Chapter 316: Slaughter (6)
Chapter 316: Slaughter (6)
The breakthrough of an ancient knight, seeking a slim chance in the midst of life-and-death battles, is often a perilous endeavor.
Success or death, there is no in-between.
And Karl had chosen this path.
However, compared to the ancient knights, his advantages were also evident.
His foundation was profound.
Karl had obtained dozens of divine gifts and comprehended their essence, which was akin to having dozens of teachers from the Fourth, Fifth, and even Sixth Ranks imparting their knowledge without reservation.
Additionally, he had the wizard and deity paths as references.
Finally...
He allocated his essence points, causing his foundation to surge during his breakthrough, reaching the level expected of the next stage.
After days of battles and tempering, Karl's accumulation was sufficient, and his breakthrough was only natural.
However,
The three before him clearly had other plans.
"Open!"
Sack roared, his forehead splitting open, revealing a twisting crack that seemed to house a void storm or connect to some mysterious realm.
The crack was only half an inch long, but within it, a void storm raged, or perhaps a gateway to an unknown place.
"Ah!"
Intense pain contorted Sack's face, and he glared at Karl, his forehead throbbing with anger.
"Come out!"
The void storm erupted.
"Boom!"
Like a towering wave, blades of wind shot out from his forehead, forming a tempest.
The wind blades sliced through the clouds and shattered mountains, advancing with a destructive force.
"Ding..."
The Twelve Star Palace rapidly contracted, blocking the wind blades.
"Ding, ding, ding..."
The sound of rapid impacts, like a sudden downpour, filled the air as the Twelve Star Palace shrank and vanished into Karl's body in a flash of light.
Unrelenting, the wind blades continued their assault.
"Bang!"
A violent storm of battle aura and wind energy expanded, pushing the wind blades outward.
"Attack!"
Sack roared, "Quick!"
Having exhausted all his tricks and exerting every ounce of strength, it was clear he couldn't achieve his goal this time.
Without needing his urging, the other two acted.
Changlong's dragon head rose high, and he let out a majestic dragon's roar. His massive dragon body transformed into a golden thread, shining in the sky.
As the light intensified, the golden thread pierced Karl's chest and abdomen, spreading like golden lacquer across his body.
As for Leopold...
The longbow in his hand glowed, and the arrow upon it shone with a bright aura.
Suddenly,
As the aura reached its limit and then abruptly restrained, the bright aura on the arrow dimmed.
"Whoosh!"
The arrow vanished.
Reappearing, it pierced Karl's forehead.
Piercing the void, the arrow impaled Karl's head, and with a blinding light, half of his skull exploded.
The combined attack of the three demigods caused Karl's aura to falter, and his protective battle aura flickered.
Opportunity!
Sack's eyes lit up.
The raging hurricane took advantage, surging into the defense circle and wreaking havoc on Karl's body.
"What is a god?"
"Controlling heaven and earth is a god! Immortality is a god! Unyielding and eternal is a god! Being one's own master is a god!"
"..."
Amidst the chaos,
A calm and serene voice spoke, seemingly unaffected by the demigods' assault.
Karl's hands were clasped, and within him, battle aura converged in a mysterious way.
As his physical body withered under the attack, a new vitality emerged from the depths of death and decay.
"I seek not immortality, nor worship, nor transcendence..."
"Only the freedom of my heart."
The Fourth Rank, the Unyielding.
Karl slowly 'opened' his eyes, and from his battered body, countless white silk threads burst forth.
The threads entwined, forming a large cocoon.
"Thump!"
"Thump!"
The cocoon gently pulsated, like a living heart, each beat causing the three demigods' faces to pale.
"What's happening?"
Sack's eyes flickered,
"Did we succeed?"
Changlong's expression was grim, his dragon eyes fixed on the cocoon, an inexplicable unease rising within him.
"Whoosh!"
Demigod Leopold, however, sheathed his bow and arrow, transforming into a streak of light and fleeing into the distance.
The other two reacted half a beat slower, each taking flight in different directions.
"Bang!"
A giant cocoon shattered, and a figure emerged.
With a light step, he covered a hundred li in an instant, appearing before the demigod Leopold.
"Spare me..."
"Bang!"
Karl reached out, and Leopold's body cracked like delicate porcelain.
"Shatter..."
Porcelain shattered.
Demigod Leopold, dead!
Essence +259
With another swift movement, Karl blocked Changlong's path.
"Dragon God's Immortality."
Changlong knew he couldn't escape this fate, but his face showed no fear. Instead, he charged forward.
"Boom!"
After a flash of white light, the dragon's body shattered into pieces, its blood splattering everywhere.
Essence +301
By the time Karl appeared before Sack, Sack had already stopped flying, his face filled with despair.
He met his end without any surprise.
Essence +288
Karl sat cross-legged in the void, gazing at the ruins below, quietly experiencing the internal changes in his body after the breakthrough.
Fourth Circle!
Lesser God!
"Even though I'm on the Knight's Path, I still have a connection to the deities, and a portion of the World Will has fallen upon me."
"Hmm..."
"Or perhaps, because I broke through in this world, I've taken on its karma?"
Karl pondered.
With this advancement, his Primordial Energy value had only increased from 100 to 126, but his strength had multiplied several times over.
His physical body seemed to house a fierce beast capable of shaking the stars, and each breath could stir up a violent hurricane.
His blood flowed like raging rivers.
His heartbeat caused the earth's veins to tremble.
With a thought, the elements of earth, fire, wind, and water transformed, and the intricate Triple Ring Sorcery was unleashed with a mere thought.
Moreover, he felt a special sensation.
It was as if everything in this world related to him was being perceived by some mysterious force.
"In other words, if I were to leave this world now, my strength would be significantly weakened."
"At least halved!"
"However, conversely, because I've gained the recognition of the World Will, my power will increase here."
"As a Fourth Circle Lesser God, other Lesser Gods from different worlds would likely not be my match in this world."
Karl stroked his chin, deep in thought:
"In a hundred years at most, the Moon Goddess's Barrier will collapse significantly, and deities will be able to enter."
"Although only Lesser Gods can enter at first, it won't be long before Mid-Order and High Gods can come too."
"To expel foreign deities..."
"I need to reach the Fifth or even Sixth Circle within a hundred years to have a slim chance."
Karl shook his head lightly:
"Sixth Circle?"
"No need to even think about it!"
"But there's hope for the Fifth Circle. If I can eliminate all the deities' favored and demigods here, I should be able to gather the resources to advance to the Fifth Circle as a Mid-Order God."
He lifted his head.
Through the void, Karl looked towards the main world.
There,
Something had changed.
"If I were to go to the main world now, would I be regarded as a Demon God coming to seize faith?"
No need to guess.
It was a certainty!
"Fortunately..."
"There's some movement on the Calim Continent, perhaps in a few years, I can go there to lay low for a while."
Having made his decision, he soared towards the ruins below.
Blood Wolf and the Kent siblings were scavenging useful materials from the ruins, their expressions fervent and excited.
Even the combined might of several demigods couldn't defeat him; in this age without deities, who could be his match?
Following such a powerful figure, their future was set.
"Blood Wolf."
Karl spoke:
"Go to the Sanctuary Base and contact a person named Josie. Ask her to send people to clean up here."
"Also..."
"Help me find other deities' favored and demigods."
Next.
Within a hundred years, he had to completely eradicate faith in this world.
(End of Chapter)
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