Chapter 32: You Are Not a God, and Neither Am I (Revised)

Demons are nearly perfect killing machines.

In a certain sense, they share many similarities with players. For instance, their fearlessness in the face of death due to bodies that cannot die, or the way they act according to their own whims because they can manifest bodies at any time.

Often, people even feel that demons might just be players of this world to a certain degree. They constantly hone their skills, do what they want to do, and exhibit extraordinary sensations and perceptions.

Many times, they even appear to have complete emotions, rich and colorful.

But only those who have studied them deeply know that these demons have no emotions; they are merely a phenomenon. A symbol. Grotesque entities that look normal but are actually completely devoid of feeling.

Yet, it is interesting that when these things truly face the complete extinction of their personality, their behavior is not even as good as ordinary sentient beings. Seeing the possibility of truly permanent silence, the way these monsters scatter and flee makes even some vermin seem tougher than them.

"No! No!!!!"

"What is this thing!!!"

"Lord Blood God, save me!"

A familiar scream, and a familiar ending.

The moment the Stonehenge shook the earth and disrupted their entire environment, the Knights' charge instantly shattered their formation into pieces.

Normally, these demons would surely be furious, then roar and cleave the Knights, along with their horses, in two with a single strike; but watching their demon companions scream as they turned into light particles and were dragged into the void, these demons were afraid.

They could feel that permanent death had begun to descend upon them.

Knight of Calamity, this demon that had ravaged Bretonnia for so long, fell to the ground without a sound.

That massive body, like a small hill, seemed to dissolve, dismantling into countless Rune chains and black Magic on the black earth, gradually rising toward the sky.

The demons screamed and wept, but were anchored in place due to the large-scale Magic tremor. Amidst the massive ritual meant to transform mountains and canyons into plains, the demons could only maintain their individual existence.

For Humans, it had little impact, as it was a month-long chronic ritual.

But for demons, this was no less than the sky collapsing and the earth splitting.

"This is the power of Lord Li Ang! For Li Ang! For the Knightly Order! For the Landing Site!"

The Falcon Knights charged to the edge of Stonehenge's influence, looking at the demons dissolving on the ground and letting out thunderous cheers.

Meanwhile, Li Ang, who had been monitoring this side and manipulating the vast Magic within nature to begin decomposing the demons, finally received his notification messages.

"A glorious victory!"

"Your Falcon Knights have completed a legendary nemesis kill! The Falcon Knights have been promoted to a special combat unit!"

"Due to the Falcon Knights' special service record, their corps' special ability is guaranteed to possess the Demon Hunter trait! It will inflict more powerful damage against all Chaos Demons!"

"Because of a glorious victory, the Falcon Knights' Great Knight Isaac has begun his hero's path! Please let him act and fight more; he is very likely to become a Lord unit!"

"You performed excellently in this battle!"

"Knights: 3 lightly wounded, 1 seriously wounded. Demons killed: 214."

"Your manipulation defaults to sacrificing all demons!"

"Because of your sacrifice choice, you have gained a large amount of knowledge regarding the War Path and Magic!"

"You crushed the Blood God's offensive and killed all the cowards, leaving no prisoners, which makes the Blood God very satisfied with you! He has forgiven your offense regarding the Bronze Bull!"

Won.

Looking at the outcome in his vision, Li Ang thought wearily. This victory was not just because of Stonehenge.

The main thing Li Ang was pleasantly surprised to discover was that since the Rotting Temple and Myriad Phenomena Labyrinth were completed, his Magic ability had greatly improved. The intuitive takeaway was that the sacrifices were performed very professionally.

Those demons that were crushed and seriously wounded, their bodies beginning to dissipate, could not even choose to return to the Chaos Wasteland; instead, as if entering a kill-zone, their body structures were torn apart by Li Ang's Stonehenge, turning into streaks of Runes and flowing light that poured into the Stonehenge.

And those complex blood-colored Runes became individual pieces of knowledge and signs, seals, and Brands, imprinted upon Li Ang's body and spirit.

It was said before that demons are the manifestation of certain phenomena.

Although they look very much like sentient beings, in essence, they are nothing more than living structural bodies of Magic and knowledge; after sacrificing and dissolving them, what one obtains is a large amount of Magic and knowledge.

In the span of a day, Li Ang had to manipulate the construction of a Wonder, trigger Stonehenge to modify environmental elements, and constantly dismantle demon structures to sacrifice them; to be honest, it was truly exhausting.

Those Knights had already begun to return home to drink and celebrate under Li Ang's orders, ready at any time for the next round of legendary battles. And the physically and mentally exhausted Li Ang returned to his Observatory. Feeling the zero-gravity suspension, he quietly closed his eyes, choosing to accept the baptism of the information tide.

"You killed a large demon and obtained clues regarding the Blood God!"

"You can unlock the War Path!"

"The promotion of the War Path requires blood and struggle; only after shedding the blood of ten thousand sentient beings will the War Path open its next stage!"

"Hmm..."

Just as expected from the beginning, in reality, one probably does not need any token to enter the Path.

Just as Li Ang never thought those things were any kind of gods from the start.

Looking at the various values and prompts sliding before his eyes, Li Ang quickly found the key points he cared about.

Those demons selflessly provided a large amount of knowledge and Magic, bringing some strange-looking Magic technologies close to being lit up. These are the special targets to explore next; perhaps new Wonders will appear.

And the lighting up of the War Path and War Magic even allowed Li Ang and his faction's subjects to have the ability to simulate the Blood God's mark to obtain blessings.

Rather than an attack by the Blood God, it was more like a gift package being delivered. It gave Li Ang better risk-resistance capabilities to face subsequent war crises.

"However, ten thousand people..."

Looking at the promotion sign, Li Ang thought somewhat subtly.

But killing ten thousand sentient beings to level up—by the definition of this world, demons also count...

Dealing with pests, how can that be called killing?

If it really doesn't work, just use demons to pile it up.

Li Ang quickly gave up on thinking, intending to relax his weary spirit slightly.

But just at this moment, Li Ang saw a line of small text flashing below his system.

"Prompt: Your servant Wufuruike is being tested..."

"..."

The xx dungeon is here too? Can you leave me some time to catch my breath? Otherwise, I'll die from this sooner or later...

Looking at that line of small text, Li Ang instinctively raised his eyebrows.

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