Chapter 1443: Human Stars Shine Brightly (Part 3)

Chapter 1444: When Humanity's Stars Shine (III)

“Haha! Ji Xuan, you big idiot!”

“Look at him! Dressed in rags, and he’s wearing a tattered piece of cloth he probably picked up from some trash can! He’s so filthy!!”

“I know that cloth! It’s the tablecloth our dog Wangcai peed on yesterday. My mom threw it out last night… I can’t believe he picked it up and is wearing it like a treasure! Hahahahaha!!”

“Look, he’s even holding a broken branch. What does he think it is? A sword?”

“A little kid with no mom or dad, dirty and stubborn… Get lost!”

“And ‘Ji Xuan’…”

“A wild kid, using a name like that, *spits*!”

On the dirty, chaotic street, several larger children gathered, wielding slingshots and stones, pointing and jeering at a visibly smaller child.

The child, dressed in clothes picked up from who-knows-where, a tattered cloth draped over his shoulder, held a carefully de-twigged branch in both hands, his gaze fixed resolutely on the many figures before him…

Behind him, a stray dog, its skin raw from slingshot blows, was curled into a ball. One of its eyes had been blinded by a stone, and the remaining eye watched the laughing children, its body whimpering and trembling with fear.

“Don’t be afraid, Night Devourer Dog!” Young Ji Xuan turned back, comforting it seriously.

“If they want to bully you, they’ll have to step over my dead body!”

With that, young Ji Xuan turned sharply back to face the children.

“What’s wrong with ‘Ji Xuan’?! My name, I chose it myself! Everyone named Ji in novels is incredibly powerful, don’t you get it? You commoners, you think I, Ji Xuan, would shy away from you??”

Young Ji Xuan let out a loud cry, gripping his branch-sword, and charged fearlessly towards the many figures!

Drip — drip —

The hurricane howled,

As Calamity’s aura swept wildly, more and more lives withered in the wind. A sky full of blood rain splattered onto the ruins of the Xuanyu Base, gathering into crimson torrents that flowed silently…

Drops of warm blood flowed from the edges of shattered stone slabs, dripping onto a pale palm.

Fragments of a stasis pod were buried beneath the ruins,

The liquid that sustained life and a dormant state flowed silently across the ground.

As the dangling hand gradually became crimson with warm blood, his fingertips trembled slightly…

Then the hand clenched suddenly!

Bang —

The last Heavenly Fiend Puppet was easily torn to shreds by Calamity’s bony claws. Tian Huai violently spat out a mouthful of blood, his body uncontrollably falling downwards.

Calamity had no intention of letting this annoying human escape alive. With a flap of its wings, a hurricane powerful enough to shred anything, like an invisible meat grinder, slammed into Tian Huai.

“Watch out!”

The Tower Lord’s voice came from behind. He raised a hand, and the thirty-six Heavenly Fiend Puppets, previously shattered in mid-air, reassembled as if time were reversing, roaring as they charged towards the hurricane!

Bang, bang, bang —

One by one, the puppets exploded in the air. Calamity’s enormous wings once again overshadowed the sky, and in the next second, a dragon’s roar, born from compressed air, echoed through the heavens!

Calamity’s aura swept across the world. The puppets, which had been painstakingly repaired by the Crafting Pantheon, disintegrated into countless fragments. Before this bringer of doomsday who could easily obliterate civilizations, both the Crafting Pantheon and the Puppet Pantheon were like glass, shattering at a touch!

Both the Tower Lord and Tian Huai, two Rank Eight powerhouses, were simultaneously shaken, bleeding from all their orifices.

The next moment,

A sharp bony dragon claw directly pierced Tian Huai’s chest!

Each of Calamity’s sharp claws was as thick as a building. The tip of this claw impaled Tian Huai’s body, directly piercing his entire torso into a bloody hole, and warm blood instantly sprayed into the sky.

The Sect Master, the current leader of the Puppet Pantheon, saw his aura rapidly weaken. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but the hurricane, torn through by the claw, instantly obliterated his entire body into a bloody mist!

“Brother—!!!”

Huai, confined within the carriage, was enraged, his eyes almost bursting.

The Tower Lord, who was close by, witnessed Tian Huai’s death firsthand. When he sensed Calamity’s killing intent lock onto him, he knew he was finished… Just as he was about to fight to the death to buy time, a shadow cloaked in killing intent streaked past him!

Jian Changsheng!

Seeing the figure in leather, whose killing intent was amplified to nearly Rank Eight, the Tower Lord’s pupils slightly contracted.

He hadn’t expected Jian Changsheng to be so trustworthy. Despite being merely a combat force hired by the Xuanyu Domain with a letter of pardon, he showed no hesitation when facing Calamity…

And after Jian Changsheng streaked past, a figure riding a colorful awakened lion and a white-haired afterimage also flashed by in quick succession.

At this moment, only one thought remained in the Tower Lord’s mind:

Who said the Twilight Society was a bunch of villains who reveled in chaos?!

This was clearly the light of humanity!

Jian Changsheng’s eyes, as he charged towards Calamity’s claws, were filled with resolve;

Behind him, Sun Bumin saw Calamity slowly turn its head, its gaze fixed on Jian Changsheng. In Sun Bumin’s pupils, concentric colored rings gradually lit up… The aura of Samsara began to spread from his body;

Further behind, Jiang Xiaohua silently took a ring from her mouth and slipped it onto her fingertip.

For some reason,

Calamity felt an inexplicable sense of danger.

Just as Calamity hesitated whether to deal with these three,

A particle beam, like a holy sword piercing the sky, roared up from the ruins of the Xuanyu Base!!

Boom—!!!!

Pressure of a Nine Monarchs level surged and raged between heaven and earth.

The particle holy sword, nearly piercing the sky, suddenly changed direction, forcefully cutting through thick clouds, and directly slashed towards Calamity’s body!

Calamity, sensing the powerful aura, became distinctly alert. It powerfully flapped its massive bony wings, and a destructive stream of dragon’s breath shot out to meet the particle holy sword!

Dong—!!!

The auras of the Nine Monarchs and the Destroyer clashed and surged in the air. At the point of impact, it was as if a blazing sun rapidly expanded, finally erupting with a bang!!

Half of the Xuanyu Domain was leveled in this collision. The shockwaves surged, and the human figures who had bravely charged towards Calamity were directly thrown into the earth’s ruins. The previously chaotic battlefield was instantly cleared, creating a vacuum zone!

Drifting dust scattered in the air,

A figure, clutching a particle lightsaber in one hand, stumbled step by step from the Xuanyu ruins.

Lord Xuanyu, Ji Xuan.

His stature was taller than when he was a youth, but his gaze remained as resolute as ever. A white lab coat, symbolizing science, fluttered around his shoulders, and the particle holy sword in his palm radiated world-destroying power!!

His sharp eyes were locked fiercely onto the massive Calamity in mid-air, his voice devoid of any fear.

“This is my domain.”

“You want to bully my people…”

“Unless you step over my dead body!”