Chapter 1000

"Well done!" Wu Tie's forehead spiritual eye opened, through the great formation, he stared fixedly at every move of the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan.

Translation: "Well done!" Wu Tie's forehead law eye opened, through the great formation, he stared fixedly at every move of the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan.

We need to keep "great formation" as the translation for the generic term. Translate the term meaning "forehead spiritual eye" as "forehead spiritual eye"; concisely, "Wu Tie's forehead spiritual eye opened". But we must avoid Chinese characters. So we can say: "Keep 'great formation' as the translation for the generic term. Translate the term meaning 'forehead spiritual eye' as 'forehead spiritual eye'; concisely, 'Wu Tie's forehead spiritual eye opened'." However that repeats the phrase "forehead spiritual eye" which is fine. No Chinese characters.

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Thus line1 translation: "Well done!" Wu Tie's forehead spiritual eye opened, through the great formation, he stared fixedly at every move of the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan.

Check for any added words: we added "his"? Actually we said "Wu Tie's forehead spiritual eye opened". That's okay.

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Translation: "Shameless betrayal... have your crystal brains gone bad?" The lava giant gods, currently under Sparks Fire attack and with their strength greatly weakened, let out incredulous roars and curses.

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We'll output: "Shameless betrayal... have your crystal brains gone bad?" The lava giant gods, under Sparks Fire attack and with their strength greatly weakened, let out incredulous roars and curses.

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Translation: When the great formation shifted, the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan and the lava giant gods were thrown into the same space, and remarkably, fifteen thousand lava giant gods huddled together in a corner of this space.

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Translation: Beside each other group of fifteen thousand lava giant gods, two Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan members stood evenly balanced.

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We'll output: Beside the fifteen thousand lava giant gods, two Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan members stood evenly balanced.

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Translation: The Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan possess a heavenly talent: they need no language, communicating information through the flashing light of their own crystal bodies at extremely high frequency and efficiency.

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Translation: In fact, this is originally the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan's most traditional and orthodox means of communication.

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Translation: Sound is merely a method the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan learned out of necessity to communicate with the divine spirits of other races.

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Translation: Therefore, Xuanguang's orders were received by all Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan present at the highest speed and efficiency.

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Translation: The Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan and the lava giant gods are both powerful races in the world of gods.

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Translation: For territory and their people, the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan and the lava giant gods often clash.

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Translation: In just the past tens of thousands of years, the two divine races have fought a prolonged war over a newly discovered vast faith colony by cultivating proxies. In this war, members of both races occasionally personally took up arms.

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Translation: Thus, the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan knows quite a lot about the lava giant gods.

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Translation: Extremely sharp and hard crystal spears and javelins, possessing terrifying piercing power, stabbed into the lava giant gods' bodies.

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Translation: The lava giant gods were completely unprepared.

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Translation: The Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan paired up, flanking the lava giant gods engulfed in Sparks Fire on both sides, and easily succeeded in a rear ambush.

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Translation: Streams of red, purple, and gold high-temperature plasma spewed from the bodies of the lava divine clan, and the cries of pain from fifteen thousand lava divine clan shook heaven and earth, causing the fifteen thousand Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan gathered far away to stiffen in disbelief as they watched the crystal divine weapons repeatedly pierce their own kin.

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Translation: The lava giant gods possess a peculiar physiological structure.

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Translation: As their strength grows and their realm rises, with their bloodlines continually opening, new hearts continually grow within their massive bodies. Ordinary divine weapons can hold at most three hearts filled with scorching magma; God General level, at most six hearts; and upon reaching God King level, at most nine hearts.

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Translation: The stronger they are, the nobler their bloodline, the more hearts they have, the larger each heart's volume, and the stockpiled magma—the source of the lava giant gods' life and power—becomes vaster and purer.

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Translation: The Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan's eyes flashed with piercing light as their crystal divine weapons repeatedly pierced the bodies of their former comrades, precisely striking each heart containing scorching magma.

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Translation: These Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan's crystal bodies vibrated violently, emitting high-frequency sound waves inaudible to ordinary ears.

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Translation: These sound waves passed through the lava giant gods' bodies, precisely locking onto each heart within them—like a small sun, emitting terrifying heat and power fluctuations.

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Translation: Their attack was ruthless and efficient.

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Translation: Even the strongest lava divine clan present had no more than six hearts inside.

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Translation: With two Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan members ambushing from behind, each needed only three thrusts to pierce all six hearts.

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Translation: The fifteen thousand ambushed lava giant gods' vitality rapidly waned; their bodies trembled, then they collapsed helplessly to the ground. Their bodies continuously spewed scorching magma, which the Sparks Fire quickly refined into red life gems.

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Translation: With all their hearts pierced, the Sparks Fire on their surfaces further refined their condensed lava armor; these fifteen thousand lava giant gods had completely lost combat ability, unable even to twitch their bodies.

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Translation: Xuanguang's body flashed with piercing high-frequency crystal light, and his orders were swiftly received by his subordinates.

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Translation: The Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan turned around and simultaneously gazed at the dumbfounded lava giant gods dozens of li away.

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Translation: Then they uniformly squatted down, each picking up a life gem and quickly stuffing it into their mouths. Their crystal-formed teeth crushed the hard, hot life gems into powder, and streams of pure life energy continually merged into their bodies.

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Translation: The Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan's crystal bodies glittered with brilliant light; their many-faceted, sharp forms gradually underwent a strange transformation. The edges on their surfaces grew ever keener, and the flashing cold light became ever more glaring.

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Translation: Just one life gem swallowed, these Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan's strength on average rose over three percent, and the toughness of their divine bodies increased by about one percent.

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Translation: The Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan's divine bodies were already among the foremost of many god races—extremely hard and indestructible.

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Translation: On this basis, would their physical strength increase another one percent?

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Translation: Moreover, this is merely the effect of a single life gem, while the ground here has already accumulated tens of thousands of life gems!

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Translation: If one Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan member could consume all these life gems?

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Translation: Such life gems certainly cannot infinitely boost their strength and divine body toughness, but even just doubling… doubling on top of the existing foundation would already be enough to drive one mad.

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Translation: All Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan present simultaneously flashed with piercing high-frequency light on their surfaces; they finally understood Xuanguang's reason for ordering the ambush on the lava giant gods, and they trembled with excitement, their crystal divine bodies continually emitting a humming roar.

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Translation: "Take them down, make them our nourishment!" Xuanguang shook his crystal spear coated with a layer of scorching magma, then fiercely pointed at another fifteen thousand lava giant gods isolated dozens of li away.

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Translation: "Nourishment!" the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan let out low growls, quickly forming an odd echelon battle formation: five hundred members lined up side by side in front, behind them twenty-nine thousand five hundred members interlocked arms, row after row neatly arranged, with the rear members placing their palms on the backs of those ahead.

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Translation: "Prepare to defend!" the lava giant gods, their bodies tempered by Sparks Fire and their strength greatly weakened, let out a mixed roar of shock and anger.

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Translation: This is a battle formation unique to the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan!

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Translation: Only the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan's peculiar crystal-composed bodies can construct this strange yet immensely powerful battle formation.

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Translation: Thirty thousand Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan bodies simultaneously flashed with blinding light, their bodies rapidly vibrating; each second, their internal crystal particles underwent violent vibration at hundreds of millions of cycles per second.

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Translation: Soon, the vibrations of the thirty thousand Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan unified at a single frequency, their bodies completing a strange resonance.

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Translation: The front rank of five hundred Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan suddenly lit up, bursting forth with blinding light impossible to look at directly.

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Translation: With a strange "gee—" roar, the chests of the five hundred Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan spewed forth scarlet rays of terrifying heat—hot enough to instantly vaporize metal.

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Translation: Five hundred laser beams shot straight at the fleeing lava giant gods.

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Translation: Hundreds of lava giant gods failed to dodge, struck by the lasers; their bodies were pierced with transparent holes, their internal tissues instantly vaporizing. These lava giant gods let out hysterical cries, collapsing heavily to the ground, splashing vast amounts of magma and thousands of glittering life gems.

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Translation: The five hundred Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan slightly adjusted their chest orientations, continuously firing scarlet lasers; the thirty thousand Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan's bodies glittered with piercing light, and ceaseless divine power continually flowed through the strange resonance into the five hundred attackers.

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Translation: The red lasers turned into a storm of wind and rain, battering the unprepared lava giant gods into disarray.

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Translation: If the lava giant gods had likewise formed a battle formation, they would have many means to defend against the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan's charged attack. But they had no chance to form up; the Sparks Fire raining from the sky weakened them, and the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan's laser power was overwhelming…

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Translation: One by one, lava giant gods struck by the lasers fell to the ground, howling with severe injuries.

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Translation: Xuanguang howled hysterically: "Exactly, just like that… hahaha, two thousand years ago in the damned Yatu Lande, you beat me to near death… this battle, I will utterly wash away my former shame!"

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Translation: "Wiping out thirty thousand lava giant gods in one battle… what a glorious, epic victory!" Xuanguang gleefully picked up several life gems from the ground and gulped them down in big mouthfuls.

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Translation: The feeling of power filling his body was fantastic.

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Translation: Xuanguang felt proud of his quick thinking; perhaps, after digesting these life gems, he would qualify to contend with Xuanwu for leadership permission of the Observation Outpost.

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Translation: Of course, Xuanwu's background and bloodline are far nobler than Xuanguang's.

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Translation: But if he had enough human bloodline essence, Xuanguang could likewise elevate his bloodline to rival the Primordial Divine Bloodline of the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan's ancestor; then his and Xuanwu's bloodline origins would be completely equal.

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Translation: Xuanguang could not believe that Xuanwu, at the Observation Outpost, could have the chance to obtain so many life gems!

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Wu Tie's forehead spiritual eye opened.

through the great formation

He stared fixedly at every move of the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan.

We didn't add extra.

Shameless betrayal... have your crystal brains gone bad? The lava giant gods, under Sparks Fire attack and with their strength greatly weakened, let out incredulous roars and curses.

The lava giant gods, under Sparks Fire attack and with their strength greatly weakened

let out incredulous roars and curses.

Line3: "When the great formation shifted, the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan and the lava giant gods were thrown into the same space, and remarkably, fifteen thousand lava giant gods huddled together in a corner of this space."

When the formation shifted, the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan and the lava giant gods were thrown into the same space, and miraculously, fifteen thousand lava giant gods huddled together in a corner of that space.

Line4: "Beside the fifteen thousand lava giant gods, two Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan members stood evenly balanced."

Beside the fifteen thousand lava giant gods, two Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan members stood evenly balanced.

Line5: "The Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan possess a heavenly talent: they need no language, communicating information through the flashing light of their own crystal bodies at extremely high frequency and efficiency."

The Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan possess a heavenly talent: they need no language, communicating information through the flashing light of their own crystal bodies at extremely high frequency and efficiency.

Line6: "In fact, this is originally the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan's most traditional and orthodox means of communication."

Indeed, this was originally the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan's most traditional and orthodox means of communication.

Line7: "Sound is merely a method the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan learned out of necessity to communicate with the divine spirits of other races."

Sound is merely a communication method that the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan reluctantly learned later in order to interact with the spirits of other races.

Line8: "Therefore, Xuanguang's orders were received by all Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan present at the highest speed and efficiency."

Therefore, the order of the flash of light was received by all the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan present at the highest speed and efficiency.

Line9: "The Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan and the lava giant gods are both powerful races in the world of gods."

Both the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan and the lava giant gods are powerful races in the world of gods.

Line10: "For territory and their people, the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan and the lava giant gods often clash."

For territory and for their people, the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan and the lava giant gods often clashed.

Line11: "In just the past tens of thousands of years, the two divine races have fought a prolonged war over a newly discovered vast faith colony by cultivating proxies. In this war, members of both races occasionally personally took up arms."

In just the past tens of thousands of years, the two great divine races erupted into a prolonged war over a newly discovered vast faith colony, cultivating proxies to fight; in this war, members of both sides occasionally took up arms personally.

Line12: "Thus, the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan knows quite a lot about the lava giant gods."

Therefore, the Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan knows quite a lot about the lava giant gods.

Line13: "Extremely sharp and hard crystal spears and javelins, possessing terrifying piercing power, stabbed into the lava giant gods' bodies."

Extremely sharp and hard crystal spears and javelins with terrifying piercing power stabbed into the bodies of the lava giant gods.

Line14: "The lava giant gods were completely unprepared."

The lava giant gods were completely unprepared.

Line15: "The Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan paired up, flanking the lava giant gods engulfed in Sparks Fire on both sides, and easily succeeded in a rear ambush."

The Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan paired up, flanking the lava giant gods whose bodies were entirely wrapped in spark fire, and easily succeeded in a rear ambush.

Line16: "Streams of red, purple, and gold high-temperature plasma spewed from the bodies of the lava divine clan, and the cries of pain from fifteen thousand lava divine clan shook heaven and earth, causing the fifteen thousand Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan gathered far away to stiffen in disbelief as they watched the crystal divine weapons repeatedly pierce their own kin."

Streams of red, purple, and gold scorching plasma spewed from the lava giants' bodies; the cries of pain from the fifteen thousand lava giants shook heaven and earth, causing the fifteen thousand Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan gathered far away to stiffen in disbelief as they watched the crystal weapons repeatedly pierce their own kin.

Line17: "The lava giant gods possess a peculiar physiological structure."

The lava giant gods possess a unique physiological structure.

Line18: "As their strength grows and their realm rises, with their bloodlines continually opening, new hearts continually grow within their massive bodies. Ordinary divine weapons can hold at most three hearts filled with scorching magma; God General level, at most six hearts; and upon reaching God King level, at most nine hearts."

As their strength grows and their realm rises, with their bloodlines continually opening, new 'hearts' continually grow within their massive bodies; ordinary divine soldiers can have at most three hearts filled with scorching magma; divine generals can have at most six; and divine kings can have at most nine.

Line19: "The stronger they are, the nobler their bloodline, the more hearts they have, the larger each heart's volume, and the stockpiled magma—the source of the lava giant gods' life and power—becomes vaster and purer."

The stronger they are, the nobler their bloodline, the more hearts they have, and the larger each heart's volume; the stockpiled magma—the source of the lava giant gods' life and power—also becomes greater and purer.

Line20: "The Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan's eyes flashed with piercing light as their crystal divine weapons repeatedly pierced the bodies of their former comrades, precisely striking each heart containing scorching magma."

The Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan's eyes flashed with piercing light as their crystal weapons repeatedly pierced the bodies of their 'comrades,' precisely striking each heart that stored scorching magma.

Line21: "These Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan's crystal bodies vibrated violently, emitting high-frequency sound waves inaudible to ordinary ears."

The Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan's bodies trembled violently, emitting high-frequency sound waves inaudible to ordinary ears.

Line22: "These sound waves passed through the lava giant gods' bodies, precisely locking onto each heart within them—like a small sun, emitting terrifying heat and power fluctuations."

These sound waves passed through the lava giants' bodies, precisely locking onto each heart within them—like miniature suns—that emitted terrifying heat and power fluctuations.

Line23: "Their attack was ruthless and efficient."

Their attacks were ruthless and efficient.

Line24: "Even the strongest lava divine clan present had no more than six hearts inside."

Even the strongest lava giant god present had no more than six hearts.

Line25: "With two Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan members ambushing from behind, each needed only three thrusts to pierce all six hearts."

With two Heavenly Crystal Divine Clan attacking from behind, each needed only three strikes to pierce all six hearts.

Line26: "The fifteen thousand ambushed lava giant gods' vitality rapidly waned; their bodies trembled, then they collapsed helplessly to the ground. Their bodies continuously spewed scorching magma, which the Sparks Fire quickly refined into red life gems."

The fifteen thousand lava giant gods that were ambushed saw their breath rapidly fade; their bodies trembled and then collapsed helplessly to the ground. Their bodies continuously spewed scorching magma, which the spark fire swiftly refined into red life gems containing vast vital energy.

Line27: "With all their hearts pierced, the Sparks Fire on their surfaces further refined their condensed lava armor; these fifteen thousand lava giant gods had completely lost combat ability, unable even to twitch their bodies."

All the hearts inside their bodies have been pierced, and the spark fire on their surfaces further refined their condensed lava armor; these fifteen thousand lava giant gods have already completely lost.

"Shameless betrayal……have your crystal brains gone bad?" The lava giants, who were being struck by spark-fire and had their strength greatly weakened, then let out incredulous roars and curses.

When the great formation shifted, the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan and the lava giants were thrown into the same space, and miraculously, fifteen thousand lava giants huddled together in a corner of that space.

Beside the other fifteen thousand lava giants, two Celestial Crystal Divine Clan members stood evenly.

The Celestial Crystal Divine Clan possess an innate ability: they need no language, and can communicate information at extremely high frequency and efficiency through the flashing light of their own crystal bodies.

In fact, this is originally the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan's most traditional and orthodox means of communication.

Sound is merely a method the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan reluctantly learned later in order to communicate with the spirits of other races.

Therefore, Xuan Guang's orders were received by all the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan present at the fastest speed and highest efficiency.

Both the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan and the lava giants are powerful clans in the world of gods.

For territory and for their people, the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan and the lava giants often clash.

In just the past tens of thousands of years, the two great divine clans have waged a prolonged war over a newly discovered vast faith colony by cultivating proxies, and in this war, members of both clans occasionally take up arms personally.

Therefore, the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan knows quite a lot about the lava giants.

Razor-sharp, incredibly hard crystal spears and javelins with terrifying piercing power stabbed through the lava giants' bodies.

The lava giants were utterly unprepared.

The Celestial Crystal Divine Clan paired up, flanking the lava giants whose bodies were entirely wrapped in spark-fire, and easily succeeded in a rear ambush.

Streams of red, purple, and gold high-temperature plasma spurted from the lava giants' bodies; the cries of pain from the fifteen thousand lava giants shook heaven and earth, causing the fifteen thousand Celestial Crystal Divine Clan members huddled far away to stiffen all over, incredulously watching as the crystal weapons repeatedly pierced their own kin.

The lava giants possess a peculiar physiological structure.

As their strength grows and their realm rises, with their bloodlines continually opening, new 'hearts' continually grow within their massive bodies; ordinary divine soldiers can have at most three 'hearts' filled with scorching magma, divine commanders at most six 'hearts', and divine kings at most nine 'hearts'.

The stronger they are, the nobler their bloodline, the more numerous and larger their hearts become, and the stockpiled magma—the source of the lava giants' life and power—grows ever vaster and purer.

The Celestial Crystal Divine Clan members' eyes flashed with piercing light as their crystal weapons repeatedly stabbed the bodies of their 'comrades' before them, precisely piercing each 'heart' that housed scorching magma.

The Celestial Crystal Divine Clan's crystal bodies vibrated violently, emitting high-frequency sound waves inaudible to ordinary ears.

These sound waves passed through the lava giants' bodies, precisely locking onto each of their hearts—like miniature suns that emit terrifying heat and power fluctuations.

Their attacks were ruthless and efficient.

Even the strongest lava giant present had no more than six hearts inside.

With two Celestial Crystal Divine Clan members ambushing from behind, each needed only three thrusts to pierce all six hearts.

The fifteen thousand lava giants that were ambushed saw their breath rapidly wither; their bodies trembled, then collapsed helplessly to the ground. Their bodies continually spewed scorching magma, which the spark-fire swiftly refined into red life gems.

With all their hearts pierced, the spark-fire on their surfaces further refined their congealed lava armor, leaving these fifteen thousand lava giants completely combat‑incapable, unable even to twitch a muscle.

Xuan Guang's body flashed with piercing high‑frequency crystal light, and his orders were swiftly received by his subordinates.

The Celestial Crystal Divine Clan turned and simultaneously gazed at the dumbfounded lava giants tens of li away.

Then they all squatted in unison, each picking up a life gem and quickly stuffing it into their mouths; their crystal‑formed teeth crushed the hard, hot life gems into powder, and streams of pure life energy continually flowed into their bodies.

The Celestial Crystal Divine Clan's crystal bodies glittered with brilliant light; their many‑angled, sharp forms gradually underwent a strange transformation, the edges on their surfaces growing ever keener and the flashing cold light ever more blinding.

Merely swallowing a single life gem raised these Celestial Crystal Divine Clan members' strength by an average of over three percent, and the toughness of their divine bodies increased by about one percent.

The Celestial Crystal Divine Clan's divine bodies were already among the hardest of the many godly races, incomparably hard and indestructible.

On this foundation, would their physical strength increase by another one percent?

Moreover, this is merely the effect of a single life gem, while the ground here has already accumulated tens of thousands of life gems!

What if one Celestial Crystal Divine Clan member were to consume all of these life gems?

Such life gems certainly cannot boost their strength and divine‑body toughness without limit, but even just doubling them—doubling on top of their existing base—would already be enough to drive anyone mad.

All the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan present simultaneously flashed with piercing high‑frequency light on their surfaces; they finally understood why Xuan Guang had ordered the ambush of the lava giants, and they trembled with excitement, their crystal bodies continually emitting a 'humming' roar.

"Take them down and let them become our nourishment!" Xuan Guang shook the crystal spear in his hand, coated with a layer of scorching magma, and fiercely pointed it at the other fifteen thousand lava giants isolated tens of li away.

"Nourishment!" the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan bellowed lowly, rapidly forming an odd echelon battle array: the front rank consisted of exactly five hundred Celestial Crystal Divine Clan members lined up side by side; behind them, twenty‑nine thousand five hundred members interlocked their arms, forming neat rows, with the rearmost members placing their palms on the backs of those ahead.

"Prepare to defend!" the lava giants, whose bodies had been tempered by spark‑fire and whose strength had been greatly weakened, let out a roar mingling shock and anger.

This is a battle formation unique to the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan!

Only the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan's peculiar crystal‑composed bodies could construct this strange yet immensely powerful battle formation.

The bodies of thirty thousand Celestial Crystal Divine Clan members simultaneously flashed with blinding light, their frames rapidly vibrating; every second, the crystal particles within them underwent violent high‑frequency oscillations numbering in the hundreds of millions.

Soon, the vibrations of the thirty thousand Celestial Crystal Divine Clan members' bodies synchronized to a single frequency, completing a strange resonance.

The bodies of the front rank of five hundred Celestial Crystal Divine Clan members suddenly blazed forth, erupting in an unbearably intense light.

With a strange 'creak'‑like roar, the chests of the five hundred front‑rank Celestial Crystal Divine Clan members spewed forth beams of scarlet light so hot they could instantly vaporize metal.

Five hundred laser‑like beams shot straight at the fleeing lava giants.

Hundreds of lava giants failed to dodge, were struck by the lasers, and had transparent holes punched through their bodies as their tissues instantly vaporized; they screamed in hysterical agony, crashing to the ground and splattering vast amounts of magma and thousands of glittering life gems.

The five hundred Celestial Crystal Divine Clan members slightly adjusted the aim of their chests, continuously firing scarlet laser beams; the bodies of the thirty thousand Celestial Crystal Divine Clan members glittered with piercing light, and divine power incessantly flowed through their strange resonance into the five hundred attackers.

The scarlet lasers turned into a storm of wind and rain, battering the unprepared lava giants into disarray.

If the lava giants had likewise formed a battle formation, they would have many means to defend against the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan's charged assault; but they had no chance to array themselves, the spark‑fire raining from the sky weakened them, and the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan's laser power was overwhelming…

One lava giant after another was hit by the lasers, collapsing in miserable howls from severe wounds.

Xuan Guang wailed hysterically: "Exactly, just like this, just like this… hahaha, two thousand years ago in the damned Yatu Land, you lot beat me to near‑death… this battle, I will completely wash away the shame I once bore!"

"Wiping out thirty thousand lava giants in a single battle……this is a glorious, epic‑level victory!" Xuan Guang exclaimed triumphantly, then picked up several life gems from the ground and gulped them down in big mouthfuls.

The feeling of power filling his body was fantastic.

Xuan Guang felt proud of his quick wit; perhaps, after he digested these life gems, he would have the qualifications to contend with Xuan Wu for the authority to lead the observation outpost.

Of course, Xuan Wu's lineage and bloodline are far nobler than Xuan Guang's.

But if he had enough human blood‑essence, Xuan Guang could likewise elevate his bloodline to rival the 'Primordial Divine Pulse' of the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan's forefather—then his and Xuan Wu's bloodline origins would be completely equal.

Xuan Guang simply could not believe that Xuan Wu, stationed at the observation outpost, would have the chance to obtain so many life gems!

Moreover, Xuan Guang can use these life-giving gems to bribe the thirty thousand clansmen nearby, believing they will choose to pledge loyalty to Xuan Guang!

So, why couldn't Xuan Guang become the actual person in charge of the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan's observation outpost, given that he commanded thirty thousand clansmen who had taken the life-giving gems and whose strength far exceeded that of the clansmen left to guard and observe the outpost?

"I could even find a chance to behead Xuan Wu." Xuan Guang gulped down the life-giving gems in big mouthfuls, his mind swirling with extremely vicious and dangerous thoughts.

Wu Tie sat cross-legged in midair, watching the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan's shameless sneak attack and massacre of the Lava Giant Gods.

Having fortunately avoided the first wave of Lava Giant Gods' sneak attack from behind, under the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan's terrifying energy-charging attack, three or four thousand had already fallen, and the remaining Lava Giant Gods, their bodies engulfed in terrifying spark-fire, were desperately dodging laser attacks one after another within the formation space.

However, their huge bodies made evasion extremely difficult, as the lasers were too fast and too dense.

"I'll help you out!" Wu Tie laughed.

The Celestial Crystal Divine Clan now lacked the energy to control the Grand Dao Crystal Sphere, nor the strength to contend with Wu Tie for control of the formation. Thus Wu Tie easily cast several hand seals into the formation.

In the formation space where the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan and the Lava Giant Gods were, the void twisted slightly, and over ten thousand surviving Lava Giant Gods suddenly appeared in an extremely bizarre manner within the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan's energy-charging battle formation.

They simply appeared out of nowhere and were forcibly embedded within the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan's battle formation, face to face, pressed tightly together.

Within the bodies of these Lava Giant Gods, scorching blood plasma continually spewed out, flames flickered across their surfaces, and bizarre Dao patterns surged wildly, turning into visible flames that directly scorched the bodies of these Celestial Crystal Divine Clan members.

Almost all of the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan members were drenched in the splattered blood plasma.

The Lava Giant Gods let out an unbelievable cheer, then each unleashed their Innate Divine Ability, as terrifying flames rose into the sky and thick scorching magma swiftly surged up from beneath their feet.

The bodies of the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan are made of crystal stone, extremely hard and resistant to blades and axes, but natural crystal fears high-temperature scorching; once heated, it softens and melts, eventually becoming a pool of viscous slurry.

Although the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan's bodies are naturally far sturdier than natural crystal, the high temperature of the magma released by the Lava Giant Gods' Innate Divine Ability is terrifyingly greater—by hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of times—than that of a natural volcanic eruption.

The bodies of the thirty thousand Celestial Crystal Divine Clan members quickly turned red, and their high-frequency vibrations suddenly vanished.

"Damn it!" Xuan Guang shouted hoarsely: "Who set up this damned formation? I won't let you off, I won't let you off!"

Xuan Guang suddenly realized that they had in fact been trapped in the formation all along; just now, the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan had seized part of the formation's control, which allowed them to successfully ambush the Lava Giant Gods.

However, the enemy who laid the formation has always been lurking in the shadows.

It was just a moment of carelessness on their part that allowed that sneaky, treacherous, ruthless, shameless enemy to plunge the Celestial Crystal Divine Clan into such a miserable state.

"Scatter… then form teams of three to one, and engage in free-for-all slaughter!" Xuan Guang quickly issued the wisest command.

Among the Lava Giant Gods present, the highest-ranking leaders roared in unison: "Favored child of the earth, spirit of the flame, we will never let his enemies go……"

Their eyes shot out blinding red light, quickly locking onto hundreds of the lowest-ranking Lava Giant Gods.

On the bodies of these Lava Giant Gods, massive three-dimensional divine sigils suddenly appeared, flame-shaped sigils flaring violently, and a terrifying surge of heat burst forth; the Lava Giant Gods let out hysterical roars and exploded involuntarily.

Each Lava Giant God stored massive amounts of magma and heat within, and once they activated their bloodline, they became gigantic humanoid bombs.

Sacrificing low-ranking divine servants, attendants, and soldiers to self-destruct on the battlefield is an extermination tactic frequently employed by the high-ranking Lava Giant Gods.

Magma surged forth, and high temperature scattered.

The Lava Giant Gods, highly resistant to magma and high temperature, suffered barely any harm from their self-detonation, whereas the thirty thousand Celestial Crystal Divine Clan members endured the most terrifying impact and injury.

Over five thousand Celestial Crystal Divine Clan members were blown apart into nothingness, over twenty thousand had their limbs melted, and large cracks appeared across the main bodies of the rest.

Even Xuan Guang had an arm blown off, and he screamed hoarsely in pain.

The Lava Giant Gods laughed wildly amidst the sky‑filled flames and magma, frantically waving their arms, appearing like demons from a volcanic hell, and the formation space was filled with a suffocating sense of terror.

"Kill them……" the Lava Giant Gods howled hysterically, as one low‑ranking divine soldier after another exploded involuntarily in a frenzy.