Outside of Time - Chapter 1291

Chapter 1269 A Discerning Appetite

The golden light in the Black Lotus Dwarf’s eyes intensified instantly.

He was not born a god; although his race had a true god, the race itself was not a true god race, but rather one that had leaped into existence.

This was determined by the fourth star ring god system.

While the source of a god’s growth could be absorbed from the star ring, there was a better method:

drawing it from faith.

Therefore, for a god to grow stronger, he needed the offerings of believers, the sustenance and sacrifices of his race.

This was the essence of gods invading all worlds.

They needed to enslave more, to demand the piety of all living beings!

Just like the butterfly Xu Qing had previously possessed, as the Eternal Calamity Nether Butterfly, he couldn’t possibly have any blood connection with the Scaled Bull race, but the Scaled Bull race’s offerings were the foundation of his cultivation.

Furthermore, those who offered him offerings weren’t just the Scaled Bull race on the star Xu Qing had visited; on other stars, in many small worlds, there were similar races that offered him offerings.

If He had not perished and had the opportunity to one day reach the realm of True God, then all the races that worshipped Him would receive immense benefits.

Races including the Scaled Bull Clan could leap to become this type of divine race, their names now containing the character “True.”

At that time, the territories of these races would expand in their respective lands, becoming regional overlords.

However, in essence, the beings within these races would remain ordinary beings, not gods.

It’s just that by worshipping a True God and having “True” in their names, they would more easily condense divine power to become divine beings, receiving a spiritual gift from the True God to ignite their divine fire and ascend to godhood.

The newly born gods would then be both servants of the worshipped god and possess the right to venture out and seek new worshipping races to absorb their faith.

Ultimately, like tree roots, they would multiply, their influence spreading in all directions.

The Zhenyi Clan is an example of this.

They are not the only worshipping race of their clan’s True God, but even so, after obtaining the character “True,” their influence broke through their nebula, at its peak spreading across multiple universes.

Such a divine race, seemingly glorious, is actually only the lowest level of gods within the Fourth Star Ring system.

To advance further… the entire race must undergo a transformation in bloodline over time, becoming entirely divine, before truly being considered a divine race.

The vast majority of divine races in the entire Fourth Star Domain fall into these two categories.

If the latter continues to develop, increasing the number of true gods until a God-Lord level emerges, integrating all the worshipping races into one!

Then… this race’s status will leap forward again,

becoming a royal race!

This process is extremely difficult, and few have achieved it in countless years.

Therefore, at this moment, in this world, the dwarf, a post-natal god, upon guessing that Xu Qing was the one wanted by the God Emperor Li Zhu, had his eyes flashing with intense golden light, his mind surging with powerful emotions.

He clearly knew that this was probably the greatest fortune and divine opportunity of his life!

After all, the bounty offered by the God Emperor Li Zhu was astonishing.

Discovering his whereabouts would grant him a hundredfold source essence.

If he could capture him alive… he would be granted the artifact of a god!

So, in the next instant, the dwarf suddenly raised his hand, slashing towards the sky, while simultaneously uttering a divine roar.

“All subordinate gods, this mission has changed! Attack immediately and suppress this cultivator for me!”

As soon as he spoke, the world changed color.

On the earth, all the gods who had participated in cutting down trees and splitting mountains raised their heads and rushed out, heading straight for Xu Qing.

In the sky, around the enormous tumor, several divine altars, sitting cross-legged, trembled and looked at Xu Qing, but their bodies remained immobile.

The true gods would not allow it!

But at this moment, the dwarf couldn’t care less about that. Although assisting the true gods of his clan was still extremely important, compared to that… if he could complete the bounty for the God Emperor of Departure and obtain the artifact of a god, then he himself could achieve true godhood through this merit! Moreover,

the true gods of his clan already held the advantage, and with the divine altars sharing the burden, the situation remained favorable. So, it wouldn’t be too late to assist after he had completed the capture.

Thinking this, the dwarf swayed, stepping off the black lotus, leading three hundred and sixty ancient corpses, unleashing his peak divine platform realm, and charging towards Xu Qing.

Wherever he passed, decay and distortion spread around him, while the corpses behind him all opened their mouths, roaring eerie sounds, stirring up a corpse wind that permeated all directions.

This was his divine power.

The power of decay, the wind of death, and… the words of death.

Gathered together, forming a terrifying funeral dirge, echoing through heaven and earth.

The melody was tangible, heading straight for Xu Qing!

A cold glint flashed in Xu Qing’s eyes. He knew that in the fourth star ring, avoiding exposure was only a matter of luck, so deep down he had already prepared for exposure.

“Being exposed here is better than being discovered by the outside world, but the key to this battle is to leave.”

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, his body swaying, blurring in an instant.

A sense of temporal distortion suddenly appeared around him, as if time itself had been separated from this world, creating a twist similar to that around the dwarf, causing the approaching funeral hymn to become distorted.

Simultaneously with this divine-breaking technique, within the distorted time, an iron skewer burst forth from the void, shimmering with celestial energy and accompanied by the clear sound of bells. The moment

that sound rang out, the world fell silent, and all spells ceased.

The dwarf, charging towards Xu Qing with murderous intent, was even more startled. He clearly sensed that the divine energy within his body had lost its connection.

And that iron skewer was hurtling towards him at an astonishing speed. A

powerful life-or-death crisis erupted within him.

In that moment of crisis, the dwarf suddenly bit off his tongue and spat it out.

That severed tongue, scattering golden divine blood, grew strangely the instant it appeared, transforming into a gigantic tumor.

It seemed to echo the tumor formed by the true god of the Azure Sky Clan.

The next instant, the two invisibly connected.

A surge of divine power was borrowed and erupted within,

causing the fleshy ball formed from the tongue to suddenly open like an eye.

Its gaze enveloped the approaching, whistling iron spikes, creating a barrier.

Simultaneously, it struck the point where Xu Qing’s time was distorted, restoring the distortion to normal and forcing Xu Qing’s figure to appear.

At the same time, the dwarf’s divine energy recovered, his eyes blazing with killing intent. His trump card exploded instantly: the three hundred and sixty withered corpses behind him burst into flames and vanished.

And suddenly, dozens of golden cracks appeared in the void beneath Xu Qing’s feet!

Thirty-six three-eyed statues, composed of withered flesh and blood, emerged from the crack, stepping out in golden light. They were the transformed remains of the 360 withered corpses of the dwarf.

The moment their toes touched the void, a shattering sound echoed from all directions.

Then, their vertical pupils opened, and dark golden divine light cascaded down like a waterfall, enveloping Xu Qing.

Everything in their path solidified into amber.

Xu Qing’s black robes billowed. Before the divine light reached him, he raised his right hand and pressed forward.

Instantly, the spatial laws converged, merging with the remaining time around him to form a temporal law, unleashing a chaotic temporal storm.

This storm, earth-shattering in an instant, swept across both the dwarf above and the divine light below.

Within the storm, countless celestial seals could be seen swirling.

It erupted in an instant!

A deafening roar shook the world.

The divine light collapsed, and the thirty-six divine statues exploded simultaneously, swirling thick black mist in all directions. The dwarf above, his expression changing, was rapidly retreating.

But in the blink of an eye, Xu Qing’s true form silently appeared behind him, placing his hand on the dwarf god’s head.

At the same time, the iron skewer, fixed on the fleshy orb’s gaze not far away, also shone brightly, its bells ringing loudly, breaking free and transforming into a long streak, piercing through the void.

It instantly pierced the dwarf’s heart, passing through him and appearing beside Xu Qing.

But Xu Qing frowned slightly.

The dwarf god before him, his body trembling, transformed into a black lotus.

The black lotus shattered, seemingly capable of taking someone else’s place.

In the distance, the dwarf god’s figure coalesced from the void, his eyes revealing trepidation, but not much surprise.

He knew that someone wanted by the God Emperor of Destruction and able to evade the divine senses of external gods could not be weak.

“But this is the divine kingdom of my race’s true god!”

As the dwarf spoke, nine burning fleshy orbs appeared above Xu Qing’s head, forming a cage to suppress him.

Simultaneously, the gods below arrived, each unleashing their divine arts to attack Xu Qing.

But just as the gods made their move, and the nine fleshy orbs burned and formed the cage,

Xu Qing’s body suddenly dissipated, transforming into thousands of blood-red butterflies that flew in all directions.

These eerie red butterflies had pupil-like patterns on their wings; with each flap, a divine art was absorbed into the depths of their pupils.

Even more bizarrely, the instant Xu Qing transformed into thousands of butterflies, a small portion of the gods attacking below had countless blood-red butterfly larvae emerge from their eye sockets. Within

the time it takes for three heartbeats to pass, these gods, amidst their mournful cries, transformed into writhing worm nests, releasing even more blood-red butterflies!

This was precisely the divine art Xu Qing had simulated from the butterfly god, belonging to the Eternal Netherworld Butterfly!

However, in Xu Qing’s hands, its range and terror far surpassed that of the butterfly deity.

At this moment, countless red butterflies fluttered in the sky, half rushing towards the nine burning fleshy balls, and the other half scattering around the gods below.

Those gods, who were merely at the Divine Fire Realm, were now trembling and scattered, trying to avoid it, but Xu Qing’s figure had already appeared strangely, hanging upside down behind a goddess.

His right hand’s five fingers were deeply embedded in the goddess’s spine, while his left hand held the memory ball torn from her divine source.

He crushed it in one

swift motion. At the same time, he sucked in a powerful breath.

Spiderweb-like black marks appeared under the goddess’s blue skin, and the little source essence in her body was instantly absorbed.

After surging into Xu Qing’s body, her body trembled and turned into a dried corpse.

“The source essence is too mixed and the quantity is very small.”

After tasting the source essence of the goddess’s star-eyed eyes, Xu Qing was no longer interested in other source essences… His

appetite had become picky…

So he waved his hand, throwing away the dried corpse in his hand. At the same time, dozens more dried corpses fell from mid-air.

Those were individual manifestations of Xu Qing emerging from within the red butterflies!

They appeared one after another in mid-air, each absorbing source essence before converging to form Xu Qing’s true form standing in the void.

Looking around expressionlessly, Xu Qing raised his hand and grabbed a hidden deity with a crystalline structure.

Before the deity could speak, Xu Qing crushed it, scattering it into fragments of crystal.

Each fragment reflected the terrified faces of other deities.

Among these faces was the dwarf in mid-air, his expression extremely grim.

“Activate teleportation now, let me leave. It’s not too late,”

Xu Qing said slowly.

(End of Chapter)