187: Heartfelt effort to wipe the divine eye

Xu Le opened the divine statue's panel.

He discovered that it was only Rank 72 so far.

Relying solely on faith to level up, it could not benefit from his passive Skill, 'Competitive Heart'.

Without dwelling on the Rank, he directly checked the new Skill it possessed.

【Divine Punishment】

Consumes faith to call down divine lightning to exterminate blasphemers, dealing an equivalent amount of faith damage. Cooldown: None. Damage Cap: 100,000.

【Faith Condensation】 (Passive)

Can collect strong emotions such as fear, expectation, praise, contempt, and hatred toward oneself within a range of spirit × 10 meters, converting them into faith points.

As Xu Le looked at the two newly added Skills, his eyes immediately lit up.

The damage cap of 【Divine Punishment】 was 100,000 points. While it seemed like a hard limit, if one didn't count the additional damage from divinity, the damage of his current strongest skills—excluding the 'Reapers Scythe'—fell far short of 100,000 points.

Moreover, it was a Skill with no cooldown. Even accounting for casting time, firing one shot per second would be easy.

He now possessed over fifty million ghosts, which could generate more than 30 million faith points daily. This was equivalent to being able to fire 300 Divine Punishments every day; he could squander them however he liked.

【Faith Condensation】 seemed impressive, but the divine statue's spirit attribute was fixed at 1 point, meaning it could only collect strong emotions within a 10-meter range, which was somewhat mediocre.

However, Xu Le could use 【Destiny Link】 to share the other party's attributes and Skills. If he used it, he could collect emotions from nearly 200,000 meters around him to obtain faith points.

Crack!

Another bolt of lightning boomed out.

The leading shadow was turned to fly ash.

【experience points +40 million】

A crisp 'clink' sounded on the ground.

A golden medallion fell to the floor.

Xu Le thought a piece of equipment had dropped and used Divine Eye to appraise it.

【Item】 Pure Gold Medallion

【Quality】 Common Grade

【Item Details】 This is an ordinary Pure Gold Medallion. As a kind of token, it possesses a certain symbolic significance.

The medallion was surrounded by two golden Dragons clutching pearls, with the dragon heads at the top. The front was engraved with the seal script character for 'Heaven', while the back was similarly engraved in seal script with the characters 'Nine-Five'.

"The Emperor's Golden Token, as if the Emperor himself were present!"

Xu Le's teeth were clenched as he thought of Liu Yang's account of the Tenth District's destruction and the words of the livestream director when Liu Rufeng attained the Way of the Sword Immortal... scene after scene, case after case, all seemed connected to that high and mighty individual.

"Good, very good!"

Killing intent was laid bare in Xu Le's eyes.

He took a deep breath and rushed to the central formation core of the City Lord's Mansion.

A statue draped in a black cloak and holding a dagger stood atop it. A pair of golden pupils dilated and contracted, seemingly absorbing something.

After acquiring the 【Faith Condensation】 Skill, Xu Le knew the other party was harvesting faith points through slaughter.

"For one's own selfish gain, you slaughter the lives of an entire city. You deserve to die!"

Xu Le was furious and immediately summoned his divine statue to launch an all-out attack on the Assassin Statue at the formation core.

Upon seeing the Assassin Statue, a faint, strange emotion stirred within the divine statue.

However, It was more willing to obey Xu Le's command. Its eyes narrowed, and bolts of divine lightning struck down.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The Assassin Statue was struck, and a shallow crack split open on its forehead.

It abruptly opened its eyes, its golden pupils filled with killing intent.

"Blasphemer, Divine Punishment!"

An identical bolt of lightning shot from its eyes, striking the divine statue.

It seemed 'Divine Punishment' was a universal Skill for deities, one that all deities could master.

Two divine statues, identical in essence, blasted each other. However, Xu Le's side had the enhancement of the Little Peach Tree's spirit domain, giving him a clear advantage. If this continued, victory would inevitably belong to this side.

Just as the two sides had exchanged nine bolts of lightning, the opposing statue slashed its dagger in its right hand, and two figures appeared before them.

Heavens Punishment!

Mans Punishment!

When the two Shadow Pavilion assassins suddenly appeared and saw Xu Le, emotions like surprise, fear, and excitement flashed in their eyes.

"Well, kid, the world is a small place. I didn't expect to meet again so soon."

Last time, Heavens Punishment had been counter-ambushed, unable to exert even half of his strength, and had nearly perished.

Now that enemies had met, he chose to strike immediately.

"Puppet Bind!"

Heavens Punishment took a step forward, and it was as if countless invisible threads appeared in the Void Realm, binding Xu Le's entire body.

Xu Le felt his body wrapped in threads, just like the little figures he had seen in his illusions before; he couldn't move an inch.

On the other side, Mans Punishment showed no awareness of being the world's third-ranked assassin and simply charged forward with his dagger.

"True and False Clones!"

Xu Le couldn't move, but the shadow beneath his feet could.

The Clone Skill happened to be off cooldown.

The shadow Clone opened its right hand and used the 'Space Lock' Skill to create an invisible spear of the Void Realm for itself.

The Little Demon Monkey had been fighting continuously. Although it had fought for less than four minutes in total, it had already stacked 1200% attack and 600% attack speed for itself.

All these attributes were transferred through the invisible Destiny Link, becoming Xu Le's own attributes.

If he encountered that group of ghosts now, Xu Le was confident he could wipe them out with just his Clone.

Kill!

The man and the shadow clashed. Although Xu Le's Clone had many stacked attributes, the opponent had divine enhancement on their speed attribute, so the Clone could only barely hold its ground.

However, the shadow Clone was not to be trifled with. Several times when it truly couldn't evade, it blasted a 'Mental Shock' over, and a distinct 'crack' of shattering could be heard.

Heavens Punishment's expression changed drastically upon hearing it. Luckily, he wasn't the main attacker, or his god-protecting spirit jade would have shattered.

Mans Punishment was equally shaken, but his god-protecting spirit jade still had two uses left. Gritting his teeth, he abandoned his defense and went straight for Xu Le's main body, which was pinned in place.

He was clearly prepared to tank one or two hits just to kill Xu Le's original body first.

Xu Le chuckled inwardly. Within this minute, his main body and Clone could swap places. Since the opponent wanted to trade lives, then trade they would.

The shadow Clone didn't raise its spear but instead pointed its right hand, and a 'Chain Lightning' boomed out.

Mans Punishment's body stiffened as he tried to bypass it. The lightning continued to spread, striking Heavens Punishment and the Assassin Statue in succession.

Crack!

The god-protecting spirit jade on Heavens Punishment's body made another crisp sound as its last chance was wasted. Taking advantage of Mans Punishment's distraction, he hurriedly took out a new spare.

In that moment of Divided Soul, Xu Le's main body moved slightly, blasting a 'Mental Shock' at Mans Punishment, followed by 'Chain Lightning'.

Crack!

"No!"

Mans Punishment was scared out of his wits and hurriedly tried to take a mythic-grade item from his space ring, but it was already too late.

By the time he saw the black lightning, it had already struck his body; he just hadn't realized it yet.

By the time he reacted, he was already dead.

Flash!

A white light lit up on Xu Le's body.

Having slain another demigod expert, the gray mark was lit, and he directly rose to the Rank 92 Peak.

What he lacked now was not experience points, but lighting up the gray marks.

Heavens Punishment had just replaced his god-protecting spirit jade when he heard another crisp sound; one charge was immediately consumed.

Seeing Mans Punishment lying on the ground, charred by the electricity, he couldn't help but feel secret regret. He should have given a few more pieces to Earths Punishment and Mans Punishment back then.

Seeing Xu Le look over, he knew he was no match. Gritting his teeth, he reversed his dagger and stabbed it into his own heart, then immediately pulled it out and wiped the heart's blood onto the divine statue's eyes.