172: Chapter 172 The Mysterious Man

Saidai finally ended up using the divinity he had brought with him upon his departure, but even so, he could not gain the upper hand while fighting these strange beasts.

This was because, under the current circumstances, Saidai could not utilize divinity for direct combat.

High-tier Transcendents already possessed the capability to destroy a planet's ecosystem, and the strange beasts' abilities in this regard were even more outstanding.

While fighting these strange beasts, Saidai also had to distract himself with protecting the surrounding environment.

He had also thought about luring these strange beasts into space, but whenever he attempted to do so, the beasts would abandon him as their target.

This should have been considered a good thing, as Saidai's goal was simply to survive the encounter with these strange beasts.

However, when Saidai prepared to leave, these beasts became even more frenzied, launching indiscriminate attacks on the surroundings.

Seeing this scene, Saidai understood that the person behind the scenes wanted to use these strange beasts to keep him here and then eliminate him.

"Roar!"

The strange beast at the peak of the Eighth Tier let out a furious roar; it had completely lost its sanity and would not feel the emotion of "fear" toward divinity.

Saidai discovered with horror that under the suppression of divinity, that Peak Eighth Tier strange beast actually showed signs of being about to break through.

Peak of the Eighth Tier—if it broke through again, it would reach the Ninth Tier.

The Ninth Tier, the peak of the Extraordinary Explorers.

If Saidai still had the ability to deal with a Peak Eighth Tier strange beast, then for a Ninth Tier beast, all that remained in his heart was despair.

"I must not let it advance!"

Saidai's eyes suddenly flew wide open; he withdrew some of the divinity spread around him and guided it into his own body.

As a mere mortal of the Transcendent Seventh Tier, rashly absorbing the divinity of a god was undoubtedly a very risky move.

By doing this, Saidai would very likely die from his body exploding.

But if he didn't do it, Saidai was certain to die.

Therefore, between "possible death" and "certain death," Saidai chose "possible death."

Divinity was injected into his body; even if it was just an insignificant wisp flowing from a remote statue of god, Saidai was already stretched to the point of being unable to bear it.

Cracks appeared everywhere on his body; this was his skin splitting from being overextended, with his muscle tissues hidden beneath the skin.

When his power reached a critical threshold, Saidai did not hesitate; he swung the scepter in his hand, striking out.

"Pop~"

"Crack."

The former was a strange sound emitted when power reached a certain critical value, while the latter was the sound of the scepter shattering because it could not withstand such powerful force.

Although the scepter was shattered, Saidai's predicament was solved.

With this single wave, he directly took out the surrounding strange beasts.

Looking at the remains of the strange beasts scattered on the Ground, Saidai forced himself to maintain his breath and descended back to the Ground.

He slumped on the Ground, already feeling his vitality slipping away, his consciousness seemingly about to leave his body in the next second.

The chaotic things hidden in the shadows around him also began to stir at this moment; once Saidai collapsed, they would immediately swarm forward to feast on the remains of these high-tier creatures on the Ground.

At this time, Saidai supported himself against the Ground with one hand, while his other palm trembled as it moved toward his mouth.

In the center of that palm, a small crimson bead had appeared at some unknown point.

This bead emitted an extremely violent energy; it was not meant for healing, but for fighting to the death with an enemy.

At the cost of burning the user's vitality, it could forcibly return the user's physical condition to its peak.

Saidai was no longer sure why he was doing this—was it to find that "God" and ask for the truth? Or something else?

Saidai didn't know, but a voice constantly echoed in his heart, telling him to find "Him."

Perhaps, after seeing that "God," everything would finally come to light?

Saidai thought so in his heart.

However, just as he was about to swallow the bead, a figure hidden in the shadows suddenly appeared behind him.

"What exactly are you so persistent about?"

Hearing that emotionless voice coming from beside his ear, Saidai's brain didn't even have time to think before his hand accelerated the movement of delivering the bead.

The bead was less than a finger's distance from Saidai's mouth, but that single finger's distance was something Saidai feared he would never cross in this life.

"Thud."

After a dull sound, Saidai froze on the spot as he looked at the withered, cracked hand that had fallen to the Ground.

His numb body had already caused him to lose sensation; he lay on the Ground, pressing his face against the surface to get close to the bead, his mouth wide open, and in one gulp, the bead, soil, and some unidentified flesh were all swallowed into his stomach.

"Clap, clap."

Seeing Saidai's tenacious appearance, the figure hidden in the shadows couldn't help but applaud him.

Although the figure was applauding Saidai, the tone of his speech still carried no trace of emotion.

"In a certain-death situation, why struggle so hard?"

"Wouldn't it be better to wait for death? You wouldn't have to suffer such torture."

After swallowing the bead, Saidai's condition clearly improved a lot; he picked up the arm that had fallen on the Ground and then reattached it to the wound.

The wound healed rapidly, and Saidai turned around at this time, looking at the mysterious person hidden in the shadows behind him.

With just this one glance, Saidai's heart sank to the bottom.

The man stood there as if he didn't exist at all.

If the other party remained silent, Saidai wouldn't have discovered him even if he stood there indefinitely.

In Saidai's eyes, the opponent's entire body seemed to be wrapped in a layer of mist; even though the bead had boosted his power to the Eighth Tier, he still felt as if the other party didn't exist.

Saidai knew that the mastermind who wanted him dead had arrived, and he was finished.

"I'm curious."

The mysterious person spoke indifferently.

He didn't directly move to kill Saidai, because this was, after all, a Bishop of a Main God; even if he was a Bishop from a remote region, he couldn't be killed rashly.

Besides, Saidai wouldn't last much longer anyway; after a while, the other party would die of "natural causes."

Saidai also knew this; he knew the other party was stalling for time, but he was completely helpless against it.

Although the mysterious person had no way to kill him directly, the opponent could keep him trapped here indefinitely.

"You could have clearly stayed in the Cathedral; if you had stayed there, no matter how great my abilities, I wouldn't have dared to kill you."

"What exactly could make you risk such great danger to leave the Cathedral?"

At this moment, a hint of curiosity finally entered the mysterious person's originally emotionless tone.

He was, after all, not an entity of Omniscience; he was truly curious about what kind of matter, or rather what kind of person, could make this Archbishop before him venture out of the Cathedral at this time.

"Cough, cough."

Saidai opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm, after which his chest felt considerably better.

"Do you really want to know?"

He looked at the mysterious person in front of him, his tone laced with a hint of something thought-provoking.

The mysterious person also noticed the change in Saidai's facial expression.

He found that when Saidai said this, a trace of... actually rose on his face.

Hope for life?

"Heh."

Seeing this, the mysterious person gave a cold laugh, his tone turning icy once again.

"You can speak, and I can listen."

"But, before you die, you cannot leave this place."

Since it was already a guaranteed victory, the mysterious person would not allow any complications to arise.

He did indeed have some curiosity, but he was not the type of person to ruin a major plan just to satisfy it.

And after hearing the mysterious person say this, Saidai simply closed his eyes and remained silent.

Seeing Saidai's attitude, the mysterious person made no further moves.

He just quietly stood behind Saidai, witnessing his death.

Saidai had never felt time pass so quickly.

As the effect of the bead faded, Saidai's life reached its end.

He completely lost control of his body, and his consciousness left his form, moving toward an unknown distance.

Perhaps it would dissipate, or perhaps it would be reborn in the Divine Kingdom of the Ximi God.

Provided that the Ximi God actually had a Divine Kingdom.

"It's over."

Looking at the somewhat broken body lying on the Ground, the mysterious person gently shook his head.

Out of caution, he did not leave immediately, but planned to wait here a bit longer until Saidai's consciousness had completely dissipated.

"Dead?"

Just then, an abrupt voice broke the silence of the place.

The mysterious person whipped his head around, looking toward the direction the voice came from.

The newcomer...

Was just a Seventh Tier Transcendent?

Seeing Rona's realm, the mysterious person couldn't help but frown.

Rona had appeared silently; if the other party hadn't spoken, the mysterious person believed he wouldn't have been able to discover him.

Therefore, he didn't believe the other party only had the strength of the Transcendent Seventh Tier.

"Who might you be?"

Looking at Rona, whose face held a mix of calm and a slight hint of surprise, the mysterious person spoke cautiously.

However, Rona did not give an answer to the mysterious person's inquiry.

He directly ignored the mysterious person and walked unhurriedly to Saidai's corpse.

When Lin Sheng had Rona come to pick the man up, he hadn't restricted his mode of travel.

If Rona had appeared here directly, Saidai wouldn't have had to die.

But the problem was that Rona's current surface realm was the Transcendent Seventh Tier, and he had come here at a normal flying speed.

This resulted in Saidai being completely dead by the time he arrived.

"He is already dead; you should leave this place quickly as well."

"If you're late, it won't be good if the Church finds out."

Regarding Rona's disregard, the mysterious person did not show a look of anger.

He seemed to be advising Rona, but in reality, he was worried that Rona would cause some unforeseen variable here.

However, Rona continued to ignore the mysterious person.

Furthermore, the variable that the mysterious person feared actually occurred.

Rona reached out his hand, and his palm seemed to wave casually a few times in the air.

In the next moment, a miraculous thing happened.

Saidai's body, which had already lost all signs of life, actually began to reverse; vitality returned to the body, and Saidai's originally scattered consciousness was also slowly being drawn back.

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I still can't write fighting plots.