Entering the Wasteland, Stepping Toward Godhood
"He's telling himself he's not human..."
"Then what exactly am I?"
"Forbidden? Eerie Monsters?"
"It's nothing..."
Li Chen found himself in a predicament he couldn't overcome.
He looked up at the dark surface of the water and saw his own face reflected in it. He no longer looked like a Human Race, but rather like a humanoid Eerie Monsters.
So, I'm no longer human...?
But my heart is that of a human being...
What exactly is he worried about? As the current emperor of the Eerie Race, what is he thinking?
The high priest died because of him, wasn't it all so that he could become God?
She had always championed him, so why would he think of the Human Race? Was it because of Li Chen's remarks?
Li Chen kept asking himself these questions, the sound of shattering glass ringing in his ears growing stronger... until Li Chen looked at the strange figures watching him, and he understood.
Click~
The sound of shattering glass stopped at that moment.
"Humans, cunning, gods—am I speaking of them, or am I, as a pawn, unwilling to resist?"
"They are nothing but withered bones on my Path to Godhood. If I don't become a god, they will die anyway. But if I give up, I will die anyway. There is only one outcome: death."
"I had no choice... I only had that one path."
"That 'Path to Godhood'."
At this moment, the Black Mist outside seemed to be raging.
A beam of light shot straight down from the sky into the dark lakebed. Li Chen stood in the center of the altar, his black hair dancing wildly, his entire body flying upwards towards the beam of light.
Countless strange beings seemed to have found their home, and at this moment they rushed out of the Sin City that had trapped them for thousands of years, facing the beam of light.
The fluctuations even reached the Human Race.
Countless people looked up toward the direction of the Sinful Pass, where Black Mist was billowing and the sky was covered with dark clouds, and the howls of countless Eerie Monsters echoed throughout the heavens and earth.
Even the Eerie Monsters hidden within the Blood Net in many cities are lying in wait, and have begun attacking humans.
This was a sudden and devastating catastrophe.
Many people were killed by the Eerie Monsters before they could even react.
Headquarters of the Imperial Capital Special Affairs Bureau in the capital.
Light Fiend stood by the window, his expression extremely grim. "Has it appeared?"
"The first enemy to break through the desolation and chaos in such an era."
"The Eerie Lord Li Chen!!"
On the other side, Yan Qing, the embodiment of Order of Justice, unfurled his wings, his golden eyes like blazing flames, staring intently at the direction of the Sinful Pass, muttering to himself.
"The greatest calamity for Human Race has finally arrived."
"People sing praises of Justice, yet they also fear Justice. Your appearance, Fallen Li Chen, has tipped the scales once more. I have come in response."
The depraved are unforgivable.
The summit of Sword Mountain.
Yu Qingnian gazed in the direction of the Sinful Pass, his expression neither joyful nor sorrowful. The lightning around his body swirled around everything, transforming into a surging net of lightning that spread outwards. He murmured, "Stride forward toward the future."
The world is never as bad as you think.
"But this era predetermined its ending."
"We are all merely victims on the path to a perfect ending."
May the thunder light your way forward.
"My student Li Chen."
Not only them, but almost all the living powerful beings in the Desolate Wasteland Realm sensed this extremely malevolent aura. Most of them guessed who it was, and in an instant, the entire peaceful world was filled with undercurrents.
Canghai Pass.
Bai Qinglian sat quietly by the window, holding a steaming cup of coffee in her hand, gazing silently in the direction of the Sinful Pass... until after a moment she stood up and walked into the darkness, leaving only a baby's photo on the table, which was very conspicuous.
In the dark dungeon.
Su Zhe sensed this aura and sat up in shock, but then slowly lay back down, his eyes filled with despair as he muttered to himself.
"Chen-ge... I'm sorry."
I can't help you anymore.
At this moment, Li Chen was unaware that the Human Race had already learned of the fluctuations he experienced when he entered the Wasteland Realm. He was like God gazing upon the entire scorched earth.
Countless Eerie Monsters bowed their heads and prostrated themselves before him.
Li Chen looked at the joy and excitement of those strange beings emerging from the ground again, but his heart remained calm, and his tone left no room for doubt.
"The Eerie Race, heed my command! Step into the city!"
"We will take back everything you have lost."
In an instant, countless powerful monsters rushed towards the direction of the Human Race, their speed like streaks of extremely fast black light.
They've endured this for far too long.
Finally, I'm free...
Li Chen stood suspended in mid-air, a pair of jet-black wings unfurling behind him, surrounded by Black Mist. He turned his back to look at the Eerie Monsters of the same Wasteland Realm within the black mist, and with a light tap of his finger, the Black Mist dissipated, revealing all the Eerie Monsters hiding within it.
Countless Eerie Monsters, numbering in the hundreds of millions, knelt densely on the ground.
Even the Eerie Monsters of the Calamity Realm dared not raise their heads to meet Li Chen's gaze.
Li Chen spoke indifferently, "Eerie Monsters has been ordered, today the Four Passes will be joined by the tide. I hope to see nothing but ruins wherever I go and whatever I see."
"Or you will become Forbidden and merge into my body."
In an instant, countless Eerie Monsters roared in response.
They began to head in several directions. In this Eerie Tide, even the Calamity Realm was not particularly prominent, with the Eerie Monsters of the Wasteland Realm leading the charge.
However, Li Chen did not stop at this moment.
Instead, he looked towards a certain place where a pair of chaotic eyes were cautiously watching his every move.
Li Chen frowned slightly and murmured, "An Eerie Monsters with one foot in the God Realm?"
He had suspected this from the very beginning.
The evolutionary speed among Eerie Monsters is definitely faster than that of humans, so why have so few been seen in the Wasteland Realm?
At that moment, a bold guess was born in his mind.
Eerie Monsters love to eat their own kind because it allows them to quickly increase the Forbidden Substances in their bodies, thus advancing their cultivation level. But what if a pig farmer were among the Eerie Monsters?
It is an Eerie Monsters with immense power and even a bit of intelligence. He likened all the Eerie Monsters to little pigs, waiting for them to grow up so he could slaughter and eat them to increase his own power.
Then his realm would have no zero point.
As long as the Eerie Monsters exist, can the pig farmer continue to increase his strength?
However, even the Eerie Monsters are bound by the rules and cannot break through to the God Realm, one is considered to be in the wilderness, so they have been lurking in the Black Mist, not daring to confront the Human Race.
And the Eerie Monsters watching him now might just confirm his suspicions—it was the Pig-Raising Eerie Monster.
These are also Eerie Monsters indirectly helped humanity.
After all, every time he kills an Eerie Monsters from the Wasteland Realm, isn't that the same as helping humanity eliminate a major threat?
Such a tireless laborer would surely delight the Human Race; they'd be overjoyed to find such a perfect teammate! Where else could you find one like that?
But now is not the time to solve it.
This Eerie Monsters's strength might be many times greater than those Eerie Monsters from the Wasteland Realm, after all, no one knows exactly how many monsters it has devoured.
For now, we can only ignore him and deal with him later.
Next, he had to figure out how to ascend to godhood step by step, but he didn't have enough time.