Tears Reflecting the Road Ahead

"It's useless," Rong Nianbing said gravely. "The Nether Gods are different from the gods of the God Realm. As long as they have cultivated in the Underworld for a certain amount of time, they can turn their forms into divine consciousness—essentially abandoning their physical bodies and becoming spiritual entities. It's somewhat similar to an Innate Element Body. The Underworld itself is a spiritual plane, entirely different from the energy-based God Realm. The God Realm and the Underworld are like the two sides of a coin. Anything done on one side cannot affect the other. At least with your current level of power, you cannot directly injure a pure divine consciousness entity. Only pure Spirit System attacks—that is, divine consciousness attacks—can truly harm them."

"Then how did you block the Yaksa God's attack earlier?" Liu Xiaoxiao asked.

"Emotions," Rong Nianbing said. "If you infuse emotions into your attacks, you can affect them."

"Emotions..." Liu Xiaoxiao muttered.

He had stopped attacking, but the Nether God faction gave him no time to think and swiftly launched a counterattack.

The Rakshasa God flashed and silently appeared behind Bibi Dong, one hand clamped around Bibi Dong's throat.

Bibi Dong's aura weakened at an astonishing speed, while the Rakshasa God's divine power surged explosively, stepping into the Half-step God King realm.

Although the Rakshasa Demon Scythe was in Bibi Dong's hand, it was pressed across her throat. Clearly, the former Rakshasa God had tampered with it.

Rong Nianbing was about to intervene, but three First-level Gods stopped him.

Though the three First-level Gods were weaker than the Rakshasa God and Rong Nianbing, the gap was not great. Working together, they forced Rong Nianbing to focus fully on them.

Lin Bo's eyes flickered, but he made no move. Instead, he retreated into the distance, apparently intending only