202: Chapter 202 Divine Plunder, Attributes Surge!

Lu Chen was stunned.

Immediately, an indescribable ecstasy surged into his heart!

The second form of Yamata no Orochi... actually contained a trace of divinity in its blood!

That was it!

It was a mythical species, a true Divine Beast!

Deep within its Bloodline, it had always possessed divine power. In its first form, it might have been Sealed or hidden, but this stronger second form had completely triggered and revealed it!

Therefore, only when the god-slaying spear pierced its Physical Body could it trigger that long-lost [Divinity Absorption] passive!

"So that's how it is..."

The Flame Dragon that Lu Chen had transformed into shot a piercing gaze through the Void Realm from its eyes, which were burning with golden-red flames.

"If I absorb all the divinity within you, your strength will inevitably plummet! By then, killing you will be like slaughtering a dog!"

His train of thought became clear instantly!

"Roar!"

The Dragon's roar shook the heavens!

Lu Chen's massive dragon body no longer dodged the Chaos breath unleashed by the eight heads. Instead, he endured a portion of the damage, like a giant Dragon coiling around stars in the Universe, and slammed into it, wrapping around it tightly!

His dragon claws dug deep into the snake body of Yamata no Orochi, which was covered in Chaos scales. His dragon tail locked onto its struggling limbs, pinning it firmly in place!

Puchi!

Puchi!

Puchi!

The next moment, the god-slaying spear transformed into a tireless dark red lightning bolt, piercing through the massive body of Yamata no Orochi frantically at a speed that surpassed visual tracking!

He was no longer aiming for lethal spots to kill in one hit; instead, he was frantically breaking through the scales to absorb the divinity in its blood!

Every piercing strike brought up a trail of radiance emitting faint divinity, and at the same time, the cold notification sound frantically scrolled through Lu Chen's mind:

[Ding! Passive triggered, target divinity absorbed +0.1%, all attributes +0.5%!]

[Ding! Passive triggered, target divinity absorbed +0.1%, all attributes +0.5%!]

...

"Baka!! No! Stop! You damnable thief! Robber!"

Yamata no Orochi panicked completely. Its eight hideous snake heads let out hisses mixed with pain, anger, and extreme terror.

It could clearly feel that its own divine Origin, which stemmed from its primordial Bloodline and which it prided itself on, was being frantically extracted by that strange spear, flowing away ceaselessly like a burst dam!

Divinity was the Foundation that allowed it to transcend ordinary World Lord BOSSes and touch the realm of gods!

Once it was completely absorbed, it would inevitably fall from its divine pedestal, regressing into an ordinary World Lord BOSS with nothing but a massive shell, forever unable to maintain this powerful second form!

"Roar! Get off this Divine Beast!"

It twisted frantically, its eight heads spitting out various energies, trying to tear Lu Chen off its body. Powerful breaths exploded at point-blank range, blowing off dragon scales and causing golden-red dragon blood to rain down from the sky.

However, Lu Chen, who had activated [Power of Prairie Dragon Fire] and already possessed extremely high attributes, had a deep pool of HP and even the [resurrection ring] as his final trump card. He did not fear this kind of desperate, mutual-injury fighting style at all!

No matter how it struggled or roared, Lu Chen was like a bone-sticking maggot, coiling tightly around it. The attacks of the god-slaying spear did not pause for even a second; instead, they became even more violent!

"Struggle! Roar! I, Lu Chen, am determined to have this divinity of yours!"

Lu Chen could feel that as the divinity was absorbed, his own strength, physique, spirit, and agility were all skyrocketing at an astonishing rate!

This feeling of growing stronger every second was intoxicating!

Yamata no Orochi's struggles gradually became powerless, and its hisses began to carry desperate wails.

Its massive body began to tremble slightly, the Chaos force field around it dimmed significantly, and the breaths from its eight snake heads also lost much of their power.

It had never encountered such an unreasonable, such a difficult opponent!

Unkillable, inexhaustible!

It could even continuously plunder divine power from it!

Finally, when the last trace of divinity was greedily drained by the god-slaying spear, the notification sound rang out for the last time:

[Ding! Target divinity absorbed +0.1%, all attributes +0.5%, current total divinity absorbed: 8%, all attributes increased: +40%!]

Boom!!!

An unprecedented, surging power erupted within Lu Chen!

His muscles and bones resonated, his Bloodline surged!

The golden-red dragon flames burning around his body seemed to be injected with new fuel, suddenly expanding, brilliant and dazzling, illuminating the entire dim Colosseum as if it were broad daylight!

His life aura was like a vast starry sea, unfathomable, having already surpassed the Peak World Lord and truly rivaling a Divine Beast!

Attack, defense, mana...

All attributes reached an unfathomable level!

"This feeling... powerful!"

Lu Chen felt the surging, almost overflowing power within his body and couldn't help but let out a comfortable dragon roar, the sound waves rolling and causing the space barriers of the Colosseum to hum.

However, he also noticed that although the [god-slaying spear] had absorbed 8% of the divinity, the spear body remained archaic and damaged, not repaired and upgraded as it had been when absorbing the blood of a god before.

A realization flashed through his mind: "It seems that only by absorbing the divinity contained in true [Blood of God] can the spear body be repaired and upgraded. The divinity of a Divine Beast's blood can only provide me with all-attribute bonuses..."

This undoubtedly pointed him toward an alternative path to power!

If he could hunt more Divine Beasts and extract the divinity within them, his base attributes would be stacked to a terrifying height unprecedented in history. By then, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with gods in a Mortal body would be no mere delusion!

However, Divine Beasts were rare and could not be sought after.

For now, it was better to deal with this beast that had fallen from its divine pedestal first!

Lu Chen's dragon eyes drooped, his cold gaze locked onto Yamata no Orochi, whose aura was withered and whose body seemed to have shrunk by a circle.

At this moment, it had lost all its divinity, its halo was gone, and although it was still massive, it had lost that suffocating primordial Divine Might.

"Your value ends here."

Lu Chen's voice was like a death sentence. His dragon claws released, his dragon tail flicked, and the massive Flame Dragon retreated instantly.

Immediately after, he raised his dragon claws, and the radiance of the [god-slaying spear] and [Holy Spear: Oath of the End] gathered once again!

But this time, the brilliance and pressure of that light far exceeded what it had been before!

"No... I surr..."

Yamata no Orochi's remaining snake heads felt the destructive energy fluctuations and wanted to surrender in terror, but before the word "surrender" could be uttered—

"Be annihilated!"

Boom!

The world-destroying torrent, intertwined with golden-red and holy gold, was like a galaxy reversing, instantly engulfing Yamata no Orochi, which had lost its divine protection, completely!

There was no violent explosion, no struggling wails. In that torrent of absolute power, its body melted and vaporized like snow under the sun, eventually turning into the most basic energy particles, dissipating completely between heaven and earth.

[Ding! Congratulations on defeating the mythical species · Yamata no Orochi and passing the ninth ring of the Colosseum!]

[Obtained: domain fragment X1!]

The ninth fragment was in hand.

Lu Chen returned to human form, quietly floating in the air.

The successive battles, especially the final close-quarters combat and divinity plunder with Yamata no Orochi, left his mind feeling a trace of fatigue.

But his current state was better than ever!

Surging power flowed through his limbs and bones, giving him the illusion that he could punch through a star.

He quickly consumed a legendary spirit potion from the System store, and a scorching current poured into his mind, smoothing out the mental fatigue.

His gaze involuntarily turned toward the deepest part of the Colosseum.

There, the final gate was silent.

But the aura it emitted was deeper and more... terrifying than any of the previous ones!

The six major main pet beasts, including Void-Eye White Tiger and the Azure Dragon Great Green, all quieted down at this moment.

They retracted all their auras, their beast eyes looking at the final gate with extreme gravity. The trembling from the deepest part of their Bloodline made them tighten their bodies involuntarily.

"Master, there are ten days left. Do you want to challenge the final ring? It's possible the opponent is a god!"

Great Green and the others asked.

Lu Chen slowly tightened his grip on the god-slaying spear in his hand, feeling the surging, far-beyond-Peak-World-Lord attributes within his body, his eyes flashing with the confident radiance of one who looks down on all enemies.

"It's not like I haven't killed a god before. On my path, if a god blocks... I will slay the god!"

"Tenth ring—Challenge!"