Severely Wounded

Rumbling crashes rang out as starlight shattered.

The Starlight Force Field surrounding Liang Ji shattered beneath the bombardment of blazing white divine light, and the remaining radiance struck him directly.

His robes, jade pendants, and various defensive treasures burst one after another, yet still failed to fully withstand the power of the blazing white light.

The battlefield was in chaos, swarming with fifth- and sixth-tier divine enemies.

Liang Ji moved through the battlefield, hunting fourth-tier gods and harvesting quite a few God Crystals.

But even the most careful person could slip up. He had just slain a fourth-tier god and had not yet fully claimed its God Crystal when a bolt of blazing white divine light, shot from some unknown direction, struck him hard.

Seeing the divine light's remaining force surge toward him, Liang Ji let out a low shout. His body swelled as he activated the Heavenly Law Manifestation, strengthening his physical defenses.

At the same time, all sorts of astral arts and ghostly techniques erupted around him, doing everything they could to bolster his defenses.

But every defensive measure—his divine ability, astral arts, and ghostly techniques—was blasted apart by the blazing white light.

Still, his efforts had not been in vain. The light's power was steadily weakened, and he managed to evade a direct hit to his vital organs.

The remaining light struck his left leg, blasting the leg—now dozens of zhang tall from his Heavenly Law Manifestation—into dust. At least it had not killed him outright.

Riding the force of the divine light's impact, Liang Ji turned into starlight and fled at high speed, abandoning even the fourth-tier God Crystal he had just claimed.

Then he saw a god cloaked in blazing white light descend onto the battlefield where he had been moments earlier.

"Definitely a sixth-tier