The instant Amelie fell, her divine kingdom trembled violently before collapsing into a heap of rubble.
Yes, Amelie had fallen before her divine kingdom was destroyed. In other words, Su Chen had killed her not by destroying her divine kingdom but rather by killing her through his own power, causing the divine kingdom to be destroyed as a result.
Lin Shaoxuan and the others all felt extremely embarrassed.
Wasn’t he supposed to just keep Amelie at bay while they attacked her weak points?
But now that the opponent had already fallen, what was the point in continuing to assault her weaknesses?
“It’s alright, boss. He is Su Chen, after all,” Lin Shaoxuan’s subordinates said in an attempt to console him.
By this point, it was quite common to hear this phrase about Su Chen.
It was as if he had become a god himself.
Of course, he wasn’t actually one, but now, he had proved that he was capable of killing them.
“I was only able to finish her off so easily due to your efforts in weakening her,” Su Chen said, placating Lin Shaoxuan before making a gesture. A ball of glowing light appeared in his hand.
Amelie had died in a relatively clean manner, and she didn’t even leave behind a corpse. Nevertheless, the divine power that had been in her body was perfectly preserved.
“That’s quite a valuable treasure,” everyone said, their eyes aglow with desire.
Anything left behind by a god would be extremely valuable.
“Yes. If we distribute it properly, then we will be able to gain another wave of Golden Pill cultivators. After all, Cloud Leopard, Iron Cliff, and Xianyao are all nearly there. Oh, right — we should leave some for Ye Fenghan and Le Feng as well.” Su Chen then handed it to Gu Qingluo.
“You’re not going to use it yourself?” Gu Qingluo was surprised by Su Chen’s magnanimity.
Su Chen shook his head. “I am not lacking in immortal energy right now. Instead, I need to focus on ascertaining the correct path forward. Ascending to a new realm requires more than just enough immortal energy. I need a new direction, new leads, and new comprehensions.”
After saying this, Su Chen let out a soft sigh. “Also, Amelie was too weak. The amount of help that she can give me is limited.”
Everyone was rendered speechless.
Perhaps only someone like Su Chen was qualified to say that a deity was weak.
Even though Su Chen had seemingly taken care of Amelie with relative ease, she was at least as strong as a Desolate Beast. In other words, she was capable of taking on an entire kingdom on her own.
Thus, it could only be said that Su Chen’s power had also reached the terrifying point where he could fight an entire kingdom on his own.
Su Chen’s gaze began to wander.
This fight against Amelie had expended quite a bit of his immortal energy. In this environment, however, divine power was readily available, which he could easily absorb and convert into immortal energy to replenish his reserves.
Su Chen quickly found his next target.
It was the Lord of Storms, Akru’Danba, whose clone Su Chen had exterminated not long ago.
Akru’Danba was a low-tier god, but his situation was relatively unique.
In the beginning, he had been a high-tier deity.
When the gods had ruled over the Origin Realm, the Lord of Storms had been a well-known individual.
Unfortunately, after the gods were sealed within Kun’s territory, the conditions here had been too difficult for the Lord of Storms to smoothly adjust to.
Within Kun’s territory, which was isolated within the Barrier of the Gods, the power of the Lord of Storms’ winds weakened significantly. And as an elemental god, the number of his believers had been relatively low in the first place. As such, he was also the first to experience this fall from grace. Quite a few other gods experienced similar downfalls, such as the God of Death, the God of Righteousness, the God of Light, the God of Time, and many more.
Some had suffered an even more pitiful fate. The God of Death, for instance, had lost all contact with the River of Souls that the dead traveled to. He fell almost immediately after the Twilight of the Gods started, but he did manage to send a soul fragment through to the Origin Realm just before he died.
Others were slightly better off. Longue, the Barbarian god, had also once been a high-tier god. Eventually, he fell to mid-tier, but he managed to stabilize there. As such, he still possessed a certain amount of status. However, his temperament remained the same as his high-tier days, and his brash behavior often earned him a scolding from the other gods.
In any case, Akru’Danba had been forsaken by the passage of time. His recent days had been quite difficult.
Vestiges of his status as a high-tier god, however, were still present. Even though his divine power had decreased, he still had complete mastery over his former techniques. As such, his combat power was comparable to the best mid-tier gods.
If Amelie fought against Akru’Danba, she would have basically served as a punching bag for him.
Su Chen choosing him as his next target was a bit arrogant, but it was also true that Amelie was too weak for him. Fighting her had barely benefitted him at all.
He needed the stimulation of an even more powerful foe.
Unexpectedly, before Sky City was even able to change directions towards their new target, the gods repositioned themselves first.
“Leave this place! We cannot demonstrate our full strength here!” the Moon Goddess cried out.
So they had finally realized that continuing to fight in this way would only result in their defeat?
The spatial restrictions here made it impossible for the gods to unleash their full might. They needed more space and a larger battlefield.
In terms of pure strength, the Origin Beasts won out, but if the gods wanted to leave, there was nothing that the Origin Beasts could do to force them to stay.
As soon as the command was given, the gods immediately began to retreat with their divine kingdoms in tow. The Temple of the Gods also began to fade away.
Upon seeing this, Su Chen made no attempt to give chase. Instead, he muttered under his breath, as if talking to someone off into the distance. “You’re not planning on stopping them, are you?”
After a moment, Su Chen smiled slightly. “Understood. That sounds good to me. We might as well take things slowly.”
Then, he turned his gaze to the Guardian God, Erza.
The rest of the gods had already fled, including his original target, Akru’Danba. However, this Guardian God had been unfortunate enough to be left behind, as he was still entangled by the Nightmare Severance.
The Nightmare Severance looked like a headless flying snake. Its body was always shrouded in a black fog that possessed incredibly corrosive properties. This fog dissolved the snake’s opponents and converted them into nutrients. The Nightmare Severance was one of the few Origin Beasts that didn’t rely on raw strength to fight against its opponents. Instead, it would constantly extract their vitality. Even while it was hibernating, the territory around it had been known as one of the most dangerous forbidden areas. Any creature that accidentally stumbled into its area would soon find themselves drained dry of vitality and turned into nourishment for the Nightmare Severance. This was why it had survived all the way until now.
The Guardian God that had been entangled by the Nightmare Severance had been affected by the corrosive power of its attacks, and grey streaks had appeared all over his body.
The fog surrounding the Nightmare Severance, however, was also steadily decreasing in size. It seemed that corroding divine power was still quite challenging for it.
“Another low-tier god. He’s not as strong as Akru’Danba, but he’s much more powerful than Amelie. Alright, it looks like you’re it,” Su Chen muttered to himself before flying over. “Leave this opponent to me.”
The Nightmare Severance ignored him.
It was an Origin Beast. How could it possibly pay attention to the commands of a human?
The Blood Ancestor, however, said, “Leave it to him, Nightmare Severance. Let us see what a human can do.”
The Nightmare Severance unwillingly retreated.
Only then did Erza realize that all the other gods had long since retreated.
“So I have been abandoned?” Erza muttered, his voice filled with sorrow and lamentation.
“Don’t be surprised. This is just the most logical course of action. Now let me see just how powerful that divine power of yours is,” Su Chen said as he cracked his knuckles.
“Ridiculous!” Erza barked.
Following this yell, a streak of divine light shot forth, piercing towards Su Chen.
Before this streak of light could even reach Su Chen, however, it disappeared without a trace.
“Spatial Method Power?” Erza exclaimed in surprise. “So you can also control Method Power.”
“Oh, it’s only so-so,” Su Chen replied humbly.
Erza’s expression, however, was solemn. “Any individual who can control Method Power to such a degree can be temporarily conferred the status of a god if they create a church and absorb the faith of their worshippers. Do you not know this?”
“I do know,” Su Chen replied with a nod.
Erza was correct. Given Su Chen’s current understanding of Method Power, he could easily ascend to godhood if he absorbed enough divine power.
But why would Su Chen do that?
His intention had never been to become a god in the first place.
He wanted to wipe them all out.
Su Chen smiled slightly. “I’m afraid that I don’t want to become a god, but rather an immortal.”
“Immortal?” Erza was taken aback.
“Yes! An immortal, as you can see.” Immortal energy burst forth from Su Chen’s body like a tidal wave, surging in all directions.
“Forbidden power!” Erza roared with bitter hatred, “Will you insist on defying the natural order all the way until the end!?”
Su Chen, on the other hand, seemed to grow even more steadfast after hearing Erza’s reprobations. “You are a god, who exists high in the heavens. You possess innate control of Method Power, and thereby control the entire world. You believe that you are the rightful owners of this realm. Meanwhile, immortal energy comes from the internal world within a person, and it exists completely independently of the external world. This great path supposedly goes against the Heavens, which is why you have forbidden it. Because it is a power that defies the Heavens as you define them. In fact, it can even devour and consume your divine power…… Are you afraid of it?”
“Shut your blasphemous mouth!” Erza roared. Divine light began to undulate from his body in thick waves.
Su Chen frowned. “Shut my mouth? You and what army? Let’s see if you can shut my mouth before I trample you underfoot!”
The Universe of Beasts appeared once more. The Shining Dragon coiled high in the sky, exuding an extremely imposing aura.
The Universe of Beasts that was now supported by immortal energy was powerful enough to cause the very earth itself to tremble. Even Erza, the Guardian God, felt an instinctual fear overtake him.
By now, however, he knew that there was no room for fear.
With his back against the wall, the Guardian God demonstrated his powerful will and the stolid resolution that a true god should possess.
He let loose a long howl at the sky. “My disciples! Burn, for the glory of the gods!!!”
Following his cry, all of the warriors living in his divine kingdom howled out in response.
The sound of unceasing prayer echoed throughout the sky.
Following this wave of prayer, all of the holy soldiers crumbled to ashes as they disappeared.
They were sacrificing themselves!
The golden light on the Guardian God’s body surged with unprecedented power. His body, which had previously been corroded by the Nightmare Severance, suddenly began to recover, and it even became stronger than before.
“Are you finally planning on getting serious?” the Blood Ancestor murmured.
“Do you really think that that brat can stop him?” the Tree Ancestor asked from beside him.
“It doesn’t matter if he can or not,” the Blood Ancestor replied, “All I know is that this human has long since shattered the ancient restrictions of the human race. Their future is bright, perhaps unlimitedly so.”
The path of the immortal had already begun to spread through the human race.
In the coming days, more and more humans would reach the level that Su Chen had arrived at.
In other words, more Su Chens would appear.
The Tree Ancestor fell silent. “I don’t like that.”
“You don’t need to like it. You can only get used to it. The changing world does care about whether or not you like its changes,” the Blood Ancestor calmly advised.
Up in the sky, Su Chen’s battle with Erza had officially begun.
No matter what the process of this battle looked like, however, the outcome had already been determined.
