[HSRGSS] Chapter 96: Immortal Kneel, Saving the Xianzhou Cangcheng

Xianzhou Cangcheng, Seat of Arbiter-General.

At this moment, several people in power had gathered in the building that served as both the office and residence of the Cangcheng's Arbiter-General.

Cloud Knights' Chief Counselor.

Divine Commission's Diviner.

Sky-Faring Commission's Helm Master.

Alchemy Commission's Cauldron Master.

Artisanship Commission's Furnace Master.

Realm-Keeping Commission's Commissioner.

These six individuals were temporarily co-governing the Xianzhou Cangcheng, for their general had recently died in battle.

Since a new general had not yet been chosen, four of the Cangcheng's Six Charioteers, along with two temporary leaders of their organizations, could only take charge for the time being.

Chief Counselor: "There are abominations along the route ahead. We should detour around them."

Helm Master: "Although the Master Diviner is out on business, the diviner under him said it's safe to pass. I think we should just go straight through, it'll save us energy."

Cauldron Master: "Let's just go ahead. If we speed up, there shouldn't be any problems."

Furnace Master: "You called me here just for this? Since the Divination Commission's diviners have already checked, let's just speed up and get through."

Commissioner: "It's true, if we detour, we'll waste a lot of energy. I also agree with speeding through this section of the route."

Six people, five votes in favor of going straight—there was naturally no objection, as the minority obeyed the majority.

As a result, the Cangcheng began to accelerate, hoping to get through the area where Abominations of Abundance appeared as quickly as possible.

However, not long after, a warning came from the diviner of the Divination Commission.

"Awful! There's a living planet up ahead! It's charging straight toward us!"

As soon as the diviner's words resounded, it struck like a bolt from the blue, leaving everyone present cold to the core.

"A living planet?! Are you saying there's a living planet here?!"

"How did the Divination Commission not foresee this?!"

"Without the Master Diviner, you're all useless!"

No one could blame them for their sudden outburst.

Now that the Cangcheng was already accelerating, it could not stop in time.

Faced with a living planet rushing straight at them, if there were a collision, the entire Cangcheng would be destroyed on the spot.

As a result, the atmosphere froze as the breath of death enveloped the entire room.

Everyone's heart was in their throat—it felt as if the very character of 'death' was hanging over their heads today.

As everyone struggled to think of countermeasures, a red shadow had already appeared in the sky above the Cangcheng—visible to the naked eye.

Second by second, the red shadow grew larger at a terrifying pace.

Chief Counselor: "It's over... We don't have enough time..."

Commissioner: "Damn it! We're going to get two hundred billion people killed!"

Helm Master: "I'll take a team to self-destruct and blast open an escape route..."

Diviner: "It's too late, everything's too late, we're moving too fast."

Aside from those in the Seat of Arbiter-General, most of the Cangcheng's two hundred billion residents had witnessed this strange sight.

Many were still gazing upward, admiring a massive, round red planet, and among them was Jingliu, who also lifted her eyes to the sky.

However, the moment Jingliu saw the red planet, her entire body froze—because that red planet marked the beginning of her nightmare.

'No, this can't be right! Yes, this must be another nightmare. I need to wake up.'

Jingliu pinched her arm, her face, her thigh, but unfortunately, all she felt was pain—nothing else worked.

At this moment, Jingliu realized it was not a nightmare but reality.

As the red planet grew larger and larger, it seemed to swell with every blink, and in just a few breaths, it was already about to blot out the sky above the Cangcheng.

"Run! Hurry!"

Jingliu grabbed her female classmate and ran toward the rear sanctum of the Cangcheng—the farther they were from the red planet, the better their chances of surviving!

"Jingliu, where are we running to?!"

Even though the other classmates didn't know why Jingliu was running, as soon as one ran, everyone followed instinctively.

Thud!

Just as Jingliu was about to answer the question and warn everyone, she suddenly crashed into someone.

"Ouch!"

Jingliu bounced back and landed on her bottom, while the person she had crashed into stood firm like a rock.

"You're Jingliu?"

As Jingliu rubbed her aching bottom, a warm voice resounded.

Jingliu slowly lifted her gaze and saw a young man with black hair, his appearance already surpassing every word in her vocabulary.

Who else could it be but Lucian?

Unfortunately, Jingliu had no time to admire a handsome man right now—she just wanted to escape with her classmates.

"Mister, run! That planet's about to fall on us! It's going to eat everyone!"

As soon as she finished shouting, Jingliu dashed off again—but as she passed by Lucian, he reached out and grabbed her arm.

"Do you need me to cut down that planet in the sky for you?"

Lucian asked calmly, a faint smile on his face.

Jingliu glanced at him in panic, but her restless heart was instantly soothed by his gentle smile.

"Cut down that planet...? Can you?"

"Of course." Lucian nodded lightly. "As long as you tell me you want that planet to fall, I'll make your wish come true."

Jingliu did not know whether to trust him, but this was nothing like the scenes from her nightmares.

Maybe... it really could happen?

"Please... if you can, please help me cut down that red planet! I want it to fall and never appear again!"

Jingliu's red eyes now shone with unwavering determination as she poured all her heart into this wish.

"Alright, lend me your wooden sword, kid."

Lucian snatched a wooden sword from one of Jingliu's classmates, nearly making the kid burst into tears.

"Just stay here and watch me. Let me cut that planet for you."

Lucian smiled at Jingliu once more before lifting his gaze to the red planet above.

By now, Rahu had already covered most of the sky, so in another ten seconds at most, it would crash into the Cangcheng.

Lucian flicked a leaf from his finger and vanished instantly.

Ten...

Lucian reappeared at the bow of the Cangcheng.

Nine...

A giant red planet loomed ahead, crashing forward with overwhelming pressure!

Eight...

Lucian slowly raised the wooden sword before unleashing Immortal Kneel.

"If you want to blame someone, blame your lack of hands."

Seven...

Lucian gave the short wooden sword a gentle swing, as if he had used no strength at all.

Six...

Buzz—

Following the buzzing vibration, a silver-white line appeared across Rahu's body—or rather, a sword mark splitting it in half!

Five...

"Look!"

Everyone in the Seat of Arbiter-General witnessed an unbelievable scene on the screen!

An unknown young man stood at the bow of the Cangcheng, and the moment he swung the sword in his hand, the living planet split apart instantly!

Four...

As the Devourer of Worlds, Rahu, was sliced in two, torrents of blood immediately burst from within!

In an instant, black and red blood splattered across the Cangcheng.

ROOOOOAAAR—!!!

Rahu let out a deafening roar.

With its planet-sized body, that single roar could easily deafen any mortal.

Lucian drew upon the Imaginary energy to shield himself, keeping both the blood and the sound from reaching him.

As for the Cangcheng's residents, if not for its advanced defense systems, half of its two hundred billion people would have been deafened on the spot.

Even so, the sudden roar left them trembling in fear.

Of course, since the Xianzhou natives carried the blessing of Abundance, even if their hearing was damaged, they could heal themselves, so it was not truly a problem.

"What's going on? What's making that sound?"

"It's that red planet! It's been cut in half!"

"What do you mean? Wasn't it about to crash into us?"

"Who cut it?"

Naturally, ordinary people could not see what was happening outside the Cangcheng—only those in the Seat of Arbiter-General could view the details through the Cangcheng's surveillance cameras.

Chief Counselor: "Who is he?"

Helm Master: "He saved us!"

Diviner: "I'm still calculating, still calculating!"

All of them stared at Lucian's figure on the screen, their expressions breaking out of control.

Everyone here knew exactly what kind of disaster had just been averted—it was an extinction-level crisis!

And it was that young man on the screen, who had destroyed Rahu in just a few seconds all by himself, that had turned the tide and saved two hundred billion people!