Beyond the Timescape

Chapter 838: Curse Magic, Forbidden Magic, God Magic

It went without saying that Crown Prince Brightsouth, who was a chosen among the Firemoon Darkheavens, had shocking battle prowess. Just about anyone else in the same generation as him would die trying to fight him. After all, his biggest superiority was his fleshly body.

What was more, his magical techniques were both gruish and incisive. That was especially true of his blessing of Reverse the Sky, Restore the Sun. The result was the same as Xu Qing’s time magic, and in some ways could be considered an undying magic. Opponents like that weren’t easy to kill.

At the same time, he had stoked Xu Qing’s battle spirit. Xu Qing currently sat cross-legged, and even from a distance, it was possible to see the shocking ghost lamp on his forehead.

Next, Xu Qing’s finger moved to his left shoulder. A second ghost lamp appeared. The fire of the underworld flickered as Xu Qing’s finger then shifted to his right shoulder, his dantian region, his two legs, and finally, the spot above his heart. In an instant, seven ghost lamps ignited.

As soon as they did, the image of Crown Prince Brightsouth appeared within them. The sensation of a curse grew strong. Crown Prince Brightsouth scowled deeply as he realized how difficult Xu Qing was to deal with. It was something he couldn’t have predicted when the fight started.

Most unexpected of all was that, similar to himself, Xu Qing not only had amazing recovery abilities, but he also had very gruish magics.

What was very concerning was that Xu Qing could apparently copy his techniques. That meant that the longer the fight went on, the more he would be at a disadvantage. That was why he’d been inclined to stop fighting.

But if you ride a tiger, it’s hard to get off, and thus, he had no choice other than to fight. He gritted his teeth. Clearly, this human wanted to see which of the two of them could hold out the longest. Put more precisely, it was going to come down to who could recover the most times. Either that or... who would be first to vanquish the recovery powers of the opponent!

Crown Prince Brightsouth was ready to throw caution to the wind. Eyes bloodshot, he performed a double-handed incantation gesture, which caused life force to pour out of the gate of life behind him. As it entered him, the geomantic compass beneath him rotated rapidly.

The six heavenly stems in the air did the same, and the images of Xu Qing on the death gates blurred even further. Xu Qing felt pain filling him, a deathly sensation like that of being ripped apart. Yet Xu Qing was ruthless, and he had been from a very young age. Staring coldly at the crown prince, he extinguished the first of the seven lamps.

Blood sprayed from the crown prince’s mouth. Gritting his teeth, he sped up his own efforts.

Xu Qing shivered as he extinguished the second, third, and fourth of the lamps.

The crown prince shivered as his body decayed. But the killing intent in his eyes only grew stronger.

Of the blurry images of Xu Qing in front of the six gates, three disappeared. Cracking sounds echoed out from within Xu Qing as he began to split apart physically.

That didn’t affect the extinguishing of the ghost lamps. In the blink of an eye, the fifth, sixth, and seventh of the lamps... were extinguished. It happened at the same time as the blurry figures completely disappeared from in front of the six gates.

A boom echoed out as Xu Qing crumbled to pieces, including his fleshly body and his soul.

The same thing happened to Crown Prince Brightsouth. Thanks to the curse of the seven lamps, not even the gate of life behind him could send enough life force to sustain him. His body withered, his hair fell out, his life force was destroyed, and his fleshly body melted. He was killed in body and soul!

Next, the power of blessing exploded within D-132, as well as a sundial with spinning gnomon.

Crown Prince Brightsouth formed anew.

Xu Qing’s shattered fleshly body and soul swept back together. He was now unharmed.

The two of them looked at each other.

“Dammit!” Crown Prince Brightsouth growled. Raising his right hand, he then shoved it back down toward the coin on the ground.

However, that was when a black shadow rose up next to him. Just as his hand fell, the shadow swept over the coin. Next, a howl echoed out as the shadow vanished along with the coin.

When the coin reappeared, it was in Xu Qing’s hand. The moment it made contact, it burst into flames, causing Xu Qing’s hand to start melting. Clearly, it wasn’t possible to use it for the moment. Xu Qing threw it back to Little Shadow. The shadow had been sleeping, but Xu Qing had forced it awake. Taking advantage of the time the crown prince needed to recover, he sent the shadow close to grab the coin in a critical moment. Unfortunately, a heavy price had already been paid to use the coin, and it was now dim.

“That’s not something you can use!” the crown prince said, glaring.

In response, Xu Qing raised his right hand and replied, “I also have a forbidden magic of death.”

He pointed his hand up to the sky above D-132. It changed color.

The heavenly dao bluegreen dragon roared into being, spreading out in the sky to form a massive heavenly saber blade. Taboo poison, the curse of a god, spread out along that blade, forming its edge. Daybreak light glittered in all directions as the blade light. The moment the saber was out in the open, D-132 shivered and changed shape. It became a very long and narrow blade trough.

Crown Prince Brightsouth’s pupils constricted as he sensed the terrifying aura of the blade, as well as the ancient time within it. Most importantly, he could sense that this saber had actually beheaded gods. His facial expression flickered dramatically.

“Is that...?”

A sensation of crisis filled every fiber of his being. Without a moment of hesitation, he placed one finger at his forehead and one over his heart, then inhaled deeply. His body withered dramatically, making it obvious... that whatever magic he was using was actually harmful to himself as well.

“Curse magic! Seven Impaling Arrows!”

The crown prince spat up seven mouthfuls of black blood, each of which caused him to wither even more, until he looked like little more than a skeleton. The seven mouthfuls of blood became seven blood arrows, each of which contained deathly curse power. Pulsing with a terrifying aura, they began to move toward Xu Qing.

To play things as safe as possible, Crown Prince Brightsouth coughed up more blood to further bolster the seven arrows.

Meanwhile, Xu Qing’s face was expressionless as he coldly said, “Let the golden crow be the connection. Let the violet moon be the seal!”

The golden crow danced in the air. The violet moon sent out rippling fluctuations. The god trove combined everything into one.

“Let the timescape be the container....

“Let the sundial life lamps be the catalyst....”

Five sundials formed behind Xu Qing. Life lamp fire rose into the sky as the gnomons spun and the aura of ancient time spread out. Next, they all stopped at noon!

“When the sundials hit noon, heaven and earth will be severed together!”

Xu Qing’s eyes shone brightly as he looked at Crown Prince Brightsouth and sent the saber slashing down. The heavenly saber descended from above, like a massive waterfall or a mountain, filling the sky and shaking the lands below.

At the same time, the crown prince howled at the top of his lungs, sending further bolstering to the seven arrows. They expanded, growing incredibly large as they shot toward the heavenly saber.

Next, the god-decapitating saber made contact with the seven arrows.

Rumbling sounds rose up as a tempest appeared in D-132. The seven arrows erupted with force as they fought back, but it didn’t do any good. One by one, they started exploding. The unending godly might of the guillotine blade sliced through the air until it struck the crown prince’s head.

RUMBLE!

A huge gorge appeared in the lands, and a strong wind blew a baleful aura out on either side.

Next, Xu Qing performed a double-handed incantation gesture, causing the misfortune of D-132 to erupt, interfering with the blessing power. Amnesia spread, causing the blessing to be forgotten. Taboo poison descended, decaying everything. And sundials appeared, locking down the area and further impeding the blessing of recovery. It worked.

Crown Prince Brightsouth’s recovery technique didn’t work immediately. It took roughly ten breaths of time before it became effective. As his fleshly body formed anew, the heavenly saber fell again. A boom rang out as Crown Prince Brightsouth was once again killed in body and soul.

Xu Qing hovered in the air, eyes cold as he performed another double-handed incantation gesture. Divine abilities descended. A hundred breaths of time passed, and the blessing powers appeared again. The crown prince again recovered.

Everything from before played out again. The crown prince was overwhelmed. The blade fell yet again.

“Let’s see how long you can keep this up,” Xu Qing said, waving his arms out in front of him. D-132’s godly might spread out, bolstering the sealing effect and overwhelming Crown Prince Brightsouth with a fatal blow.

The four fingers of east, west, south, and north appeared again. Four taboo weapons formed. Patriarch Golden Vajra Warrior prepared another mortal attack.

In that manner, two hours passed.

Crown Prince Brightsouth recovered thirteen times. Every time it happened, Xu Qing unleashed everything in response. The crown prince used a variety of methods to try to fight back, but none of them worked quickly enough. And every time, he had to wait longer before recovering.

All of the onlookers were astonished to the point of being numb. They could sense how valiant Crown Prince Brightsouth was, and how difficult he was to kill. But at the same time... that only highlighted how terrifying and ruthless Xu Qing was. That was especially true when they thought back to the course of the fighting, and how it seemed... that Xu Qing had been in control every step of the way.

Whether it was the way he initially felt out his opponent to determine his strengths, or the adjustments he made after identifying his undying properties. Xu Qing seemed to have been guiding everything. Every attack he made had a purpose.

The curse magic was a way to test the undying abilities, and look for a hole in them. The deadly saber was used to create opportunities. And then, as everyone reeled, the blessing power once again appeared in D-132. As Xu Qing unleashed a host of attacks, an urgent stream of divine will emerged from the blessing and shot high into the sky.

“God magic! Sunfire’s Sun!!”

Crown Prince Brightsouth, who had been forced into a passive position and had died over ten times, could tell that death was around the corner, and had decided to go for broke. It seemed like a one-time eruption of blessing.

As his voice echoed out, the blessing power surged out of D-132 and rose into the canopy of heaven. Ripples spread out through the sky of the third region.

Then a massive rift opened up, out of which shone golden light. It was a huge eye! It wasn’t that of the broken face, but rather... from High God Sunfire!