Chapter 297: The Raid
Chapter 297: The Raid
The Dark Deity World.
In a vast plain, two armies, each numbering over a hundred thousand, were locked in a frenzied battle.
Although most of them were mere serfs, armed with pitchforks and not even clad in leather armor.
Yet, among them were armored knights, their mounts adorned with weaponry, forming a formidable force.
"For the Radiant Lord!"
One side, bearing the banner of the Radiant Lord, had its elite cavalry mounted on white horses, tall and handsome, forming the Holy Knights Order of the Radiant Cathedral.
The other side wore crimson armor, their banners golden with a radiant sun.
"The Radiant Light has faded, and the Sun shall rise again!"
"The Radiant Cathedral has suffered divine punishment... Slay these heretics!"
The knights on this side were more disorganized, bearing various family crests alongside the solar flag.
Tulips, magnolias, golden lions, and great-horned deer adorned their banners.
The battlefield was a chaotic mix of fighting spirit and curses, with countless arrows raining from above.
Death...
It was everywhere.
The blood and flesh of enemies and allies merged, forming a long stream.
The battle raged on until noon, when the sun was at its peak.
Roar!
Suddenly, a dragon's roar echoed through the air.
From the ranks of the Sun God Church, a massive red dragon soared into the sky.
Its size exceeded a hundred meters, and its wings, when unfurled, blocked out the sun. It opened its maw, spewing forth crimson dragon flames.
"It's the Pope of the Solar Heresy—Vol!"
"Damn that traitor... If it weren't for the collapse of the Sacred Mountain, with the depth of the Radiant Cathedral, we could easily repel them by sending a powerful spirit."
Several black-robed archbishops, hastily promoted from regional bishops, couldn't help but feel frustrated upon witnessing this.
"Wasn't this expected? For the victory of the Radiant Light, a little darkness and sacrifice are inevitable."
An aged black-robed bishop spoke calmly, "Inform the Satu Sect, the Lotus Eaters, and the Green Arrow Organization... It's time to take action."
To counter the newly emerged Solar Deity, the Radiant Cathedral had to compromise with various Dark Deity sects.
It was quite ironic, but in this world, only the victors could write their own history.
Roar!
In mid-air, the crimson spirit dragon, boasting its might, suddenly let out a mournful cry.
On its scales, voodoo curses began to appear one after another.
In the void, a crimson and seductive lotus slowly bloomed, its numerous stamens reaching out like arms, ready to bind the crimson dragon spirit.
"Lady Sophia..."
Several noble lords from the Solar Deity Church immediately turned their attention to Sophia.
"We worship the Solar Deity because of our faith, and now is the time for sincere prayer, believing that the Sun will bring forth its miracles."
Sophia clasped her hands together and began to pray quietly.
...
High in the sky, a faint silver light flashed, unnoticed until now.
Fang Xing's Cultivation Avatar appeared, discovering this chaotic battlefield.
'Hmm? Such a massive battle... How did it start? Are Vol and Sophia this powerful?'
Given the dangers of the Dark Deity World, Fang Xing naturally sent his Cultivation Avatar first.
He scanned the area with his Soul Sense and was taken aback.
Then, Fang Xing noticed Sophia's prayer:
"The omnipresent Solar Deity!"
"The Pale Mother's most beloved offspring!"
"Master of Death and Rebirth!"
"I pray to You, I pray for Your response, I pray for Your miracles..."
...
Fang Xing's lips twitched, "Are these my believers? No... Has their perception been altered?"
"Do they now worship that Radiant Progeny?"
"Has it replaced the original Solar Deity faith, abandoning the Radiant Cathedral? Starting anew?"
"Or... are they calling for death?"
Fang Xing immediately concealed himself, waiting silently.
Soon, a pale sun appeared above the battlefield.
Under its radiant glow, the lotus withered rapidly, and the curses on the crimson dragon's scales dissipated.
'Interesting!'
Upon seeing this, Fang Xing understood, 'For the Radiant Progeny, is the original cathedral a hindrance? After cutting the cord, they want to distance themselves or even destroy it?'
'And now it seems that those Primordial Spirits are the ones supporting the Radiant Cathedral?'
In this world, the path to transcendence originated from the Pale Mother.
The group of Primordial Spirits advanced exceptionally fast due to consuming the Pale Mother, gaining nourishment from it.
However, this had its drawbacks; these spirits could no longer leave the Pale Mother and descend upon the mortal realm.
Now, the only surviving offspring is the 'Radiant Progeny', who has detached from the Pale Mother!
Compared to the Demon God Offspring killed by the Federation, these Demon God Offspring are relatively smarter... or rather, not crazy and chaotic enough?"
Fang Xing gazed at the pale white sun, and a sense of joy emerged in his heart, "Still at the Eighth Stage... I can fight!"
The rank of the Demon God Offspring could be anywhere from the Eighth Stage to the Ninth or even Tenth Stage.
This Radiant Progeny was obviously malnourished from birth, with many others vying for nourishment.
Later, it had to fight against a group of Primordial Spirits, and it hadn't fully matured yet.
Of course, with the home field advantage, as long as it continued to grow, it would eventually become a Ninth or even Tenth Stage existence!
Furthermore, with the death of the Pale Mother, if the Radiant Progeny truly matured and devoured that group of Primordial Spirits and the Mother, it might even be possible for it to ascend and become a new Beyondworld Demon God!
It was precisely because there was a growing threat here that Fang Xing wanted to quickly break through the Eighth Stage and then come to see if he could take advantage of the situation.
If the Radiant Progeny had already become a powerful Ninth or Tenth Stage existence, then the worst he could lose would be his cultivation clone.
Now, it seemed that the opponent was still at the Eighth Stage, which meant he could fight!
If he didn't take the opportunity to kill it while it was still weak, and instead waited until it had absorbed a large amount of death and other blood from this place and ascended to the Ninth Stage, it would be too late.
Fang Xing thought about his own promotion speed and wondered if he could even keep up with the rapidly growing Demon God Offspring.
At that time, he would have to completely abandon this world.
Whoosh!
On the battlefield, as Vol was about to unleash his power in his dragon spirit form, he suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.
His dragon eyes shifted, and he witnessed a terrifying sight.
A white streak of light, like a white rainbow piercing the sun, penetrated that pure white sun!
Shush!
It wasn't until he saw this scene with his own eyes that he heard countless sword qi whistling as it rubbed against the air.
"Hmph!"
Fang Xing, clad in a green robe, summoned the divine treasure, the Jiao Wei Harp, and plucked it lightly.
Zeng!
Under the sound of the harp, which resembled the clashing of a thousand armies, countless knights fell, their horses scared and unable to get up.
With just one pluck of the harp, Fang Xing stopped a battle of hundreds of thousands.
Vol, on the other hand, looked dazed, as if remembering something, and suddenly transformed into a human form, his forehead covered in cold sweat, "Solar Deity... What am I doing?"
On the ground, as the range attack of the Jiao Wei Harp took effect, countless people fell like cut wheat, fainting...
Only a few remained standing.
Fang Xing summoned the 'Azure Yang Devil Lamp', which had devoured the Fourth Rank Frost Flame, enhancing the power of the 'Soul Devouring Demon Flame' within.
Now, the flame alone was probably enough to threaten or even severely injure a mid-stage Primordial Spirit cultivator—provided it could burn the opponent's Dharmakaya.
He spread his Soul Sense, controlling everything within a hundred li.
At this moment, his Soul Sense locked onto a suspect.
The suspect was mixed in with the militia of the Solar God Church, wearing a tattered leather armor, and his skin was unusually pale.
Whoosh!
Fang Xing flicked his finger, and a pea-sized Soul Devouring Demon Flame fell from the sky, growing larger until it became a house-sized fireball, like a descent of justice, engulfing the area where the suspect was located!
Roar!
The fire exploded, and the dark green flames melted gold and iron, even burning a huge pit into the ground.
In an instant, the place where the flames landed became a massive crater.
Slap!
A pale white hand clung to the edge of the crater.
Then, another large hand appeared.
A pale giant, over twenty meters tall, crawled out of the crater.
Naked, his muscular body was perfectly sculpted, and on his back was an odd sun-like imprint, like a tattoo. His facial features were deep and distinct, causing Fang Xing to momentarily think he was seeing the 'The Thinker' statue from his past life.
It was the Radiant Progeny!
A strong pollution followed, but not a single mortal died or went insane because of it.
After all, the residents of this world had long been 'half-Demon God offspring', living in a world formed after the fall of a Beyondworld Demon God, and would not go mad just by looking at a Demon God Offspring.
At this moment, on the Radiant Progeny's body, a layer of dark green Soul Devouring Demon Flame burned.
But when he opened his large hand, he simply wiped away that layer of dark green flame.
It was as if this flame, which could burn souls and consume all, was just an ordinary flame.
This sight caused Fang Xing's eyes to twitch slightly.
"Death!"
The Demon God Offspring spoke in the language of the Beyondworld Demon God.
Boom!
A pale domain spread out, and everything within it, whether human or animal, or even plants and insects, instantly lost their vitality and died completely!
Unlike the Chaos Offspring who possessed the power of chaos, this Radiant Progeny controlled the power of death!
The pale domain continued to expand, bringing countless deaths in its wake.
"Run! Quick, run!"
Vol grabbed Sophia and quickly retreated.
"Solar Deity... What have we done?"
Sophia's tears streamed down her face, seemingly on the verge of collapse.
Vol remained silent.
As a former knight of the Radiant Cathedral, he had encountered various spirits.
But none had been as terrifying as this one, a truly unprecedented experience.
Unbeknownst to him, his perception had been altered, causing him to mistake the Pale Sun for the true Solar Deity, even starting a war because of it.
He could tell that this Pale Sun relished death and craved flesh and blood...
Unlike the Deer-headed Spirit, which only required the blood sacrifice of a dozen or so individuals to be satisfied, this Pale Sun demanded the deaths and flesh of thousands upon thousands...
...
Fang Xing also felt a sudden dizziness, and he transformed into a sword light and retreated, feeling a sense of relief.
This death domain clearly had an instant-kill effect.
If one failed to pass a certain judgment, they would die immediately.
However, Fang Xing and his true self shared the same consciousness and possessed Martial Saint Will, allowing them to pass the death judgment.
If it had been any other Primordial Spirit True Monarch, they would have failed the judgment and likely ended up as a corpse, unable to escape even as a Primordial Spirit!
"Even an Eighth Stage Demigod Offspring is incredibly powerful and not to be underestimated."
Fang Xing sighed inwardly, feeling as if a shadow had descended upon him.
The pale Radiant Giant, without Fang Xing noticing, had already arrived before him, its giant hand reaching down to grab him.
Wailing and howling filled the air, and a 'Green Ghost Staff' spirit treasure soared into the sky, resembling a pillar holding up the heavens.
Crack!
The 'Green Ghost Staff' spirit treasure snapped in half. This Fourth Rank Lower Grade spirit treasure was destroyed by the Pale Offspring's single strike!
But it bought Fang Xing some time to escape the giant's grasp.
"This won't do... Cultivators seem to be at a disadvantage against Demigod Offspring!"
"After all, there's no spiritual energy in this world... Primordial Spirit cultivators are at a disadvantage without absorbing heavenly essence energy."
"Indeed, we should follow the advanced experience of the Blue Planet Federation and let Martial Artists take the lead!"
Fang Xing's thoughts raced, and he quickly formed hand seals, summoning a sword light that shook the heavens and earth, transforming into a giant platinum sword before him.
The sword's tip pointed towards the sky before it descended with a mighty force!
The Radiant Progeny raised a single hand to catch the giant sword condensed from Primordial Spirit power, and with a slight exertion of its fingers, cracks appeared on the sword's surface.
"The gap is too great."
Fang Xing's cultivation clone shook his head, "Fortunately, this isn't an offensive move, but a cover!"
Beside him, a flash of silver light revealed Fang Xing's true self.
On his true self, he wore the 'Solar God's Wings', a scrapped mecha! If he decided to take action, he would go all out.
Although the 'Solar God's Wings' was only at the Seventh Stage, with the addition of Martial Saint Will secret patterns, the second layer of secret patterns could create a void blockade with Eighth Stage combat power.
Not to mention the third layer, which was a pleasant surprise! With Fang Xing's current mastery of Martial Saint Will, he had already grasped the essence of the Beast Chart and could fully activate the mecha's power!
On the 'Solar God's Wings' mecha, layer upon layer of secret patterns lit up.
Countless patterns spread into the void, resembling a golden cage.
—Void Blockade! Fang Xing activated the third layer, causing a layer of blazing flames to appear on the armor, attached to the golden cage, creating an Eighth Stage attack with the essence of the Buddha Palm.
"Is this the surprise Master Apollo mentioned? The Buddha Palm? It's indeed impressive... Too bad I'm no longer in the Vajra Realm."
Fang Xing's five fingers came together, forming a palm.
A crimson Great Sun appeared, and the Great Sun Buddha Dharmakaya descended, extending five fingers to form the Great Sun Buddha Palm!
After advancing to the Martial Saint Realm, Fang Xing could now truly unleash the 'Great Sun Buddha Palm', an ultimate martial art!
He no longer needed to consume additional Great Sun Deity Essence.
However, the Great Sun Buddha Pearl between his eyebrows spun, and a strand of Great Sun Deity Essence instantly evaporated!
By consuming the Great Sun Deity Essence, he could enhance his strength and unleash the most powerful Buddha Palm!
A Buddhist lamp emerged from the Great Sun, and infinite light and fire engulfed the Radiant Progeny...
Great Sun Buddha Palm, Second Style - Green Lantern Ancient Buddha!
(End of Chapter)
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