Chapter 1179, The Ancient God Shadow Guards’ Sudden Intrusion

Translator: Silavin

 

Hovering on the very threshold of death, the Slaughter Ancient God truly felt the threat of his own demise pressing in.

 

He had never imagined that after clinging to life through Lu Fan’s Skill by the skin of his teeth, still breathing by a single thread, he would end up dying at the hands of these others.

 

The attacks of these others were something he would normally have been able to disregard entirely.

 

Had he been at his peak, Damage Output like this landing on his body would have been swiftly negated by his own powerful recovery, bringing him back to full condition in no time at all.

 

But now, his Ancient God Power had been completely depleted by Lu Fan’s Fury of All Dragons just moments ago, and his own condition had already plummeted to its lowest point.

 

Even these Skills, which he would previously have been able to Tank with nothing more than his physical body, had now somehow become the final straw that broke the camel’s back. He could feel with terrible clarity that his life seemed to be approaching its end.

 

No matter how unwilling he was, the Slaughter Ancient God could do nothing about it.

 

After all, with the state he was in now, aside from passively enduring the Skills of everyone present, he had no other means of resistance whatsoever.

 

Once killed, he would sink into a long slumber for this era, unable to awaken again.

 

If it were merely a matter of missing out on the chance to compete for the position of God King in this era, that would have been one thing. The crucial point was, if he died here, Lu Fan and the others would certainly seize his Divine Seat!

 

And if he were defeated and slain in the battle within the World of Consciousness, it would be truly and completely over. Even if there were a Slaughter Ancient God in this world again, it would have no relation to him whatsoever. He would be thoroughly dead.

 

Though this defeat had involved a degree of carelessness on his part, of being caught off-guard by a scheme contrived by Lu Fan and the Devouring Dragon King working together.

 

But the battle in the World of Consciousness would be his final chance.

 

And even then, he had no particular confidence that he could emerge victorious from that fight, even given how wretched his current state was precisely because Lu Fan and the Devouring Dragon King had been capable of rendering him to this state.

 

He genuinely did not know whether, if he truly fought Lu Fan again, he would win.

 

After all, who could say whether Lu Fan and that Dragon King had yet another method prepared to deal with him?

 

Once the battle over his Divine Seat was joined in the World of Consciousness, there would be no retreat left to him.

 

And he did not like battles where there was no retreat. If he could choose, he would flee from this place at the earliest opportunity and refuse to engage in any further battle with Lu Fan and the others.

 

Unfortunately, there was no such choice available. The power to choose was not in his hands right now.

 

Feeling his own condition plummeting ever closer to rock bottom, the Slaughter Ancient God was already nearly in despair. He began replaying the battle against Lu Fan and the others in his mind, searching for a way to emerge victorious in the coming fight for his Divine Seat, to leave safely, and to return for revenge when the next era began.

 

And then, at that very moment.

 

*Crack!*

 

A sound like shattering glass rang out.

 

Not far from the Slaughter Ancient God, the space was torn open into a rift, and then icy cold frost swept outward like a blade, racing madly towards this location.

 

Before anyone present could understand what was happening, one dark shadow after another came surging out of the Space Rift, closing in on everyone with terrifying speed.

 

In an instant, a wave of dangerous intent washed over all of them.

 

Lu Fan, having just finished releasing Fury of All Dragons, was at precisely the moment when he had temporarily lost his combat capability.

 

And when he laid eyes on these dark shadows, his expression turned grave in an instant.

 

Because these dark shadows were not unfamiliar to him. They were none other than the Ancient God Shadow Guards, the very ones that had previously slain one of Jin Zhan’s Golden Crows!

 

[Are they not subordinates of the Fallen Corpse Ancient God!? How!? Why are they here!?]

 

Lu Fan’s eyes went wide, and he immediately called out to warn everyone. “Be careful, they are Monsters that serve the Fallen Corpse Ancient God, and their strength is nothing to scoff at. Every single one of them is a High Level Legendary Grade Boss!”

 

*Whoosh!*

 

The wind howled. Flames swept.

 

Ye Wuxian transformed herself into a blazing whirlwind and descended in front of Lu Fan in an instant, spear held at the ready, thrusting it forward.

 

The flames exploded outward, driving back the Ancient God Shadow Guards that had been charging straight at Lu Fan.

 

The Ancient God Shadow Guards were formidable indeed, but Ye Wuxian and the others had now grown into figures who could each hold their own, each far more capable than Jin Zhan had been back in those earlier days.

 

And so, even against the fearsome might of the Ancient God Shadow Guards, Ye Wuxian and the rest were able to hold their ground.

 

Even someone like Jian Ying could use the powerful defensive capability of the Golden Asura King to Tank the Ancient God Shadow Guards’ attacks head-on, with no need to worry about them sustaining any injury.

 

The Backliners, Ouyang Bai Ge and Han Ke, each had their own Survival Skills. Moonlight Barriers and defensive lines composed of various Void Insects rose one after another, holding the Ancient God Shadow Guards at bay outside their perimeter.

 

The number of Ancient God Shadow Guards was far greater than Lu Fan had anticipated.

 

From within the Space Rift, one Ancient God Shadow Guard after another came pouring out in a frenzied rush, and in the blink of an eye their numbers had already climbed into the hundreds!

 

At their peak, such a number of Ancient God Shadow Guards would not have amounted to much of a concern for the group.

 

But right now, everyone had endured battle after relentless battle, and had just fought a life-and-death war against the Slaughter Ancient God. Their condition had plummeted to the very bottom.

 

At the same time, Lu Fan had temporarily lost his combat capability and needed someone to protect him.

 

So faced with such an overwhelming wave of Ancient God Shadow Guards, everyone could only hold the defensive line, unable to erase these Ancient God Shadow Guards.

 

What Lu Fan could not work out was why the Fallen Corpse Ancient God’s Ancient God Shadow Guards would appear in this place, and what they had come here for.

 

[Could it be…]

 

A possibility suddenly struck him. He immediately looked towards where the Slaughter Ancient God lay, and sure enough, he saw that several Ancient God Shadow Guards had seized the Slaughter Ancient God’s body and were making a swift retreat towards the Space Rift.

 

[They had come here for the Slaughter Ancient God!]

 

“Stop them! Their target is the Slaughter Ancient God!” Lu Fan shouted, hoping to have everyone block their retreat.

 

Ye Wuxian’s brow furrowed, and she moved to intercept the Ancient God Shadow Guards, but the moment she moved, no small number of Ancient God Shadow Guards immediately came charging towards her position.

 

If she left, Lu Fan would certainly find himself surrounded by these Ancient God Shadow Guards.

 

Lu Fan could barely move as it was right now. If the Ancient God Shadow Guards closed in on him, it was quite likely he would die without even knowing how.

 

The others were all similarly pinned down by the Ancient God Shadow Guards. These Bosses were by no means weak on their own, and with such overwhelming numbers, it was clear they had come fully prepared.

 

The opposing side intended to take the Slaughter Ancient God away, and for the moment, there truly was no one who could act to stop them.

 

Lu Fan could recognise this reality for what it was. And so, though he was deeply unwilling, watching something that had already been decided snatched away by another at the most critical moment, this was the reality of it. There was nothing he could do.

 

Very quickly, the Ancient God Shadow Guards departed through the Space Rift, taking the Slaughter Ancient God with them, leaving behind only the corpses of several dozen of their own.