Chapter 1026

Zhao Jie’s words left everyone in silence.

Zhang Zhengdao and the Divine Power Daoist twitched, their teeth clenched tight, as if feeling guilty over their own helplessness. Chen Huang’s eyes flickered, quietly clenching his fists.

The others were moved as well.

They looked towards the distant, slowly expanding Flame Storm, as if through the scorching, wildly swirling energy, they could see the figure at the center, who faced the wrath of the gods alone, not wanting to involve others.

“Chen Ce…is a hero indeed.” someone remarked.

No one refuted this, as they asked themselves if they, as a naturally gifted talent, could ever sacrifice themselves for others.

Even the crowd saw a glimmer of hope; should Chen Ce grow up, perhaps he could break the monopoly of the Celestial Kings and bring forth an era on Blue Star where hundreds of schools contend, and numerous talents flourish.

But there were no ifs, that glimmer was snuffed out before their eyes, mercilessly extinguished by a higher-level existence.

For a moment, sorrow pervaded the field, sinking into a long silence.

…

Chu Xiu could never have thought that his escape would end up being interpreted in such a way.

However, the crowd’s speculation was not entirely wrong. Ordinary escape efforts would indeed be unable to shake the Bronze King’s lock. If Chu Xiu didn’t possess the ability to enter and exit the Abyss Space at any time, he wouldn’t even think of running.

Even so, the Bronze King’s speed was still too fast. Chu Xiu originally thought that since the attack came from such a distance, even with spatial pathway shortening the gap, there should be enough time to react.

Unexpectedly, the attack came from beside him. Though he had overestimated the strength of the [Immortal] weapon, its abnormal ability still exceeded Chu Xiu’s imagination.

“Not all [Immortal] weapons are like this. This [Immortal] must contain the divine power of the Bronze King, hence it’s so absurd.”

“Wait, is now really the time to ponder this issue?”

Chu Xiu couldn’t help but let out a self-mocking, bitter smile.

He was in an extremely bizarre state, even he couldn’t figure out what had happened.

In fact, that explosion was indeed triggered by Chu Xiu. The attack from the Bronze King accurately hit his Star Core.

However, what happened at that moment exceeded both the Bronze King’s and Chu Xiu’s expectations.

The manifested dagger of the [Silent Judge]… did not manage to pierce the Star Core!

It merely opened a small crack, and then got stuck inside!

At that time, Chu Xiu was stunned. Was his mysteriously formed Star Core this solid?

But then again, it makes sense, this thing was formed by merging the Awakening Space, his original Golden Core, and a massive amount of High Tier abilities!

Chu Xiu saw records in idle tales from [Inheritance Hall] that cultivators’ Golden Cores are quite solid, some demon beasts would even refine their Demon Core into artifacts to use against opponents at critical times, illustrating that cultivators’ energy cores aren’t as fragile as typical professions.

But to withstand an attack from an [Immortal] weapon, that was something Chu Xiu did not anticipate.

The Bronze King was visibly surprised too, though not overly shocked.

Even though being hit by the [Silent Judge] ensures the mark remains forever, its manifestation difficulty and power would decrease over time.

It’s like a railway, even if not maintained for decades, it still exists, but whether it could allow traffic or lose speed is uncertain.

Lilith couldn’t manage it; even for the Bronze King, the power of this rushed strike wasn’t particularly strong.

And the Bronze King’s method of dealing with it was simple and direct, They directly infused the divine power from [Silent Judge] through the pierced crack into Chu Xiu’s Star Core!

Chu Xiu guessed correctly; the reason the Bronze King could remotely control [Silent Judge] was due to the divine power contained within it, and the total amount of this divine power was substantial!

In terms of energy, even after Lilith’s consecutive uses, it still contains around five ordinary [Peak Demigod] worth of energy.

This is the power of divine power!

In fact, at the end, Lilith wanted to rely on this divine power to make a desperate stand, but it was unfortunately interrupted directly by Chu Xiu.

Of course, this divine power is not easily mobilized, otherwise, even with the [Celestial Master Demon-Vanquishing Map], Zhang Zhengdao couldn’t defeat Lilith.

Only the Bronze King could fully mobilize that divine power.

But the troublesome part is, the Bronze King was operating remotely from an unknown distance, thus could only perform simple maneuvers, even cutting open the Spirit and Flesh Storage Pouch required Lilith’s head to help.

This was also the reason why the Bronze King initially negotiated with Chu Xiu; though this divine power could kill Chu Xiu, once exhausted, the [Immortal] equipment would be left behind.

Therefore, what the Bronze King could do now was simple: rudely inject the divine power.

And it was an effective method; under the Bronze King’s divine power attack, the Star Core couldn’t hold on, exploding into a splendid display of fireworks—at least that’s what the Bronze King thought.

In reality, Chu Xiu initially thought the same.

No one knew more than him about the terrifying power contained within the Star Core; just his original Golden Core held energy beyond a million tons of nuclear bombs, later absorbing so many tribulations, and now injected with the Bronze King’s divine power…

And indeed, that divine power stirred the forces within the Star Core; as the energy from the Star Core surged out, Chu Xiu’s heart sank entirely.