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Chapter 1556: Chapter 1557: Divine Flame Chapter 1556: Chapter 1557: Divine Flame Song Jian looked into the distance and could feel that the white-robed man was also a Demi-God Level powerhouse, whose duty seemed to be guarding this vineyard.

“Vineyard, the Goddess of Harvest’s Divine Fall Land…” Looking at the vineyard shrouded in a light screen, Song Jian’s expression suddenly became complex.

He hadn’t expected the Goddess of Harvest’s Divine Fall Land to really be near the City of Hope. The inheritance of a powerful deity must be immensely valuable; no wonder it had tempted the God of Light and other deities.

The Goddess of Harvest was a deity from before ancient times, and no one had completely inherited her divine position and duties to this day. Song Jian looked towards the distant temple, where the Goddess of Harvest’s divine essence and Divine Flame must be left behind. With these, Basford would easily ascend to godhood.

If Basford had not kept secrets from Song Jian, then maybe Song Jian would have truly helped Basford obtain these key items for deification, but now, since Basford was so confident in himself and wanted to rely on his own strength to obtain them, Song Jian had nothing more to say.

“Everyone for themselves!” Song Jian watched the two Demi-God Level powerhouses battle in the sky, smiled faintly, and used the Earth Escape Skill to make his way towards the distant temple.

Soon, Song Jian arrived at the Temple Gate; the soil beneath the temple was as hard as iron, and the Earth Escape Skill couldn’t penetrate it. To enter the temple, one had to go through the main gate.

Song Jian glanced behind him. The two Demi-God Level powerhouses were engaged in fierce battle. At this time, anyone who got distracted or lost focus could easily pay with their life.

With a faint smile, Song Jian rose from the ground and immediately used the Soul Wander skill to rush into the temple.

The two Demi-God Level powerhouses seemed to sense something and couldn’t help but look towards the entrance of the temple simultaneously, but they saw nothing. After a tenth of a second’s pause, they resumed their fight, with explosive sounds ringing in their ears, quickly escalating in intensity.

At this moment, Song Jian had already entered the temple. As soon as he did, seven or eight mutated elite monsters charged towards him.

These monsters looked no different from ordinary beasts except for their crimson eyes filled with brutality and chaos. Sensing the presence of life, they charged unheeded.

These mutated elite monsters were formidable, each equivalent to warriors of the Legendary Realm. Even for forty-man teams, entering the temple without adequate preparation would result in a team wipe with a probability of over eighty percent.

Song Jian did not hesitate and immediately executed the first technique of the Chaos Sword Canon, Red Dust Tribulation.

Countless grey sword lights appeared in the void. Dozens of grey sword lights orbited around each monster.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~
After a series of rapid slicing sounds, the group of door-guarding monsters with strength reaching the Legendary Realm fell one after another, turning into corpses. Wisps of black aura emanated from these bodies, and then they began to burn. In a short time, they turned to ash.

This was distinctly different from the monsters outside the temple, which did not burn when they died, whether they were ordinary elite monsters or bosses. Inside the temple, the monsters turned to ash within seconds of dying. Although they still dropped loot, this mysterious scene made Song Jian tense inside.

After a moment of hesitation, Song Jian collected all the loot. Even the items dropped by ordinary monsters were of great value, with six of them being of gold quality. There was only one legendary quality item, a pet egg. Although he did not yet know what kind of battle pet it could hatch into, just a gold-quality pet egg was worth at least ten Purple Crystals.

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“Lucky me!” Song Jian smiled faintly as he walked along the corridor and soon arrived in a large hall.

A tall statue of a goddess stood within the hall, clearly depicted with her left hand clutching a sheaf of wheat and her right holding a pale gold Flame.

Song Jian’s gaze fixated on the great statue’s right hand, where the pale gold Flame ignited a familiar sensation within him, reminiscent of his first encounter with the Shattered Divine Realm.

“This is the Divine Flame!” A thought struck Song Jian like lightning, instantly clarifying everything.

“Could it really be so blatantly placed in the hand of the statue? Could it mean…” Song Jian’s heart sank and he quickly scanned his surroundings.

Outside the temple, in the vineyard, every Demi-God Level powerhouse served as a Guardian, but the Divine Flame before him was a far more precious entity. How could it be unguarded? Moreover, it was highly probable that its Guardian would be a deity-level powerhouse.

It was well known that among deity-level powerhouses, there exists a hierarchy of strength. The most formidable deities could become the Main Deity, while the lesser ones would serve under the powerful ones, becoming subordinate or lesser deities.

According to records, although the Goddess of Harvest wasn’t a Main Deity, she was still a formidable deity with several subordinate deities under her.

However, even after a considerable time, Song Jian faced no attacks, and his senses detected no danger. He couldn’t help but chuckle to himself.

“I’m just too sensitive. With a deity as powerful as the Goddess of Harvest fallen, how could her subordinates still exist today? Moreover, even if they did exist, there’s no way her Divine Flame would be so openly displayed on her statue; it would have been consumed by her subordinates by now…” mused Song Jian internally.

After all, for a deity-level powerhouse, both divine essence and Divine Flame were incredibly precious. They could consume any attribute of Divine Flame to nourish their Power of Law and elevate their rank.

With a smile, Song Jian advanced towards the statue, intending to claim the Divine Flame. Completing this would mark the end of his journey in the instance. The most valuable find in the entire instance was probably this Divine Flame, which was also the opportunity Basford sought to ascend to deity-level.

After taking a step forward, Song Jian’s vision blurred abruptly, and when it cleared, he found himself inexplicably transported to an entirely different location.

“What is this, what’s happening?” Song Jian stood gaping at his surroundings, awestruck by the grand scene before him.

He was no longer inside the temple but had found himself on a vast plain that looked like an ancient battlefield; corpses and severed limbs were everywhere. The mutilated bodies, shattered chariots, broken banners, and all manner of weapons and bodies were mixed together like mountains. The air was filled with the pungent smell of rust, giving the scene an overwhelming sense of tragic grandeur.

Boom~
The sky rumbled with thunderous sounds, and as he looked up, he saw statues emanating endless divine light. Each statue represented a deity, embroiled in battle high above. Divine powers intertwined, the oppressive force in the void nearly materializing, so intense that any intruder would be torn to shreds.

“Is this… a war of the gods?” Song Jian stood dumbfounded, unable to comprehend why he had appeared here, and uncertain whether everything before his eyes was reality or an illusion!

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