Chapter 312: Slaughter (2)
Chapter 312: Slaughter (2)
The carriage continued its journey, with Karl, under the alias 'Bloodthirst', seated inside with his eyes tightly shut, deep in thought.
'The will of the ancient knights is as firm as steel, their physical bodies immortal and indestructible, favoring physical combat.'
'As for me...'
'I'm more like a fusion of a deity and a wizard's path, rather than an ancient knight.'
'Perhaps I'm not as skilled in close combat as those knights tempered in the crucible of life and death, but my means are far more diverse.'
'Knight, wizard, deity, demon god, occult...'
Karl opened his eyes, his expression turning solemn.
He had learned too many and varied techniques, a situation that had both advantages and disadvantages. The positive aspect was that he often gained the upper hand against less experienced opponents, but the downside was that he might be helpless when facing a powerful enemy.
'It's fine for now!'
'The heritage in my hands will make a difference at the Fourth Rank, and within the Third Rank, it's enough to handle various opponents.'
'But...'
His eyes narrowed:
"If I can't organize my knowledge and find my own path, even as a Fourth Rank, I'll have no chance against a deity!"
No matter how powerful a Third Rank is, they are still mortals.
And no matter how weak a Fourth Rank is, they are still deities! Deities can modify the rules of the world to some extent within their own world, and even if they are weakened in other worlds, they are not ordinary Fourth Ranks.
"Divinization?"
Karl shook his head slightly.
If given the choice, he would never want to become a deity.
Although being a deity has its benefits, it also means being bound by the world's consciousness, with no place to escape in times of danger unless one conquers other worlds and breaks free from the world's constraints.
But how many Seventh or Eighth Rank deities are there in the myriad realms?
"Sizzle..."
A flash of white light passed by.
The long sword at Blood Wolf's waist appeared in his palm, blocking the incoming white light with a diagonal slash.
"What is this?"
Before he could finish, countless beams of light capable of melting steel plates and piercing rocks descended from the sky.
"Boom..."
Blood Wolf's eyes widened, and his battle aura roared out, instantly covering a radius of several dozen meters, with a faint outline of the power of law taking shape.
Thanks to the benefits he had gained from Karl recently, Blood Wolf's cultivation grew stronger each day.
He was already close to the Third Rank.
The incoming white light was completely blocked by him.
Kent and Gema didn't attack but instead looked ahead, then quickly sprang out.
On the road ahead, countless mechanical puppets made of metal and flesh marched towards them.
The army of puppets was astonishing, covering the hillside in dense numbers.
"Kill!"
Kent had also become a Second Rank Holy Knight, and the sword in his hand was a Third Rank Knight Sword.
With a swing of his longsword, sword energy swept across the front.
Gema, with slightly weaker cultivation, provided support.
The siblings were like a sharp spear, piercing through the puppet army, clearing a path for the carriage behind them.
Blood Wolf protected the carriage, intercepting various long-range attacks while slowly moving forward with the two.
"Creator..."
Karl lifted the carriage curtain and gazed at the iron fortress hidden behind the mountains, his eyes cold.
"Demon God!"
While true gods require the acknowledgment of the world's will, demon gods directly plunder.
In his line of sight, the iron fortress was a fully operational factory, a machine.
At the core of the fortress, a giant drill was embedded deep into the earth, ravenously devouring the essence of this world, providing an endless supply of energy for the creation of machines and puppets.
"Boom!"
A hundred-meter-tall mechanical spider burst through the rocks, its body flashing with terrifying blue lightning.
The spider's massive legs moved, and with a deafening roar, it charged towards the carriage.
Gravity Distortion!
Gravity Hammer!
Atomic Breath!
...
Various lights lit up on the mechanical spider, and panic rose in the hearts of Blood Wolf and his companions.
Compared to their previous opponents, the 'puppet' before them exuded an even purer aura of destruction.
"Swish!"
Carl's figure appeared in mid-air, his body wrapped in flames, and he clenched his fist, punching towards the mechanical spider.
"Boom!"
Two massive pillars of light collided in the air.
Carl's clothes fluttered in the wind, while the giant spider's body tilted back, falling towards the ground.
"How is this possible?"
In the core of the Steel City, a High-Order Favored of the Creator stared with wide eyes:
"I equipped it with an atomic core, powerful enough to effortlessly destroy a mountain and cause the earth's crust to shift. How can it be defeated by this guy? Is he the son of the Sky God?"
"Boom!"
Before he finished speaking, the mechanical spider was pierced through its chest and abdomen by a flame, shattering on the spot. The remaining flame continued its charge towards the Steel City without diminishing.
"Oh Creator Above!"
Looking at the approaching Karl, the High-Order Favored's eyes widened, his face filled with fanaticism, and he roared towards the sky:
"Let's die together!"
"Boom!"
The explosion shook the earth for thousands of miles, and the flame shot straight up into the sky, tearing a huge hole in the clouds.
The surrounding mountain peaks rumbled, and several peaks collapsed on the spot.
The core of the explosion.
Karl stood with his hands clasped, standing amidst the lava.
Tangible flames danced within a hundred-meter radius around him, and raging battle aura enveloped his body layer by layer...
Countless light and heat collided with him, most of it blocked, but a portion still penetrated his skin and internal organs.
The ferocious force tore through his flesh, breaking the bones inside, and wreaking havoc within his body.
In the blink of an eye, his body became battered and incomplete.
However, his terrifying regenerative ability also kicked in, as his flesh regenerated, his organs repaired, and even his eyeballs slowly restored themselves.
"Creak... Creak..."
The wheels turned, slowly moving forward on the soft ground.
This was an unremarkable caravan, with only four people in the group, yet it brought immense pressure to the several shadows across from them.
"Charge!"
The Earth God's Favored roared, clenching his fists and slamming them onto the ground.
"Boom!"
The ground trembled.
Countless spikes burst out of the earth, like disorderly thorns and chaotic fangs, rushing towards the caravan.
Suddenly, torrential rain poured from the sky.
The yellowish raindrops carried a corrosive poison that could dissolve even legendary creatures in a short time.
Moreover, the raindrops were not gentle but heavy, capable of piercing a small hole in stones upon impact.
...
Earth, Fire, Wind, Water...
Various divine arts were unleashed simultaneously.
"Unbelievable."
A man with pus-filled boils all over his face held an axe, standing in mid-air and gazing at the caravan.
"Who would've thought we'd actually join forces?"
He was a Favored of the Chaos God, naturally opposed to the Righteous Gods, yet they were now working together.
"Let's deal with the current problem first. We'll discuss the rest later." The Favored of the Flame God raised his staff, and a dazzling light appeared in mid-air, enhancing his allies while punishing their enemies.
"Boom!"
A loud noise came from ahead.
An aura of immense and formidable power erupted like a volcanic eruption, instantly suppressing all the Divine Servants.
"How can this be?"
"Third Rank..."
"Impossible to be this powerful!"
Not long after, a battered carriage drove slowly through the ruins filled with debris, leaving behind the resentful eyes on the corpses.
(End of Chapter)
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