A dim pillar of light pierced the sky and earth, briefly lighting up half the sky.
After a few breaths, the light began to fade.
In the abandoned courtyard, Lin Hong’s form was changing.
The appearance belonging to the young Evan Wayne was fading away.
The change was strange.
That drop of blood was scrubbing his body, causing the boy’s slightly immature outlines to gradually fade.
His figure grew taller, his shoulders and back stretched, with an indescribable sense of coordination.
Terrible power lurked within his flesh and blood.
Lin Hong’s face had completely changed.
The delicate black-haired, blue-eyed face faded, revealing a young man’s face about twenty years old.
His brows were clear and sharp, his black hair loose, and a lingering ferocity condensed between his brows.
This was his true appearance, completely different from all humanoid creatures on this continent, from his face to the essence of his life, everything was different.
The clothes on his body also changed.
The aristocratic attire that was easy to move in turned to ashes, replaced by deep black robes.
The lapels overlapped, the lines simple, not belonging to any known country on the Aurelian Empire or even this continent.
Cold and unfamiliar, his whole person exuded a foreign aura that was out of place in this world.
Under the baptism of that drop of blood, Lin Hong briefly shed the outward limitations brought by the body of the young Evan, revealing his own true appearance.
At this moment, at the entrance of the courtyard, a figure staggered to a stop.
Lovila had arrived.
Under the enhancement of the magic crystal, she had flown at full speed.
Her breathing was slightly rapid, and a few strands of black hair on her forehead were blown messy, sticking to her cheek.
Then, she froze in place.
Because she saw the whole process.
Her brother was enveloped in light, his outline completely faded in the light, and finally, a completely strange young man sat in the original spot.
The black-haired girl’s blue eyes reflected the young man’s face.
Completely unfamiliar, yet there was a strange sense of familiarity.
Because during this time, she had seen similar expressions on her brother’s face more than once.
Calm and lazy, as if nothing mattered.
Deep in her heart, those doubts she had forcibly suppressed, those guesses she dared not touch, now all surged up, drowning her entirely.
Lovila opened her mouth but made no sound.
She felt as if something was blocking her chest, even breathing became difficult.
Everything was confirmed.
Her brother was really no longer himself.
Lin Hong turned to look at her.
The girl’s face was pale.
He felt apologetic in his heart because, of course, he could tell that Lovila had been looking for him, worried about her brother.
And she had encountered such an impactful scene.
Anyone would be the same.
Too shocking.
Lin Hong stood up and gave her an apologetic smile.
“I’m sorry,” he said.
Lovila’s fingertips trembled slightly, but she still didn’t speak.
Lin Hong spoke, “After everything is settled, we’ll talk. Then, I will tell you everything you want to know, without reservation.”
With that, he looked up, and then leaped, directly disappearing into the high sky.
Above the firmament, the battle had not ceased.
The seven Royal Knights who could still fight and the three sixth-rank strongmen were scattered in all directions.
Everyone was stained with blood, but their fighting spirit was boiling.
The red-haired man stood in the void, his blood-colored long hair fluttering in the wind.
His expression held a bit more of a living creature’s realism, as if he was enjoying this body.
Suddenly, a dim stream of light appeared, breaking into the battlefield without warning.
It was too fast, like a sharp sword, tearing through the chaotic energy and inserting between the two sides.
The empire’s strongmen’s hearts shook violently.
“Who?!” someone subconsciously shouted.
Lin Hong swept his gaze over them.
He saw that everyone was covered in wounds, their Dou Qi nearly exhausted, but they were still boiling with fighting spirit, fearless.
They were badly injured.
To have lasted until now was not easy, entirely relying on a certain belief.
So Lin Hong raised his hand and gently waved.
A soft energy wave spread out, like an invisible tide, instantly enveloping all the empire’s strongmen.
“Everyone, you’ve worked hard,” Lin Hong said softly, sending these people downward, clearing the scene.
In the blink of an eye, only two figures remained in the sky, facing each other.
The red-haired man stared at Lin Hong, his blood-colored eyes moving slightly.
A trace of regret flickered in them.
“You are indeed still here,” the red-haired man said, his voice unreadable.
“Under such an encirclement, you still managed to not completely perish.”
He sighed lightly, as if regretful, but more of annoyance.
“You just won’t die. People from your world are all the same, truly disgusting.”
Lin Hong’s eyes were cold.
The moment he saw the opponent, he confirmed it.
This man was one of the gods who had participated in the siege against him back then, and also the true master of that evil god space.
He must have already replaced the dark red robe evil priest at that time, which was why he said those inexplicable…
New hatred and old resentment piled together.
There was nothing to say.
Lin Hong struck directly.
BOOM!
He raised his hand, and a beam of light shot up into the sky, like a dormant black river, surging mightily into the heavens.
The red-haired man also raised his hand.
A palm pushed forward horizontally, blood-colored light gathering in the center of the palm, like a miniature blood sea pressing over.
The two collided.
DONG!
A terrifying explosion rang out.
The entire sky seemed to be struck by a heavy hammer, shaking violently.
The two energies erupted simultaneously, turning into a storm of destruction, like two , instantly engulfing everything, tearing apart clouds, cracking space.
Countless chaotic energy currents spread.
If they fell to the ground, this entire area would cease to exist.
So Lin Hong diverted a small part of his power downward, pressing down.
A layer of energy membrane rapidly spread, covering a large area.
BOOM BOOM BOOM!
A series of energy impacts fell, causing ripples on the energy membrane, but never actually hitting the ground.
Otherwise, after this battle, it was hard to say how much area would be destroyed.
Before the energy could dissipate, the two collided again, and the great battle erupted!
….
Below, everyone was trembling.
Because this scene was too terrifying!
The entire sky could no longer see its original color.
Blood light and dim light continuously intertwined, like two natural disasters colliding.
Sometimes the blood color overwhelmed everything, sometimes the dim light tore through the sky.
Deafening booms echoed endlessly, like death knells before the sky shattered.
The empire’s strongmen sent down by Lin Hong landed steadily, supporting each other as they gathered near Celestia.
A Royal Knight barely stood firm and immediately looked at the silver-haired girl, his voice anxious.
“Your Highness, why are you still here? Why didn’t you stay far away just now?”
Celestia looked up at the sky.
Her light golden eyes reflected the sea of destructive light, her expression very calm.
“At first, the evil god sealed the space, so I couldn’t escape. Later… now that the evil god has descended in person, escape has no meaning.”
Everyone fell silent.
A sixth-rank strongman smiled bitterly and sat down directly on the rubble, taking out a potion and drinking it.
“Who would have thought that a very ordinary cleanup operation, originally thought to be a paid outing, would end up encountering something like this.”
Another person, while regulating his breathing, looked up at the sky, his eyes still holding shock.
“After today, not just the empire, but the entire continent will probably be thrown into turmoil, never to be peaceful again.”
The descent of an evil god was enough to plunge all living beings on this continent into panic.
Not to mention that there was also a mysterious person who could fight head-on with the evil god.
Who was that person?
Someone couldn’t help but whisper, “Who exactly is that? So young, yet able to fight an evil god head-on. Could it be a manifestation of a deity?”
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present looked at Celestia.
Because she was a divine favored one, carrying divine power.
If that person was truly a deity, she would be able to see it, and the divine power on her would sense it.
Celestia was silent for a moment, then slowly shook her head.
“No.”
Everyone was startled.
Celestia stared at the sky, her voice ethereal.
“He is not a deity. His power is very strange, also very terrifying, but there is no fluctuation of divine authority.”
She paused, a look of surprise appearing in her eyes, no longer able to remain calm.
“That is a human. A pure human.”
The surroundings instantly fell silent.
For the first time in their lives, everyone doubted their ears.
A human?
A human fighting a great battle with an evil god?
Was that possible?
They had also fought with the evil god’s vessel earlier, and even fought fiercely for a time, seemingly evenly matched.
But they knew very well in their hearts that the evil god was only using them to adapt.
If he were willing to use that high-level power from the beginning, killing them would be as easy as raising his hand.
And now, that strange young man in the sky could actually go toe-to-toe with him!
This was beyond their understanding.
A Royal Knight muttered, “Can a human be this strong?”
He suddenly felt a bit dazed.
Had he said this sentence at some point before?
Celestia then said, “The auras above are both very strange. Whether it’s the evil god or that person, they seem not to belong to this world.”
As these words fell, the expressions of the three sixth-rank strongmen present changed.
They looked at each other, a guess surfacing!
That guess was so astonishing that for a moment, none of the three spoke.
Celestia noticed the anomaly and turned to look at them.
“Do you three know something?”
Among the three, the oldest was silent for a moment, then lowered his voice.
“Your Highness, if you are certain that person is not a deity and may not belong to this world, then I might know who he is.”
Celestia’s gaze sharpened.
“Who?”
The sixth-rank strongman took a deep breath, as if touching a taboo piece of history.
“More than a decade ago, in the void beyond the continent, a divine war broke out.”
Celestia’s pupils contracted.
Of course, she knew about this, but she hadn’t been born yet at that time.
She only knew from documents or from the mouths of others.
“That night, more than ten gods with different doctrines, who should have been eternal enemies, actually united to ambush and kill an existence from beyond the heavens.”
He paused, his voice even lower.
“Later, in the classic records of the major churches, this person was called the Blasphemer, listed as a taboo by the gods.”
Celestia pressed her lips tightly.
Of course, she had also read the relevant records.
In the documents, the description of that person was incomplete, even contradictory.
Some said he was an outer demon god, some said he was a madman who stole divine authority, all sorts of claims.
But all records had one thing in common: this person was extremely dangerous!
Dangerous enough to require the gods to join forces to ambush and kill him outside the continent.
“I still remember that night. Although it was night, the darkness didn’t exist. The night sky was illuminated by divine power, brighter than daylight. The gods’ angry shouts resounded through heaven and earth!”
A person murmured, because how could they forget?
The entire continent’s living beings were shocked!
That battle shook heaven and earth, and even divine blood fell from the sky, frantically seized and sealed by the major churches!
“In the end, the Blasphemer was defeated and fell into oblivion. But from that year onward, the continent was no longer peaceful.”
“Various cult activities became frequent, various forbidden signs appeared one after another!”
“This trip was worth it. Even if I die here today, it’s worth the price of admission! I actually witnessed the evil god and the Blasphemer both appearing one after another!”