Chapter 435: Fighting Speed with Speed

"What method?" Xu Longyun asked with pleasant surprise.

"You'll know when the time comes." Lin Bai beamed.

It must be said, the Wanwu Youque System is truly worthy of being one of the first four systems to appear.

The moment he used the Great Deficiency Technique, Lin Bai understood how to use the skill.

If the Earth-Deficiency Technique could be called a magnified version of the Northern Profound Divine Art, then the Dacan Technique was simply a divine art among divine arts.

To diminish the surplus and replenish the deficiency.

As long as there is a gap between the two designated parties, one can infinitely pour the resources of the party with the surplus into the party with the deficiency; this is not limited to Internal Energy, but even extends to Physique, Spirit, and vitality...

Unlike the Wedding Domain, which forcibly levels the playing field for everyone.

The Dacan Technique is what truly achieves equality for all living beings.

With this divine art, players are no longer players, and NPCs are no longer NPCs!

Lin Bai did not state the specific method, so Xu Longyun did not press him further.

However.

Her mood had already improved significantly; Lin Bai rarely made empty promises, and what he committed to, he would certainly achieve.

"Is this Lin Bai's skill? Isn't that a bit too outrageous!"

"All-encompassing with no blind spots; the BOSS of this session is simply heaven-defyingly strong."

"Old Lu, didn't you snatch a Divine Artifact? Take it out and use it!"

"I'd love to use it, but I have to be able to spare a hand first, damn it, I lost another level."

"Why didn't you use it just now?"

"With my level so low, what if the Divine Artifact gets snatched? Besides, I'm not the only one with a Divine Artifact, and I haven't seen anyone else using theirs either!"

"Damn, a bunch of idiots."

"We can't handle Lin Bai today. Let's sprint with all our might; when the Love Separation ends, everyone use your ultimate moves together! Let's just make sure to save our levels first..."

On the way to the moon, many Celestial players complained to one another.

However, while complaining, they still agreed on a countermeasure.

With their Spiritual Power draining rapidly, no one was willing to go head-to-head with Lin Bai in this situation; the Celestials only thought of escaping to first re-level their ranks.

Having suddenly turned from NPCs into players, the Celestials were not yet accustomed to it; teams and Guilds had not been established, and they remained in a state of scattered sand.

No sooner said than done.

In the blink of an eye, a group of Celestials sprinted to the end of the moon-run.

Before they could even use their ultimate moves, Lin Bai had already activated the Dharma body of Three Heads and Six Arms, and all three heads shouted simultaneously: "Get back here."

The Provocation skill was activated.

The Celestials, who were preparing to attack each other, instantly had eyes only for Lin Bai again, turned around, and charged toward Lin Bai.

Lin Bai did not wait for them in place; the moment they charged over, he activated the Teleportation skill, rounded everyone up, and transferred them to another town.

The Earth Goddess's innate skill allows for unlimited Teleportation as long as there is land and it is within the domain range; the Celestials, constrained by Provocation, could not escape even if they wanted to.

After transferring through several towns in succession, the Celestials within the range of Lin Bai's domain were already rubbing shoulders, packed tight, and squeezed together; the number of people must have been in the tens of millions.

It was not that no Celestials wanted to rely on the Divine Artifacts they had snatched from players to attack Lin Bai.

But Lin Bai would not give them the chance; the Celestials he gathered were either on the moon-run, being provoked, or directly using "Human and God's Wrath." Influenced by feelings of rage, the Celestials would attack those around them indiscriminately, and whatever Divine Artifacts they had were exposed on the spot...

The Celestials were right; when Lin Bai's skills were fully activated, he was a super BOSS with no blind spots, and he would never give them a chance to attack.

The Celestials had no chance to attack, but Lin Bai had snatched several more Divine Artifacts for himself.

There was the Immortal-Binding Rope that automatically bound enemies after being thrown, the Golden Light Flag that blotted out the sky and sun when unfurled, the Immortal Slashing Blade that automatically hacked at people when released, and so on.

These Dharma Treasures each carried miraculous attributes; even if they could not compare to the Sacred Artifacts of the Nine Heavenly Kings, they were not much weaker.

If someone of the same level as Lin Bai used them, they might truly cause Lin Bai some trouble, but in the hands of these weaklings, they were just delivering food to him...

Below the Nine Heavenly Kings, the highest Immortal level was only the Star Brilliance Realm.

Lin Bai shared the Divinity and skills of so many gods, possessed Three Heads and Six Arms, and his hands were full of Sacred Artifacts; it was impossible to kill him just by piling on numbers.

The most critical point was that the Earth-Deficiency Technique had been devouring Spiritual Power from the Celestials; this Spiritual Power was not shared, but directly converted into Lin Bai's own Spiritual Power.

Compared to other systems, the Wanwu Youque System was the only true ally; from rewarding him with Internal Energy at the start to now directly snatching others' Spiritual Power for him, it completely compensated for his shortcomings.

Only lacking others, not lacking himself—if this isn't a good system, what is?

Having snatched the Spiritual Power of so many Celestials, the total value of Spiritual Power within Lin Bai's body had long since exceeded that of the former Nine Heavenly Kings by an unknown amount, almost forming a sea of Spiritual Power.

With such massive Spiritual Power, Lin Bai estimated that even if he used Thunder God Descent continuously, it might not be enough to drain his Spiritual Power.

Moreover, there is the characteristic of "diminishing the insufficient to serve the surplus."

The greater the gap between the two, the faster the speed of devouring; with Lin Bai's current cultivation, using the Earth-Deficiency Technique on a single person in the Bronze Realm could suck them dry in the blink of an eye...

Xu Longyun and the others also enjoyed the benefits of Wanwu Youque.

The three women were not even Heaven's Pride, and their aptitude was not good; their current achievements were entirely due to Lin Bai "hacking" for them.

Even the little white fox's realm was boosted by Lin Bai using medicine.

But in just this short while, the three's realms soared, and their individual strength had already reached the Heavenly King Realm.

Feeling the surge in strength, the little white fox's face was flushed red, and she kept shouting excitedly: "Master, my level has increased again! In the future, I can really fight alongside you and won't be a burden."

"Mm, then work hard and make yourself even stronger." Lin Bai looked at the little white fox dotingly and said, "You can practice the Scepter's skills and raise your proficiency; otherwise, having Spiritual Power but no skills to hit people with won't help me."

"I understand." The little white fox nodded excitedly, raised the Fire Scepter in her hand, and aimed it at the vast swathes of Celestials below: "Heavenly Fire Burning the World."

Raging Heavenly Fire descended from the sky, rolling toward the dense crowd of Celestials.

When the Heavenly Fire burned down, the Celestials not only did not panic, but instead erupted into bursts of cheers.

Being held by Lin Bai and having their cultivation extracted, watching their levels drop while helpless—that is true despair; being burned to death by Heavenly Fire is at least a way to preserve one's level and escape this living hell.

"You two are the same; get your proficiency with your Divine Artifacts up. Don't be polite with them. Letting them die is helping them find release. They use ordinary people to level up, so we will use them to level up. Who doesn't play games for fun!" Lin Bai smiled and turned to Xu Longyun and the other. "Don't worry about the issue of cultivation; there are plenty of Celestials. I can grab a batch for you to use as batteries at any time. We are going to become the nightmare of these players, making them tremble all over just at the mention of the game."

"Mm." Jiang Qingqin nodded and activated the Holy Sword's skill, slashing toward the Celestials.

Xu Longyun waved the jade ruyi in her hand at Lin Bai. Lin Bai smiled, handed the Thunder Hammer to her, and said, "In this kind of situation, the ruyi really isn't very practical. Here, have a hammer and be a female Thor!"

……

Shenmo Dalu.

The battle between the gods and the Celestials was in a stalemate.

After all.

The Celestials were numerous and high-leveled.

Ordinary mages and knight legions were simply no match for them, and the Divine Guard Army of the gods was limited in number and could not cover the entire continent.

What's more.

The Celestials had also snatched many good items from the players, such as the Victory Sword that could automatically decapitate people from ten thousand miles away, the Flame Spear that could release demonic flames, and so on.

Many ants can bite an elephant to death.

Divine envoys like twelve-winged angels, when encountering swarms of Celestials, could not hold out for long before being slaughtered and converted into experience for the players.

The righteous side led by the Earth Goddess could suppress the Celestials by relying on their Divinity.

But these gods, firstly, had a limited range for their domains, and secondly, their benevolence would flare up; while fighting the Celestials, they would also save the civilians on the continent, so their results were conversely not very significant.

The only ones who could contend with the Celestials were the Abyss creatures from the Abyss.

Most Abyss creatures came with various talents that reduced attributes. When they appeared simultaneously, the various attribute values of the opposing Celestials would be pulled to the minimum, which allowed them to trade blows back and forth. However, the players' Undying Body attribute conversely became the bane of the Abyss creatures...

There was necromancy; dead Abyss creatures could be converted into undead creatures of the same level, but likewise, after being converted into undead creatures, their attributes and intelligence would decrease accordingly, making them no match for the Celestials instead.

Gods like the Lord of the Abyss and the God of Destruction were the main force truly slaughtering the Celestials; ordinary Celestials would almost die instantly upon encountering them...

The chaotic situation on Shenmo Dalu continued until the players from the Real World entered the game.

"Log in and get the game, one slash and you're level 999"—in a short amount of time, this reversed the stalemate on the battlefield.

Players from the Real World held the Divine Artifacts they received upon logging in, slaughtering ordinary people to level up, rapidly approaching the levels of the Celestials. But they would besiege the Celestials, only to be slaughtered by them, and the Divine Artifacts would change hands...

In less than an hour, Divine Artifacts were flying all over Shenmo Dalu.

The Eternal Sword that left wounds that would not heal after striking someone, the Golden Arrow that automatically pursued enemies, the Banshee's Eye that turned whoever it looked at into stone, the Wind Chariot that could travel ten thousand miles in an instant...

All kinds of Divine Artifacts—there was nothing you couldn't imagine, and nothing the Game Company couldn't release.

The proliferation of Divine Artifacts led to the final result: the armies led by the gods were retreating steadily.

Some relatively weak gods, such as the River God and Mountain God, were caught off guard and were actually killed by sneak attacks from Divine Artifacts; Lin Bai's avatar did not escape unscathed either.

After all.

There were too many battlefields, and Lin Bai still had to divert a portion of his energy to control his avatar under the lightning tribulation in the Xianxia World, making it inevitable that he would neglect one thing while attending to another. The death of his avatar was also one of the reasons for the fall of the gods.

Because he could no longer take them back into cards.

……

Fortunately, Lin Bai's Disciples, who had been endowed with the Earth-Deficiency Technique, stabilized a portion of the situation.

They continuously devoured the Spiritual Power of the Celestials to strengthen themselves, and some even snatched one or two Divine Artifacts for self-defense.

But in a world where Divine Artifacts were flying everywhere, they could not manage a counterattack.

Because once they attacked, who knew when an arrow might fly over, or some light might shine, and they would be turned to stone or killed outright.

The reason Divine Artifacts were called Divine Artifacts stemmed from the attribute they possessed of ignoring realm levels.

Gradually, under the relocation of the Earth Goddess, many Disciples and gods protected the surviving civilians on the continent and retreated to the westernmost end of the continent to confront the Celestials.

The Celestials, meanwhile, held the eastern part of Shenmo Dalu, destroying the world while engaging in fierce battles with the players from the Real World.

The players from the Real World held back the pace of the Celestials, which could be considered as indirectly helping the gods.

With "one slash and you're level 999," once their levels were up, there wasn't much point in killing unarmed civilians anymore.

Furthermore.

The Celestials' initial behavior of slaughtering and snatching Divine Artifacts had also violated the taboos of the players.

If you can't steam a bun, you fight for your pride.

Both sides had the Undying Body, so naturally, they would settle scores and avenge grudges; killing Celestials leveled them up faster.

Once they got fired up, they only wanted to fight to the death, and there was simply no room for negotiation.

From the moment the Game Company restored the Celestials' intelligence to the release of the "one slash and you're level 999" game update, the war across several worlds had never stopped.

Especially after the news spread that the Celestials from the Immortal World were being tortured by Lin Bai.

The Celestials on Shenmo Dalu became even more frantic; they only wanted to level up as quickly as possible so that they would have the power to protect themselves when they met Lin Bai in the future.

……

"Alliance Leader, there are more and more Divine Artifacts on the Celestials' side, and the gods will fall if they are not careful." The Earth Goddess said to Lin Bai's avatar beside her, "If this continues, no one will be able to survive. Why don't you use the Magpie Bridge to send the surviving ordinary civilians to the Real World? Once they are sent away, we will have no worries and can have a hearty, decisive battle with the Celestials."

"Bairuisi, there's no need for such trouble. I have newly comprehended a divine ability that can turn ordinary civilians into great warriors."

The eyes of Lin Bai's avatar rolled, his gaze gradually becoming lively. Although his energy was not on Shenmo Dalu, he knew a rough idea of what was happening here.

This avatar had fused with the godhead of the Sun God, and his whole body was overflowing with sacred light.

The avatar rose slowly, looking down from the sky at the civilians covered in dust with dull eyes. In an instant, he marked everyone and used the Skills Oracle and Di-hua, projecting his consciousness directly into everyone's minds: "I am the Lord of the Three Realms, Lin Bai. You must know of my deeds. Next, I will bestow upon you Divinity. Are you willing to follow me, fight alongside me, quell this catastrophe, take back the homes you have lost, and save your deceased loved ones?"

The sudden disaster had dealt a painful blow to these ordinary people. Facing powerful enemies, they had no ability to fight back and could only watch helplessly as their homes were destroyed, their loved ones slaughtered, and the gods who protected them fell one after another, until in the end, only a numb heart remained.

Even Lin Bai's ascent into the sky failed to attract their attention, but when Lin Bai's gentle voice broke into their minds, it was as if it injected a vitality into their souls, reigniting their fighting spirit.

The civilians raised their heads and looked at Lin Bai in the sky. Originally standing or sitting, they one after another knelt down piously in the direction of Lin Bai.

"I am willing."

"King of Gods, we are willing."

"We are willing; as long as we can take back our homeland, we will not hesitate to sacrifice our lives."

……

First it was one or two voices, and immediately after, more and more voices converged together, forming a torrent of sound that was deafening.

Watching the common people whose fighting spirit had been ignited, the Earth Goddess suddenly became anxious. She flashed over to the side of another of Lin Bai's split spirits, reached out to tug on his sleeve, and lowered her voice: "Alliance Leader, you cannot do that. They are unarmed civilians, the ones we protected with such difficulty; you cannot let them go to their deaths."

(End of this chapter)