Of course, the gods had tried to fight back.
While Huo Ling led the legends in their assaults, they had ganged up on Huo Ling and his legends in the Outer Void.
But Huo Ling's strength was no joke. Every god he killed granted him a massive number of potential points.
That only accelerated his growth. It could be said that almost every moment, Huo Ling's strength was undergoing earth-shaking advancement.
Huo Ling paid no heed to the gods' encirclement.
If he could win, he fought. If he could not, he fled.
For a dragonblood mage at the eighth stage of legend to escape with his legends, it was simply too easy.
Huo Ling could flee, but how could the gods? Every battle with Huo Ling in the Outer Void consumed a vast amount of their divine power.
That made life increasingly difficult for gods who had already lost their source of divine power.
Moreover, whenever he was besieged, Huo Ling specifically targeted those with weak divine power and lesser divine power. After only a few battles, they were often unable to participate due to damage to their divine bodies.
Naturally, the gods did the same to Huo Ling. But Huo Ling's legends could receive his healing.
Aside from the God of Radiance's rule-inflicted wounds, which were somewhat harder to remove, the injuries left by other gods did not take Huo Ling much time to heal.
Every bit of divine power the gods expended was gone for good. There was nowhere for them to replenish it.
But Huo Ling controlled an entire major plane. They could obtain more resources for replenishment anytime, anywhere.
The fierce divine war even allowed quite a few legends to slowly improve in strength.
At times, Huo Ling would summon three devil nobles, or projections of