Chapter 197: The Existence of Special Gods, Third-Party Forces

Since its power could now wound a demigod in the Legendary Realm, had he not been cautious, he might very well have died on the spot.

Then, when it was still a demigod, could the attacks it unleashed wound—or even kill—a true god?

This world was far more valuable than he had imagined!

After the shock, what followed was wild joy—the kind of joy that would spare no cost!

Because at this moment he truly saw the hope of becoming a god; if things were really as he thought, then his ascension to godhood would be a certainty!

And he would attain the God Position right in his own main world!

No, it should be even more than that!

The black-robed existence, who had suddenly discovered this world's uniqueness, quickly thought of another point.

If he took down this giant dragon and plundered its fortuitous rank, perhaps what he would gain would not be a single God Position!

Because, judging from the power of this world that was still ceaselessly growing, there remained a great possibility that this avatar of his could become a god of this world.

When that time came, he might well become the first dual-God-Position deity in all of history!

Even if not, the uniqueness of this world's power alone would be enough for him to attain the God Position in his own main world!

At this moment, his understanding of the benefits this world could bring him reached an unprecedented level.

Before, although he knew the benefits of this other world, that giant dragon alone, doing nothing at all, could naturally grow in power along with heaven and earth.

He guessed that it very likely possessed some mysterious existence like a divine spark on its body; if he obtained it, then he too might naturally grow to the realm of godhood.

But that was only future potential—no one could be sure whether it could truly grow to the realm of godhood.

Because this was the first time he had encountered a vast otherworld different from the small subsidiary worlds attached to his own.

No matter how much he had spoken before about having the hope of becoming a god, no one understood better than he just how heavy those two words—"becoming a god"—truly were.

The closer one is to the divine realm, the more clearly one understands how difficult becoming a god truly is—it is basically a hope without hope!

Because they all understand that an existence like a god is far too powerful, and far too special.

It is unlike other living beings; it is unique, undying and indestructible, eternally imperishable, born together with the world and perishing together with it—as long as the world does not perish, they shall be eternal.

They are the true masters of the world!

Unlike them, these demigods, once their true body is destroyed, will fall into true death.

But the birth of such a powerful god is fraught with immense difficulty.

First of all, the Laws between heaven and earth must exist, because only with the existence of Laws can they, by comprehending the Laws or with the aid of a divine spark, merge with the Laws and attain the honored seat of godhood.

Yet since he came to this world, in all this time he had sensed not the slightest existence of Laws, which indicated that this world perhaps did not yet possess the soil from which a god could be born.

And this was also what had, imperceptibly, given rise to a pessimistic thought in him—that this world's value was far less than he had imagined. This was also the reason why, facing that giant dragon, he had not dodged, and had felt somewhat listless, wanting to humiliate that giant dragon—because he was venting his anger.

The enormous sense of expectation had fallen through.

Of course, it might also be that the gods of this world exist in a manner different from those of his own world.

Unfortunately, limited by his own horizons—this being the first time he had encountered a world different from their main world—he did not yet understand how another kind of god exists.

In view of this, he, already somewhat pessimistic, simply could not be optimistic.

In his conception, gods themselves are tied to the Laws, yet this world possessed no Laws.

Perhaps, the limit of this otherworld was the Legendary Realm…

And a world that could only reach the Legendary Realm—no matter how different an otherworld it was—so what? For him, it was of absolutely no use.

Even if he wanted to stay in this world forever, relying on the power of a demigod to act tyrannically as he pleased, he could not enjoy himself for long.

Because the spatial passage was already open; faced with the gods who were the true masters of the world, no matter how well he hid the passage, he could not hide it for long.

Therefore, to a certain extent, this world was even inferior to those small worlds he had discovered before, because those small worlds had one advantage over this one—they were better at concealment!

Secondly, the number of gods is limited; throughout the entire world, the gods exist in a fixed number.

Unfortunately, the god slots in his own world were already completely filled, which was also the reason he had been overjoyed upon discovering this world.

Because he wanted to truly see whether this world could allow one to become a god, so that he could escape from that world where the hope of becoming a god could no longer be found—a world that filled him with despair.

But now, he thought he no longer needed to escape.

Because the power of this world could actually wound an existence of the divine realm with power below the divine realm, and the power used was a special otherworldly energy that had nothing whatsoever to do with the magic he himself used.

This characteristic alone naturally allowed him to conceal this power sufficient to slay a god.

When the time came, as long as he could obtain this power, by relying on two utterly different power systems, with the prepared striking against the unprepared, perhaps he would be able to slaughter gods in his own world!

And then, by relying on the fallen God Position, truly attain the God Position himself.

When that time came, whether he could become a god in this otherworld would be nothing more than icing on the cake.

If successful, he might advance a few more steps further along the path of godhood; if not, he at least had the God Position as a guarantee.

That's right—when the God Positions are full, to become a new god, one must slay the old gods, leaving their God Positions vacant; only in this way could he take that seat.

But before encountering this power, these demigod-level existences could see no hope of slaying a god at all, because the gap between a true god and a demigod was far greater than the gap between a demigod and a mortal being.

But now, everything was different!

At this moment, the black-robed existence found that the road that had always been shrouded in fog for him had, at some unknown time, suddenly brightened.

From now on, as long as he took down this giant dragon and obtained the pass to this world's power, his future would endlessly extend!

Until he attained the God Position!

At this thought, the black-robed existence's gaze also grew serious, and all the carelessness and contempt in his heart vanished without a trace.

This meant he would no longer be careless; he had already begun treating the merely Legendary-realm giant dragon as an enemy of equal standing.

In an instant, the gazes of man and dragon suddenly met, and at this moment each saw seriousness, solemnity, and a resolve to go all out in the other's eyes!

"Hoo—hoo—"

But just then, a series of violent gusts of wind began to appear, causing the man and dragon present to involuntarily turn their heads to look.

In that instant, a massive humanoid weapon and a special type of blue-scaled dragon appeared in their battlefield, with dense swarms of giant beasts behind and above them.

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(End of Chapter)