Chapter 565: Chapter 420, Setting off to Thunder God’s Relics, Slaying the Thunder Fish King (3.1K)
"The battle is over."
In Yuhuang City, Xu Gu walked down from the city wall, looking indifferent to the outcome, which did not surprise him.
He understood Champion Marquis.
Champion Marquis might appear reckless and boisterous, giving off an unreliable vibe.
However, he knew that Champion Marquis would never let anything unexpected happen when it came to major matters.
Since he dared to lead this battle, he must have the ability to bring it to an end!
"But he has also left behind severe injuries to his Dao." The fragments of the Chaos Bell relayed the information back.
Still feeling pity for Champion Marquis.
Xu Gu nodded and said, "I will heal him. Of course, not now."
He aspired to great heights, where becoming a True God was merely the starting point, and by that time, healing the Dao injuries of Champion Marquis would be a simple task.
The Chaos Bell fragments were greatly relieved upon hearing this.
"Then let’s set off quickly," urged the Chaos Bell fragments to Xu Gu. "The Thunder God’s Relics have opened, and others may have already arrived."
The Thunder God was the divine relic that the Chaos Bell fragments had divined to be opening nearby.
"Alright."
Xu Gu did not delay.
He was also very concerned about the Thunder God’s Relics.
Because the Thunder God was a Pillar God, an extremely powerful being among the divines. Although he had been dead for countless years, the treasures within his relics would certainly be astonishing.
The divines were all True Gods, and True Gods were categorized into Head Gods, Pillar Gods, and Seat Gods.
These titles were initially just units of measurement.
Such as one Head God, one Pillar God, one Seat God.
The preceding units were used to describe the nobility of the ’God’ that followed. Over time, this evolved into a distinction of ranks.
However, due to the long years and errors in transmission, some beings even mistakenly promoted Pillar Gods to the status of Main Gods and Seat Gods to Ancestor Gods.
This is not strictly correct by definition.
Because above the True Gods, legend has it, there are realms that should be referred to as Main Gods and Ancestor Gods. Of course, the existence of those is something the powerhouses and beings of the current era cannot verify.
After all, the glory of past eras was abruptly interrupted and did not leave behind many detailed records. While the current era has just begun, it has not yet reached its peak of splendor. Even True Gods have not been born.
Pillar Gods and Seat Gods can only be called pseudo-Main Gods and pseudo-Ancestor Gods.
Just as the Mechanical Sea gods and the gods of the Human Clan from a thousand years ago are essentially pseudo-gods.
But that is enough to drive the beings of the present era mad.
Who calls this a godless age?
Even pseudo-gods do not exist in the world.
Anything associated with the word ’god’ is immensely precious. Not to mention True Gods, especially a Pillar God amongst them.
"Master... Master, is Champion Marquis truly alright?"
Long Shi asked with her head lowered, her cheeks flushed with embarrassment.
Clearly, she felt somewhat uncomfortable with the change in her status.
Yet, her words were laced with concern for Champion Marquis.
Xu Gu said, "He has achieved Demigod status, but has overdrawn all his potential."
"This..." Long Shi fell silent, filled with sorrow.
Champion Marquis was a comrade of her father.
He had taken great care of her.
Her attainment of Human King status at a young age was also thanks to Champion Marquis’ patronage.
She knew well that Champion Marquis was an extremely proud man, who remained unkinged to achieve ascension in a single step, stepping from the Marquis Realm into the Divine Realm.
To carve out a brand-new path of cultivation.
The path of becoming a god through the flesh.
Now, forced to interrupt this path and stopping at the Demigod Realm, he must be suffering immense internal pain and sadness.
Xu Gu gently stroked Long Shi’s lovely face and reassured her, "Don’t worry, with me here, Champion Marquis’ sacrifice won’t be in vain. I will heal his Dao injury and will even help him achieve True God status!"
Long Shi’s heavy heart was suddenly filled with vitality, and she was immensely excited and adoring as she looked at Xu Gu.
If it were someone else saying this, she would definitely not believe it!
Let alone helping Champion Marquis become a True God, even healing a Dao injury was difficult for the once-glorious Yang God, let alone others.
But with Xu Gu saying this, she did not have any doubts.
At this moment, she even felt as if heaven couldn’t collapse with Xu Gu present.
"Is this the wonderful feeling of having something to rely on?" Long Shi’s heart pounded with excitement and joy.
The stronger a woman is, the more she hopes to have someone to rely on and support.
The same was true for her, the former Commander of Yuhuang City.
"Are you ready?" asked Xu Gu.
"Everything has been arranged properly!" exclaimed Long Shi excitedly!
"Then let’s set out," Xu Gu said as he collected all the Car Servants and Combat Puppets into the Battle Space.
In the uninhabited zones of the Middle Layer Space, it’s better not to be too ostentatious.
If he wanted to grow stronger, he needed to hunt continuously.
If they set off with a grandiose display, the monsters that could be hunted would be scared off far away. And the ones that would still charge at them would most likely be extremely powerful, the tough nuts to crack.
...
Boom!
Thunder roared, thoroughly illuminating the surrounding heavens and earth.
Xu Gu and Long Shi continued to race further into the depths.
Long Shi, who had guarded the frontier of Yuhuang City for nearly a hundred years, was quite familiar with the surrounding area and was an excellent guide.
Dense lightning continuously bridged the sky and earth, each strike capable of devastating destruction, with countless mountains and rivers exploding.
Even further ahead, one could see an inland sea of enormous size.
Clearly, it had been formed when thunderbolts split the earth asunder and rainwater and seawater accumulated over time.
Fierce winds swept across the surface of the sea, and thunderstorms raged on.
"This Wind and Thunder Sea is extremely unstable in terms of energy, making the traversal of space very difficult," Long Shi said. "During battle, using space-related divine skills or treasures might fail."
There were powerful figures who, when chased by enemies, attempted to travel through the Wind and Thunder Sea using space-related divine skills, only to be torn asunder by a thunderbolt.
Xu Gu quietly observed the conditions of the Wind and Thunder Sea.
Although to beings like them, this sea was like a small lake that could be flown over in less than half an hour,
still, great unknown dangers lurked within the Wind and Thunder Sea.
Even Xu Gu felt a sense of caution.
"It seems that countless eons ago, the Thunder God fell here, giving rise to many powerful entities!" Xu Gu said.
Even at the periphery, there are many powerful beings, and the indigenous monsters deeper inside will only be stronger.
"Should we take an airship and fly our Human Clan’s battle flag?"
Long Shi hesitated for a moment. She had only heard of the terror of the Wind and Thunder Sea and had never crossed it. Now, as she approached the Wind and Thunder Sea, she couldn’t help but tremble with fear.
It was evident how formidable the monsters inside the Wind and Thunder Sea were.
Especially now that the relics of the Thunder God have emerged, countless strong individuals will step into this place. The Wind and Thunder Sea will only become more dangerous.
Moreover, now that Champion Marquis has become a demigod-level powerhouse, he can rule supreme for a short time.
Flying the Human Clan’s battle flag will certainly deter many indigenous monsters and strong figures from other forces.
Xu Gu laughed: "Why hang the battle flag? What I want are powerful monsters! If the monsters here aren’t strong, I wouldn’t even come."
Speaking, his eyes narrowed as he stared at a vortex rising hundreds of meters high in front of them, sweeping towards the two of them.
The vortex formed suddenly and whirled towards them.
Clearly, it was targeting Xu Gu and Long Shi.
"Be careful!" Long Shi’s expression changed slightly with concern.
Although Xu Gu could previously slay the Upper King-level Extreme Evil Dark Dragon King, it was by relying on the fragments of the Chaos Bell and the power of several cities including Yuhuang City.
Now away from Yuhuang City, Xu Gu’s strength had plummeted.
The vortex swept in, emitting countless bolts of lightning.
The bolts were dense like raindrops, each thunderbolt possessing the power to split thousand-foot tall mountains.
Xu Gu was not the least bit afraid, facing it calmly.
He had already taken hold of the Supreme Authority, [Tao]!
Although the purity was only 2.
Such a degree of thunderbolts’ power could not harm him in the slightest.
For, [Tao] is the origin and endpoint of all natural forces!
Facing the thunder, feeling the power of the storm.
Xu Gu only felt comfortable all over, and the purity of [Tao] was even increasing!
Of course, it was rising very slowly.
"Is this all you’ve got? Too weak," Xu Gu said indifferently as he absorbed all the thunderbolts, looking at the vortex in front of him.
"How presumptuous!"
The insult in Xu Gu’s words was too intense, directly causing the attacking monster to go berserk.
A creature with a pitch-black body, draped in outer armor made of thunderbolts, a fish-head and human body with arms full of spikes appeared in front of them.
In its hands was a small hammer, with dark purple lightning arcs on it, exuding an extremely terrifying aura.
Behind him, countless creatures resembling electric eels were spinning madly in the vortex.
[Thunder Fish King!]
[Rank: Special Lord]
[Combat Power Tier: Half-step Middle King]
[Introduction: The overlord of the periphery of the Wind and Thunder Sea, commanding countless thunder fish, possesses the power to control thunderstorms.
Do not underestimate it as just a Half-step Middle King. With a Thunder Fish King commanding thousands of thunder fish, they would hold the advantage of time, location, and people in the Wind and Thunder Sea, and their strength would skyrocket, even possessing the ability to kill a Middle King.]
Xu Gu instantly grasped this information.
Long Shi’s exclamation rang out: "It’s the Thunder Fish King! I’ve heard legends about him, and there was an Intermediate Demon King who fell at his hands. Over a millennium, one or two Human Kings from our clan have also fallen to him."
"Oh?" A cold glint flashed in Xu Gu’s eyes as he said: "He dares to kill our Human Kings?"
"Boy! What if he does, you seem very unconvinced?"
Thunder Fish King’s voice sounded.
As he spoke, his figure had already darted forth.
His speed was so fast that it was like lightning.
He was upon Xu Gu in an instant.
The Thunder Hammer in his hand was raised high and came crashing down towards Xu Gu’s head.
Such speed entirely surpassed Long Shi’s reaction.
Before she could understand what was happening, the Thunder Fish King’s attack was already imminent, causing her pupils to dilate and her heart to almost stop beating.
Instinctively, she wanted to warn Xu Gu.
But she realized that the knife in Xu Gu’s hand had already been swung out and was resting on the Thunder Fish King’s neck.
The Thunder Fish King was fast, but Xu Gu was even faster.
"Thanks to the Thunder Fish King brother for the divine points," Xu Gu said with a smile on his lips, looking very genial.
However, to the Thunder Fish King, Xu Gu’s smile looked like the grin of a devil.
He had already felt the cold blade against his neck.
His attack would not hit Xu Gu.
Because his head would fall first.
"No!" The Thunder Fish King let out a piercing scream, his face showing nothing but shock and desperate begging.
However, there was no hesitation in Xu Gu’s movements.