"Damn you, Ma Baoguo! You dared to one-shot me? I'll kill you!"
"Hold the line! Hold the line! Don't be afraid of losing XP!"
"Forget the mobs! Killing the boss is what matters!"
"Charge!"
The players yelled and shouted, their cries rising and falling in a continuous din.
Somewhere in the crowd, one of the Sand sculpture players suddenly broke into song.
"Take up your big swords and strike at the Japanese devils' heads..."
Before the tune had even finished, the players around him seemed to catch the madness.
They all began singing in unison.
"Take up your big swords and strike at the Japanese devils' heads..."
More than a hundred players singing together made for a pretty impressive sight.
Ye Yu, who had been watching the battle, felt as though he had returned to Earth.
He drew a deep breath and looked up at the Holy Light Cross Sword, still hanging in the air.
Demigod-level deities basically had no divine skills of their own.
That didn't mean they had no way to attack, though.
Most deities in the World of Gods followed the path of Faith.
In truth, any deity who followed the path of Faith wasn't an independent entity.
Strictly speaking, they were all children of High Gods.
For example, the Demi-Gods in Arbor God City.
Aside from Ye Yu, all of them were children of Great God Arbor.
Before they developed divine skills of their own, they could use their Faith in Great God Arbor to borrow some of his divine skills!
The Arbor Cross Slash Ma Baoguo had unleashed was one of them.
But Ye Yu didn't follow the path of Faith, so he couldn't borrow divine skills from Great God Arbor!
In fact, Ye Yu hadn't learned a single divine skill yet.
But that wasn't going to stop him.
He glanced around and casually picked up a homemade Bamboo Sword from the ground. It was impossible to tell which player had dropped it.
Then he murmured to himself.
"System, exchange all my Contribution points for Divine Power!"
Less than a second later, the electronic voice sounded.
"Ding! Exchange complete. The host currently has 2,177 Divine Power!"
The sudden surge of more than two thousand Divine Power left it surging through Ye Yu's body, making him feel as though he had been reborn!
He paused to consider.
"More than two thousand Divine Power?"
"That should be enough!"
As the thought crossed his mind, he slowly raised his arm.
The Bamboo Sword in his hand pointed at the Holy Light Cross Sword hanging in the air!
He let out a thunderous shout!
"Slash!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, all two thousand-plus points of Divine Power were instantly drained.
At the same time, a long sword wreathed in an immense aura took shape in the air.
The next moment, it slashed down at the Holy Light Cross Sword without hesitation.
A deafening boom burst through the sky like a bolt of thunder.
Ma Baoguo, who had just one-shotted a group of players, instinctively looked up.
He saw that the Holy Light Cross Sword he'd borrowed had vanished without a trace after failing to withstand even a single strike from the long sword.
His expression changed instantly!
"Oh no!"
Unfortunately, he had no time to react.
The long sword in the air had already come crashing down.
Rumble!
Ma Baoguo's Divine Power collided with the long sword Ye Yu had conjured, unleashing a tremendous wave!
The entire square was engulfed in blinding white light!
The players who had just respawned stared in shock.
"My God, what is that?"
"Brother Yu made his move!"
"Yeah, I saw it too! Brother Yu just swung his sword!"
"Brother Yu is that powerful? I'm in love!"
As the players cried out in astonishment, the white light gradually faded.
Once their vision cleared, they saw that Ma Baoguo, who had just been wreaking havoc among them, was now lying motionless on the ground, a cold corpse!
The players stared blankly for a moment. Then, as realization dawned, they let out a deafening cheer.
"Brother Yu is awesome!"
"That was so cool! He one-shot the boss!"
"So Brother Yu really is that powerful!"
"Am I the only one who thinks this NPC is kind of showing off? He didn't step in until we were almost overwhelmed, and then he finally made his move like it was nothing..."
"Pah! What are you saying? You dare badmouth my male idol? I'll beat you to a pulp!"
The players were ecstatic. Ye Yu's sword hadn't just killed Ma Baoguo; the remaining Scorpion Lions had all perished too, leaving corpses strewn across the ground.
That meant the Story Event should be over!
Sure enough, just seconds later, every player received a notification from the game system!
"Dear players, congratulations on successfully killing the Demon Cultivator Ma Baoguo and defending Lingxiao Immortal Palace."
"Calculating event rewards. Please wait!"
The players cheered even louder when they saw the system notification!
Many of them high-fived one another, grinning from ear to ear!
The most over-the-top was Bao Lao Er, who ran over to Ma Baoguo's corpse.
"Everyone, make some room! Let me take a commemorative photo!"
The players nearby grinned and stepped aside.
Bao Lao Er stepped forward, planted one foot on Ma Baoguo's head, and struck a cool pose!
Then he let out a bizarre cry!
"Your clothes are no match for my blade!"
The players around him burst into laughter!
Watching the jubilant players, Ye Yu shook his head.
At that moment, he felt somewhat relieved.
At the same time, he kept reflecting on what had happened.
He had been overconfident in his fight against Ma Baoguo.
He had assumed that with the Sand sculpture players, killing someone like Ma Baoguo would be a piece of cake.
But the way things had played out showed otherwise.
The players had done well enough.
And yet they still hadn't been a match for Ma Baoguo.
The main reason was that Ye Yu didn't follow the path of Faith, so he had overlooked the huge advantage deities on that path had in the early stages!
They could borrow powerful means of attack from the gods they worshipped!
Ye Yu, on the other hand, had no such advantage.
Fortunately, he had acted decisively at the critical moment and had the system convert his Divine Power into an attack!
That was how he had taken out Ma Baoguo.
Of course, this approach had its drawbacks.
Using Divine Power directly to attack was undeniably extravagant—wasteful, even.
"Ding! The host has won the Divine War. Would you like to fuse with Ma Baoguo's Divine Domain?"
The electronic voice rang out unexpectedly.
Ye Yu heard it and replied without a second thought.
"Fuse!"
As soon as he spoke, a strange sensation surged through him.
He could now clearly "see" Ma Baoguo's vast Divine Domain merging with his own at a visible speed!
At the same time, a Crystal that looked much like a piece of quartz suddenly flew out of Ma Baoguo's corpse!
The Crystal flashed and sank into Ye Yu's body,
"Is this the Divine Spark?"
Ye Yu felt a flicker of joy.
He and Ma Baoguo had started a Divine War, and when all was said and done, wasn't this what it had been for?
This thing was incredibly useful!
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