Chapter 1251

The Goddess of Eternal Night cast her gaze downward.

Under Duro's assault, the wall of fire remained utterly unmoved.

The sea monster god Duro's expression darkened instantly.

He had personally intervened—and yet could not overcome the power bestowed by the Lord of Flames?

"You must break through it, or you'll surely be deemed a worthless fool by the Master of the Seven Seas!"

After speaking, the sea monster god Duro once again summoned his power and activated the water rules he commanded.

Under the impact of the rule-based force, this time, a gap finally tore open in one section of the fire wall!

This wall of fire was not Lin Yan's own flame, but merely a subordinate flame granted to him.

If its area were smaller, it would be manageable; but with such vast expanse, holding back the entire ocean is already remarkable.

Even the sacred realms within the ocean would have little recourse.

But Duro was a god who had reached the Continent of Gods!

After pushing himself to the limit, breaking open a section of the wall was no problem for him!

"Ha! Now see how you block it!"

Duro laughed loudly, continuously driving his water-rule power to widen the gap and let the seawater surge through.

"The fire wall is about to be destroyed!"

Seeing this, Princess Chenxi's expression changed slightly.

Lomina, meanwhile, acted directly—drawing her bow and loosing an arrow straight at Duro.

"Swoosh!"

Lomina's arrow flew instantly across dozens of kilometers, arriving near Duro.

"Huh? An elf?"

The sea monster god Duro, seeing Lomina, let out a light murmur of surprise.

"Ding!"

Lomina's arrow struck him—but the sea monster god Duro didn't even consider blocking it; he let the arrow hit him, then bounced off harmlessly.

Even with his power suppressed, his colossal divine body's defense was far beyond Lomina's capacity to breach.

Lomina was merely First Rank in the sacred realm.

On the Continent of Gods, she stood at the pinnacle of the pyramid—but before the sea monster god Duro, she was still insignificant.

"The boss specifically warned me: there's an elf empire to the east. I deliberately avoided it—why is there an elf here?"

The sea monster god Duro thought.

The more powerful a being, the less willing it is to provoke a main god—even if the main god doesn't care about certain matters.

Originally, the nine kingdoms surrounding the Starfall Empire had planned to unite and attack the Loki Elf Empire.

But the order Duro received was to bypass the Loki Elf Empire entirely.

Though elves were created by the Goddess of Life, humans on the Continent of Gods continually waged war against them—and the Goddess of Life never intervened, beyond blessing the Tree of Life.

How could a powerful main god constantly watch over their own creations?

Moreover, main gods were forbidden from meddling arbitrarily in the affairs of the Continent of Gods—that was the shared understanding and agreement among the major gods.

"Hmph, forget it. Just a few elves. First widen the gap, then devour you for dinner."

The sea monster god Duro thought.

As long as he bypassed the Loki Elf Empire, where these elves came from didn't matter at all.

The sea monster god Duro kept widening the gap.

The seawater roared downward.

Princess Chenxi and the Queen of Light moved to block the seawater.

Lomina continued her relentless attacks.

But her strikes against Duro were like scratching his skin.

"Swoosh!"

At that moment, an arrow shot from beside Lomina!

Angest, who had remained motionless until now, finally launched her attack after praying.

The sea monster god Duro appeared oblivious, still expanding the gap.

But when Angest's arrow was still hundreds of meters away, Duro suddenly turned his head and swiped a claw at it.

"You think I don't know you've infused divine power into your arrow? Today, you'll witness the gap between god and sacred."

The sea monster god Duro laughed.

Then, his claw met Angest's arrow in collision.

And then…

The sea monster god's expression changed: "You actually…"

Before he could finish speaking, the arrow pierced straight through his claw, then pierced clean through his body!

Immediately, devastating power erupted outward.

The sea monster god Duro's eyes dimmed; his massive body plummeted from the sky, crashing straight into the ocean.

This second-tier god had been slain by a single arrow—powered by Angest's prayer!

"Sss!"

Though only a handful of elves and bay sirens witnessed the power of Angest's arrow,

its impact on the celestial ocean was immense.

For all the other celestial ocean gods' followers knew, the oceanic army of the Continent of Gods was present.

Through the channels provided by these believers, the ocean deities of the Heavenly Realm were in fact watching this battle.

They did not descend incarnations.

Because the Sea Monster Deity Doru was present, they had no need to descend incarnations.

Moreover, it was not easy for ocean deities to descend incarnations.

Their power differed significantly from that of the Heavenly Realm deities, and their incarnations were not so easily constructed.

"Doru is dead!"

"My heavens, Doru was killed by a Saint Realm!"

"A Saint slaughtering a deity—hasn't that not happened in many years?"

"…"

In the ocean of the Heavenly Realm, countless ocean deities cried out in shock!

Clearly, this event had deeply shaken many ocean deities!

Even if Doru's power was suppressed, he should not have been instantly slain by a single arrow from a Saint Realm!

The gap in power between a deity and a Saint was not insignificant!

But now, a deity had been slaughtered on the Continent of Gods!

And this deity was a Second-Tier deity!

In an instant, countless ocean deities were profoundly shaken.

"Fifth Rank Saint Realm!"

From the depths of the Heavenly Realm's ocean, a deep voice echoed.

The terror of a Fifth Rank Saint Realm lay also in its ability to wield half of the divine power granted by the Heavenly Realm deities.

Though only half, if the divine power was high-tier, it could accomplish far too much on the Continent of Gods.

Doru was slain precisely by Angest's hand in this manner.

"Possessing a Fifth Rank Saint Realm, and also that flame—the Flame Lord's realm is now hard to seize. If so, let's not drag this out. The Law Lords of the Heavenly Realm are waiting for someone to lead. Since no one dares step forward, I shall lead. Hmph, Flame Lord, you have won the favor of the Ocean Goddess? I shall unite the Ancient Deities to bring about your downfall!"

That deep voice suddenly turned icy.

Immediately, a will that had slumbered for countless years in the Heavenly Realm's ocean began to awaken!

In an instant, all ocean deities felt a tremor.

"This disturbance… is the Lord of the Seven Seas awakening?"

One ocean deity trembled as he spoke.

The Lord of the Seven Seas now walking abroad, though terrifyingly powerful, was merely a fragment of his will.

The true Lord of the Seven Seas still slept at the bottom of the Heavenly Realm's ocean.

Through the last prohibition, many ocean deities had already learned that the Lord of the Seven Seas harbored deep enmity toward the Flame Lord.