296: Chapter 296 Despair

The sky over the Ice Wind Realm grew dark.

Dark clouds gathered, and heavy snow began to fall.

Yet, even the overcast clouds and the blizzard could not stop the darkness from cascading down from the heavens like a waterfall.

Batches of black game bodies emerged from the black waterfall, lining up in formation.

This black army already numbered in the tens of thousands and was still rapidly increasing.

At this moment, a white light suddenly flashed within the black waterfall, and a giant, half-black and half-white, stepped out.

Unlike the other black game bodies, this giant possessed a complete set of facial features. On the black half of his face grew a white eye, while the white half was embedded with a black pupil.

His massive body, over ten meters tall, was draped in a huge black robe, which, as he walked, inadvertently revealed the white bone armor worn underneath.

At this time, several white giant lions quickly ran over in front of the formation.

These giant lions were nearly three meters tall, but in front of the giant, they were like small puppies.

The knights upon the lions leaped down one after another, kneeling on one knee before the giant.

Surprisingly, these knights also had faces that were half black, but the other half of their faces bore silver hair and blue eyes.

"Welcome, Saint!"

The giant raised a hand, "Rise."

"Yes!"

The giant looked into the distance and asked with a smile, "Bariya, why haven't you launched the total offensive yet? Is it because you can't bring yourself to attack your own tribe?"

A knight quickly bowed, "Reporting to the Saint, the Bariya who was a warrior of the Blue Blood Clan has already died; it was my Lord, the Alien God, who gave me a new life."

"The Blue Blood King Laita is a foolish leader. I died in battle before precisely because of his mistakes, and I long to kill him with my own hands."

"I was merely considering that the Blue Blood Clan has only one breath left, and the Holy Dragon God's divine body will also become my Lord's trophy. But only you, Saint, are worthy of such a merit."

The giant laughed heartily, "No need to explain so much; I trust you."

"I did not come this time to steal your credit. That Dragon is about to be sent to my Lord's dining table; I am just here to watch, to prevent that coward, the White God, from suddenly biting you."

"My Lord is different from other False Gods; He will not imprison your thoughts and feelings."

"I heard you admire King Laita's daughter; you may capture her alive in a while."

Bariya bowed again, "Thank you, Saint. However, I fear this might affect the battle situation."

The giant shook his head with a smile, "What impact could it have? My Lord's great power allows the warriors to resurrect infinitely. No White God, Blue God, or Red God dares to engage in battle."

"Only the original Sun God could disrupt my Lord's great power."

"But the Sun God has already been defeated and perished, His Divine Soul scattered, and even the Law is about to disappear. Who else can stop my Lord's footsteps?"

"Sooner or later, we will wipe out all these False Gods and serve them up on my Lord's dining table!"

"Oh, right, since you want to kill King Laita with your own hands, take these few items and use them."

As the giant spoke, he threw down several black rays of light, which landed and turned into several black flags.

Bariya was somewhat puzzled, "Saint, this is..."

"These are little toys bestowed by my Lord, specifically targeted at the strong."

"Deploy them separately and activate them with your blood. They will form a domain that can turn any enemy above the Spirit Map Realm into a weakling within a certain period."

"I originally wanted to test my strength against the saints of the False Gods, but unfortunately, I couldn't find a single one; they were completely useless."

Speaking of this, the giant let out a big yawn.

"Could it be that the saints of the False Gods are all dead? How boring."

"Anyway, finish it quickly; I want to go back to sleep early."

"This damn place is freezing; I don't like it."

Bariya agreed, had several subordinates take the flags, and then remounted his white lion to rush to the front of the formation.

On the battlefield ahead, King Laita led the Blue Blood Clan warriors and had just annihilated the second black legion.

Yet, far from being happy, his expression was even more solemn.

He was the Blue Blood King and also the strongest in the tribe, his strength having already reached the Peak of the Spirit Map Realm.

The four clan elders beside him were also powerhouses at the Spirit Map Realm.

There were also dozens of chieftains at the Open Origin Realm, forming the backbone of the Blue Blood Clan's combat strength.

However, there were still too few people in the Blue Blood Clan.

Even at their level, a casual wave of the hand could kill a large swath of enemies. But among the enemies, there were always those who could not be killed instantly and could strangely cause them injury.

Having seen Tang Long's battles, they also understood that some enemies could reflect damage out of thin air, yet it was still difficult to completely avoid it in actual combat.

After all, most of the tribal warriors were at the Blood Refining level; in emergencies, these powerhouses had to take action.

This was also thanks to Tang Long's previous healing, which allowed the tribal warriors to recover their state.

Furthermore, in this battle, the Blue Blood Clan had dispatched all the beasts they had raised.

Otherwise, there would probably not be many people left standing at this moment.

Although the Blue Blood Clan had won two battles in a row, looking back at the dark, tens of thousands-strong black tide, King Laita still felt despair.

A clan elder leaned in and whispered, "King Laita, look at those riding snow lions in their front line; it seems like..."

King Laita nodded with a dark face, "It is our tribesmen who fell in the previous battle. I saw Bariya. They have fallen and become the minions of the Alien God."

"This will greatly affect morale. Should we kill them first in a while?"

King Laita sighed, "You all continue to stabilize the line, killing the powerful individuals and enemies who can heal. I will deal with him personally."

Horns blared repeatedly, shouts rang out, and the Blue Blood Clan reformed their lines.

But the two legions of the Alien God they had just annihilated numbered only two or three thousand, while the number pressing against them now was in the tens of thousands.

Even if they were brave, facing this scene, they could not help but turn pale.

At this moment, King Laita at the very front of the formation suddenly laughed, laughing very loudly.

He turned to his tribesmen and shouted, "Boys! Do you see? The enemy finally understands the might of the Blue Blood Clan!"

"A mere few thousand black puppets are only enough to fill the gaps between the teeth of my Blue Blood warriors!"

"Now, they have finally served us a main course!"

Hearing the King's encouragement, the Blue Blood warriors finally had some laughter, but this laughter was somewhat forced and sparse.

King Laita continued, "I know, some of you are afraid! But is fear useful?"

"I can tell you for sure, today we will lose! The Blue Blood Clan will perish here!"

"Because our opponent is a God! The most powerful Alien God of this era! The Alien God that makes all the Gods tremble with fear!"

"Losing to Him is not a disgrace! It is an honor!"

"The enemies that the Gods dare not confront, we Blue Blood people dare to! Even if it means perishing, we will never yield! Because we are the descendants of the Holy Dragon God!"

The Blue Blood warriors all felt their blood boiling and immediately followed with loud roars.

King Laita roared again, "For the glory of our ancestors, fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!!"

The shouts of the Blue Blood warriors rose wave after wave.

But just then, a voice came from the opposite side.

"Hypocritical Laita, are you inciting the young people of the tribe to die again?"

King Laita turned his head abruptly and pointed his war spear at Bariya, who was approaching on a white lion.

"Bariya, you have fallen! You have brought shame to the name of our ancestors, and I, along with all the Blue Blood warriors, despise your filthy Soul!"

"I have fallen?"

Bariya laughed loudly, "I have fought for the tribe thousands of times and been seriously injured dozens of times. The blood I shed for the tribe is more than all you old guys combined."

"In that battle half a month ago, I warned you early on to let the old, weak, women, and children retreat first, but you didn't listen. In the end, when we were defeated, you assigned us to cover the retreat."

"There were eighteen of us, and no one took a half step back until everyone died in battle. And then what did you do?"

"To block their offensive, you sacrificed our bodies! You left our Souls with nowhere to rest!"

"And now you say I have shamed our ancestors? Haha, this is simply a huge joke."

"Laita, the Blue Blood Clan is perishing in your hands! It is your stupidity that caused everything today!"

"Open your foolish eyes and see; the Alien God is the only True God. He bestowed upon me a new life and eternal life, while you have led the Blue Blood Clan to a dead end!"

As the voice fell, the battlefield fell silent.

Even the Blue Blood warriors were looking at King Laita with suspicious eyes.

The King of the clan possessed a special method, which was sacrifice, and the sacrifices could only be members of the Blue Blood Clan.

But the sacrificed Blue Blood people would have their Souls unable to return to the hall of the Holy Dragon God.

Therefore, unless the Blue Blood warriors themselves requested it, such a sacrifice could not be used.

Unexpectedly, King Laita had actually sacrificed Bariya and the others after they had died covering the retreat...

This was blasphemy.

Blasphemy against the spirits of the warriors, blasphemy against the traditions and glory of the Blue Blood Clan for countless years.

Many people felt sympathy for Bariya, and even some dissatisfaction with King Laita.

At this moment, King Laita laughed again.

"Yes! I did sacrifice you all!"

"But look! The Alien God is about to occupy our ancestral land, destroy our race, and swallow the Dragon body of the Holy Dragon God!"

"Once the Dragon body of the Holy Dragon God no longer exists and the Blue Lake turns black, will the Blue Blood ancestors of generations past still have any peace?"

"As long as we can defend the Holy Lake, nothing is un-sacrificeable! Including you, and including me!"

Bariya sneered as well, "Then why haven't you sacrificed yourself?"

"Do you think I don't have that resolve!"

King Laita roared, and pale blue flames instantly erupted from his entire body.

"Father!"

"My King!"

"Your Majesty!"

Princess Lai Anniya, several clan elders, and all the Blue Blood warriors couldn't help but cry out in alarm.

Because the 'Living Sacrifice' King Laita was using now was unstoppable and irreversible. From this moment on, his Soul would be consumed by the sacrificial fire until the very end!

King Laita's determination left Bariya momentarily stunned.

He gritted his teeth and shouted coldly, "Then there is nothing left to say. Let the results speak for everything!"

King Laita shouted again, "Commence battle!"

Shocked by their King sacrificing himself, the Blue Blood warriors shouted and charged forward side by side, while the Alien God's legion surged forward like a tide, surrounding them.

The fierce battle broke out once again!

Having sacrificed himself, King Laita erupted with terrifying combat power.

Bariya had been a Spirit Map Realm expert in his lifetime, and now, possessing the power granted by the Alien God and having gathered over a dozen of his own experts, he still found it difficult to contend with him.

If not for the sheer number of black game entities surrounding them, which diverted a considerable amount of King Laita's energy, they would likely have been killed very quickly.

After fighting for a while longer, King Laita grew even fiercer. A faint mist of light appeared above his head, as if he were about to break through that invisible barrier and ascend to the Huagai Realm Realm!

Bariya dared not delay any longer. He immediately summoned a large number of high-tier game entities to hold King Laita back and ordered several of his retainers to ride in all directions.

He himself suddenly raised a black flag and quickly traced a runic character onto it with his own Blue Blood.

A sound like ice sheets grinding against each other suddenly echoed through the air, and a strange pressure descended instantly.

King Laita, who was charging back and forth through the black tide, suddenly felt his body grow heavy, and his movement speed plummeted!

He immediately realized something was wrong!

The reason Spirit Map Realm experts were so powerful, apart from their terrifying destructive force, was their extreme speed.

If they pursued maximum speed, they could even exceed the speed of sound by several times!

Ordinary attacks simply could not hit them.

But once they slowed down, they would immediately take many skills from the black game entities.

Although his defense was extremely strong and the damage from these individual skills was not significant, being surrounded by millions of game entities meant the damage accumulated rapidly, becoming an unbearable burden!

Countless skills kept hitting him, preventing him from even lifting his head for a moment.

He knew that his death would likely arrive before his Soul was even burned out.

Is this the end?

Just then, a white light flashed in front of him, and Princess Lai Anniya's slender figure appeared before his eyes.

A massive repulsive force, like a tidal wave, temporarily pushed back the surrounding game entities.

"Father, stay strong!"

King Laita gasped and asked in surprise, "Princess Lai Anniya, is it you... are you trying to..."

Somewhat unexpectedly, the black game entities did not attack immediately, instead giving them some breathing room.

At this moment, Bariya's voice came in from outside the battle circle again.

"Princess Lai Anniya, my Princess, this is not a battle you can participate in. Step back!"

Princess Lai Anniya's face was pale, but she showed no intention of retreating. "Bariya, today is the day of the Blue Blood Clan's annihilation. Do you think I would retreat?"

Bariya shook his head. "Only you, the girl I admire most, I will not let you die."

Princess Lai Anniya sneered, "Admire? Are you even worthy?"

"Back then, you said you admired my sister, but after you were defeated by Ye Baiqiao, you only stayed quiet for a few days before going off to mess around with other women."

"You are a coward and a villain."

"No matter what you have experienced, you have now betrayed the clan and betrayed the Holy Dragon God!"

"Even if I die, I will not be with you! You should give up on that idea!"

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, I'm already married!"

Bariya's eyes immediately turned fierce. "Married! When!"

"There are no younger Spirit Map experts in the clan. Did you choose some trash like Zassaria or Gria?"

"Speak! Who is it! I will kill him with my own hands!"

Princess Lai Anniya smiled even more happily. "My husband's name is Tang Long. Just a moment ago, we held our wedding by the Holy Lake."

"Just like Ye Baiqiao back in the day, he is a peerless warrior, a hero of the Origin Realm, and a saint of a god."

"Right now, he is in the Holy Lake, receiving the baptism of the Holy Dragon God."

"Once he obtains the complete Holy Dragon Power, he will annihilate you and this group of filthy scum you lead."

Bariya's expression changed several times, but he soon smiled again.

"Origin Realm person? If you're talking about that brat who suddenly appeared earlier, I think I know who it is."

"His name is Tang Long? He's a bit interesting, but he's far worse than Ye Baiqiao."

"So all that talk about being an Origin Realm hero or a saint of a god is just a lie. You can't fool me."

Princess Lai Anniya suddenly winked at him. "I am lying to you, and I've already tricked you!"

"Father, now!"

Before her voice had even faded, she suddenly held out a ball of light in her hands.

King Laita, who was behind her, suddenly rose up. As he leaped, he swallowed the ball of light, and his body transformed in mid-air. In the blink of an eye, he turned into a giant blue Dragon!

The Dragon body, tens of meters long, circled like a whirlwind. Wherever the Dragon body swept, many black game entities were torn to pieces.

Furthermore, the giant Dragon soared high and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blue flame downwards.

Bariya, his dozen or so retainers, and a large swathe of the Alien God's warriors were all engulfed in the flames. Within just a few seconds, they turned into scorched corpses all over the ground.

With their leader dead, the Alien God's legion immediately became much more sluggish.

The morale of the Blue Blood Clan warriors soared. They shouted and fought fiercely, quickly gaining a local advantage.

Even the old and weak, who were in the rear as reserves, rushed up to contribute their own meager strength.

But only Princess Lai Anniya understood that even though she had used her strongest forbidden power just now, it was nothing more than overdrawing her father's life.

That blue flame was the flame of his Soul. The more fiercely he spat it out, the closer he was to death.

Moreover, there was absolutely no way she could use this forbidden power a second time in a short period. Even if someone else were willing to sacrifice their own Soul, they would not possess such powerful combat strength.

Hopefully, her father's great sacrifice would secure victory in this battle and win a tomorrow for the clan.

But no matter what, sadness still surged into her eyes like a tide.

Just as the Alien God's legion was retreating steadily and all the Blue Blood Clan members felt that the battle today was already won, a huge figure suddenly appeared on the battlefield without any warning.

A giant black hand suddenly grabbed the blue Dragon that King Laita had transformed into and tightly gripped its throat.

A few seconds later, the blue Dragon's head tilted, and it slowly closed its eyes.

Seeing this scene, all the Blue Blood warriors were stunned.

That massive enemy, like a devil god, with its terrifying face and eyes that were half black and half white, had crushed their powerful King to death with a single grasp...

They forgot to fight, as if their faith had been completely destroyed.

At this moment, the giant threw the Dragon corpse onto the ground, creating a booming sound.

Then he lowered his head, leaned close to Princess Lai Anniya, and asked in a voice like thunder.

"You just said that your husband is a saint? Is that true?"

Having witnessed her father die in battle, Princess Lai Anniya felt infinite resentment in her heart. She wanted to scream, wanted to use her Spell, and immediately fight the enemy to the death, even if she died in the attempt!

But facing this terrifying face, for some reason, she was completely unable to move; only her body was trembling uncontrollably.

Despair! True despair!

All the remaining members of the Blue Blood Clan were in such despair.

Even though their King had sacrificed his own Soul, and even though they had fought with all their might to the death.

They had all realized that this was an enemy that could not be defeated, and they would all die in despair.

But just then, a golden light suddenly rose from the Holy Lake behind them, shooting straight into the sky.