Chapter 950

But the Purple Cloud Divine Lord reconsidered and felt it didn't seem right.

The Purple Cloud Divine Lord had some understanding of the Gods' Continent.

Through the prayers of countless believers and reports from the church, the Purple Cloud Divine Lord also knew the situation around the Eternal Night Empire.

Ten years ago, the eastern region of the Eternal Night Empire had only three human kingdoms and one beastman nation, and no large empires existed nearby.

The Flame Lord, as a fourth-tier deity, was likely only just now breaking through, but before that, he must have been a peak Third Rank Divine Lord, right?

The nations surrounding the Eternal Night Empire—even counting the distant Zijin Empire—could never produce a peak Third Rank Divine Lord, let alone one with sufficient accumulation to break into the fourth tier!

Moreover, the Flame Lord and the Eternal Night Goddess were surely unrelated, and the Flame Lord's domain could never aid the Eternal Night Empire.

Such speculation was quite normal.

If the Flame Lord and the Eternal Night Goddess were on good terms,

why would the Eternal Night Goddess use such a method to break through?

Couldn't she simply have the Flame Lord protect her?

In the Heavenly Realm, only fourth-tier deities were truly supreme; the things they needed were exceedingly rare—even peak Third Rank Divine Lords begging and pleading could not get these fourth-tier deities to help them!

After this reasoning, the Purple Cloud Divine Lord's heart grew considerably more at ease.

"It probably isn't!"

The Purple Cloud Divine Lord thought.

From reading the information to these thoughts turning, it had taken him only two or three seconds.

Then the Purple Cloud Divine Lord opened the faith channel and cast his gaze downward.

As soon as his gaze descended, the Purple Cloud Divine Lord saw the Grand Deity Yuer drawing the Sword of Judgment from the channel.

"Yuer does have a certain decisiveness."

The Purple Cloud Divine Lord thought.

As long as the opponent wasn't from the Flame Lord's domain, Yuer's actions actually earned the Purple Cloud Divine Lord's admiration.

"That Saint Realm that instantly killed Yuer's battle avatar is very likely the Eternal Night Empire's Third Rank Saint Realm."

The Purple Cloud Divine Lord thought again.

Then, the Purple Cloud Divine Lord turned his gaze to the opposite side.

"Indeed, it's the Flame Symbol."

The Purple Cloud Divine Lord thought.

For some reason, the moment he saw this Flame Symbol, his eyelids began to twitch.

He was a deity, a peak Third Rank deity—his control over every cell in his body was absolute, let alone his eyelids.

Yet now, this Flame Symbol had briefly robbed him of control over his eyelids.

There was no help for it; the scene he had witnessed inside the Sun had struck him too deeply.

Two peak Third Rank Divine Lords—killed on the spot!

For the first time, the Purple Cloud Divine Lord felt that his once-proud strength was truly insignificant.

For the first time, the Purple Cloud Divine Lord felt utterly insignificant, felt the Heavenly Realm was terrifyingly dangerous!

He would never dare provoke the Flame Lord!

Upon seeing the Flame Lord, he would rather bow and grovel, rather than detour around him, than ever confront him directly.

"Why do I always feel so uneasy?"

The Purple Cloud Divine Lord murmured to himself.

At this moment, the Purple Cloud Divine Lord noticed another thing.

That was, on the ground, the fox-people archers, while attacking, were muttering words, as if praying.

In the sky, the crossbowmen on the flying ships, while attacking, were also muttering words—likely praying too.

With their prayers, flames appeared on their arrows.

And when these flames were shot out and struck their targets, they exploded violently!

Flame!

These people gained flame through prayer!

This discovery made the Purple Cloud Divine Lord's heartbeat quicken slightly.

In the Heavenly Realm, some deities used their mortal names as their divine names, such as Star Deity Hulington.

Others preferred to name themselves after the powers they wielded, such as the Flame Lord, the Thunder God, or the Shadow God of the Abyss.

And the Flame Lord—just from the name—it was clear he took his divine name from the power he controlled!

Flame Lord, Flame!

The deity who wields flame!

And now, these warriors were gaining flame through prayer!

Connecting these dots, the Purple Cloud Divine Lord's sense of dread grew stronger.

"Listen to what they're muttering!"

The Purple Cloud Divine Lord thought.

He had no mood to contact other deities in his divine system.

Instead, he directly consumed more divine power, casting more gaze to hear the prayer words of the crossbowmen on one flying ship during their attack.

"Quick, attack the warriors behind that battle formation!"

At this moment, on the flying ship, a Flame Empire commander pointed at a battle formation on the ground.

Within that formation, countless elite warriors of the Purple Cloud Empire surged from behind, desperately resisting the Flame Empire's assault.

Although the Flame Empire's ground forces were already strong enough, these flying warships continuously launched arrows imbued with explosive flame to widen the advantage for the ground troops.

Before Lin Yan's transmigration, this was standard air-ground coordinated combat!

And the effect was not just good—it was exceptional!

The aerial warship's attacks could effectively disrupt the enemy's battle formation, break their reinforcements, and allow the Flame Empire's ground forces to advance faster.

"My lord, I can't sustain my spiritual force any longer!"

A warrior said.

"I'll pray instead!"

Immediately, warriors emerged from the warship's cabin.

Then, that warrior clasped his hands together and began to pray:

"Great and merciful Lord of Flame, grant me fire to help me defeat this powerful enemy!"

"Boom!"

As the warrior prayed, flames erupted fiercely on the tip of the crossbow bolt before him!

"Fire!"

The commander said.

The warriors behind the crossbows quickly pulled the trigger.

"Swoosh!"

The bolt shot out with tremendous force, striking a battle formation—it pierced through a warrior's shoulder armor and exploded, overturning a large group of Ziyun Empire soldiers.

On the aerial warship, several warriors immediately drew their bows and reloaded to fire again.

The situation of the aerial warship was no longer of any concern to the Ziyun Divine Lord.

Because he had heard those four words that sent chills through his soul: Lord of Flame!

His face instantly twisted into a look of seeing a ghost!

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

The Ziyun Divine Lord screamed silently in his heart!

"I must have misheard—yes, I must have misheard!"

The Ziyun Divine Lord said.

He was a peak third-tier Divine Lord, immensely powerful—how could he possibly have misheard?

"This defies logic—the Lord of Flame's army could not appear here, this place could not possibly be the Lord of Flame's realm, I cannot be this unlucky!"

The Ziyun Divine Lord tried to comfort himself.

"Let me hear what others are saying."

The Ziyun Divine Lord turned his gaze once more to a fox-person archer.

That fox-person archer held an enchanted longbow; after drawing it, he began to pray: