“Crackle…” Every single hovering blue ice crystal began to emit a blue light. The rays of blue light emanating from those blue ice crystals connected with each other, and each time the rays of light intersected, the power grew greater, until finally… they all came together at one point.
“Shatter!” Ojwin could tell that the situation was dire. He immediately chopped down with his sword towards one of the ice crystals.
“Bang!” The ice crystal shattered. But then, in the blink of an eye, yet another ice crystal formed. This amazing formation wasn’t impacted whatsoever.
“Crunch!” At the center of the intersecting energy streams, one of the blue ice crystals suddenly emitted a ray of black light.
The target was Ojwin.
Ojwin let out a low growl from his throat. A white horn began to slowly emerge from his forehead, while at the same time, Ojwin delivered a full-strength sword chop towards the ray of black light shooting towards him. The greatsword and the ray of black light collided head-on.
The ray of black light shattered.
“Bang!” Ojwin vomited out a mouthful of fresh blood. With a ‘crunch’, even the bones in his arms shattered.
Ojwin stared viciously at Tarosse, then immediately transformed into a ray of light, streaking towards the western horizon. Even the fiery red form that had been entangling Dylin fused back into Ojwin, who instantly disappeared into the western horizon.
“Olivier. I, Ojwin, swear that I will definitely kill you!!!” Ojwin’s angry roar shook the air above Dragonblood Castle.
Seeing Ojwin retreat, Linley and Olivier both let out a sigh of relief.
Tarosse and Dylin flew over.
“Where does this Ojwin come from? He really is quite powerful. If he were to fight against me alone using all his strength, I probably would at most be able to fight him to a draw.” Tarosse sighed in approval. Tarosse had also realized that this Ojwin actually had a second divine God clone.
Dylin nodded slightly as well.
“But that divine fire clone clearly isn’t as strong as his divine light clone.” Dylin sighed. “When fighting against me, that divine fire clone was only able to entangle me. A pity. I just reached the God-level. I am not yet capable of utilizing God-level Laws to maximum effectiveness.”
Upon reaching a certain level of enlightenment, one would become a God.
But more insights alone didn’t represent that one had become better at using them.
“Two divine clones, both at the God-level. This Ojwin is very hard to go against.” Linley felt that this was a rather thorny problem as well.
“Two divine clones being at the God-level isn’t all that special.” Tarosse shook his head disdainfully. “Upon becoming a Deity through one’s own power, the first divine clone can naturally reach the God-level. As for the original body… it can go find a divine spark and just go fuse it. This Ojwin should have been in the Gebados Planar Prison for a long time. First, he would let his original body reach the Demigod-level. Most likely, he was lucky and was able to acquire a divine God spark. That gives him two divine God clones, as easy as that.”
While they chatted, multiple figures suddenly flew over. It was the cold and grim War God ‘O’Brien’, the High Priest ‘Catherine’, and Cesar.
“Linley, congratulations.” The War God’s serious, rocky face squeezed out a smile.
Seeing the War God, Linley sighed in his heart.
“War God. Do you already know about what happened in your O’Brien Empire?” Linley asked.
“I know a bit. I don’t know the specifics yet.” The War God shook his head. “I didn’t expect that as soon as I left the Necropolis of the Gods, I would have received such terrible news.”
“Oh, right. I didn’t have the chance to ask yet. How did so many experts suddenly escape from the Gebados Planar Prison?” Dylin asked puzzledly. “Even that area I fled from in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts was just a weak spot in the walls of reality. It was very hard to find.”
“It was me,” Olivier spoke up. “I did it accidentally. I opened that interdimensional gateway by accident.”
“You opened the interdimensional gateway?” Dylin, the War God, and the rest were all greatly shocked.
The weak spot in the walls of the reality was just a long, large crack that would occasionally release a few drops of water. But opening the interdimensional gateway was akin to a massive landslide that would release a flood of water, releasing an astonishingly high number of experts.
“Hey?” Linley looked at Dylin in confusion. “Lord Dylin, how did you know that we were in danger?”
Linley could tell that Dylin had transformed into his true form to hurry over here. Even Tarosse had been slightly slower than Dylin, while the Demigods like the War God, the High Priest, and Cesar had been much slower. They had only arrived after the battle was over.
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“It was Lord Beirut who informed us,” Dylin replied.
The War God also spoke. “When we returned from the Necropolis of the Gods to the Yulan Plane, soon after we entered the Yulan continent, Lord Beirut suddenly said… that you, Linley, were in danger. He said that if Dylin and Tarosse hurried over, they might be able to rescue you in time.”
Dylin and Tarosse both nodded slightly.
“If you had been just a bit slower, Dylin, things really would have gotten quite dangerous.” Tarosse sighed.
Dylin laughed, “Dangerous, how? I expect that Lord Beirut arrived here long before we did. Most likely, at the most critical, dangerous moment, if we hadn’t arrived yet, Lord Beirut would have helped rescue Linley.”
“Lord Beirut?” Tarosse frowned. “Most likely, Lord Beirut wouldn’t even care if every single human on the Yulan continent died. Would he necessarily save Linley? I find it quite surprising that he even warned us.”
Tarosse had a very clear memory of Beirut’s ruthless viciousness.
“Not necessarily so.” Dylin didn’t share the same opinion.
“So that’s how it all went down.” Linley secretly sighed. No wonder after he had mentally reached out to Bebe, Bebe hadn’t told him if Beirut would be able to come… so Beirut had gone to the Necropolis of the Gods and wasn’t even in the Forest of Darkness.
Nobody noticed…
A few kilometers away from Dragonblood Castle, a translucent human figure was hovering in mid-air, absorbing all the sunlight that shone down on him. When something absorbed all light, then it naturally would become invisible.
“That kid, Tarosse.”
The invisible man snorted self-mockingly. “It seems the actions that I took during the Apocalypse Wars all those years ago had truly terrified him. He really thinks I’m as ruthless and as vicious as that?” And then, the translucent person disappeared.
At the borders of the Forest of Darkness.
“Bebe, don’t go. You won’t be of any use at Dragonblood Castle. Can you beat a full God?” The three Violet-Gold Rat Kings were persuading Bebe, but Bebe had made up his mind. He hurriedly flew towards the south, his heart filled with panic.
But just at this moment.
“Bebe, I’m fine,” Linley’s voice rang out in Bebe’s mind.
“Boss.” Bebe instantly halted, overjoyed.
The three nearby Violet-Gold Rat Kings were extremely mystified as Bebe halted in mid-air and spoke spiritually with Linley. Only after a long while did the conversation end. “Boss, I’m heading to your place right now.” Bebe truly wanted to see Linley right now. Nobody could stop him.
“Bebe…” A gravelly voice rang out.
Bebe raised his head, his beady little eyes instantly filling with a hint of unhappiness. “Grandpa Beirut, you only came back now.”
“Lord Father.” The three Violet-Gold Rat Kings behaved very properly.
Beirut smiled as he reached out, wanting to hug Bebe. “Bebe, come here.” But Bebe dodged aside. “Hmph. Grandpa Beirut, I learned from the Boss that you knew that the Boss
was in trouble. Why didn’t you personally intervene? If you personally intervened, that Ojwin bastard would have died, no question about it.”
Bebe was extremely dissatisfied.
Ojwin had nearly killed Linley.
In Bebe’s mind, although Beirut made him feel extremely proud and he truly liked his Grandpa Beirut very much, to Bebe, nobody was more important than Linley, who had grown up along with him since they were children. In much the same way, in Linley’s heart, Bebe was also extremely important.
How many years had Linley and Bebe travelled alone, just the two of them?
A human youth with no parents, and a magical beast with no parents. They had joked with each other, adventured together, and slowly grown up together. The bond between them was tough and unbreakable.
“Bebe. Me, personally kill that Ojwin?” Beirut laughed with resignation. “I can’t personally get involved in everything, right? As for killing Ojwin and getting revenge, it’s best to let Linley handle that. It’s enough for me to save his life.”
“It was Tarosse and Dylin who saved my Boss’ life.” Bebe turned his head around unhappily, ignoring Beirut.
Staring at Bebe, Beirut didn’t know what to say.
He, Beirut, was an extremely famous person, even amongst the high-level figures of the countless planes of the universe. His ruthlessness and viciousness was the stuff of legend. Even towards his own children, Beirut could be ruthless. But… towards Bebe, Beirut’s heart was filled with doting love.
It was much like how parents could be stern with their children, but would be indulgent towards their grandchildren.
Beirut was exceedingly strict with his children, but meeting this descendant of his Beirut clan, Bebe, the second Godeater Rat to ever exist in the countless planes of the universe, he simply couldn’t be strict.
“Tarosse and Dylin?” Beirut shook his head. “Bebe, actually, I already arrived at Dragonblood Castle long before they did, traveling at high speed. If they hadn’t been able to make it in time, I would have intervened.” Beirut coaxed Bebe, as though he were coaxing a little child.
Bebe looked somewhat suspiciously at Beirut. “Truly?”
“Of course it’s true. Since when has Grandpa ever lied to you?” Beirut’s smile was so very benevolent.
Bebe immediately began to grin.
“Right, Grandpa Beirut, I want to pay a visit to Dragonblood Castle,” Bebe immediately said.
“Fine.” Beirut beamed at him. “You should go take a look, but Bebe, you need to remember that you are very close to your final transformation and reaching adulthood. After making a visit, come back quickly,” Beirut instructed him solemnly.
“Got it, Grandpa Beirut,” Bebe replied.
“Harry, go alongside Bebe,” Beirut instructed, not entirely at ease.
“Yes, Lord Father,” the Violet-Gold Rat King, Harry, said.
“Grandpa Beirut, Harry doesn’t have to come, right. If I meet with any Deities that come to act against me, Harry won’t be able to protect me.” This is what Bebe said, because as Bebe saw it, the Violet-Gold Rat King, Harry, was nothing more than a Saint-level magical beast.
Hearing this, Harry couldn’t help but exchange glances with his two brothers, the other two Violet-Gold Rat Kings, Hart and Harvey.
“Harry, go with him.” Beirut couldn’t be bothered to say much more.
And then, Bebe and Harry headed off towards Dragonblood Castle together.
To the War God and the High Priest, the sudden descent of so many experts into the Yulan continent was an extremely disastrous piece of news. Still, they were forced to accept it. Linley, Olivier, Dylin, Tarosse, Cesar, the War God, the High Priest… this group of people were clustered together in the main hall of Dragonblood Castle.
Just as they were chatting amongst each other…
“Whoosh!” A human figure suddenly flew over at high speed. It was Fain.
Just now, because of Ojwin’s arrival, Linley had ordered his family and friends to immediately flee in every direction. Now, they were slowly making their way back. The first one to arrive was Fain. When Fain landed in the main hall, he saw the War God, O’Brien, and was instantly stunned.
“Bang!” Fain’s knees crashed to the ground.
“Master!” Fain’s eyes were already filled with tears. “My fellow disciples are all dead, and the honorary disciples are dead as well. The entire War God Mountain has been destroyed! Your disciple has failed Master’s trust!” Fain sobbed bitterly. The pain he felt in his heart, upon seeing his master, the War God, completely burst out.
The War God hurriedly moved towards him, personally raising his first disciple to his feet.
“Fain, this has nothing to do with you. Nothing to do with you.” The War God let out a single sigh.
War God Mountain had held all of his life’s work, but with so many Deities having descended, he understood… that his disciple, Fain, merely a Prime Saint, didn’t have any chance to defend at all.
“Master!!!” From mid-air, multiple human figures flashed forward. It was Dixie and the others.
Dixie and the others also directly knelt down before the High Priest.
“Rise, all of you,” the High Priest said with a sigh. Her situation was actually much better than the War God’s, because the people who had taken over the Yulan Empire had attacked the imperial palace. In addition, the disciples of the High Priest weren’t centered on any particular location, and so only the two who were in the imperial palace had died.
Most of the High Priest’s disciples were still alive.
However… the Yulan Empire, which the High Priest had guarded for ten thousand years, had been taken over.
Many people hurried over, one after the other, including Linley’s original body, which directly merged into his divine clone.
“Linley.” As soon as she came back, Delia embraced Linley, feeling worried for him. “You are okay. That’s wonderful.” Delia’s eyes were filled with unshed tears. When Ojwin had arrived, all of them had been forced to hide in that pocket dimension.
Afterwards, they had fled in every direction.
Linley’s original body was worried that the enemy would focus on his aura and focus on seizing him, so he hadn’t permitted any others to flee with him in the same direction.
At that time, everyone’s heart was filled with terror. But now, everyone could set their minds at ease.
“Everything is fine now.” Linley felt somewhat relaxed as well.
Before this, an enormous weight had been crushing down upon Linley, who had been the only one to bear it. But now, Dylin and Tarosse had come. With the two of them… unless that Lord Adkins personally acted against them, Linley’s side was now more than capable of protecting themselves, at least.
“Linley, do you know who it was that destroyed my War God Mountain?” The War God looked at Linley.
The War God’s eyes held a trace of an unwillingness to accept this.
Linley sighed as he spoke. “War God, forget it. The people who destroyed your War God Mountain and took over the O’Brien Empire are an extremely powerful force. Their leader is a Highgod. His name is ‘Adkins’.” Ever since learning that Adkins was a Highgod, he had never again entertained the notion of the War God seizing back the O’Brien Empire.
“Adkins!!!” Dylin let out a shocked cry.
Having stayed in the Gebados Planar Prison, Dylin knew how terrifying Adkins was.
“Highgod?” Tarosse, Cesar, the War God, the High Priest, and the others all had changed looks on their faces. It was already very hard to go from being a Demigod to a full God, but the difficult level of advancing from God to Highgod was even more ridiculous. To them, a Highgod was invincible.
After all…
Sovereigns wouldn’t pay attention to ordinary Deities. Sovereigns couldn’t be bothered to act against them, and so Highgods naturally became the top of the mountain.
“So Adkins made it out as well. That makes sense. He belongs to Bluefire C
ity.” Dylin let out an emotional sigh. “Who knows if Lord Bluefire was able to flee out as well.” Dylin also knew of the terrifying power of ‘Bluefire’, one of the five great Kings.
A King amongst the most powerful of Highgods!
Although Adkins was powerful, in front of Bluefire, he had to lower his noble head and submit to him.
“Haha…” The War God laughed self-mockingly. “So a Highgod is actually interested in occupying my O’Brien Empire.” The War God’s laughed contained helplessness in it. Although the War God had made improvements in the Necropolis of the Gods, he was still just a Demigod.
“Linley, do you know who took over my Yulan Empire?” the High Priest’s gentle voice rang out.
Linley still remembered what Muba had told him. He immediately replied, “High Priest, the person who destroyed the imperial palace of the Yulan Empire and took it over was a full God named Oerph.”
“A full God?” The High Priest frowned.
Everyone present had improved over the course of this trip to the Necropolis of the Gods, and Dylin had broken through from peak Demigod-level and entered the God-level. The High Priest had been lucky enough to acquire a single ‘God-level divine spark’. As for Cesar and the War God, although they hadn’t acquired divine sparks, they had acquired divine artifacts.
“A God who was able to survive in the Gebados Planar Prison is no ordinary God,” Dylin said with a frown. “I imagine that for now, it’s best for us to not make too many enemies. For now, let’s make this Baruch Empire our base. Together, at least we’ll be able to protect our foundation, the Baruch Empire.”
The War God and the High Priest hesitated for a moment, then nodded as well.
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Linley and the others understood one point; if one wanted to occupy a large territory, one had to have an equivalent amount of power!
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