Chapter 671: As long as the God of War launches an attack
After Xu Cheng created the Artificial Sun trick, he only used it a few times before it was thrown into the warehouse to gather dust.
Although the power of this move is powerful enough, the forward swing of the skill is too long, making it quite troublesome to create. Compared with the power of God Killer, the price/performance ratio is completely outclassed.
Now that the power of the God of Fire and the power of the God Killer are both disabled, he can only invite Mrs. Niu out again.
The plasma ball with a high temperature of hundreds of thousands of degrees emitted infinite light and heat like the sun. The fifteen knights and their gryphon mounts were vaporized by this terrifying high temperature in just an instant, leaving only
Even after leaving Hagerman alone, he was still struggling.
His body exuded a rich holy light, which withstood the high-temperature burning of the plasma ball, but this also caused his power to be consumed rapidly.
He wanted to escape from this hell-like place, but the huge pressure brought by the magnetic field prevented him from moving.
Hagerman felt like he was thrown into the sun and could only wait to die. He couldn't see Xu Cheng and kept yelling angrily and swearing a lot of dirty words.
In just seven or eight seconds, all the power in Hagerman's body was exhausted, and his entire body was engulfed in plasma, vaporizing to the point where not even a scrap of debris was left.
After successfully defeating all enemies, Xu Cheng did not relax. He controlled the artificial sun, which was still rising in temperature, with a magnetic field, shot it high into the sky, and then detonated it.
Boom!
The high temperature caused the air to expand, making an earth-shattering noise.
A bright light appeared, directly flooding the world in Xu Cheng's eyes. After a few seconds, the shock wave of the explosion reached the ground, plowing the land that had been ravaged by the storm again.
A few minutes later, the earth-shattering explosion finally ended, the bright light dissipated, and the thick clouds in the sky were cleared away, revealing the bright sky.
Ah Ying looked up at this scene from a distance, feeling a little surprised.
When Hagerman and his men caught up with her, she thought she was going to be in trouble.
Hagerman's strength is not weak. He and the Eighteen Knights are famous for their outstanding military exploits. They once killed an indigenous god of the tribe with their own hands.
I thought that Xu Cheng's encounter with Hagman would be a fierce battle with low chances of winning, but I didn't expect that he would be able to defeat the powerful enemy so cleanly and neatly by relying on the advice he gave in advance.
Especially Xu Cheng's use of thunder and lightning gave her a feeling of enlightenment.
If he were a true thunder apostle, he would probably only use thunder and lightning to attack roughly, and would not think of manipulating the electromagnetic power brought by thunder and lightning.
After detonating the artificial sun, Xu Cheng came to Aying. This battle seemed simple to him, but in fact it was not easy. He relied on his strong body to survive several dangers. Later, he even took out the artificial sun.
A big move.
If Ah Ying hadn't revealed the weakness of the Eighteen Knights in advance, he might have really encountered a fierce battle.
"What do you think after watching for so long?"
Xu Cheng knew that Aying's identity was not simple, so he asked tentatively.
Ah Ying seemed to have no ulterior motives and replied: "You are very good. If the God of Thunder really knew you, he would probably want to accept you as his apostle."
Although it was a compliment, her tone was calm and her attitude remained aloof and perfunctory.
Xu Cheng felt that this guy must have no friends, otherwise he would have to punch her sooner or later.
"Where should we go next?"
It is easy to be discovered if you walk in the sky, so Xu Cheng did not continue to argue, so he asked her opinion: "Should we walk on the ground?"
Ah Ying nodded: "Yes, the probability of being discovered will be lower if you walk on the ground."
Can you be found even if you walk on the ground?
Xu Cheng frowned and said, "How were we discovered?"
After leaving Silver Light City, hundreds of kilometers away, Hagerman was able to detect their movements. In this era, there was no accurate radar. Could it be some kind of special ability?
Ah Ying raised his head and glanced at the sky: "There is a pair of eyes in the sky that are always looking for me, so we can easily be spotted if we move from the sky. If we move on the ground, we are at least a little more hidden."
Xu Cheng also looked up, but the sky was clear and he couldn't see anything.
Then he lowered his head and asked, "Is it okay to walk under the ground?"
Ah Ying tilted his head slightly: "Can you still dig holes?"
"You'll know soon."
Xu Cheng wrapped her in an electromagnetic field and flew away from the area.
Seeing that Xu Cheng was still walking up into the air, Ah Ying did not try to persuade him any more. She could tell that this guy was not an idiot and would not make a second mistake.
Xu Cheng's move was mainly for testing. Sure enough, walking from the air was extremely easy to detect. As soon as he took Ah Ying to leave the area where he was fighting Hagerman, electromagnetic induction detected another group of people hundreds of kilometers away.
The powerful creature took off from the ground and came towards him.
And there are more than Hagerman and his Eighteen Knights, almost a hundred people, who also have the ability to jump in space.
Xu Cheng didn't panic, and led A Ying down towards a wide river on the ground. With a splash, the two of them sank into the river.
Ah Ying finally understood what Xu Cheng meant by walking under the ground.
It turns out that it is not digging a hole, but diving.
Xu Cheng used a dark secret technique to wrap both of them into the shape of a submarine, and then used electromagnetic force as power to move forward quickly in the river.
In his perception, this river is winding and stretches for thousands of kilometers. There is no need to go ashore in the middle and you can keep moving in the river. Although it is suspected of taking a long way, it is better than being safe and concealed.
After Xu Cheng took Ah Ying to dive away, about half a minute later, nearly a hundred griffons appeared out of thin air at the location where Hagerman was killed.
Among this group of people, there are two knights who are extremely powerful, not inferior to Hagerman at all. They are both candidates for the Knights of God.
"Hiding?"
One of the candidate god knights frowned slightly. In his perception, Xu Cheng and A Ying suddenly disappeared nearby.
"I'll see where they can hide."
Another candidate god knight directly ordered: "Search for me, dig deep into the ground to find this person."
Nearly a hundred gryphon knights immediately dispersed to look for the enemy's hiding place. Each of them had the level of a superpower, and it was really possible for them to dig three feet into the ground within a hundred kilometers.
Only two candidate god knights remained in place. One of them observed the destroyed land around him and said in surprise: "Hagerman and his eighteen knights have been defeated. Does the target still retain such great power?
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The other said nonchalantly: "Even if she retains her strength, she has been so seriously injured that she will lose it every time she uses it. Once we catch her, she won't be able to run away."
His companion was not so optimistic, but sighed: "I hope, the other party is..."
He suddenly shut up and stopped talking. This was a heresy and one should never have any emotions other than hostility.
Xu Cheng and Aying didn't know that the pursuers behind them were digging three feet into the ground. The two of them were moving quickly at the bottom of the river, heading towards the City of All Nations.
Along the way, Xu Cheng was also asking Aying for information about the Golden High King and his army.
He had a hunch that there would be no shortage of opportunities to fight the enemy in the future, so it was important to collect intelligence in advance.
Aying also knew everything and told Xu Cheng all the information she knew, including the information about the Great Lord.
No one knows how the Great Lord appeared. They only know that he is most likely not a local.
In the beginning, the Great Lord was very peaceful and just quietly preached around the world. Some gods were dissatisfied with his preaching behavior and secretly tried to make things difficult for him, but he easily resolved them all.
But that's all. There are too many gods in this world. Although the Great Lord is special, the gods don't mind having one more god.
The great Lord has been preaching for more than a hundred years. He has traveled to almost every corner of the world and visited every city. Unknowingly, the number of his followers has accumulated to a terrifying level, even surpassing other gods.
At this moment, the gods reacted belatedly. It was not that their ears and eyes were blocked, but that there was a force in the dark that interfered with their judgment, making them always think that the great lord was just making a small fuss.
This is obviously the power of the Great Lord, who is secretly interfering with the eyes and ears of the gods.
If that's all it is, then it's just unpleasant for both parties at best.
But the problem is that the religion spread by the Great Lord is monotheism.
In the world view of monotheism, other gods cannot be accommodated. All gods are denounced as heretics and must be eliminated.
Even if the gods did not go to trouble the Great Lord, after a hundred years of accumulation, the Great Lord began to come back to trouble them, and had already made a substantial act - planting a world tree.
This world tree will absorb the spirit seeds from all over the world, and the foundation of the existence of the gods is the spirit seeds. Spirit seeds are equivalent to oxygen to them. Without oxygen, they would be suffocated to death.
The Great Lord's behavior of pulling out the oxygen tube led to an extremely fierce conflict between the two sides.
The power of the Great Lord is beyond the expectations of all the gods, and he is not alone. Hundreds of years of preaching have given him countless believers, and with the World Tree on his back, he can bestow power on his followers and make them become him.
The most powerful shield and war spear.
The gods have been free and scattered for countless years, and they have no intention of uniting with each other. After the war broke out, they were defeated and retreated, and it was too late to unite again.
Especially the Golden Supreme King and the divine army are invincible. The divine army are all fanatical believers who are not afraid of death and firmly believe that they can enter the heaven built by the great Lord after death.
However, the armies under the gods have been at peace for many years and have long been in decay. They are no match for them at all.
The Golden High King is the first disciple of the Great Lord, has received the most blessings, and is much more powerful than ordinary gods.
The Saint is the first shadow cast by the Great Lord on the earth, and has the same power as the Golden High King.
Below them, there is the Knights of God, each member of which is extremely powerful, at least physically a god, and possesses a power comparable to that of a god.
Further down the Knights of God, there are the candidate Knights of God, that is, Hagerman, who was killed by Xu Cheng just now, and there are many candidates like him.
After listening to Ah Ying's story, Xu Cheng realized what a huge hostile camp he was facing.
Not to mention the great lord whose strength is unknown, there are also two golden supreme kings and saints whose power far exceeds that of gods.
Each member is a Knight of God whose power exceeds his own, and there are at least three people with ultimate abilities like Hagerman, as well as countless superpowers.
All this is thanks to the great Lord, who has a world tree that can bestow power on believers at will.
"Have you never thought about destroying the World Tree?"
As soon as he asked the question, Xu Cheng realized that he had asked a stupid question. How could the gods not have thought about it?
Aying nodded: "Of course, but the plans against World Tree failed."
Xu Cheng skipped the question and asked curiously: "Why do I feel that the content of spirit seeds in the air has not changed from before? Has the World Tree really absorbed a lot of spirit seeds?"
"That's because your position is not high enough."
Ah Ying gave Xu Cheng a simple metaphor: "It's like the sea. You are a fish living on the bottom of the sea. The sea water is taken away and the sea level begins to drop. You won't feel it for a while at the bottom of the sea."
"I see. I didn't expect that I was a frog in the well."
Xu Cheng took a deep look at Ah Ying.
She knows so much and is being hunted by the divine army, so her identity is really curious.
Xu Cheng had a vague guess in his mind, but he didn't ask about the person's identity. He decided to complete the task first.
"Are you injured? When will you feel better?"
The mission requires him to protect Aying until she recovers from her injuries.
You can't take shortcuts in difficult tasks, so you don't have to think about finding a doctor to treat her, but you still have to confirm it so that you have peace of mind.
"My injuries are serious."
Ah Ying told the truth: "But just send me to Wanguo City. I will find a way to cure it myself."
Xu Cheng laughed in his heart, if only it was that simple.
………
Temple of the Sun.
This place used to be a great temple dedicated to the Sun God. It was built by believers to be magnificent, full of art and history. However, it has now been occupied by the religious army, except for a temporary command center.
Wearing heavy armor, Lucid strode along the corridor of the temple, making a heavy muffled sound with every step, and his scarlet cloak fluttered like a flag behind him.
When the soldiers around him saw him, they all hurriedly bowed and saluted. He didn't look at him and walked straight forward, leaving the soldiers with awe and fear in their eyes.
Lucid, nicknamed the Wings of Glory, is a member of the Knights of God, and his status is only lower than that of the Golden Supreme King.
When he reached the end of the corridor, two soldiers standing guard hurriedly opened the gorgeous door in front of him.
Inside the gate is a spacious rotunda, with a statue of the sun at the top, emitting bright light.
Under the sun, there was a huge round table, surrounded by a row of exquisite seats.
Around the round table, there were already seven or eight people communicating, all of whom were members of the Knights of God.
Seeing Lucid come in, everyone greeted him, but he just responded casually and sat down in his seat.
"What about the rest?"
"We haven't arrived yet, some distances are too far, so we can't come."
Although the Divine Cult Army has mastered the ability to jump in space, the area of this world is still too large, and it is impossible to rush over for a meeting in a short while.
Not long after Lucid arrived, more than a dozen members of the Knights of God arrived one after another, almost filling the entire round table with only a few vacancies.
Each of these people has the power to destroy the country alone, and three or four people dare to challenge the gods.
The round table was not quiet, but rather lively and even noisy.
Because every god knight is very young, they are all geniuses discovered by the Great Lord and the Golden Supreme King within a hundred years. They are full of vigor, have considerable passion and motivation, and are all soldiers. Of course, they will not speak slowly.
Whisper.
The heated discussion lasted for more than an hour, until the golden light on the round table flashed, and they had to shut up and remain quiet.
Countless golden light spots floated on the round table, and finally shrank, converging into a luxurious throne. On the throne sat an imposing man who looked down upon the world: the Golden Supreme King.
"His Majesty!"
All the divine knights stood up, put one hand on their chests, and saluted their king.
"Sit down."
The voice of the Golden Supreme King was full of majesty and vastness, echoing in the temple of the Sun God.
The meeting they held this time was a military meeting, focusing on several important countries they were currently conquering, including the area protected by the God of War Cronus: the City of All Nations.
Cronus is one of the most powerful gods, and he has not taken action yet. He is also one of the gods that the mother of the Divine Cult Army is most afraid of.
The content of the meeting was very long, and the discussion focused on military matters, but Cronus was not mentioned much.
Because if you want to deal with the God of War, the Golden Supreme King must take action himself. As knights of God, no matter how much discussion they have, it is useless.
The meeting lasted for several hours, and it was not until the end that the Golden Supreme King finally expressed his position: "I will defeat Cronus as quickly as possible. You should be ready to attack at any time and occupy the City of All Nations in one fell swoop."
Both Cronus and the City of All Nations have a very special status among the gods and humans.
Once Cronus is defeated and the City of All Nations falls, it will definitely dampen the morale of the gods.
All the knights of God stood up and saluted, "I obey your will."
"If there's nothing else, so be it."
Seeing that the Golden Supreme King was about to leave, Lucid suddenly said: "Your Majesty, traces of the Shadow Goddess were found in the area I am responsible for."
The Golden High King's eyes immediately turned to him.
The Shadow Goddess is different from other gods. For the Golden Supreme King, she is a real powerful enemy. She has fought with him many times without losing. She single-handedly stopped the Divine Cult Army from conquering the world.
In the end, the Great Lord took action himself and seriously injured the Shadow Goddess.
The whereabouts of the Shadow Goddess are still unknown, and the religious army and all believers are looking for her everywhere.
The Golden High King attaches great importance to this powerful enemy, but now he has to deal with another Cronus who is as famous as the Shadow Goddess, and he cannot leave for a while.
"I'm not free at the moment."
The Golden Supreme King thought for a few seconds and then ordered: "Lucid, put down all the work you are doing now and go and deal with her personally. You must not give her a chance to escape again."
"I will obey your will."
Lucid quickly bowed and saluted, feeling elated.
The Shadow Goddess is the benchmark figure among all gods, and it takes the great master's own hands to severely damage her.
If he can capture her head, he will gain achievements and reputation second only to His Majesty in this battle of conquest.
The other knights of God all cast envious looks at Lucid.
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The distance between Silver Light City and Ten Thousand Kingdoms City requires at least two or three months of sleepless walking by the Earth Dragon.
But Xu Cheng relied on his eel skills to move quickly at the bottom of the river. Although he took a long detour, he still avoided the divine army and arrived at the City of All Nations within three days.
When he saw Wanguo City for the first time, even Xu Cheng, a person from later generations, couldn't help but feel shocked.
This city is known as the first city in the world, and its magnificence far exceeds Xu Cheng's imagination.
The City of Ten Thousand Kingdoms was built on a plain, and you can't even see the end of the city at a glance. Its area seems to accommodate the entire plain, and there are acres of buildings as far as you can see.
It is said that the permanent population of this city is several million, which is comparable to the metropolises of later generations. This was unimaginable in ancient times, and the supplies consumed every day are astronomical.
If this world didn't have superpowers and could provide material support, it would have been impossible for such a magnificent city to be born.
Xu Cheng and Aying disguised themselves as travelers and entered the city quietly.
In fact, no one would care about them. During this time, the city of Wanguo was almost filled with refugees from all over the country, and they had to be resettled outside the city.
There is also a tense atmosphere before the war in the city. The Divine Cult Army has set foot in the territory of the City of All Nations. In order to defend the city, surrounding countries have sent military reinforcements, and the war is about to break out.
"Oh oh oh!"
Xu Cheng and A Ying had just entered the city when they heard an earth-shattering cheer from the distance, which made them both strange.
Soon, a knight galloped past on the street and kept shouting.
"His Majesty, the great God of War, has already gone to the front line of the battlefield."
All the residents who heard this sentence cheered like crazy and even threw things in their hands into the sky.
The City of All Nations is a city-state protected by Cronus, the God of War, and the residents living here are all loyal believers of the God of War.
In the eyes of believers, Cronus is omnipotent and invincible.
As long as the great God of War takes action, there is no difficulty that cannot be solved.
This is also the reason why the Divine Cult Army is about to attack the city, but the City of All Nations can still maintain stability - as long as the God of War launches an attack, everything will be fine.
What a great lord, what a golden supreme king, could it be stronger than the giant king who ravaged the earth back then?
Among the countless cheering people, only the quiet Xu Cheng and A Ying seemed out of place.
Ah Ying looked at the scene in front of him and whispered to himself: "He is finally willing to take action. Maybe he can turn the tide."
Only Xu Cheng beside him looked strange.
If I hadn't known Cronus, I would have believed it.
The current group of fanatical believers will probably cry out soon - the God of War they truly believe in has died quietly at the gate of hell long ago, and Cronus now is just a dove occupying a magpie's nest.
Chapter completed!