Chapter 1398: The Demon God

"Dragon, ten thousand years have passed, and you still haven't reached the fourth tier—what a waste! Die!"

Above the Stone Fortress, a voice of a fourth-tier demon god rang out.

Yes, even a fourth-tier demon god has joined the battle!

And this fourth-tier demon god has set its sights on the Dragon God Lord in combat.

From its words, it clearly knew the Dragon God Lord—they had fought each other during the war between the Abyss and the Heavenly Realm ten thousand years ago.

But ten thousand years later, this demon god reached the fourth tier, while the Dragon God Lord remained at the third tier!

Even if he was at the peak of the third tier, had established his own divine system, and become a God Lord, he still paled in comparison to the fourth tier!

The gap was not small at all!

The Dragon God Lord felt the aura of the powerful demon god before him, and his face turned pale.

That powerful demon god wasn't just strong—he was surrounded by a vast horde of demon gods, far outnumbering his own divine system.

Of course, even without those demon gods, a fourth-tier deity could obliterate a divine system built by a peak third-tier god with ease.

"God Lord, what do we do?"

Beside the Dragon God Lord, a common third-tier god asked, his face ashen.

"God Lord, borrow power from the Flame Lord."

Another god spoke up.

After Lin Yan made his promise, this had become the last resort for many Heavenly Realm gods when facing overwhelming enemies with no way out!

A contract still existed between the Dragon God Lord and Lin Yan—a contract binding them to serve Lin Yan for a hundred years.

But the original contract did not affect any new contract.

Watching the approaching demon god, the Dragon God Lord made his decision.

"Hmph, Flame—those flames can't touch this Honored One!"

The fourth-tier demon god sneered, and in an instant appeared before the Dragon God Lord.

The Heavenly Realm gods had repeatedly unleashed flames to defeat stronger enemies, naturally drawing attention.

But this fourth-tier demon god paid no mind, for in its perception, those flames posed little threat.

Unknown why, though the Abyss Lord Gods had long learned through some means what Lin Yan had said upon descending above the Stone Fortress, they had not informed the invading Abyss demon gods.

The Abyss was overcrowded; weaker demon gods were merely expendable.

For the Abyss Lord Gods to fight without restraint, merely the deaths of demons weren't enough.

Enough demon gods had to die before the Abyss Lord Gods would finally act!

On the other hand, from the Abyss Lord Gods' perspective, if the Heavenly Realm gods repeatedly begged for Lin Yan's power, wasn't that also a drain on Lin Yan's power?

Perhaps this was why the Abyss Lord Gods had not informed the demon army.

Thus, the current Abyss demon gods still didn't know the origin of those flames!

The fourth-tier demon god swung a massive club and charged toward the Dragon God Lord.

Around it, countless demon gods surged toward the other gods of the Dragon God's system.

"Attack!"

The Dragon God Lord uttered a soft command.

Instantly, every god within the Dragon God's system simultaneously borrowed power from Lin Yan.

Immediately before them, flames roared skyward!

"Boom!"

The terrifying flames erupted, engulfing the charging demon gods before they could even dodge.

The fourth-tier demon god sensed danger and tried to retreat—but it was too late!

The Dragon God Lord had begged for power far exceeding this fourth-tier demon god's!

"Boom!"

Flames crossed space, surrounding the fourth-tier demon god.

"Aaaah~~"

The fourth-tier demon god screamed in agony as it burned.

Watching its pitiful state, the Dragon God Lord felt a flicker of satisfaction—but also unbearable grief.

For this single use of power, he had sacrificed ninety percent of his Dragon Empire's faith energy accumulated over thousands of years!

The fall of a fourth-tier demon god finally drew significant attention.

"What happened?"

From the rear of the demon army, the demon lords—equivalent to Law Lords—turned their gazes toward the scene.

These demon lords had fought in many Abyss and Heavenly Realm wars; all were formidable demon lords.

This war seemed different from previous ones.

First, the war on the Continent of Gods had ended in defeat.

The Abyss creatures' assault had not, as in past wars, inflicted massive casualties on the Continent of Gods—it had been largely extinguished.

And the reason the Abyss creatures' assault was extinguished was simple: every nation had summoned a kind of flame.

These flames caused the Abyss creatures' catastrophic defeat.

From the perspective of the Heavenly Realm, over half the Continent of Gods was now engulfed in flames, countless Abyss creatures perishing in them.

That alone was enough—but now, even in the Heavenly Realm, gods who were about to be killed had each summoned flames and defeated their opponents.

Their opponents included enemies far stronger than themselves!

If it were just one or two cases, it might be explainable.

But on the battlefield, this had happened not once or twice—it had happened many times.

Of course, not all celestial deities were borrowing power from Xiang Linyan.

Those who could defeat their opponents with their own strength would never choose to borrow.

Those who could escape would not borrow either.

Those who chose to borrow were all pushed to the final step, with no other way out.

Due to the vast size of this battlefield and the large number of deities participating, the number of celestial deities who, under duress, summoned flames to defeat their opponents had already grown considerable.

It had reached over a hundred cases.

Originally, a hundred such incidents would not have drawn the attention of the Law Lords.

After all, the number of battling deities was too great.

But now, a fourth-tier demon god had fallen beneath the flames.

This puzzled the observing Law Lords.

"Flames… the newly ascended celestial main deity is called the Flame Lord. Could it be the Flame Lord behind this?"

A demon god of the Honored Dao equivalent to a Law Lord.

As it spoke, it lifted its head, gazing upward toward the very top of the Stone Fortress.

But before its gaze even reached Lin Yan's Wang Zuo, it felt a surge of heart-stopping dread and quickly lowered its head.

To ordinary mortals, deities cannot be looked upon directly.

To deities, main deities are equally unseeable.

Even though this demon god of the Honored Dao was immensely powerful, equivalent to a Law Lord who commanded the Laws, it still dared not look directly at a main deity.

Even though that main deity was a celestial main deity—and its enemy!