Blood Shadow struggled to get up, but the moment he raised his head, one of the World God's feet was already planted on his head, stomping him flat against the ground once more.
Beneath the World God's foot, Blood Shadow could not rise no matter how he struggled. It was as though all the strength in his body had been crushed away by that single stomp.
"Th-this... what the hell is this... Could it be an Emperor's avatar..." Blood Shadow was shocked, furious, and afraid, yet he had no idea what exactly had pinned him to the ground.
Experience told him that this thing looked like a divine soul, but how could a divine soul possess such actual combat capability? Ordinary divine souls could only wield their power through their original body. Divine souls capable of fighting independently were exceedingly rare.
Even divine souls with some capacity for independent combat could not possibly become this corporeal.
But if it was not a divine soul, then the only possibility Blood Shadow could think of was an Emperor's avatar—possessing the characteristics of a divine soul while also having the ability to fight independently.
As for a ghost god descending in person, Blood Shadow had never considered it, because he knew very clearly that ghost gods were all trapped within god temples and could not emerge at all.
Even ghost gods lucky enough to escape a god temple would not appear in the universe in their ghost god forms. Most would find ways to obtain physical bodies or parasitize someone else's body.
Xiao Ye and Xiao Na stared at Blood Shadow, who had been trampled beneath the World God's foot, their little faces filled with astonishment.
If this Blood Shadow truly was the one who had presented the Three Treasure Chests to the