Gods of Yulan: Book 4 of the Coiling Dragon Saga

by Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi

  Power!

  “Rumble…” That spear alone emanated an aura that ripped through the surrounding space.

  “Highgod artifact.” Tarosse and Dylin’s faces both changed.

  “Since you don’t intend to accept my good intentions, then…” Barnas looked calmly at Tarosse. “Accept death.” Barnas suddenly moved, his body transforming into a blur, slashing through the sky in a moment. That ancient spear in his hands pierced directly towards Tarosse.

  Space seemed to freeze, with only that spear remaining!

  Irresistible power!

  Tarosse’s face changed dramatically. Gritting his teeth, he instantly divided into two bodies. The green-robed Tarosse and the black-robed Tarosse simultaneously went to block this attack. A devilish green whip wrapped around towards the spear like a serpent, while an icy cold, black, long and narrow blade carried a destructive aura as it chopped towards the spear.

  “BOOM!”

  Barnas’ body shuddered slightly, but the green-robed Tarosse and the black-robed Tarosse fell down towards the ground.

  The terrifying collision force created clearly visible ripples that blasted in every direction.

  Linley, the War God, the High Priest, Bebe, and Cesar, the Demigods, could clearly sense the power emanating from this ripple, which pressed their bodies down towards the ground. Linley’s face changed dramatically. “Not good!” If this ripple were to strike Dragonblood Castle, Dragonblood Castle would definitely be transformed into rubble, and many people would die.

  “Hmph!” With a flip of his hands, Dylin struck out with two palms, sending out a surge of destructive energy that dissipated the oncoming ripples.

  “Swoosh!” Tarosse’s two bodies once more flew up into the air, standing shoulder to shoulder with Dylin.

  The black-robed Tarosse messaged mentally, “Dylin, this old fellow is too powerful. His personal strength is on par with mine, but he has that Highgod artifact. Not just him. He has three Gods behind him as well. This time, we’re going to have some trouble!”

  Dylin’s face was ugly to behold as well. “All we can do is go all out.”

  Linley and the others landed on the ground. Wharton, Delia, and the others all immediately ran over. Wharton said in concern, “Big bro, the situation seems grim.”

  Linley felt worried as well. All he could do was whisper, “Don’t worry. Lord Tarosse and the others should still have some methods.” Bebe was next to Linley, unable to do anything either. After all, Bebe was only a new Demigod. There was nothing he could do in a battle like this.

  “Linley, quick, lead everyone to flee for now,” Tarosse’s voice rang out in Linley’s mind.

  Linley’s heart shook.

  “This time, the enemy is too powerful!” Tarosse didn’t feel any confidence at all either.

  “Boss, the situation isn’t good.” Bebe was worrying as well.

  “Today!” A sonorous voice rang out from above, as Barnas stared down at the people in Dragonblood Castle. “Not one of you will be able to escape. Prepare to accept the punishment of the ‘Spear of Cortez’!” Countless spear images filled the air. Barnas, wielding the spear in his hand, stared down at the people in Dragonblood Castle like an invincible fiend.

  “Rumble!” Countless spear shadows fell down like the rain.

  Barnas actually separated into two figures, while Ojwin, Gatenby, and Hanbritt only had one body. The five figures shot down at high speed from mid-air. Ojwin, in particular, laughed with loud, wild glee, “All of you will die!!!”

  Everyone in Dragonblood Castle felt despair.

  “Flee!” Linley’s face was ferocious. He ‘shouted’ with his divine sense to everyone!

  Instantly, the War God, the High Priest, Linley, Delia, Bebe… everyone began to flee in every which way. They all wanted to flee the battlefield in the shortest time possible. Only by doing so might some of them be able to live for a while.

  “Haha… why are you all fleeing? No rush!” A loud laugh could be heard.

  Suddenly, four blurs appeared, shooting out from Dragonblood Castle into mid-air. The formerly frightened Dylin and Tarosse were overjoyed, and they instantly charged over alongside those four figures.

  Barnas’ side had: Barnas’ two divine clones, Gatenby, Ojwin, and Hanbritt, the latter three who only had one body.

  Dragonblood Castle’s side had: The four figures who had suddenly appeared, Tarosse and Dylin.

  The six figures attacked the five figures, with three of them attacking Barnas’ two clones… the battle started in an instant, then ended in an instant. Linley and the others, who had been fleeing in despair, now raised their head in confusion to stare at the sky… and by then, the battle was already over.

  Barnas, Gatenby, Hanbritt, and Ojwin. The four of them were covered in blood.

  “Highgod artifacts, four of them… all Highgod artifacts!” Barnas’ face was utterly pale, but his eyes were filled with amazement as he stared at those four who had appeared out of nowhere. Judging from their appearances, those four clones belonged to two different people. Of the four figures, two wore violet robes, while two wore golden robes. Their facial features were extremely similar.

  Just then, it had been six against five. Those two violet-robed figures had combined to attack one of Barnas’ clones, destroying it and seizing the divine God spark.

  “Barnas, today, we destroyed one of your clones. You can fuck off now.” One of the violet-robed figures flipped the divine spark in his hand while laughing calmly.

  “This… no…” Ojwin, seeing this, was totally stunned.

  Just then, victory had been within his grasp. Not even Tarosse had been a match for Barnas, but who would have thought that the battle would have suddenly changed. These four clones that had suddenly appeared out of nowhere actually all had Highgod artifacts!

  “Dragonblood Castle is a place under Lord Beirut’s protection. Go tell Adkins that he had best not permit people to come here in the future. Otherwise, next time, it won’t be as simple a punishment as destroying one of your clones,” the violet-robed youth laughed calmly as he spoke.

  Ojwin, Hanbritt, and Gatenby immediately looked at Barnas.

  Barnas’ face was ashen. Staring at the four figures wielding Highgod artifacts, his heart grew cold, and then with a low growl, he said, “Let’s return.” Ojwin, although unwilling, could only stare at the four mysterious youths before following Barnas and departing.

  “They came just to give us a divine spark.” The four figures turned.

  Tarosse, Dylin, Linley, the War God, and the others all went to welcome them.

  They could instantly tell that the four figures were the divine clones of two separate people, because two pairs of the four were identical in appearance.

  “Bebe, you decide how to handle this divine spark.” The violet-robed youth tossed the God-level divine spark in his hands to Bebe. Bebe accepted it, while at the same time, staring in shock at those four figures.

  He could feel their aura, and it was too familiar. Bebe stared, slack-jawed. “You are Hart and Harvey?”

  “Oh, right.”

  The four figures merged into two youths, while at the same time, two violet-gold figures flew over towards them, fusing into the bodies of the two youths.

  “But… you guys… you guys…?” Bebe stuttered, unable to speak.

  “Those are our original bodies. Our original bodies are naturally still at the Saint level,” the violet-robed youth, ‘Hart’, said. “Our Lord Father was worried about you, so naturally, he had us stay here.”

  Linley, the War God, the High Priest, and the others all felt their minds in a state of chaos.

  What the?

  Those two Violet-Gold Rat Kings were actually full Gods.

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  Intimidation

  As Barnas and the others retreated, the clouds parted and the sun once more shone down on Dragonblood Castle.

  The group of people in Dragonblood Castle all stared disbelievingly at th
ese two youths. Just then, that Barnas who had held down Tarosse and wanted to kill everyone, instead instantly had one of his clones destroyed by those two youths. What was most astonishing was…

  The two youths in front of them were the two Violet-Gold Rat Kings!

  “Hart, Harvey?” Linley said rather hesitatingly.

  “Haha…” Loud laughter could be heard. It came from the nearby Tarosse, who laughed while walking over. “I’ve never understood how the three sons of someone as almighty as Lord Beirut, who were no younger than me and have lived for millions of years, could be at the Saint level the entire time. I’ve always suspected that you three brothers were hiding your true power. Now it seems that is indeed the case!

  Hart and Harvey, the two brothers, both chuckled.

  Linley, upon hearing this, instantly understood. In the past, he didn’t know how long Hart and Harvey had been alive for.

  Now, from the sound of it, they had actually been living for millions of years. With such a long life, and with their father being Beirut, a Highgod and a Sovereign’s Emissary… if Harry, Hart, and Harvey truly had remained at the Saint level, it would indeed be bizarre.

  “I truly feel envious.” Dylin sighed. “Hart, the two divine clones of you two brothers are both in possession of Highgod artifacts.”

  “Yep.” The violet-robed Hart nodded.

  “Our Lord Father gifted these two to us when we brothers originally became Deities,” a golden-robed Harvey said.

  Tarosse, Dylin, the War God, High Priest, Cesar, and the others all sighed and thought the same thing; there was just no way to compare with them!

  To them, getting a Highgod artifact was like a dream.

  But Hart and Harvey not only had Highgod artifacts, they had Highgod artifacts for each of their two clones.

  “Custodial theft!” Linley suddenly thought of this phrase.

  As Linley saw it, Lord Beirut definitely had used his authority to procure Highgod artifacts for his children. It made sense; Lord Beirut was the manager of the Necropolis of the Gods. It wouldn’t be too hard to procure a few Highgod artifacts on behalf of his children.

  “No wonder my Bloodviolet was used to help set up that magic sealing formation.” Linley understood now.

  To Lord Beirut, a Highgod artifact was no big deal.

  No wonder, on the day of his wedding, Beirut had gifted them with a divine spark.

  Delia laughed, “Everyone, don’t just stand there like a fool. Since Hart and Harvey have joined forces, they’ve already intimidate the enemy and scared them off. As I see it, from today onwards, Dragonblood Castle will be able to enjoy a peaceful period. This is a wonderful affair. We need to have a good celebration!”

  Housekeeper Hiri chortled, “I’ll immediately give the orders for a feast to be prepared!”

  Everyone in Dragonblood Castle was in an excellent mood. Everyone understood that for the sake of protecting Bebe, Lord Beirut definitely wouldn’t let anything threaten Dragonblood Castle. This time, just through Hart and Harvey making their moves…

  The opponent’s forces had been intimidated!

  There was no question about this at all.

  Barnas’ side had heroically come, broadcasting their aura everywhere as they attacked Dragonblood Castle, attracting many experts along the way. Those experts even used their divine sense to summon their friends, so that when the battle occurred, there were many Deities and Saints hidden far away from Dragonblood Castle, watching the battle.

  Naturally, these experts clearly saw what happened during this battle.

  The manner in which Hanbritt’s attack had caused the world itself to change colors caused the many experts to exhale in shock.

  Tarosse’s easy blocking of Hanbritt’s attack also made them secretly say to themselves that this God’s power truly was formidable.

  In particular, when Barnas attacked, all of the experts were shocked. Even the two Gods who had hidden themselves nearby were utterly amazed. Their hearts were shaken by the power of the Highgod artifact in Barnas’ hands. Only… who would have imagined that Hart and Harvey would suddenly attack?

  All of the experts present had been flabbergasted!

  In the blink of an eye, Barnas’ side had been badly wounded, while Barnas lost one of his divine clones!

  Hart and Harvey’s power caused everyone present to be astonished.

  In particular, those words that they uttered; “Dragonblood Castle is a place under Lord Beirut’s protection. Go tell Adkins that he had best not permit people to come here in the future. Otherwise, next time, it won’t be as simple a punishment as destroying one of your clones.”

  At that time, the violet-robed youth, Hart, had intentionally spread his voice to an exceedingly great distance.

  Those experts instantly understood that Dragonblood Castle was now under Lord Beirut’s protection, and Lord Beirut clearly didn’t even care about someone as powerful as the Highgod, Adkins. How then would those ordinary Demigods and Gods possibly dare to antagonize Dragonblood Castle?

  These experts all spread this news widely.

  Many of the experts hidden within the Yulan continent quickly learned that Dragonblood Castle not only had many Gods protecting it, it was also under guardianship of Lord Beirut. Without question… no one below the rank of Highgod would dare to irritate Lord Beirut!

  Dragonblood Castle’s reputation, as well as information regarding its master, Linley, quickly became known to many experts.

  O’Brien Empire. The imperial palace.

  A cold wind howled, fluttering past the long robes of Barnas and the others.

  Barnas, Gatenby, Ojwin, and Hanbritt were all standing together in a line respectfully to one side of Adkins. Adkins’ face was gloomy. In his right hand, he was holding a goblet of blood-red wine. He swept the four with a knife-like gaze.

  “Barnas, your clone was destroyed?” Adkins could instantly tell that Barnas was badly injured.

  “Yes.” Barnas nodded slightly.

  “Bastard!” Adkins let out a furious howl, smashing the goblet in his hand to the ground. “WHAP!” The wine goblet shattered. That crystalline sound seemed to have struck Barnas, Ojwin, and the others on their heart. The handsome, suave Adkins now looked like a fierce, enraged panther.

  “Come with me!”

  Adkins’ face was ferocious and fierce. “We are immediately heading to Dragonblood Castle. We will destroy them all!!!”

  Barnas, Ojwin, Gatenby, and Hanbritt were greatly shocked. Only Ojwin had a hint of surprise and delight in his eyes. If Adkins personally attacked, then he would have a chance to avenge his son.

  “Lord Adkins!” Barnas hurriedly said. “Lord Adkins, you cannot!”

  Adkins angrily spun around to stare at him, saying furiously, “Grandpa Barnas, your clone was destroyed. That means you lost a life. How can we not avenge this enmity?”

  The nearby Hanbritt and Ojwin were both stunned.

  Grandpa Barnas?

  The nearby Gatenby, however, wasn’t surprised at all. He had followed Lord Adkins for a fairly long period of time. He knew the relationship between Barnas and Adkins.

  Before Adkins and Barnas had reached the Deity-level, the relationship between the two had been that of a young master and his housekeeper.

  Barnas had always looked after Adkins. In fact, to be precise, Barnas had been the first to reach the Deity-level, and after having done so, he had always looked after Adkins. Adkins had a rather violent temper. Although he was extremely talented in training, because he had caused trouble and angered the Planar Overseer of the Yulan Plane of his era, Barnas and Adkins had both been locked into the Gebados Planar Prison.

  In the Gebados Planar Prison, Barnas had taken care of Adkins the entire time. In the end, Adkins’ power had overtaken that of Barnas and he had reached the Highgod-level.

  However, in his heart, Barnas was still the closest, most trusted person Adkins knew.

  Barnas had a bitter look on his face. “Adkins, d
on’t be hotheaded!”

  Hotheaded? If anyone else had said this to Adkins, Adkins would have killed him by now. But the person who said the words was Barnas.

  “Lord Adkins, you didn’t let me finish. My clone was indeed destroyed, but it was destroyed by the forces of Beirut. Dragonblood Castle is under Beirut’s protection. If we go over there, that means we are openly becoming enemies of Beirut.”

  “Hmph, a young fellow who has only trained a few million years!” Adkins’ eyes emitted a cold light. “So what if he is a Sovereign’s Emissary? I refuse to believe I cannot kill him!”

  Adkins could be considered a genius. Even in the Gebados Planar Prison, where experts were as common as the clouds, the only ones who could truly make him submit were those five Kings. As for this Beirut, just based on the fact that Beirut had only trained for a few million years, Adkins felt disdainful towards him.

  Only Beirut’s status as a Sovereign’s Emissary made Adkins hesitate slightly.

  Barnas urged solemnly, “Lord Adkins, do you know what those four figures wielded as their weapons?”

  “What?” Adkins laughed coldly.

  “All of them were Highgod artifacts!” Barnas said solemnly.

  Adkins couldn’t help but start. Highgod artifacts. That was something that a Highgod created only after whole-heartedly cultivating an artifact for countless years. Generally speaking, experts who had only recently reached the Highgod-level didn’t have Highgod artifacts.

  Although he, Adkins, was very powerful, despite the passage of many years, he only had three Highgod artifacts in total, one of which he had given to Barnas. He himself kept two.

  But these four people had a total of four Highgod artifacts!

  “Hmph. Nothing more than gifts from the Sovereign.” Adkins sneered.

  Barnas bitterly urged, “Lord Adkins, that isn’t Beirut himself, just his subordinates. Those four figures were actually two people, each of which had two clones. Even those two people each have two Highgod artifacts. Lord Adkins, think about it. What about Beirut himself, then?”