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Chapter 566 - 566 God Says Life and Death
Chapter 566 - 566 God Says Life and Death
Chapter 566: Chapter 566 God Says Life and Death
The third layer of the Dark Territory belongs to the Lord of Darkness, the main area of His worship. He could descend as an Incarnation at any moment, with considerable speed. If Lin Xiao, an Incarnation of a True God, sneaked in and used Divine Power Instant, he would be detected. He didn’t dare to bet that the Lord of Darkness would neglect to act.
Following a rugged path into the third layer of the Dark Territory, just as he leaped down from the broken rocks at the end of the passageway, a massive shadow leaped at him from the stone wall beside.
The Minotaur Jonila reacted incredibly fast and charged forward, swinging his axe, only for it to clank crisply and bounce back even faster.
Lin Xiao snapped his fingers, a soft light rose, and they could clearly see the shadow—a gigantic Scorpion Lion. Irritated by the light, its prepping lunge halted on the rock wall; its tough wings pinned to the stone, and its curved scorpion tail shone with a dazzling blue light—indicating it was filled with deadly poison.
At the same time, in the darkness at a distance, they heard several cries similar to that of the Scorpion Lion, suggesting that there was more than one nearby.
The Minotaur rubbed his chest where the steel half-body armor had been dented at the reinforced front, a small part of which had blackened due to the poison’s corrosion. He shouted loudly,
“Enigma, run quickly! I’ll hold them off.”
In the third layer above ground, Scorpion Lions were high in the food chain and very powerful. The Minotaur could handle one Scorpion Lion but certainly not several. Lin Xiao decided to take matters into his own hands.
He raised his hand in a gesture, an invisible force field enveloping his whole body. Then he pointed towards the Minotaur Jonila, casting a floating spell on him to send him to the rear, and cautioned,
“Be careful, don’t die.”
As soon as he turned his head, the Scorpion Lion roared and attacked, flinging debris with a flap of its massive wings as it lunged at him.
Lin Xiao turned back unhurriedly, pushed his hand forward in a pressing gesture, and the invisible force field pressed down. The Scorpion Lion, heavy like a weight, crashed to the ground.
When several other Scorpion Lions rushed over from afar, Lin Xiao raised his hand again, then furrowed his brows as a blue, glimmering Dagger suddenly appeared behind him, striking inches into the void of his back. A slender figure emerged from the shadows, but upon seeing what transpired, it dissolved into a puff of smoke and vanished.
“Thinking of running?”
Lin Xiao chuckled coldly, pushed his palm backward, and instantly solidified the space within a radius of hundreds of meters. A figure, still posed in mid-flight, slowly materialized out of invisibility a mere ten meters away from him.
“Zoel Rogue!”
With a thought, the fabric covering the shadow’s face tore, revealing a pale Zoel girl’s face filled with terror.
Just as she began to speak, a black light exploded near her, and a figure used this force to break free of its bonds, disappearing in a flash.
“Another one?”
Lin Xiao was quite surprised. He temporarily ignored the Zoel girl, flicking his fingers in succession, causing several Lightning bolts to descend from the sky and stun the Scorpion Lions, which he then captured into the Magic Cube. He then approached the Zoel girl, lifted the binding spell, and immediately, she spat out a stream of curses in Zoel.
“@#?@#%….”
It was well known that Zoel Elves were proficient at swearing, and she spewed dozens of vulgarities that would make even the crudest of men blush in just a short moment.
True Gods naturally understood all languages, and the Minotaur knew some too. He couldn’t bear to listen and covered his ears, which were red to their tips. Lin Xiao directly silenced her with a Silencing Spell.
“Are all Zoel Elves like this?”
Although he asked the Minotaur, Lin Xiao actually knew that’s just how Zoel Elves were in this world.
The dossier the Greedy Wolf Combat Team had on Zoel Elves was annotated with remarks labeling them a filthy, deceitful, and cruel race.
Lin Xiao pressed his brow, aiming to learn about the Zoel situation from this girl. He waved his hand, releasing the spell. The Zoel girl, once freed, unleashed another minute-long stream of curses. By the time he realized what was happening, the Minotaur Jonila was already gripping his great axe in hand…
He hurriedly silenced the Zoel girl once more with a silencing spell, stopping the Minotaur’s impulse and preventing a terrible incident.
After some thought, he said to the Zoel girl,
“You ought to understand the common tongue. If you swear at us again, I’ll feed you to this.”
He said while releasing a Scorpion Lion that had just been captured.
Although the Zoel girl couldn’t speak, her eyes clearly showed a look of terror.
Seeing this, Lin Xiao gave a satisfied smile and again removed the Silencing Spell. This time, the Zoel girl said in the common tongue,
“You despicable male, release me now, and I may let you live.”
Lin Xiao laughed quietly, clearly finding the threat effective, despite her foul mouth.
As for the threat, he didn’t take it seriously at all. He held up the Scorpion Lion and stated,
“You have two options: one is to be fed to the Scorpion Lion, the other is to answer my questions honestly.”
After a mix of coercion and bribery, Lin Xiao quickly learned the information he wanted to know.
The female Zoel came from the closest clan to the third-layer continent of the Dark Territory, ranked seventh, called Reiradeira City. Recently, there was a major campaign by the Zoel Elves against the second layer of the Dark Territory, and a joint force from Reiradeira City had been preparing to move from here to the second layer of the dark mainland. However, quite coincidentally, they found a newly moved Gray Dwarf Tribe nearby and thus paused to attack this Gray Dwarf Tribe.
Most Gray Dwarves live on the first layer of the Dark Territory, but some tribes venture to the third layer in search of higher-quality minerals.
Having learned this information from the female Zoel, Lin Xiao decided to go take a look.
He had the female Zoel lead the way, and she, delighted inwardly, cooperated and walked ahead.
After crossing a rugged stretch of ground, they arrived at the edge of a highland full of stalagmites, and beyond was a massive underground space where a Gray Dwarf Tribe had built a castle that seemed newly moved in and not yet fully fortified. At the moment, thousands of Zoels and their servants had breached it.
Lin Xiao need only glance to know that the Gray Dwarf Tribe was beyond saving—all the Gray Dwarves were dead.
The demolished city was filled with blood and dismembered bodies. The Zoels were currently engaging in the extremely cruel act of producing Bound Soul Bodies on-site.
The so-called Bound Soul Bodies, first and foremost, were created by casting a Poison Curse to cause the target’s death, then soaking the corpses in a special solution, following which they used the Spirit Linking Technique to reanimate the deceased. After that came a series of desecrating spells cast on the dead, ultimately shaping the Bound Soul Bodies into beings of immense strength that retained a certain pre-death intelligence and were fiercely loyal to their masters.
Moreover, because they were Undead Beings, they lacked life signatures, and unless attacked by powerful spells or energies, even decapitation would not prevent them from continuing to fight, making them very troublesome adversaries.
Witnessing such evil acts ignited a blazing anger within Lin Xiao. Before crossing over to this world, the sight of evil forces committing atrocities in movies or novels filled him with extreme loathing. Now, having seen it firsthand, he knew there was no limit to cruelty.
At this moment, he had already sentenced these Zoel Elves to death in his heart—he had no interest in reforming such a race.
His gaze swept over the scene, especially over a group of Zoel Priests emanating Divine Power. He turned to the Minotaur Jonila and said,
“I have something to attend to. You go back and wait for me.”
The Minotaur paused for a moment, then saw Lin Xiao point at him, and a ring of spatial fluctuations enveloped him. His vision blurred, and when it cleared, he found himself back in the pit they had dug on the second layer of the Dark Territory.
After sending the Minotaur back, Lin Xiao twisted his neck, releasing an invisible wave that radiated from him as its center. The nearby Zoel girl was swept away by this wave, disintegrating into dust.
The overtly terrifying fluctuations quickly drew the attention of the Zoel powerhouses. One exquisitely robed, regal-looking and beautiful female Zoel looked up, and upon seeing Lin Xiao descending from the air, her pupils shrank. She quickly cast a Divine Art, and the next second, her beautiful face revealed a hint of fear as she raised the scepter in her hand and shouted loudly,
“I am the priest of the Lord of Darkness, Supreme and Unmatched!”
The many Zoels were startled at the sight of Lin Xiao descending. Reactions varied as dozens of poisoned crossbow arrows flew out, freezing mid-air. Now, all the Zoels sensed the gravity of the situation and stopped what they were doing, bracing for battle.
The High Priest continued to shout,
“Noble human powerhouse, as punishment for offending you, we are willing to offer compensation!”
The beautiful High Priest was trembling. As a priest of the Lord of Darkness, the feedback from the Divine Art she had just cast on this unknown human made her nearly suffocate.
Ordinary clan members thought he was a strong human who was unhappy with the cruelty of their kin, but she knew that this was a great being on par with the exalted Lord of Darkness, who held a divine throne.
She believed that the Lord of Darkness was stronger than this unknown being, but what good would that do? She would be long dead before she could invoke the arrival of the Lord of Darkness.
Lin Xiao wasn’t surprised to be discovered. Any True God Priest has the Divine Art to recognize this, although most priests never have the opportunity to use it in their lifetime.
Without any further words, Lin Xiao drifted through the air above the breached Gray Dwarf Castle. In the terrified eyes of the beautiful High Priest, he extended his right hand, his pupils overlayed with a golden hue representing divinity. At this moment, he no longer hid his presence, and with a solemn voice, he intoned,
“In the name of truth…”
A universal ability of Transcendent godhood favored by True Gods—Life and Death.
“Life Deprivation!”
Divinity granted mortals life and could also strip them of it.
“No!”
In that instant, an invisible wave swept over the ruins, and within the range of the ruins, the spark of life of all the Zoels and their servant race was extinguished in an instant. Countless ethereal souls were drawn from their bodies by an invisible force, flying towards the right hand he had extended.
The countless bodies that lost their souls simultaneously collapsed, including the beautiful Zoel High Priest, who in that moment lost the breath of life and fell. Despite the powerful Divine Art she blessed herself with, it couldn’t protect her; her equally stunning naked soul flew out, like rivers returning to the sea towards Lin Xiao, forming into a fist-sized ball of light suspended in his palm.
“Who is it!”
A roar filled with extreme anger echoed throughout the heavens and the earth, and a supremely powerful presence began to descend.
Lin Xiao knew that the Incarnation of the Lord of Darkness was about to arrive.
The sudden death of any Deity’s Priest would attract the attention of the Deity, especially in cases of unnatural deaths.
Lin Xiao, as a True God, had personally attacked another True God’s Priest, which was an extremely grave provocation. The Lord of Darkness would be compelled to descend in an Incarnation if he had any face to save.