436: Promoted to demigod!

Facing the terrifying lightning that descended from the sky, threatening to destroy the world, Xiao Shi's expression remained as calm as ever.

He showed no signs of panic or fear due to the lightning's terror.

He raised his hand.

He pointed a finger at the falling lightning from afar.

Immediately, a brilliant sword light, no less powerful than the lightning, shot up into the sky.

And at the moment this sword light soared upwards,

from beneath the ground of this world, even more sword lights burst forth.

They fiercely collided with the lightning falling from above.

Boom!!

Accompanied by a deafening explosion,

the void in this world trembled and continuously fractured, causing the entire world to shake violently.

The most terrifying thing was that the power of each of these soaring sword lights was no weaker than that of the lightning.

The two were evenly matched.

As a result, after these sword lights collided with the lightning, they simultaneously dissipated upon impact.

This sudden scene

caused the Eternal Night Upper God's enormous face above to widen its eyes directly.

His eyes were filled with shock and disbelief.

He even froze for a moment, like a statue, completely stiff.

"I said..."

"This is Tianwu Continent! It's not your world!"

"Even if you are a dragon, you will coil here for me!"

Xiao Shi said this as he

pointed his index and middle fingers like a sword towards the Eternal Night Upper God's face above.

Chii!

An incredibly massive sword light instantly shot up into the sky.

It seemed to tear open the void.

Carrying world-destroying power, it swept towards the Eternal Night Upper God above.

It fiercely struck the Eternal Night Upper God's enormous face above.

This caused the Eternal Night Upper God's entire enormous face to waver.

The Eternal Night Upper God looked at Xiao Shi below with an expression of shock and anger.

Although this sword strike from the other party didn't cause him any substantial harm, it made him clearly realize that... Xiao Shi had already gained authority in this divine domain that was not inferior to his own!

This stirred up monstrous waves in the Eternal Night Upper God's heart.

The shock to his mind had reached an unparalleled degree.

He couldn't understand how this person could possess the same authority as him within the divine domain!?

Even if this wasn't his world,

he was greatly restricted in the Tianwu World.

But this world they were currently in was a divine domain he had specifically created!

It was an independent world he had separated from the Tianwu World.

It would not be subject to the restrictions and influences of the Tianwu World.

Under normal circumstances, within this divine domain,

no one could possess greater authority than him!

Because here,

it was like his world!

It was his domain!

But now, Xiao Shi possessed the same authority as him within his world, which made the Eternal Night Upper God find it utterly inconceivable.

"What on earth... is going on!!"

The Eternal Night Upper God's face was grim.

He understood why Xiao Shi had such confidence and demeanor earlier when talking about equality with him.

Clearly, before the other party entered this divine domain, he already knew that he would possess the same authority as him within his divine domain.

Naturally, he wouldn't put him in his eyes.

"Yan Huagu!!"

"This must be Yan Huagu's doing!!"

The Eternal Night Upper God gritted his teeth.

Although he couldn't understand why this was happening,

he was certain that all of this was Yan Huagu's doing.

After all, this time it was Yan Huagu who voluntarily gave up the position of the divine envoy, and Yan Huagu's expression of schadenfreude when he left earlier kept echoing in the Eternal Night Upper God's mind.

This made him even more convinced that the reason Xiao Shi could possess the same authority as him within his divine domain must have been caused by Yan Huagu in some unknown way.

This intensified the Eternal Night Upper God's hatred for Yan Huagu.

Now that Xiao Shi had the same authority as him,

he clearly couldn't control the other party through his control of the mask anymore.

The worst part was... after Xiao Shi gained the same authority as him, even if Xiao Shi became a Martial God, he would no longer be able to control the other party and make him his servant!

His plan had completely failed!

This filled the Eternal Night Upper God's heart with surging anger and intense unwillingness.

He hadn't expected to fall into the hands of these two ants.

At the same time, he had an incredibly strong doubt about the result of the previous revelation.

Judging by the current situation,

the previous revelation should not have shown success.

Even if Xiao Shi truly had the potential to become a Martial God, his revelation, besides being able to foresee whether the other party could become a Martial God, also included whether this Martial God would be controlled by him.

And judging by the authority Xiao Shi already possessed,

even if he became a Martial God, he could not possibly be controlled.

Logically speaking,

the result of the Eternal Night Upper God's revelation should have shown failure.

If the Eternal Night Upper God had known from the start that it wouldn't succeed, he would never have allowed Xiao Shi to become his divine envoy.

But the result of the revelation was completely inconsistent with the actual situation.

This left him perplexed.

What the Eternal Night Upper God didn't know was that... Xiao Shi, possessing the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao, was already in an unpredictable state.

No matter what kind of predictive ability,

it could no longer make any predictions about him.

Moreover, the Eternal Night Upper God's revelation, among all predictive abilities, was only of average strength, not a very strong prediction.

It was far inferior to the heavens secret mask's ability to peer into heavenly secrets.

Therefore, when he made a prediction about Xiao Shi,

the result he saw would only be the result from when Xiao Shi had not yet possessed the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao, and he was completely unable to see the current result.

The Eternal Night Upper God glared at Xiao Shi below and said through gritted teeth.

"Don't think that just because you have the same authority as me, you can truly be my equal. I'll just consider myself without a divine envoy, and you... don't even think about getting any power from me!"

The Eternal Night Upper God knew very well.

The reason the other party was willing to become his divine envoy was simply to obtain the power of an Upper God from him.

Since he couldn't control the other party now,

he naturally wouldn't provide any power to Xiao Shi.

However, Xiao Shi remained calm.

"You don't need to give it; I'll take it myself."

After speaking, he directly left the Eternal Night Upper God's divine domain.

The Eternal Night Upper God frowned deeply.

Take it himself?

What did that mean!?

He didn't quite understand the meaning of the other party's words.

However, he had a bad premonition in his heart... And after Xiao Shi left the Eternal Night Upper God's divine domain,

he was very satisfied with the authority he now possessed.

He confirmed that the Eternal Night Upper God would no longer be able to threaten him.

With equal authority on both sides,

it was impossible for the Eternal Night Upper God to secretly control him.

"Next, let me see how much power he can steal!"

Anticipation flickered in Xiao Shi's eyes.

He raised his hand.

He placed his finger on the mask.

With a thought,

he directly activated the second exclusive ability of the the face to meet god after it became his exclusive item.

God-stealing!

Immediately, he began to steal the power of the Upper God through the the face to meet god.

Within the divine domain.

"Hmm?"

The Eternal Night Upper God's enormous pupils suddenly contracted.

He clearly saw an incredibly massive, deep vortex appear out of thin air within his divine domain.

The entire vortex continuously rotated, emitting astonishing suction.

As a result, it continuously pulled the power within his divine domain into the vortex.

"What... what is this!!"

The Eternal Night Upper God exclaimed in shock.

He found that his power was continuously draining, being sucked away by this vortex.

And what shocked him the most

was that this loss of power... was completely beyond his control.

Even if he tried his best to stop it, it had no effect.

His power continued to flow into the vortex.

"What on earth... what on earth is this!!"

The Eternal Night Upper God's mind was in chaos.

As an Upper God, it was already difficult for anything to cause huge fluctuations in his mind and emotions.

But this time, he was continuously shocked by Xiao Shi.

Whether it was Xiao Shi possessing the same authority as him within the divine domain, or Xiao Shi forcibly stealing his power now, it had completely exceeded his understanding!

Even as an Upper God, he couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation.

At the same time, he also understood what Xiao Shi meant when he said he would take it himself earlier... Xiao Shi clearly felt the power stolen from the divine domain continuously condensing onto the mask.

He carefully sensed the power belonging to the Eternal Night Upper God.

He could clearly feel that this power was significantly different from the power within the Tianwu Continent.

At the same time, he also found that although this power was extremely powerful,

it was not so powerful that he could directly kill all demigods with it.

Clearly,

the power of the Upper God that Xiao Shi stole was not the Eternal Night Upper God's true divine power.

"No..."

"To be precise,"

"the Eternal Night Upper God cannot unleash his full divine power in the Tianwu Continent. The power within his divine domain is only a small fraction of his true power..."

Xiao Shi knew deeply.

Given the status of an Upper God, if it were true divine power, this would definitely not be a power he could control and wield.

He feared that if he used it,

he would explode and die before even unleashing this power.

Ultimately, what the Eternal Night Upper God descended to the Tianwu Continent was merely a wisp of his divine consciousness.

Coupled with the numerous restrictions he faced in the Tianwu Continent... his divine power could at most reach this level.

Although this was only a small part of his total divine power,

this portion of power already exceeded the extent that Xiao Shi could currently utilize.

Xiao Shi knew that if he were to forcibly use this power at this time, he would also risk exploding and dying from being unable to withstand it.

To use the power of an Upper God,

he would at least have to become a demigod first!

"Before I advance to demigod, I'll store these powers in the mask for now."

Xiao Shi thought to himself.

After some testing,

he found that... the the face to meet god's power theft from the Eternal Night Upper God could only steal power from within the divine domain, and could not directly steal the main body's divine power of the Eternal Night Upper God outside the Tianwu Continent.

Secondly,

there was also a certain quantity limit to stealing power from within the divine domain; only a portion of the power could be stolen, and it was impossible to steal all the power from the entire divine domain.

However, even if only a portion of the power could be stolen,

it was enough for Xiao Shi to use.

"Then, it's time to break through!"

A light flashed in Xiao Shi's eyes.

He was preparing to advance to demigod through Yan Huagu's Heavenly and Earthly Rules!

Originally, Yan Huagu's idea was to have Xiao Shi use the power of the Eternal Night Upper God to accelerate his advancement to demigod.

However, what he didn't know was that... Xiao Shi had already gained the recognition of Heaven and Earth.

When the spatial-temporal rules of Yan Huagu were erased from his heart, turning these rules into ownerless Heavenly and Earthly Rules,

Xiao Shi could easily transform these Heavenly and Earthly Rules into his own rules, thereby achieving demigod status.

However, he was now somewhat hesitant... Previously, the Heaven and Earth recognition he received was for the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao.

But now, with a formidable enemy at hand,

Xiao Shi felt that if he wanted to maximize his combat power, the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao might not be the most suitable choice.

Although the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao was extremely extraordinary,

its enhancement to combat power was very limited.

After all, the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao did not belong to the Dao of combat.

Therefore, if the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao were to be transformed into rules, the combat power increase it could bring him would not be the greatest.

Xiao Shi felt that... if he wanted to maximize his combat power, then transforming the Dao of Slaughter into rules would yield the greatest combat power increase he could obtain at present.

Firstly, the Dao of Slaughter was inherently a combat-oriented Dao!

Secondly, Xiao Shi's Dao of Slaughter had also integrated with the Dao Beast Black Dragon, undergoing a significant transformation.

Xiao Shi believed that by transforming the Dao of Slaughter into rules, the combat power increase he would gain would undoubtedly be far stronger than that from the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao.

Therefore,

after some deliberation,

he decided to use the Dao of Slaughter as his first rule!

He knew very well.

What he was about to face next was a Martial Emperor.

Even if he had stolen the Eternal Night Upper God's power now, facing a Martial Emperor would still require his full effort to have a chance of winning.

With this thought,

Xiao Shi no longer hesitated and immediately began to try to communicate with Heaven and Earth, so that the Dao of Slaughter could gain the recognition of Heaven and Earth.

Immediately,

a grand and vast will descended with a roar.

Xiao Shi immediately conveyed his intention to advance to Heavenly and Earthly Rules through his Dao of Slaughter to the will of Heaven and Earth.

Roar!

The Dao Beast Black Dragon within his Dao River also let out a roar, as if proving to the will of Heaven and Earth that it still possessed the ability and qualification to advance to rules.

At the same time, Xiao Shi had also secretly decided.

If the will of Heaven and Earth did not recognize it, he would use the power of the Upper God to strengthen the Dao of Slaughter.

Fortunately, after the will of Heaven and Earth sensed Xiao Shi's Dao of Slaughter for a while,

not long after,

it gave a reply.

A thunderous voice formed in Xiao Shi's mind.

"Yes!"

At the moment this voice sounded,

rumbling sounds immediately echoed from within Xiao Shi's body, and also spread outwards, permeating the entire world. At the same time, Xiao Shi heard for the first time... the exhilarating cracking sound, like a barrier shattering!

A powerful demigod aura began to continuously erupt and rise from Xiao Shi's body.

Rumbling sounds, earth-shaking noises, erupted wildly!