Chapter 142: Truths and Lies, Lies and Truths – A Heart-to-Heart Before the Final Battle.

Chapter 142: Truths and Lies, Lies and Truths – A Heart-to-Heart Before the Final Battle.

Fu Yu: "Tomorrow's no good for dying."

Fu Yu: "Day after's no good either."

Qiu Qianyue squinted her huge eyes, divine light narrowing to a slit, coldly spilling from the corners of her eyes.

"You are absolutely no match for me." The Dharma Form's holy, solemn face tilted slightly, a hint of suspicion in her eyes. "But you don't seem worried. Are you really not afraid of death, or... do you have another trick up your sleeve!"

Qiu Qianyue's eyes flew wide, divine light blazing.

Her voice rang out from every corner of the void, echoing in layers, as if it were the Heavenly Dao itself.

Qiu Qianyue barked, "Divine Shaman Fu Yu, have you ever summoned the soul of Jun Bu Du!"

Fu Yu laughed dryly. "Not this again."

Not long ago, Wu Lihen had used this same trick to force the truth, and Fu Yu had just told the blunt truth and easily gotten away with it.

Fu Yu opened her mouth and let out another blunt truth: "Of course I never summoned his soul."

Before Qiu Qianyue could keep questioning her, Fu Yu just went ahead and asked and answered herself: "And has Jun Bu Du ever reincarnated as a human like I did, coming back as a king?"

Qiu Qianyue's eyes narrowed.

Fu Yu grinned and kept telling the truth: "No, he hasn't."

She smiled. Under this realm's Heavenly Dao rules, Evil Spirits really didn't count as people.

The murderous look in Qiu Qianyue's eyes eased a bit.

Fu Yu asked another one for her: "So, is there any way I can kill you right now?"

She shrugged. "No."

She gave Qiu Qianyue a wink to let her know she could relax.

Qiu Qianyue's brow furrowed slightly. "True. When there's such a huge gap in power, no fancy tricks are worth a damn. So why aren't you scared of dying?"

Fu Yu: "I'm an avatar."

Qiu Qianyue let out a knowing laugh. "Ah, that explains it."

Fu Yu laughed too. "Honestly, I love this kind of straight-up talk—cutting to the chase, laying it all out. You don't know this, but it's really tough for us Diviners. We tell the truth, and nobody ever buys it."

Qiu Qianyue was at a loss for words.

Fu Yu, getting tired of standing, just plopped down in the void. She raised a hand and brushed it over her face, dropping the "He Yingkong" disguise.

Qiu Qianyue glanced down at her.

Fu Yu had one leg bent, chin in hand, looking totally lazy and carefree. But her stunning looks made it seem a bit provocative.

When their eyes met, Fu Yu broke into a smile. "You really know how to hold a grudge, huh?"

Qiu Qianyue: "Oh yeah?"

Fu Yu drawled, "Little Yuqing was your avatar, wasn't she? I figured. No wonder you were so bored back then, chasing me and Old Charlatan around with the Boundary Fire. What, did it hurt your pride to be rejected by a little brat?"

Qiu Qianyue sneered. "Too arrogant, Divine Shaman. Burning the city was merely a scheme against Venerable Wuyang. Don't flatter yourself."

"Fine, if you say so." Fu Yu shrugged dismissively, waving her hand, and chatted casually, "Since the Longevity Elixir is your Immortality Elixir, then everyone who sold their lifespan—are they your medicine men?"

Qiu Qianyue gave a faint smile. "Medicine men? No. Just dregs."

Fu Yu gestured. "You can drain their lifespan at any moment, turning them to ashes, just like in Tiannan City. Why haven't you done it yet?"

Qiu Qianyue: "It's not time yet."

Fu Yu: "What are you waiting for?"

Qiu Qianyue smiled without a word.

As time passed, her Dharma Form grew more and more radiant, the void illuminated to a blinding white, even the dazzling vortex seeming to dim in comparison.

Fu Yu repeated, "I'm asking you, when do you plan to drain everyone who has sold their lifespan to death?"

She narrowed her eyes, looking up, staring at Qiu Qianyue's colossal Dharma body.

Amidst the blinding divine light, the corner of the other's lips slowly curled into a mocking smile.

"Divine Shaman, you're getting anxious," Qiu Qianyue said lightly. "You can't wait to expose my scheme and let The People know the truth? Do you think that matters? You people are truly strange, always believing that those insignificant ants could have the power to change the world."

Fu Yu looked at her in silence.

"Ha... hahahaha!" Qiu Qianyue burst into laughter. "Wrong! The ants at the bottom are nothing but loose sand. The ones who truly manipulate their fates behind the scenes, making them believe they are rebelling against destiny... have always been us."

Fu Yu: "Us?"

Qiu Qianyue laughed. "So-called righteousness, so-called masses—they're just a facade for power struggles, fooling the ignorant ants. But don't tell me you've actually fooled yourself into believing it?"

Fu Yu spread her hands. "What can I do? I was born an ant myself."

Qiu Qianyue sneered dismissively. "So you think the ants of the world will stand on your side? Wrong again. True ants are shortsighted and utterly stupid. For a few grains of rice in front of them, they will unhesitatingly sell their own future, and the future of the entire world."

Qiu Qianyue's words grew faster, each sentence striking like thunder.

"This is the true nature of the so-called masses—a bunch of hopeless wretches!"

"Trust them? Rely on them? That is the biggest joke under heaven!"

"If you lose, who else would!"

Qiu Qianyue looked down proudly at Fu Yu.

Seeing the slight frown on Fu Yu's brow, a sinister smile crept onto Qiu Qianyue's lips. She slowed her pace, then slowly hurled out a thunderbolt.

"Do you think this boundless wish power I have now comes from where? It's given by those ants at the bottom!"

"They saw you and Jun Bu Du saving the world thousands of years ago. Do you think they learned the courage to sacrifice life and death from you? You're wrong! Completely wrong!"

"Do you think that exposing the Divine Court's deeds would make them resist? No, they never will."

"They will only complain about their own miserable fate, only blame heaven and others, only blindly worship the strong. They pray for a deity to descend from the sky, to bestow mercy and salvation upon them, to lead them out of suffering and into eternal bliss."

"They are nothing but a bunch of selfish, cowardly, and incompetent spineless wretches."

"And I..."

Qiu Qianyue's Dharma body's eyes blazed bright. "I am the god who can create a world. They beg for divine favor, so their faith naturally goes to me—do you understand now?"

Fu Yu pondered.

Then nodded.

"Oh, I see." Fu Yu went along with it. "You can absorb not only life force but also faith and incense."

Qiu Qianyue: "..."

She shouldn't have bothered wasting her breath on this charlatan.

With Fu Yu around, it was hard for the conversation to die.

She didn't even realize she'd killed the conversation, laughing to herself, she said: "Hey, you've always looked down on ants, yet you let me, the queen of the ants, slip away. In the dead of night, do you ever regret chewing your blanket to shreds?"

Qiu Qianyue: "..."

Fu Yu added: "There's something you might not know—that incarnation of yours, Little Yuqing—I was the one who got him killed. Oh, you seriously didn't know?!"

Qiu Qianyue: "..."

If there was one person in the world who was the most annoying, it had to be this con artist.

Maybe it started back then, when that little punk half-lidded her eyes and boldly told her to get lost—from that moment, their fates were tangled.

Qiu Qianyue's face went completely dark, her voice cold: "You're stalling for time. You really think I don't know?"

Fu Yu faked regret with heartfelt sincerity: "Ah, you got me."

Qiu Qianyue smirked without a hint of warmth.

"They say the Divine Shaman never makes a wrong move. But did you ever see that time is on my side now? Divine Shaman, I'm waiting for the Evil Demon God to tear through the Portal and help me end the world—you, what are you waiting for?"

Fu Yu looked at the vortex.

Yun Shan Luan's tainted, dark-green aura was like a beacon, guiding the Evil Demon God down.

Fu Yu said cryptically: "Maybe I'm waiting for the Evil Demon God too."

The Portal shattered in a grand silence.

A terrifying shockwave, centered on the Divine Demon Great Burial, ripped across millions of miles.

One by one, the black-gold dragon bone formations were uprooted, massive objects weighing nearly ten thousand pounds each tumbling and roaring in the storm, crashing into intact formations with earth-shaking clangs of metal and thunder.

What was beyond the portal was even more horrifying.

The mountains crumbled.

The witch city atop the peak, which had stood for millennia, tilted and crumbled, whistling as it plunged into the abyss.

A vast chasm cut off the path between the two realms. The warriors of the Divine Dragon Clan were scattered, unable to help each other, while the Evil Demon God had already torn through the portal, descending once more into this world full of fresh blood.

The overturned black-gold dragon bone formations traced His silhouette.

He was like the mountains and seas, like heaven and earth.

As He fully descended, crushing the sky and the land, the massive dragon bone formations were all torn up, like buoys on a net, rumbling and shaking as He dragged them forward.

Nothing could stop Him.

Except—

"Clang!"

A dazzling, magnificent golden light swept across.

The Grand Seal of Suppression blazed brilliantly, like the terrifying will of heaven and earth itself roaring in rage, an invisible sonic boom clearing the clouds above.

"Fate Master! Fate Master!"

The Divine Dragon Clan warriors, struggling in the storm, cried tears of joy.

For millennia, the "legacy" left by the Fate Master had protected their homes and families time and again.

"To invade the Fate Master's world... not unless we're all dead! Before we die, don't even think about it!!!"

The Divine Dragon Clan warriors roared and lunged forward, using their shoulders, hands, heads, teeth... to lift the overturned giant formations.

The monkey excitedly pounded the ground, transformed into his true form, and leaped forward with a thunderous crash, single-handedly shoving a formation back into place!

"Clang boom!"

The monkey cackled.

Wu He listlessly stretched his chest, and in the next instant, his body swelled into a half-human, half-fox giant beast. He grabbed left and right, lifting two formations at once and slamming them back into position.

The monkey's smile froze on his face: "You damn freak!"

Li Xueke looked at the dejected Foxtail Grass Spirit and patted it: "Stop overthinking. Your master's life is definitely tougher than ours."

"I..." The Foxtail Grass Spirit's eyes were red. "I know I shouldn't let my mind wander and waste everyone's time. And the divine mountain's defenses are tight, so I can't do anything anyway... Even with the Evil Demon God here, I can't muster the spirit. I'm just dead weight... I should focus on the present..."

Its head drooped lower and lower.

The Paper Effigy Boy jumped onto its shoulder, stretching its limbs: "Go if you want! Go if you want!"

The Foxtail Grass Spirit blinked slowly: "Is that okay?"

The Paper Effigy Boy nodded vigorously: "No regrets! No regrets!"

Li Xueke was speechless: "Go my ass! What use would I be there?!"

The Paper Effigy Boy: "Useful! Useful! Drive the flying boat! Drive the flying boat!"

Li Xueke: "..."

Suddenly, a massive tremor shook heaven and earth!

The golden Grand Seal left by the Emperor Witch Fate Master was finally breached by the Evil Demon God, opening a gap.

A bone-chilling, vast force shot out like a tentacle, hurtling straight toward the distant horizon.

"No, the direction He's heading is—"

"The Divine Mountain!"