Chapter 597: Chapter 591: Blazing Red Divine Dragon · Artificial Deity
"What is it like when an actor on the screen turns and walks towards the camera while watching a movie?"
[Ji] thought that he now had the qualifications to answer this question.
To be honest...
When Zhao Guanlan first appeared on the screen, not only was he not panicking, he even felt a bit like laughing.
After all, that confident and devilish smile combined with dark circles under his eyes really hit [Ji]’s funny bone, even easing some of his nervousness.
But now, he couldn’t laugh out loud anymore.
Because...
Zhao Guanlan really climbed out of the "screen"!
"..."
[Ji] rose into the air, instinctively stepping back several paces, his eyes filled with divine light, assuming a stance as if facing a formidable foe.
The handsome man with slicked-back hair turned his face, the smile on his face exuded a sinister aura, and his tone was calm: "Laugh, why aren’t you laughing?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a momentum field so overwhelming that it drew the attention of the gods, carrying with it an almost tangible malice, came rushing towards [Ji], nearly suffocating him on the spot.
For a moment, [Ji]’s divine soul was in chaos, and his thoughts became somewhat incoherent.
He unconsciously lowered his voice, staring unblinkingly at the other party, seriously answering: "I wasn’t laughing."
As soon as he said this, he suddenly felt that compared to Zhao Guanlan, his own momentum seemed weaker.
So [Ji] cleared his throat, raised his volume, changed his tone, trying to steer the conversation: "You’re the [Profound Immortal] from [Cangming Star], right?"
"What is this place?"
"And how did you get in?"
The series of three questions revealed the panic in [Ji]’s heart.
He quickly realized this and added: "Perhaps we could make a deal."
"I am from the [Divine Court], and I can offer terms that would make even you tempted!"
It is well known that [Profound Immortal] Zhao Guanlan is a Cangming Star resident and has nothing to do with Earth.
Though he now occupies an island as his base, yet...
[Ji] believed, judging by Zhao Guanlan’s character, as long as the price he offered was high enough, the other party would undoubtedly betray the interest of Earth Civilization without hesitation!
After all, not to mention Earth, even his homeland, Cangming Star, he would abandon without a second thought and flee without hesitation.
However...
The development of the situation was beyond [Ji]’s expectations.
Zhao Guanlan merely glanced at him indifferently, and said slowly: "I didn’t allow you to speak."
As the words fell, his figure flickered and disappeared without a trace.
The next moment, [Ji] suddenly felt a chill at the back of his head.
A large hand, like an iron clamp, grabbed his nape and held him firm.
[Ji] widened his eyes and immediately reacted, trying to struggle to escape.
But...
His every attempt was utterly useless against the opponent.
The surging divine power within him seemed to be locked with an invisible and indestructible password, and [Ji] himself did not have the password to use them.
Decoding it would be extremely difficult, requiring god knows how much time, and even if [Ji] had the ability to break through this shackle, he might have been killed countless times over!
"Your reaction speed is not bad."
Zhao Guanlan’s voice came hauntingly from behind his head, as if from the Underworld, making [Ji]’s whole body cold and his Divine Body tremble slightly: "Unfortunately, you’re too unlucky."
"I’m not in a good mood today."
Upon hearing this, [Ji] opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something.
However, the next moment, a formidable giant power burst from his nape, spreading to his limbs and bones.
Crack!
[Ji]’s neck was twisted, and he fell helplessly to the ground, his head unnaturally askew, drooping on his shoulders.
As a deity, a True God who had elevated his Divine Format to a Middle Rank God level, having his neck twisted wasn’t even considered a minor injury, but merely a superficial wound.
Yet, for some reason, at the moment Zhao Guanlan twisted his neck, [Ji] felt enveloped by a shadow of death, his Divine Format synchronously suspended, and even his Divine Soul dimmed.
It’s unclear how much time passed as [Ji]’s body emitted crackling sounds of bones snapping back into place, and his twisted neck gradually returned to normal.
"Did Zhao Guanlan...leave?"
He got up from the ground, cautiously touching his neck with lingering fear in his eyes: "That guy... is too terrifying..."
In [Ji]’s view, it wasn’t a matter of Zhao Guanlan being strong or not, but how strong.
The techniques displayed by that guy earlier did not conform to the universal laws of the Cosmos; it seemed like all principles within the boundless universe became ineffective on Zhao Guanlan!
[Ji] was convinced that even when facing Upper Rank Gods, he would never be as fragile and powerless as he was just now.
The worldview cultivated over tens of thousands of years at this moment showed subtle signs of collapsing.
If not for the Great Cosmos Will blessing of [Spiritual Injury Immunity Protection] that Middle Rank and above True Gods possessed, everything encountered today might have almost convinced [Ji] he had fallen into some master illusion technique woven illusion and dream.
As he pondered the reasons for Zhao Guanlan’s sudden departure, a dark red giant dragon, surrounded by Thunder of Destruction, suddenly tore through the void and descended before [Ji].
"!!!"
Locked by those scarlet dragon eyes speckled with fragments of golden light, [Ji] suddenly felt his Divine Body become slightly stiff.
This summoned creature was Zhao Guanlan’s combat pet, also regarded as his loyal servant—[Ji] had collected relevant intelligence before coming to Earth and recognized its origin at a glance.
But the issue was...
The momentum field exuded by this Blazing Red Divine Dragon and the intelligence gathered before were not in the same league!
"Combat power of a Middle Rank God under the age of one!"
[Ji] felt his legs trembling: "Though the momentum field feels a bit like bluffing, lacking the solidity of a true Middle Rank God, like a product of accelerated maturation, but..."
"This momentum, indeed, is at the level of a Middle Rank God!"
To speak of it, practically no one would believe it.
Yet, the Blazing Red Divine Dragon before him truly existed without any falsity!
[Ji] seemed to have connected the dots, envisioning the origin of the red dragon, his pupils and voice slightly trembling, his tone tinged with an inexplicable trepidation: "This... this is..."
"An Artificial Deity!"
In the Literature Star of the [Divine Court], there are materials recorded...
160,000 years ago, in the chaotic interstellar battlefield governed by the Divine Court, a small intermediate civilization, noted as "Chuanke," utilized an ability user with [Soul Completion] Divine Techniques to mass-produce many Artificial Deities with combat power comparable to True Gods.
