Chapter 126
Chapter 126
“What’s happening over there?”
“Let’s go take a look!”
“Such intense fire-element fluctuations… This might have something to do with Zhouyou Shijie!”
…
Elemental fluctuations on such an earth-shaking scale immediately drew the gods’ attention.
God-tier powerhouses from every faction had already arrived in the Eastern Region and were waiting nearby. Now they shot forward like arrows released from their bows, racing toward the battlefield.
…
“BOOM!!”
Once the forbidden spell activated, flames surged across heaven and earth.
If Zhou Ming had not been immune to fire-element damage, Burn the Heavens would have vaporized him on the spot. Flame Giant King · Rod was not so fortunate. His Fire Resistance might have been extremely high, but after Xuanniao weakened it, the forbidden spell still dealt effective damage.
Taking advantage of the suppression, Zhou Ming charged in. His blade carved crack after crack into Rod’s stone body, sending shards of rock flying.
-456,210!
-426,967!
-465,680!
…
“Seal his Severing Peak!” Qianying transmitted urgently.
Zhou Ming immediately did as she said.
“Ding!”
[System Notification: You have successfully sealed Flame Giant King · Rod’s skill [Severing Peak]. This skill cannot be used for ten minutes!]
By then, the Dark Faction seemed to have realized something was wrong. A third Demon God, Blood Elf · Amy, rushed over, only to be startled by the ferocity of the battle before her.
“Help me!”
Balen was being driven back again and again, his life already half gone.
Amy immediately raised her blood-red greatbow, but before she could loose an arrow, a dagger plunged into her back and tore open her flesh.
His strike successful, Yun Wuyou appeared in midair with a sinister dagger wreathed in black mist. He immediately forced himself back into Stealth and continued sneaking away. “Little girl, next time, this old man won’t stop at sticking something in your back!”
“You’re courting death!”
Alarmed and enraged, Amy instantly changed targets and unleashed a storm of arrows at Yun Wuyou.
As an archer under an assassin’s watch, she had no way to help relieve the pressure on Balen.
“Does she ever run out of arrows?” Yun Wuyou dodged every which way while hidden, complaining bitterly.
He was doing this entirely to draw aggro, but forcibly provoking a Demon God came at no small cost.
Before long, the torn void split wider, and the third Demon God, Undead Archmage · Eric, stepped out.
“Leave him to me!”
After confirming that Balen’s combat strength had been severely diminished, Qianying switched targets and charged at Eric.
“Interesting!”
Eric saw through their plan at a glance. His voice was hoarse and chilling. “You recruited four god-tier powerhouses, and now you think you can challenge my Dark Faction?”
He raised his staff and unleashed a powerful spell, entering a fierce clash with Qianying.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
Even space trembled.
Chaotic elements formed a forbidden zone no one could approach.
Whenever a Demon God’s attack slipped toward Zhouyou Shijie, Renee intercepted it.
“Even without reinforcements, killing you will be child’s play!”
Flame Giant King · Rod was forced to face Zhou Ming alone. He pulled a large number of items from his inventory and used them to boost his stats even further, then swung his sword again and again.
Heaven-Slaying Sword Qi!
Expressionless, Zhou Ming relied on its percentage-based HP reduction to strip away Rod’s life with all his might.
At least 2.5% fell every twenty seconds. That was 7.5% per minute. The pace could hardly be called slow!
90%!
70%!
Rod’s HP visibly plummeted.
“Whoosh!”
Flames suddenly surged, and Rod’s HP recovered to around 85%. He had clearly used a healing skill similar to Holy Flame Purification.
“Damn it!”
After briefly glimpsing hope, Yun Wuyou cursed under his breath. “In a straight one-on-one fight, the current you can win, but… there isn’t enough time…”
Time was not on Zhou Ming’s side!
More Demon Gods arrived one after another. Fortunately, Balen had been forced out of the battle, and the Sword Saint and the Divine Ember Queen were risking their lives. Only then did they barely manage to preserve Zhou Ming’s chance to fight Rod alone.
“…”
Zhou Ming said nothing.
He could slowly grind Rod’s HP down in a direct clash, but with Demon Gods crossing the void to get here, how could they possibly give him that much time?
Despair crashed over him.
Before he knew it, seven or eight Demon Gods had arrived. Nearly all of them were here.
Perhaps the gods were also on their way.
How was he supposed to win?
Just what could he do to win?
“ROAR!”
Suddenly, the fourth Demon God, Sovereign of the Seas · Watt, transformed into a massive shark and lunged at Zhou Ming with his bloody maw wide open.
“If you want to kill Zhouyou Shijie, you’ll have to get past me first!”
Renee manifested as a gigantic golden boulder and blocked the massive shark head-on, nearly breaking its teeth.
“Pretty tough!”
Watt transformed into a burly man in blue robes and immediately launched another attack.
At this moment, too many Demon Gods had joined the fight. The battlefield was almost completely engulfed in chaos.
“This ends now!”
A savage grin spread across Flame Giant King · Rod’s face.
Heaven-Slaying Sword Qi had carved wounds all over his body, but Zhouyou Shijie had exhausted every resource at his disposal, while Rod’s HP remained above 50%.
“Zhouyou Shijie, you’re barely even leveled, yet you dare dream of slaying a god? You truly have no idea how insignificant you are!”
“After this battle, our Dark Faction will return with a full harvest!”
…
The Demon Gods gathered around Flame Giant King · Rod held an overwhelming advantage.
Victory was theirs!
There was not the slightest possibility of defeat!
Flame Giant King’s strength was no empty boast. Even if Zhouyou Shijie countered him and Rod could not kill him, protecting himself was still more than easy enough.
When Cangxuan arrived and saw the nearly hopeless state of the battle, his brow furrowed. He sighed inwardly. “Zhouyou Shijie, you were far too reckless this time!”
The Demon Gods had spent considerable time crossing the void, yet Zhouyou Shijie had only four god-tier powerhouses at his side.
The disparity in numbers was simply too great!
There was no way his one-on-one fight against Flame Giant King could last much longer.
“Cangxuan, help me defeat the Divine Ember Queen!” Eric called.
After a moment of hesitation, Cangxuan had no choice but to attack the Divine Ember Queen. However, he refrained from using his most lethal techniques and subtly held back.
“This is bad! The battle is nearly over!”
“Don’t let the Dark Faction take all the benefits!”
The gods had arrived as well. More than twenty of them, hailing from national regions across the world, were already close to the battlefield. Their lineup was terrifying.
Was he going to lose?
Zhou Ming gripped the Longquan Sword tightly, a trace of confusion entering his eyes.
If he lost this battle, he would lose everything in the truest sense of the word.
But the confusion vanished just as quickly, replaced by hysterical madness. “It! Isn’t! Over!”
“Qianying, Ye Zhibei, Renee, Yun Wuyou! I order all of you to fuse your strongest attacks and kill me together!”
Zhou Ming looked deranged. Amid the flames, he seemed to have lost all reason.
“…”
For a split second, the battlefield fell deathly silent.
Fuse their attacks and kill him?
“BOOM!”
Suddenly, dense white light erupted, dazzlingly brilliant and earth-shakingly powerful.
“!!”
Friend and foe alike sensed the overwhelmingly mighty energy fluctuations and turned in unison. Qianying stood there in robes white as snow, continuously gathering power into the sword in her hand.
“Ding!”
[System Notification: Divine Ember Queen · Qianying has used the skill [Forbidden · Final Ember Annihilation]. Her next strike deals 3,000% damage based on 200% of her Attack to an enemy unit, ignores Defense, and is guaranteed to critically hit. As the price, her Level will decrease by 5 after use!]
Before Ye Zhibei and the others had even reacted, Qianying had already put Zhou Ming’s order into action.
Seeing this, Ye Zhibei realized what Zhou Ming intended. A sharp gleam flashed through his eyes, and he immediately pointed his sword at Zhou Ming.
“Swish! Swish! Swish!”
Hundreds upon thousands of illusory swords appeared behind him, then fused one after another. In the blink of an eye, they compressed into a three-foot blade of blue steel.
“Go!”
Qianying wrapped her power around the three-foot blade, imbuing it with her strength.
“Let’s add some more fuel to the fire!”
Renee and Yun Wuyou also unleashed power on the level of forbidden spells and forced those forces to fuse with the blade. Much of their power was inevitably lost in the process, but the three-foot blade unquestionably grew even stronger!
“Don’t even think about it!”
Nearby Demon Gods tried to disrupt the gathering power. Ye Zhibei took their blows head-on. Even as he coughed up blood and his HP plunged, he refused to let them touch the three-foot blade.
“Brother Zhou, this is the moment to slay a god!”
Ye Zhibei roared. Under his control, the three-foot blade locked onto Zhou Ming and shot forward. Space shattered inch by inch in its wake as it pierced straight through Zhou Ming’s chest.
Zhou Ming’s HP emptied in an instant, yet he remained rooted in place without moving an inch. Endless madness covered his savage face. “Flame Giant King, prepare to die!!”
“No! This is bad!”
Long Kun, emperor of the Eastern Region, rushed over. The moment he saw this scene of allies slaughtering one another, his pupils contracted, and he cried out in horror, “This is…”
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