"Have you remembered now…?"
The God of Obscuration stared at Qiu Nian's expression and tightened his grip on the great blade in his hand.
"Ah…"
"I remember."
Qiu Nian closed his eyes slightly and did not deny it.
In his mind, an image surfaced—
a young girl in a long emerald dress lying in a pool of blood.
Hearing Qiu Nian say so lightly, "I remember," the God of Obscuration seemed to fall into madness.
An even more terrifying surge of divine power erupted from his body.
His dark-green eyes were filled with glowing green veins that spread like cracks.
With a swing of his blade—
he appeared in front of Qiu Nian almost instantly.
Then he brought the blade down in a savage strike!
A clear, ringing clang echoed across the mountains.
At the same time, two storms of divine power exploded outward in every direction.
A sword formed from pure divine energy appeared in Qiu Nian's hand.
It glowed faintly with white and crimson light as he raised it horizontally and blocked the strike.
The terrifying impact shattered the ground beneath his feet.
The two gods locked together, as if competing in raw strength.
For a moment, the world seemed divided into only two colors.
One side shone with white mixed with crimson.
The other radiated deep emerald green.
Qiu Nian appeared to falter slightly and stepped back.
That single step caused the ground beneath him to collapse even further.
"Hm…"
Qiu Nian frowned faintly.
Then white-and-crimson divine power burst from his body.
He stepped forward again—
and the battle returned to perfect equilibrium.
"Haha… hahahaha!"
"Gui Xu, your power has fallen to this level?!"
Through the sparks flying from the clash of their weapons, the God of Obscuration revealed a twisted grin of excitement.
It was the smile of someone who had finally glimpsed the chance for revenge.
After thousands of years of imprisonment and the erosion of time,
he had completely lost his sanity.
Only hatred for Qiu Nian remained in his mind.
"But they're evenly matched right now."
"Why is the God of Obscuration so happy?"
Xuehua looked confused.
[I don't get it either. What's there to celebrate about a stalemate 🤦]
[That smile is terrifying]
[Qiu Nian: bro why is this guy a psycho]
[So cool! Son-in-law is so cool!!!]
[The budget is burning!!!]
[Now I see why Childe got one-shot]
The entire livestream chat exploded with excitement.
They were witnessing a battle on an unimaginable scale.
The God of Obscuration grabbed his blade with both hands.
Then with a violent push—
he blasted Qiu Nian dozens of meters away.
Qiu Nian landed while holding his sword, neutralizing the impact.
But the God of Obscuration was already in front of him again.
Raising his blade, he unleashed a frenzy of rapid strikes.
Qiu Nian responded with his sword.
Sparks erupted everywhere.
Clang after clang of metal echoed through the mountains.
Their movements were so fast they appeared as mere afterimages.
The shockwaves of divine power rippled outward again and again.
Wherever those shockwaves struck—
massive explosions erupted.
For a moment, fire and detonations spread across the mountain range.
Then—
BOOM!
The God of Obscuration was suddenly blasted backward at incredible speed.
He crashed directly into a mountain.
With the roar of collapsing rock and endless explosions of falling debris—
the entire mountain began to crumble.
Hilichurls and slimes could even be seen tumbling down the slopes.
When the mountain finally collapsed completely, a massive cloud of dust spread rapidly in every direction.
Facing the incoming dust storm, Qiu Nian calmly lowered his raised leg.
Then the dust engulfed him entirely.
"..."
Xuehua was completely stunned.
She didn't even know what to say anymore.
[HOLY— that was an entire mountain!! It collapsed just from the battle?!]
[How much force was in that kick?!]
[I feel like that kick could kill Celestia]
[What kind of god-tier fight is this?!]
Only a few viewers were still typing in the chat.
Everyone else was watching in stunned silence.
"A mountain…"
"That huge mountain… just disappeared?"
Watching from high above, Lumine stood frozen.
"Is… is this what the Archon War looked like 3,500 years ago?"
Paimon's entire body was covered in goosebumps.
This was the first time she had witnessed a battle of this level.
Her entire worldview was about to be rewritten.
Before she could think further—
a thunderous explosion erupted within the dust cloud!
The blast dispersed the dust instantly.
Revealing Qiu Nian and the God of Obscuration inside.
White-and-crimson divine power surged around Qiu Nian.
With just one hand—
he had caught the blade of the God of Obscuration's great sword.
The God of Obscuration stared at Qiu Nian's calm expression.
Even in his maddened state, he froze for a moment.
Gritting his teeth, he reacted instantly.
Dark-green vines burst from the ground and wrapped around Qiu Nian's feet.
Qiu Nian glanced downward in mild surprise.
The next second—
the God of Obscuration clenched his hand.
The vines surged upward and completely wrapped around Qiu Nian's body.
Then he hurled him violently into the distance.
The vines released him mid-throw.
Qiu Nian shot through the forest in a straight line at incredible speed.
Countless trees were smashed apart.
Finally—
BOOM!
He crashed into a mountain deep in the forest.
The entire mountain trembled violently from the impact.
A resolute gleam flashed in the God of Obscuration's chaotic eyes.
He shot into the sky above the forest.
Then he began swinging his blade wildly toward Qiu Nian's position.
Each slash produced a massive dark-green blade of energy.
Deep fissures ripped open across the ground below.
When he finally stopped—
countless glowing green cracks covered the earth.
The ground began shaking violently.
It was like a massive earthquake.
Affected by the tremors, Lumine and Paimon quickly used Qiu Nian's divine power to fly into the air.
Then—
a blinding flash of light exploded.
It swallowed Lumine and Paimon instantly.
And immediately afterward—
a terrifying explosion followed.
Without Qiu Nian's protective barrier, the sheer sound alone would have deafened them.
When the light finally faded,
Lumine and Paimon slowly opened their eyes.
Then they looked down—
and their pupils shrank.
"This…"
Goosebumps spread across Lumine's body.
Below them, through the thinning dust cloud,
was a colossal crater.
It was roughly 1,500 meters wide and about 120 meters deep.
Inside the crater there were no rivers.
No trees.
Even the mountain that had once stood there had vanished.
Only empty, barren earth remained.
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