Chapter 397: Chapter 343: God Manifests in the World (2)
Nearby.
Ouyang Shuokong’s expression shifted slightly as he witnessed this scene.
He knew far more than these Natives.
’The Sun God is just one of that great being’s personas.’
Ouyang Shuokong guessed that with this latest move, the great being was likely preparing to leave this world.
The thought flashed through his mind before he dismissed it.
For him, Hu Qi’s power was already deeply ingrained in his mind.
If he had harbored any other thoughts in the past, then after these hundred years, he had completely extinguished such notions.
Now, he only wanted to faithfully follow Hu Qi and achieve his goal of immortality.
He had been assigned here, his duty to assist Hu Qi in managing the internal affairs of the Sun God Sect.
Although he had prayed constantly over the past century, trying to solidify his own faith, he had only managed to reach the level of a Holy Radiance Bishop, which was equivalent to a High-Level Believer.
His inability to become a Fanatic wasn’t due to a lack of potential.
As a Refining God Venerable, the essence of his soul was actually stronger than Wuan Anning’s.
The reason he couldn’t reach the level of a Fanatic was because he was an old monster who had lived for countless years.
Achieving the wholehearted devotion of a Fanatic was simply too difficult for him.
Even his current status was the result of Hu Qi pulling some strings for him.
Otherwise, given the true level of his piety, the highest he could have reached was an Intermediate Believer—the rank of a Priest of the Scorching Sun. That would have been his limit.
This Extraordinary Path of a Divine Faithful allowed for extremely rapid advancement. While one’s innate aptitude played a part, it was a secondary factor.
Compared to the path of a Secret Martial Artist, it wasn’t nearly as important.
What mattered most was the degree of one’s piety and the power of the god they believed in.
However, if it came to a real fight, his strength would not be inferior to any of them.
Even the Saintess, Wuan Anning, would be no match for him.
This was because not only could he use Divine Techniques, but he was also a Secret Martial Artist himself.
Over the years, through his research into the Holy Power within his body, he had forged a different path.
It was a method of using Holy Power in conjunction with Secret Martial Arts to strengthen his physical body.
He had named this path the "Paladin."
...
「Time passed.」
Half a month went by quickly.
"It’s about time!"
Above the firmament.
Two figures stood proudly in the void, clouds and winds surging around them.
One was tall and burly, holding a banner as black as ink, its surface flapping in the wind.
The other emanated a brilliant, dazzling halo like a sun’s corona, the light flowing like a tangible substance.
They looked down upon the scene below.
The figure on the left, holding the Damaged Black Banner, spoke first, his voice deep and cold.
"Let’s begin, then."
On the other side, the figure clad in golden armor and wreathed in a Crown Halo simply gave a slight nod.
These two were none other than Hu Qi’s first Clone and his second Divine Avatar.
HUMMM—
In that instant, a blinding light erupted from the chest of the one holding the Black Banner. From within the light, the figure of a person in white robes slowly emerged.
This person’s face was nearly perfect, and the aura they exuded was profound and terrifying—far more powerful than the two figures before him.
"You’ve worked hard."
Hu Qi’s calm voice sounded.
"We are one and the same. Nothing more needs to be said!"
The other two responded in unison.
With that, Hu Qi’s two Clones sat down cross-legged.
Immediately, two distorted, translucent flames ignited upon their bodies.
As the flames billowed, their figures began to warp.
Finally, one transformed into a speck of light interwoven with black and gold, while the other became a speck of pure gold.
Then, like shooting stars, the two specks of light instantly sank into Hu Qi’s true body.
As the Spirit Seeds entered his body, the memories and vast, accumulated power of the two Clones surged into Hu Qi’s body like a torrent.
He could clearly feel the essence of his soul growing continuously under these circumstances.
’If I wasn’t entirely confident before, now I have no reason to worry.’
Hu Qi muttered to himself.
At this moment, if he were to truly measure his strength, although he was still at the Apostle Level Peak, it had more than doubled compared to before.
This was no small increase.
The stronger one became, the more difficult it was to grow further.
For someone at his Realm, such an improvement was already utterly terrifying.
Just then, from the zenith of the firmament, a vast and terrifying will descended with the force of a collapsing sky and shattering earth.
Hu Qi snapped his head up to see a massive, emotionless, gray, translucent, and illusory face materialize above him.
The face was bizarre and strange, its features shifting constantly like a dream or an illusion—the faces of men and women, young and old, all faces of sentient life, flashed across it one by one.
"Domain... Outer... Heavenly... Demon... Die!"
The giant face spoke, pausing on each word. Its voice was like a great bell, causing the very space to hum and vibrate.
At the same time, as the final word fell, an invisible, terrifying pressure crashed down like a collapsing mountain and a surging sea, as if Mount Tai itself were toppling over.
Countless cracks suddenly split open in the sky, from which shot thick, blinding bolts of brilliant lightning.
Carrying an aura of destruction, they rained down with a thunderous BOOM.
In response, Hu Qi’s expression was calm. He stood his ground, as firm and unmoving as a towering mountain.
The whistling bolts of lightning, upon approaching within ten meters of Hu Qi, instantly dissipated like snow meeting the scorching sun.
They transformed into a gust of scorching wind that whipped his robes about, but could not harm him in the slightest.
"You’ve got some nerve. I hadn’t even come looking for you, yet you dare to show yourself.
Fine. I had to deal with you sooner or later anyway. It makes no difference."
