Chapter 436: All Beings Are Equal

The Celestials of Shenmo Dalu were originally players with mature gaming experience; after the initial chaos, they quickly gathered in the form of Guilds.

The Game Company promised that the top 30 million players would retain their memories and enter the next game world.

Organized and disciplined game Guilds were easier to survive in than individuals, farming Contribution Points,

Currently, there are four most famous Guilds: Fire Phoenix, Black Soul, Storm, and World Destroyer.

The membership of these four Guilds numbers in the millions, absorbing players ranked within the top 10 million in Contribution Points, as well as players who snatched applicable Divine Artifacts from the hands of players from the Real World.

The Guild Leader of the Black Soul Guild is named Sui Liang, formerly a Star Brilliance-level general under Jin Tianwang.

After recovering his identity as a player, he made the most correct judgment in time, gathered his soldiers, and arrived at Shenmo Dalu at the first opportunity.

They did not destroy towns, but instead, in the shortest time possible, raided over twenty Phoenix Seeking Phoenix groups, collecting the first batch of Divine Artifacts.

This laid an absolute advantage for the later stages.

Afterwards, he avoided engaging in battle with the gods and, in the name of Guilds being easier to farm Contribution Points, called upon Real World players who had returned from the Xianxia World and possessed Divine Artifacts to join the Guild, further strengthening his own power.

Later on, when Real World players entered the game world, Sui Liang looted a large batch of Real World players again, and only after building up his foundation did he confront the gods head-on; the River God was killed by him.

Of course, to forge iron, one must be strong oneself; Sui Liang himself also possesses two Divine Artifacts.

One is the Sun God Badge used for self-protection, which possesses the functions of group protection and Regeneration.

As long as the badge does not shatter, the team remains unharmed in battle;

The other Divine Artifact is called the Slaughter Blade, within which the souls of five million angels are imprisoned; those killed by this vicious weapon have their souls imprisoned in the blade for eternity, providing power to the Slaughter Blade; the River God was killed by a single slash of the Slaughter Blade...

"Leader, do we really have to unite with the other three Guilds?" The Vice Leader of the Black Soul Guild is named Zhao Jinxiu; he carries a Golden Bow on his back, his expression arrogant. "Nowadays, our Guild has at least 30,000 Divine Artifacts; relying on ourselves, we can completely achieve god-slaying."

"Exactly, wasn't Lin Bai's avatar destroyed by us?" another Vice Leader named Qiu Luo said. "The gods have also been killed by us to the point they don't dare to take the initiative to attack. If you ask me, we should take advantage of Lin Bai being held back by the Celestials of the Xianxia World and wipe out the gods in one go. The experience and Contribution Points for god-slaying are so high; once the brothers' levels rise, we will have more confidence when negotiating with other Guilds. Lin Bai excels at Lightning War, so we should be faster than him..."

"The Game Company is clearly determined to kill Lin Bai at all costs. When we played games, where were there so many heaven-defying Divine Artifacts?" Zhao Jinxiu said. "Lin Bai can extract people's cultivation to nourish himself, but those were all Celestials who returned from the Xianxia World; they had low levels and not many Divine Artifacts in their hands. But now, we have so many Divine Artifacts in our hands that even Lin Bai might not necessarily understand the functions of the Divine Artifacts, and many Divine Artifacts even ignore level realms. Caught off guard, Lin Bai should not be able to withstand it either. Boss, if you ask me, you are being a bit too cautious."

"Tell me, why are the other few Guilds also sitting still and instead aiming their spears at new players? Is it that they don't understand this logic?" Sui Liang looked around at everyone and said, "The top 30 million in Contribution Points can all enter the new game; the first place and the 29,990,000th place are the same, so why should we be the ones to stick our necks out and go head-to-head with Lin Bai?

If it weren't for the fact that the Contribution Points rewarded for killing gods are too high and I'm worried about our Guild's ranking dropping, I would even want to retire right now, stabilize our current position, and wait for others to kill Lin Bai."

He paused and said, "There is absolutely no need for the Four Great Guilds to compete with each other; uniting and condensing into the most powerful force to hold onto the top 30 million in Contribution Points ranking is enough. If Lin Bai were so easy to kill, would the Game Company have sent so many Divine Artifacts in? When dealing with Lin Bai, one can never let their guard down..."

The few were just talking.

The sky suddenly darkened.

Outside, there were sounds of panic and confusion everywhere.

Sui Liang's expression changed abruptly; he activated the Sun God Badge at the first opportunity, added a buff to everyone in the Guild, and then drew his Slaughter Blade, saying to the crowd: "Alright, no need to argue; this time we have to fight whether we want to or not. This style is definitely Lin Bai acting personally..."

After speaking.

The few waved their hands and crashed directly through the building.

Then.

They saw the Celestials who were posing in the 'running to the moon' posture and soaring into the sky, as well as the countless ragged commoners on the ground.

Sui Liang still didn't understand why Lin Bai brought commoners along when fighting a war.

Zhao Jinxiu had already bent his bow and nocked an arrow, aiming at Lin Bai's avatar in the sky, but before he could even pull the bowstring, his whole body suddenly flew up uncontrollably, and he couldn't help but curse: "Damn it!"

"Don't panic, it's just a Lin Bai avatar." Sui Liang was 'running to the moon' beside him, temporarily abandoning his thoughts about the commoners, and said, "We have the protection of the Sun God Badge; being drained of some cultivation by him won't be a problem for now. We are not that group of defenseless Celestials from the Immortal World; it's just that we were caught off guard by him. When Love Separation flies to its peak, as long as one or two Divine Artifacts take effect, we can kill Lin Bai's avatar, and the gods following him won't be able to escape either."

"Boss, don't you think our levels are dropping a bit too fast?" Zhao Jinxiu said.

"..." Sui Liang was stunned. Reminded by Zhao Jinxiu, he also discovered that his Spiritual Power value was like a bottle with a leaking bottom, with Spiritual Power leaking out rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, his realm fell from the Star Brilliance Realm to the Bronze Realm; it was nothing like what the Celestials of the Immortal World said about levels dropping bit by bit.

"What the hell?" Sui Liang was startled and comforted him, "Don't panic, it's not scary if the levels drop; we still have Divine Artifacts. Kill one or two gods and the levels will be replenished..."

Before his voice faded.

A thunderous shout suddenly came from the ground:

"Long live Alliance Leader Lin."

"Long live the King of the Three Realms."

"Damn Celestials, your doomsday has arrived."

Sui Liang was stunned.

Then.

He saw the commoners who were just standing on the ground suddenly fly in front of him, waving their fists and striking toward his face.

Beside Zhao Jinxiu, several commoners with crazed eyes also appeared, heedlessly trying to snatch the Golden Bow he carried on his back...

"Get lost."

Zhao Jinxiu cursed angrily, channeling his cultivation to accelerate his flight.

Sui Liang's expression became even uglier, because he felt the same Spiritual Power from these commoners of Shenmo Dalu; a bad premonition suddenly rose in his heart.

In mid-air.

Watching the commoners who had instantly become comparable to Celestials, the Goddess of the Earth widened her eyes and asked in disbelief: "Alliance Leader, they..."

"They have equally shared the life force and Spiritual Power of the Celestials." Lin Bai's avatar chuckled and said, "As long as the Celestials do not die, they will not die. From now on, there will never be a shortage of warriors in this world."

As he spoke.

The avatar used Butterfly Transformation on the corpses covering the mountains and plains that had died at the hands of the Celestials, and used the Great Deficiency Technique to connect the Celestials with the butterflies filling the sky.

In an instant.

The Celestials' Spiritual Power poured into the bodies of the butterflies, naturally catalyzing their realms; Golden Core and Form Manifestation were completed in one go...

When the newly born butterfly demons underwent Form Manifestation, a portion of them habitually restored their original appearances.

But a larger portion made themselves even more handsome and beautiful when undergoing Form Manifestation.

The Celestials' levels were too high; after the butterfly demons underwent Form Manifestation, their realms did not stop climbing, upgrading all the way to Cave Void, Tribulation Transcendence, and even the Bronze Realm.

Compared to the Celestials, their only shortcoming is likely the lack of corresponding Skills and Martial Arts, but they cannot be stopped due to their sheer numbers, making them almost on par with the Celestials.

Moreover, after sharing life force with the Celestials, even if they die on the spot, they can quickly recover and resurrect in place, becoming exactly as they were before, without even needing to return to a Resurrection Point...

The Great Deficiency Technique, which diminishes the excessive to replenish the deficient, has created a truly Undying Body race.

After using the Great Deficiency Technique to resurrect everyone and binding them to the Celestials.

Lin Bai did not linger too long, but quickly shifted positions, using Butterfly Transformation and the Great Deficiency Technique in various towns across Shenmo Dalu to resurrect more people and bind them to the Celestials.

Players from the Real World did not escape the torment of the Great Deficiency Technique either, and their average levels were quickly dragged down...

Hitting and running, after resurrecting the local people, Lin Bai basically did not stay, quickly taking all the resurrected civilians and Butterfly Transformation beings away from the battlefield, not giving the players any chance to continue leveling up.

The players on both sides who had dropped in levels could only attack each other to level up, and when they did, they discovered a terrifying fact: the experience points they had just gained were quickly divided up again.

"Shocking news: Lin Bai has forcefully turned everyone into Butterfly Transformation beings with an Undying Body. The Celestials' World Destroyer mission will likely never be completed."

"Not only that, the Celestials' levels have also been dragged down. Lin Bai's method must be robbing Peter to pay Paul, using the Celestials' Spiritual Power to raise the realm of the Butterfly Transformation beings."

"What is this about an Undying Body?"

"It must be the methods of the Righteous Sect. If even the Game Company can master the Undying Body, how could the Righteous Sect compete with the Game Company without the technology for an Undying Body?"

"Everyone in Shenmo Dalu has been resurrected by Lin Bai, so he now has enough warriors, and the scales of victory are tilting back toward the Righteous Sect."

"Not necessarily. The people resurrected by Lin Bai have Spiritual Power but no Skills, so there is still a gap in confronting the Celestials. Besides, the Celestials still have so many Divine Artifacts in their hands."

"Divine Artifacts are worth nothing! Lin Bai didn't give them any chance to use them at all!"

"It's different. The world is so big that Lin Bai cannot take care of everything. The main force in the future will still be the Butterfly Transformation beings resurrected by Lin Bai. Who wins and who loses is still up in the air!"

"Haven't you discovered a terrifying fact? It hasn't even been a day, and Lin Bai has already reversed the situation. Doesn't this speak for itself?"

"+1."

"+1."

"Don't forget, Lin Bai possesses the ability to infinitely replicate Godhoods. It's easy to give those Butterfly Transformation beings Skills."

"Easy my foot. Do you think billions of Godhoods are that easy to farm? Besides, Godhoods need Faith to exert power. Where would he get so much Faith all of a sudden? I estimate it will still be a war of attrition."

"Pity the Xianxia World, now shrouded in a sea of lightning. If Lin Bai wants to resurrect them, he will have to wait at least eighty-one days."

"Damn Celestials, my father was also killed by them. I hope the lightning tribulation ends soon so my father can also become a Butterfly Transformation being and come back!"

"To the person above, I'll just ask one question: do you think if your father becomes a Butterfly Transformation being, he is still your father?"

"Get lost."

Lin Bai would not wait eighty-one days.

A Magpie Bridge was laid into the Xianxia World, and his split soul had already used Provocation to drag a large group of Celestials into the Xianxia World. He distributed their Spiritual Power to those sheltered within the lightning tribulation and those forced into Butterfly Transformation by the lightning tribulation.

Possessing the Celestials' Spiritual Power and an Undying Body, they could move freely within the lightning tribulation and practice Skills, without him needing to expend too much effort to protect them.

People in the Real World were surprised by the speed of Lin Bai's turnaround, and the shared Celestials were even more in an uproar; the situation had completely exceeded their expectations:

"Damn, we've become fertilizer. Lin Bai's Skill is outrageous. It's one thing for him to absorb it himself, but why can he let others absorb it too?"

"Everyone has become an Undying Body; our mission to destroy the world cannot be completed."

"Actually, it's not bad if the mission isn't completed. At least we can all keep our memories. We might as well treat this as a new game from the Game Company. With all kinds of heaven-defying Divine Artifacts in our hands and a group of undying NPCs, it's quite fun to play!"

"Stop talking about a new game. I don't want to play this hell-difficulty game. Once that group of people grows up, it will be our doomsday. Don't forget, our levels will drop. After killing those Butterfly Transformation beings, their Spiritual Power values didn't drop at all; it feels like there was no loss."

"Holy crap, I didn't even think of that until you said it."

"We have Divine Artifacts, we shouldn't lose that miserably! Even if our leveling speed is halved, it's still faster than theirs."

"If the other side were just a group of blank slates with an Undying Body, we might win or even enslave them, but with Lin Bai added, it's not certain. Lin Bai has too many methods, and he seems to counter us everywhere..."

"Suddenly feeling the future is bleak. God knows, I was excited about regaining my sanity yesterday. If I had known this, I would have been better off honestly farming in the Immortal World as an ordinary Celestial!"

"Everyone, don't be so pessimistic. Actually, the Game Company gave us a solution from the very beginning."

"What solution?"

"Kill Lin Bai."

"... Are you joking?"

"Not joking. There cannot be an unsolvable BOSS in the world, nor can there be a truly Undying Body. Just like the God of Darkness, who claimed to be undying but was countered by Holy Light. Whether it's the gods or those Butterfly Transformation beings resurrected by Lin Bai, their core must be Lin Bai. If we take Lin Bai out, the Undying Body of those he resurrected should be broken. Maybe, once Lin Bai dies, they will immediately return to dust."

"We are all countered by Lin Bai, and now he has found a large group of helpers for himself. How could we possibly kill him?"

"Haven't you noticed? Lin Bai has always been using his split soul to move around, and he leaves as soon as he touches something, not daring to stay at all. What is he afraid of? Naturally, he is afraid of the Divine Artifacts in our hands. As long as we unite, select the Divine Artifacts most likely to kill him, and find his true body, there might be a chance to kill him in one go."

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(End of this chapter)