Chapter 453: Killing the Poison God, Gaining Divinity

According to Jiang Chen's understanding, a deity, after suffering severe injury, will enter three states.

The first is the Dormant state.

In this state, the deity recovers slowly and eventually awakens after a long span of years.

The second is the Long Sleep state.

When a deity falls into Long Sleep, it means it has sustained fatal injury.

If it does not fall into Long Sleep, it will inevitably die, perhaps already dead, with only a final sliver of hope remaining.

In this state, the deity's chance of revival is extremely slim, possibly requiring thousands or tens of thousands of years.

There have been deities that fell into this state and were later found and slain by other deities.

Only a truly dead deity can have its divine seat released.

The same type of deity will not have two incumbents simultaneously; only after the previous one dies will another deity of the same divine seat appear.

The third state is Eternal Sleep, i. e., death.

In this state, the deity is truly dead; its past and any future matters no longer concern it.

However, a deity's body is a priceless treasure, and each part serves a great purpose.

Unfortunately, the Human Race has never obtained a deity's corpse.

Generally, a deity will self‑detonate before death and will not leave its corpse to enemies.

Occasionally the Human Race can obtain a severed limb or bone fragment, which is already the limit.

Jiang Chen did not expect that a genuine deity now stood before him.

Although still in Long Sleep, it is not truly dead.

But Jiang Chen knows that it is hardly different from true death, and the hope of revival is exceedingly slim.

Jiang Chen saw a wound on its forehead, as if caused by some sharp weapon.

That strike pierced its head,

and it was precisely that strike that left it in this condition.

Previously Jiang Chen could not guess or determine what exactly had happened.

He only knows that the Poison God's 'corpse' is now before him, ready for him to deal with.

Just as Jiang Chen was pondering how to handle it, the Poison God's corpse suddenly moved.

Before Jiang Chen could react, the Poison God abruptly opened its eyes.

Jiang Chen saw murderous intent in its gaze.

A massive killing aura surged from the Poison God, enveloping Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen felt a chill through his whole body; the Poison God was clearly still in Long Sleep, so why did it awaken?

But the next second, Jiang Chen snapped back to clarity; the Poison God had not actually revived.

It was its final obsession, treating itself as the enemy that killed it.

This will also be the Poison God's final counterattack.

Terrifying energy churned within the Poison God and spread throughout the Cave.

All the venom was boiling.

In this situation, like a Flame Lich that has lost Control, the Poison God intends to self‑detonate.

Jiang Chen, a wandering soul adventurer, knows that deities generally choose to self‑detonate before death; even if they cannot perish together with the enemy, they will not leave their corpse to the enemy.

Back then, for some reason, the Poison God did not self‑detonate and entered Long Sleep here.

But now.

Because Jiang Chen's arrival triggered its final thought, it now chooses to self‑detonate.

It will burn all its divine power in an instant and explode.

The divine power of a deity is so great that, in a self‑detonation state, even another deity would not dare to forcibly restrain it.

Jiang Chen knows he is doomed.

Instinctively, he produced an Abyss Teleport Stone to leave.

But at that moment he realized the deity's power had already sealed

this space.

The Abyss Teleport Stone lost its function.

It cannot teleport, nor can it escape.

Jiang Chen's face turned ashen; a rare adventure truly almost killed him.

"The power of thought."

Jiang Chen was suddenly startled in his heart, having thought of something.

A flash of insight lit his mind, "Perhaps this is the final hope."

The Soul Burn in his hand flickered.

A spark appeared directly at the Poison God's forehead.

The wound at the forehead is the Poison God's fatal injury, having pierced the body and also shattered the soul, now being attacked again.

The Poison God's 'corpse' shuddered violently, and Jiang Chen clearly sensed its divine power becoming chaotic, seemingly loosening.

"Effective!"

His eyes brightened, and Jiang Chen continued to use Soul Burn.

He fired in both directions, five times per second.

He thought that the Poison God had not died, perhaps because a fragment of its soul still remained.

Whether human or deity, without a soul one cannot survive.

The soul is the foundation.

Jiang Yi retained his own soul, leaving a possibility of resurrection.

Unless they are the corpses in Fusishi Jie, which are walking dead that have no life and no soul.

As long as the Poison God still wishes to resurrect, it must retain a fragment of its residual soul.

Since that is the case, Jiang Chen must completely eradicate its soul.

Seeing that Soul Burn is effective, the "Strong Soldier" skill on the back of his hand activates again.

In an instant, his attributes surge dramatically, and his Spiritual Power reaches 600,000.

Skill damage increases sharply, and it can also inflict an additional 500% damage.

The damage of Soul Burn is more than ten times higher than normal.

When Soul Burn blazes again, a dozen or so flames

continuously fall.

It completely disrupts the divine power the Poison God had just gathered, halting its self‑detonation.

Jiang Chen finally sighs in relief and continues using Soul Burn.

The Poison God's residual soul, powerless to resist, lets out a resentful wail that only souls can hear, and collapses completely.

The Poison God trembles violently once, then loses all movement.

Soul Burn also loses its target in an instant.

The Poison God falls!

At the same time, Jiang Chen receives a thrilling message.

"Kill Poison God, Level +1"

"Kill Poison God, Star +1"

"Kill Poison God, Increase poison element immunity cap"

"Kill Poison God, Obtain Medium Divine Form"

"Kill Poison God, Obtain Poison God Divine Position"

"Increase poison element immunity cap: from 80% to 100%"

"Medium Divine Form: Absorb Divine Form, can become a deity, and can comprehend the power within the Divine Form, becoming a Divine-level Strongman."

"Poison God Divine Position: Fuse Divine Position, can become the new Poison God."

Jiang Chen is stunned. What Ghost?

White Light flickers on him, and his level rises from 51 to 52.

The Military Badge shines brightly, and a phantom star appears.

The star is somewhat hazy, with a hollow center.

It can only be called a half‑star.

He needs to kill another Divine-level being of an opposing race to become a Three‑Star Divine General.

He is still a Two‑Star Divine General and cannot be called a Three‑Star Divine General.

The poison element immunity cap has increased, from 80% to 100%.

Jiang Chen finally understands that element immunity has a cap.

No wonder I've never heard of anyone

of a race's profession being completely immune to a certain element.

Normally, the immunity cap for a single element is 85%; it's not impossible to break, but it's very difficult.

Even if the cap is broken, it only reaches around 90%.

Someone like Jiang Chen reaching 100% is virtually unique.

Jiang Chen thought of the spinal cord of the "Poisonous Jiao", perhaps by ingesting it he could boost his poison element immunity to ultimately reach 100%.

Next are two gains Jiang Chen could never imagine: the Divine Form and the Divine Position.

He finally realizes that the Poison God is actually a medium deity.

Its Divine Form is a Medium Divine Form; if he absorbs it now, there is a great chance of becoming a medium deity.

Equivalent to a Human Race Divine-level Strongman of 93 to 95.

This is a chance to leap to the heavens in one step.

But likewise, he will be limited because of it.

From then on he will be stuck here; unless he can absorb an even stronger Divine Form, he will forever remain a medium deity.

As for Ascended Deities, they are even more out of reach.

At most, he can combine with the Poison God's Divine Position to become the new Poison God.

But so what.

Jiang Chen is confident in himself; he would not do something so short‑sighted.

His goal is to become an Ascended Deity, not a deity, nor any Divine Position.

Divine Form and Divine Position appear simultaneously in the spirit world.

The Divine Form is a twelve‑faced green polyhedral crystal, slowly rotating in the spirit world, and is quite beautiful.

The Divine Position resembles a throne, hovering beside the Divine Form, motionless.

What puzzles Jiang Chen is that both of these things stay far away from the Domain Godstone, for unknown reasons.

It seems the Domain Godstone is of a higher tier than they are.

Jiang Chen feels the near‑infinite

poison element within the Divine Form, and he conceives a bold idea.

If I use it to summon an elemental lich.

The idea, once it appeared, took root and sprouted, growing robustly.

But it shouldn't be done now; it must wait until he is confident before doing it.

It is estimated that we must wait for him to reach Divine Level before we can try.

There is only one Divine Form, the chance only comes once, it cannot be wasted.

If successful, he might then possess a divine spirit lich, and just thinking about it makes him a little excited.