Chapter 1398: Fate Shaping King Art

The instant the arts collided, all sound in the World's End River Region fad. Deafening silence reigned. Li Luo and the rest’s eyes were glued to the epicenter as incomprehensible amounts of majestic energy battered at each other. The resulting shockwave quickly spread across the entire area at breakneck speed.

It was fortunate that Tan Tailan, Zhao Zong, and Zhu Yuan were standing in the front and could bear the brunt of the blowback. Otherwise, those who were watching might simply have been rendered into dust.

Li Luo watched in complete disbelief. Tan Tailan's Transcendent Art was overwhelming and gave off the aura of perfection. It was as though it was the most brilliant art in the world and stood at the peak of all Duke Arts. Meanwhile, the Destiny-grade Duke Arts wielded by the Kings were equally astonishing. Li Luo had cultivated a Destiny-grade Duke Art, but what he could output was akin to the firefly when compared to the moon. Their Duke Arts were activated by triple resonance power and even had a trace of source origin as well. This was the strongest and most primordial energy one could wield.

At this point, Li Luo could sense that their arts exuded an indescribable sort of charm. It was as though the power of fate itself had channeled through them, allowing them to shape their destinies with it. "This is a true Destiny-grade Duke Art." Li Luo was enthralled by the sight of these arts. Those who were the target of these arts had no place to hide. No matter how amazing their movement arts or how fast they could move, they would be locked onto by the Duke Art and be unable to escape. The heavens and earth themselves would lend their might to these arts.

The targets of these Destiny-grade Duke Arts would be abandoned by fate and their existence would be rejected by the world.

This was their wondrous power.

Li Qingpeng suddenly chimed in and explained with a smile, "When a King uses a Destiny-grade Duke Art, strictly speaking, it is no longer considered in the same vein as an ordinary Duke Art. It should be considered a Fate Shaping King Art..."

"A Fate Shaping King Art?" Li Luo was a little surprised. This was something foreign to him. After all, he hadn't seen many battles at the level of Kings, and it was naturally difficult to observe a King wielding arts at their maximum potential. That said, the difference between Destiny-grade Duke Arts and Fate Shaping King Arts was bigger than just the words themselves. They were completely different in essence.

Li Qingpeng sighed emotionally before adding, "A Duke is an ant before a King, regardless of whether they are high or low-grade. They are completely unable to withstand the power of fate. The only exception are Dukes who have cultivated a Transcendent Art. By borrowing the aid of their Transcendent realm, they are not affected by it. After all, no matter how blessed one's fate is, it cannot possibly surpass the illustrious and prosperous ancient times. As you can see, Qin Jiujie, the other two Kings, and their Fate Shaping King Arts look drab before your mother's Transcendent Art."

Li Luo turned his head and looked at the air above Abyssal City. The two Single Crowned Kings and their Fate Shaping King Arts were directly clashing with Qin Jiujie's. Qin Jiujie's Heavenly Wolf Thunderflame Bead had smashed apart their arts easily, causing the void around them to collapse. Energy surged in every direction. Qin Jiujie far surpassed the two thanks to his Dual Crowned King cultivation and the Blackwater Divine Transformation Formation.

However, he couldn't relax, as the silverish-gold pearl emanating transcendent might was his greatest threat.

The bead flowed with streams of gold and silver light, each capable of piercing through the void effortlessly and bathing the entire area in light.

In the end, the bead crashed into the pearl.

At the moment of collision, Qin Jiujie's eyes shrunk. The boundless amounts of gold and silver light was reflected in his eyes, and for a moment, he thought he could see a gigantic golden Peng with its wings spread out, resembling clouds in the sky as space twisted around it.

The spatial turbulence affected the interior of the Blackwater Divine Transformation Formation. All of a sudden, the sea of inky water began to shrink swiftly, and parts of it were banished into the void.

"Space resonance!" Qin Jiujie's head was spinning. Tan Tailan had used the power of the space resonance to infiltrate the Blackwater Divine Transformation Formation and slowly grind away at its strength from the inside. It had surpassed his expectations.

As the inky sea of water gradually reduced, the might of the Blackwater Divine Transformation Formation began to weaken. As a result, the Fate Shaping King Art similarly lost some of its power.

At that critical moment, that brief opportunity was fatal. Her Transcendent Art was beyond frightening.

Qin Jiujie could hear the sound of a bead shattering almost instantly. The thunder, fire, and blackwater energy that was contained inside it was immediately smashed into oblivion by the pearl.

Thunder, flames, and a deluge of black water flooded the area thousands of miles around them, scorching the earth and creating lakes of inky water. When the silverish-gold pearl descended, it lightly bashed the Blackwater Divine Transformation Formation, breaking it and transforming it into endless motes of dusky light.

The defensive ward with King Stage power that had protected Abyssal City for hundreds of years had finally fallen.

The pearl swayed slightly and slowly, then it pierced through space and flew towards Qin Jiujie's head.

The two crowns above him began to glow with incredible light that formed a barrier in front of him.

Bang!

When the pearl struck, the light filled with source origin energy began to shake violently and Qin Jiujie's body trembled. Blood leaked from the corner of his lips.

"Greater Transcendent Dukes truly are wonderful. And that is an incredible Transcendent Art..." Qin Jiujie's expression was stony as he spoke. He was a Dual Crowned King, yet he wasn't her match—he was cleanly suppressed in the previous confrontation. This meant that Tan Tailan truly possessed ridiculous strength. That said, Qin Jiujie was in peak condition to start with and thus, he was much better off than the Faceless Other King when it fought Tan Tailan.

The silverish-gold pearl continued to emit a domineering pressure that caused the two crowns above him to tremble continuously.

"Faceless!" Qin Jiujie roared.

"It's done!" the Faceless Other King replied.

Half of Abyssal City had been submerged in a white, waxy substance, and the void above it began to fracture.

The entire city seemed to be sinking into the depths of the void!

𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

If one were to peer deeper into that rift, they would be able to see another space and world.

Numerous towering cities stood amidst plains and mountains. The entire area was bustling with activity, indicating how peaceful and prosperous it was.

Qin Baiyan, Qin Beiming, and the rest of the experts from the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin paled when they saw this. They thought they had seen the insignia of the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin in the city.

This meant that this spatial rift was connected to the Heavenly Origin Divine Continent... to where the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin was located.

What were they trying to do?

At the same time, the numerous bone towers began to emit beams of light that pierced through the layers of the void, focusing towards the gap in the World's End River, where the Tri-Pupil Enigmatic Fetus' humongous eye was lingering.

A moment later, a torrent of pitch-black blood swept out of the eye, following the beams of light that had come from the bone towers and forming a titanic bridge that stretched for tens of thousands of miles. The blood bridge then crashed into the city from the spatial rift, piercing through the heavens and the earth.

Tan Tailan, Zhu Yuan, and Zhao Zong’s expressions changed when they saw this. They lifted their heads to look at the gap in the World's End River, where the river itself was churning violently. The blood bridge served as a channel for the raging water to rush down into their world.

An apocalyptic disaster was unfolding before their eyes.

After all, the goal of this was to create a pathway into the Heavenly Origin Divine Continent, into the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin's territory! Zhao Zong and Zhu Yuan were speechless. "Qin Jiujie, you actually dare to incite an Other Disaster and to direct it towards the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin? Have you gone completely insane?!"