The Era of Gods-Chapter 694: The Death of Shadow Wind

With the death of Shadow Wind, his Divine Realm would become lost in the unknown Void, instead of being taken by him.

However, some of the things he had acquired in this world would fall into his hands, but they would be useless to him.

Lin Xiao did not cancel his second True Body. His massive Titan true form turned and slowly made its way to the edge of the Yudiwen World’s Crystal Wall. From a distance, this world floating in the Void did not seem large, but as he approached, it appeared very small compared to his enormous true form.

His incredibly powerful second True Body far surpassed the energy level limit of this world. Normally, he wouldn’t be able to enter this world against its resistance, as any world would resist the entry of an exotic strongman not native to it.

But this world was different, currently being invaded by the existential threat. Lin Xiao placed his hand on the World Crystal Wall, his will communicating with the world’s will, offering help to withstand the existential threat and making a vow to gain permission from the world’s will to enter.

In normal times, no matter how many vows he made, it would be of no use; he definitely wouldn’t have been able to enter and would have had to forcibly break in using violence.

But things were different now. The threat of the existential threat, which aimed to extinguish everything, was greater to the world’s will than anyone else. Even the notoriously infamous Nightmare World Sealer invading other worlds wouldn’t devastate them entirely – at least the monsters from the Nightmare World wouldn’t be interested in trees, grasses, or insects.

The existential threat would completely destroy a world, leaving nothing behind. The key point was that the world could not resist the invasion of the existential threat at this time, and thus turning to external forces was not unacceptable.

Lin Xiao quickly reached an agreement with the world’s will and received permission to enter the world.

When Phoenix sensed something was amiss, it was just before the joint action was about to commence. After his messenger dispatched the message, his power influenced the leaders of the major forces. With the situation already quite clear, the combined bases of the Resistance Force were unable to withstand the existential threat. A joint surprise attack by the leaders was the only method with a certain chance of success.

Unfortunately, Phoenix was also an outsider, not a guardian of this world, and could only sense strange changes occurring in the world without being able to perceive the specifics directly.

Lin Xiao had already discovered Phoenix, of course, and would not make a blatantly obvious descent. Instead, the world’s will actively used the World Origin Force to conceal the fluctuations caused by his massive true form entering the world. Such a second True Body, far surpassing the energy level of the world, only attracted the attention of a few powerful beings within the world.

The World Guardians noticed, but to them, it didn’t matter who entered; any organic life was an enemy of the existential threat, which aimed to extinguish all life.

The existential threat, unaffected by the world’s will, didn’t detect this at first, but as Lin Xiao descended to a certain extent, his second True Body was too powerful, far beyond the world’s capacity. It couldn’t be concealed anymore and was eventually discovered, though by then it was too late to stop his descent.

After assessing his strength, the existential threat immediately had a huge response, as a large number of Eliminators and the few Harvesters gathered towards the mechanical fortress.

As for Phoenix, despite receiving reports from his subordinates, he was momentarily unable to make a correct judgment, suspecting instead that the existential threat had discovered his own plans and becoming paranoid.

However, this situation changed when Lin Xiao’s True Body fully arrived, no longer needing and unable to be concealed by the world’s will, prominently appearing in the sights of all beings above Rank 4 in the entire world.

The vast majority of the powerful beings were overjoyed upon seeing his massive second True Body and feeling his terrifyingly powerful strength.

No matter what his intentions were, even if he was an invader from a Different Domain, he was better than the existential threat that sought to extinguish everything.

Compared to the native powerhouses who were mostly overjoyed, Phoenix, who had already recognized Lin Xiao, was directly stunned before becoming panic-stricken in his heart.

The unhidden terrifying strength of Lin Xiao made him feel as if he had fallen into a pit of ice. He had not expected the first to arrive to be Lin Xiao and not Shadow Wind, and that Lin Xiao’s strength was far beyond his own. The mere aura emitted, along with the massive second True Body, was so strong that he felt hopeless.

What made him even more despairing was that Lin Xiao had completely descended into this world, and he had lost the initiative to even attempt to block him.

He himself had come to a realization – Lin Xiao was so powerful that, without accidents, the All-Form Ancestor God Tomb was basically out of his reach.

And as for accidents...

He didn’t think there could be any at this moment. When he saw that Lin Xiao did not target the existential threat’s mechanical fortress immediately, but instead flew directly towards him, he gave a bitter smile and stepped up to meet him.

The Titan true form, massive as a giant divine peak, stopped after crossing a great river, looking down at the Void in front of him torn open, a familiar figure appeared, and Phoenix, despite the pain in his eyes, looked up at the enormous Titan true form and said loudly:

"You’ve won, I concede!"

Lin Xiao looked down at Phoenix. Based on his senses, Phoenix’s strength was not much different from Shadow Wind’s. Both had just advanced to Rank 8 not too long ago, and both followed the path of a traditional wizard with not so strong physical bodies, the kind that he could easily crush.

It wasn’t that a second True Body could easily defeat a Rank 8 traditional wizard. It was that he was just too strong, with various perverse powers in one, and had too great a suppression on those weaker than himself.

Shadow Wind was also Rank 8, but he was completely powerless in his hands.

All he did was to simply twist time with the Time Law he had mastered, incidentally twisting space along with it to form a circle. Thus, Shadow Wind flew out over a thousand kilometers in one breath, merely making a few rounds around his Titan true form, not even breaking the force field surrounding the second True Body. This was the main reason for Shadow Wind’s despair.

The Time Law was supreme, not something that could be solved at their level.

And this was when Lin Xiao had only mastered half of the Time Law; there were many more perverted powers he was not yet able to use. If it were the full Time Law, he could directly reverse the flow of time with one move and revert Shadow Wind back to a sperm state.

This was the Origin of Time, applicable to all the Crystal Wall Universes in the Chaos Sea of Void, not just a projection of the Time Laws within each Crystal Wall Universe.

Just like he had asked Shadow Wind before, Lin Xiao asked Phoenix the same question loudly:

"Was it you who betrayed me back then?"

Phoenix wanted to deny it, but when he saw Lin Xiao’s eyes, a surge of inexplicable emotion hit his heart, and after a brief silence, he replied:

"It was me!"

"Hmm!"

Lin Xiao murmured to himself in surprise:

"Then didn’t I kill the wrong person?"

When Phoenix heard this, his heart trembled, and he knew that Shadow Wind was already dead; he also realized that he could not escape death. The fear in his heart suddenly diminished a lot, and he said calmly instead:

"You didn’t kill the wrong person. I took action, and so did Shadow Wind."

"But isn’t that normal? We are rivals competing for the ultimate inheritance of an ancestor, an inheritance that could elevate us to the peak of the myriad worlds of the heavens. If you were in my place, would you not use extra means?"

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He said self-mockingly:

"I’ve never regretted doing so—not even now, facing death. I only regret not investing more resources back then to kill you in one fell swoop."

"Very well! You’re being honest, unlike Shadow Wind who could only deny."

Lin Xiao said expressionlessly:

"Everyone must take responsibility for their actions. You want to kill me, so naturally, I can kill you. Before death, do you have any last words? In consideration of both being humans, I’ll allow you a final wish, and if possible, I will help you fulfill it."

Phoenix laughed heartily while simultaneously, tears streamed down his face:

"Of course, I have a last wish. I don’t want to die, can you not kill me?"

"I cannot, right? Then I have none."

Lin Xiao looked expressionlessly at Phoenix, who was trying to mask his fear with madness. After a brief silence, he said:

"I can spare your life."

Phoenix suddenly paused, his manic yet fearful expression freezing on his face as he looked at him, and Lin Xiao didn’t beat around the bush but said directly:

"It’s not out of mercy or compassion, but a reminder that we, as humans, are not a particularly strong race within this vast and boundless Chaotic Void Sea. Even within the Wizard World, countless Child of the Spirit Realm supported by the True Underworld Founders are insanely plundering the Wizard World’s resources for their growth. We, the Descenders of the Human Race, are in a very precarious situation in the Wizard World, something I believe you can deeply relate to."

Lin Xiao flicked his finger and a point of white light flew out and landed in front of Phoenix, saying:

"This is the coordinates of the Canglan World, where powerful humans are gathering to resist the True Underworld Council. As the price for sparing your life, I need you to take an oath in the name of the Main World, to go to the Canglan World and shelter our race for ten thousand years. After ten thousand years, you can freely choose to stay in this world or return to the Main World."

Phoenix hesitated for only a second before taking the point of white light, saying:

"The inheritance of the Emperor of Myriad Forms is yours now."

After saying this, he hesitated no more and soared into the sky, tearing open the World Crystal Wall tens of thousands of meters high and leaving.

Compared to direct slaughter, it was better to leave a useful person to do more meaningful things.

With great strength, one’s thoughts also change accordingly.

No matter how powerful he was, his origin was from the civilization of the Divine Realm of Gaia, a reality that he could never change.

When weak, he relied on the Divine Realm of Gaia civilization to gain strength; when strong, the Main World was still his support. Once he ascended to great divine power or became a peer, even if the Gaia Main World could no longer restrain him, he would choose to give back to the Main World, or guard it.

Even as a great divine power, one couldn’t claim to be invincible; there is indeed a significant difference between having a Main World and not having one.

With Shadow Wind gone, there were no more competitors. The world was now his for the taking.

He had no doubt that Shadow Wind would sneak back. With an absolute gap in strength, his return would be futile. Even if he truly sneaked in while he was engaged in a grand battle with the righteous agreement, Lin Xiao was confident that he could forcibly take back any treasures obtained from the God’s Tomb.

He was that confident!

As for the righteous agreement, he had sufficient confidence as well.

This world was not able to withstand because it lacked a superpower like him. The strongest, Phoenix, had only just ascended to Rank 8 and was a traditional wizard, unable to handle the Harvester with a combat body as tough as those wizards who pioneered their own bloodline paths.

That Harvester was a towering war machine over a kilometer tall, composed of an unknown, extremely hard metal with no weaknesses whatsoever, able to withstand their continuous bombardments of powerful witchcraft, mightier than regular nuclear explosions, and armed with many high-powered weapons.