire ravaged area.
Miracles emerge in the light!
Wherever the light reaches, as long as there is still a breath left, no matter how serious and fatal the injury is, it will be restored to its original state by this sacred power in just a few breaths!
The groans of pain turned into confused gasps of survivors, and the cries of despair turned into sobs of disbelief.
After doing all this, Xiling's magic power subsided slightly, and his gaze fell on the divine tower, the king standing in the golden ripples - Gilgamesh.
Their eyes met.
There is no communication, and no need for any communication.
The two nodded.
In the next second!
Xiling's figure disappeared on the spot.
A white meteor flew towards the direction where the Gorgon was thrown - the vast plains and hills of Uruk!
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