I have an Apocalypse City - Chapter 1682

Chapter 1682: Chapter 1683: The Prodigy of Gods Chapter 1682: Chapter 1683: The Prodigy of Gods Song Jian walked on the desolate Divine World continent, and a feeling, similar to when he had first entered the game, arose in his heart–mixed with worry and yet filled with anticipation.

The Divine World continent looked barren, with greenery rarely in sight. The occasional clumps of vegetation that were encountered were all a yellowish-brown color, appearing as though they had been withered for a long time.

Gazing into the distance, at the horizon, countless divine lights shimmered, seeming just like the auroras seen at the polar regions.

“Those must be the temples of the gods…” the Wanderer Diston couldn’t help saying.

“Those are merely the projections of the temples, like a mirage. The real temples are hidden within Spatial Rifts, and I fear only their owners know the entrances!” the Ascetic Monorligan shook his head and said, “These temples built in the Divine World are akin to the territories of the gods, but what the gods truly value is not these territories, but the Divine Country!”

Song Jian’s heart stirred, and he asked as if casually, “The Divine Country, do you know how to create one’s own Divine Country?”

The Ascetic Monorligan and the Wanderer Diston exchanged glances and wryly smiled, “Creating a Divine Country, heh, that’s something only mighty divine gods concern themselves with. We, who have just ascended, with hardly a penny to our names, simply do not have the ability to create a Divine Country!”

“Yeah, our main priority now is to get a foothold in the Divine World. Ideally, we’d find an unclaimed Spatial Rift and first establish our own temple!” the Wanderer Diston nodded and said, “Only gods who possess their own temples are eligible to enter the Pantheon and secure a place there. Otherwise, they won’t be accepted by the other gods!”

Song Jian nodded. Having a Divine Country before reaching the Legendary Realm was an immense stroke of luck, akin to a treasure that even gods would envy–which he had initially thought was just a fragment of a pocket dimension belonging to him.

The three newly ascended deities wandered aimlessly through the Divine World continent, exchanging information as if they were merely chatting. However, in reality, throughout the days, the three had become increasingly close.

One day, the trio came upon an abandoned temple. The temple covered a vast area, at least ten thousand square meters. However, by the time they discovered it, it was in ruins, with most of the structure collapsed and debris weathered by the elements scattered everywhere!

“The master has perished, the Spatial Rift collapsed, only then did this temple reveal itself…” The Wanderer Diston looked around carefully for a while, then shook his head and said, “It seems to have been deserted for hundreds of years. There’s likely nothing of value left here, we should…”

Before he could finish his sentence, a bestial roar suddenly emanated from the abandoned temple, instantly changing the expressions of the three.

Boom~
A terrifying monster, over five meters tall, burst from the ruins of the temple and roared towards the trio.

The beast resembled a male lion, but with two pairs of curved horns on its head, one pair in front of the other, large and small, almost completely encasing the monster’s skull, creating the appearance of a bizarre helmet firmly protecting its head.

“Is this the so-called alien race spoken of by the gods?” the Wanderer Diston exclaimed in surprise.

Song Jian’s eyes narrowed as the Perception Eye was instantaneously employed. A translucent eye appeared above his head, gazing towards the monster.

“Spawn of Deity Atusia (Alien Race), Demi-God Level, Level 150, Vitality Points: 68 million”
“A Demi-God level creature, indeed an alien race, named Spawn of Deity Atusia!” Song Jian whispered, “A level one hundred and fifty creature.”

“A Demi-God level alien in the Divine World, it’s quite rare to see such beings exist here!” the Wanderer Diston’s eyes showed a curious glint as he snapped his fingers lightly. Instantly, a Dark Gold net appeared out of nowhere above the Spawn of Deity’s head.

The dark gold net appeared silently and did not catch the attention of the divine scourge.

Just then, the Son of Divine Scourge, Atusia, scrutinized the trio carefully for a while and seemed to realize something. His expression became odd and the madness that had slightly shown before turned into caution as he slowly retreated.

It was at this moment that the dark gold net suddenly descended from the sky, aiming to envelop the Son of Divine Scourge.

When it was just three to four meters above the Son of Divine Scourge, he seemed to sense something and turned to run!

“Too late to run now!” Wanderer Distarn broke into a sly grin, his fingers flicking lightly. The dark gold net fell at an accelerated speed, catching the Son of Divine Scourge in the midst of jumping up to flee.

The Son of Divine Scourge struggled frantically, but the more he fought, the tighter the dark gold net cinched, quickly marking his skin with bloody welts.

The intense pain finally made the Son of Divine Scourge cease his struggles. Tightly bound by the dark gold net, he lay motionless on the ground. If not for the slight rise and fall of his chest with his breathing, one might really think he had become a corpse.

“Got it!” Wanderer Distarn beamed, clapping his hands and pointing at the incapacitated Son of Divine Scourge as he burst into hearty laughter, “We’ve caught it, let’s go forward and have a good look, shall we?”

Song Jian first looked at the dark gold net. Though it seemed to be of legendary quality, Song Jian could feel the rich divinity within it.

“Not an artifact, it must be a skill, much like the Thousand Swords Art and Chaos Sword Canon, where divinity elevates a legendary quality skill to the level of a divine skill!” Song Jian thought to himself.

Seeing the three people approach, the Son of Divine Scourge panicked and began to struggle violently again, but the more he did, the larger the wounds got and the more blood flowed. It was evident that the Son of Divine Scourge’s Vitality Points were rapidly depleting.

But with over sixty million Vitality Points, the injury wasn’t too severe. At most, he had lost less than one-tenth of his Vitality Points and still possessed formidable combat power.

Upon closer examination, Song Jian realized that even though the monster was only at the Demi-God Realm level, it had an extremely dense divinity, flowing like mercury over its body surface.

“If I could just refine it with the Blazing Fire Furnace, I could extract at least fifty points of divinity!” Song Jian could not help but think excitedly to himself.

In the game world, encountering a monster with such condensed divinity would rely on luck, but in the Divine World, unexpectedly, even a random monster possessed such dense divinity, which was a delightful surprise.

The trio observed the Son of Divine Scourge meticulously. The wanderer even pulled out a small knife and made a cut on the hind leg to collect some blood, apparently intending to study the creature.

“No use, shall we just kill it?” the wanderer glanced at the others and suggested.

“Let’s kill it, it’s getting late. We can stay the night in this abandoned temple and continue on tomorrow,” the ascetic nodded in agreement.

The wanderer drew a long sword and thrust it towards the neck of the Son of Divine Scourge. As if sensing death’s arrival, the Son of Divine Scourge let out a great roar that echoed continuously, much like a wolf’s howl lasting for more than ten seconds.

Moments later, a responding roar sounded faintly from afar. The complexions of the three newly arrived gods in Divine World changed simultaneously as they turned toward the direction of the roar.

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