"So they are actually mother and son."
From the Abyss Saint Lord's memories, he learned that in order to strengthen herself and become stronger, the Crimson Mother had engaged in rampant devouring in star systems without God Realm governance, attempting to break through her limits.
However, because she had no physical entity and evolved through devouring, the stronger she became, the more unstable the Crimson Plane grew. Therefore, after reaching a certain level of power, the Crimson Mother had no choice but to split a portion of her body to form a plane of a similar level, attempting to devour other spaces to strengthen herself, and then looking for an opportunity to absorb it back.
The Abyss Plane that Chen Junting had just annexed was formed from forty percent of the energy split from the Crimson Domain back then, and the Abyss Saint Lord was nurtured from the Crimson Mother, the main body. After that, he had been following orders to devour everywhere.
Until now, the Abyss Saint Lord had finally met his end.
And while learning of the relationship between the Abyss Saint Lord and the Crimson Mother, Chen Junting also obtained a crucial piece of intelligence. That was the connection that existed between mother and son—once the Abyss Saint Lord died, the Crimson Mother would immediately know the truth of the matter.
Realizing this, Chen Junting's expression instantly turned solemn.
After putting the small tree away, he immediately disappeared from the spot. Following the guidance of the power of destiny, he began tracking the Crimson Plane. Once they reacted, it would become a prolonged chase.
So speed was of the essence!
He could not let the Crimson Domain slip away!
...
In the vast universe, within a certain stellar system, deep red seemed to have become the most expansive theme here. Looking around, if one were to exaggerate a bit, it could even be described as boundless.
However, right now, this expanse of deep red was only targeting a single planet—to be precise, a life-source star. At this time, the entire sky of this planet had turned dark red, bringing a clear and intense sense of oppression to the living beings on the planet.
That deep red light swirled in the high altitude of the planet like dark clouds. Massive, deep red vortexes were rapidly forming, carrying out an overwhelming coverage.
When the dark red constantly distorted, opening its mouth like a giant beast and slowly closing in on the planet, the planet, lacking any extra ability to resist, became the Crimson Plane's captive.
In this dark red world, it was filled with coldness and isolation, yet it seemed as if countless greedy auras existed.
Within the space, a massive yet incredibly grand dark red divine temple stood. If one looked closely, it would give one the illusion of not being able to see the edge, and that the abyss was also staring back at you.
In the innermost part of the divine temple, atop a high throne, a woman who appeared to be only about 1.8 meters tall sat with a graceful demeanor.
Clad in a magnificent dark red long dress, she let a head of dark red long hair draped behind her. Her fair skin had an extremely lustrous glow, and her entire body emitted a wondrous feeling.
Although she had a peerlessly beautiful face and an appearance similar to humans, from the dark red patterns on each side of her cheeks, one could roughly tell that this woman was not human.
The strange patterns, composed of curves and sharp triangles, emitted a soft halo. Not only did they look like living beings, but they also perfectly complemented her eyes—which were as deep as rubies yet seemed capable of seeing the boundless universe and starry sky.
Her fingers were exceptionally slender. At the tips of her fair, spring-onion-like fingers, there were thin, long nails. The nails were over a foot long, dark red, and emitted a faint, flowing radiance. And this existence was exactly the Crimson Mother.
That dark red dress accentuated her fair skin. On her head, she wore a dark red crown that looked as if it were carved from gemstones. On either side of her body, six dark red lights faintly flickered, each taking the shape of a different artifact.
These were the Crimson Mother's twelve divine artifacts.
If she fused these twelve divine artifacts together, they could transform into two super divine weapon-level existences. In this aspect alone, it could be said that even a God Realm of a normal faction would find it hard to possess such a thing.
The Crimson Mother herself, as an existence of a four-dimensional space that specialized in evolving through devouring, although her four-dimensional space had no main body and was a dimension formed by an energy body—and was relatively unstable compared to dimensions with physical entities—was still formidable!
But!
Because of the Crimson Domain's special nature, it was a special domain produced by the energy changes between the transition of life and death. It was both immortal and eternally dead. As a whole, it could be said that the Crimson Domain itself was the Crimson Mother, and it could also be said that the Crimson Mother was the divine sense and will of the entire plane.
Therefore, the Crimson Mother could completely control the Crimson Domain. It was equivalent to having an entire four-dimensional space as her backing, using this four-dimensional space as her foundation. This made her current level reach the realm of a half-step God King.
If she added the two super divine weapons...
Her strength became even more terrifying.
Just then, the Crimson Mother suddenly felt a palpitation, and at the same time, noticed that her connection with the Abyss Plane had been severed. This sudden change made her expression drastically change in an instant!
With her thoughts racing, she beckoned with her right hand, and the six artifacts on the right side of her body merged into one, transforming into a dark red scepter. At its top was a blood-red gemstone the size of a human head, with a faint halo flowing inside, falling into the Crimson Mother's grasp.
Just as she was about to investigate, a dark purple halo suddenly flickered indistinctly right in the center of the Crimson Divine Temple, immediately attracting the Crimson Mother's attention.
"Hm?"
Aside from her astonishment, the Crimson Mother took action.
She saw the Crimson Scepter point towards that wisp of purple airflow.
Instantly, the surface of the scepter emitted a faint red halo, enveloping the ethereal and unstable purple light and shadow in the distance.
The purple light and shadow then stabilized, and faintly, it actually transformed into a human silhouette. This caused the Crimson Mother to stand straight up from her seat, her eyes instantly becoming exceptionally sharp.
"It's actually you!?"
Anger, shock, astonishment...
Her voice was filled with various complex emotions.
"What exactly is going on!?"
The voice of that purple silhouette was extremely weak, and this was exactly the only remaining consciousness of the residual soul after the Abyss Saint Lord's death, coming here to report the news through his connection with the Crimson Mother.
"Mother."
However, the Crimson Mother didn't care about such a form of address at this moment. She pressed further, "I'm asking you, what happened!?"
It was just that the Abyss Saint Lord's next words made the Crimson Mother feel as if she were facing an abyss, even feeling a tingling sensation on her scalp!
"We have been devoured by a God King."
A simple sentence struck the Crimson Mother like a bolt of lightning!
"What exactly did you do? We, who are famous for devouring, were devoured instead, and even provoked an existence at the God King level. Do you know that a God King's pursuit not only can cause me heavy losses, but will also force me to flee across several star systems? And in the days to come, I'll have to pray that he doesn't discover me, lest I be completely annihilated in body and soul!"
The Abyss Saint Lord's consciousness fell silent, not speaking for a long while.
It wasn't until a pale blue glow gradually appeared on his only remaining consciousness, signaling that he was beginning to dissipate, that the Abyss Saint Lord finally recounted the whole story with unwillingness and resentment.
"You offended the Douluo God Realm!?"
After gasping in cold air, all other emotions vanished, and the Crimson Mother's eyes turned ice-cold at this moment.
She had never thought that the Abyss would seek death like this!
What was the Douluo God Realm?!
It was absolutely a first-tier power in the universe. Facing such a colossal entity, neither the Crimson Domain nor the Abyss Plane were insignificant weaklings; they could be crushed to death with just a light touch.
Yet, the existence that she didn't even dare to provoke had been provoked by her son, who ultimately paid the price.
Most importantly, next, it would mostly likely be her Crimson Domain's turn!
Flee! She must flee!
If she didn't flee, then she could only wait for death!
"No, that's not it."
The only remaining consciousness of the Abyss Saint Lord hurriedly said, "I didn't offend the Douluo God Realm. He came to our door himself to..."
Before he could finish, the Crimson Mother waved her hand and dispersed him.
How the facts actually stood was no longer important. What was important was that there was an eighty percent chance that their Crimson Domain would be hunted down by that God King of the Douluo God Realm, and from now on, she could only hide everywhere!
Thinking of this, the Crimson Mother immediately took control of the entire Crimson Domain to flee. She even crazily shuttled through several star systems in an irregular, unpredictable arc-like movement that even she couldn't foresee, determined to shake off the Douluo God Realm's pursuit in this way!
However, under the scrutiny of the power of destiny, the Crimson Domain's flight was completely futile. Moreover, when Chen Junting realized that the Crimson Domain's trajectory was becoming increasingly erratic, he directly used the power of destiny and the power of time to peer into the future, locking onto the Crimson Domain's path—on the premise that he could make it there in time.
Thus, Chen Junting no longer pursued along the guided trajectory. Instead, he took a shortcut, rushing in a straight line to a stellar system where life was extremely barren, but where two stars existed simultaneously.
Just as he had predicted, when Chen Junting arrived at this place, the Crimson Domain was already not far away.
With a wave of his hand, the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation instantly enveloped this starry sky, locking down the surroundings. As long as the Crimson Domain entered this sealed starry sky, it wouldn't even think about escaping again.
And at this time, just as the Crimson Domain was about to enter this stellar system, planning to use the stellar energy to hide nearby for a thousand or ten thousand years, until the Douluo God Realm forgot about her Crimson Domain...
Suddenly!
An even stronger sense of palpitation struck fiercely!
But this time, her intuition had come too late.
Just as the Crimson Mother wanted to retreat, a terrifying storm suddenly surged in the void. The energy was chaotic, the void trembled, and the surroundings had already been sealed. They were completely unable to leave now!
This sudden change allowed the Crimson Mother to quickly discover with her divine sense that in this starry sky, apart from their Crimson Domain, there was actually another figure—a god whose strength was even greater than hers!
How could she not know that this was the God King of the Douluo God Realm!
Unlike the Abyss Saint Lord, upon knowing that this God King was coming for her Crimson Domain to annex it, the Crimson Mother didn't say another word and directly launched an attack.
There was only one God King right now! No matter how strong the Douluo God Realm was, their Crimson Domain had seventy-two super-god-level experts. Could it be that they would all be killed by a single God King?!
As for the Douluo God Realm's pursuit afterwards...
That could only be discussed later!
She absolutely would not sit and wait for death.
Thinking of this, the inner voices that were originally meant to comfort herself gradually gave the Crimson Mother confidence. She was certainly clear about the difference in quality between the god-level experts of her Crimson Domain and the divine weapons of the God Realm. But no one could withstand a large number of god-level experts!
She should be able to overwhelm him through sheer numbers... right.
Having reached this step, there was no longer any room for easing tensions.
Facing Chen Junting who stood on the void, the now-confident Crimson Mother cautiously didn't plan to approach. Instead, she planned to use a firepower coverage method to consume his divine power first.
Consequently, the surface of the Crimson Domain stirred up waves.
Massive dark red energy clusters began to surge wildly. Vortexes started converging towards each other.
When they came into contact, they instantly formed an even larger vortex. The oppressive force in the void also began to become even more terrifying and powerful. In less than three breaths' time, only nine vortexes remained, but the volume of these remaining nine vortexes had expanded a full tenfold.
Hum, hum, hum—
Three loud hums echoed from the Crimson Domain.
The next instant, massive blood-colored pillars of light suddenly shot out like lightning. The surrounding starry sky seemed to be enveloped by dark red in this instant, as if the apocalypse had descended.
Beams of blood-colored light shot straight towards Chen Junting!
Rampage, destruction, annihilation!
Wherever the blood-colored pillars of light passed, the void trembled!
Seeing this, Chen Junting didn't make any unnecessary movements. With just a gentle slash, the starry sky was instantly torn open with a large gash, swallowing all the incoming blood-colored pillars of light.
Given his level of mastery over the power of space, an attack of this level couldn't cause his solidified void to tremble at all.
In turn, Chen Junting's hand trembled slightly. This subtle action caused void gates, roughly the same thickness as the blood-colored pillars, to pop up next to the torn gash. The next second...
Boom, boom, boom—
The swallowed blood-colored pillars of light were instantly returned to the Crimson Mother in the exact same manner and with the same power.
Amidst the collision of the pillars, energy surged. Nearby meteorites and asteroids were all torn to dust under the tearing force of the spreading aftershocks. Even the surrounding planets were inevitably affected by the exchange of firepower, leaving hideous scars on their surfaces.
Fortunately, in order to escape for her life, the Crimson Mother had chosen a stellar system with no life. Otherwise, who knows how many living beings would have been affected by the battle's aftershocks and perished.
Seeing that this kind of attack not only failed to gain the slightest advantage against Chen Junting, but also consumed a negligible amount of his divine power, the Crimson Mother immediately gave up on the idea of a war of attrition.
Next, they could only go head-to-head and fight for their lives!
"Pass down my order, kill!"
For a time, the entire Crimson Domain erupted into turmoil. All races and experts poured out in full force under the call of the Crimson Mother!
A magnificent and imposing sight, their momentum like a rainbow!
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