Chapter 952

While the Purple Cloud Divine Lord was probing the "secret," the battle on that battlefield continued.

In the sky, after the Great God Yuer drew out the Sword of Judgment, its radiance illuminated the entire battlefield!

Immediately afterward, all the light retracted!

Though the light vanished, the ripples emanating from the Sword of Judgment remained terrifyingly potent!

Ordinary warriors might merely feel this sword to be utterly sacred.

But in the perception of Mengying and other Holy Domains, the sword's power was likely sufficient to annihilate everything!

"Divine Artifact!"

The fox woman Sister Qing Ling whispered.

A Divine Artifact is a god's weapon!

Not all divine weapons are Divine Artifacts; generally, only when the content of divine substance reaches a certain threshold can it be called a Divine Artifact.

In the Heavenly Realm, there are indeed gods who specialize in forging Divine Artifacts.

Such gods are also quite popular.

In their ascension to godhood, they are typically master smiths, mastering the forging rules.

Their task is to rationally distribute and arrange the divine substance provided by a god, mixing it with rare Heavenly Realm materials, to forge a blade of exceptional sharpness.

Hmm, like Lin Yan, who forged an entire sword from a single type of divine substance, naturally doesn't need to hire a master smith.

A single type of divine substance has excellent cohesion.

They naturally coalesce together, requiring no special forging.

But how many gods in the entire Heavenly Realm could directly produce thousands of grams of identical divine substance to forge a single sword?

Most gods have little divine substance.

A Divine Artifact with hundreds of grams of divine substance is already excellent!

Over a thousand grams is rare.

Moreover, these divine substances are often not of the same type, so if entrusted to a god who masters the forging rules, the result would naturally be superior.

Lin Yan himself also masters the forging rules, and his mastery has reached 100%.

In forging, he is in fact no less skilled than some master smiths.

"The laws of the Continent of Gods restrict excess power; this sword is sealed. Unsealing different layers reveals different strengths. This sword is powerful—he intends to use it to oppose Angeste!"

Mengying said.

These insights came from Lin Yan's revelation.

In the sky, the Great God Yuer's battle avatar gripped the Sword of Judgment, and with a hand seal, immediately unsealed its first layer!

When the first layer of the Sword of Judgment was unsealed, the endless desert trembled once more!

This tremor was more terrifying than the last.

Unsealing the first layer of the Sword of Judgment is sufficient to instantly kill a Second Rank Holy Domain!

The Great God Yuer's battle avatar, wielding the Sword of Judgment, cast a cold gaze toward Mengying.

"This time, I shall see whether your god still hides!"

Upon speaking, the Great God Yuer activated the Sword of Judgment and launched a ruthless attack against Mengying!

Yes, he had no intention of wasting words—he decided to kill Mengying first and force her divine patron to reveal himself.

And if that woman appeared again, he would instantly unseal the second layer of the Sword of Judgment, even the third, and strike her a crushing blow!

Unsealing the second layer can kill a Third Rank Holy Domain.

Unsealing the third layer can slay a Fourth Rank Holy Domain.

However, the Great God Yuer kept the third layer of the Sword of Judgment as a last resort.

Because once he unsealed the third layer, the Sword of Judgment would have only one strike left.

After that single strike, the Sword of Judgment would suffer a backlash from the laws of the Continent of Gods and be instantly destroyed, even unable to recover the divine substance within.

The loss would be immense!

Moreover, "can slay" does not mean "will slay."

With only one strike, if misjudged, it might not kill a Fourth Rank Holy Domain.

After all, this is the Continent of Gods, and a Fourth Rank Holy Domain has nearly reached the maximum power permitted by this realm!

Even if the Sword of Judgment is a Heavenly Realm Divine Artifact with transcendent power, it is not guaranteed to kill a Fourth Rank Holy Domain with a single blow here!

"It would be best if she appears—I'll eliminate her too. Then, with no Third Rank Holy Domain to hold the line, the Eternal Night Empire will be easily crushed under the assault of so many great empires."

The Great God Yuer thought coldly.

The power of the Sword of Judgment was too terrifying.

As a Divine Artifact, the Sword of Judgment also possessed the inherent locking effect that accompanies divine attacks.

Once targeted, one must either move fast enough to evade the Sword of Judgment, or be strong enough to withstand it directly.

Dodging can only buy temporary reprieve—it cannot save one forever!

As the Sword of Judgment surged toward her, Mengying's expression remained unchanged; she waved her hands and instantly erected a confinement space.

Mengying had only recently mastered spatial rules, but she already wielded them with great proficiency.

This was greatly aided by Lin Yan's gift.

Yet, though the confinement space formed, the Sword of Judgment showed not the slightest pause—it lunged forward violently.

As the one who summoned the confinement space, Mengying seemed to hear a sound like glass shattering: "Crack!"

The Sword of Judgment pierced through Mengying's confinement space in an instant, its speed barely diminished.

The Sword of Judgment pierced through Meng Ying's bound space almost instantly, without much reduction in speed.

"Go!"

On the other side, the fox girl Sister Qing Ling and Lucine struck simultaneously, each employing their own methods to halt the Sword of Judgment.

But the Sword of Judgment was unnaturally strong; no technique from either of the two Saint Domains could slow it even slightly.

Truly, one sword shattered ten thousand arts!

All obstacles shattered before it like illusions in water or reflections in a mirror.

"Retreat!"