[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-becoming-a-god-through-horror":3,"chapter-becoming-a-god-through-horror-becoming-a-god-through-horror-chapter-206":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Becoming a God Through Horror",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2273749,4441,"Chapter 206: Firefall Catastrophe, Dark Magic","becoming-a-god-through-horror-chapter-206",206,"\u003Cp>The massive fireball, merely descending, had already stirred terrifying air currents, and its intense heat even altered the weather itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air twisted; white clouds shattered and turned crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even before the rolling heat reached the ground, it had already scorched everything below with unbearable temperatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Farther away, citizens stared at the scene, eyes vacant: “Oh my god!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this divine punishment?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s definitely the damn government pulling another secret experiment—last time it was nuclear testing, what’s this now? Weather weapons?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, damn government, taking taxpayers’ money and doing nothing but messing around, fuck you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, this is definitely divine punishment—we’re all guilty, God is cleansing our sins! Everyone, pray with me! A new era is coming!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Get lost! Bullshit divine punishment—this is clearly a bitch of a natural disaster! Run now! Don’t get caught in the blast!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaaah! Run, run!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panic-stricken civilians fled as far as possible from the neighborhood, unsure if the fireball would engulf them, yet still desperate to put distance between themselves and it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even ants strive to live; everyone was afraid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the crowd became a surging tide of escape—running, screaming, terrified, yet… grateful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grateful they weren’t there, that they weren’t so unlucky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What about the police?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were running too!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who dares approach a disaster like this? We’re just paid to do a job—we don’t want to die! For that pay, let someone else go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now? Get at least two kilometers away first!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’ll check back after it’s over—that’ll be enough to justify the salary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, this scene that would spark massive uproar didn’t lack witnesses posting it online—but within seconds, the network deleted it outright, and even their accounts were banned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Efficiency personified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who was behind it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, SA? Anomaly detected on the net—location Pasadena near Los Angeles. You’d better move fast!” said a bureaucrat from the Fobo Le Information Technology Division.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hanging up, he stared at the image on his screen—the colossal flame-sun, the black mist below—and his eyes flickered with shock and fear: “Damn, these freaks are getting more numerous.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can the Bureau really handle this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This bureaucrat, having collaborated with the Bureau for years, had seen many supernatural events—but nothing like this…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What a spectacle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a sip of hot coffee and returned to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what, it had nothing to do with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the crowd fled outward, some moved against the tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warren and his wife stared in shock at the anomaly in midair: “That location—bad. It’s near Perez and the others!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sense of dread settled over them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they sped toward the site, they analyzed in the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This doesn’t make sense—only a demon’s true form could wield such power. But Perez said Marsus was a great demon; a great demon’s true form would be far stronger than this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh God!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Lin instinctively made the sign of the cross over her chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, she closed her eyes and expanded her soul perception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, because the celestial phenomenon was so visibly present, she located her target faster than she expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like teleporting through space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her consciousness arrived at the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, her gaze immediately fell on a porcelain doll with rouged cheeks, lying behind a trash bin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wasn’t a porcelain doll!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a demon!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four goat horns, black goat beard, fangs, claws, a vicious gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed to be in agony?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good heavens! Its arms were bound! Its body burned with green fire! It screamed in torment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unbelievable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then… who could subjugate a demon?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze shifted further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Lin saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A patch… of distorted air?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No—there were eyes. Eyes blazing with furious flames, unbearable to look upon, as if containing divine power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, as if sensing her, It turned toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air around It, like clothing, rippled violently and slammed into her consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaaah!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, Luo Lin screamed out in agony, clutching her head, drenched in sweat. Ed slammed on the brakes: “Luo Lin? Luo Lin?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Lin forced open her eyes, bloodshot, to face her husband.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s someone… connected to the divine… fighting the demon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I may have offended them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you alright? Here, drink some water.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No—we must get there quickly. Maybe we can help.” Luo Lin’s gaze was resolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, you’re injured.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s fine. It didn’t fully strike my soul—I can endure it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Alright.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car restarted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Lin rubbed her eyes. She didn’t tell her husband that at first, the pain had been excruciating—but now it had lessened. An unknown force within her body sent waves of coolness, soothing her searing eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, she felt fleeting, blurred fragments flash through her mind—like… someone from ancient times? Suffering?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t make them out, yet she felt an inexplicable holiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these things weren’t the priority—they could be investigated later. Right now, the urgent task was to reach the scene and assist the mysterious figure in sealing the demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps then, the celestial phenomenon wouldn’t need to activate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hurry!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Must hurry!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis glared at Marsus, flames raging across its body, unbearable agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the Poison Fire Art once again proved its vital role as a demon’s bane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, great demons and ordinary demons still differed in rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis’s Poison Fire Art originated from the Kitchen God; its essence was, at this moment, no stronger than Marsus’s—even if Marsus was only a manifestation, its power diminished, its rank remained supreme!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marsus’s shrieks grew weaker. It gritted its teeth, enduring the pain, struggling—claws raking Louis’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sssss—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sparks flew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Claws sharp enough to slice steel and pierce alloys couldn’t even tear Louis’s clothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marsus’s eye twitched. Damn! Its manifestation’s power was insufficient—only at the level of an ordinary demon’s true form, even weaker in raw strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this guy? Strange methods. The bizarre artifact on his head, the divine clothing—he was a menace. Now, mental attacks failed, physical claws failed…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Headache!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Must speed up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though losing a manifestation meant little to its true self, now wasn’t the time for waste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marsus clenched its teeth and began casting magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magic originated from demons; each demon possessed unique spells, like innate talents. Earlier, the mental assault and dark mist were its innate magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it used others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It opened its mouth wide; black mist surged toward it, vanishing in an instant—all drawn into its mouth, swirling, condensing, until a tiny black sphere pulsed with violent energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now it faced a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should it attack Louis before it, or the fireball about to fall from above?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t even a choice!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black sphere transformed into a black beam, lashing out at Louis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To it, even if this avatar was destroyed, even if the Demon Lord’s plan was delayed, even if the Demon God scolded it—none of that mattered. All it cared about was whether it could lick up this rare soul before it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KILL!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis’s eyes rippled with surprise—he hadn’t expected the demon to have such a move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In horror films, due to budget constraints and the logic that demons shouldn’t be too powerful or there’d be no drama, their combat abilities are rarely shown—but their rank still stands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, their power wasn’t weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If all it had were those three crude strikes, it would merely be a stronger monster, utterly unworthy of the title of a major force capable of opposing Heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m not weak either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From every fiber of Louis’s body, threads of malevolent energy began to spread, swiftly covering his form—the Malevolent Body Activation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, the last of his magic power poured entirely into the Ten Thousand Illusions Robe, triggering layer upon layer of sealing arrays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the Ten Thousand Illusions Robe revealed its true form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thin, semi-transparent garment, with faint, flickering fine scales visible across its surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this delicate garment now glowed with six concentric rings, stacked one atop another, blocking before Louis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black beam struck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the sky, the fireball twisted and deformed, its lower end elongating into a pointed tip crowned with a pulsing blood-red orb, instantly transforming into a slender elliptical arrow that plunged straight into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both attacks launched simultaneously!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOM!!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blinding white light swept across everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It obscured the heavens and earth, buried buildings, and swallowed the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the blinding white light faded,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>what remained before them was:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>smoke, heat waves, shattered rocks, flames, and ground fissures…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a crack a hundred meters long, over twenty meters wide, its edges melted and burning, black and bottomless!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creak—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vehicle slammed to a stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warren and his wife stared at the scene, utterly stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such power—in ancient times, it would have been worshiped as divine!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Lin shook her head. “Looks like we arrived too late.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, that mysterious figure had restraint. The final spell reshaped the fireball. The scene is terrifying, but few buildings were destroyed… probably.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ed said this, looking at the row of half-collapsed houses around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, where are the demon and the mysterious figure?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The couple turned their gazes simultaneously to the center of the fissure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1530,"2026-06-19T23:34:31.517Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","b839223ec5dfe5ed4afbe923da575a5d547c1358274a71ae2bbd91b675546734","becoming-a-god-through-horror-chapter-207","becoming-a-god-through-horror-chapter-205",253,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbecoming-a-god-through-horror-cover.jpg"]