Chapter 579 - 469: Possession: Swallowing Heaven and Devouring Souls

Snowflakes drifted down, and the cold wind howled.

All around the Blood Marshal were images of himself, wreathed in green flames.

The scorching aura not only ignited his body but also relentlessly invaded his soul, making him feel as if he were truly on the verge of death.

’How is this possible?! How could I be killed by a human at a time like this!’ The Blood Marshal’s last vestiges of consciousness struggled. He truly couldn’t believe it.

One hundred years since the Great Cataclysm.

The war between the Alien and Human Races had raged on for a century.

As one of the Strongest from the three major races on the Northern District Battlefield, the Blood Marshal hadn’t actually possessed his current glory and status when he first arrived.

During the first great war, he was only Rank Eight.

During the second great war, he was only Rank Nine.

It was only after the third great war that he found a sliver of ’opportunity,’ finally breaking through to become a Strongest amidst a crowd of competitors.

But from then on, he became a being revered by the masses.

Because he had never died in any of the three great wars!

To maintain his ’Undying Body,’ he had always been cautious and held back during the fourth, most intense great war.

And so, his Undying Body had remained intact to this day.

Among the alien races...

A Strongest who maintained an ’Undying Body’ was naturally different from the other Strongest.

For example, that sword from the Beast Race.

Hailed as the strongest sword of the alien races.

He possessed an Undying Body.

And that one from the Celestial Race also had an Undying Body.

Although the Blood Marshal’s status couldn’t compare to that sword from the Beast Race, after more than thirty years of painstaking effort, his position in the Alien Race Alliance Army was by no means low.

Among the one hundred Strongest!

His status was high enough to secure him a firm place in the top twenty.

Such was the great advantage of possessing an ’Undying Body.’

But now?

He was about to die!

’No, I don’t want to die! I don’t want to be steeped in the Blood Pool... I don’t want to become a ’root’!’ The Blood Marshal’s mind struggled relentlessly.

He wanted to break free from the Illusion Realm before him.

But he failed, time and time again.

Every time he thought he had escaped, he would find himself forcibly dragged back in, as if he had fallen into a bottomless abyss.

He’d fall through one layer, only to find another below it. He’d fall through that one, and there’d be yet another...

He was in a constant state of falling.

He had no idea how many layers he’d fallen through.

’Is this the endless Illusion Realm my son spoke of?’ The Blood Marshal felt a piercing pain in his soul. He was breaking down. For the first time, he felt death so near.

"Gao Neng!"

"A year from now, I will kill you!"

"I will definitely kill you!"

BOOM!

A massive explosion echoed through the sky.

...

There’s a kind of astonishment that leaves you utterly dumbstruck.

Li Tiannan was certain he was dumbstruck, but he wasn’t paralyzed by the shock. The instant the Blood Marshal exploded, he had already acted.

What did he do?

He was saving someone, of course!

"Gao Neng, watch out!" Li Tiannan practically used his own body to shield Gao Neng from the dense clouds of Blood Mist that blasted out from the Blood Marshal’s explosion.

This same scene also startled the Snow Elf, the Werewolf, the Snow Demon, the Sword Elder, and Qin Jianfei, who were all in the middle of their own battles.

BOOM!

It wasn’t because the sound was particularly loud.

It was because the Blood Marshal had actually exploded and died.

His entire body had been completely swallowed by that green Netherworld Hell.

"That kid... killed the Blood Marshal?!" The Sword Elder was the one who was truly dumbstruck. He had never imagined something like this could happen.

’Who the hell would have ever thought of this!’

A Rank Seven like Gao Neng could kill one of the Strongest?!

"Gao Neng... used Netherworld Hell... to kill the Silver Horn King?!" Qin Jianfei was equally astonished.

In fact, it wasn’t just those in the thick of the battle.

Luna, Fang Tangtang, and even Shen Ning’Er, who was directing artillery from the rear, were all stunned when they saw the Blood Marshal explode.

"Gao Neng... he can actually kill the Blood Marshal?!"

"How could this be?"

"This child has become a great threat. He must be eliminated!"

The Snow Elf, the Werewolf, and the Snow Demon—the three Strongest—exchanged a look. They could all see the terror and disbelief in each other’s eyes.

"Kill him!"

There were no more words.

The fall of a Strongest had to be repaid in blood.

The three alien Strongest no longer held back, immediately unleashing their most powerful abilities.

Meanwhile, at the epicenter of the Blood Marshal’s explosion, a pale-faced Li Tiannan looked down at Gao Neng, whom he was shielding in his arms.

"You little brat, fess up. How is your soul so strong? How could you possibly... burn that Silver Horn King to death!" Li Tiannan was so scared his thoughts were a jumbled mess.

"Don’t ask." Gao Neng placed a finger to his lips in a hushing gesture.

Li Tiannan was at a loss for words.

"If you have to ask, it’s because I’m awesome," Gao Neng added casually.

Li Tiannan was speechless.

’Awesome...’

’Awesome, my ass!’

’Damn it!’

’Then again, you really are awesome!’

’You killed one of the alien Strongest. If you’re not awesome, who is?’

Li Tiannan was truly rendered speechless, with absolutely no idea what to say.

Just then, a shriek so piercing it was nearly deafening rang out.

"The Silver Horn King’s soul is trying to escape!" Gao Neng reacted instantly.

"It’s no use, you can’t catch it. A Strongest’s soul escapes by... scattering. Even I couldn’t..." Li Tiannan’s eyes went wide before he could finish.

Because, right in front of him...