Chapter 723

Chapter 108 The Descent of the Divine Part 2

On the distant barren land beyond Ice Peak, the golden armored knights all froze in place, the slight frost on their hair melting again. Each of them was filled with astonishment and doubt, their eyes full of bewilderment and fear. No one dared to take another step forward.

“What is that…”

“Is that a person?!”

In the crowd, the knight captain took a sword from his subordinate beside him. He held his side with one hand, his lips trembling, his face extremely grim. It felt as if everything happening before his eyes was beyond his understanding and endurance: “A woman… no, a girl… That’s a girl…”

“Silver hair…”

“Black armor…”

“Coming out from that black sun… Did I see wrong…”

In the distance, the figure wrapped in black armor descended step by step from the air, as if walking down an intricately carved staircase made of ice crystals. The staircase seemed to resemble the architectural style of Valen Empire fortresses, with delicate and magnificent railings. The dark leg armor stepped onto the smooth, mirror-like steps, making a “thud, thud, thud” sound that echoed through the quiet ruins of the town, heavy like thunder, striking every heart.

“Hey…”

“This seems a bit… not right…”

On the other side of Ice Peak, the five monks began to involuntarily retreat. Their eyes were fixed on the figure in the air, their pupils constricting. Someone on their faces had an unnatural smile: “The power of frost has condensed into stairs… and it only took an instant…”

“Is that a new god?”

“But where is the spark?”

“This has nothing to do with us, right?”

“Damn it… what kind of joke is this? Shouldn’t we be kneeling and praying now…”

“How would I know…”

The monks retreated collectively, watching the small figure on the staircase from afar. The figure was blurry in the swirling crystal mist, but they could vaguely make out the silhouette of a young girl dressed in a black skirt of armor, with long silver hair.

She came out of that exploding sphere, and there was no mistake about it. Because of this, the strange and inexplicable, bone-chilling fear of complete unknown, similar emotions gradually spread among everyone.

Thud… thud… thud.

Whether it was a girl or something else, the figure walked slowly down the staircase, stopping abruptly when it reached halfway.

Amidst the cold mist, the girl turned her head slowly, looking toward the position of the monks.

With just one glance, the breathing of the five people became uncontrollable, immediately quickening.

It was as if a mountain had suddenly pressed against their chests, or tiny ants had been noticed by some of the most powerful and mysterious beings in the world. The terrifying pressure from a casual glance caused the five talented divine servants to freeze, their spines turning cold, pupils dilating, pores opening up, and a bone-chilling cold bursting out from within.

It was impossible to describe what kind of eyes those were.

Bright and clear, icy and blood-red, as if looking down at all inferior creatures. Such a gaze, though far away from the monks, instantly made their scalps tingle and feel as if they were falling into an ice pit, with every hair standing on end.

A violent tremor erupted in everyone’s hearts.

Those eyes seemed to possess some eerie magic, even from a great distance, they could instantly disrupt the minds and emotions of those who met their gaze. The strong pressure stimulated tense nerves, destroying firm wills, causing people to act irrationally.

Buzz—

Suddenly, golden light burst forth among the five people. One of the monks was pale, beads of sweat rolling down his forehead. He gritted his teeth, subconsciously waving his hand, and a sharp holy spear凝聚而成，骤然射出！

“Wait…”

“Pike, what are you doing?!”

Whoosh—

The others raised their hands to stop him, but the monk who performed the miracle still had surprise and hesitation in his brows. Yet, the holy spear had already whistled past.

At this moment, everyone was so frightened that their bodies trembled, the color draining from their faces.

They watched helplessly as the Holy Lance, carrying a fierce wind, cut through the gray sky and flew towards the young girl standing on the ice crystal steps at an extremely sharp and precise angle. The distance was closing in, closer and closer…

In the blink of an eye, it had already reached her side.

“Trouble…”

A cultivator muttered softly.

Bang!

In the next instant, the girl grabbed the tip of the lance in her hand.

No one could see when she had made her move.

“Hu—” The impact of the air current suddenly spread from the hand holding the Holy Lance, lifting her silver hair and causing it to flutter. The tip of the lance remained steady in her hand, her small figure unmoving, as if she had casually caught a mosquito. With a slight exertion of her palm, smoke-like black mist quietly emerged and spread, enveloping the several-meter-long lance in an instant.

Sizzling sounds—

The once invincible divine miracle, under the violent erosion of chaotic power, shattered into countless golden fragments and scattered everywhere.

“Trouble, trouble, trouble…”

“Quick! Run—!”

In the frantic roar, a relatively calm cultivator suddenly pulled the dazed cultivator who had just acted. Together with the others, they planned to turn around and flee immediately. However, before they took even a step back, the cold eyes watching them from afar suddenly glowed with a mysterious crimson light.

Thump thump!

At this moment, everyone seemed to hear their own heartbeats.

Their feet froze, their hands and bodies stiffened, and a violent pain like an explosion struck their heads, making it hard for anyone to stand steadily. They clutched their heads and screamed, their vision blurred, and the distant towering ice mountain seemed to twist for half a second.

And in the next moment, they heard a roar like that of a demonic beast, coming from the position where the girl stood.

“Roar—!!!”

“Aaah!”

The sound was almost piercing through their eardrums, leaving the cultivators’ minds blank. They shouted desperately, trying to cover their ears. They began to feel the ground beneath their feet shaking, accompanied by rumbling sounds. A pitch-black curtain suddenly unfurled around the girl, swallowing the ice mountain, the barren earth underfoot, and the gray sky above, as well as the distant, stationary and moving golden-armored knights and unicorn beasts, dyeing the entire world into a void of darkness.

In the endless void, they saw a huge, blood-red eye open, its vertical pupil like that of a ferocious beast, its dark iris turning a few times. From above, it looked down, locking onto its prey like a venomous snake.

Then, from the darkness, a much larger, burning crimson skeletal hand extended out.

“Aaah—!!!”

The cultivators were terrified to the core. They screamed until their voices were hoarse, wanting to run, but found themselves unable to move, not even a finger. They watched helplessly as the massive skeletal hand approached them, a pale mountain spewing molten-hot flames, the wind melting their skin. It seemed like they would be obliterated in the next instant, followed by a loud “bang,” as the huge bony hand shattered the horrifying scene in front of their eyes.

Crash…

Everything seemed to shatter like a mirror falling to the ground, splitting into countless pieces, disappearing instantly from their sight. There was no darkness, no devouring eyes, and the huge skeletal hand seemed to have never existed. The trembling of the barren earth calmed down, dark clouds rolled overhead, and the distant ice mountain still stood majestically.

“Haa…”

The five cultivators were stunned for a moment. Someone suddenly exhaled deeply.

Their lips were cracked, their legs trembled, and their faces were pale. Their breathing was heavy, and cold sweat covered their entire faces.

After realizing that it might have been an illusion, the cultivators felt a sense of relief. But this feeling lasted less than two seconds before an even greater shadow loomed over each of their hearts.

“Hey…”

Someone noticed that the girl’s figure had vanished from the magnificent crystal stairs extending downward from the ice mountain.

But before they could tell their companions what they had seen, a faint breath suddenly came from behind the cultivators.