“No need. I can handle this,” John said confidently. “Let’s go. Time to greet our guests.”
Not only did he refuse to hide he wanted to confront them head-on.
Feeling the immense divine auras, John and his companions quickly made their way toward them.
Before long, both parties came face to face.
There were eight demigod powerhouses in total.
John felt a rush of excitement. As long as he killed four more demigods, his Wrath of the Gods talent would level up again.
“Human, you really don’t know your place,” Robing of the Dark Humans sneered, his gaze cold as he looked at John.
They all noticed that John had approached them on his own accord.
Just then, a voice sounded in John’s mind: “Godslayer, try to find a way to escape. I can keep two of them occupied.”
John was stunned and glanced at the demigods before him.
Was one of these people actually helping him?
It couldn’t be anyone from the gods, Dark Humans, or the Orcs. That left the Angel Race and the Beast Clan.
It could be one of Elsa’s subordinates, or perhaps someone with ties to Tony.
The voice came again: “I owe Tony a favor. Consider this me paying it back.”
John looked at the Beast Clan’s demigod a giant roc. The roc nodded slightly in acknowledgment.
“Enough talk, let’s take him down quickly!” roared the demigod from the Orcs, launching the first attack.
The others followed closely behind.
Killing John would grant them the Apocalypse Stone, and each of them was eager to seize it.
There was only one Apocalypse Stone, and no one was confident enough to believe they could single-handedly fend off multiple demigods in a brawl for it.
“Kid, get moving!” the roc shouted, no longer hiding his intentions. He immediately lunged at Robing and the Orc demigod.
“Hmph, Roc, I knew you were up to something!” Robing snorted angrily.
He immediately abandoned his assault on John and turned to attack Roc instead. Buzz!
Suddenly, the air quivered, and a powerful wave of soul energy spread out.
John unleashed Soul Impact, enveloping all seven demigods except for Roc.
“Cough!” The demigods coughed up blood, their faces turning pale.
“A soul attack!” Robing shouted in surprise, momentarily dazed, giving Roc the perfect opportunity to send him flying.
Among the seven demigods, only the demigod from the Orcs was instantly killed.
The others all had soul techniques over 10,000 points but had soul defense measures in place. John wasn’t surprised. These people were all the top talents of their respective races and definitely had Lifesaver mechanisms or other means of protection.
“Damn it, attack together! Don’t waste time!” a demigod from the gods faction wiped the blood from his mouth, and a flying sword shot out, aimed directly at John.
“Sword Mastery! Hm, you’ve fused with The Immortals’ supreme treasures!” John exclaimed in surprise, but before he could react further, several more attacks rained down on him.
Boom!
As expected, he was instantly killed. The Blessed Ring effect triggered, and he resurrected with full health.
Whoosh!
Light and dark magic surged around him, and sword intent hummed in the air. He launched a furious assault, targeting the Dark Humans’ demigod, Robing.
Robing, already injured from John’s Soul Impact and Roc’s attack, was the weakest among the group.
“No, help me!” he cried out in terror, frantically trying to dodge.
“Hmph, useless trash!” The others didn’t care about Robing’s fate and continued their onslaught against John.
Boom!
John was killed once more, and his Lifesaver talent activated.
With five seconds of invincibility, he stood firm amidst the barrage of attacks, not dodging or retreating. He unleashed Flying Sword Strike, Infinite Sword Array, and alternating light and dark magic.
At this point, John’s Sword Immortal skill was capable of piercing through a demigod’s defenses.
Robing’s health plummeted rapidly, with each strike dealing over ten million points of damage.
In an instant, his health dropped to just over three hundred million.
Boom!
John was killed once more.
The Lifesaver talent triggered for the second time.
Before Robing could catch his breath, a storm of magic and sword intent surged in all directions.
“No!” His eyes widened in horror, and he let out a desperate roar.
In an instant, dozens of skills engulfed him, and his health was drained to zero.
[You have slain a demigod-level powerhouse, gaining 6.76 billion experience points.]
[Your level has increased to 1,097…]
[Plunder talent activated: Dark Element Affinity +10, Strength +500, Spirit +200, Skill Points +200.]
The notifications flashed, but John ignored them. As the five seconds of invincibility ended, he was killed once more.
Immediately, his Undying and Immortal talent triggered, and he resurrected on the spot.
“He’s still not dead?” someone shouted in shock. The remaining demigods were visibly panicked, and even Roc, who had been helping John, gulped and hurriedly distanced himself from the battlefield, fearful of getting caught in the crossfire.
“Hmph, pathetic!” John sneered, soaring high into the sky as the Immortal Sword flew out of
his body.
Having fully integrated The Immortals’ supreme treasures, the Immortal Sword within him could now be used as a weapon.
Its power was in no way inferior to that of a divine artifact.
Buzz…
Sword intent hummed as the surrounding space trembled slightly, and an overwhelming aura
began to spread out.
“This… this is an ultimate skill!” One of the demigods swallowed hard, his face etched with
fear.
“Don’t give him time to cast it! He can’t keep resurrecting forever-attack!” roared the
demigod from the gods faction, charging towards John.
The others quickly came to their senses and followed closely behind.
“Return of Ten Thousand Swords!” John’s cold voice echoed.
The wind howled, and countless sword lights flickered in the air, enveloping the demigods
before cascading down like a torrential storm.
The terrifying attack left them all in a state of panic. They barely had time to react and hastily
activated their defensive skills.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
Sword lights filled the sky, and under John’s precise control, they destroyed everything in
their path.
Return of Ten Thousand Swords was not merely an area-of-effect skill-it dealt continuous
damage.
With the powerful attributes buffing the skill, it easily pierced through the demigods’ defenses. Each strike inflicted over 20 million critical damage and an additional 6 million true
damage.
Their health bars plummeted rapidly.
Watching from a distance, Roc’s heart trembled. He couldn’t help but swallow nervously.
“So strong… Is this human really only at the seventh tier?” He backed away further, terrified
of being caught up in the devastating attack.
[You have slain a demigod-level powerhouse, gaining 6.76 billion experience points.]
[Plunder talent activated…]
[You have successfully slain 10 demigod powerhouses. Wrath of the Gods talent has ascended
to God Level. Skill cooldown reduction: 99%. Magic and spiritual power consumption: 99%
reduction.]
Two of the demigods perished instantly under the relentless assault of Return of Ten Thousand Swords.
John’s Wrath of the Gods talent leveled up once more, reaching God Level.
With a 99% reduction in skill cooldowns and a 99% reduction in skill consumption.
His abilities could now be cast continuously, almost without any pause or resource
expenditure!
“So powerful!” John couldn’t help but exclaim. This was the true form of the Wrath of the
Gods talent.
However, after reaching God Level, it was already at its peak and could not be upgraded any
further.
Whoosh…
The countless sword lights dissipated, leaving only three demigod powerhouses standing in
the battlefield. Two were from the gods faction, and one was from the Angel Race. “Cough!” The Angel Race demigod coughed up blood, gravely injured, staring at John in horror. His voice trembled as he asked, “Impossible! What… what are you?”
“You talk too much!” John sneered, and with a wave of his hand, countless magical and sword
skills surged forward once again, almost seamlessly.
Two demigod powerhouses were killed instantly, leaving only the last remaining demigod from the gods faction-the one who had fused with The Immortals’ supreme treasure. John turned his gaze to the man and asked coldly, “Where did you get your Immortals’
supreme treasure?”
“Gulp!” The demigod swallowed hard, took a deep breath, and suppressed the fear in his heart. He spoke in a resolute tone, “Human, don’t expect to get anything out of me. Do it.”
He knew there was no escape. Although he put on a façade of righteousness, his body couldn’t
stop trembling.
“Hmph, is that so?” John snorted disdainfully, not interested in exchanging more words. He directly activated his soul skill, Memory Extraction.
Buzz!
The demigod’s expression froze, his eyes staring blankly at John.
“Hmm?” John frowned as he focused on extracting only the most recent memories and
anything related to The Immortals’ supreme treasures.
“So, that’s how it is!” His gaze turned cold as the soul energy dissipated. He had already
acquired the answers he needed.
At that moment, the demigod’s eyes regained clarity, filled with fear. Trembling, he
stammered, “Wh-what did you just do to me?”
“Hmph, you’re worthless now!” John said with disdain, dismissing the demigod’s question.
With a swift motion, he unleashed a barrage of light and dark magic, combined with his
Sword Immortal skill, and annihilated the demigod on the spot.
Another 6.76 billion experience points gained, along with a significant boost to his base
attributes through Plunder.
“Azure Family!” John muttered coldly.
From the demigod’s memories, he had learned that the supreme treasures of The Immortals were brought here by the Azure Family.
Not only that, but the Azure Family possessed a large collection of The Immortals’ supreme
treasures, serving as the cultivation sects’ contingency plan.
After failing to stop the World of Gods plan, it was the Azure Family that led various noble
families in an attempt to resist.
But the Azure Family, being cowardly and greedy, stole all The Immortals’ supreme treasures
and defected to the gods.
The gods wanted to use them as pawns against The Immortals. There was another crucial piece of information-Earth’s portal had been sealed by the
cultivation sects, and to break through, one needed to fuse with The Immortals’ supreme treasures and reach the demigod level.
Only John and the Azure Family could accomplish this.
It seemed that the crisis from his previous life was also caused by the Azure Family.
“Unforgivable!” A boundless killing intent surged within John. He needed to eradicate the Azure Family.
Additionally, he uncovered another secret from the demigod’s memories.
A treasure in the treasure grounds was about to be born.
The Apocalypse Stone, whose effects were somewhat similar to the Origin Stone.
However, the Apocalypse Stone’s impact was far more profound-refining it would allow one
to fuse with another set of supreme treasures from a different race.
This treasure was about to become his.
John casually collected the loot from the seven slain demigods, acquiring another seven sets
of supreme treasures, including one set from The Immortals.
There were also numerous fusion resources, skill stones, talent upgrade stones, and other
valuable items.
He then turned his gaze toward the remaining Beast Clan demigod-Roc. Roc instinctively took a step back, contemplating escape, but quickly realized it would be
futile. In desperation, he hastily said, “Human, I mean you no harm. I was helping you just now.” John didn’t attack. Instead, he asked calmly, “You’re with Tony?” “No, I owe him a favor,” Roc replied hurriedly.
John nodded, thought for a moment, and then said, “I’ll give you a chance-submit to me.”
“C-can I refuse?” Roc’s heart sank. He didn’t want to agree. He knew of the deep-seated grudge between the Beast Clan and The Immortals. Secretly helping John was something he had done without the knowledge of the Beast Clan’s deity, Janaan. If he submitted to John now, it would mean betraying his clan completely.