Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 1849: Chapter 969: Sands Gathered into an Ocean (Part 4)

”Merge!”

The flying Goddess and Fire God Zhu Rong soared through the sky, the solid ground beneath them turning to sand, resembling the calm surface of the Forbidden Sea. In an instant, a giant abyssal maw opened up, as if a massive whale had leaped from its depths.

The celestial beings were startled and tried to ascend to safety, but caught off guard, hundreds of flying Goddesses were swallowed in one gulp!

The sand on the ground returned to silence, as if the abyssal maw and those hundreds of flying Goddesses never existed!

At this moment, three kilometers away, Da Yu had just been hurled out of the ground, avoiding suffocation deep below.

Looking back, Da Yu witnessed this astonishing scene.

He wanted to rush back, but saw Zard looking over from afar, mouthing with a smile, ”Go.”

Go, don’t waste my efforts, live on with Xiao Yu.

The Puppet Master sent thirty flying Goddesses to pursue Da Yu, while the elder painter of the Chen Clan muttered, ”Burn your life to become a Demigod, truly unexpected.”

As he spoke, he decided to twist and destroy another two hundred paintings!

Da Yu was in despair, Zard said once more, ”Go.”

At that moment, Zard’s mental will surged again, and the sand at his feet shot outward like bullets, pelting the celestial beings like a fierce storm.

The celestial beings couldn’t come close, and some even fell as sand penetrated them.

In the history of the Federal Superhumans, no Earth Element Awakener had ever reached the level of a Demigod, until now.

Dozens of tendrils made of sand erupted from the ground with Zard at the center.

Zard resembled a super giant squid at the top of the food chain in the Forbidden Sea, dragging the celestial beings one by one into the earth with his tendrils!

Fire God Zhu Rong spewed flames, trying to melt the sand into glazed surfaces.

But this restraint only existed at the same level!

When a Fire God Zhu Rong melted an approaching sand appendage into glass glaze, sand broke through the glaze from within, forming new tendrils!

The terrifying tendrils extracted Zard’s life and will, growing continuously!

The Chen Clan’s painter saw this scene: ”Good thing it’s resolved now, otherwise it would be a problem in the future.”

At this moment, he observed Zard’s hair gradually drying, his life nearing its end.

The Chen Clan’s painter asked, ”You can’t hold on much longer, what are you waiting for?”

But Zard didn’t answer, just quietly looked in Da Yu’s direction.

He saw thirty flying Goddesses closing in on Da Yu, who couldn’t escape while carrying Chen Ningzhi.

But Zard was more worried that Da Yu would lose his mind and return to fight back.

In the Chen Clan’s tradition, breaking through to a Demigod required new paintings for them to have Demigod power.

The Gods in paintings made when one was A-Class, even if the master became a Demigod, remained A-Class.

Only when painted at the Demigod stage could celestial beings possess Demigod power.

This is why Chen Yu’s works total only a few dozen.

So the Chen Clan tradition has always had two paths: pile up numbers at B-Class, A-Class, or continue upward, achieving quality over quantity as a Demigod.

Zard gazed quietly.

Da Yu also looked back, his sight passing through the gaps between flying Goddesses, at Zard, god-like in the sky.

Zard suddenly smiled, ”Don’t look back.”

The morning sun pierced thin clouds, reaching the ground, as cracks appeared on his face and body, like the bottom of a dried lake, splitting into lines under the sunlight.

Then, Da Yu unexpectedly removed his mask and licked the mask’s forehead.

In an instant, the mask in Da Yu’s hand transformed into a gigantic Maine Coon Cat.

This Maine Coon was six meters tall, its muscular form hidden beneath long fur.

Zard marvelled, ”Wow.”

Da Yu gave Zard a final look, jumped onto Da Fu’s back, and tightly grasped the fur on its back.

Da Fu sprinted wildly into the distance, even with two people on its back, it was slightly faster than the flying Goddesses!

Zard felt relieved.

It was as if he hadn’t waited in vain for a golden autumn after a long summer, without regret, not alone.

The Puppet Master-controlled Chen Clan painter asked from afar, ”Isn’t your life the most precious thing? Why sacrifice yourself to save others?”

”You don’t understand,” Zard replied with a smile, and the two of them stopped fighting, silently waiting for time to pass.

The Puppet Master shook his head, ”I had a hard time emerging from the ground. The Tinder Base wanted to extract Breathing Liquid from our incubation vessels. If I hadn’t accidentally awakened, I might have died there. After crawling out, they tried to sell my organs, to murder me, I nearly starved. You might not believe it, but I even worked in coal mines to earn money... Staying alive was so hard, why sacrifice your life.”

Zard pondered and said, ”Maybe because this time I don’t want to be left alone.”

As soon as he finished, his body began to turn into sand.

The surging tendrils turned into sand along with Zard, disappearing into the ground, never to be seen again.

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Da Yu, carrying his mother, clung tightly to Da Fu’s back.

The gray cat raced across the plains, galloping countless miles, Da Yu’s face calm, showing no trace of emotion.