Chapter 1072: Driving the Wrong Car

In Aaron's view.

The "Lord of War" was just a small golden giant, twice his height, wearing ancient armor.

He even felt the opponent was somewhat weak.

After all, he had only just been resurrected and returned.

【Lord of War (Saint Form)】

【Race:???】

【Divine Attribute: Strength 46, Dexterity 35, Constitution 40, Intelligence 33, Wisdom 39, Charisma 30】

Countless palms intersected with axe blades, splashing out a large amount of sparks.

"Quick... save them!"

——Body Protection Palm!

The "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva," whose golden body was even larger than the Lord of War, uttered a Secret Mantra, and one golden arm after another emerged from behind Him, smashing down toward the Lord of War!

Having just teleported over, hearing the voice of the Lord of War brought a pleasant smile to the corner of Aaron's mouth.

One by one, the Di Ting, which had seemingly been stone statues, came to life and were fighting in a tangle with Xisi.

"She has a name!"

How could such a powerful Lord of War run away after being resurrected?

Like the Underworld and the Abyss, it is also an Outer Plane, filled with shadow power, yet it is not a reflection of the Material Plane; instead, it is home to magical species such as "Shadow Dragons" and "Gray-Walking Dwarves."

"This is not the Material Plane!"

【Divine Value: 150 (Medium Divinity)】

"Of course!"

"Take this chance!"

He looked at the battlefield and discovered an acquaintance—the Paladin Commander Xisi!

Aaron had already advanced to Legend!

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva uttered a mantra, a thousand arms spread outward, and His size was constantly growing.

Challenging the God of Death—a 【Greater Divine Power】—in the Underworld is naturally an even more foolish act!

The Lord of War would never do such a thing.

But heaven have mercy!

Then, he threw a punch!

——Flame Fist!

——War Domain!

Spirits from the battlefield emerged, nimbly using weapons, setting up Army Formations, and using tactics to surround and annihilate the Di Ting hounds in the Divine Kingdom.

After all, among His Godhood Abilities was—"Arbitrary Teleportation"!

"But... the powerful 'Lord of War'..."

"【Weak Divine Power】?"

Just as Xisi was in despair, he was surprised to see a portal appear, opening directly into the Divine Kingdom.

Anthony's voice, helpless yet somewhat relieved, came through.

The opponent's figure remained frozen, like a small insect in amber.

Between gods, gifting petitioners and God's Messengers to one another is just like friends exchanging gifts.

It must be said, for the devout believers who worship them, what kind of sorrow is it to be given away by their own Lord?

Xisi looked at Aaron and finally recalled that this young monk seemed to be the bard who had returned the Spirit Bone Prayer Beads and to whom he had gifted a lute!

However...

The earth cracked, revealing deep, bottomless fissures.

——War Stomp!

"Moo!"

His flesh and blood rotted instantly, falling off in chunks to reveal withered bones.

He had already lost track of Aaron!

——Shadow Shuttle!

This is something only a Legendary-level thief can achieve with the help of the Shadow Plane.

In the Floating City, the Tower spirit's voice was intermittent: "Master... initiating... defense...... %#@... Praise the Lord of the Charnel Ground, praise Vipasyin Buddha..."

And inside the dungeon, there was a huge purple crystal, within which a young mage was sealed.

【Godhood Ability: Arbitrary Teleportation, Change Form, Hand of War...】

This time, all the resurrection contingencies he had set up failed, and he gained eternal peace and... death!!

"But it was this group of idiots... who sacrificed themselves to resurrect you!" Aaron frowned.

In fact, on the battlefield, he was already the only one left.

Bang!

The Lord of War, dealing with Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Thousand-Armed Venerable, was almost beaten senseless.

【Divine Duty: War, Soldiers, Strategy...】

"What do you know? Those adventurers are already dead for sure..."

This is the opponent's home turf!

The Lord of War is very weak.

Although he lost the Star of Radiance, Xisi is still the strongest paladin in the Material Plane!

He let out a roar and charged into the dungeon!

No matter how despicable those gods are, as long as the Weave Goddess who represents the Weave is resurrected and the mages who lost their spell slots regain their strength, the Coalition of the Crystal Wall System will see a massive increase in military power!

Before the War Master, a portal suddenly opened: "Gods and mortals are different after all... Now, do you want to leave?"

The shockwaves from the battle between 'Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva' and the 'War Master' within the Divine Kingdom could even easily destroy a Legend!

It doesn't matter!

Just by basking in the sun every day, there is an endless supply of experience!

Wasting some to master a few Legendary-level skills is barely not a loss.

One of the fissures seemed to lead to a dungeon somewhere!

Then, the ground seemed to collapse, and countless rocks came crashing down!

Crack!

Clatter!

Anthony's bones were scattered on the ground.

After all, he only had two hands; how could he deal with a thousand hands?

After arduously summoning a shield to block the impact of the Vajra Pestle, the War Master was struck in the head by the conch that followed, retreated several steps, looked at the composed Aaron, and roared: "God of Stories, are you still not going to make a move?"

Boom!

Outside the Mythallar, two giant bone hands descended, breaking through the Mythallar and grabbing the Floating City as if a child were playing with a paper boat!

"No!"

Aaron seemed to be persuaded and followed the War Master into the portal.

His Divine Rank was only 15, briefly dropping to 【Medium Divine Power】.

Snap!

Aaron snapped his fingers and closed the portal.

Inside the dungeon.

——Penetrating Force (Legendary)!

He firmly believed that Aaron would not harm him!

"Stubborn as expected, but congratulations, you bet right; this is the vehicle heading to the Material Plane!"

And after a rogue advances to Legend, they can also briefly visit the Shadow Plane and obtain the power within it.

【Class: 15th-level Fighter/15th-level Barbarian/5 (+15 Godhood) level War Master】

The words had just fallen!

He didn't doubt Aaron at all, because the only one who could do such a thing was that 【Greater Divine Power】 Death God!

Aaron looked at Xisi and raised his hand to summon a 'portal'!

Xisi took a deep look at Aaron and jumped into the portal while holding the Chosen of the Weave Goddess.

"That wasn't a portal to the Material Plane just now!"

【Domain: War】

Xisi's eyes lit up, and Anthony's excited voice came from his collar: "The War Master's Divine Power unconsciously tore the cage; what a miracle that is hard to replicate!"

He had probably guessed that it was the 【Greater Divine Power】 Vipasyin Buddha who discovered his portal and even distorted it!

The strongest skill among them is—Shadow Shuttle, known as the divine skill of Legendary rogues!

On his collar, an ornament suddenly flashed with magical light: "Cough, cough... I can still... as if! Who would feel good after dying once? But that's not the point... The point is that my Floating City Mythallar is about to finish; once that 【Greater Divine Power】 Death God enters, we will definitely die... Even if I set up a double-resurrection contingency spell in the Material Plane, I might not be able to be exempted from the Death God's death decree!"

His 'War Master' class could originally use any weapon, and even had a Proficiency bonus.

【Divine Power Value: 150】

At this moment, with the help of the Shadow Plane, Aaron shuttled through space in an instant and arrived deep underground.

"No... this is impossible!"

'Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva' is worthy of being a Demon Governor, the Bodhisattva closest to the Buddha!

If it weren't for the existence of the Nine Hells Lord, the Blood War oath he made would surely have been realized!

By then, the vast and chaotic will of the Abyss would be incomparably joyful, assisting him in becoming a Buddha; these are all logical outcomes!

"The most critical thing is... we aren't here to slaughter gods; where is the Chosen of the Weave Goddess?" Xisi frowned.

"What a god wants to hide in their own Divine Kingdom, I cannot find in a short time, even with a Floating City!"

Inside the Divine Kingdom, the War Master's extremely horrified roar rang out.

"The slacking is over, time to get to work!"

"Go!"

"Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!"

However, he had limb backups from resurrection spells and clone spells in the Floating City, so he was resurrected, but he hid in the Floating City, not daring to show his face easily.

Xisi, on the other hand, was stunned by the War Master's words: "Heh... although I knew the lower limits of those gods were very low, seeing the guy we risked our lives to save be so shameless still makes one feel a bit uncomfortable... Anthony, how are you?"

Shadow Plane!

Godhood Ability—Control Death!

Except for that Demigod, most of these Di Ting were still at the level of Legends and high-level professionals, still belonging to 'mortal things'!

Facing the spell cast by Aaron consuming Divine Power, a large group died instantly!

"You are... that one from before?"

【Godhood Value: 15】

【Medium Divine Power】 are all like this.

He really did not want to fight the other party; even against this 【Medium Divine Power】 god of death, he felt he had little chance of winning within the other's Divine Kingdom.

Not to mention that the Saint of the god behind him was too weak, but upon seeing the one in front, he was overjoyed: "It is the War Master! You have finally been resurrected and come to help us?"

The War Master clearly tried to escape, but could no longer open a portal, and was forced to fight!

With a wave of his hand, a terrifying domain unfolded!

Then, the Saint forms of the two gods stepped out.

Xisi's pupils constricted slightly, yet he discovered that the Chosen One within had not been harmed in the slightest.

He even developed a murderous intent!

Thinking that at a critical moment later, he might be able to devour the other's Godhood and Divine Power; even if they were not a perfect match, it could compensate for his own deficiencies.

How did the bard become a god so quickly?

Unless, the other party was a god from the very beginning!

Aaron's face sank like water: "Her name is Listalin!"

Anthony replied: "Unless another god intervened and happened to cancel out the other's concealment..."

Before the words had faded, the giant transformed from the War Master had already held a giant battle axe and chopped the demigod Di Ting to death with one blow!

Immediately, he roared and stomped toward Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!

Only, at this moment, the other party was bathed in blood and looked to be in a very bad state.

Aaron's expression was cold and stern; he took a few steps through the air and arrived before the crystal.

Just a few rounds of attacks earlier, the adventurer squad had been reduced to only Xisi and Anthony!

Anthony had previously been struck by a Legend-level Great Hand Seal, and his entire body had been reduced to particles.

The War Master only glanced at Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Divine Kingdom before reaching a conclusion: "Even in my prime, I would not dare to rashly invade the Divine Kingdom of a 【Medium Divine Power】 god, let alone invade a death god's Divine Kingdom in the Underworld; that is just courting death! Their courage is commendable, but they are a bunch of idiots!"

Aaron waved his hand slightly toward them.

At this moment, his favor for the person who had saved him and resurrected him had completely dissipated.

"You are sympathizing with that Chosen One?" The War Master seemed to have discovered something interesting: "What a pity... her body and soul belong to me. If she were just an ordinary petitioner or God's Messenger, I could have made the decision to give her to you!"

Although a Legend bard is equally useless, after a long period of study and drawing inferences, mastering one or two signature skills of a Legend thief, Legend Warlock, or Legend mage is not much of a problem.

"It is the Weave Goddess's Chosen One!"

Aaron's voice carried sincerity: "The reason your believers sacrificed themselves to resurrect you... is because they wanted you to save those adventurers, resurrect the Weave Goddess, and bring hope to the Material Plane!"

"Oh, yes, but so what?"

Aaron casually struck out with a palm; the golden palm print resembled two wings, and the five fingers closed toward the center, guarding them within.

Of course, as long as he was given a little time, he believed there would be no problem at all in rising back to 【Greater Divine Power】.

The terrifying shockwaves of Divine Power canceled each other out, subsequently triggering a violent earthquake.

He was once a 【Greater Divine Power】; he believed he could open a channel from the Underworld to the Material Plane for a short time!

A large number of cracks spread across the crystal, and then it exploded with a boom.

The Great Arcanist Anthony let out a miserable scream as he saw the true owner of those white bones—the Lord of the Charnel Ground!

War Master: "I *&￥#@!"

Countless flames exploded inside the crystal, causing the amber-like crystal to crack with one fissure after another.

The 'War Master' roared violently, his body size instantly expanding, transforming into a super-large golden giant that almost reached the floating city: "Let me leave... otherwise I will smash your Divine Kingdom!"

While speaking, one weapon after another appeared beside the War Master.

"Ah... where is this?"

Isn't it just a double experience penalty?

After all, the War Master had only just been resurrected and was also at the peak of 【Medium Divine Power】!

"Om... ma... ni... padme hum!"

Hum!

The world changed instantly!

The War Master glanced at Aaron and immediately discovered the other's essence, a sneer on his face: "Such a weak god... forget it, you resurrected me, you will receive a reward you deserve... now, let's leave this damned ghost place quickly!"

One of the figures fell out and was steadily caught in Xisi's arms.

"In fact... just now I felt like I almost died..."

"Damn it!"

Some Di Ting screamed as they fell into the bottomless Abyss.

But the next instant, the War Master's eyes widened.

He discovered in horror that not only had 'Vipasyin Buddha' suddenly arrived, but even 'Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva' was powerful beyond imagination.

It was as if... they had been deliberately playing with him before!

And now that they had started to get serious, he was about to be finished...

(End of chapter)