Chapter 92: Addressing You as Divine Envoy Is Remiss—Chris Pays Respects to Your Eminence!

Xuanyuan Wuji's final spear strike killed the demigod-level corrupted spawn before him, then he turned to look at Lu Zheng and asked:

"What did you see?"

"Their power isn't their own, is it?"

Lu Zheng asked.

Xuanyuan Wuji nodded and smiled:

"Correct! These sea beasts' original level should only have been Saint-level. In the ocean, Saint-level sea beasts are very numerous, but they generally don't actively approach the coast. But after being corrupted by the Evil God's power, they all advanced to the demigod tier—a full hundred levels of increase!

Although they can't fully unleash their power, and their base attributes are somewhat inferior to a true demigod, their vitality is powerful and their mana is abundant, so the destructive force they produce is at the demigod level."

After a pause, he did not continue explaining the cause of the corruption, but instead looked at Lu Zheng and asked:

"What did you come here for?"

Lu Zheng quickly recounted the matter of the Endless Desert instance.

After hearing this, Xuanyuan Wuji breathed a sigh of relief.

"No matter. The matter of Evil Gods seizing Orthodox Gods' divine thrones has happened more than once; we cannot stop it. Right now, on one hand we lack the strength to contend against Evil Gods, and on the other hand we have no way to complete the divine throne trials and obtain an Orthodox God's divine throne before the Evil Gods seize it.

But based on my observations over the years, the instance portal can at most allow life forms at the demigod level to pass through. The Evil Gods still cannot come out for now.

Rather than worrying, it's better to seize the time to raise your strength.

Since you have the strength to slay that demigod-level Evil God, then go back in there once more and kill off every last one of that Evil God's subordinates who is inheriting the divine throne.

An Evil God that is in the process of inheriting a divine throne cannot make a move against you, so you can do this without worry.

After you've killed off all its demigod-level subordinates, come find me. The monsters in the Endless Desert instance were heavily depleted by this disaster, so it's no longer suitable for your leveling. This Beichuan sea region, I'll leave to you!"

Lu Zheng did not bring up the previous agreement to begin helping Xuanyuan Wuji share the pressure after half a year.

Just one Beichuan sea region didn't really count as sharing the pressure.

The true pressure was everything Xuanyuan Wuji had learned over the years about the Evil God invasion.

Take the matter of Evil Gods occupying Orthodox Gods' thrones—what an enormous pressure that is! You simply don't know when the Evil Gods might attack, and whether everything you're doing now, everything you're desperately protecting, might turn to nothing tomorrow. That is truly terrifying!

And these were perhaps only part of the pressure Xuanyuan Wuji bore in his heart.

When the day came that Xuanyuan Wuji told Lu Zheng all the inside information he knew, that would be the true time to share the pressure.

Right now, at most, it counted as helping out with odd jobs.

Just doing some small things within his ability.

Lu Zheng did not press further about the matter of the Evil God's power corrupting the sea beasts. He guessed there must be some horrifying inside story behind it that Xuanyuan Wuji did not want him to know.

Because the half-year deadline the two had agreed upon had not yet arrived! After several more teleportations, Lu Zheng returned to Yellow Sand City and briefly explained the situation to the brothers Huang Batian and Huang Xiaotian.

Upon learning that Lu Zheng was going inside to slay the other demigod-level Evil Gods and all Evil God followers, Huang Batian spoke up:

"Let me go with you. I've communicated with the snake-men before, so perhaps I can win their assistance."

Although Lu Zheng wanted to claim all the experience points for himself, he did need to negotiate with the snake-men to avoid unnecessary trouble.

In the current environment, things were very unfavorable for humans, so they needed to unite every force that could be united!

Therefore, he nodded in agreement.

Without delay, the two set out immediately and entered the Blood Crystal Desert instance, where they found that a number of high-level demonic monsters had already appeared around the Desert Temple, including two Saint-level ones! They dispatched them in a few quick moves, and the two directly entered the Desert Divine Nation Plane.

The environment inside was not much different from the outside, except that the presence of demonic power was clearly felt. From his body's feedback, sure enough, demonic entities were constantly trying to invade his body. For Lu Zheng, this was naturally no problem.

But for Huang Batian, this would also consume mana.

Lu Zheng directly cast a Blessing Aura on him, granting him immunity to all negative statuses and protecting him from corrosive damage.

Then, with Huang Batian leading the way, they searched for traces of the snake-men's presence. After roughly an hour or so, they successfully encountered the snake-men.

The upper bodies of the snake-men were no different from humans, just their hair and eye colors were different.

But below the waist was vastly different. Although the outline of buttocks could be seen, overall, from the waist down it was a snake's body, with skin and scales.

Moreover, overall, the serpentine lower portion was larger, accounting for more than four-fifths of the entire body.

They wore beast-skin clothing and held either staves or weapons like swords and sabers in their hands.

Some female snake-men also had hair ornaments on their heads, indicating that they too had a relatively well-developed civilization, and indeed could be communicated with.

"I am Huang Batian, and we've come to help you fight against the Evil Gods!"

These words were spoken in the common tongue of the Daxia Alliance. Unexpectedly, the other party understood, and also replied in the common tongue: "Please follow us!"

Led by these snake-men, the two entered a massive sand dune and then arrived at an expansive underground world.

Passing through many cave openings, they finally came to a city that resembled a tribal settlement.

Lu Zheng soon met the snake-men's highest leader, the snake-men queen, a peak Saint-level powerhouse—Chris.

After seeing Huang Batian, Chris displayed a concerned demeanor.

"I'm so sorry. When you were being pursued by the Evil God, there was nothing we could do. Against a demigod-level existence, I can barely escape with my own life, let alone rescue you. Thankfully, you made it out—that is truly something worth celebrating!"

Huang Batian smiled and said, "Thank you for Your Majesty's concern! But I didn't just escape with my life—this young friend Lu slew that Evil God and saved me."

Upon hearing this, Chris's body immediately jolted, and she flew down from her throne at once, coming before Lu Zheng and bowing:

"Chris pays respects to the Divine Envoy!"

Lu Zheng had learned some information: demigod-level existences generally served as spokesmen for deities, holding roles such as High Priest, Divine Envoy, or Pope.

Since Huang Batian's introduction of him just now hadn't included titles like Priest or Your Majesty, Chris had taken him to be a Divine Envoy of a certain deity.

Of course, even if one wasn't a certain deity's spokesman, one could still be called a Divine Envoy.

This was a general title similar to "Saint."

"Your Majesty, there's no need for such formality. I can slay demigods, but I am not yet a demigod myself."

Hearing these words, Chris bowed again and said:

"In that case, you possess the makings of godhood. For you, obtaining a Lower God's divine throne would be effortless! Calling you a Divine Envoy is remiss—Chris pays respects to Your Eminence!"

Good! Good! Good! No wonder you could become queen! When it comes to the ways of the world, you've got it figured out far more clearly than certain old fogeys among humanity.

"Haha! In that case, call me whatever you like. Let's talk business instead—there's no time to lose, we must do it as quickly as possible!"

"I shall follow Your Highness's orders in all things!"

(End of this chapter)