Chapter 165: 「Hidden Emperor」

The blood-colored banners fluttered, stirring up rolling waves of blood. The power truly belonging to the Destruction Calamity was brewing within this Information Divine Kingdom; various calamities, such as earthquakes and meteorites, caused the entire Information Divine Kingdom to tremble.

"So that's how it is..." Chumen sensed this power, and his attitude became more cautious.

If the Blood Emperor were to go mad and fully introduce the power of the City of Calamity, it might result in the appearance of half a "Destruction Calamity" or "Source of Calamity."

Of course, such a thing would not come to pass.

Aside from him, Dream, the Fourth Epoch did not allow such a powerful god to exist!

Chumen snapped his fingers lightly, triggering his own power.

The Blood Emperor, who was waving the blood-colored banners and summoning the City of Calamity, suddenly froze in place.

A certain power exploded within the Blood Emperor's body; Alistair even found his own self, who had not yet gone mad, after that power exploded.

At that time, he was still an Angel under the Black Emperor, not yet persuaded by Adam to undertake a mad attempt destined for failure.

Dream Phosphor seeped out from the Blood Emperor's body, gradually converging above His head into the shape of a book.

At the same time, the Dream Book within Chumen's body channeled more power through the Authority of Reality.

Just as the Blood Emperor briefly suppressed the madness inherent in the Characteristic and Source Quality, falling into self-doubt, the blood-colored banners in the Blood Emperor's hands instantly dimmed and then shattered completely under the impact of the Dream Phosphor.

"You!" The Blood Emperor suddenly raised his head to look at Chumen.

"No... not just you!"

"There is also... Adam!?"

The Blood Emperor realized the key point: the Red Priest Potion was prepared for Him by Adam. It was impossible for Adam not to have discovered the Dream Phosphor contained within it, yet... Adam had never warned Him.

Had Adam offered even a single word of warning, He would not have used all His power on the ritual, but would have prioritized suppressing the dream power within His body.

"Congratulations, you guessed right again."

Chumen would not pity his enemy, so he took this opportunity to throw the Spear of Destiny in his hand.

Swish!

An arc of fate flashed by, and the Spear of Destiny struck the Blood Emperor's body squarely. This time, all the phantom shadows, including those of the "Soldier" and "Prey," were instantly shattered.

The tip of the Spear of Destiny pointed downward, pinning the "Red Priest" to His sacrificial altar.

The blood-colored cloak moved without wind, like a mass of writhing flesh.

It wanted to wrap around Alistair, but it had already been pierced by the Spear of Destiny, and in the end, it could only hang down powerlessly.

Chumen stepped onto the altar and arrived before Alistair.

"... Were all my actions within your expectations?" Alistair asked suddenly.

"Yes." Chumen pressed the Dream Book, formed from the Dream Phosphor, back into Alistair's body.

The emotions in the Blood Emperor's eyes suddenly exploded.

"However... if not for me, you could have succeeded. To become the true Blood Emperor."

Chumen added this sentence, and the Blood Emperor suddenly calmed down.

His eyes flashed with the dream that Chumen had transmitted to Him through "Illusion Dream."

Although the Blood Emperor on the original trajectory was mad, He was also one of the strongest True Gods. Only with the support of a dynasty could His power reach its absolute peak.

He was a half-mad True God who had even made the insane move of bringing all the gods to perish together.

Although He ultimately failed and died, He had the courage to do it!

A god mad to such a degree was also rare.

"Heh..."

The madness in Alistair's eyes faded completely, losing its luster.

Chumen pondered for a moment, swapped the Spear of Destiny for a fake one, and then waved his hand to disperse the Information Divine Kingdom.

The bizarre torrent of information receded, revealing the "Red Priest's" altar to the Real World, and the information merged with the outside world.

At this moment, the intense God War in the Astral World came to an abrupt halt.

All the True Gods looked toward the Blood Emperor on the altar.

His life was fading away.

The Blood Emperor had been killed by the "Hidden Sage."

The entire world received this information.

"Trash!"

Leodero's voice exploded along with the Lightning, the indignation within it causing countless people to tremble in fear.

They did not know what had happened inside the Information Divine Kingdom, but the fact that the Blood Emperor had been solo-killed by another True God was indisputable.

Anyone could find a few excuses for Him, such as being in a poor state after just advancing, or being unfamiliar with the Authority of the pathway He had jumped into...

But none of this could change the fact.

The Blood Emperor was definitely the shortest-lived deity.

And the "Hidden Sage" would also truly step onto the stage of the gods' game.

The first to exit was Dream; that sea of dreams directly transformed into a human form, jumped into the vast and endless Grey Fog, and concealed its figure.

"Hmph!" Thunder and Twilight disappeared directly from the Astral World. The "ally" they needed to protect had already failed, and the God War no longer had any meaning.

Following that, the Mother Goddess of Earth, the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, and others also dissipated, turning into symbols.

Clang!

The Shadow world was pierced through by the mad "Primordial Witch" and torn into fragments. Sasriel merely took one look and returned to His own God's Kingdom.

The "Primordial Witch" Cheek regained her freedom and madly charged toward the Grey Fog.

Clang!

An illusory portal closed; the Grey Fog became the sturdiest city wall, blocking the entry of all things.

Chumen's mouth twitched a few times, and he looked away with a cold expression.

He is currently the "Hidden Sage", not Dream.

He looked at the slain Blood Emperor, whose state had not collapsed for some reason.

Just at this moment, a cloud composed of skulls descended upon the "Hidden Sage", swallowing his body inside.

Chumen did not resist, allowing the skull cloud to isolate him.

A True God who has fallen into weakness due to killing a True God of the same level should not have the power to face a second True God.

In this way, being isolated was reasonable enough.

A dim river surged forth from the Underworld in the deepest part of the Spirit World, swallowing the corpse of the Blood Emperor.

By the time the "Hidden Sage" appeared, everything had vanished.

"Took the bait..." Chumen's eyes reflected the dim river that had just manifested.

It was "Death" Salinger who had just snatched away the corpse of the Blood Emperor.

"The state of the 'River of Eternal Darkness' is a bit too good." Chumen confirmed the state of the "River of Eternal Darkness".

As a Source Quality that had already permeated through since the Second Epoch, the "River of Eternal Darkness" had completely stabilized itself through two "Death" deities; even Chumen could not expel it.

Forcibly expelling it would be no different from starting a war directly with an "Oldest One".

"Mr. 'Hermit'." The "Black Emperor" arrived at this battlefield, twisting the various Corruption caused by the Blood Emperor back to normal values.

"Would Mr. 'Hermit' be willing to form an alliance with my empire?" Solomon sensed that Chumen did not want to reveal his identity, so he came here deliberately to make a request of Chumen.

"I do not mind having one more 'Hidden Emperor' in my kingdom." Solomon directly promised the status of a "Hidden Emperor" on equal footing.