CHAPTER 968: CHAPTER 757: MOB

In a starry sky where almost no matter exists.

With the distortion of space, two figures emerged one after the other, vibrating out from inside at the same time.

They are precisely Gu Jinlai and Demigod Xiang Guang, who were pursuing and escaping each other through the Space Avenue not long ago.

As they fell out of the Space Avenue, Gu Jinlai struck without hesitation, casting the Great Chaos Hole Skill, enveloping the surrounding tens of thousands of miles of void with terrifying devouring power.

Meanwhile, Demigod Xiang Guang also unleashed his Divine Will without hesitation, seemingly trying to suppress Gu Jinlai.

However, Gu Jinlai’s own Spirit Level was at the Seventh Rank. Although not top-tier, it was not easily suppressed like Divine Master Nie Yu’s suppression of Chi Tianyuan.

He could feel the heaviness on his spirit and the sluggishness of his Immortal Technique operations, but the Great Chaos Hole Skill was inherently a range attack skill, requiring no precise control once deployed.

Under the distortion and tearing of the Great Chaos Hole Skill, the divine body of Demigod Xiang Guang...

Or rather, the Divine Armor, quickly became overburdened.

Not only that, Gu Jinlai forcibly used the Devouring Dao to trigger the Destruction Dao, gradually forming the Destruction Mixed Hole Sword Qi.

Though the process was slow, it still caused Demigod Xiang Guang to turn pale.

However, this demigod showed no intention of retreating, instead sparking his will, and a vague projection of a Divine Country appeared behind him, where countless Holy Spirits seemed to sing and praise their Divine Lord.

In his perspective, the Divine Lord would soon come to the rescue; he only needed to hold on for a while...

"Hmm!?"

Demigod Xiang Guang quickly sensed something was amiss.

Why couldn’t he draw the will of the countless Holy Spirits from the Divine Lord to empower himself!?

He "felt" the Great Chaos Hole Skill formed by the Devouring Dao around him...

"Interfered!? This Immortal Technique isn’t simply driven by the Devouring Dao; it contains some unknown Dao’s power interfering with my connection to the Divine Country?"

For a moment, Demigod Xiang Guang mobilized his Divine Will, constantly eroding the devouring power formed by the Great Chaos Hole Skill.

Where the will passed, the devouring power of the Great Chaos Hole Skill disintegrated one after another.

Yet, at this time, Gu Jinlai’s Destruction Mixed Hole Sword Qi also gradually formed.

Despite Demigod Xiang Guang’s strenuous interference, when he broke free from the confinement of the Great Chaos Hole Skill, he could only watch helplessly as the sword light, imbued with destructive and devouring power, struck his body, transforming into a black hole upon impact, shredding everything.

"Foolish, do you think you can deal with me!?"

Demigod Xiang Guang’s divine body collapsed, but he showed no fear.

With a fierce shout, the Divine Country manifested behind him, and countless Holy Spirits chanted together, forming a mighty force of will.

"The great Divine Lord will arrive soon, I only need to hold on a bit longer..."

The demigod’s will fluctuated as he attempted to draw power from the Divine Country again, but suddenly...

Within the manifested projection of the Divine Country, tens of thousands of Holy Spirits perished simultaneously, as if they had suffered some catastrophic attack.

Moreover, the Divine Country he manifested became visibly illusory, as if it was refusing his entry and preventing him from drawing power from it!

"Divine Lord!?"

This scene left Demigod Xiang Guang, who intended to reshape his divine body with pure Divine Will, stunned.

However, Gu Jinlai keenly realized something.

"The reinforcements! Our reinforcements have arrived!"

He thought of the tens of thousands of Holy Spirits annihilated in Demigod Xiang Guang’s projection of the Divine Country and quickly grasped the truth.

"The Immortal Golden Immortal from the Cold Moon Army has arrived!"

A Divine Spirit appearing in the Cold Moon Star Domain would not go unnoticed by the Guardian Army in the domain.

In all likelihood, experts from the Cold Moon Army were already pursuing this Divine Spirit.

As the second squad scattered and constantly called for support, they happened to be in reach of a nearby Immortal Golden Immortal, who descended with a thunderous strike, severely injuring Divine Spirit Nie Yu and even collapsing his Divine Country, causing the death of numerous Holy Spirits.

At this thought, Gu Jinlai unhesitatingly cast the Great Chaos Hole Skill again, devouring Demigod Xiang Guang.

"Your end is near!"

Without the endless supply of will power from the Divine Country, and with his divine body shattered by Gu Jinlai’s Destruction Mixed Hole Sword Qi, Demigod Xiang Guang had no power to recover and was repeatedly torn apart by the power of the Great Chaos Hole Skill.

Yet, being a demigod, his will was extremely tenacious, and the Great Chaos Hole Skill struggled to annihilate him in a short time.

He continuously sensed the Divine Country, trying to upload his consciousness back to it to escape.

But...

The Divine Country trembled.

It indeed seemed as Gu Jinlai claimed, an Immortal Golden Immortal had arrived and was engaged in a fierce battle with the Divine Lord, rendering him unable to clearly perceive the Divine Country.

"Even if you have an Immortal Golden Immortal on your side, so what? If we Divine Spirit lineage decide to retreat, no one can stop us!"

He forcibly restrained his Divine Will to resist the devour of the Great Chaos Hole Skill, intending to hold out until the Divine Lord was safe before returning to the Divine Country.

Otherwise, should the Divine Lord be defeated, they, the demigods dependent on the Divine Country, would also perish.

"You have no chance."

Gu Jinlai maintained the Great Chaos Hole Skill, then resolutely operated the Void Projection Technique to descend onto his body.

This familiar sensation quickly made Demigod Xiang Guang realize the severity of the situation.

Not long ago, he was affected by this divine-like power, hesitated for a moment, allowing Gu Jinlai to dash into the Space Avenue and escape through the turbulent currents.

And now...

"Who exactly are you..."

Demigod Xiang Guang’s will trembled.

But before the message could be transmitted, the Great Chaos Hole Skill crushed onwards, instantly shattering his exceptionally tenacious will.

At the moment this will was crushed, Gu Jinlai under the Void Projection Technique seemed to split into billions, tracing back to each of his followers.

As his Divine Sense Ability exploded, hundreds of thousands, even millions of followers perished successively.

"How dare you!?"

Demigod Xiang Guang roared, and the powerful Divine Will quickly coalesced.

But before this will could coalesce and form, the power of the Great Chaos Hole Skill already crushed down, once again shattering his will into pieces.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gu Jinlai’s Void Projection Technique spread downward, once again reducing the minds of millions of followers to void, causing instant death.

"Stop!"

This time, Demigod Xiang Guang finally panicked.

The greatest advantage of the Divine Will is that it can be broken into pieces.

Other cultivators could kill them ten thousand times, a hundred thousand times, or a million times, yet they could resurrect ten million, a hundred million times.

Yes, Xiang Guang had as many as a hundred and three million qualified followers.

But the current method of Gu Jinlai, first using the Great Chaos Hole Skill to prevent his collective will from coalescing, and then using a way he couldn’t even comprehend to annihilate his followers by the millions... This speed...

Completely wiping out his followers until truly killing him, this Demigod would just be a matter of time.

Unfortunately...

His panic did not affect Gu Jinlai’s attack.

The Void Projection Technique was like a virus; every time Demigod Xiang Guang’s will was shattered, it would spread out with the dissipating will, annihilating millions of followers.

Feeling his followers being wiped out like wheat being cut, Demigod Xiang Guang had to sense the Divine Country of Divine Master Nie Yu once more.

"Divine Master!"

This Demigod, without a trace of elegance, burned his will desperately, once again allowing the Divine Country to manifest a shadow.

However, compared to just now, this Divine Country had become even more tattered, with originally millions of Holy Spirits inside, now reduced to less than thirty percent.

Moreover, the shadow of the Divine Country only appeared for a moment before dissipating again.

This scene immediately drove Demigod Xiang Guang to further despair.

Could it be that the Immortal Golden Immortal of the Cold Moon Army had really arrived!?

That Immortal Golden Immortal is engaged in an intense battle with the Divine Master, causing severe damage to the Divine Master!?

Otherwise, why would the loss of Holy Spirits in the Divine Country of the Divine Master be so severe?

"Buzz buzz!"

Another round of Void Projection Technique spread out along with the shattered will of Demigod Xiang Guang.

At this moment, the strong will and the vast group of followers were no longer the foundation of his power, but rather the source of his pain. He could only watch as he was wiped out bit by bit.

"Divine Master!"

With the last shout of this Demigod, his remaining followers, numbering in the tens of thousands, were all erased.

And this time, he could no longer revive.

"Hoo!"

Feeling the Spirit of Qingguang suddenly surge in the spirit world, Gu Jinlai took a long breath.

Through this fierce battle, he faintly realized a problem.

"Whether Divine Spirit or Demigod, their strongest method is Divine Will. Without it, their remaining offensive methods depend only on their Divine Body or Divine Battle Armor. In cases where Divine Immortality Dao must be used as the foundation of Divine Country, while Demigods can only borrow from Divine Spirit Dao, the combat power they can exert is very limited."

A hint of realization flashed in Gu Jinlai’s mind: "Just like this Demigod Xiang Guang, when his Divine Will cannot completely suppress me, he does not even have any means to threaten me..."

So...

The previous peril was entirely due to his unfamiliarity with battling Divine Spirits and Divine Calamities, which led to extreme passivity.

"It is undeniable that Divine Calamities are powerful, but to be frightened by the weakest among the three major systems of Divine Spirits and flee..."

Gu Jinlai thought he had a problem.

And the other Golden Immortals of the second squad had problems too.

If all the Golden Immortals could fight to the death without retreat like Chi Tianyuan, they might not have been unable to hold their ground against one Divine Spirit, three Demigods, and one Divine Calamity until reinforcements from the Cold Moon Legion experts arrived.

After all, the appearance of a Divine Spirit has such a huge impact that the reinforcements from the Cold Moon Legion would definitely go all out, and Vice Corps Commander Ming Zun might even rush there personally.

Unfortunately...

The second squad, and even he, could be aptly described by Chi Tianyuan, Divine Calamity Yuan Mou, and Divine Spirit Nie Yu as a "mob".

"Achieving Great Dao Golden Immortal is no easy feat. The first thought when encountering danger is naturally self-preservation... But on an intense battlefield, it is often those thinking of escaping and self-preservation that die the fastest..."

Gu Jinlai reflected on himself.

And since he realized his problem...

He had to face this problem head-on.

"I managed to escape smoothly because the Void Projection Technique made Demigod Xiang Guang’s reaction a beat slower, and a crucial moment when Chi Tianyuan’s sword cut through the space I was in, distancing me from the Divine Calamity, was another reason."

Since he was to face his problems, he naturally couldn’t leave like this.

Moreover, Chi Tianyuan somewhat saved him.

And the reinforcements of Immortal Golden Immortal from the Cold Moon Army seemed to have arrived too.

Plus the Spirit of Qingguang surging after killing Demigod Xiang Guang...

"Wherever you fall, stand up from there!"

Gu Jinlai turned without hesitation: "Go back!"