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Chapter 217: Cooling Down, War Begins!
Time flows on, and the battlefield is turbulent.

At the summit of a mountain shaped like a crescent moon, the most powerful Grand Marshal of the Underworld stood with his arms crossed, gazing at the distant battlefield engulfed in flames. The intermittent flashes of light and darkness on the battlefield astonished him.

He didn't know how humans possessed that special power, but it was very strong, even strong enough to directly suppress the gods.

"Grand Marshal, how is the strength of our human race?" Wu Geng asked, standing beside him with a proud and confident smile on his face.

“Very strong, stronger than I imagined. It seems that the fall of the Shang king did not dampen your will to resist, but instead further inspired you to fight even more bravely.”

The Grand Marshal of the Underworld turned his head, looked at the Underworld generals and human warriors standing behind him, and couldn't help but smile. He said, "I thought this rebellion would need to be brewing for a while longer, but to my surprise, you have given me a huge surprise."

"This is the power of our human race."

Wu Geng answered with a smile.

The other humans, as well as the generals of the Underworld, laughed along, for they knew the power this human possessed and were willing to believe in him and in the success of their resistance.

Not long after, Wu Geng suddenly asked, "Grand Marshal, do you know if there is any being in this world that simultaneously controls the attributes of light, darkness, yin, and yang?"

Humanity's faith in the Lord of Light and Shadow sustained their resistance, but they also felt that the Lord of Light and Shadow didn't seem like the other party's real name, but rather a title. They longed to understand the being who gave them the power to resist.

"Controlling Yin and Yang?"

The Grand Marshal paused for a moment, then fell into a brief contemplation. After thinking for a while, he said, "In this world, there are indeed beings who can control Yin and Yang. In ancient texts, there is a being in this world named [Zhulong]."

"The Candle Dragon, when it opens its eyes it is daytime, and when it closes its eyes it is nighttime. Its breath can change the seasons and can be considered, to some extent, the controller of Yin and Yang. But its existence is too mysterious. Even I don't know if it exists."

"The Candle Dragon?"

Wu Geng frowned slightly. The identity of the Lord of Light and Shadow should not be Zhulong, because Zhulong seems to be a dragon, not a being in a human state.

So he continued, "Besides the Candle Dragon, are there any other symbols associated with it?"

The Grand Marshal shook his head and remained silent.

"You won't find it."

Suddenly, a young girl slowly walked out from the crowd. She had silver hair that flowed with golden light, and her eyes were as bright as liquid gold. She wore a simple white dress with gold patterns, and naturally exuded a gentle yet powerful aura.

Her name is Yuan Chu. She appeared a few days ago and joined the human resistance. She led the human rebels out of desperate situations time and time again, and even killed a god warrior on her own.

"why?"

Wu Geng asked in confusion.

“You only see the trees, but not the forest. The world is a vast and boundless beach, and our world now is just an insignificant grain of sand on that beach. The sand reflects the image of the Lord on the shore, but we cannot trace His origin, because He does not belong to the sand, but is a majestic being on the beach.”

Yuan Chu replied with a smile.

Have you seen other worlds?

The Grand Marshal suddenly asked.

As the marshal of the Underworld, his greatest dream in this life is to let the people of the Underworld leave the Hell Realm and enjoy the warm air and fertile land of the human world, living a happy life surrounded by birdsong and fragrant flowers.

Yuan Chu's words undoubtedly gave him a huge shock. If the world is so big, why can they only live in a corner?

"It's fake, probably just a bunch of lies. She always likes to say nonsensical things, I don't believe it," a tall underworld general said disdainfully.

In fact, this was not the first time he had expressed distrust. Before this, he had even said to Yuan Chu directly, "The Lord of Light and Shadow is not that powerful at all. You guys just exaggerate."

Then he noticed that the way those human rebels were looking at him was strange. After the righteous beating, they hung him on a tree and denounced him for three days and three nights.

During this time, other generals of the Underworld came to investigate the situation, but after finding that the fool had only suffered minor injuries and was not seriously hurt, they left.

After all, their Grand Marshal had long ago said that the beliefs of those human rebels were extremely extreme, and that no one should dare to speak ill of those who supported their rebellion in front of them, otherwise the perpetrators would have to bear the consequences of any problems that arose.

After all, they are truly extreme!

This time, faced with the distrust of the Underworld general, Yuan Chu simply smiled, but that smile was incredibly contemptuous, as if he were laughing at the other party's ignorance.

No one can prove her right or wrong right now.

At night, Yuan Chu inscribed a magic circle on the ground. It was a magic circle that the short-tailed cat had taught her and given her special summoning materials. After the inscription was completed, she could be summoned to the other person's world through a token.

However, the cost is that it consumes the progress of an earlier round. If there is no progress, the summoning will fail, so prior communication is very important.

Soon after, the array patterns on the ground emitted a dazzling azure light, and a mysterious ritual awakened the spirit world, summoning a psionic being from another world—the short-tailed cat—through the power of the contract.

A dark shadow rolled, and a slightly immature figure slowly emerged from the darkness.

[Warning: You have entered an extremely high-risk area]

Faced with the prompt from the spirit world, the short-tailed cat was not alarmed. After all, this had always been the case. She followed the Apostles of Light and Shadow to reap benefits, going to extremely dangerous places that were fraught with peril for her. But in return, her gains were always quite good, and her strength improved rapidly.

"Let me see what kind of world this is."

The short-tailed cat began using a special item to assess the current situation, muttering to itself, "World level 5, hmm, not too high, shouldn't be dangerous. After all, you're a level 7 overlord, you should be able to rampage through a level 5 world."

"Difficulty level... Purgatory level? Huh? Single-target strength cap... God? Huh?"

The short-tailed cat's expression gradually changed. The original relaxed and playful look disappeared, replaced by a blank stare as it looked at the Primordial Apostle.

Sister, are you planning to kill me?
“We have many overlords here. You will be fine if you stay by my side,” the Primordial Apostle said with a smile.

"How many is 'a lot'? Seven or eight?"

"A few dozen?"

"."

The short-tailed cat fell silent. It was as if she had fallen into a terrifyingly absurd world. If there were dozens of overlords, then the area of ​​this world was probably extremely large, and the overall strength was also ridiculously high.

Is this what a hellish world is like?
Is this the place I should be?

The Primordial Apostle took a bloodstone from his pocket, placed it in the short-tailed cat's hand, and said, "This is a specialty of this world, and it is also something that the Lord of Light and Shadow needs. You can offer it to the Lord of Light and Shadow, and you will receive a very good boost."

"Then I'll try."

She had made offerings directly to the short-tailed cat before, so she was quite experienced in this. Moreover, she knew that the reward for her offerings would most likely be far lower than that for the offerings from the Apostles of Light and Shadow.

The next moment, even more blessings than she had imagined descended upon her. The light made her feel an incomparably comfortable and warm power, and the shadow attribute within her body was further enhanced, resulting in a relatively significant improvement in her overall strength.

The bob-tailed cat stretched its body, its eyes gradually brightening, and muttered to itself, "What is this...?"

"Special benefits".

"I get it! Rare ore mining is similar to limited-time events in games. This increases efficiency by a lot compared to normal circumstances!" the short-tailed cat exclaimed in delight.

This is the place I belong! The Hidden Gods Club

Ye Mingqiu opened the panel as usual and glanced at the Overlord Hunter's built-in cooldown.

00.00.13.46
With thirteen minutes remaining, the Overlord Hunter's cooldown will be completely reset, and the real battle will begin from this moment.

During this period, Ye Mingqiu further studied various techniques for using divine power with Fuxi, and indirectly deduced how to use the equally powerful divine power and demonic power, trying to gain inspiration from the techniques of divine power.

Developing the power of sequence is difficult because the foundation of this power is too strong, and the general development methods are difficult. Fortunately, he still found some techniques to exert the power, which can make the divine power and the demonic abyss power be used faster.

另外
During his systematic learning with Fuxi, he learned that the Underworld Clan possessed techniques for cultivating the soul.

The life weapon enters the soul
The so-called "soul-infused weapon" refers to injecting a portion of one's own soul power into a specific weapon, transforming it into one's own unique weapon, enabling it to resonate with the user and unleash power far exceeding that of a normal weapon.

Ye Mingqiu possessed extremely strong soul potential and relatively high soul strength, which is why he was very interested in this method of soul cultivation.

Coincidentally, Fuxi was the High Priest of the God Clan, and the God Clan had previously fought a great war against the Underworld Clan, ultimately emerging victorious. During the battle, some members of the God Clan attempted to study the methods of the Underworld Clan in order to develop countermeasures, thus the God Clan retained the Underworld Clan's cultivation methods within their ranks.

As the high priest, Fuxi, who was well-read, had also read the original text of that book, so he knew how to use the cultivation methods of the Underworld Clan.

But
Ye Mingqiu's cultivation was not going smoothly, and he was unable to integrate his soul into the weapon.

Fuxi said that this was because the soul structures of the gods and the underworld were different. Only the underworld people could cultivate life-bound artifacts and infuse them into their souls. The souls of the gods and humans could not do the same thing as the underworld people.

He expressed his regret over this.

Ye Mingqiu could sense that his soul strength seemed to be stronger than that of any other race, but he could not use his soul in a conventional way.

Although he couldn't use it, he still memorized this soul-based cultivation method. He could give it to Chen Ran for reference when he got out, and maybe it would give him some inspiration.

As for the main cultivation system
As a member of the reclusive Soul Clan, Chen Ran should not lack a cultivation system better than the Soul Weapon Infusion. Although the strength of this world is ridiculously high, it is only a first-order world after all, and it is likely not as good as the advanced cultivation system obtained in a higher-order world.

Ye Mingqiu turned to look at the Blood Spear that had absorbed the Blood Stone. The Blood Spear's shape had changed from before; it had become incredibly thick, clearly due to indigestion caused by absorbing too much Blood Stone.

Now, it has become a pillar of blood, and its basic attributes have not changed significantly, but the total amount of energy contained inside has increased a lot.

"Buzz!~"

The slight tremor of the blood spear indicated that it was time for Ye Mingqiu to absorb the energy essence for his benefit.

Ye Mingqiu placed his hand on the blood spear, and the blood crystal patterns spread upwards along his arm, with crimson life force surging into his body.

[Note: The Blood Spear has returned a stream of pure bloodline energy to you, increasing your base defense by 12, abnormal status resistance, control effect resistance, and all attribute resistance.]

It's comfortable, but the improvement isn't significant. The benefits of Bloodstone Essence will gradually decrease, and it doesn't endlessly boost various attributes, since Bloodstones also have their limits.

In the past two weeks, Ye Mingqiu has absorbed dozens of waves of bloodline energy, greatly improving his basic physical defense. Combined with the passive effect of [Iron Body], his tankiness has increased considerably.

Unfortunately, the returns gradually decreased, making it difficult to achieve the same rapid growth as before.

"Crack!"

The door to the room was suddenly opened, and a sliver of light shone into the room. Peacock stood in the doorway and said anxiously, "The Holy King Xuanfeng has arrived. We must move our base as soon as possible."

Why relocate?

Ye Mingqiu asked in a simple and direct manner.

“Xuanfeng is the fastest Saint King of the God Clan, and he possesses the strongest wind-attribute divine skills. If he discovers our location, our Hidden God Tribe will be in grave danger,” Peacock said anxiously.

"Then let's kill him."

"what?"

Ye Mingqiu ignored the shocked peacock, simply stood up and walked out of the Hidden Gods Department.

At this moment, there are many people in the Hidden Gods Tribe, many of whom are new recruits. They are dissatisfied with the rules and regulations of the God Clan, but are powerless to resist, so they come to the Hidden Gods Tribe to hide.

Bathed in the gazes of countless people, he simply and directly arrived at the highest hill in front of the Hidden Gods Tribe, looked at Fuxi who was already sitting cross-legged and waiting, and said, "You had already foreseen this moment, hadn't you?"

“No, your destiny is too strong; I cannot see any fragments of your future,” Fuxi replied.

"Then why are you waiting for me here?"

"Because I don't think you're the kind of person who would back down without a fight."

"Indeed."

A smile appeared on Ye Mingqiu's face, and then he continued to ask, "How confident do you think I am in defeating the Xuanfeng Saint King?"

"Ten percent."

"Oh? Then he's easy to deal with."

“But you can’t protect the Hidden Gods Tribe. Xuanfeng is the strongest genius with the wind attribute. He was specially recruited into the Hall of Sages and became a Saint King because his talent was too strong. His speed is far superior to yours. He can kill us right in front of you,” Fuxi said.

"Are you trying to provoke me?"

Ye Mingqiu raised an eyebrow and asked.

"No, I'm just stating the facts. In fact, we've already planned to leave. If you want to fight Xuanfeng, we'll also reserve a suitable battlefield for you," Fuxi said earnestly.

"is it?"

Ye Mingqiu lowered his eyes, then slowly said, "This is a setup, isn't it?"

Fuxi was astonished.

Ye Mingqiu simply looked at him without offering any specific explanation. He could sense that his exclusive followers were approaching him at an extremely fast speed.

The Hidden Gods have connections with the rebels and the Underworld Clan. The Hidden Gods retreated, and the rebels came. Moreover, not long ago, Fuxi told him that the rebels were forming a united front with the Underworld Clan.

So now, everything that is happening seems to have a pattern.

The Hidden Gods deliberately exposed their weakness, and the Netherworld Clan and human rebels came to besiege them. As for him, it didn't really matter whether he chose to stay and fight or retreat, because this was a scheme aimed at the Holy King of the God Clan.

Fortunately, the gods were not stupid either, and sent out the fastest Xuanfeng Saint King. Fuxi also used his unparalleled Void Sense Divine Power to foresee all of this, but he still chose to continue the opportunity.

Clearly, he had prepared some means to ambush and kill the Xuanfeng Saint King, intending to sever another sharp tooth of the Divine Race today.

But
Based on Ye Mingqiu's sense of hostility, it seemed that Xuan Feng was not the only powerful member of the Divine Race who had come here; there were other powerful members of the Divine Race who were hostile to him, and there were quite a few of them.

If nothing unexpected happens, this will be a crucial battle for the human race, the underworld race, and even the gods.

(End of this chapter)