Chapter 424: How to Bewitch the Master of the Curtain?

When the Morning Star, the Undying Blade, the First Rot-Head, and the God-Slayer—these four top-tier, ferocious demigods—saw clearly that the figure charging toward them was Li Yu.

The four gods were all stunned.

Are you kidding me?

Although it is said that one should look at a scholar with new eyes after three days of separation, how long ago was it that everyone last saw him?

Because they had dealt with him before—specifically, the reason Li Yu had been hunted down—the four gods all knew what realm the Son of the Vortex God was in: a legendary rank with no trace of falsehood.

The four gods respected him, but at the same time, they felt disgusted by Li Yu’s cunning and methods.

They also agreed on one point: that once this fellow ascended to the "demigod" level, his combat power would surpass theirs.

It was just that they could never have imagined!

That this day would come so quickly.

He was already at the demigod level?

And an over-limit demigod level at that?

Just as the four gods were slightly stunned and frowning.

They soon saw the "traces" on Li Yu’s body, and many doubts were immediately explained.

The price and side effects of Li Yu forcibly devouring the Ancient Saint’s avatar!

Were beginning to manifest.

Although the Ancient Saint’s avatar was dead, the will it left behind was branded deep within the flesh and blood.

Even Li Yu could not completely eradicate it.

Therefore, in addition to the torture and extreme pain, Li Yu also had to face the Ancient Saint’s avatar’s attempts to hold him back.

For instance, growing heads that would, in turn, gnaw on Li Yu’s gargantuan, iridescent, gelatinous body.

However, that was all it amounted to.

The Ancient Saint’s avatar could do no more.

After all, this battlefield was within the [Gate of All Worlds], a stage painstakingly crafted by the Master of the Curtain, which allowed no interference.

This was easy to understand!

If this battlefield could be interfered with from afar, there would be no end to it.

After all, every contestant was a child valued by their respective main gods.

When they couldn't win, whether they were willing or not, the main god behind them would descend to help.

If that were the case, wouldn't it quickly devolve into a war of the gods?

If the Master of the Curtain wanted to put on such a show and script, they had other ways of doing so.

Since they named it the [First Grand Tournament of the Boundless Spirit Realm], they intended for it to live up to its name and would not allow any deviation or derailment.

Even a sovereign-level true god like the Ancient Saint would have their connection to their main body severed once their sent avatar entered this place.

Allies could not use backdoors either.

The greatest dramatist of the heavens and myriad worlds was just that rigorous.

Moreover, as the "director" of many major events, the Master of the Curtain had secured countless investments; all the gods had cooperated with them, and they had allies everywhere.

If this were in the outside world, let alone Li Yu devouring a complete Ancient Saint avatar.

Even if it were just a small piece of minced meat, the Ancient Saint could use it as a "medium" to descend on the spot.

At that point, unless Li Yu were also a sovereign, he would undoubtedly die.

It was precisely because he understood this that Li Yu dared to be so bold as to strike this lethal blow against the Ancient Saint’s avatar.

Li Yu ignored the dragging-down actions of the Ancient Saint’s residual will.

Having borrowed such immense power, suffering a little harassment was inconsequential.

At this moment, his gaze also locked directly onto the four gods.

The final obstacles on the road to the championship.

From the "free state" of the four gods before him, one could see that the four of them were in a league of their own.

The others, such as the Profane Twins, the Envoy of the Hanging King, and other demigods, while powerful, were still a notch below them and were still being hunted by "True God Projections" to this day.

They hadn't fallen, but they hadn't been able to counter-kill either.

As for someone like Li Yu who had counter-devoured his opponent, there wasn't a single one.

The crazed Li Yu encountered the four most ferocious gods.

Instantly, the live-stream interfaces merged into one large one.

Where the other surviving demigods were, the audience had dwindled to almost nothing.

Almost everyone had gathered here.

The comments exploded, even the high-and-mighty gods were paying close attention, the atmosphere was tense to the extreme, and the suspense was dialed up to the max.

The next moment!

Without any warning, and having never seen Li Yu display such a rampant and arrogant posture before.

A sentence that completely ignited the atmosphere was spat from his mouth:

"Everyone!"

"Come at me together."

When Li Yu spoke, his tone was very calm, as if it had no inflammatory intent at all.

But in reality, it exploded instantly.

Whether it was the minds of the audience or the mentality of the four gods who were his opponents.

Logically, this shouldn't happen; even evil gods are not easily swayed in their emotions.

But Li Yu was different.

He was now an over-limit demigod-level Son of the Vortex God.

Although he couldn't charm the four gods into obeying his every command—they were all beings destined to become true gods, and in the short term, even if a Sin God sent a heavyweight avatar to pollute and tempt them, it wouldn't succeed, and Li Yu was naturally no exception.

Therefore, he took a different path.

If he couldn't charm them, he would switch to attracting hatred.

In any case, regardless of whether Li Yu did this, if the four gods wanted to win the championship, they would choose to unite and slaughter him, the current strongest.

Since that was the case, he might as well do it himself.

And those who fell for his "Hatred Aura" didn't just become angry and want to dismember and devour him.

These were just the basics.

What was truly fatal were the side effects hidden within: loss of composure and loss of reason.

"One cannot become fat in a single bite, especially since the thing I ate is still resisting with all its might."

"In a normal fight, without that pile of cosmic curios to assist me, I couldn't possibly take on four at once."

"But if it's four demigods who have lost their minds, that's a different story."

"It is perfectly reasonable for anger to cloud the mind and lead to doing anything inconceivable."

"Since I've run into this, the championship and the rewards should belong to me."

When these thoughts arose, Li Yu was not actually looking at the four gods.

His gaze passed over the four terrifying divine figures.

And landed directly in the farthest, deepest place.

That was the so-called [Safe Point].

It was a very independent little space.

The furnishings inside were very cozy, like a study.

Under the dim yellow light was a seemingly empty desk; when a living being's gaze locked onto it, various curios that could be used for narration would appear on the surface—quill pens, blank notebooks, typewriters, computers... everything one could imagine.