At this moment, the middle-aged man was burning with rage. If Evan Lin had been an early-stage God-Venerable, he might have stomached the humiliation. But for a mere mid-stage God-Emperor ant to injure him like this—such a thing was unheard of in the God Realm.
Who are you, kid? Why do you possess the martial arts that Frostbane God-Venerable once wielded? If you don’t explain yourself today, you’ll pay a heavy price!
Evan Lin stood up, his wounds already healed, though the golden blood stains on his body were striking. He glanced at the middle-aged man and laughed, "Who I am? You’re not qualified to know. I always thought mid-stage God-Venerables were some kind of monsters, but it turns out your strength is just like this. What a disappointment."
If that’s all the power you’ve got, I’ll cut you down sooner or later. But I have to admit, your martial arts have some flavor—this young master likes it. Why not show me a few more moves?
He’d seen arrogance before, but never anyone as arrogant as Evan Lin. The killing intent radiating from the middle-aged man was enough to freeze the whole space—cold and terrifying. Anyone with weaker cultivation could be suffocated to death by it.
The middle-aged man had intended to use his Space Domain against Evan Lin, but with the Ethereal Divine Shuttle on Evan’s body, that was pointless. He’d expected Evan to run, but instead Evan’s strength was overwhelming. If he kept holding back, he might be seriously injured—or even lose his life.
Thinking this through, the middle-aged man moved his sword toward the sky and said coldly, "Kid, you’re strong. Someday you might rule the God Realm. But I won’t give you that chance. Now taste my strongest attack!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Evan Lin saw a dazzling starlight descend from above and merge with the man’s sword. The man’s whole body trembled uncontrollably—this was the true power of borrowing Stellar Power. Evan knew this strike would be earth-shattering, many times stronger than the last.
He hesitated about how to take this blow. He could also borrow Stellar Power, but his own Stellar Power was still incomplete; if he used it, there’d be side effects. Unless it was absolutely necessary, he wouldn’t risk it.
That left only Ninefold Divine-Dragon Metamorphosis. If he used it with Absolute Cleave, maybe he could withstand the attack. Right now, he could manage the fifth transformation; the sixth would be tough.
But there was no time to think. Facing such terrifying power, even if it was exhausting, he had to use it. As long as he got that meteorite, he believed he could break through to early-stage God-Venerable and finally be a true powerhouse in the God Realm.
Die!" The middle-aged man was ready. His longsword slashed at Evan Lin, unleashing Heaven-Phantom Thunder Cleave once again—but this time, the heavens roared and the earth changed color.
In the same instant, Evan Lin unleashed Ninefold Divine-Dragon Metamorphosis; seven Evan Lins appeared in midair, all launching Absolute Cleave at once. The immense sword-qi fused together, creating his strongest attack yet.
After unleashing this move, Evan Lin felt drained; over half his Chaos Divine Power was gone. Doing it a second time was out of the question.
The massive sword-qi tore the ground apart, leaving countless deep, bottomless cracks. The spatial tremors spread far and wide, alarming experts in every direction.
Someone’s fighting near the secret realm—causing such powerful spatial tremors. The fighters must be God-Venerables! I’d better go see," said the master of a second-rate sect.
Who dares cause trouble in my Lost Gods Valley? Do they really think I don’t exist?" said the Valley Master of Lost Gods Valley.
Soon, the two powerful attacks collided, and the backlash sent both fighters flying hundreds of meters before they could stop. Both crashed to the ground; the impact was so loud it could be heard for tens of thousands of li.
Even though Evan Lin’s Ninefold Divine-Dragon Metamorphosis and Absolute Cleave were powerful, his cultivation was still too low. He couldn’t block the middle-aged man’s Heaven-Phantom Thunder Cleave. Dozens of wounds appeared on his body, several ribs broke, and some organs were exposed.
Evan Lin was used to pain, but the agony from the thunder force was almost unbearable. Suddenly, the God Infant in his mind opened its eyes, its face showing anger.
It had been a long time since Evan Lin’s God Infant had spoken to him, and Evan had almost forgotten about it. But now it opened its eyes and shouted angrily: "How dare you disturb my sleep! This one must die!"
The God Infant spoke to Evan Lin via divine sense. In pain, Evan was startled by its words—his suffering suddenly seemed to lessen. He quickly checked on the God Infant, not sure what it was doing.
At that moment, the God Infant opened its tiny mouth, and Evan watched as all the thunder force was swallowed into its body. His pain eased further, and with the wood element’s healing, his injuries were half cured in the blink of an eye.
The strange phenomenon wasn’t over—the God Infant said something cryptic: "It’s time to awaken half our strength. Make sure you seize this chance!"
It seemed the God Infant could control Evan Lin’s internal energy, which amazed him. Suddenly, a dazzling golden light flashed in the corner of his dantian, and a surge of energy instantly filled it.
When he’d used Ninefold Divine-Dragon Metamorphosis just now, over half his Chaos Divine Power had been depleted. Now, with his dantian suddenly filled with powerful energy, he was ecstatic—he knew it was the God’s Blood inside him.
That meant he’d gained half the energy from the God’s Blood this time—enough to break through his current realm. He’d planned to fight his way to a breakthrough, but didn’t expect the God Infant to awaken and activate more than half the God’s Blood energy.
Just as he was celebrating, Evan Lin suddenly became nervous—he found that all the powerful energy was expanding in only one dantian, while the other remained empty.
Evan Lin was well aware he had two dantians, but usually only used the Divine Power from one; the other was always empty. This left him feeling quite frustrated…