Chapter 330

In the City of Miracles, there were several such everlasting torches, each maintained by a dozen or so people.

The Shengling was not targeting anyone else—it was precisely Meng Ying, who was about to Arrived at Eighth Rank!

To it, this was a risky move.

Because its power had been severely damaged, but if this risky move succeeded, its gains would be enormous!

It could successfully possess the body of a Divine Sacred Maiden!

Having long interacted with the Divine, it had confidence it could deceive the Divine even after possessing that Sacred Maiden's body, making the Divine unable to detect it.

After all, this was the Continent of Gods, not And the Heavenly Realm—the Divine were separated by vast distances.

So, the Shengling had been waiting here for several days, biding its time.

As a Shengling, even with greatly diminished power, it feared no ordinary wood-burning flame, but it did not enter the flames, as that would still entail considerable expenditure.

As for the Temple, it would never risk entering—it was far too dangerous!

"This Flame Lord, where did it even come from? This Divine City has many unusual features—this Flame Lord is likely very powerful. Though my Divine has already consumed Divine Artifacts to fully conceal the Divine Realm, opposing such a Divine is not wise."

The Shengling mused.

After arriving at the City of Miracles, it noticed many unusual things.

As a Shengling from a Divine Realm, its perspective on matters differed from that of the magicians of the Continent of Gods.

It saw deeper layers of things.

These deeper layers revealed a Divine's understanding and application of Divine Power and Faith Power!

Divine Power was not all the same.

Divine Power could be seen as a kind of energy—each Divine's Divine Power contained different components!

Through deep observation, the Shengling realized that the Flame Lord's strength was likely extremely powerful!

So, the Shengling was hesitating.

However, the final decision whether to wage war against the Yan Nation did not rest in its hands, but in the hands of the Divine.

Its Divine had already concealed the Divine Realm and sent down a powerful Shengling—this tactic had already achieved tremendous success.

In fact, several Shenglings would permanently reside on the Continent of Gods!

This, in truth, was a borderline tactic!

Because countless years ago, the Divine War had raged too fiercely, spilling onto the Continent of Gods and nearly exterminating all life upon it.

Thus, after the Boundary Between was reinforced, the greater the power descending, the greater the cost.

As for a Divine descending in person… powerful Deities refused, let alone weak ones—weak Deities could hardly descend at all, and even if they did, they might be less effective than a Single Realm!

Many would take interest in it!

Moreover, prolonged presence of And the Heavenly Realm's power on the Continent of Gods was already a violation.

But the Divine's concept of time differed from that of mortals.

A few years, even a decade or two, passed in a flash to the Divine.

The Divine of the Xiling Kingdom was counting on this—after all, it had already concealed its Divine Realm; even if the Shengling stayed for just a dozen years, it would profit immensely!

Far better than having its realm stripped, its power weakened, and falling into permanent decline!

Since the Shengling had already descended, conquering one nation was the same as conquering two—so the Shencai Society's Divine had taken interest in the Yan Nation too!

"Forget it—I'll seize this Sacred Maiden's body first. If she doesn't come out, I'll storm the Temple. As for the Flame Lord, I refuse to believe its gaze can remain fixed inside the Temple forever…"

The moment its thought ended, it sensed something was wrong.

Because it felt that the flame beside it had changed slightly.

The Shengling extended its spiritual sense toward it.

But the instant its spiritual tendrils touched the flame, its heart lurched in terror!

Because it sensed a vast, sacred, and terrifyingly boundless soul.

Compared to it, the Shengling was but a drop of water, while that soul was an ocean.

That soul needed only a gentle press to crush the Shengling into dust!

"My heavens…"

At that moment, the Shengling was truly terrified—its soul nearly fled its body!