91: Chapter 90 Preparing to Ascend to Heaven! To Slay [Yang Guang]

At this moment, high above in the sky where [Yang Guang] was located...

Li Jiancheng, a handsome middle-aged man in blue robes, stared intently below the cloud layer and fiercely swung his fist, saying in annoyance:

"Damn it! There still isn't enough time like this!!"

Beside him, Li Yuanji advised:

"Eldest Brother, do not fret. The forging of [Yang Guang]'s divine body is already more than halfway complete.

As long as nothing goes wrong with the condensation of the godhood, these people cannot stop the birth of a high-tier god."

Although he said this, Li Jiancheng did not notice the blood-red crystal clutched in Li Yuanji's sleeve at this moment.

Countless ethereal soul energies were drifting toward it from all directions, being absorbed by it.

Suddenly, Li Yuanji's expression shifted, and his tone changed:

"Eldest Brother, I feel we cannot sit around waiting for death. We must show some of our trump cards."

Li Jiancheng's brows furrowed. "Third Brother, didn't you just say not to fret?"

Li Yuanji said with a gloomy expression, "It was my oversight, Brother. Delaying brings complications; it is better to make a decision early."

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How could Li Jiancheng know that the blood-red crystal in Li Yuanji's hand was formed from Bai Yu's exclusive talent—[Soul Essence Myriad Transformation]?

This was precisely the path that mysterious golden-eyed black man had planned out for him long ago:

taking the talent of [Soul Essence Myriad Transformation], and then converting the life souls of the living people in the four provinces into spirituality.

Li Yuanji would possess a nearly infinite reserve of spirituality, and his Card Maker level would soar rapidly.

Li Jiancheng wanted to turn the citizens of these four provinces into a Deep One divine kingdom to nurture a high-tier god.

Whereas what Li Yuanji sought to steal were the living souls of the four provinces' citizens who were turned into Deep Ones during this process.

Because if these citizens did not turn into [Deep Ones], Li Yuanji might still be held accountable for using such methods.

However, the biggest trouble was already being shouldered by his good eldest brother.

When the time came and all citizens of the four provinces had turned into [Deep Ones], Li Yuanji would merely pretend he could not bear to watch his eldest brother stray further down the wrong path.

He would then activate his hidden move to harvest all the souls of the [Deep Ones].

At that point, Li Yuanji would be the ultimate winner. Li Jiancheng would take the blame, while the benefits and reputation would all belong to Li Yuanji.

In other words, Li Jiancheng had no idea that both Li Tiance and Li Yuanji actually wanted him to fail.

Li Tiance went without saying; these four provinces were the core territory of the Li family.

As the designated heir, Li Tiance naturally had to protect his foundation.

And Li Yuanji, who had always maintained an image of cruelty and madness, also wanted to play the mantis-stalking-the-cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

However, in this plan, an unexpected variable had emerged—Sun Po!!

No one expected such a heaven-defying powerhouse to emerge among this year's Gaokao candidates, even overshadowing Li Tiance's brilliance.

Originally, Li Jiancheng controlling [Yang Guang] and using Cthulhu's dream hypnosis ability to hypnotize some foreign teachers and Qianniu Guard Commander An was a brilliant move.

Combined with sending numerous [Mutated Deep Ones] to launch a surprise attack on the challenge secret realm, it was enough to leave Li Tiance overwhelmed on all fronts.

By then, occupying Li Tang Wanbang University and activating the school protection array would easily buy enough time for [Yang Guang] to successfully become a god.

Instead, he ran into a freak like Sun Po, who single-handedly slaughtered all the [Mutated Deep Ones],

and even drove off the un-subdued servant god [Dagon], yet still failed to take down Sun Po.

And the reason Li Yuanji changed his mind and wanted to reveal his trump cards right now was also because of Sun Po.

That's right; starting just now, Li Yuanji felt that no living souls from below were floating into his blood-red crystal.

Looking closely, he realized that there was a competitor down below!!

Ever since moments ago, all the souls of the dead [Mutated Deep Ones] were being devoured by Sun Po's bizarre domain.

How could the evil cultivator Li Yuanji know that Sun Po below was the true "master devourer."

When monsters died, materials were harvested.

Their corpses were refined into emperor yus ding by [Tianhe Budu] to serve as sacrifices.

Their souls were dragged into the Calamity Heavenly River to produce [Tianhe Naval Forces].

Even though these [Mutated Deep Ones] possessed some degree of divine substance that was not enough to condense into item drops,

Sun Po's emperor yus ding still extracted it, which could be described as squeezing marrow from the bones,

leaving not a bit to waste—a far higher utilization rate than Li Yuanji's method of merely consuming souls.

It was no wonder the two were anxious; Sun Po's impact after joining the battlefield was simply too overwhelming.

Mastering Level 4 energy while possessing a body without weak spots turned every single card into a god of war.

However, Sun Po found that as good as this combination was, it consumed calamity qi rather fast.

[Calamity Realm] was fine, as it was inherently a passive characteristic without much consumption, but the depletion was concentrated on [Body of Calamity].

In just a few short minutes, Sun Po even noticed that the water level of the [Calamity Heavenly River] had dropped slightly.

One had to know that this was river water condensed from pure calamity qi, yet it suffered visible consumption in just minutes; it could be said that

this consumption was roughly enough to power the [Black Rhino Armor] with infinite firepower and calamity qi enhancement for three days of non-stop fun, making the cost-efficiency extremely low.

Seeing that the monsters were nearly wiped out, Sun Po quickly deactivated [Body of Calamity], intending to save it for crucial moments.

Suddenly, Sun Po heard a wave of chaotic commotion coming from the direction of the urban area behind him.

It turned out that as [Yang Guang]'s progress in forging a body using the Grand Canal accelerated,

other residents in Jinyang City had already been infected.

Wailing cries, alarms blaring from shattered glass storefronts, roars of [Mutated Deep Ones], desperate curses from the populace—

along with flames and dense smoke soaring into the sky from within the city, together composed an apocalyptic symphony.

Yuan Tiangang quickly organized the surviving students to return to the city and help the citizens evacuate Jinyang City.

[Yang Guang]'s contamination radius centered around himself; as [Yang Guang]'s rate of absorbing divine power grew faster and faster,

the overall radius of contamination expanded gradually, spreading from the docks at first to the urban area later.

Soon, there would no longer be any place left for these ordinary people to stand in all of Jinyang City.

If they stayed, they could only turn into [Mutated Deep Ones]. If they wanted to live, their only choice was to flee.

Yet even if they fled, where could they possibly run to?

With the entire Grand Canal serving as his divine body, the four provinces through which the Grand Canal flowed would ultimately all fall within his contamination range.

For the ordinary populace, this was an inescapable dead end.

Sun Po's mood also instantly darkened as he watched this; humans were not inanimate objects, so how could they remain unemotional?

These ordinary people worked diligently every day, striving to build wealth and lead decent lives through their own two hands.

All the privileges enjoyed by Card Makers and even prestigious families were built upon their hard work and sacrifice.

Yet when disaster struck, they were still the most powerless and the most easily sacrificed.

Recalling the horrifying scene described by Yuan Tiangang, Sun Po made up his mind.

He looked toward Li Tiance beside him, and Li Tiance happened to look back at Sun Po as well.

Without needing words, both understood each other's intent.

No more waiting for Li family reinforcements!

Ascend to the sky! Slay [Yang Guang]!!

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