The Era of Gods

This is the power of Godhood and the Field: Godhood materializes the rules, while the Field extends the power of those rules. By wielding Godhood to grasp the rules, one can display their formidable might in the form of the Field.

Yet this was merely a Demigod Avatar, not even a potent one at that. The force of its Field was limited. Had a True God taken direct action, Lin Xiao, even as a Divine Being, would have been unable to withstand the power of the Field and would have been drained of all Divine Blood on the spot, becoming a dried husk.

Therefore, when Lin Xiao unleashed more than five million Power of Faith in one breath, the overwhelming Divine Power instantaneously blasted open the Blood Realm affecting him. His form flashed as he burst forth from the heavy blood waves.

At the same time, Shen Yuexin’s Forbidden Whip lashed out again. Under the push of Power of Faith, the Lightning Whip swiftly expanded into a thick, straight column of lightning that thundered into the sea of blood. The viscous blood within the Blood Realm that came in contact with it disintegrated into nothingness, piercing a massive hole straight through the heart of the Blood Realm.

The Forbidden Whip in her hand was definitely of Demigod Artifact grade, and furthermore, it was an excellent one within its class. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been able to easily tear through the Blood Realm.

One must know that Lin Xiao had also erupted with over five million Power of Faith just to break free, and that was merely to escape. Yet with a casual flick of her whip, for possibly around a million Power of Faith, she could easily obliterate large swathes of the Field. It felt as though a red-hot iron rod was effortlessly inserted into solidifying butter, her bursting might far exceeding Lin Xiao’s.

Compared to the weapon in her hand, Lin Xiao’s Golden Spear didn’t even qualify as a Demigod Artifact; it was merely a preform of one, needing ceaseless nurturing to enhance its power.

On a regular trajectory, it might take hundreds of years of constant cultivation until he became a Demigod for the spear to potentially be nurtured into a Demigod Artifact.

Considering she already possessed a powerful Demigod Artifact so early, and he was using one he had snatched from someone else, the gap was… vast.

“Indeed, a low-profile little rich girl. Love it!”

Soon, Lin Xiao realized he had gone from being the main attacker to being merely a bystander. The combat power of a Demigod at full strength was much more terrifying than he had imagined. Merely an Avatar, yet the pressure it exerted was far more severe than the previous Snake People Demigod.

The three of them combined were more than ten times stronger than the trio during the term’s final exam, but could only fight the Vampire Demigod’s Avatar to a draw.

This just shows how severely the previous Snake People Demigod was weakened: burning pieces of Divinity, Divine Power depleted, all believers slain, nearly on the brink of extinguishing, they almost met their collective demise at its hands.

Fortunately, the power of Divinity brought by this Demigod Avatar was insufficient. If the Divine Power had been abundant, Lin Xiao might not have been able to burst forth with Divine Power and escape just now.

Shen Yuexin led the attack, each swing of the Forbidden Whip transforming into thick pillars of lightning crashing down, blasting away the viscous blood, continuously draining the Vampire Demi-god Incarnation’s Divine Power.

Lin Xu, on the other hand, was continuously drawing his bow from afar while aiming at the Blood Realm and not making a move.

Lin Xiao initially circled the edge of the Blood Realm, looking for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack, but the Demigod Avatar stayed hidden within the Blood Realm and did not emerge. The Forbidden Whip kept demolishing large sections of the Blood Realm, but couldn’t locate its true body.

What baffled him the most was the absence of the Legendary Vampire Afonso.

Despite not being a true Legend, an Eighth-Rank Legendary strength was nothing to scoff at; he certainly had the qualifications to partake in their level of combat, at the very least capable of holding them off for a short period.

Yet, since the Vampire Demi-god Incarnation descended, Afonso had been enveloped within the Blood Realm without a trace, and until now, he had not made an appearance.

Moreover, aside from the series of moves aimed at Lin Xiao who had burst into the Blood Realm, there was no sign of targeting Shen Yuexin and Lin Xu outside the realm, giving the impression that it was always on the defensive. “Something isn’t right. Why isn’t he coming out? What is he doing?”

Anomaly often signals danger, and the unknown is terrifying. The enemy’s unusual behavior put them on alert. Lin Xiao called out loudly to his two teammates:

“I feel something bad will happen if we drag this out.”

On the other side, Shen Yuexin, who had swung her whip twenty to thirty times, incinerating big areas of the Blood Realm without spotting the opponent, nodded vehemently and said:

“I also have a bad feeling. The night has many dreams; let’s use our trump cards!”

After speaking, Lin Xiao heard Shen Yuexin’s voice in his ear:

“You make the first move and blast open an area; I’ll follow up to forge a path and locate the target. Lin Xu will deliver the final, fatal blow!”

Instantly, Lin Xiao understood her intent, and with a nod, golden lucent flames blazed within his pupils. He gripped the Golden Spear tightly in his right hand and lifted it as thirty million Faith value began to burn.

At the rate of one million Power of Faith converting to one unit of Divine Power, thirty million Power of Faith would turn into thirty units of Divine Power – an eruption equivalent to thirty units of Divine Power. The space around the Golden Spear began to warp, emitting an astonishing gravitational pull as though air and even light were being sucked into the spear.

If mortal eyes beheld this scene, they would find no Golden Spear in his hand but a distortion that drew in even their gaze.

With a forceful hurl toward the front, the distortion in the void flashed and was gone in an instant.

“Boom!”

The edge of the Blood Realm that covered the entire city suddenly exploded, and an invisible golden tide surged forward, demolishing a large swath of the Blood Realm.

At the same time, the color of the Forbidden Whip in Shen Yuexin’s hand suddenly changed, from blue-white lightning to a purple lightning whip pillar. As she lashed out with the whip, the purple lightning whip extended straight for one to two thousand meters into the breached Blood Realm, blasting open a tunnel about ten meters in diameter and nearly two thousand meters long, until it was stopped by an evil figure formed of thick blood that was indescribable.

Lin Xiao, who had been closely watching the whole time, narrowed his eyes in surprise when he saw this. He realized that the evil figure at the center of the Blood Realm was none other than the Duke of Vampires, Afonso.

No, to be precise, the body of the legendary vampire Afonso had been occupied by the will of the Semi-god Vampire. The true Legendary Vampire was dead.

No wonder there had been no sign of him; so that was why.

Occupying the body of a fanatic believer and a legendary vampire, the Semi-god Vampire’s Incarnation now had a host instead of the prior Non-existing Tree, allowing it to sustain greater damage and to use more powerful techniques, and also to exist for a longer time, continuously persisting without crumbling as previous incarnations would if their Divine Power was exhausted. Before, it was only a Divine Incarnation, founded on a trace of Divinity and will. Once its Field was breached, it would be a direct hit to the core of the Incarnation, leading to its destruction.

Now, with a physical body, even if their Blood Realm was destroyed, the enemy would have to kill the physical form before they could harm the core.

This series of changes was astonishing, but at this point, the arrow had to be released from the bowstring.

Lin Xu decisively seized the fleeting opportunity and loosed the arrow he had been powering up.

Invisible, felt only by perception, that trace shot through the path cleared by Shen Yuexin’s attack. The next second, the Duke of Vampires… no, it should be said the Vampire Demi-god Incarnation’s eyes suddenly widened as the space around him brightly flashed, and a dark gold Blood Vortex appeared out of nowhere, solidifying as the trajectory hit the center of the vortex and disappeared as if into thin air.

But a second later, the Blood God Incarnate violently trembled, and an invisible, distorted wave exploded out like a ring of lightning, spreading in all directions.

Then, the massive Blood Realm crumbled away layer by layer, the solidified sea of blood breaking into countless fragments, dissolving, diluting, and disappearing.

Afterwards, the world cleared, revealing four figures standing in the void.

“He’s injured.”

There was a bloodless hole in the chest of the legendary vampire, the fatal damage caused by Lin Xu’s well-powered arrow. It was this strike that, although it failed to kill the Vampire Demi-god Incarnation, inflicted great damage on Him, so much so that even the Field could not be sustained.

Unfortunately, the opponent had a legendary-level body. Without this body, Lin Xu’s powered arrow would have definitely killed the Blood God Incarnation.

However, the difference was not significant, after all, it was just an Incarnation with not much Divine Power. Even with a new body and blocking that arrow, it wasn’t of much use—the difference was merely living a little longer.

Surprisingly, after the Field collapsed, the Vampire Demi-god Incarnation gave them a cold glance and suddenly shot up into the sky, fleeing in full view of the many believers within the city.

This was truly unexpected. To flee under the watchful eyes of so many believers would deal a huge blow to the Faith of the followers, potentially leading to a mass exodus and loss of belief.

But although His reaction was unexpected, they were prepared. Shen Yuexin lashed out with the Forbidden Whip, which rapidly extended for thousands of meters, and a thick beam of purple lightning blasted straight into a point in the void.

“Boom!”

A ring of lightning exploded, and the Vampire Demi-god Incarnation, who had vanished into the sky, was forcibly blasted out from the void over a thousand meters high.

Simultaneously, Lin Xiao also soared into the sky, burning a full twenty million Faith value, with golden flames pouring out as the Golden Spear in his hand twisted again, aimed at the newly visible Vampire Demi-god a kilometer away: “Salted Fish Charge!”

The immense Supreme Naga True Body vanished in a flash.

A kilometer away, the forcibly revealed Vampire Demi-god Incarnation, whose face had never shown emotion, showed panic for the first time. Raising both clawed hands, a vast stretch of the void twisted before Him into a massive blood-colored vortex.

As the blood-red distortion took shape, a segment of a golden spear swathed in golden flames appeared out of nowhere and struck the twisting vortex. After a moment’s struggle, the tip of the spear slowly penetrated the warped vortex, slowly advancing towards the Vampire Demi-god Incarnation behind it.

At the same time, a dazzling golden light shot out from Lin Xu, soaring into the sky, took a wide curve from the heavens, and struck down on the forehead of the Vampire Demi-god Incarnation.

“Bang!”

The twisted vortex instantly collapsed, and the Golden Spear hit its mark without hindrance, smashing the head of the Vampire Demi-god Incarnation to pieces.