Winter God Chosen One

Thinking of the other Chosen Ones' purpose in coming to the Star of Death Omen, Bai Xiaowen's eyes narrowed slightly.

The Star of Death Omen itself contained countless treasures. Leaving aside the yin-aspected natural treasures born from concentrated negative energy, the Artifacts crafted by the Death God alone were enough to make anyone covet them, and they were no less impressive than the Prophecy Temple.

The other Chosen Ones might indeed have come to the Star of Death Omen in search of treasure.

However, at this point in time, nearly all the Chosen Ones who had arrived at the Star of Death Omen early were powerful individuals who had received advance guidance from their Deities and obtained the "Best Star Path."

In other words, the Star of Death Omen was an unavoidable stop on the "Best Star Path" recognized by many Deities!

Considering that Deities far surpassed mortals in prophecy and deduction, if Bai Yuantang could make arrangements in advance, then there was a considerable chance that the Deities could see through his plans and take countermeasures!

Countermeasures to prevent Bai Xiaowen from becoming a god, to prevent him from obtaining all the Death God Remains.

After all, it was the God of Truth who had told Bai Xiaowen that "obtaining all the Death God Remains would allow one to become the Death God." There was no reason other Deities would not know this.

From this, it could be inferred that the other Chosen Ones appearing on the Star of Death Omen at this point were most likely here to intercept Bai Xiaowen!

Bai Xiaowen could not help recalling the Hidden Society operation organized by the God of Shadows' Chosen Ones in the Dark Ages Plane. Its target had also been very clear: the Death God Bones.

That Hidden Society operation had most likely been an order from the God of Shadows, meant to sabotage Bai Xiaowen's plan to collect the Death God Bones?

Another key point Bai Xiaowen had figured out was that the Deities had factions as well, at least when it came to preventing Bai Xiaowen from becoming a god.

If the Deities were compared to chess players, Bai Yuantang had likely paid some price to gain the right to play as a mortal. He could be regarded as half a god.

As the Deities fought over authority, some would deliberately join forces to strengthen their side, allowing them to claim a larger share of the board. Even after dividing that share among themselves, they would still gain far more than Deities acting alone.

This meant encroaching upon the interests of those Deities who acted independently. Therefore, as long as some Deities formed an alliance, the emergence of similar hostile factions as a countermeasure was inevitable.

Bai Yuantang should have allied Deities, such as the God of Truth.

At least regarding Bai Xiaowen becoming a god on the Star of Death Omen, Bai Yuantang and the God of Truth were aligned. After all, the Death God's path of inheritance, including the Divinity of the Death God, had all originated from the God of Truth's guidance.

By showing the Visage of the Death God Mask to Yeti, Bai Xiaowen was also testing which faction's Chosen One Yeti belonged to.

If Yeti was a Chosen One of a Deity supporting their side, Bai Xiaowen could unite with an ally in advance.

If he was a Chosen One of an enemy faction, and battle was unavoidable, Bai Xiaowen could also take advantage of the fact that no other Chosen Ones were present to interfere and quickly deal with a potential enemy.

When Yeti saw the Visage of the Death God revealed and the many skeleton creatures worshipping it, he quickly realized Bai Xiaowen was unusual.

"Death God Mask... You are the Death God's successor," Yeti said quickly.

"That's right." Bai Xiaowen admitted it. At the same time, he lightly tapped the ground with his toe, sending the last Immortal Talisman underground and placing the array in a state where it could be activated at any time.

This was an Imprisonment-type Immortal Array. Now, it depended on Yeti's identity.

If he was an enemy, Bai Xiaowen would seal Yeti within the Immortal Array. It would not harm Yeti's life, but it would ensure he could not interfere with Bai Xiaowen's subsequent actions.

"Unfortunately, it seems we have no choice but to stand opposed." Yeti straightened his body. A biting chill spread in every direction as his body abruptly swelled in size, transforming from a two-meter ape into a three-meter giant ape. "I am the Winter God's Chosen One. By my lord's command, I am to eliminate the Death God's successor on the Star of Death Omen."

So it really was an opposing faction. Winter God...

Bai Xiaowen poured True Yuan Power into the ground.

Yeti had already Pounced, and a cone-shaped torrent of freezing air surged toward him.

Bai Xiaowen even felt his thoughts slowing. Yeti's ice specialization had likely reached at least Master Grade, and perhaps even carried a conceptual power capable of freezing the mind.

That freezing torrent delayed Bai Xiaowen's intent to activate the Immortal Array by Zero point five seconds.

Antahe's Psionic Secret Art, Mind Power Armor!

Without time to use the Silver Throne, Bai Xiaowen instinctively summoned the Mind Power Armor.

With a thunderous boom, it was as though a wave of snow had crashed against a reef.

The freezing current split around him, turning even the ground beneath Bai Xiaowen's feet into ice spikes. Bai Xiaowen himself was also frozen into an Ice Sculpture.

"So cold..."

It was as if his thoughts had been Imprisoned. Even time itself seemed to slow, frozen in that instant.

Pop, pop, pop.

A series of soft cracks rang out as fissures burst from within the Ice Sculpture that Bai Xiaowen had become, before it shattered into a heap of fine ice fragments.

Bai Xiaowen's protective Mind Power Armor shattered as well.

Yeti's gaze hardened as he reached out and clenched his hand again.

Five illusory chains of freezing air, corresponding to Yeti's clenched fingers, snapped fiercely toward Bai Xiaowen.

But Bai Xiaowen had already activated the Immortal Array.

Rumble! One Immortal Talisman after another activated, and mist rose up.

Yeti frowned sharply. He realized he had lost his psychic lock on Bai Xiaowen.

The five chains of freezing air collided with one another, producing clear clanging sounds as they struck nothing but empty space.

A soft chuckle came from the roiling mist. "I don't want to kill you. So please, stay here obediently."

Yeti's thick fingers Banged against the center of his brow, and his domineering Spirit Sense rapidly spread outward.

However, the misty region seemed endless. Yeti's Spirit Sense could not find any target or path.

"An Illusion Array? When did you set up the array?"

Yeti did not rashly enter the array. He knew that with an Illusion Array like this, if one did not find its weakness, no attack would have any effect, and no matter how one walked, one could not escape. One would only keep circling in place.

Fortunately, hastily set arrays generally lacked the support of earth vein energy and could not last long. There was no need to worry about being Trapped Zone here permanently. Once the energy contained within the talismans was exhausted, he could leave.

Yeti's series of attacks had also consumed a great deal of energy. He sat cross-legged on the ground, holding a Spirit Crystal in each hand as he slowly restored his depleted energy.

The Star of Death Omen was equally lacking in spiritual energy. Evolutionists had extremely poor natural recovery here, so poor it could practically be ignored.

More importantly, with that "Death God Heir" gone, the groups of Skeleton Warriors that had been kneeling on the ground rose to their feet again.

Although the mist of the Illusion Array also prevented the Skeleton Warriors from locating targets, there were simply too many of them. Quite a few Skeleton Warriors happened to wander into the misty area where Yeti was, shrieking as they launched their attacks.

These Skeleton Warriors were individually insignificant, but there were far too many of them, and they seemed endless.

"I can only pray that the array's effect ends before my Spirit Crystals run out." Yeti murmured.