The voice in the void was cold and mechanical, as if tones and syllables were forming the language.
Alar and others suddenly burst into ecstatic joy, completely ignoring the attacks falling upon them, all kneeling on both knees and touching the ground with their heads.
They remained completely motionless, allowing various attacks to strike their bodies, beating them until their skin split and flesh tore.
“God! You’ve come, how did you come here!”
“Hail the descent of the deity!”
Alar and others trembled with their lips, hardly believing the sounds they had just heard with their ears.
God actually arrived at the Demon King’s domain.
The void split open, and a shadow, completely shrouded in golden light and impossible to discern clearly, stepped out from the void.
His footsteps landed on the earth, and golden light rippled across the ground, as if weaving a golden carpet laid upon the surface.
Mingzun and Luomo also stopped fighting at this moment.
“God!”
The two stared in terror at the golden shadow, feeling as if their hearts were about to leap out of their chests.
According to legend, the source of all destruction, the deity who governs life and death, actually appeared before them.
Once, the two of them saw each other from a distance.
After that incident, the two of them understood what true strength is, and what it means to be afraid!
The two individuals possessed immense strength and wielded significant influence during their time.
They have always aimed to surpass the divine. A lifetime of struggle is also a form of tempering.
Yet he had never once seen the appearance of a deity.
Is this what a god looks like?
All the fighting spirit between the two of them was extinguished before this shadow.
The once grand boasts and the ambition to conquer the gods have suffered a heavy blow.
It’s impossible to defeat; this is an existence that simply cannot be overcome.
Once, this was the existence they wanted to surpass and defeat.
But now all their ambitions and fighting spirit have vanished.
Because the golden shadow was merely standing before them, it was already displaying the aura of the master of all things, causing them to feel a sense of fear deep within their souls.
“No, I will never admit defeat!” Lu Mo clenched his teeth, glaring at the god, silently vowing in his heart.
How could he admit defeat now? His path is still long, and one day he will surely surpass the gods.
Mingzun’s eyes, after a momentary confusion, became incredibly determined, reigniting his fighting spirit!
If we must lose, let it end in death.
After such a long time, after cultivating for so many years, everything was for the sake of surpassing the divine. If he were to admit defeat without even a single battle, wouldn’t all those years of hardship and effort have been in vain?
Lu Yu saw the golden ethereal figure and smiled, saying, “We meet again.”
“Again!”
Alar and others felt weak all over, dizzy to the brink of collapse.
This is a god, you know. They can hardly get a chance to see him.
And Lu Yu actually said, “We meet again,” and in such an impolite manner.
Immediately afterwards, everyone including Alar and Mingzun was greatly alarmed.
Previously just rumors, this now amounts to confirmation.
Lu Yu had really met the deity before.
Luo Mo gritted his teeth and said, “It’s true that the gods have approached Lu Yu to become their divine spokesperson.”
Refusing even an invitation from a god, how many people could possibly manage to do that.
Luo Mo suddenly felt a bit jealous of Lu Yu.
“If you do not wish to kill these people, then give them to me.” The golden shadow’s icy light swept over the kneeling divine servants beside Lu Yu, as it said, “You who once worshiped me now beg for mercy from humans. Do you still remember my existence?”
The voice of the shadow remained emotionless, with a monotonous tone.
Yet to everyone’s ears, it carried infinite authority, as if pronouncing the death sentence on all of them.
The kneeling divine servant’s eyes were dull, unable to believe that the situation had escalated to this point.
Even gods have appeared.
“Why should I give them to you?” Lu Yu retorted. “Since you’re asking me, you must know that you can’t intervene directly, right? So if you can’t act directly, do you really think I would hand these people over to you?”
Alar and the other divine servants were instantly stunned.
In front of Lu Yu stands a god, yet he dares to speak like this?
A faint golden light shimmered around the shadow as it spoke, “You’re not going to kill them; are you actually planning to keep them alive and feed them?”
“Since you were the one who killed them, I definitely won’t. Keeping these useless ones alive is fine, as long as they don’t cause me any trouble. I can just leave them in a corner of Fanggang.”
“If they were willing to betray even me just to save their own lives, keeping them around would only bring you trouble.”
“Are you determined to kill them?”
“Those humans who have believed in me and received my divine power are now pleading for mercy from mortals. If I do not kill them, how can my divine majesty remain?”
“Alright then, there are a thousand people here. What will you use to buy their lives?”
“Clang!”
Dozens of divine servants who had descended from the Spirit Star were so overwhelmed that half of them fainted.
Lu Yu’s audacity knew no bounds; he was actually haggling over the price with a deity!
“You don’t want to live anymore, daring to talk price with me! It would be easy for me to crush you to death.”
“Don’t try to intimidate me. From the moment I refused to become your divine messenger, you’ve wanted me dead. And now that I’ve taken your collection, you want to turn me into one of your trophies. In your eyes, I’ve probably been a dead man for a long time. Do you really think I’m still afraid of your threats? These thousand people—either you kill them all outright, or we negotiate a price.”
Lu Yu pointed rudely at the thousand divine servants on the ground and asked.
Lu Yu was clearly telling the gods that he was now a dead pig unafraid of boiling water.
Since everyone who needed to be offended has already been offended, what is there to fear from threats?
As long as he’s alive, let’s talk!
“Good, very good!” The golden light around the shadow fluctuated even more intensely, yet still without any emotional expression, it said: “One thousand divine servants in exchange for ten star artifacts!”
“I still have thousands of starcraft materials left to use. I will forge them myself. This condition won’t work.”
“You can send nine people to the Divine Star from your port; I’ll subtract one from the ten spots.”
“The tenth person, I can just bring any king along, and that will make up the number. This condition won’t work either; it’s even worse than the first one.”
After a moment of silence, the shadow spoke: “Then, what conditions do you want?”
Lu Yu pointed at the kneeling divine servant on the ground and said, “One life for one resurrection spot!”
The thousand kneeling divine servants, seeing Lu Yu using their lives as bargaining chips, knew they were doomed to die. Surprisingly, some of them began to stand up.
“Boom!”
This time, it was a true outburst of divine might.
A shadow exuded an aura akin to the master of all things, directly suppressing these people.
Those who wanted to stand up have all fallen to their knees.
“Before me, do you traitors even have the right to stand?” said the shadow.
A divine servant gritted his teeth and said, “Damn it, I’m going to die anyway. How could I possibly let you two have your way? If you want to kill me, then I’ll commit suicide right here and let you watch.”
This divine servant raised his hand, preparing to strike his own celestial crown.
But when he raised his hand, it froze in place like a piece of wood.
“In front of me, you still want to commit suicide!” the shadow said. “You dare to betray me, so I must be the one to kill you. Do you even have the qualification to survive?”
Thousands of kneeling divine servants on the ground were as motionless as wooden carvings, unable to even twitch.
Their faces grew increasingly pale; now they were nothing more than cargo, with no right to speak.
At this moment, the shadow looked at Lu Yu and asked, “One thousand resurrection slots, what does that mean?”
Lu Yu said, “If you want these thousand lives, you must pay an equal price in return. Life for life—that is the greatest value. I want something that can bring a person back to life after death, without any restrictions or dependence on any abilities. Even if someone is killed by a god like you, they should be able to revive once more.”
“I will kill you, no matter how many times you resurrect, a thousand times, ten thousand times, you cannot escape.” The shadow said, “This condition is acceptable. But I have one limitation: this item can only be used once by anyone, it is not something that can be used infinitely.”
“Of course.” Lu Yu nodded, thinking it was a favorable condition.
The shadow remained silent for a moment and then asked, “So, can I kill them now?”
“Unless you break your word, you can kill them!”
“You humans are not even worth my deception.” With a flick of his finger, a thousand golden spheres shot toward Lu Yu from the tip of his finger.
Lu Yu hadn’t even moved to catch them when the spheres directly faded into the void and disappeared.
The shadow said, “In your inventory, you can take a look now.”
Lu Yu opened the storage space and saw a thousand golden spheres quietly lying in one corner.
Lu Yu took one and placed it in his palm, where he could feel the fluctuation of divine power.
…
Shen Jing –
Rank: None.
Ability: At the moment of death, the Divine Crystal will automatically unfold, absorbing the damage that caused the death. After absorbing the damage, it will restore the owner’s strength to their peak condition.
Special Ability: Collect one thousand Divine Crystals, crush them all at once, and you will obtain the Protection of the Gods. You will no longer be harmed by the Apocalypse Tide and will gain the qualification to pass through the Apocalypse Tide directly!
…
“You—”
Lu Yu looked up at the shadow and could feel its malice.
“I have already given you everything as you requested. Do you really think the Guardian of the Gods is something to be given away casually? I’ve offered you an additional choice; is that still not to your satisfaction?”
“Indeed, quite favorable terms,” Lu Yu chuckled. “I must say, I’m a bit surprised. Really, I should thank you.”
“I will take these people with me. Killing them like this is too merciful. When we return to the Divine Star, I will make them regret the consequences of their betrayal.”
The shadow raised its hand and tore through the void.
The thousands of kneeling divine servants in front of Lu Yu were immediately sucked in.
The shadow walked in as well.
Alar and others looked at each other in bewilderment, thinking that the deity would take them away.
But from beginning to end, not once did God even look at them.
Luo Mo licked his lips and smiled: “Do you see now? You so-called divine servants are nothing more than dogs to the gods. The deities you worship regard you as nothing more than trash—easily discarded. Now, your lives belong to me. By killing you, my power will rise even further.”
Alar and others turned pale with despair, having been utterly abandoned by the gods.
This signifies that they have failed.
Dozens of divine servants, knowing they were certain to die, instead became even more eager for battle.
However, here, in front of Lu Yu, the divine servant didn’t even have the strength to fight back.
All the divine servants were dead, and only three people remained within the underground palace.
Luo Mo transformed into a hundred thousand black snakes, rapidly devouring the flesh and blood of all the divine servants on the ground.
Lu Yu stood in front of the light portal, watching the black snake formed from the demonized Luo devour all the flesh. He then said, “Now, it’s time for us to settle the score.”
“Hehe.” Luo Mo laughed loudly and said, “Lu Yu, do you really think I came here without any preparation? This is only half of my body; it’s still too early for you to think about killing me.”
“Lu Yu, he’s mine.” Ming Zun blocked Lu Yu’s path and said, “This is my battle with him; don’t get involved.”
Tai Sui Yellow Amulet Paper FuLu Taoist Love Talisman Traditional Chinese Spiritual Charm Attracting Love Protecting Marriage