Chapter 1232: Chapter 980: Divine Status Hunter
After the initial probing, Long Yi had become completely familiar with the rules of the place. He almost lived there, always betting ten Divine Statuses. Of course, this time Long Yi didn’t consistently win as before; he occasionally lost a few times. When he intentionally lost, the bets were not high.
Soon, both Ai Lin and Long Yi’s count of Divine Statuses had surpassed two hundred. This was good news, meaning that if they encountered that person with three hundred-fold, they should have a chance to fight.
Actually, as the multiplier of Divine Statuses increased, the suppressive force between them would weaken. Truly, once it reached two or three hundred-fold, there wouldn’t be that absolute suppression anymore. However, under the suppression of Divine Status, a person would still feel various discomforts and awkwardness, affecting their performance in battle. Currently, Long Yi wasn’t reckless enough to challenge those two who possessed three hundred times the Divine Status. In fact, Long Yi’s goal was clear by now; as long as he kept winning like this, those two would eventually target him since Long Yi’s existence could impact their position. And Long Yi could completely wait at ease for them to appear.
That day, as usual, Long Yi went to the Divine Status arena, only to find very few people there. Upon inquiry, he learned that both associations had simultaneously issued a bounty, calling for the hunting down of a Divine Status hunter who posed a threat to the members of both associations.
Long Yi immediately rushed to the association and from afar, saw a huge notice of the hunting operation. And the picture on the notice almost made Long Yi burst into laughter—it was Little Zi.
The notice clearly stated that this was a recently emerged Divine Status hunter who specifically targeted members of both associations. It was estimated that he now possessed more than two hundred Divine Statuses, and any action alone was absolutely inadvisable. It was necessary for everyone to unite and suppress him, meaning that any team venturing out must gather at least three hundred Divine Statuses to have a chance of winning!
Long Yi was puzzled; if according to the original order of the stars he designed, Little Zi should have arrived here during this time period. Why was there no sign of him, and he had run off to become a Divine Status hunter instead! Although he didn’t know what exactly happened initially, it seemed now that Little Zi’s conflict with both associations was irreconcilable.
But this wasn’t a problem; irreconcilable, let’s just proceed!
In fact, if they wanted to hunt down Little Zi, then almost everyone from both associations would have to deploy. Only like this could they guarantee absolute suppression based on the quantity of Divine Statuses. That’s why the association made a call for every member to participate in this hunting operation as much as possible. And it seemed that the other association did the same. Because both sides not only had to be cautious of Little Zi but also had to be wary of the other association’s attacks.
Long Yi and Ai Lin naturally joined the hunting team. Because of Long Yi’s successive victories, at least in statistics, he possessed twenty times the Divine Status. So he definitely needed to be quick.
"Remember these points!" the leader shouted loudly before departure.
"First, protect the people around you! If your teammate’s Divine Status is taken away, then your team will immediately become weaker! So you must protect your teammates!"
"Second, do not miss any opportunity to snatch the Divine Status of a member of the Hand of God. Each time you snatch a Divine Status, it means you decrease the opponent’s Divine Status while also enhancing our own!"
"Third, and most importantly, absolutely do not let the Divine Status hunter’s Divine Status fall into the opponent’s hands! Even assisting the Divine Status hunter to escape must not result in him falling into the opponent’s hands!"
The leader only possessed a mere five times the Divine Status. He stood there not because of his high Divine Status, but because he was the chairman of this association.
Looking at the hefty, chubby face with an inciting expression, the people below were greatly stirred, but Long Yi furrowed his brow. He realized that this man might not be the real controller of the association. There was a simple reason that didn’t make sense—this man was a successful businessman, but his own strength was quite limited. Long Yi was sure he had displayed all his Divine Status. But a mere five times the Divine Status surely couldn’t establish an association. The reason was simple because from the moment you declare yourself as chairman, your Divine Status would be taken away! No intelligent being likes others standing above them, especially those who possess Divine Status.
Long Yi had once inquired about the chairman’s story; he had been chairman for a very long time, and the presence of divine power had kept him from aging. Yet how he initially became chairman was somewhat vague and unclear, almost legendary. It seemed that someone had concealed the past.
Now, recognizing his qualification as chairman appeared more like a traditional practice, not a recognition of his strength.
Could it be that someone with three hundred times the Divine Status was the real mastermind?
Well, no matter what it was, such things were always tricky unless you had people, as long as you had people, eventually someone would emerge.
The people from both associations set off impressively, two airships flying directly to the area of the incident. The glances exchanged between the two groups were almost fiery, but no one dared to attack first, as initiating attack didn’t necessarily mean winning, instead it could give the opponent an opportunity. Thus, although both sides resented each other, they generally maintained restraint.
When someone’s Divine Status became powerful enough, even if you tried to hide it, it would be easily discovered by others possessing Divine Status. The opponent might not know how strong your Divine Status really was, but your location was definitely not a secret. Especially since the people chasing Little Zi all possessed Divine Status and Divine Power, and the almost omnipotent nature of Divine Power allowed them to create some special gadgets.
And Long Yi saw for himself a Divine Power detecting device, which was similar to a radar disk that could detect Divine Status reactions within a large area ahead.
Seeing this device, Long Yi understood that it was because of this gadget that these people could search for Divine Status across the entire Plane. Although this device wasn’t as powerful as Long Yi’s radar, it was definitely more efficient than sensing on one’s own.
"I’ve spotted it!" While Long Yi was lost in thought, the person operating the radar shouted loudly. Sure enough, there were two large bright spots on the disk, representing the members of the Hand of God and God’s Association, and ahead, there was a small bright spot, speeding along!
"Full speed ahead! Chase!"
The chubby merchant, the president of the God’s Association, shouted loudly, and immediately some people employed Divine Power, boosting the ship’s speed to an astonishing extent in an instant!
My heavens!
Long Yi had seen much, always considering Divine Power as precious, but here, Divine Power was merely squandered!
However, if they could first seize Little Zi’s Divine Status, then the more than two hundredfold Divine Status would be much more precious than these Divine Powers.
Not only this spaceship, but the ships from the Hand of God also accelerated simultaneously, clearly both sides had the same equipment.
The light point ahead also realized it was being chased and immediately sped up, quickly getting out of the spaceship’s chase range.
The target-lost spaceship, however, didn’t slow down but continued to accelerate in pursuit.
"Don’t slow down! The losses in Divine Power will be replenished by the association! But if you miss this opportunity, there will be no other chance! The opponent is alone, and she has been fighting all this time, she won’t have much Divine Power stored. Moreover, she is still in space; she can only use Divine Power to breathe, and soon she will lose Divine Power and must find a place to land!" the Chairman roared.
"Chairman! There’s a suitable planet ahead!" another person yelled.
"Search in the direction of that planet!" the Chairman ordered.
The spaceship immediately corrected its course, heading towards that planet, and indeed, the light point and the planet’s location coincided completely, evidently the target had already landed on that planet.
"Land immediately! Everyone, after landing, do not disperse, absolutely do not give the opponent any opportunity!" the Chairman yelled.
The spaceship landed, and in the distance, the Hand of God’s spaceship also landed simultaneously.
Long Yi almost at the same time got in touch with Little Zi and Ai Lin. Little Zi’s condition was good, and her Divine Status count had already risen to three hundredfold, which was more than both Long Yi and Ai Lin. Most importantly, as a being of energy, she could merge perfectly with the Divine Status. This meant that compared to ordinary holders of Divine Status, Little Zi was truly capable of unleashing the entire power of the Divine Status.
Long Yi thought they should give all the Divine Status to Little Zi, of course, these were words he would never say to Little Zi; he just silently thought about it and planned to surprise her at the end.
Members from both the God’s Association and Hand of God began searching ahead, the two sides tried their best to avoid contact because a confrontation would undoubtedly be very bad. As the terrain changed, they entered a valley, and each side sent out a few speed-type Mages to scout, and the target was certainly within the valley. But the entrance to the valley was extremely narrow, making simultaneous entry by both parties absolutely impossible.
Thus, the presidents of the two associations stood there unyieldingly, while behind them, their members were tense and ready to fight.
Long Yi, hidden among the crowd, focused on a person with a provocative look. Long Yi choosing this person for provocation had a purpose, as the man seemed to have a very bad temper, although he was always restraining it. This kind of person was the type that would ignite at a single spark. Therefore, Long Yi chose him as the target of provocation, his eyes vividly filled with contempt. As someone innately carrying a halo of disdain, Long Yi naturally looked down upon others, and now when he deliberately scorned, he achieved double the effect. Initially, the provoked man didn’t take it too seriously, but when he realized Long Yi was constantly staring at him, his anger immediately flared up. He began to glare back, and Long Yi was not afraid of his glare, only afraid that he wouldn’t respond!
As a result of their staring, how could Long Yi possibly lose? Especially when his expression of scorn was as if he truly towered above, stepping on the opponent on the ground.
Finally, the man couldn’t bear it anymore and yelled, "What are you looking at!"
Long Yi pointed directly with his thumb downwards, "Looking at an idiot!"
With this remark, the opponent’s anger flared up completely, he roared, "I’m going to annihilate you!"
Divine Status activated, Divine Power surged out, and seeing the opponent bursting out his Divine Status, everyone from the God’s Association immediately exploded their Divine Status too, Divine Power swirling around, both sides were about to start fighting fiercely.
The presidents of both associations were negotiating because neither wanted to let the other go in first. If one went in first, facing an opponent who probably had no Divine Power left, wouldn’t seizing the Divine Status be a matter of minutes? And once the Divine Status was seized by the other party, their people might never see tomorrow’s sun again! (To be continued. If you like this work, we welcome you to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
