Stranger Danger

Chapter 1028: Plucking Moon From The Sky, Lighting Heaven And Earth With The Moon

“The Moon God...”

Ye Qing felt his mind trembling just watching the silhouette in the sky. Respect and fear pooled inside his heart despite his willpower.

The Moon God gently waved her hand, and the black clouds covering the sky slowly faded away to reveal a bright, round moon.

For a moment, it felt like daytime. The entire area was illuminated by silver light.

Then, the moon in the sky grew bigger and brighter—no, no, that wasn’t right. The moon was coming closer.

The moon shone so bright and flawless that even the sea of stars in the sky paled before its radiance.

At the same time, moonlight flowed in from every direction like streams and entered the Moon God’s body, cleansing her further and growing her mystery and strength.

“It’s the Moon God! Those crazy bastards!”

“Retreat! Quick! We need to retreat now!”

Sensing the unstoppable power coming from the Moon God, Du Nanhai and Jin Wujiu lost their will to fight and shouted for retreat. They tried to rally the troops and withdraw as quickly as possible.

The Moon God was known as the Sovereign of the Star of Supreme Yin or the Lord of Moon Palace. Born from the moon, she was an ancient, natural deity.

A deity was, of course, a Stranger. They became deities only because they were worshiped by humans.

Deities were separated into natural deities and acquired deities. An acquired deity was born from the power of wishes of humanity. Born from humans, they did not wield the laws and principles of the Heavenly Way.

On the other hand, a natural deity was born when the world was created and so could naturally wield the laws and principles of Heavenly Way since birth.

The Moon God was born from moonlight. Hence, she naturally knew how to wield the power of the moon. Later, humans came to worship the moon, and she became a natural deity as a result.

Obviously, a natural deity was immensely powerful, not to mention that the Moon God was born many millennia ago and had existed for just as long. To say that she was powerful and terrifying would be an understatement.

The Moon God standing before the three armies right now was, in fact, not her actual self. It was just a projection of her consciousness. Even so, it was powerful beyond the ability of the three armies to fight.

That was why the great generals did not hesitate to sound the retreat.

Unfortunately, they did not go far before the Moon God made a plucking motion. The moon in the sky entered her hand just like that.

In her hand, the moon shone brighter than ever and spilled its light across the lands like a tsunami. The ground was covered in blue frost, and the mountains and rivers suddenly gained an armor of silver.

In just an instant, the retreating soldiers turned into ice sculptures.

The Moon was the representative of the ultimate cold and yin of the world. In the right circumstances, it could create countless lives and warp nature in endless ways. Just the same, it could freeze the world and annihilate all life.

The power the Moon God was using right now was the power to freeze and annihilate all life, a.k.a Moon Annihilation. Born from the Moon, the Moon God naturally knew how to use this power since the moment she was created. This was why the Moon God was so powerful and terrifying.

“Ancient natural deities are scary as a matter of course.”

Feng Qingyou explained, “By the way, did you know that this is just her projection? Her true self is really still slumbering. If it was her true self who appeared today, then the entire One Hundred Thousand Mountains of Nanjiang would turn into a frozen, lifeless hell in but the blink of an eye.”

“She’s that powerful?” Ye Qing clicked his tongue in shock.

“Absolutely.” Feng Qingyou sighed. “Humans love to say that they are the chief of all living things and beloved by the world itself. In reality, it is these natural gods, demons, and Strangers who are born alongside the world who are truly the world’s favorite children. If our wise human ancestors haven’t exhausted their thoughts and ingenuity, if they haven’t overcome all obstacles and trail-blazed the way of humanity for us, if they haven’t suppressed or sealed away these natural monsters, they would be the protagonists of our world today, not us.”

“That is true.” Ye Qing nodded.

“Now, a great chaos is almost upon us, and these natural gods, demons, and Strangers are all awakening and returning to the world. There is no telling what the future has in store for us.”

Feng Qingyou seemed to be implying something when suddenly, she looked in a certain direction. “He’s here.”

Ye Qing felt the same thing and followed her gaze. As if on cue, a grand, dignified voice boomed throughout the lands, “You shall not rampage, evil monster!”

Infused with seemingly godlike power, his voice resonated with the world and summoned a tidal wave of black clouds that cut off the moonlight. At the same time, gusts of wind as sharp as a sword slowly increased in number until they covered the entire sky.

The wind was blowing, and sword intent filled the sky. Wherever they went, moonlight disintegrated inch by inch, and the power of Moon Annihilation was severed.

One could almost call it a spring wind that warmed humanity and heralded the coming of a new season.

As if sensing danger from the new voice, the Moon God gently tossed out the moon she was holding. It immediately shone twice as brightly as before and filled the world with light.

The wind kept blowing and clashing against the moonlight, surrounding and seemingly merging into the moon. It caused all sorts of chaotic ripples in the air.

From an outsider’s perspective, a round moon was riding the wind amidst a blue world. It was a mysterious, magnificent spectacle that one might not witness again if they missed it the first time.

From Ye Qing’s perspective though, two terrifying powers were clashing viciously against each other between the wind and the moon.

The wind was sword intent, and the moon Moon Annihilation.

The sword intent was transient, extraordinary, yet sharp like no other. It felt like it could literally cut the clouds and the sky in half to reveal the galaxy beyond. It was quite potent to say the least.

Just looking at the sword intent caused Ye Qing’s eyes to hurt, and his mind to tremble against his will.Nôv(el)B\\jnn