booktalesy Chapter 107 The God King's Favor
Chapter 107 The God King's Favor
Chapter 107 The God King's Favor
"Boom!"
As the array diagram was broken, the entire array began to collapse, and the dense blood mist quickly dissipated. The powerful celestial beings from Gongyang City within the array discovered that their divine sense and spatial domain were no longer suppressed and could function as before.
"What happened? The great formation has been broken?"
"Who was it? Could it be the city lord himself?"
"Impossible. If the city lord makes a move, the Heavenly Fire City Lord will definitely show up as well."
"Haha, whoever it is, they've done us a huge help!"
The powerful celestial beings of Gongyang City were overjoyed.
"Kill them! Join up with Miss Yu and the others. Once Miss Yu arrives, Skyfire City is doomed!"
The powerful celestial beings of Gongyang City all had great confidence in Gongyang Yu.
the other side.
Old Stone Monster has recovered from his dazed state.
His soul realm was at the upper level of the Celestial God, much higher than Fu Hai's, and he also possessed stronger soul techniques. Jeger's soul attack had little effect on him.
But when Stone Monster saw that the array diagram in front of him had been destroyed, he panicked completely.
He knew what the destruction of the array diagram meant, and as the one who guarded it, he was to blame.
The thought of the Heavenly Fire City Lord's wrath sent chills down Old Monster's spine.
The Lord of Skyfire City has never been a kind person.
"It's you, it's all you!"
Stone Monster's eyes, filled with rage, glared at Jeg. If it weren't for Jeg, the array wouldn't have been destroyed.
At this moment, most of Jag's body was caught in the spatial collapse and crushed to pieces. Only his head survived because he had just flown a short distance upwards. His soul was also intact, but repairing his divine body would not be a quick process.
"die!"
Enraged, Stone Monster launched an attack, intending to use Space Collapse again to completely kill Juggernaut.
"Whoosh!"
A blue light approached from afar and appeared in front of Stone Monster almost instantly.
It was a blue spear, the space at its tip collapsed into a small point, its power concentrated to the extreme.
Old Stone's expression changed drastically. He sensed the terrifying power contained within the spear and dared not underestimate it.
"drink!"
With a soft shout, Stone Monster conjured a longsword in each of his hands. The two swords crossed in front of him, and the tip of the blue spear pierced the point where the two swords crossed.
The immense force pressed the two longswords against Old Monster Shi's chest, striking him through the blades!
"puff"
Stone Monster spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying dozens of meters away.
The blue spear flew back and landed in a pair of pure white, jade-like hands.
Jag looked at the imposing figure holding the gun.
With an exquisite and beautiful face, a tall and slender figure, and an impressive physique that could not be concealed by platinum armor, she was none other than Gongyang Yu, the number one upper-level celestial powerhouse in Gongyang City.
The moment the great formation collapsed, her divine sense detected the situation here and she rushed over immediately.
Gongyang Yuchao Jiege nodded, then drew his gun and charged at Stone Monster!
"Looks like we don't need to return to the Panlong Universe ahead of schedule." Jage breathed a sigh of relief.
The moment Old Monster Shi made his move, he was ready to escape using the roulette wheel.
While circulating his divine power to restore his divine body, he watched the battle between Gongyang Yu and Stone Monster.
Both were upper-level gods. Jag had expected the battle to be very close, but it ended after only a few rounds.
Gongyang Yu thrust out several times in succession, knocking away Shi Laoguai's twin swords. Then, he pierced through Shi Laoguai's head with a single spear thrust, shattering even his soul and true intent.
"Very strong!"
Jag felt that Gongyang Yu's understanding of the laws of space had likely reached the limit of the upper gods, and he was just one step away from becoming a god-king.
Moreover, Gongyang Yu's moves were extremely exquisite, belonging to the water element, and his cultivation level had reached the final bottleneck before the Great Perfection.
"The spear in her hand also seemed to be of ordinary quality."
Jag carefully observed the blue spear in Gongyang Yu's hand. The aura emanating from that spear far surpassed that of ordinary high-grade divine artifacts.
The spatial laws, combat techniques, and weapons and magical artifacts are all top-notch.
"The strongest Upper God in Gongyang City? I'm afraid even the Upper Gods of Tianhuo City are no match for her," Jeger thought to himself.
He had witnessed the clash between the upper-level Celestial Gods of Tianhuo City and Gongyang City, and none of them were as strong as Gongyang Yu.
After killing the Stone Monster, Gongyang Yu walked towards Jiege.
"My friend, thanks to you for breaking this formation, Gongyang Yu is deeply grateful!" Gongyang Yu put the spear in his hand into his storage magic item and bowed.
"Miss Yu, you're too kind. I'm a guest retainer of the City Lord's Mansion, so it's only right that I do my part," Jage said with a smile.
"You're a guest retainer of the City Lord's Mansion?" Gongyang Yu was taken aback. "There are many guest retainers in the City Lord's Mansion, but I remember each of them somewhat. How come..."
Jag said, "I've only been a few days since I joined the City Lord's Mansion, so it's normal that Miss Yu hasn't met me before."
"I see." Gongyang Yu nodded and clasped his hands in a fist salute to Jiege.
"Please rest here, guest. There are still some Celestial God level experts in Skyfire City that haven't been dealt with. I'll be right back!"
"Miss Yu, please make yourself at home."
Gongyang Yu turned and charged towards the other powerful Heavenly Gods of Heavenly Fire City.
The formation was broken, and all the Celestial Gods of Tianhuo City were shocked. Du Jiu and other Upper Celestial Gods released their divine senses, covering the direction where Jiege and Shi Laoguai were located, wanting to know what had happened.
Du Jiu and the other upper-level gods, their divine senses scattered, happened to see Gongyang Yu charging at Stone Monster with a spear, and also noticed Jiege.
Since Gongyang Yu lacks the ability to break the formation, it's obvious who will be able to do so.
"Is it that Central Heavenly God?"
"Who is he? I've never heard of such a person in Gongyang City."
Many of the powerful Heavenly Gods in the upper part of Skyfire City were puzzled, wondering where this array master had come from.
Only General Du Jiu of the Volcano Army had a drastic change in expression.
Like Fu Hai, he also recognized Jiege.
"He's still alive!"
He quickly reached the same conclusion as Fu Hai.
"Could it be because of a spatial magic item?"
Du Jiu wanted to find out what was going on from Jiege, but then he discovered that Shi Laoguai had been killed by Gongyang Yu, who was still holding a gun and heading towards them.
"There's no other way, let's retreat!" sighed a high-ranking deity from Skyfire City.
"None of us are a match for Gongyang Yu. If there's no formation to trap her, she'll defeat us one by one!"
"withdraw!"
The powerful Celestial Gods of Skyfire City began to evacuate. Du Jiu glanced unwillingly in the direction of Jege, and could only follow them. There was nothing he could do; he was no match for Gongyang Yu either.
The situation reversed. With the formation broken and Gongyang Yu freed, the morale of the Tianhuo City forces soared, and they began a counterattack.
High in the sky, Lord Gongyang City laughed heartily, while Lord Tianhuo City's face turned ashen.
The space around the two God-King powerhouses was strangely distorted, making them invisible to the many Heavenly God powerhouses below.
"Heavenly Fire, how was it? You planned for so long, but in the end I still won!" Lord Gongyang was in high spirits. He hadn't been this happy since Gongyang Yu was trapped by the formation.
The Lord of Skyfire City remained silent, glancing at Jeg below with a gloomy expression. He snorted coldly, flicked his sleeve, and his body vanished instantly, having teleported back to Skyfire City.
"Ha ha!"
Lord Gongyang was even more delighted.
He vanished into thin air in a flash, and the next instant, he appeared in front of Jag.
Jage was shocked. He had never seen Gongyang Tenglong before, but he knew that the person who used this teleportation technique was at least a God-King.
Jag instinctively thought that after he broke the formation, the Lord of Tianhuo City was enraged and came to retaliate, and was about to use the roulette to return to the Panlong Universe.
The next second, Gongyang Tenglong's voice rang in his mind.
"Don't panic, I am Gongyang Tenglong. This is not the place to talk. I'll take you back to Gongyang City first."
Hearing this, Jagger was finally relieved.
Immediately afterwards, in a flash, both Juggernaut and Ram Tenglong disappeared from their original positions.
In the inner courtyard of the city lord's mansion in Gongyang City, there is a quiet courtyard.
Lord Gongyang and Jage both appeared here.
Jag looked around blankly.
One second he was on Luoxia Mountain, the next he was back in Gongyang City.
"Is this the teleportation technique that only a God-King level expert can perform?"
Although I had known for a long time that a god-king who had fully mastered the laws of space could teleport, this was the first time I had experienced it firsthand.
"Unfortunately, it was only teleported once, so there's no way to replicate it."
Jag looked at the spatial laws on the roulette wheel deep within his soul with some regret.
"Qiao Jie, right?" Gongyang Tenglong looked at Jiege with a gentle smile on his face.
Jergi bowed and said, "Jergi greets the City Lord."
Gongyang Tenglong waved his hand: "No need to be polite. If it weren't for you breaking the formation of Tianhuo City this time, Gongyang City would have suffered incalculable losses. I should thank you. The reward of 10,000 merit points for this emergency mission is all yours, as well as a favor from me."
"Thank you, City Lord." Jeger was overjoyed. His purpose in going to Luoxia Mountain was to earn these 10,000 merit points and to do Gongyang Tenglong a favor.
With these 10,000 merit points, his guest advisor level can be upgraded to inner guest advisor, and he can use the merit points to gain the qualification to use time acceleration.
A favor from a powerful god-king was of great use to him.
Gongyang Tenglong laughed and said, "You must have known the value of 10,000 merit points when you became a guest elder, so I don't need to say more. As for my favor, you don't need to use it right away. If you encounter any trouble in the future, you can come to me later."
Jag said, "Lord City Lord, I've already decided what to do with the favor I owe you."
"Oh? What trouble are you in right now? Tell me about it," Gongyang Tenglong said with a smile.
Jage said, "I would like to ask the City Lord to spar with me. The City Lord will need to use all the spatial and temporal laws that he has comprehended. Of course, he must not harm my life."
If he could replicate Gongyang Tenglong's insights into the laws of space and time, then Jage's path to becoming a god-king would be smooth sailing.
For Jaeger, this was far more important than 10,000 merit points.
Gongyang Tenglong was taken aback when he heard Jiege's request. It wasn't because the request was too difficult, but because it was too simple. He couldn't help but remind him, "Jiege, I know you want to experience the laws of space and time through sparring so that you can cultivate better. However, it's not worth using one of my favors for this."
Jag said, "Lord City Lord, I do want this."
Gongyang Tenglong frowned and said, "Qiao Jie, do you know what my favor means? Although there are many God-Kings among the major powers in the God Realm, my strength is quite good among God-Kings. My favor could very well save your life in the future. Are you really going to use it for something like this?"
Jergy clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Please grant my request, Lord City Lord."
Gongyang Tenglong looked at Jiege and remained silent for a while before sighing, "Alright, I think it's better to do this: I'll grant your request, but there's no need to use my favor. Keep this favor for yourself, and come back to me if you need anything in the future."
Jag was quite surprised: "Lord City Lord, isn't this... inappropriate?"
"There's nothing wrong with it." Gongyang Tenglong waved his hand. "You saved my daughter from danger, so consider this my way of thanking you on behalf of my daughter."
"Then, thank you very much, Lord City Lord." Jeger no longer declined; he was happy to leave a favor to a God-King level expert.
Gongyang Tenglong nodded in satisfaction.
"Qiao Jie, since you want to spar, how about we start now?"
"No problem!" Jag quickly replied, just as he had hoped.
Skyfire City.
Inside a grand hall.
The Lord of Tianhuo City sat angrily on his throne in the main hall, gripping the armrests tightly with both hands, clearly unwilling to accept defeat.
He had been planning this operation for a long time, and even traded with an old friend for a fragment of the Blood Blade Array diagram, all in order to severely injure the Heavenly God powerhouse of Gongyang City.
Everything was going smoothly, and he even saw the light of victory, until it was destroyed by a central god.
"Who exactly is that kid? Although the Blood Blade Formation is only a fragment, anyone who can break it must be at least a top-tier seventh-level, or even eighth-level, formation master. There aren't many Heavenly God level experts with such formation skills, so why have I never heard of him before?"
The Lord of Skyfire City has truly remembered this person, Juggernaut.
At this moment, a servant respectfully entered the main hall, knelt on the ground, and said in a respectful voice, "Reporting to the city lord, General Du Jiu requests an audience."
"I won't see you!" said the Lord of Skyfire City directly.
He was in a bad mood and didn't want to see anyone.
The waiter did not leave, but said, "Lord City Lord, General Du Jiu said that he has information about the Heavenly God of the Central Division who broke the formation."
"Um?"
The Lord of Skyfire City's expression shifted, and he changed his mind: "Let him in."
"Yes."
The waiter stood up, bowed, and retreated step by step until he was out of the palace gate, then turned around.
Not long after, Du Jiu stepped into the main hall.
The Heavenly Fire City suffered considerable losses this time. Gongyang Yu led many powerful figures from Gongyang City to hunt down Du Jiu and other Heavenly Gods from Heavenly Fire City. In the end, Du Jiu and several other Upper Heavenly Gods chose to scatter and flee, abandoning many of their Middle and Lower Heavenly Gods, in order to escape the pursuit.
As soon as Du Jiu returned to Tianhuo City, he came to request an audience with the City Lord.
"The city lord must be furious about this defeat, and he might even take his anger out on us upper-level gods. I hope my message can atone for his sins."
As Du Jiu pondered this, he walked into the main hall, knelt down before the City Lord of Tianhuo, and kowtowed on the smooth black floor of the hall.
"Greetings, City Lord."
The Lord of Skyfire City glanced at Du Jiu indifferently: "Du Jiu, you escaped back?"
When the Lord of Tianhuo City saw that the great formation had been broken, he knew that the operation had failed. In his anger, he didn't even bother with Du Jiu and the others, and teleported back to Tianhuo City.
The Lord of Tianhuo City did not cherish his Heavenly God-level warriors as much as the Lord of Gongyang City did, as evidenced by the fact that he formed a legion of assassins.
His subordinates were merely tools to him.
Coincidentally, he once obtained a third-rate Primordial Treasure by chance, which allowed him to easily acquire the most loyal tools.
That third-rate Primordial Spiritual Treasure was called the "Hundred Gods Diagram." Anyone whose soul realm was one level lower than that of the Heavenly Fire City Lord could use the "Hundred Gods Diagram" to control the other party's soul and make them work for him.
The Lord of Tianhuo City is a God-King level expert, which means that anyone below the God-King level, even upper-level gods, can be controlled by his soul using the "Hundred Gods Diagram".
His elite legion was built upon this "Hundred Gods Diagram".
Although third-rate Primordial Spiritual Treasures are the weakest among Primordial Spiritual Treasures, some third-rate Primordial Spiritual Treasures are more useful than second-rate Primordial Spiritual Treasures, and the Hundred Gods Diagram is one of them.
Hearing the words of the City Lord of Tianhuo, Du Jiu, who was kneeling below, did not dare to raise his head and said, "Du Jiu has failed the City Lord's trust and is truly guilty. I hope to atone for my sins with a piece of information."
The City Lord of Skyfire asked, "Is it the information about the Central Heavenly God who broke the formation?"
"Yes."
The Heavenly Fire City Lord's face suddenly turned ferocious, and his murderous aura burst forth without any concealment, surging towards Du Jiu.
Kneeling on the ground, Du Jiu felt as if countless needles were pricking his entire body, and he began to tremble.
"Since you knew about that person, why didn't you report it sooner? Why wait until now, after the operation has failed?" The voice of the City Lord of Skyfire City seemed to come from the abyss, cold and terrifying.
Du Jiu quickly explained, "Lord Qi, I only saw that person after the great formation was broken. Before that, I always thought he was dead!"
"Dead?" The Lord of Skyfire City narrowed his eyes. "Why did you think he was dead? Tell me everything you know."
"yes!"
Du Jiu immediately recounted how he had led the Volcano Army to attack Xishan Village and encountered Jiege.
"Lord City Lord, back then that person was just a god. Although he had some skills and could kill a lower-level god, he only relied on his physical strength and did not show any ability in formations. Moreover, I killed him back then, but now it seems that he is not dead. I guess he must have a spatial magic treasure on him."
The Lord of Heavenly Fire City frowned. Spatial magic treasures are very rare; even a God-King might not possess one. For example, he, the Lord of Heavenly Fire City, did not have one.
"A god-like being can possess a spatial magic weapon? What's his background?" the Lord of Skyfire City asked in a deep voice.
Du Jiu said, "City Lord, after he disappeared back then, I captured three of his friends and made them members of the Death Squad. One of them later became a Lower God. That person is called Peng Chi. If you ask him, you should be able to find out more information."
"Peng Chi?" The Lord of Tianhuo City did not remember the name, but the Hundred Gods Diagram was connected to his soul, and he quickly found Peng Chi, who was being controlled by the soul.
He communicated through his soul, and soon Peng Chi arrived in the main hall.
Peng Chi, dressed in black armor, walked in expressionlessly like a puppet, knelt down before the Lord of Tianhuo City, and respectfully said, "Greetings, Master."
The Lord of Skyfire City nodded and said calmly, "Peng Chi, do you remember when Du Jiu killed one of your friends back in Xishan Village?"
"Remember."
"What was that person's name?"
"George".
"Qiao Jie? That person's name is Qiao Jie?" Upon hearing this, both the City Lord of Tianhuo and Du Jiu secretly memorized the name.
They did not know Juggernaut's name in the realm of the gods.
"How did you meet him? What is his background? Tell me everything you know about him," said the Lord of Skyfire City.
"Yes, Master."
Peng Chi said stiffly, "I first met Qiao Jie at the White Bird Mine..."
Peng Chi recounted in detail everything that happened after he met Jiege.
When they heard what Jege told Peng Chi about his past, the expressions of the City Lord of Tianhuo City and Du Jiu changed slightly.
"Entangled by the soul of a powerful being, only regaining freedom after the powerful being perished outside? Could it be that the spatial magic treasure was obtained from the cave of that mysterious powerful being? The one who can possess a spatial magic treasure is most likely a God-King level expert. If it is a cave left behind by a God-King level expert, then..." The Heavenly Fire City Lord's eyes gleamed slightly. He couldn't help but be tempted by the cave left behind by an expert of the same level.
The realm of gods has a long history, spanning over a thousand eons, during which even god-kings and celestial beings have perished.
Some powerful gods and celestial beings without real power usually have private cave dwellings. After they perish, these cave dwellings naturally become unclaimed.
These caves often contain treasures.
"That Qiao Jie is just a servant enslaved by a soul. He probably didn't come into contact with many things in the cave. Yet he still managed to obtain a spatial magic treasure. There must be even more precious treasures in the cave," the Lord of Heavenly Fire City thought to himself.
In the past, some cave dwellings left by powerful gods and celestial beings have been discovered in the divine realm. These cave dwellings of powerful beings are all equipped with array formations and restrictions.
The more private the place, the more arrays and restrictions there are. For example, bedrooms and quiet rooms for secluded cultivation are places that only the owner of the cave can enter, even when the owner is alive. And these are the places where the most precious treasures are kept.
In the eyes of the City Lord of Skyfire, since Jeg was a servant enslaved by a soul, he certainly couldn't enter these important places. After all, even if the cave owner had perished, the array restrictions would still exist for a long time.
This means that the real treasure in the cave may not have been obtained yet.
The Lord of Skyfire City became itchy: "Even if the cave is empty, I still want to confirm it with my own eyes."
The Lord of Skyfire City immediately used soul transmission to send a message to his absolutely loyal legion of assassins, instructing them to set off immediately and carefully search for all clues related to the Strongman's Cave, with White Bird Mine as the center.
However, the Lord of Tianhuo City also knew that the White Bird Mine was closer to Gongyang City than Tianhuo City itself. In order to avoid being discovered by Gongyang City, he could only have the Death Squad operate in secret and could not conduct a large-scale search.
After making the arrangements, the Lord of Tianhuo City looked at Du Jiu.
Du Jiu remained kneeling on the ground.
"Du Jiu, you may leave," the Lord of Heavenly Fire City said calmly.
"Yes!" Du Jiu bowed and accepted the order, secretly relieved.
The fact that the Lord of Tianhuo City said this means that he will not pursue the responsibility for the failure of this operation for the time being.
(End of this chapter)