Outside Of Time

Chapter 1747  Refined Appetite

The dwarf on the black lotus had a sudden surge of golden light in Its eyes.

It was not born a god. Although Its clan had a True God, the clan itself was not a true divine race but had ascended to this status.

This was determined by the divine system of the Fourth Star Ring.

The source of a godʼs growth, while it could be drawn from the star ring, had a better method.

That was to draw it from faith.

Thus, for a god to grow stronger, It needed worshipers to offer sacrifices and for Its clan to provide offerings.

This was also the essence of gods invading myriad worlds.

They needed to enslave more, to make all living beings devout!

Just like the butterfly Xu Qing had possessed earlier, as an Eternal Calamity Butterfly, it could not have had any blood connection with the Scaled Ox clan. However, the offerings from the Scaled Ox clan were the foundation of Its cultivation.

In fact, the Scaled Ox clan was not the only one offering sacrifices to It. On other stars, in many small worlds, there were similar clans offering sacrifices to It.

If It had not perished and had the fortune to step into the True God realm one day, all the clans offering sacrifices to It would have reaped immense benefits.

Including the Scaled Ox clan, these clans could ascend to become divine races, with the word ʼZhenʼ added to their clan names.

At that time, the territories of these clans would expand in their respective regions, becoming dominant powers.

But in essence, the beings within these clans were still ordinary, not gods.

However, because they worshiped a True God and had the word ʼZhenʼ in their clan name, they could more easily condense divine power into divine existence and receive divine blessings from the True God, igniting their divine flames and ascending to become gods.

At that point, the newly born gods would be subordinate gods to the True God They worshiped, while also having the qualification to venture out and seek new worshiping clans to draw faith from.

Eventually, like roots, They would spread far and wide.

The Zhen Yi clan was like this.

They were not the only worshiping clan of their True God, but even so, after gaining the ʼZhenʼ in their name, their influence had expanded beyond their star cloud, reaching multiple universes at their peak.

But such divine clans, while seemingly glorious, were actually at the lowest level among the divine clans in the Fourth Star Ring system.

To advance further… the entire clan needed to undergo a transformation over time, with all members becoming gods, only then could they be considered a true divine clan.

In the entire Fourth Star Ring, the majority of divine clans fell into these two categories.

If the latter could continue to develop, increasing the number of True Gods until a Lord God emerged, integrating all worshiping clans into one, the status of this clan would ascend once again.

Becoming a royal clan!

This process was extremely difficult, and over countless years, only a few had achieved it.

Thus, at this moment, in this world, the dwarf, a postnatal god, upon guessing that Xu Qing was the one wanted by the God Emperor Chiuz, had a surge of golden light in Its eyes, Its heart stirred by intense waves of emotion.

It clearly knew that this was likely the greatest opportunity and divine fate of Its life!

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

Discovering the targetʼs whereabouts would grant a hundred units of origin essence.

Capturing the target alive… would bestow a Lord God Artifact!

Thus, in the next moment, the dwarf suddenly raised Its hand, slashing towards the sky, while Its divine voice roared.

”All subordinate gods, the mission has changed. Act now and suppress this cultivator for me!”

As soon as these words were spoken, the heavens and earth changed color.

On the ground, all the gods who had been chopping trees and splitting mountains looked up and charged towards Xu Qing.

In the sky, around the massive tumor, the multiple Divine Platforms sitting cross-legged trembled, looking towards Xu Qing, but Their bodies could not move.

The True God did not permit it!

But at this moment, the dwarf could not care less. Although assisting the clanʼs True God was still extremely important, compared to that… if It could complete the bounty set by God Emperor Chiuz and obtain a Lord God artifact, then with this merit, becoming a True God was not impossible!

Moreover, the clanʼs True God already held the advantage, and with the Divine Platforms sharing the burden, the situation remained favorable. Thus, It could first complete the capture and then assist later.

With this thought, the dwarfʼs body flickered, stepping off the black lotus, pulling along three hundred and sixty ancient corpses, unleashing Its peak Divine Platform power, and charging towards Xu Qing.

Wherever It passed, decay naturally followed, distorting everything, while the corpses behind It opened their mouths, roaring with eerie sounds, stirring up a deathly wind that spread in all directions.

This was Its divine authority.

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

Gathered together, they formed a terrifying funeral dirge, echoing through the heavens and earth.

The melody, as if tangible, rushed towards Xu Qing!

A cold light flashed in Xu Qingʼs eyes. He knew that in the Fourth Star Ring, relying on luck to avoid exposure was not feasible, so deep down, he had already prepared for the possibility of being exposed.

”Being exposed here is better than being detected outside. But the key to this battle is to leave.”

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, his body flickering, instantly becoming blurry.

Around him, a sense of temporal disorder emerged, as if time was flowing, separated from this world, creating a distortion similar to that around the dwarf, causing the approaching funeral dirge to lose its rhythm.

Using this to break the divine technique, within the distorted time, an iron stick pierced through the void, shining with immortal energy, accompanied by the crisp sound of bells.

As the sound rang out, the heavens and earth fell silent, all techniques paused.

The dwarf charging towards Xu Qing with killing intent was startled, clearly sensing that the divine energy within Its body had become disconnected from Itself.

And that iron stick was approaching It at an astonishing speed.

A strong sense of life-and-death crisis erupted in Its heart.

At the critical moment, the dwarf bit off Its tongue and spat it out.

The severed tongue, dripping with golden divine blood, grew grotesquely in an instant, transforming into a massive tumor.

As if resonating with the tumor formed by Its clanʼs True God in the sky.

In the next moment, the two connected invisibly.

A True Godʼs power was borrowed, erupting within.

The tongue-formed tumor, like an eye, suddenly opened.

With its gaze, it enveloped the approaching iron stick, trapping it within, creating a barrier.

At the same time, it fell upon Xu Qingʼs time-distorted area, restoring the distortion to normal, forcing Xu Qingʼs figure to reappear.

Simultaneously, the dwarfʼs divine energy was restored, Its eyes filled with killing intent, and Its trump card was instantly unleashed. The three hundred and sixty withered corpses behind It burned, dissipating into nothingness.

And beneath Xu Qingʼs feet, the void suddenly cracked with dozens of golden lines!

Thirty-six three-eyed statues composed of withered flesh stepped out from the cracks, bathed in golden light. They were the transformed forms of the dwarfʼs three hundred and sixty withered corpses.

As They appeared, the moment Their feet touched the void, the surroundings emitted the crisp sound of shattering glass.

Then, the vertical eyes on Their foreheads opened, dark golden divine light pouring down like a waterfall, enveloping Xu Qing.

Everything it passed turned into amber.

Xu Qingʼs black robe billowed, and before the divine light reached him, he raised his right hand and pressed forward.

Instantly, Space-Time Ordinance gathered, merging with the remnants of time around him, forming a storm of spacetime chaos.

This storm, in an instant, shook the heavens and earth, sweeping towards the dwarf above and the divine light below.

Within the storm, countless immortal seals could be seen.

In an instant, it erupted!

A deafening sound shook the world at this moment.

The divine light collapsed, the thirty-six statues exploded, and thick black mist rolled in all directions. As for the dwarf above, Its expression changed as It rapidly retreated.

But in the blink of an eye, Xu Qingʼs true body silently appeared behind It, placing a hand on the dwarf godʼs head.

At the same time, the iron stick, trapped by the tumorʼs gaze, shone brightly, the bell sounds ringing loudly, breaking free and transforming into a streak, piercing through the void.

In an instant, It pierced through the dwarfʼs heart, emerging beside Xu Qing.

But Xu Qing frowned slightly.

The dwarf god before him trembled, then transformed into a black lotus.

The black lotus shattered, as if it could substitute death.

In the distance, the dwarf godʼs figure coalesced from the void, Its eyes showing a trace of fear, but not much surprise.

It knew that someone wanted by God Emperor Chiuz, who could evade the detection of True Gods outside, could not be weak.

”But this is the divine kingdom of my clanʼs True God!”

As the dwarf spoke, nine burning tumors appeared above Xu Qing, forming a cage, pressing down on him.

At the same time, the gods below had arrived, each unleashing divine techniques, attacking Xu Qing.

But just as the gods attacked, and the nine burning tumors formed a cage, Xu Qingʼs body suddenly dissipated, transforming into thousands of blood-red butterflies, flying in all directions.

These eerie red butterflies had wings covered in eye-like patterns. With each flap, a divine technique was absorbed into the depths of the eyes.

Even more bizarre was that the moment Xu Qing transformed into countless butterflies, among the gods charging from below, a small number had their eye sockets filled with dense blood-red butterfly larvae.

In the time of three heartbeats, these gods, amidst heart-rending wails, turned into squirming insect nests, from which more blood-red butterflies flew out!

This was the divine technique Xu Qing had simulated from the butterfly god, belonging to the Eternal Calamity Butterfly!

However, in Xu Qingʼs hands, its scope and terror far exceeded that of the butterfly god.

Now, with red butterflies filling the sky, half charged towards the nine burning tumors, while the other half scattered among the gods below.

The gods, only at the Divine Fire level, were now panicked, trying to avoid them, but Xu Qingʼs figure had already appeared eerily, hanging upside down behind a female god.

His right handʼs five fingers had deeply penetrated Her spine, while his left hand held a memory sphere pulled from Her divine source.

With a squeeze, it shattered.

Then he inhaled sharply.

The goddessʼ blue skin revealed a web-like black pattern, and the little origin essence within Her was instantly drained.

As it flowed into Xu Qingʼs body, Her form trembled, turning into a dried corpse.

”The origin essence is too mixed, and the quantity is too small.”

After tasting the source energy of the Starry Eye Goddess, other sources… Xu Qing could no longer appreciate.

His appetite had become too refined…

Thus, he waved his hand, tossing the dried corpse aside. At the same time, dozens of dried corpses fell from the sky.

They were the many Xu Qings emerging from the red butterflies!

One after another, they appeared in mid-air, each absorbing origin essence before converging into Xu Qingʼs true form, standing in the void.

Looking around, Xu Qingʼs expression was calm. He reached out to the void beside him, grabbing a god hidden there, Its body crystalline.

Before the god could speak, Xu Qing crushed It, turning it into scattered crystal fragments.

Each fragment now reflected the fearful faces of the other gods.

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

”You still have time to open the teleportation and let me leave.”

Xu Qing spoke slowly.