[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-toppling-the-entire-world-with-the-power-of-one-":3,"chapter-toppling-the-entire-world-with-the-power-of-one--toppling-the-entire-world-with-the-power-of-one--chapter-85":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Toppling the Entire World with the Power of One Dragon!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2256988,4403,"Chapter 85: The God","toppling-the-entire-world-with-the-power-of-one--chapter-85",85,"\u003Cp>The warlord’s skill primarily enhances the warriors under its command; it avoids personally facing danger, despite being far stronger than ordinary warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is perfectly understandable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it may seem cowardly, its role from the rear truly contributes more than direct frontline engagement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing a group of charging jackal-man warriors, the Rotclaw Priestess showed shock and fury, slamming her bone staff hard into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Those who betray the gods shall suffer the Eternal Sore!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black blood seeped from its seven orifices, transforming into countless cursed marks that burned onto the jackal-men’s bodies, causing their fur to fall out and pus-filled sores to erupt across their skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these frenzied warriors feared no pain, and weakness could not halt their advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They surged forward like a tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first jackal-man to reach the priestess grabbed the hem of her robe and lunged to bite her throat—only to have his neck seized by a jackal-guard with even greater speed, snapped clean with a crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More claws followed in rapid succession, yet none could break through the jackal-guards’ defense in that brief window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two jackal-guards had once been the most ferocious warriors, further enhanced by ritual rites, making them even stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After entering battle mode, their bodies swelled to a full three meters tall—taller and more fearsome than the jackal-men enraged by the warlord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jackal-guards remained silent, repelling each approaching kin one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blades and sharp claws struck their bodies, tearing fur and flesh, leaving bloody gashes—but these wounds healed and regenerated within moments; they were like two undead monsters holding back the tide of frenzied jackal-men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Protected by the jackal-guards, the priestess retreated while fighting, swinging her bone staff and chanting prayers rapidly, brewing a spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh! Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two Long Lin spun through the rain, striking the jackal-guards with pinpoint accuracy, unleashing flames that blasted them apart into pieces—and shattered the priestess’s brewing spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seizing the opportunity,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The frenzied jackal-man warriors surged forward, surrounding the priestess and tearing her apart with chaotic blades and claws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The frail priestess, stripped of her guardians and overwhelmed at close range, offered little resistance; her final prayers to the gods received no response or protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garos watched this scene in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gods’ perception spans countless worlds; they cannot attend to every detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless it is a supreme, critical sacrifice, they rarely pay close attention, rarely investigate the cause of death or hunt down the killer; normally, they simply curse the killer by chance—and even that is rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I wonder what a god’s curse feels like.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recently, Garos felt his “Fire Blessing” growing weaker, its reduction of his fire resistance becoming increasingly sluggish, and his fire resistance gains slowing down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason, he believed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was that his own curse resistance was also rising, gradually nullifying the blessing’s effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wondered: if he deliberately provoked the gods, hunted their priests, and received a divine curse—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it also become a different kind of “blessing”?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The effect of such a blessing would surely be a thousand or ten thousand times stronger than the Snake Dragon’s blessing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was only a thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The risk was too high; a god’s curse might kill him instantly, giving him no chance to adapt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garos narrowed his eyes, glancing to his right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid rustling sounds, shattered limbs drew together, merging into a single mass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Garos’s gaze, the two jackal-guards, previously blasted apart, rose again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their bodies were covered in charred, bloody wounds and cracks like shattered porcelain—but every injury, no matter how severe, was visibly healing and sealing itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Strong regeneration.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garos shook his entire body, his Long Lin rattling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wondered how many Long Lin bombs it would take to completely kill these two jackal-guards—or if slicing them into pulp with Long Yi blades, could they still regenerate?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How resilient is the life of a monster transformed through sacrifice to the gods?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jackal-guards remained silent, their bodies writhing with fleshy growths like wriggling worms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They turned, locking their gaze on the dragon that had attacked and wounded them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They showed no fear; their broken, healing bodies moved, then sprinted forward with swift, powerful strides toward Garos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The hatred has been drawn to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the two jackal-guards, Garos did not take to the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowly flicked his Long Yi, the razor-sharp wing bones gleaming coldly in the drizzle; raindrops struck them, split in half, then shattered into mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bloodfang the warlord, glaring fiercely at the jackal-guards about to attack Garos, roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The priestess is dead! By my authority as leader of the Red-Eye Clan, I command you: Submit to the Dragon Lord!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two jackal-guards, mid-sprint, collapsed to their knees before Garos, silent and expressionless, like two statues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dragon Lord, once the priestess dies, the jackal-guards pledge loyalty to the clan leader.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They are now your subjects, your servants. Please spare their lives.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bloodfang the warlord looked at Garos, his fierce expression instantly shifting to flattery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speed of his change was astonishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you teaching me how to act?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garos said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forgive my unintentional overreach!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bloodfang the warlord hurriedly said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garos looked at the kneeling jackal-guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jackal-guards were more loyal to the clan leader—Bloodfang the warlord. When Bloodfang the warlord ordered them to submit to Garos, they knelt silently; if ordered to attack Garos, they would obey immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was typical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My subordinate’s subordinate is not my subordinate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among dragon kin, dragons care primarily for and control the leaders of their kin, not every individual creature; even adult dragons with sufficient blood essence and mastery of the Dragon Vein Transformation technique only transform the leaders into Dragon Vein beings, securing absolute loyalty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for kin beneath the leaders,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are better managed by the leaders themselves, while dragons oversee and command the leaders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jackal-guards were an exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were monsters created by the priestess, lacking independent intellect—like puppets on strings, even less intelligent than wild beasts or demonic creatures, obeying only their creator’s commands; when their creator, the priestess, died, they obeyed the clan leader unconditionally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary kin understand that the Dragon Lord is their leader’s superior, a stronger being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if their leader ordered defiance, they rarely dared to disobey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the jackal-men here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They favored Bloodfang the warlord, but if Bloodfang the warlord now ordered them to attack Garos, none would respond; they were sentient beings, even if rarely thinking for themselves, they understood basic self-preservation—they wouldn’t walk into death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two jackal-guards knelt and stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spare them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were two unstable variables; there was no need to keep them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garos stepped forward calmly, then suddenly raised his Long Zhao and slammed it down on the jackal-guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plop! Plop!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under his terrifying, overwhelming power, the two jackal-guards, offering no evasion or defense, were crushed into radiating pulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What surprised Garos:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pulp still wriggled, attempting to coalesce into a humanoid shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Strong life force.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These are only two low-grade jackal-guards.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If it were the legendary Demon Dragon Guards, and they reached the Ancient Dragon tier—who could defeat them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garos felt wary, then exhaled a torrent of flame, drowning the barely reformed jackal-guards in fire, reducing them to lifeless ash—finally killing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bloodfang the warlord watched this, heartbroken over the jackal-guards’ deaths but did not intervene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garos ignored his advice and brutally killed the jackal-guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This did not displease Bloodfang the warlord; instead, it deepened his admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Look—how tyrannical, how powerful, how formidable a Dragon Lord! Only such a dragon is worthy of my loyalty and devotion!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bloodfang the warlord’s tail wagged furiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jackal-men are creatures who fear power, not virtue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They adore the “tyrant boss” style of dragons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Garos had listened and spared the jackal-guards, Bloodfang the warlord would have seen him as easygoing, inviting more “unintentional overreach” and testing his limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is their nature—even absolute loyalty granted by Dragon Vein Transformation cannot change it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loyalty does not mean they don’t desire higher status or better rewards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garos had once owned a dog in his past life—a golden-white Border Collie—that constantly schemed, testing its master’s limits, unaware all its tricks were seen through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jackal-men were no different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garos knew exactly how to intimidate these wild-land monster clans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1371,"2026-06-19T14:21:50.702Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","32aa4e2cbcdc72eb24a1c9cfa8b1b31139e4ec78efedfbcf3bedb2fff384848b","toppling-the-entire-world-with-the-power-of-one--chapter-86","toppling-the-entire-world-with-the-power-of-one--chapter-84",101,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ftoppling-the-entire-world-with-the-power-of-one--cover.jpg"]