Chapter 88: The Divine Idol Cracked

In the Quiet Room, Li Si continued to meditate silently, as if he was completely unaware of everything. But in reality, he was shocked and very surprised.

If he had a choice, if he could turn back time, he would rather have wiped out Kao Mountain Town that day and never established a Pure Land there. He thought that being over a hundred miles away wouldn’t affect the Floating Cloud Sect. Who would have thought the outcome would be like this?

But more than anything, he felt moved. He never expected Old Madam to be so loyal.

“This battle should have no more twists and turns.”

Taking a deep breath, Li Si glanced at the two Blood Crows that were flying around arrogantly in the sky despite being seriously injured. He held back his anger again and again, and decided to let them off for now.

Since the Floating Cloud Sect had stepped in and helped hold back one enemy force, the nature of this battle had to change. Of course, the enemies still had to be eliminated, but their own side also needed to be nurtured. This was real combat! If you couldn’t use the war to feed the war, what kind of hero were you?

As his thoughts shifted, Li Si’s main body teleported from the Quiet Room back to Kao Mountain Town. Now, there were still three enemy forces left.

One was a fleet sailing down the river. One was a horde of Demon Men drawn by an unknown force. Then there was a Mist Demon army, led by dozens of Greater Mist Demons, who were pushing forward forcefully even under the search domain. Fine. He had some goodwill toward these Mist Demons before, but now… he noted it down mentally. He would settle accounts with them later.

Li Si coldly assessed the situation, then focused only on the Evil God Idol in that fleet and the two Bloodline Divine Emissaries. Such powerful entities at the Nascent Soul Realm would have scared him out of his wits in the past. But today, with the Hundred-League Law Seal in hand, he wasn’t afraid at all.

Because ever since he controlled the Hundred-League Law Seal with his Golden Core Realm cultivation, he realized it was actually very powerful. Within a hundred-league radius, his own territory, it truly was his rules.

Once the Hundred-League Law Seal was activated, any enemy would be suppressed. The only difference was how much they could be suppressed.

For example, those at the Nascent Soul Realm could be forcibly suppressed by one level. Of course, not too many at once—that wouldn’t work either. If it was someone at the Divine Transformation Realm, then needless to say…

Li Si would end himself.

“But looking at the current situation, the other side understands the power of the Hundred-League Law Seal very well. So they just hide inside the warships and don’t show their heads at all. Do they plan to use the Evil God Idol as the vanguard?”

Li Si sat cross-legged on the temple roof. On his knees, the Dusty Flying Sword hovered quietly, with a faint, shimmering light flashing now and then.

Now, this Dusty Flying Sword had received the strongest protection. Not only was it layered with the highest-level Heart-Clearing Domain and Disaster-Averting Domain, but it also had one Mind Nourishing Talisman, one Heart-searching Soul Seal, and one Counteracting Divine Talisman.

Finally, three high-level Heart-Clearing Spirit Talismans and three high-level Disaster-Averting Spirit Talismans were attached to it.

If there had been more time, Li Si would have dared to cover the Dusty Flying Sword entirely with spirit talismans.

In short, one word: Spoiling isn’t love, this is called being on the same wavelength.

The sound of the wind came, and the water waves churned. Nine warships had appeared upstream of Kao Mountain Town. Though they were still over three miles away, that familiar, oppressive aura pressed down like a giant mountain slowly approaching.

Everyone in Kao Mountain Town trembled. They knew very well what this aura represented: the old god had returned.

Many Black-Armored Warriors, and even more civilians, couldn’t control themselves and knelt down. Others held on stubbornly, because no mortal could resist this kind of power.

Except—

“Whoosh!”

3,897 beams of cyan light suddenly descended from the sky. It was Divine Grace, the Divine Grace Baptism that Li Si bestowed.

He was using this Divine Grace Baptism to resist the pressure from the Evil God Idol.

For a moment, enthusiastic cheers erupted throughout Kao Mountain Town. Everyone felt as if they had been pulled out of a state of drowning. They were excited, thrilled, overjoyed.

No one wanted to return to the era of the old god. Damn it, isn’t it good to be human?

Besides, our Kaoshan Patriarch is so generous. Without even a word of complaint, he gives everyone a Divine Grace Baptism. Where else could you find such an ancestor?

We are all worthless, low-life people. Several lifetimes of us combined aren’t worth even one Divine Grace Baptism.

Even the former fanatics of the Evil God, Wang Wu, Song Qiao, and Xu Sen, were roaring and shouting, vowing to fight to the death without retreating. For a moment, the sounds of fighting to the death rose straight to the clouds.

No one wanted to be mud. No one hoped that they or their descendants would be food.

We are humans!

Not livestock to be slaughtered at will.

“He fell for it. After a thousand years, these self-righteous remnants of the cultivators still haven’t learned their lesson.”

Inside one warship, the two Blood Crows had transformed into a handsome man and a stunningly beautiful woman. They had no intention of joining the battle. They had dealt with these cultivation sects too many times, especially these low-tier Pure Land Deities. Their tricks were always the same; you could predict them with your eyes closed.

So, they weren’t foolish enough to charge in headfirst. Don’t think that just because they were at the Nascent Soul Realm, they wouldn’t be suppressed into utter helplessness before the Hundred-League Law Seal.

Because that was the characteristic of a Pure Land: fighting on home ground, with the Heaven and Earth Decree and the Hundred-League Law Seal that suppressed fate, they really couldn’t gain any advantage.

But that didn’t mean there was no way.

For example, right now, they used the Evil God Idol as a medium to connect with all the Divine Idols in this world, forming a giant net that covered the sky and released the Evil God’s oppressive might. This could inflict terrifying soul and body corruption on the ordinary people in Kao Mountain Town.

So, what would the cultivator remnants on the other side do?

Either abandon all the mortals, or they had to save the situation.

Using Divine Grace Baptism to save the situation.

And Divine Grace Baptism consumed Fate. Once your Fate was nearly used up, your Hundred-League Law Seal wouldn’t be very powerful anymore. Then the two of us brothers would make a dazzling entrance, finish it with one strike, and still have time to go home for a hot supper.

“It’s happening!”

The two crow people happily watched as their Evil God Idol once again stirred up a massive blood sea, transforming into a ten-thousand-league blood domain. It connected to the Illusory Void above and pressed down on the Mortal Realm below. Tiny Kao Mountain Town was as laughable as a bean.

As the blood tide fell, the world lost its color, all things fell silent, and an indescribable force eroded, permeated, whispered, and murmured.

Come on, come and play!

If this wave landed, at least half the people in Kao Mountain Town would die.

If the cultivator remnant on the other side didn’t match it.

Haha!

Whoosh!

Before the blood tide could fall, Li Si’s Divine Grace Baptism arrived a step earlier, forcibly withstanding this wave. Everyone remained safe and sound.

But this time, Wang Wu, Song Qiao, Xu Sen, and others saw the problem. The enemy wasn’t attacking at all, but used this method to lure Kaoshan Patriarch into continuously releasing Divine Grace. How could they withstand that?

“Heart-Clearing Divine Art! Quick, get the Heart-Clearing Divine Art and Disaster-Averting Divine Art replenished!”

“Everyone, have everyone go to the Temple to receive Heart-Clearing Divine Art and Disaster-Averting Divine Art!”

“Mind Stabilization Talismans! Dispelling Talismans! Heart-searching Talismans! Distribute them to every person!”

On the city wall, Wang Wu shouted loudly. This was the only method he could think of. The entire town of several thousand people became busy. But actually, all this had little significance for this confrontation.

On the Temple roof, Li Si paid no attention to these things. He just calmly watched that specially made Evil God Idol. So sturdy. I wonder how many waves it can endure?

This was intelligence he had known for a long time.

Because the Evil God’s power came from the Illusory Void; it belonged to the Illusory Void. If it wanted to interfere in the Mortal Realm—like staring at someone to kill them, or staring to make them pregnant—it had to rely on the Evil God Idol as a medium.

This was a path that couldn’t be bypassed no matter what.

So here came the question.

When the power of the Illusory Void interfered with the Mortal Realm, wasn’t there any consumption?

Actually, there was.

An ordinary Divine Idol could only glare (interfere) twice.

A relatively strong Divine Idol could only glare three times. Unless blood sacrifices were performed, then it might last five to six times.

And today, the Evil God Cult brought this Divine Idol. Let’s assume it’s a specially made enhanced version. How many times could it last?

Even if it was networked and didn’t need to blood sacrifice those believers of the Evil God Cult, its own material determined its durability.

Five times? Or ten times?

Li Si smiled evilly.

It was indeed a huge consumption for him to give the entire Kao Mountain Town a Divine Grace Baptism. Even if this was a group Divine Grace, not a specially enhanced version.

Hmm, one Divine Grace per person cost 1 portion of Gray Fortune. 3,897 people meant 3,897 portions. Ten times would be 38,970 portions of Gray Fortune, roughly 389 portions of Black Fortune, which was 389 portions of White Fate Firewood.

Wow, feels like I’m going bankrupt.

Li Si glanced at his current assets. He could probably only match about 20 more rounds?

Come on, whoever goes all-in is a grandson!

Li Si’s fighting spirit soared, and he was ready to renege at any moment. That’s right, who said I had to play by your rules? At worst, I’d learn from the old lady, slap and destroy that Divine Idol, directly flip the table, no matter who you are.

“Boom!”

The third wave of the blood tide surged, blood clouds covering the sky.

But then came another round of full Divine Grace Baptism. Both sides were evenly matched.

Boom!

The fourth wave of the blood tide surged, giant waves blotted out the sky!

Whoosh, still a full Divine Grace Baptism.

This time, the two crow people on the other side looked a bit grave. Damn it, how could that cultivator remnant still match? How much Fate have you stored?

“Crack!”

A very faint sound, but it made their expressions change drastically. This wasn’t because the Divine Idol wasn’t sturdy enough, but the cost of the Evil God’s power interfering with the Mortal Realm. No matter how sturdy the Divine Idol was, it couldn’t withstand such erosion.

“Could it be that the guy on the other side also figured out our strategy and is deliberately holding on?” the handsome crow man suddenly spoke. Based on many past experiences, these newly established small Pure Lands were usually as poor as ghosts. But if the other side knew that as long as they endured five times, the Evil God Idol would crack. Then it was really possible for them to do the opposite.

“Shall we test it?”

“Test it then. Their Fate should be almost used up.”

The two crow people talked, but neither made a move to act. They glanced at each other, chuckled, and sat back down. With our noble status, why should we be cannon fodder? Attack, full-scale attack!

This time, even the eight Golden Core Realm demon monsters were driven forward. Over a thousand Black-Armored Warriors, several hundred fanatics, and more than a dozen Temple Priests should be enough to test the depth of those cultivator remnants.

As for the Divine Idol’s corruption attacks, better pause for now.

Otherwise, it was going to crack…