Chapter 164: Blood-Colored Banner

Pfft!

Two streaks of blood-colored light crossed paths; the "Red Priest's" battle sword and the Spear of Destiny struck the target simultaneously!

Pfft!

The battle sword pierced into the "Hidden Sage's" body, triggering a "Fatal" effect, and the "Hidden Sage's" body collapsed instantly.

What was even more terrifying was that this damage was conceptual; even as an avatar of information flow, the "Hidden Sage" still bore this "fatal injury."

Yet, after the "Hidden Sage's" body collapsed, a phantom stepped out once more from the chaotic information flow—it was slightly different from before, yet seemed familiar.

The "Hidden Sage's" body was originally condensed from information flow; the current situation was that Chumen had actively severed it, killing that mass of injured information flow, and condensed another body once again.

He modified the underlying information of his own existence, letting the past him die, and the present him live.

The two had subtle differences, but after the information was replaced, exchanged, and overwritten, he was still he.

This was similar to the substitute abilities possessed by certain deities; both were god-level life-saving abilities.

As for the Blood Emperor's side, the Spear of Destiny, transformed from fairy-tale magic, completely pierced through His body, shattering His heart.

In an instant, the "Soldiers" that the Blood Emperor had corrupted and forcibly conquered on the battlefield all died suddenly; the true damage was shared between Him and all His soldiers.

But for a deity, the heart was not a vital point, and the Source Quality corruption effect attached to the Spear of Destiny was suppressed.

The "Red Priest" and the army were truly "of one heart and mind"; unless one wiped out Him and all His armies and Prey in an instant, it was extremely difficult to kill Him.

"'City of Calamity'? Truly crazy enough."

Chumen looked at the Banner Mark on the Blood Emperor's brow and guessed the reason; Alistair Tudor was very crazy, but not stupid. When facing the Source Quality corruption on the Spear of Destiny, He chose a method of response of equal standing.

He invoked the power of the "City of Calamity" through that Banner Mark.

Being a madman to begin with, He naturally did not mind being even crazier.

Borrowing the power of the "City of Calamity," He completed a concept swap, letting the "Soldiers" and "Prey" die in His stead.

Deities did not die so easily, and this Blood Emperor was even a madman who dared to invoke the power of the "City of Calamity."

"That Spear of Destiny just now was not normal!" The Blood Emperor keenly discovered the difference within it.

The only thing that could truly make Him perceive the threat of death was likely the "genuine article."

"You are Dream!" The Blood Emperor guessed Chumen's identity in an instant.

"Congratulations on getting it right, and there is even a reward." Chumen snapped his fingers lightly, and the information torrent surged in an instant, covering this area of Space and shrouding the Blood Emperor within it.

This was a Divine Kingdom composed entirely of information.

It was naturally impossible for the Blood Emperor to fall into this Information Divine Kingdom just like that; His pupils turned the color of black Iron, and He reached out to pull phantom armies from outside the world that had not yet completely closed in.

This army maintained a close connection with the outside world, preventing Chumen from achieving complete isolation in terms of information, and the Blood Emperor had not completely fallen into his domain.

The connection with the army was an inherent attribute of the "Red Priest," just as one could not make "Error" give up Deception and theft.

"Great Master of War, incarnation of blood and fire..." The phantom army prayed, and blood-colored power was added to the Blood Emperor, raising His power by a notch!

His body was burning violently, and near-colorless flames wrapped around His entire body, but His body was the hardest steel, and the "rust" on His face was even more obvious.

Power that destroyed everything and ruined everything was surging, killing the underlying structure of the Information Divine Kingdom.

"Grant me the power of Destruction, grant me the Symbol of the root..."

The Banner Mark on the Blood Emperor's brow became increasingly distinct, and what He was doing now was "sacrifice," sacrificing to that "City of Calamity"!

"This is the true 'Red Priest'?" Chumen was thoughtful; the meaning of a sacrificer of power turned out to be this—sacrificing to that higher existence to borrow powerful strength.

Then, if one were to become a "Destruction Calamity" and combine the yin and yang aspects of the "Original Creator," could one borrow power directly from the "Original Creator"?

"But it is not enough yet."

Chumen obtained enough information from the "Red Priest," then gently flicked the Dream Book within his body.

The Dream Book trembled slightly, mobilizing more power to deal with the power of the "City of Calamity" sacrificed by the "Red Priest."

At this moment, as long as the "City of Calamity" did not break through the Seal of the Grey Fog and truly appear on the North and South Continents, it could not resist the Dream Book.

Boom!

In the Information Divine Kingdom that no one could spy upon, the two auras of Source Quality collided once again, and a certain eerie aura was rising and surging.

This aura had once appeared on the "Primordial Witch," and now the crazed Blood Emperor was also moving toward that state, about to become the yang aspect of the "Original Creator."

But the surging Dream Sea opposite appeared even more powerful; the star sea was vast, and the infinite Dream Phosphor forced the "City of Calamity" to adopt a defensive posture, forming a defensive circle shaped like an altar.

On the outermost edge of the altar were the phantom soldiers of the "Red Priest," and standing in the center was the "Red Priest" Himself; before Him was a manifested banner, fluttering in the wind, destroying and collapsing all things.

Chumen had the upper hand in the Information Divine Kingdom, but the rhythm of the Dream Book also had a certain impact on his main body, for the first time letting the "God of War" Badehaier see hope for victory.

This also caused the battle in the Astral World to become increasingly intense.

Chumen reached out and grabbed into the void, slowly drawing the Spear of Destiny out from it.

He had already revoked "Mystery Reproduction"; the current Spear of Destiny was the genuine article taken from the Sun Kingdom.

"This is the genuine article that assassinated the Creator?" The Blood Emperor's gaze fell upon the true Spear of Destiny.

"You are the third deity to truly face It."

The first was the Creator, the second was Osekus; afterward, Chumen had also taken it out, but it had not been aimed at anyone in particular.

This was the third time.

"Then do I have to express my gratitude to you?!" The Blood Emperor pulled that blood-colored banner from the altar and held it in His hand.

"Of course you can." Chumen activated all the Source Quality auras on the Spear of Destiny.

The Source Quality corruption or blood of three Pillars, plus his own Dream Phosphor.

Equivalent to the Source Quality corruption of four of the strongest Oldest Ones; in the face of such power, the "City of Calamity" was also slightly lacking.

Of course, in one of Chumen's hypotheses, the aura of this "City of Calamity" would also become a part of this Spear of Destiny at some point...

"Kill!" Around the "Red Priest's" altar, a phantom of an ancient city suddenly manifested; inside the city, countless rotting and pus-oozing soldiers crawled out from the ground, forming an army, their shouts of slaughter piercing the sky.

It was also at this moment that the Blood Emperor waved the blood-colored banner in His hand!