CHAPTER 751: CHAPTER 617: QUICKSAND!

"Left and right, go kill this human and bring his head back to plant on my flag!"

The demon leader commanded.

Demons were generally grotesque in appearance.

Take this leader, for instance—

It resembled a human, but with ghastly pale skin, exposed breastbone and arm bones, murky eyes, and a single horn on its head.

A murky and evil aura enveloped it incessantly.

Boom—

The ground trembled.

Under the leader’s command, several groups of Demon Cavalry increased their speed, charging towards Wu Xiaode.

—Each group of cavalry had more than a dozen riders, and with eight such groups, they were more than enough to take down a human youth.

Cluster after cluster of Magic burst from the hands of the riders, streaking across the sky, attacking Wu Xiaode.

Hundreds of meters away.

Wu Xiaode jogged relaxedly, as if he wasn’t facing a charge from a Demon Cavalry group but doing his morning exercise.

—Until those spells came hurtling towards him.

He stretched out his hand to scan across the hundreds of meters-long demon army, finally settling on the demon leader.

All at once.

All the pursuing spells flew past his body, smashing his cover behind him into flying rubble and dust.

Rows of ice crystal characters emerged:

"You have activated ’Infinite Identification’."

"You have designated your combat target."

"This battle is witnessed throughout by the ’Fishing’ sequence; no other entities or powers may intervene or interfere."

"—Let’s have a one-on-one."

Simultaneously, Wu Xiaode made his move.

His running speed surged, faster and faster, and as he sprinted, he drew the Butterfly Soul knife from his waist, crashing into the demon throng like a cannonball.

A multitude of weapons and spells exploded within the demon army, but not one could harm him in the slightest.

The long knife was raised—

The demon leader, seeing the ominous signs, struck first, slamming its staff fiercely onto the spine of Wu Xiaode’s knife.

"I’ve been waiting for you!"

Wu Xiaode made a grabbing motion with his hand, and, despite being tens of meters away, he dragged the demon leader right up to his face.

"Old Python Twist"!

Wu Xiaode twisted the demon leader’s neck with one hand while gripping the hilt of his long knife with the other, and with a swift motion—

The head of the demon leader soared into the sky; the headless body took its time kneeling before him, spurting blood for a while before collapsing.

Wu Xiaode didn’t have time to speak. His gaze swept through the demon horde, quickly selecting a demon that shrank back in fear and immediately activated "Infinite Identification."

In an instant, one man and one demon entered a "one-on-one" state.

The demon, however, was unaware that the battle had already begun.

Wu Xiaode didn’t remind it.

—In fact, he did this only to continue to ensure he was untouchable amidst the demons.

A dense array of blades, clubs, swords, and countless spells.

All of them failed to hit him.

Therefore—

He reached out and caught the demon leader’s severed head, planting it on his white flag, and then he hoisted it high.

"Anyone who wants to take someone else’s head must first ensure their own head won’t fall."

He said coolly.

Because after so many attempts, they still couldn’t hit him.

The demons’ attacks gradually ceased.

Suddenly.

A voice rang out beside Wu Xiaode’s ear:

"Soldier, there is a blue rope seven hundred meters ahead of you. Quickly pull it hard, and it will teleport you to the Star Mountains."

"—You’re needed more there!"

Wu Xiaode was startled and glanced over the battlefield, pretending not to care.

He saw an officer in full armor lying among the corpses, his mouth full of blood, with a bone staff stuck in his chest as if he had been dead for a long time.

However, a closer look revealed that the staff was tucked under his armpit.

Damn it.

Someone was actually playing dead at a time like this.

"Don’t think I’m playing dead, I’m reporting coordinates for a full-coverage, long-range firepower. This place will soon be leveled by our Human Race’s sky-based heavy cannon—"

The other continued to transmit in a low voice, "Hurry up and leave!"

The next instant.

A strong sense of foreboding surged in Wu Xiaode’s heart.

He suddenly looked up.

A blinding light appeared in the depths of the sky.

Damn it—

His "one-on-one" target would be killed by that cannon blast in an instant.

All enemies around would die.

Without any enemies, he couldn’t trigger "Infinite Appraisal."

—He would die too!

Wu Xiaode put all his energy into sprinting toward the blue rope seven hundred meters ahead.

Would he make it in time?

Just as he had gotten halfway there, he realized that the light was rapidly approaching.

Not enough time!

Wu Xiaode’s mind went blank, then a jolt hit him, and he remembered something.

—There was still a glimmer of hope!

He suddenly crouched down, executing a sliding tackle.

The Chao Frost Armor was instantly activated.

—During a slide tackle, speed triples!

Wu Xiaode, like an electric shadow, instantly reached the blue rope.

He grabbed the rope and yanked hard—

The whole world was enveloped in a white light.

Countless screams and roars rose in his ears and then swiftly receded, becoming inaudible.

In the last instant, he had escaped!

Thump!

Wu Xiaode landed heavily on the ground, gasping for air, his mind replaying the scenes he had just experienced.

—Those heaps of weapons and armor must have been left by soldiers who died in battle.

In fact, the position was no longer defensible.

The officer who corrected the target data had saved his life.

Wu Xiaode, still panting, suppressed his emotions and got up from the ground.

—Is this the Star Mountains?

He looked up, but suddenly froze.

In front.

Above the sky, countless stars twirled around.

Between the earth, a plain surrounded by mountains.

A colossal pillar stood tall among them, connecting the sky above and the earth below.

—The Babylon Pillar!

Could it be...

That incident was about to happen here?

Above the rugged mountains, within the walls stretching along the mountaintops, were filled with human soldiers.

Wu Xiaode was surrounded by human soldiers on all sides.

A few soldiers looked at him and nodded in a friendly manner as if to greet him.

They didn’t speak, just stood nervously guarding the walls, occasionally glancing up at the pillar.

Only a squad leader-looking human stepped forward, pressed Wu Xiaode’s shoulder, and whispered,

"No news has come from the Divine Pillar, so the demons dare not launch a full assault—"

"Right now, the first and foremost task for all soldiers who have reached here is to be on guard, understood?"

"Understood."

Wu Xiaode responded.

The other man nodded in satisfaction and returned to his own post.

Wu Xiaode swallowed nervously.

—What could happen next, he knew all too well!

The collapse of the Divine Pillar.

The entire Pangu World would be destroyed.

When he had become the champion of the domination battle and acquired the initial sequence, he had learned this secret.

Yet the Master of Time had asked him to come here, to witness this scene with his own eyes.

Could it be that he didn’t know that he knew?

...No, that can’t be right.

He controlled time.

He must know that I know!

So why did I end up here in the first place?

Filled with doubt, Wu Xiaode could think of no solution and had no choice but to quietly wait in his assigned spot.

Time ticked by, second by second.

Beyond the towering mountains.

One after another, gigantic demons appeared.

The aura emanating from them was like a ceaseless gale, their power terrifying to the extreme.

Wu Xiaode even felt that not even a mysterious life could possibly be this strong!

"Heavenly God above."

Another soldier beside him muttered fearfully.

Wu Xiaode watched those giant demons for a while, a thought suddenly leaping into his mind.

"No... it can’t be..."

He mumbled.

These demons gave him an incredibly familiar feeling.

Not that he had seen them before.

But there was a power in them that seemed present in later generations.

He couldn’t see it.

But by observing the actions of these demons, he already had a guess.

—They always cast a subconscious glance toward the Void.

So, the reason the Master of Time absolutely wanted him to come was because the secret buried here was—

The sequence.

The demons were members of the sequence.

Was that it?

Wu Xiaode pondered silently when suddenly, bursts of exclamations resounded from near and far.

Has it finally come?

He slowly lifted his head and looked up at the Divine Pillar.

The next instant.

A figure plummeted from the top of the Divine Pillar, looking exceedingly distressed.

While still mid-air, the figure began to shout,

"It’s bad! The ’Ascending Sequence’ is coming, we are all sacrifices, sacrifices, I tell you!"

"The Eternal beings created us just to sacrifice us!"

This voice echoed throughout the entire world.

The giant demons, as if under command, immediately charged toward the mountains teeming with humans.

The next second.

The figure in the air suddenly raised his hand, and pressed it forcefully into the Void.

The entire world ground to a halt.

This time, Wu Xiaode finally saw the man’s face clearly.

—It was the Master of Time!

The whistleblower was actually him!!!

The Master of Time also noticed him and instantly transmitted a message,

"Double Flags has returned? Excellent, I’ll tell you the true secret now."

"The Power of Eternity I stole from the Holy Realm is hidden within the Master of Timeless, elusive to all existence but for those with my permission."

"Your presence here means you must have been recognized by me in the future."

"Remember, the spell is:"

"’All beings are but quicksand, and I am for eternity!’"

As his words fell,

He made a slashing motion in mid-air.

Wu Xiaode was suddenly struck, sent flying directly into the Void, falling towards an unknown destination.

In his last moments,

He saw the Divine Pillar that connected heaven and earth collapsing, slowly descending toward the ground.

Something immense seemed to be looming deep in the sky, looking down upon the world.

The Master of Time was glanced at and directly turned into a shower of blood in mid-air.

The destruction of the Pangu World began its slow descent!

Whoosh—

Time relentlessly reversed, turning everything to white.

Wu Xiaode landed hard, striking the ground with a dull sound.

He groaned, shook his head, and barely managed to get up from the ground.

This was a battlefield.

Another him was still standing here, guarding flags on both sides.

—So had he returned to the beginning?

From the Book of the Dead, Jin Dog spoke,

"Just a friendly tip, you’ve not only returned to this place but also to this moment."

"So, has none of what just happened actually occurred?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"Chronologically, that should be the case," Jin Dog said.

Wu Xiaode sighed.

The Master of Time was so powerful, yet he had still allowed everything to continue into later generations, failing to complete the salvation of Pangu.

But it seemed he had left some hope behind.

"The Power of Eternity I stole from the Holy Realm is hidden within the Master of Timeless, elusive to all existence but for those with my permission."

These were his exact words.

Master of Timeless...

Isn’t that what these two flags are?

Wu Xiaode stepped forward, taking hold of the Black Flag in one hand and the Purple Flag in the other.

The spell was...

He recalled for a moment, then began to chant,

"All beings are but quicksand, and I am for eternity!"

The two flags suddenly fused together, rapidly merging into each other, becoming one flag.

This was a golden flag.

It looked like flowing sand.

"Quicksand?"

Wu Xiaode muttered, then was suddenly struck by a realization.

The words spoken by the Queen Mother of the West reverberated in his mind like thunder:

"You must find the Master of Time’s other flag before winning the mysterious war."

"That flag is called ’Quicksand.’"