Chapter 425: Boundless Champion, The Strongest Legend

Watching Li Yu complete yet another inconceivable feat, the Master of the Curtain also turned into a master of mental gymnastics, patching up the logic for Li Yu.

Is it reasonable?

Aside from overestimating Li Yu and underestimating the four demigods—Morning Star, Undying Blade, First Rot-Head, and God-Slayer—there were not many errors.

But the truth was far more complex.

If a true demigod-level Son of the Vortex God had been here, it would have been absolutely impossible to achieve.

The reason Li Yu could make the four gods, who were nearly impossible to charm, "willingly" swallow his flesh and blood was that the first two were big fish already hooked on his line, with his bait-threads wreaking havoc inside them, so falling for it was only natural.

As for First Rot-Head, it already had such habits and possessed low resistance.

And the God-Slayer?

It received a secret voice transmission from Li Yu and, after being persuaded, actively cooperated.

……

Who could guess these truths?

Even the Master of the Curtain and the gods could not perceive them.

Of course, this was also the fault of the rules set by the Master of the Curtain; to ensure the tournament was not interfered with, it decreed that once the Gate of All Worlds was operational, it would be immune to any divine intrusion.

Coupled with the heaven-defying properties of Li Yu’s Truth Soul Body, he was able to complete such an unbelievable operation.

Without these limitations, let alone the all-controlling Master of the Curtain, any slightly powerful deity could have seen that something was wrong with Li Yu.

And the ancient gods with deep foundations, even if they couldn't see through the Truth Soul Body, could have deduced Li Yu’s identity as the successor of the Spirit Venerable.

Nothing else!

The style was too similar.

The environment was special!

The methods were special!

Allowing Li Yu, a legendary-level existence, to contribute yet another earth-shattering reversal.

On the battlefield where the four gods were fighting, changes happened rapidly.

The four demigods, who should have remained locked in an indecisive struggle, seemed to show clear differences due to their resistance to the "Vortex God’s Poison."

The first to be eliminated appeared in an instant.

It was none other than the most troublesome giant of light, "Morning Star," a demigod with the combat power to traverse the multiverse, who practiced the teachings of the sovereign-level true god [Lord of All Lights] and was nearly flawless; while being entangled by its opponent, First Rot-Head, it was inexplicably dragged into the fray between the God-Slayer and the Undying Blade.

Attacked from both front and back, it was struck by the divine abilities of three opponents of the same level at the same moment.

Even as a demigod, it was instantly reduced to a state of grave injury.

The light that was originally enough to illuminate the universe suddenly dimmed, and there were even signs of petrification.

This was a sign that it was nearing death.

Yet at this very moment, its dying strike erupted.

Like the final glow released by some terrifying star or plane-universe before its extinction, accompanied by a flash of scorching white light, a massive amount of radiation with a concentration high enough to create a divine monstrosity exploded.

The nearest "First Rot-Head" let out a miserable wail, its divine body becoming riddled with holes.

Although strictly speaking, First Rot-Head could not be considered the mortal enemy of the giant of light, in terms of attributes, it also belonged to those restrained by "All-Light Divinity."

Seeing First Rot-Head injured by the giant of light’s dying strike.

Normally, the God-Slayer and the Undying Blade should have taken the opportunity to join forces to slaughter First Rot-Head and eliminate another opponent.

The Undying Blade did indeed do so.

But the God-Slayer, rather inexplicably, took the opportunity to strike the Undying Blade from the shadows.

And it was the kind of desperate strike that required paying a huge price.

Half the battlefield was stained red.

The killing intent solidified, carrying terrifying divinity, and slammed into the Undying Blade.

The next moment!

An unbelievable scene, triggered by a chain reaction, appeared in the eyes of all the spectators.

First Rot-Head fell; having taken the giant of light’s dying strike and then a slash from the Undying Blade that could extinguish all laws, it entered a dying state.

The Undying Blade also fell; it took the God-Slayer’s inexplicable desperate strike and was shattered into thousands of pieces; it did not die immediately, but it could not struggle for long.

The God-Slayer also fell; the cost of the desperate strike, combined with the Undying Blade’s inherent "counter-damage" property, meant that although its injuries were the lightest, its realm still dropped, and it could not even maintain its domain of authority.

Three losers and three injuries?

All the spectators were stunned.

Who could have predicted this?

Although everyone was guessing that Li Yu, this treacherous Son of the Vortex God, had secretly poisoned them and simultaneously launched a "parasitism" on the four gods, his goal was obviously to lead the four demigods to perish together so he could reap the benefits.

But fewer than half of the spectators truly believed he would succeed.

Because the power of the four demigods was simply too balanced.

Both powerful and average.

So once entangled, it would be difficult to end in a short time.

But if the time dragged on, the Son of the Vortex God would be digested and lose his life completely.

And the slap in the face came extremely quickly!

Within seconds, Li Yu’s goal was achieved.

The four demigods had, by an incredible "coincidence," truly perished together.

No one believed that these successive events were a coincidence; it must have been the Son of the Vortex God stirring up trouble in the dark, but the spectators were unwilling to believe that Li Yu had really accomplished all this, and so quickly.

But the scene that followed immediately confirmed it all.

After the four gods "fell" almost simultaneously, wisps of flesh and blood Qi immediately surged out from within them.

And in the void, they quickly gathered into a human figure.

It was Li Yu!

And as soon as he appeared, it triggered constant exclamations.

Because at this moment, Li Yu was fundamentally different from before.

His realm had dropped from "Trans-limit Demigod" back to Legendary level.

That massive divine body had also returned to its normal appearance.

The pollution and radiation all over his body vanished without a trace.

"He actually succeeded? How on earth did he do it?"

"The Son of the Vortex God’s schemes never miss a step; he is not suited to be a descendant of the Vortex God at all; embracing the Myriad Changes is his best choice."

"No, no matter whose descendant this child is, he can perfectly utilize the relevant characteristics... If it were another Son of the Vortex God, I fear they would never think of the poisonous scheme of ignoring costs and side effects to devour the Ancient Saint’s avatar, forcibly increasing the Vortex God’s Poison, and then parasitizing the four gods."

"The most disgusting part is that after he succeeded, he left all the toxicity and the flesh of the Ancient Saint’s avatar to the four gods, while he himself escaped clean."

"A perfect closed loop! The three major checkpoints designed by the Master of the Curtain, which have already killed a large number of geniuses of the Boundless, have all been broken by the Son of the Vortex God. He is exactly the same as when he entered, and now he is about to win the championship."

"A flawless victory to win the championship, without even a speck of dust on his clothes?"

"It’s not over yet; the other surviving demigods are coming to pick up the scraps."

……

Along with the final tipping messages, everyone indeed saw a new development.

The entanglement between Li Yu and the four gods happened before the safety point.

The other demigods were at a distance, fighting the true god avatars that were hunting them, while watching from afar.

When that unbelievable result appeared!

These demigods, while shocked, all developed greed.

Regardless of everything, they wanted to shake off their pursuers, even at the risk of injury, to rush over and pick up the scraps.

They all had self-awareness!

The four—Morning Star, God-Slayer, Undying Blade, and First Rot-Head!

Were top-tier demigods, extremely ferocious, having even destroyed the true god avatars that were hunting them, leading the other demigods by a wide margin.

So before this, when they were busy with their own affairs, they dared not participate, assuming the final champion would be born among the four gods.

Who would have expected?

A Son of the Vortex God would emerge.

If I can't beat the four gods, can't I beat a Legendary-level one?

With this thought, all the remaining surviving demigods launched a charge.

And the "true god avatars" responsible for hunting them in this segment actually cooperated as well.