Chapter 734: The Paper of the Original Sacrifice! Flames Soar Skyward!

Star God Hulington's words instantly upset Vivera.

She huffed:

"You're allowed to gang up on the few, but now that you see we're many, you're going to use provocation? God Lord, don't fall for his trick."

Star God Hulington was left speechless.

Earlier, they had indeed planned to overwhelm the few with their numbers.

But since this concerned his own divine realm, Star God Hulington wasn't so easily deterred.

He ignored Vivera and kept his gaze fixed on Lin Yan, saying:

"Flame Lord, you'll forever hide behind women, letting a group of peace-loving elf goddesses fight for you—you're no different from the pretty boys on the Gods' Continent."

"So you're challenging me to a one-on-one duel?"

Lin Yan's voice finally spoke.

Star God Hulington was again speechless.

How could he possibly duel Lin Yan one-on-one?

He might seem bold now, but that's only because Great God Seia stands before him; if Seia weren't here, Star God Hulington would've fled as far as possible and never dared return.

"Flame Lord, you seized my realm—this is my revenge. Let us duel one-on-one, a battle between two gods, life or death, others must not interfere. What do you say?"

Seia finally spoke.

His cold gaze locked onto Lin Yan; in the original plan, Seia never intended to rely on the other three second-tier gods.

Bringing them along was merely for contingencies, to prevent the Flame Lord from escaping.

Also, the Flame Lord's allies needed these three to deal with.

But he never expected the Flame Lord's allies to be so numerous.

"A duel between two third-tier gods—how thrilling. Airen, who do you hope wins?"

Far away, the newly ascended goddess He Li said.

Beside her, Goddess Airen's gaze remained fixed on Lin Yan, as if she hadn't heard He Li's voice at all.

"Airen, Airen, what's wrong?"

Goddess He Li called out.

Goddess Airen finally murmured, "Ah," and said, "He Li, what did you just say?"

He Li laughed. "Airen, you haven't fallen for the Flame Lord, have you?"

Goddess Airen's face flushed instantly; she shook her head frantically. "How could I, He Li?"

He Li said, "I know you're regretting not acting to help that little elf earlier—if you had, you might've gotten a chance to speak with the Flame Lord. You're probably blaming me for stopping you, aren't you?"

Goddess Airen shook her head. "No, He Li."

He Li sighed. "I arrived in the Heavenly Realm ten years before you. In the Heavenly Realm, not every adventure yields rewards. Often, if you do nothing, walk steadily and safely step by step, though slow, you'll still grow stronger.

But if you take risks, you're far more likely to perish—even as gods, we cannot foresee the future. Yet this time, my choice was wrong; you're entirely justified in blaming me."

Goddess Airen said, "He Li, I only blame myself for not being resolute enough."

He Li glanced far off at Lin Yan and sighed again:

"A powerful, handsome male god—I'm drawn to him too. But Airen, the Flame Lord is a mighty third-tier god; he's destined to be beyond our reach. Don't entertain fantasies. Your divine body hasn't even solidified yet, and I don't even have my own divine realm yet.

After watching this battle, let's buy what we need and leave. In the Abru Divine Domain, there's a powerful fairy goddess sect that accepts only human goddesses. Though they have strength requirements for joining, we can first enter the preparatory divine system—there, we can grow safely.

Goddess Airen gave a slight nod.

Though she denied it, some things are just so strange.

In a short time, a figure had taken root deep in her soul, one she'd remember for many years to come.

And remain faithful to him for life.

On quiet, lonely nights, she'd thought more than once: if only she'd helped Gaxia back then, would she have had a chance to speak with him—even… have more possibilities?

Seia's words stirred the surrounding holy spirits into alertness.

These holy spirits still whispered prayers, maintaining their faith-lines.

For their own gods were also watching this battle.

In the Heavenly Realm, divine wars occurred frequently.

For weak gods, observing battles between powerful deities offered much insight.

These holy spirits who came to the Elf Divine Domain for trade mostly served first- and second-tier gods, with a few third-tier gods.

Whether any fourth-tier gods were present was unknown.

After all, fourth-tier gods were true elites; their holy spirits were immensely powerful—some, when pushed to peak strength, could even defeat first-tier gods.

Once becoming a fourth-tier god, most things held little value for them; what they needed were exceedingly rare items.

In short, this was a battle watched by many gods.

Many gods wanted to know just how strong this newly emerged Flame Lord was, and what methods he possessed.

They also wanted to see whether the Flame Lord would fight Seia—or truly rely on the elf goddesses.

After Seia finished speaking, Lin Yan finally moved.

Originally, he'd planned to resolve everything in one strike.

But he hadn't expected the elf goddesses to keep appearing one after another.

"God Lord…"

Vivera looked worried.

Because she knew Lin Yan's divine body was only level 10.

Even if his divine core rank was high, allowing his level-10 body to exceed normal combat power, it wouldn't surpass much.

Under normal circumstances, fighting level-11 or level-12 third-tier gods was already impressive.

In the realm of gods, challenging across ranks is extremely rare.

Your divine power isn't as advanced, your weapons aren't as advanced, your divine body isn't as advanced, and you don't control as many rules—how can you challenge across ranks?

Unless you obtain some powerful weapons, which isn't really crossing ranks, since the weapons bridge the gap.

Generally, the longer one lingers in the Sacred Domain, the more rules one masters, and the stronger one becomes after becoming a god—not that a Sacred Domain god can cross ranks, but that such a god gains a higher-grade Divine Core.

Like Lin Yan, he immediately gained a Level 15 Divine Core upon transformation.

If Angest now chose to become a god while in the Second Rank of the Sacred Domain, she would gain a Divine Core of Level 2 or higher upon transformation.

"Don't worry."

Lin Yan whispered softly.

Just as he was about to speak, Lin Yan's ears twitched slightly.

Because he heard the prayer from Succubus Natasha!

Succubus Natasha had cornered the demons in the first layer of the Abyss; the Demon King of that layer was battered and humiliated by her. Even after the demon race's underlying Demon God continuously poured down power, he still couldn't touch her—so now, the Demon God of that layer was preparing to descend in person!

Lin Yan didn't have much time.

A Demon God's descent requires some time, but not much.

"If so, let's finish this quickly."

Lin Yan murmured.

Lin Yan stepped forward and said, "No need for duels—you all attack together."

"Arrogant!"

Hearing Lin Yan's words, Seiya immediately felt disrespected and stirred with anger.

"This Flame Lord is truly imposing."

Far away, He Li watched with shining eyes.

Lin Yan no longer wasted words; in fact, he had spoken hardly any words at all.

Lin Yan shot into the sky, his body engulfed in roaring flames, then pressed his hands downward—a massive pillar of fire crossed dozens of kilometers and surged toward Seiya and the others.

In wars between gods, some attack methods look no different from those of magicians on the Continent of Gods, but the power difference is immense.

Lin Yan stood above his divine realm; Seiya and the others were very far from his position.

At this distance, even a Sacred Domain attack would struggle to reach.

But for gods of Towards the Heavenly Realm, it was no problem at all.

Gods move far faster than ordinary beings; some with weak close-combat abilities even increase the distance to attack, avoiding being approached by other gods.

"Again with the flames? This isn't the Continent of Gods!"

Seiya snorted.