Chapter 863 - 862: Can Only Use the Trump Card! True God Realm Sea Demon Takes Action!
Chapter 863: Chapter 862: Can Only Use the Trump Card! True God Realm Sea Demon Takes Action!
The Sea Demon Commander stared blankly at the mountain of its kin’s corpses ahead. It swallowed hard, then looked up at the completely unremarkable little mosquito hovering in midair. The demon froze in place, its hands and feet turning ice-cold—if its limbs even counted as hands and feet.
A full army of a hundred thousand Sea Demons! Gone in five seconds! All of them!
Was this really something a Divinity Transformation Realm cultivator could pull off?!
The Sea Demon Commander’s vision darkened, and its chest tightened. It nearly suffocated and passed out on the spot. In this moment, it finally understood.
"I finally understand why the Human Race intentionally withdrew all their defenders," it thought. "Why they left a single female cultivator standing alone on the city wall.
"How the hell is this bait?
"This is clearly a God of Slaughter!
"Those damned Human Race generals actually dared to pass along fake intel and mislead me!"
The Sea Demon Commander firmly believed that the intelligence passed to it by the generals of the Eight Great Clans was absolutely fake. Or, at the very least, they had deliberately concealed the most critical information.
A Divinity Transformation Realm First Layer cultivator? A Beast Tamer? A Beast Pet that was just an ordinary mosquito? It was all a load of lies!
Could a normal Divinity Transformation Realm cultivator kill three Integration Realm Peak experts with a single sword strike? Could a normal Divinity Transformation Realm cultivator slaughter an army of a hundred thousand in five seconds? Only a ghost would believe that!
"Indeed, not a single one from the Human Race can be trusted. They’re all full of lies!" it thought angrily.
Even a roar laced with the foulest of profanities couldn’t quell the Sea Demon Commander’s shock and fury. A full Sea Demon Army of a hundred thousand! Gone right under its nose! All of them!
It was glaringly obvious. The Human Race had set an ambush at the Southwest Defense Line, and Gu Yuexi was merely the bait placed out in the open. Otherwise, how could the Human Race possibly send such a powerful "Divinity Transformation Realm" cultivator to guard the city wall alone!
The Sea Demon Commander had lived for tens of thousands of years. For the first time, it had put "powerful" and "Divinity Transformation Realm"—two concepts with completely opposite meanings—into the same sentence. And yet, it found the combination incredibly fitting, without the slightest sense of contradiction!
"No, I absolutely cannot let Gu Yuexi continue this slaughter!" it thought, clenching its fists so tightly that its nails dug deep into its palms. "If she kills like this a few more times, the army’s morale will completely collapse! We won’t even need to fight this war; we might as well just surrender.
"From the looks of it, Gu Yuexi must have exhausted her Divine Power and gone into hiding. But her Mosquito Beast Pet is still wandering around out here. This proves she isn’t satisfied even after killing a hundred thousand Sea Demons; she hasn’t left at all. She might suddenly jump out at any moment and hit us again. She might... plow through the Sea Demon Army all over again."
At this thought, a deeper chill ran through the Sea Demon Commander’s heart. Daring not to hesitate any longer, it turned to look in the direction of the Storm Giant Ape King. This time, its gaze held no trace of ease; it had become utterly solemn. At this point, it couldn’t care less about saving face. Even if it meant drowning in the mockery of its peers upon returning, it had to request a powerhouse to intervene.
Gritting its teeth fiercely, the Sea Demon Commander looked down and issued an order to a subordinate nearby. "Go. Immediately inform the Storm Giant Ape King and request its intervention. The target is the eradication of Gu Yuexi and her Beast Pet. At all costs!"
"Yes, Commander!" The subordinate acknowledged the order and, not daring to delay, immediately flew toward the rear of the army.
The Sea Demon Commander turned back, glaring viciously at Chu Sheng, who was unhurriedly retrieving the Sea Demon corpses. Its gaze was so fierce it looked ready to eat Chu Sheng alive.
Eating a mosquito...
The Sea Demon Commander quickly banished the nauseating thought.
"With a True God Realm expert stepping in, let’s see how arrogant you can be!" it thought maliciously. "Gu Yuexi, and this damned Mosquito Beast Pet! I will personally see how you die this time!"
As if on cue with the Sea Demon Commander’s ruthless thoughts, the cloud of black mist surrounding the Storm Giant Ape King suddenly began to churn violently. The black mist seemed to take on a life of its own, surging forward rapidly as it rolled. Wherever it passed, fierce winds howled, sending sand and rocks flying. The Sea Demons in its path were blown in all directions, scattering in total disarray.
And the direction the black mist was advancing toward was precisely the front lines of the Sea Demon Army. There were no living Sea Demons left there—only the messy aftermath of strewn corpses, and...
A mosquito, busily scavenging for loot with its head down.
Chu Sheng, who was fully concentrated on recovering the corpses, immediately noticed the rapidly approaching black mist. It glanced up, a trace of solemnity flashing across its compound eyes. Then, it returned to its nonchalant demeanor.
"A True God Realm Sea Demon?" it mused. "It finally decided to show itself. Heh, this is getting more and more interesting."
Chu Sheng did not retreat, nor did it wake Gu Yuexi, who was resting in the Ziwei Palace. It ordered its remaining Outer Body Avatars to continue retrieving the Sea Demon corpses without stopping. Meanwhile, it flapped its own wings and flew forward, taking the initiative to meet the black mist head-on.
*If you have not entered the True God Realm, you are not a True God.*
This saying had been passed down in the Spirit Realm for countless years. It was essentially the consensus among all cultivators. This alone was enough to show that an insurmountable chasm existed between the Integration Realm and the True God Realm. It might seem like a hair’s breadth of difference, but in reality, they were worlds apart.
Having just entered the Divinity Transformation Realm, Gu Yuexi could slay the Void Refinement Realm white-clad young girl of the Celestial Derivation Sect, fighting above her tier as easily as drinking water.
Having just advanced to the Void Refinement Realm, Chu Sheng could kill the Half-Step True God Realm Jiang Family Grand Elder with effortless grace.
And the Half-Step True God Realm seemed separated from the actual True God Realm by only a thin layer of paper, easily pierced through. However, only those who had truly clashed in battle would know that behind this layer of paper lay a difference as vast as heaven and earth.
Chu Sheng could easily kill a Half-Step True God Realm expert. It didn’t even need to use the Twelve Ancestral Witch Gods. However, if faced with a true True God Realm cultivator—even one who had just advanced to the True God Realm—it did not have absolute confidence in killing the opponent.
At most... it had a fifty percent chance of winning.
There was no other reason for this than the "divine seal."
It had nothing to do with any sort of throne. The divine seal of a True God Realm cultivator was equivalent to attaching a personal label onto the Heaven and Earth Laws. It was like carving "I was here" onto the Great Wall. Once the Heaven and Earth Laws received this mark, they would permanently store it.
Even if the physical body was destroyed and the Divine Soul dissipated, as long as this divine seal remained, the cultivator would not truly die.
For a cultivator who had newly entered the True God Realm, the divine seal could only stay by their side and could not be separated. They had to constantly nourish their divine seal at all times. As their Realm increased, the cultivator’s control over the divine seal would become increasingly proficient. They could easily control it even if it was placed far away.
But if the distance was too great and their Realm was insufficient, the cultivator would be unable to use the divine seal to channel the Heaven and Earth Laws for their own use. Compared to cultivators of the same Realm who utilized their divine seals, their combat power would drop significantly.
Simply put, keeping the divine seal nearby allowed one to channel the Heaven and Earth Laws to buff themselves, causing their strength to skyrocket. Stashing the divine seal far away wouldn’t enhance their strength, but it could save their life at a critical moment—equivalent to having an extra life.
Previously, the combined Law Technique of the Flying Shark Sea Demon Brothers was incredibly powerful, its might no less than a Skill released by an ordinary True God Realm powerhouse. But while they could hold their own against a True God Realm cultivator, they could never completely kill one. This was precisely the reason.
As long as the Flying Shark Sea Demon Brothers could not find their enemy’s divine seal, they could never truly kill them.
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