Chapter 374: A Strengthened Version of a Forbidden Child?

"As expected, all living beings are troubled by sunk costs, even the True Gods are no exception."

"The Chaos Gods have invested quite a lot here; otherwise, how could an empire built by mere humans simultaneously withstand the incursions of greenskins, ratmen, and the Tyranid swarm... The Demon Star Order likely chose this place as a battlefield for this very reason."

"If those three demigods truly manage to hold on, my operation to change the heavens and the earth is destined to fail."

"Even if I have countless believers and control vast territories, it would be useless."

"Unless I am willing to remain in this star system for hundreds of years, fighting a guerrilla war against those three..."

Thinking this far, Li Yu could not help but shake his head.

Although the task given by the Demon Star Order this time had no time limit, it was possible that he could truly spend hundreds of years before settling it.

But Li Yu had no such intention, nor could he possibly do so.

He was able to create the shocking momentum he had now!

The key point lay with the Lord of Judgment.

And there were limits to how he could deceive the "Lord of Judgment."

He had only succeeded in summoning them by exploiting a loophole.

There was a risk of being exposed at any moment; when that time came, let alone the Lord of Judgment continuing to help him, it was more likely they would turn around and hunt him down.

Although he could conversely summon the "Lord of the Furnace" to expel the Lord of Judgment—which would be easy given his friendship with the Furnace—this rebellion plan would certainly fail.

The Furnace is more powerful than Judgment.

But its authority is not as useful as Judgment's.

It could indiscriminately destroy the Long Chao star system, but it could not achieve the precise control and lethality over a certain level or group that Judgment could.

"There is no other way!"

"I must eliminate those three demigods in a short time, otherwise, it will still end in defeat and death."

"Troublesome, truly a great trouble."

Li Yu sighed, frowning.

But there was not the slightest surprise or shock in his eyes.

Nightmare-level difficulty should naturally be like this.

If it could be easily completed by taking shortcuts, then one would be underestimating this difficulty.

One must know that he is far from the only Demon Star Order holder who knows how to take shortcuts and play risky moves.

However, he also had a premonition in his heart:

"As long as those three demigods are eliminated, the Chaos Gods will surely choose to abandon this place."

"And I will obtain a perfect rating."

With this thought, Li Yu left Storm Star, and with the help of Void Bait Threads, using some fanatics as space-time anchors, he crossed the starry sky and entered Dragon Emperor Star directly.

That's right!

He was going to be an assassin himself.

The assassination targets were the three imperial demigods: the Pope, the Warmaster, and the Mad King.

Behind each of the three stood a Chaos Evil God that Li Yu was already very familiar with.

The Changer!

The Blood God!

The God of Depravity!

This star system empire clearly used the "Dragon Emperor Sect" as its state religion, revering the Dragon Emperor, a human powerhouse who established the first interstellar empire and was rumored to have already ascended to godhood.

Who could have imagined?

The three most powerful rulers of the empire did not believe in the Dragon Emperor at all, and each had a Chaos Evil God standing behind them.

It is incredible, but that is the fact.

Of course, Li Yu's own behavior was not much different.

The God Emperor Sect, whose initial form was the "Hundred-Armed Dragon Emperor," also had nothing to do with the Dragon Emperor; it was Li Yu who was in control behind the scenes.

Poor founding emperor of this Long Chao Empire!

Every faction used him as a facade, as an excuse.

From this perspective, he was likely truly and completely fallen.

Otherwise, whether he was a demigod or had already ascended to godhood, there should have been some reaction.

As soon as Li Yu descended onto Dragon Emperor Star, the scene that entered his eyes made him very satisfied.

The structure of this planet!

It was somewhat similar to a pyramid.

The ruling class all lived on the upper levels, possessing vast resources and enjoying all the sustenance.

As for the other classes, they were layered downwards, with the resources they possessed decreasing in turn... the poorest, who were the most numerous and had the most miserable fates, lived in the [Bottom Nest].

Their lives were almost fixed.

That was to burn their own flesh, blood, and souls to sustain the classes above.

In some local areas, the average human lifespan was not even twenty; they were truly consumables in the literal sense.

But now, from the Bottom Nest upwards, smoke of war was rising everywhere.

The poor who had gained power, under the arrangement of the [God Emperor Sect], were counterattacking upwards in an orderly manner.

However!

There were three areas that they dared not disturb, no matter how many people they had.

These were the Papal Headquarters, the Warmaster's Mansion, and the Imperial Palace.

These three areas were now like "huge reefs" in a turbulent flood, always standing firm.

And there was no counterattack from within; they let Dragon Emperor Star be ravaged.

Clearly, all three parties were waiting.

Waiting for the three powerful demigods to recover, waiting for the Lord of Judgment to retreat, or simply for a total eruption to destroy the entire star system.

No matter which of these two endings occurred, it meant Li Yu's complete failure.

Therefore, he would not allow it.

As for the Lord of Judgment, he could be exposed at any time; he could not afford to delay even for a second.

Li Yu did not hesitate at all and walked directly toward the Imperial Palace.

The demigod inside.

Was the master of the Third Interstellar Empire of Long Chao, Ilia, titled the "Mad King."

As Li Yu advanced, secrets surfaced in his mind.

Both related to the royal family of the Long Chao Empire and to his target for this trip, that Mad King Ilia.

"The royal family of the Long Chao Empire, besides all being natural psionicists, also inherited the dragon bloodline of their ancestor, the Dragon Emperor."

"They all possess strength, speed, and defense far exceeding mortals, with many dragon characteristics remaining on their bodies, such as dragon scales, dragon pupils, etc., and can even cast some dragon forbidden arts... There are rumors that their ancestors were once ordinary humans, but they accidentally captured an ancient mother dragon and, taking advantage of her being severely wounded, desecrated her, letting her conceive a half-breed fetus, thus giving birth to the Long Chao race."

"Every royal family member, after coming of age, is assigned a dragon-like creature that externally resembles a large-winged lizard as a mount, which the royal family wants to use to prove that they are indeed descendants of the ancient dragon race."

"But what Serafina spied on was another version: saying that the Long Chao ancestors were actually a half-breed race pieced together through genetics, with humans as the main bloodline."

"There are many gods in the Chaos Universe who love to do this kind of thing."

"The most notorious is the Old Sage."

"Calling it 'making the world prosperous and lively,' even if it is deformed."

"Perhaps because they are a half-breed race pieced together by genetics, within the Long Chao royal family, besides the tradition of close-kin marriage, various twisted perversions often appear."

"This makes them highly favored by the [Chaos Gods]."

"Powerful bodies, twisted souls, perverted temperaments... they are simply born to be the God-chosen and favored ones that the Chaos Gods need."

"In fact, the probability of Chaos God-chosen, and even Great Demons, appearing within the Long Chao royal family is very high, which is why for so many years, this royal family has always held onto this powerful interstellar empire and never let go of the power."

"Whenever the time for a 'new emperor's birth' arrives, the Chaos Gods will descend upon Long Chao Star, wantonly enjoying and competing until the dust settles."

"Mad King Ilia is the most twisted and terrifying perverted royal in the clan."

"He possesses an extremely handsome, even uncanny appearance, combat techniques that even the Blood God praises, and various habits that are disgusting to the extreme, including but not limited to self-mutilation, dismemberment, cannibalism, necrophilia, etc., and even these horrific quirks are only considered minor in his case."

"It is precisely because of his extreme pursuit of senses and desires that he received the ultimate favor of the [God of Depravity]."

"Aggressively investing a large amount of grace and blessings, Ilia defeated everyone in the great battle for the new emperor within the royal family, and subjected every one of them, regardless of gender, to inhumane torture..."

"One must know that among the competitors were his own younger sister and older brother."

"It was because of this battle that he obtained the title of Mad King."

"Afterwards, he even received a promise from the God of Depravity: he would enjoy the blessings of the God of Depravity forever and have the opportunity to be promoted to become His subsidiary god."

"In short, a strengthened version of a Forbidden Child?"

(End of chapter)