Chapter 1243

And at Lin Yan's current flame form's level, this bloom of Exploding Flame was no longer the same as the Exploding Flame he had back when he was weak and young.

Now, even if this Exploding Flame contained only a single energy point, its power far surpassed that of the Exploding Flame which once held a hundred energy points.

Thus, this ten-thousand-meter Exploding Flame annihilating a Star Nation was child's play!

This explosion shattered the Law Lord's sense of psychological balance!

As a Law Lord who had hidden for countless years, his accumulated power was already exceedingly profound.

He could still draw faith energy from the laws he controlled.

The divine power he needed to break through to the Main God realm was nearly sufficient.

Losing his own nation wasn't truly that significant.

But the problem was this.

Voluntarily abandoning one's nation was entirely different from having it destroyed like this.

To be obliterated so abruptly filled this Law Lord's heart with rage.

In the Flame Empire now, there were surely many spies of other gods.

The Flame Empire was too vast, its population too immense—Du Jue couldn't possibly eliminate all the other gods' spies, and as long as no one caused trouble, Meng Ying didn't bother to root them out.

That meant, the instant the Star Nation was obliterated in one strike, every other god would know.

And once the other gods learned of this, his prestige would be utterly shattered!

After all, some of his old friends would surely hear of it too.

The war with the Flame Empire had just begun, and his nation had already been destroyed outright.

If he didn't reclaim his honor, he'd have no face left to show!

His mindset would be severely shaken.

And breaking through to Main God status—mindset, or spiritual state—was profoundly important.

"Damn it, Flame Lord, I swear enmity with you!"

The Law Lord roared.

In truth, since he chose to strike the Flame Empire, he had already been sworn enemies with Lin Yan!

"The power to break seals—Flame Lord must possess some power to break seals, capable of granting it to the Continent of Gods, but such seal-breaking power isn't easily obtained; there must be severe restrictions. That means, such attacks, the Flame Empire must have very few left."

Thoughts churned in the Law Lord's mind.

"Those bastards won't miss this opportunity. If so, I'll take the lead again—test Flame Lord's strength, then join forces with them to strike him. I myself must kill him personally to avenge the destruction of my nation. Sub-God Body, appear before me!"

The Law Lord bellowed.

Immediately, a perfect copy of himself appeared beside him.

This was his Sub-God Body.

The Law Lord infused a thread of his will into the Sub-God Body.

Instantly, the Sub-God Body "came alive," reached out, and seized a long sword in its hand.

Then, with a single step, the Sub-God Body left the divine realm.

In the Flame Empire, over half of the Star Nation's small flying vessels had been destroyed by arrows fired with Exploding Flame.

Had the Star Nation not exploded, these small flying vessels would have been instantly obliterated, drawing all eyes.

But now, the explosion of the Star Nation made the destruction of its small flying vessels seem insignificant and unremarkable.

Yet after more than half of these small flying vessels were destroyed, the Star Nation's remaining combat power was still considerable.

These small flying vessels represented only aerial forces.

Farther away, countless warriors had already arrived on the ground via troop transports.

These warriors stared blankly at the sky—at their obliterated nation!

In that moment, the Star Nation's warriors were filled with hatred toward the Flame Empire!

"Charge! Destroy them! Avenge our nation!"

A general shouted.

Immediately, dense waves of Star Nation warriors, shielded by legions of mages, surged like a tide toward the Flame Empire's capital.

What awaited them were over ten million elite warriors of the Flame Empire's capital.

"Kill!"

Without a single word, the Flame Empire's warriors charged.

Formation after formation, perfectly aligned, advanced to meet the Star Nation's warriors.

The Star Nation's warriors employed tactics unlike those of the Continent of Gods.

In that dark starry void, the enemies they faced differed from those on the Continent of Gods.

They did not form battle arrays; they fought more like scattered, undisciplined troops.

In truth, this was understandable—under the protection of their Law Lord, these ground warriors had not fought large-scale battles in ages.

When their warriors charged into the Flame Empire's formations like scattered troops, a commander shouted:

"Fire!"

Instantly, the front-line Star warriors pulled out black beads from their hands and hurled them with all their might toward the Flame Empire's formations!

These black beads were unmistakably the same as Wūhēi.

In the sky, countless black beads suddenly appeared, crossing hundreds of meters, about to land within the Flame Empire's formations.

Suddenly, the beads veered midair, then reversed course and flew back.

"What the hell?!"

The Star warriors were thrown into utter panic.

But panic was useless.

"Boom—"

The beads they had thrown exploded violently in the air above their heads.

They knew perfectly well just how powerful these beads were.

They had originally planned to use these beads to break the Flame Empire's formation.

But now, their calculations had gone completely wrong.

The warriors at the very front were blasted away in an instant!

"Kill!"

Immediately after, the Flame Empire's battle formation arrived!

Only now did these Star Warriors realize why the Continent of Gods was called the Continent of Gods!

No matter how high the density of laws had become on the star they inhabited after that Lord of Laws forcibly altered it, it was simply no comparison to the Continent of Gods.

In other words, even if they were both First Rank, the gap between their First Rank and the Continent of Gods' First Rank was enormous.

Moreover, what they faced was the Flame Empire's elite!

After their great killing weapon, that "Black Thunder," failed, the only path before them against the Flame Empire's army was defeat and death!

And after their homeland was destroyed, their commanders likewise lost their composure.

Even that Lord of Laws in the Heavenly Realm seemed on the verge of a mental collapse—let alone these warriors.

Under such circumstances, the warriors on both sides finally collided!

And then…

It was a crushing victory without the slightest suspense!

Meanwhile, in the Heavenly Realm, several days had passed, and the commotion Lin Yan had stirred up grew ever greater.

"Still no enemies coming to snipe him?"

A God Lord murmured softly.

The current atmosphere was eerily terrifying.

However, these God Lords had already learned from some other deities that the Flame Lord's realm had come under attack!

This showed that the enemies weren't refusing to come—they were simply waiting for the right moment.

Attacking the Flame Lord's realm first was probably meant to probe, or to apply pressure on the Flame Lord!

And as time went on, some God Lords had subconsciously moved quite a distance away from Lin Yan's divine kingdom, because they sensed that Lin Yan's enemies were very likely about to appear!

"Flame Lord, you actually dare to try and control the Law of Flame—this time, you won't succeed!"

At this moment, an incomparably icy, chilling voice seemed to come from every direction, echoing throughout the entire Elven Divine Domain!

"Finally, a Lord of Laws is coming?"

Some deities, upon hearing this voice, all perked up at once.