82: Chapter 82 The Birth of an Eighth-Order Divine Artifact!

Zhao Tianao's Tier 5 flying dragon crawled forward in the air with all its might.

Finally, before the Phoenix self-destructed, it escaped from the Candle Dragon's slowing domain.

This was actually Lin Feng intentionally going easy.

If he had really slaughtered all of his teammates' troops, it would have truly been going too far.

Immediately after, the Phoenix exploded violently in mid-air.

Terrifying flame energy swept through everything in the surroundings.

A massive mushroom cloud rose above the ruins.

Smoke and dust billowed, and rocks flew everywhere.

Half an hour passed.

The smoke and dust slowly dissipated.

The entire city had been completely razed to the ground.

The Tier 7 Diamond Giant Scorpion was blasted until its shell shattered, with green blood gushing out crazily along its joints.

It was truly worthy of being a Tier 7 overlord famous for its defense.

Under the Phoenix's destructive self-destruction, it had actually managed to withstand it.

However, even though it wasn't dead, it was heavily injured.

Covered in green blood, breathing its last, it was clearly on the verge of death.

This was a prime opportunity!

"Candle Dragon, bring the elemental crystal over."

Lin Feng issued his divine decree.

The Candle Dragon lowered its flight altitude.

It extended its dragon claws and clamped onto the half-dead Diamond Giant Scorpion.

With a swift motion, it gouged out the elemental core, which was emitting a blinding golden light.

The energy fluctuation of the Tier 7 core was astonishing.

Zhao Tianao, Zhou Rui, and Wu Ke were all stunned.

"Uh... many thanks to you, Junior, for stepping in and helping me secure this Tier 7 core!"

Zhao Tianao regained his senses and hurriedly spoke with a thick skin.

"Once we go back, I will definitely thank you properly."

"Now, it's time to split it..."

"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for obtaining: Tier 7 Metal Elemental Origin Core (one)!"

Lin Feng didn't even pay attention to Zhao Tianao and directly stored the crystal into his account.

What a joke.

It wasn't even a Tier 7 monster that you killed.

Why should I share it with you?

If it weren't for Lin Feng stepping in, Zhao Tianao's trump cards would have long since died.

Seeing Lin Feng pocket it directly, Zhao Tianao was instantly dumbfounded.

A trace of dangerous killing intent immediately filled the air.

"Forget it, forget it, let's divide it slowly after we finish fighting!"

Wu Ke hurriedly ran out to smooth things over, "After all, Junior Lin Feng contributed the most!"

These words sounded nice.

But the subtext was very obvious.

They couldn't beat Lin Feng now, so they would settle the score with him after returning to the safe zone.

"Hmph! Fine!"

Zhao Tianao snorted with an unhappy face.

From the moment they entered, he never intended to split the gains equally with anyone else.

Now, watching Lin Feng take the treasure, he was maddeningly jealous.

He lacked the ability to take it himself, but when others did, he became envious and still delusionally hoped to get a share.

Facing such an idiot.

If Lin Feng had actually handed the item over, he would have been the one with water in his brain.

After taking the elemental core.

The Tier 7 Diamond Giant Scorpion hadn't completely breathed its last.

This was high-grade feed; it absolutely could not be wasted.

Lin Feng communicated with the Chaos Territory and directly gave the Taotie a feeding order.

The Taotie teleported to the edge of the ruins and opened its abyssal maw.

An irresistible gravitational force swept out wildly.

The Tier 7 Diamond Giant Scorpion's feet instantly left the ground, and it fell into the pitch-black, bloody maw.

In its heavily injured state, it didn't even have the strength to resist in the slightest.

"Ding! The Taotie has digested a Tier 7 living creature; its foundation has increased significantly!"

Accompanied by the crisp electronic sound.

After eating the giant scorpion, Lin Feng had the Taotie retreat back to the base camp first.

After they finished looting the last main city.

He would let it devour and clean out the entire Tier 7 continent.

It was a pity that.

Except for the city Zhao Tianao was responsible for attacking, where a Tier 7 Metal Elemental Core was discovered.

No other origin crystals were found in the other three cities.

Currently, for the entire continent, only the core main city in the very center remained to be swept.

This city was exceptionally large.

In terms of scale, it was not inferior to Xinghai City or the Imperial Capital.

However, unlike the bustling human main cities.

This place had been abandoned for decades.

Everything in sight was broken walls and ruins.

Since the True God fell, all living things in this place had died out.

Leaving behind only a dead city and mutated monsters left over from the God War.

There were definitely high-tier fierce beasts hiding in the city.

Of course, energy cores were surely hidden there as well.

To search everything, it would take quite a bit of effort.

Under the huge temptation of the elemental crystals.

The four of them reached a brief alliance once again.

Zhao Tianao, Zhou Rui, and Wu Ke reassembled their armies and began to attack the city.

Searching for any potential origin crystals.

Sure enough, there were high-tier monsters everywhere in the city.

Tier 5 and Tier 6 giant reptiles, poisonous scorpions, and magic spiders could be seen everywhere.

There were even several terrifying Tier 7 overlords.

A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.

This time, Zhao Tianao and the others had learned to be smart.

Once they encountered a Tier 7 overlord, they immediately took a detour.

Trying their best not to have a head-on conflict with them.

If they happened to be targeted, they would abandon a few thousand Tier 3 or 4 cannon fodder to cover the rear and shield the main force as they ran away.

Lin Feng, on the other hand, wasn't panicked; he had the Candle Dragon circle above the city to observe the situation at all times.

Anyway, his ultimate goal was only the elemental cores.

"Ding! Radar scan complete! Discovered multiple origin energy fluctuations."

"Predicted highest energy tier—Tier 8!"

"Tier 8!"

Listening to the system's report.

Lin Feng couldn't help but gasp.

In this Tier 7 remnant, there was actually a top-grade Tier 8 crystal hidden!

This was data scanned by the system.

Zhao Tianao and the others were definitely still kept in the dark.

The spiritual perception of ordinary deities could only vaguely detect the general direction.

They had no way to pinpoint the location accurately.

"System, mark all the specific coordinates for me."

Lin Feng gave the order decisively.

The city area was too large.

Searching blindly like a headless fly was purely a waste of time.

"Ding! Generating coordinates!"

"Inside the skyscraper in the southwest district: Tier 7 core (attribute unknown)."

"Inside the underground base in the northeast district: Tier 7 core (attribute unknown)."

"Inside the ancient temple in the center of the city: Tier 8 core (attribute unknown)."

After reading the data.

Lin Feng's heartbeat accelerated.

There really was a Tier 8 treasure.

And it was hidden right in the most conspicuous central temple.

At this moment, the three of them—Zhao Tianao, Zhou Rui, and Wu Ke—had already led their main forces and were inching toward the city center.

Barring any accidents, they would soon discover the Tier 8 crystal in the temple.

With the system's assistance, Lin Feng was essentially playing with a full-map hack the whole time.

"Candle Dragon, go and retrieve the items."

Lin Feng issued the order directly.

"I shall obey the Master's decree!"

The Candle Dragon received the order and instantly locked onto the targets.

With one claw, it overturned the skyscraper in the southwest corner and easily gouged out the first Tier 7 crystal.

"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for obtaining: Tier 7 Water Elemental Origin Core (one)."

Immediately after, the Candle Dragon performed a dragon tail swing, smashing open the air-raid shelter in the northeast corner to obtain the second Tier 7 crystal.

"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for obtaining: Tier 7 Earth Elemental Origin Core (one)."

Feeling the intense energy fluctuations, Zhao Tianao and the others instantly turned their heads to look over.

They happened to witness Lin Feng stuffing the two Tier 7 crystals into his pocket.

Zhao Tianao: "???"

Wu Ke: "???"

Zhou Rui: "???"

These three guys had been searching like headless flies for the better part of the day without finding so much as a hair.

Yet in the blink of an eye, Lin Feng had already taken two!

Seeing this scene.

The three of them couldn't have felt more heavy-hearted.

"Hehe, Junior really has good methods; let's split the loot together after we finish this battle."

"Yes, yes, we are all Tier 6 deities, and we're just in need of Tier 7 materials..."

The three of them started forcing smiles, as if reading from a script.

Lin Feng couldn't be bothered to pay attention to these drama queens and directly cast his gaze toward the central temple.

This was a magnificent building dedicated to worshipping an ancient True God.

It was similar to the sanctuary where the Great Xia Alliance worshipped the Starry Sky Divine Dragon.

If he guessed correctly, this should be the place that a fallen True God specifically used to harvest faith.

According to the system's intelligence.

The most precious Tier 8 core was hidden inside the temple.

Beside the treasure, there must be a guardian behemoth.

It was a Tier 7 continent, after all; he absolutely could not let his guard down.

Lin Feng remained still, preparing to let Zhao Tianao and the others step on the mines first.

Sure enough.

Just as the three armies were about to approach the temple gates.

The ground beneath their feet suddenly began to shake violently.

The roads collapsed, and high-rise buildings toppled.

Like a magnitude 12 earthquake, the entire massive city was shaking crazily.

Countless abyssal cracks tore open on the road surface.

The vanguard troops of Zhao Tianao and the others fell into the bottomless abyss like dumplings being dropped into a pot, suffering heavy casualties.

"What the hell is that!"

"Damn it! Retreat quickly!"

The three of them were shocked.

Even a fool could see that a super big BOSS had appeared.

This commotion definitely couldn't be a natural disaster.

Sure enough, within the constantly expanding earth fissures.

A massive pink Death Demon Worm was frantically weaving through the underground of the ruins.

This worm was hundreds of thousands of meters long!

It rampaged through the city's foundation, forcefully drilling out countless underground tunnels, directly triggering an earthquake across the entire city.

A suffocating, terrifying pressure surged out from the underground.

"What a terrifying aura!"

Lin Feng frowned, "System, analyze the enemy's combat power!"

"Ding! Analysis complete!"

"Death Demon Worm (Tier 8): Mutated from a low-level crawler. Its head is equipped with a ring-shaped meat-grinder mouthpart; it can spray high-concentration strong acid and can devour all organic matter!"

It was actually a Tier 8 great demon!

Lin Feng's heart sank abruptly.

This thing was definitely the ultimate product left over from the True God war.

To just discard a Tier 8 guardian beast like that.

The ancient True Gods were truly generous.

"Run!"

The moment they saw the Death Demon Worm emerge.

Zhou Rui screamed, his voice cracking from fear.

His strongest trump card in hand was a Tier 6 Flame Dragon and a Tier 6 Deep Sea Giant.

In front of this Tier 8 overlord, they were simply not enough.

The only option at the first moment was to run!

However, it was already too late.

The Death Demon Worm locked its gaze tightly onto Zhou Rui's two major Tier 6 combat units.

It rolled and twisted frantically under the ruins, triggering an even more violent earthquake.

Suddenly, the Death Demon Worm burst out of the ground and swallowed the Deep Sea Giant into its abyssal maw in one bite.

The hundreds-of-meters-tall Sea Giant was like a small snack in front of the Tier 8 Death Demon Worm.

It didn't even have any room to resist!

Fortunately, the Flame Dragon could fly, barely escaping the fate of being swallowed alive.

But this was of no use.

After eating the giant, the Death Demon Worm raised its head and violently sprayed a thick column of acidic liquid, accurately hitting the Flame Dragon in mid-air.

The Flame Dragon let out a desperate cry of sorrow, its wings instantly corroded away.

Its massive body fell straight into the Death Demon Worm's gaping, bloody maw like a kite with a broken string.

A senior Tier 6 Deity was finished just like that.

Having lost his two core main forces, Zhou Rui had basically said goodbye to the ranks of the strong for the rest of his life.

Witnessing this tragic scene with their own eyes.

Zhao Tianao and Wu Ke were scared out of their wits.

They didn't want to end up with the same miserable fate as Zhou Rui.

What elemental core? You need your life to take it, but you might not have the life to spend it!

The two of them immediately ordered their armies to retreat at full speed.

Preparing to sever their Divine Domain connections at the fastest speed possible and slip away.

If this Death Demon Worm followed the passage into their lair, they would really be meeting the King of Hell.

Amidst the chaotic earthquake.

The ancient temple in the city center completely collapsed.

An origin crystal emitting earth-shattering energy rose slowly from the depths of the ruins.

Seemingly affected by the energy of the earthquake, this crystal suddenly released a ring of blinding energy shockwaves.

This fluctuation instantly covered the entire Tier 7 plane.

Zhao Tianao and Wu Ke, who were running for their lives, suddenly stopped in their tracks.

The two of them turned their heads to look, and were dumbfounded on the spot.

"Tier... Tier 8 Origin Core!"