Light Fortress Chapter 2037 - 71: Storm, Fight Me!

"Good, good, good..."

Rust Bone drew out the bronze sword, his gaze towards Spring Plow Saint burning intensely.

He had waited a long time for this battle!

"What... what are you going to do?"

Spring Plow Saint instinctively took a step back, his expression became extremely grim.

What was Hai Tong Saint doing?

This guy solemnly assured him, choosing a piece of land peaceful enough for feng shui!

He never expected, just after teleporting with the Red Dragon, to encounter Gu Shen who was refining Netherworld Fire!

"Do what?"

Rust Bone spoke coldly: "Of course, do it to you!"

The bronze sword was drawn, the Power of Destruction Origin fragmented an entire piece of void, Rust Bone General expanded his domain, forcibly dragging Spring Plow Saint into the domain, this tranquil void was instantly cut into a massive battlefield... even though Spring Plow Saint was unwilling, at this moment he could not refuse this battle.

For atop the Skytop, countless threads of Netherworld Fire gathered and enveloped like strings falling down.

When Gu Shen descended upon this place, he casually retracted the Netherworld Fire lines he had previously dispersed.

Spring Plow Saint wanted to escape, he had to ask his permission!

If he disagreed...

Spring Plow must fight this fight!

Gu Shen did not intervene in Rust Bone and Spring Plow’s battle, in his view, this battle held no suspense.

One comprehending the origin by personal power, while the other relies on the authority granted by the Storm God’s Throne... Spring Plow Saint’s strength could not be compared to the Northern Continent Three Generals, much less now with Rust Bone, who had cultivated against the "Hunting Spark" in the Time Dojo for a full four years!

...

...

Gu Shen slowly approached the Water Cage woven by Spring Plow.

He looked at the man within the Water Cage.

Four years since they last met.

Now adorned in the Storm Church Saint’s robes, the Red Dragon wearing a fierce mask... had grown much stranger.

The two locked eyes, Red Dragon’s throat choked, clearly having many things he wanted to say, but beneath the mask came a faint groan.

"Uh..."

Sweat seeped from his forehead, his demeanor appeared extremely pained.

Due to the soul contract.

He could not commit any act of betrayal against the Storm God’s Throne, seeing Gu Shen he felt genuinely happy, but this emotion violated the terms of the Storm God’s Throne contract.

Gu Shen... was the enemy of the Storm God’s Throne!

Therefore, also his, Red Dragon’s enemy!

"You... don’t come any closer!"

Red Dragon’s voice was hoarse, his eyes turned blood red, his entire aura became volatile.

The killing intent previously pressed within the scabbard, couldn’t be released.

At this moment, bursts of airwaves erupted from his robe, washing over the Water Cage, also washing over Gu Shen’s garments.

"..."

Gu Shen’s eyes were full of reluctance and pity.

Red Dragon’s words carried a tone of ferocity and warning, yet beneath that ferocity, Gu Shen could hear... it was actually pleading.

Red Dragon hoped Gu Shen would not approach further.

He had already sold his soul to the Storm God’s Throne, once the contract was signed and settled, he would have no opportunity to regret.

Back then in the Ice Sea, he chose to compromise, hoping that those fellow members of the Ancient Literature Society wouldn’t die rescuing him.

The Storm Church never keeps its promises.

The Storm God’s Throne, preparing to flee the Southern Continent, never intended to return Red Dragon.

Thus... the so-called "transaction" was merely a trap.

Central Continent’s Lie Renuo would die on the Ice Sea, if replaced by East Continent or Northern Continent... the outcome of this transaction was the same.

Gu Shen halted before the Water Cage, he didn’t forcibly intervene to dismantle the Water Cage, nor did he send Chi Huo to intrude Red Dragon’s forehead to alter the latter’s Spirit Sea.

The soul contract, once effective, cannot be changed by outsiders!

Even if he possessed heavenly means, he couldn’t casually intrude into Red Dragon’s Heart Lake.

Otherwise...

The Storm God’s Throne would need only a thought, to cause Red Dragon’s body to disappear and spirit to perish!

Thus, Gu Shen simply stood quietly before the Water Cage.

He watched Red Dragon, striving to make his voice gentle and calm.

"These years, you’ve worked hard."

Red Dragon was stunned.

Gu Shen raised one hand, countless Netherworld Fire threads falling from the Skytop, coiling around his fingertips, these Netherworld Fire lines danced wildly in the void, adhering to the shattered corpses, three minutes prior, Gu Shen used a fire line to slice the five Storm Church saints in half, within seconds, the Netherworld Fire reassembled their bodies.

"Open your eyes."

Gu Shen, expressionless, uttered two words.

These two words, were a divine decree!

The Netherfire Authority exploded with a bang in the void, the five saints slowly opened their eyes!

Not far away, as Spring Plow Saint fought with Rust Bone, witnessing this scene, his face "swish", turned pale like snow!

The resurrection of the deceased!

It was because the Netherworld King mastered this forbidden authority that violated the iron law between life and death, that Light City had invaded...

The deceased returns to life, to be used for oneself!

This forbidden authority made the Light Church pay a huge price, gathering the entire city’s strength to campaign against a single Netherworld King, and the West Continent Temple even exhausted its entire Holy Judge Army. Although the news that reached the populace was of a great victory for "Light City," the truth is that after campaigning against the Netherworld King, the survival rate of this army was less than one-tenth.

At this moment, the five saints of the Storm Church awakened by Gu Shen opened their eyes, and their pupils were no longer the colors they once were...

After being stained by Netherworld Fire.

Their pupils were completely black, like ink, while the "whites" of their eyes seemed to have a faint layer of gray mist flowing over them.

Upon revival, a deceased’s power diminishes by a whole rank compared to its former state.

However, Gu Shen wasn’t truly intending to employ these five saints.

What he aimed to confront was the Storm God’s Throne... Titled Level combat power simply couldn’t participate in the Divine War.

Looking at the five figures arrayed before him, Gu Shen casually extended a hand and pressed it against one saint’s head. Awakening these five deceased was only for the purpose of memory reading... He knew that the Red Dragon and others had been teleported here via the "Turbulent Zone" portal.

Now, he was scouring the Spirit Sea to find the location of the Storm God’s Throne’s starship!

Besides that, he wanted to know... what Red Dragon had experienced over the years.

"Ahhhhh..."

Gu Shen’s Chi Huo violently crashed into this saint’s Spirit Sea without a single thought of "mercy," as he brutally extracted the memories of this saint, who cried out in pain. Seconds later, Gu Shen’s Chi Huo roamed through this saint’s Spirit Sea, followed by a sudden explosive sound.

Bang!

The saint couldn’t withstand the pressure of Chi Huo; the head, barely pieced together with Netherworld Fire, exploded.

Gu Shen didn’t even glance back.

He continued reaching out to read the memory of the second saint.

These five people... although Titled, held no lasting value.

Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Explosions echoed in the void in succession!

After five explosions, blood mist spread as Gu Shen waved his sleeve, using Netherworld Fire to devour the remaining Extraordinary Essence, and the Spirit Sea of the five saints was completely read.

He first looked toward Red Dragon.

From the memories of those five saints, Gu Shen learned that today was the day when Spring Plow united the saints under his command to besiege Red Dragon!

These five saints, in front of Red Dragon, were nothing.

The true threat was only one.

That was Spring Plow—

Gu Shen understood the Storm God’s Throne’s "nature." If he guessed correctly, behind this siege... it was actually orchestrated with the direct instruction of the Storm God’s Throne.

Though he agreed for Spring Plow Saint to lead his subordinates to plan the siege,

in truth, the genuine prey was not Red Dragon.

If he arrived even a bit later, this same void would still be drenched in blood...

Gu Shen placed both hands behind his back and spoke quietly.

"Since you’ve painstakingly arranged today’s trap, surely you must have divided a strand of Heart Flow, residing in Red Dragon’s Heart Sea..."

These words seemed directed at Red Dragon,

but actually.

Gu Shen was addressing the Storm God’s Throne.

"..."

No response.

Gu Shen chuckled coldly and continued: "If I remember correctly, you’ve always wanted to kill me, today is a golden opportunity to do so, I’m here, why not show yourself?"

The void remained dead silent.

Red Dragon, imprisoned inside the Water Cage, looked perplexed.

Gu Shen knew that everything here was in the eyes of the Storm God’s Throne.

He refrained from further shouting and lightly tapped his fingers.

Chi Huo flew out, penetrating the Water Cage built with the authority of [Tides], transforming into a rope of flames, directly binding Red Dragon.

Gu Shen whispered: "Wait for me a moment, I’ll return shortly."

After saying this, Gu Shen withdrew his gaze, and he walked slowly toward the "teleportation portal" hidden in the void.

Within the memories of those five saints, there was also one extremely important piece of information.

The battle today involved teleportation through the "Turbulent Zone" portal.

This portal, is bidirectional!

"Since you refuse to come to see me, then I shall come find you."

Gu Shen stood before the portal, without any noticeable action, as vast Chi Huo surged from the center of his brows, turning into a massive Fire Spirit, reaching out to tear and shatter the void, violently dismantling the portal before him. He took one step forward, arriving directly six hundred miles away!

In the vast emptiness, a giant starship lay submerged like a great whale!

Defensive Array Pattern had already been activated in tens of seconds prior!

The Storm God’s Throne saw the events unfolding afar through the Spirit Sea of "Red Dragon"... he opted not to engage Gu Shen directly but instead arranged defenses aboard the Storm. At this moment, the whole starship was in an activated state, with the Source Energy Core that had long been burning at minimum efficiency now raised to its peak.

More than ten layers of dense defensive shields unfolded!

The Storm God’s Throne also gathered his own authority, Origin, and Power of Fire...

He treated the starship as a Dojo and sprawled out his Divine Domain!

That battle of Changye... left shadows in his heart.

Having suffered a significant loss once before, how could the Storm God’s Throne recklessly leave the Divine Domain again? In his view, Gu Shen appearing without warning before Red Dragon could very well mean a kill array was buried in the void, and if he entered, it would repeat the mistake of that Changye away-game Divine Domain battle.

This time, he’d rather do nothing than do wrong!

"Boom boom boom—"

Gu Shen’s tiny figure descended before the giant starship, though their sizes were vastly different, the pressure he emitted overshadowed the starship, like an immense sun!

He extended his five fingers, as vast flames condensed into a sword in the void, gathering and striking into his palm.

Gu Shen shouted loudly: "Storm! Battle me!"