<h4>Chapter 1358: Syzygy</h4>


    As Zhang Lie''s energy of annihtion consumed theva, the will of the fourth realm''s announcements repeatedly dinged in his head.


    [You sessfully killed a peak-grade mingheart lion. By consuming the flesh of the peak-grade mingheart lion, you may receive one to ten peak gene fragments.]


    [You sessfully killed a peak-gradeva smander. By consuming the flesh of the peak-gradeva smander, you may receive one to ten peak gene fragments.]


    [You sessfully killed a peak-grade mefur wolf. By consuming the flesh of the peak-grade mefur wolf, you may receive one to ten peak gene fragments.]


    The lifeforms hidden within theva perished to Zhang Lie''s energy of annihtion, disintegrated and atomized. The flesh waspletely obliterated; Zhang Lie wouldn''t be getting any gene fragments out of this.


    Theva struggled, attempting to free itself from the ck hole, transforming into hundreds, thousands of hands that attempted to reach for Zhang Lie, but Zhang Lie wouldn''t allow himself to be caught so easily. Guicang appeared in his hand. With a sh, he tore apart the countless hands.


    The energy of annihtion spread all around him, but Zhang Lie curtailed it and cut it off. After all, a gathering point was right in the vicinity, and he didn''t want to imperil it. With a wave of Guicang, he cut apart space and time, causing the energy of annihtion to dissipate.


    If not for the nearby gathering point, Cthaat''s son would already have been destroyed whole by the energy of annihtion.


    Smoking remnants ofva gathered together into a humanoid face.


    Cthaat''s son had lost its former arrogance, but not its pride.


    "I''m Cthaat''s son! Aren''t you afraid of having to go up against Eternal Sun?"


    Zhang Lie responded with his sword. He raised the de in his hand high into the air, encircled by ck gic energy.


    "[The Boundless de: the River Lethe]!"


    The temperature dropped to sub-zero values, and a strong wind buffeted the battlefield. Theva cooled.


    A ster river materialized in the air. As though the doors to hell had just been thrown open, tens of thousands of serpents rushed out in a flood.


    Each serpent was pitch-ck like the abyss, like the dark of night, and speckled with starlight, a miniaturized version of the Milky Way. The serpents were guides and ferrymen both, leading departed souls into sky and space, freed from the mortal coil.


    As Zhang Lie''s sword swung down, the ster river struck the mortal world. Theva gathered together and formed a pir of light, a long river of me, shing against Zhang Lie''s ster technique. Starlight exploded with a sizzle, and mes illuminated the firmament.


    "[The Boundless de: the River Lethe]!"


    The pitch-ck gic energy expanded as it swallowed up the sky, recing the dark clouds in the air with ck gic energy.


    Day turned to night, and stars twinkled in the night sky. The gic hunters were gobsmacked by the scale and immensity of the technique.


    The night sky morphed into a raging sea. Waves surged forward, sounding like peals of thunder, like stampeding hooves. The universe itself seemed to shake, as though the stars were shifting positions.


    The surface of the ster sea frothed with waves,yering and texturing it. Auroras hung in the air, veiling the night sky.


    From afar, ster dragons seemed to roar. The pitch-ck dragons were like the night sky made manifest. Thunder and lightning crackled in the air as the dragons unfurled their wings amidst a storm of lightning. The auroras stretched on for thousands of miles, so beautiful they captivated the gathered hunters.


    Zhang Lie struck. An underworld river hurtled into existence, roaring into the sea. The sword energy roiled like ck waves, like a meteor shower, causing the very stars to shake.


    The entire night sky shifted as a thousand ster dragons descended, as though a crack had broken in firmament. A flood that could destroy the world itself rained down on theva.


    The sea had morphed into a boundless battlefield. The sea breeze was as a horn to action, and the serpents, thousands of courageous soldiers heeding its call.


    The river ofva waspletely obliterated, destroying Cthaat''s son in a massive explosion.


    The ground cracked, the air shook, and the stars dispersed. The wooden palisade outside the gathering point trembled violently as all the hunters in it gazed at the devastation in shock, including the members of Team Zenith.


    They knew that this was an attack that none of them would be able to block.


    The destruction left only ruined ground outside the gathering point. The air smoked with ash; the heat hadn''t dissipated fully. The cracked ground was smoldering with fiery light.


    Zhang Lie was just about to sheath his de when the airship flew over. Li Qianlin called out, "Zhang Lie, there''s a high-energy reactioning from underground!"


    Zhang Lie reacted instantly. The ck dragons'' phantasmal figures soared into the air. Zhang Lie thrust forward with Guicang in a sh of blinding starlight.


    "[The Boundless de: Dragon''s Wrath]!"


    Guicang unleashed a barrage of sword energy in the form of a ster dragon.


    The ster dragon''s howls shook heaven and earth, shattering the ground and sending fragments ofva spraying all over. There was a great deal of movingva underground.


    Zhang Lie smiled. "Found you."


    Bright sword energy radiated from Zhang Lie like brilliant rays of sunlight, illuminating the entirety of the world.


    "[First Form: Parting the River]!"


    A frightening force spread out from Zhang Lie, energy rumbling and rippling around him. As Zhang Lie swung the de in his hand, a huge sh of sword energy shot toward him, carving out a gulley in the ground and revealing the fieryva.


    Theva, exposed, formed a humanoid face. "Damn it!"


    Cthaat''s son had retreated underground during the earlier attack against the ster dragons, knowing that it was no match for Zhang Lie. It pretended to have been defeated by his final attack, but had actually burrowed underground to flee via ava vein. At the same time, it would be able to replenish its supply of energy.


    Though seemingly boorish, withva for brains, this son of Cthaat was far more crafty than the previous two that Zang Lie had met.


    If not for the airship''s ability to sense energy, or for Li Qianlin''s reminder, Zhang Lie would have fallen for the deception. Now, however, it wouldn''t be able to escape.


    "[Shadow and Light]!"


    Light and darkness shed. Time and space revolved, then sped up in the vicinity of Zhang Lie. A rain of swords fell, causing theva to roil. The humanoid face shouted, "I''m one of Cthaat''s sons. Killing me would be going against all of Eternal Sun. /my father won''t forgive you!"


    "I''ve heard that more than once by now. [Syzygy]!"


    Runes appeared on the bloody moon by his feet, forming an intricate array.