Chapter 1585 - Rise, Mountain

Above the demon city, man and G.o.d stood in confrontation.

As soon as Li Qingshan said that, Taotie snorted coldly, and the short spear condensed from a million tonnes of steel suddenly vanished!

Li Qingshan’s heart leapt and came to a halt. A tiny hole appeared as if it had been pierced by something.

It was murderousness, a wisp of murderousness as thin as a strand of hair.

The small world immediately became sluggish. The great aura he had just gathered collapsed as well.

He was startled. I didn’t think murderousness could actually be used like this!

As the lord of Taotie’s dominion, a true G.o.d that grasped laws, even if the power of his embodiment was only on par with Heretic G.o.ds, every single movement he made was coupled with laws, enough to crush any Human Immortal or Heretic G.o.d.

Even before they had truly clashed, Li Qingshan had already lost the upperhand. If he still dared to face him directly, he would be immediately crushed by the incoming spear.

He could only retreat, flapping his wings of wind, retreating backwards without any regard! However, he was like a cricket stuck on a rope. The murderousness locked onto him firmly, such that he could not break free from it no matter what he tried.

He could not see the vanished spear, but he could clearly sense that the spear was pressing closer to him along this trajectory like the orbit of a celestial body.

When it appeared again, that would be his death! Even with the Phoenix’s Nirvāṇa, just how many thrusts could he last? Perhaps a single thrust would deplete several rebirths.

This is the power of a Demon G.o.d. Just an embodiment is so powerful. It’s just… far too fascinating!

Li Qingshan sucked in a deep breath. A dragon’s cry boomed out, pushing the small world along forcefully. He swung the Sword of Xuanyuan in his hand, cutting through the wisp of murderousness and the laws it contained.

The short spear appeared out of thin air, only inches away. In the beginning, the tip of the spear was like a black eye, staring straight at Li Qingshan’s chest. In the blink of an eye, it turned into an imposing, dark wall, completely impossible to make out its full appearance, crushing over with a rumble.

All that laid before him was still death. His expression changed, becoming twisted and terrifying, filled with the will of great destruction and great annihilation. Even his skin became indigo.

He slid his finger down his forehead, and a third eye suddenly opened up. The surging black fire condensed into a single stream, spraying out.

“Obliterate!”

Li Qingshan did not take a single step back anymore. Instead, he raised his forehead and advanced. The pressing “wall” constantly crushed down on him before constantly collapsing, unable to approach him any further.

This fire had once incinerated the indestructible city of asura, Tripura. Just this spear condensed from regular steel obviously posed no issue.

“Divine Fire of World Destruction!”

Taotie was slightly surprised. The tip of the spear was soon incinerated, and the black fire continued along the spear. He poured his divine powers into the spear, wanting to extinguish the fire, but his attack had also ended in failure.

This was not his true weapon after all, or it would not have been damaged so quickly. It would have been enough to crush Li Qingshan.

Boom!

The attack might have failed, but its aftermath was still the collapse of countless skysc.r.a.pers. Colossal ruins were hurled into the air.

Li Qingshan stood on one of the ruins. It was the upper part of a building that had been sliced in two, but he did not make use of the momentum to launch a counterattack.

The Divine Fire of World Destruction was extremely powerful, but it took a tremendous toll as well. Even with the small world as a foundation, he could not last too long.

Most importantly, he could not deal a lethal blow to Taotie.

Taotie’s body was far too large. He could destroy an arm or leg, but he would be killed by the attack that followed. Taotie was covered in openings, but he also had no openings.

And, probably destroying his entire body would be useless. What mattered most was the bronze mask. However, under the gaze of his divine eye, the bronze mask did not have any openings at all. There were not even any possible openings.

Of course, it was not really devoid of openings. He was just unable to see them.

“Is this all of your tricks?”

Taotie’s cold voice rang out from behind the bronze mask. Ever since he manifested an embodiment, the mask never revealed any more expressions. “Surrendering now is still not too late.”

“I admit.” Li Qingshan confessed. “That I am not your opponent, even if you’re just an embodiment.”

The substantial difference in strength could not be made up with something like spirit or willpower. Even with his full strength, all he managed to do was stop a regular attack.

When it came to fighting, it was not a battle of techniques, but a battle of the usage of laws. When he killed Heretic G.o.d Baitun earlier, the demonic heavens stood on his side, but they now stood on Taotie’s, unless he devoured the Black Sun Demon Heart…

However, as soon as this thought crossed his mind, he dismissed it.

“As long as you understand. I’m willing to believe that you haven’t betrayed the Flame Emperor, so stop with the futile resistance. Set aside the sword and return to the Jinyun Food hall with me.”

“No, you’re wrong. Perhaps I really am the traitor you describe me to be.”

Li Qingshan smiled. He had joined the Youxiong tribe just to get a sip of alcohol. Since the alcohol was absolutely delicious, then there was nothing for him to regret. If others wanted to judge him, that was their problem.

He shook his head. “I don’t know some Flame Emperor, nor will I fight for him. The only person I know is brother ox.”

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“They’re the same person.”

“No, they’re not. Senior, you and I are different. I have neither a chief, nor am I loyal to anyone. Brother ox once told me to never lower my head to anyone because I have once ridden on his back.”

Taotie jolted inside. An indescribable feeling overcame him. He was also immediately convinced. This is something that the chief would do. This is something that the chief would say. This Li Qingshan is the person chosen by the chief.

The bronze mask changed in expression too, but everything he had experienced in the past made his heart cool down. He smiled wryly.

“Do you think I’ll spare you because you’ve said that? We"ve already been through far too many betrayals. Every single time, it’s a guy like you, from that mongrel from the Youxiong tribe, then the stone monkey, and now, you!”

“Which of them wasn’t carrying the chief’s hopes? Which of them hadn’t once received the chief’s graces? Yet you lot are just born ingrates. You only act according to how you feel. You never know what loyalty is.”

Li Qingshan rubbed the back of his head, unable to respond.

Taotie said firmly, “Once and twice, but not thrice. Compared to placing all of your hopes on a guy like you, you might as well give up on this thought. I’ll ask you one last time. Do you surrender?”

Li Qingshan said with other meaning, “The world has changed you. However, I’m not asking you to spare me. I just wanted to say, apologies! It’s a little underhanded, but this is all I can do now.”

With a gentle kick, the half of the building under his feet shattered to pieces. He had already lunged towards Taotie.

“You’re asking to die!”

Taotie was unconvinced. He spread his fingers and swung his hand, which loomed over like a dark cloud.

The divine eye widened, sweeping across the “dark cloud” and finding a point of weakness. The Divine Fire of World Destruction set off as a result, immediately piercing the palm as a black stream. It followed a certain kind of path, dispersing and gathering together, roaming around constantly.

Boom! Half of Taotie’s arm shattered to pieces and millions of demonfolk corpses fell down, but he did not care at all. Another hand loomed towards Li Qingshan.

It was already too late for Li Qingshan to destroy it, but he was already close enough to Taotie’s bronze mask. He suddenly drew out the Mountain-moving tablet.

“Rise, mountain!”

He smashed the last of the three mountains—Sky-sc.r.a.ping ridge—into Taotie’s face viciously.