The Era of Gods

Chapter 158: The Remnants of a Shattered Demiplane

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This is the power of Godhood and Field, with Godhood being the embodiment of the rules, and Field being the extension of the rules’ power. Through Godhood, one masters the rules and manifests their mighty force in the form of the Field.

However, this is just an avatar of a Demigod, not a very powerful one at that. The power of the Field is limited. If a True God were to take action personally, Lin Xiao, even as a Divine Being, wouldn’t be able to withstand the power of the Field and would be drained of all Divine Blood on the spot, turning into a dried- up corpse.

Therefore, when Lin Xiao erupted with over five million Power of Faith, his tremendous Divine Power instantly shattered the Blood Realm acting upon him, and his figure flickered as he charged out from the crashing blood crests.

At the same time, Shen Yuexin’s Forbidden Whip lashed out again. Propelled by the Power of Faith, the Lightning Whip rapidly swelled into a thick, straight, thundering rod of lightning that slammed into the sea of blood, disintegrating the dense blood and piercing a massive hole straight through the depth of the Blood Realm.

The quality of this Forbidden Whip in her hands definitely reached the level of a Demigod Artifact, and it was even one of the finest among its peers; otherwise, it wouldn’t be so powerful to tear through the Blood Realm easily.

One should know that Lin Xiao had just exploded with over five million Power of Faith barely to extricate himself, and that was just escape. In contrast, with her simple whip lash, using perhaps only about one million Power of Faith, she could easily obliterate large sections of the Realm. It felt as if a red-hot iron rod were easily piercing into solid butter; her displayed power was far stronger than Lin Xiao’s.

In comparison with her weapon, the Golden Spear in Lin Xiao’s hands couldn’t even be counted among Demigod Artifacts. It was only an embryo of a Demigod Artifact, requiring constant nourishment to increase its power.

Under normal progression, it would probably take hundreds of years of continuous nurturing until he became a Demigod for this spear to potentially be cultivated into a Demigod Artifact.

Thinking of how early she got such a powerful Demigod Artifact, and he was still using one stolen from others, the gap was…

“She really is a low-key little wealthy lady. Love it!”

Shortly, Lin Xiao realized that he had gone from being the main attacker to a mere onlooker. The combat power of a full-fledged Demigod was much more terrifying than he had imagined—just one avatar was giving them far more pressure than the Snake People Demigod they originally faced.

The combined strength of the three of them was more than ten times superior to the team from the final exam, yet they could only fight to a draw against a single avatar of the Vampire Demigod.

By this, it was obvious how significantly weakened the Snake People Demigod had been back then; burning several points of Divinity, depleted of Divine Power, all believers killed, nearly on his last breath, he nearly wiped them out. Lucky for them, the Divine Power brought by this Demigod Avatar was insufficient—if the Divine Power had been ample, Lin Xiao might not have been able to burst free just now.

Shen Yuexin led the offensive, each swing of her Forbidden Whip turning into a colossal pillar of lightning that smashed down, detonating swathes of lightning that incinerated the viscous blood, continuously draining the Divine Power of the Vampire Demigod Avatar.

Lin Xu, meanwhile, kept his distance, drawing his bow and aiming at the Blood Realm but not engaging.

In the beginning, Lin Xiao circled the edge of the Blood Realm looking for an opportunity to sneak attack, but the Demigod Avatar remained hidden within the Blood Realm, not coming out. The Forbidden Whip kept smashing large chunks of the Blood Realm, but the true body of the avatar remained elusive. What perplexed him most was the absence of the Legendary Vampire Afonso. After all, he was a Rank 8 Legendary combatant. Although not a true Legend, he was not weak and was qualified to partake in their level of battle. Holding at least one of them off for a short time should not be an issue.

But in reality, since the Vampire Demi-god Incarnation descended, Afonso had been engulfed by the Blood Realm and had vanished from sight, yet to show up again.

Moreover, aside from the initial series of moves to suppress Lin Xiao, who had entered the Blood Realm, the Vampire Demigod Avatar had not dealt with Shen Yuexin and Lin Xu outside the Realm, apparently always on the defense.

“This isn’t right, why won’t he come out? What is he doing?”

When things go abnormally, it usually means trouble. The unknown is terrifying, and the enemy’s abnormal behavior put them on alert. Lin Xiao shouted to his two teammates:

“I feel like if we dragon any longer, something bad will happen.”

On the other side, Shen Yuexin, who had flung twenty or thirty whips to obliterate a large part of the Blood Realm without seeing the enemy, nodded vigorously:

“I also feel something’s off. The night brings many dreams—let’s go all out!”

After that, Lin Xiao heard Shen Yuexin’s voice in his ear:

“You attack first to blast open an area, then I’ll follow through to open a channel and locate the target, and Lin Xu will deliver the fatal blow!”

Lin Xiao immediately understood her intent, nodded, and his pupils blazed with a golden luster. His right hand gripped the Golden Spear tightly, raising it as his mind focused, and a whole thirty million Faith value began to burn.

According to the conversion rate where one million Power of Faith can be turned into a single point of Divine Power, thirty million Power of Faith could be transformed into thirty points of Divine Power, equivalent to an explosion of thirty units of Divine Power. The space around the Golden Spear began to distort and emit an incredible suction, as though even the air and light were being drawn into the spear.

If a mortal were present, they would notice that there was no Golden Spear in his hand, just a distortion that even absorbed the sight.

With a fierce launch towards the front, there was a flash of spatial distortion and then gone.

“Boom!”

The Blood Realm that engulfed the entire city suddenly exploded at its edge, and an invisible tide of golden fluctuations pushed forward, shattering a large portion of the Blood Realm.

At the same time, the color of the Forbidden Whip in Shen Yuexin’s hands suddenly changed; the blue and white lightning transformed into a column of purple lightning whips. With a crack of her whip, the body of the purple lightning whip stretched out instantaneously over a distance of one to two thousand meters, blasting a hole nearly two thousand meters long and over ten meters in diameter into the Blood Realm that had been torn open, until it was blocked by an indescribable sinister figure formed from viscous blood.

Lin Xiao, who had been watching all of this unfold, narrowed his eyes in surprise as he realized that the evil figure in the center of the Blood Realm was none other than the Duke of Vampires, Alfonso.

No, to be precise, the physical body of the legendary vampire Alfonso had already been taken over by the will of the semi-god vampire; the true Legendary Vampire had already died.

No wonder there had been no sightings; so this was the situation.

Taking over the body of a legendary vampire who was a fanatic believer, the avatar of the semi-god vampire suddenly had a vessel in the form of the Non-existing Tree and could now withstand greater damage and wield more powerful techniques through the body of the legendary vampire. The existence of the avatar would also last longer and would not collapse like before if the Divine Power was exhausted.

Previously, it was only a Divine Incarnation based on that little Divinity and will. Once its field was breached, the core of the incarnation would be hit directly, leading to the destruction of the incarnation.

Now that it had a physical body, even if the Blood Realm was breached, the enemy would have to kill the flesh before they could harm the core.

The series of changes were astonishing, but at that moment the arrow was already on the string and had to be shot.

Lin Xu decisively seized the fleeting opportunity and released a pre-charged arrow.

Invisible to the eye, only felt in perception, that trace of trajectory passed through the path created by Shen Yuexin’s blast, and in the next second, the Duke of Vampires…no, it should be the Vampire Demi-god Incarnation, suddenly opened its eyes as space abruptly brightened; a dark gold blood vortex appeared out of nowhere, consolidating, and the trajectory directly hit the center of the vortex, disappearing like a stone sinking into the sea.

But a second later, the Blood God Incarnate shook violently, and an invisible wave of distortion exploded outwards in the form of an aura, spreading like lightning in all directions.

Then, the vast Blood Realm collapsed layer by layer, the solidified seas of blood breaking into countless fragments, dissipating, diluting, and disappearing.

After that, the world became clear, and four figures appeared suspended in the void.

“He’s injured.”

The legendary vampire had a bloodless void in his chest, caused by the fatal injury from Lin Xu’s arrow, which he had been charging for who knows how long. While it did not succeed in killing the Vampire Demi-god Incarnation, it inflicted massive damage, causing even the Field to be unsustainable.

What a pity that the enemy had a body of legendary level; had it not been for this body, Lin Xu’s charged arrow would have certainly killed the Blood God Incarnate.

However, the difference was not significant since it was merely an incarnation with little God Power. Even with a new body and blocking the arrow, it wouldn’t have mattered much; the difference would only mean a slightly prolonged existence.

Unexpectedly, after the collapse of the Field, the Vampire Demi-god Incarnation glanced at them indifferently, then suddenly rose to the sky and fled before the eyes of many believers in the city.

This was quite surprising; escaping under the watchful eyes of so many believers would deal a tremendous blow to their faith, potentially leading to a mass departure and loss of belief.

However, though their reaction was surprising, they were prepared. With a flick of the Forbidden Whip in Shen Yuexin’s hand, it rapidly extended thousands of meters, and a thick column of purple lightning blasted straight into a void.

“Boom!”

A ring of lightning exploded, and the Vampire Demi-god Incarnation, which had ascended to the sky and disappeared from view, was forcibly blasted out from over a thousand meters up in the void.

At the same time, Lin Xiao rocketed upwards, burning a full twenty million of Power of Faith, with golden flames erupting forth. In his hand, the Golden Spear distorted once again, and he pointed it towards the Vampire Demi-god who had just appeared a kilometer away:

“Salted Fish Charge!”

The Supreme Naga’s True Body vanished in a flash.

A thousand meters away, the Vampire Demi-god Incarnation, which was forcefully blasted out, showed its first expression of shock on its otherwise impassive face. Its arms raised and claws bended to manipulate the void, twisting it into a massive blood-colored vortex.

In the instant when the blood-red distortion took shape, a segment of the Golden Spear, wrapped in golden flames, blasted into the distortion. After a moment of stalemate, the tip of the spear laboriously pierced through the twisting vortex, slowly heading towards the Vampire Demi-god Incarnation behind it.

Simultaneously, a dazzling flash of golden light shot from Lin Xu, ascending directly into the sky, making a large curve and descending from the heavens to hit the Vampire Demi-god Incarnation’s forehead.

“Bang!”

The twisting vortex instantly collapsed, and the Golden Spear, unobstructed, struck the face of the Vampire Demi-god Incarnation, detonating its head to smithereens.

A dot of enticing golden light from the shattered head