The Era of Gods
Chapter 436 - 436: Descending into the Void

Chapter 436: Chapter 436: Descending into the Void

However, the blood-red figure suddenly vanished and reappeared hundreds of meters away, revealing the man’s figure. He quickly retracted his power and said without any expression,

“My name is Bart, you are very powerful!”

On the other side, the stunning woman also held off from making a move. She shed the cold demeanor she had during the fight and with a mix of curiosity, admiration, and a peculiar gaze, she appraised Wu Zhonglin and said,

“You can call me Aria, you’re the strongest freshman I’ve ever seen.”

Wu Zhonglin slowly reverted from his Half-Dragon Man form to his normal human shape and greeted them with a bow, his face expressionless:

“You’re not bad either….”

Matt, who had been expressionless all along, now showed a trace of a smile on his face. He was quite pleased with the praise from such a powerful opponent.

However, the next sentence immediately caused his face to fall:

“But none of you compare to me!”

Wu Zhonglin was a far cry from the subdued composure of the black-haired youth he was in the sub-space now that he had revealed his true identity in the Different Domain. His personality had undergone a significant change, becoming much more flamboyant.

He approached the host, who had somehow reappeared, with an emotionless face and after a long while said,

“We choose to kill the Semi-god Vampire!”

Having said this, he turned to leave, completely unaware of Aria’s eyes that shimmered with a strange brilliance as she admired his robust muscles.

Simple yet cold-hearted, enhanced by powerful strength, Aria whispered with great interest,

“So powerful, so sexy, only a man this strong is worthy of me.”

Bart, standing beside her, twitched the corners of his mouth upon hearing this:

“He’s from China; he won’t come to our side. There’s no chance for you.”

“Then I can go replace him.”

“You… go talk to your father about that.”

Lin Xiao, of course, was completely oblivious to these conversations. At this moment, he had received news that the mission for the HuaXia District had been determined and was checking the details, as well as reviewing the rules.

The mission was simple: They were given a shattered plane where two kingdoms existed, each ruled by a Demigod, one human and one vampire. They each chose an opponent as their mission target. The winner was the first side to kill their respective demi-god target and destroy their faith.

Looking solely at the mission, it seemed straightforward. After all, both their side and the Ivy League Alliance of High Schools had thousands of contestants, each one a Divine Being, and with the addition of a super-genius like Wu Zhonglin, they could easily overwhelm the target with sheer numbers even in a direct confrontation.

No matter how strong a Demigod was, it’s unlikely to withstand so many opponents.

But there were a few restrictions on the mission. First, there was a percentage of completion for the mission. For instance, regarding their mission to kill the vampire Demigod, this percentage most likely referred to destroying the faith of the vampire Demigod or the destruction of the Vampire Kingdom itself.

In other words, they had to destroy the vampire Demigod’s faith while killing them. It could be understood that wiping out the Vampire Kingdom directly would also suffice.

The second restriction was that they were not allowed to use the Power of Faith provided by non-followers during this competition.

That is, they could only use the pure Power of Faith supplied by the followers from Divine Realm; faith acquired through trades or other means was ineligible.

“Well, this directly nullifies those rich players!”

He turned his head to look at Shen Yuexin, whose rosy little mouth pursed, indicating she was not very happy.

Lin Xiao, however, was quite pleased. This rule was a boon for him since he had previously gathered over ninety million in Power of Faith to consolidate his divinity. Now, it would come in handy.

The purpose of this rule was simple: to prevent wealthy players like Shen Yuexin from cheating. Without this restriction, if she brought in over a hundred billion in Power of Faith, she might be able to kill the vampire Demigod by herself.

With this rule added, stripping away the extra faith, everyone’s pure accumulated Power of Faith would be much less, thereby significantly increasing the difficulty of the mission.

Of course, if they faced an irresistible danger that could endanger their safety, they were allowed to use extra Power of Faith to save their lives. However, this act would essentially be tantamount to automatic disqualification from the mission.

The real challenge of the mission was not how to destroy the Vampire Kingdom and kill the god of the vampires, but to race against the high school alliance and see who could complete it faster and with higher completion.

With the introduction of the completion degree, they could not just go straight for the vampire Demigod. They had to spread out, destroy the vampire Demigod’s faith by bits, and only then go after the vampire Demigod.

After reading the rules, many looked up at Wu Zhonglin, who by this time was also reviewing the rules. After about a minute, he looked up and announced loudly,

“Everyone has read the rules. This is a team mission that requires our sincere cooperation to complete. As the strongest contender in this year’s Summer Camp, I will lead this operation.”

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It was a position of responsibility that left no room for debate—nobody objected, nor could they. His strength was too overwhelming; the second in line was ten points of divinity behind him, almost double.

If it were a mere four or five-point difference, some of the more proud and arrogant contestants might have objected. But such a significant gap was a qualitative difference, and no one dissented.

He continued to say,

“However, I cannot command everything on my own. Moreover, we’ll need to divide our forces when we destroy the faith of the vampire Demigod. Therefore, I plan to select twelve elite contestants from all the students to form a temporary management team.”

Many were intrigued, visibly moved by the proposition.

Wu Zhonglin scanned the crowd and spoke loudly,

“I propose Zhang Guan, Gao Yongsheng, Jiang Xinyi, Qin Fengyan, Ding Ye…”

He paused after saying this. These five were anticipated, but there were seven places left. Several contestants looked forward expectantly as he continued to read out names one by one:

“Cao HanYu, Ji Guangxuan, Geng Haifan.”

These three names were the last three of the nine Golden Thrones.

That these three could still be sitting on the Golden Thrones at the end proved that their strength was absolutely powerful, commanding respect.

Next, Wu Zhonglin paused for a short while, his gaze sweeping over the thousands of people, seemingly hesitating over whom to grant the remaining four spots.

It’s worth mentioning that among these thousands of people, there was a small group from the Wolf Fang Team and the Fury Flame Team who had been previously eliminated, but they had each defeated an opponent in the last stage, so the team mentors had kept their promises. Even though they were eliminated, they didn’t just head home but stayed to participate in the exchange matches of the third stage.

Compared to the students who slunk away after other stages, because of the exchange matches in the third stage, if they could win, they too could receive an intention spot from a higher education institution. As long as they met the admission requirements of their desired colleges in the national college entrance exams two years later, they could enter unconditionally and with priority.

“Chu Yu…”

All eyes turned to a man with many radiant tendrils of light dancing behind his head, formed from starlight, scattering twinkling stars as they moved, dreamlike and fantastical.

He was a Silver Contestant ranked near the top, who had once occupied a Golden Throne, only to be knocked down.

“Wang Xinhe…”

This was a man shrouded in a haze of flames, also a top-ranked Silver Contestant.

“Lin Xiao!”

“Ah!”

Startled, he looked up to replace the surprised expressions of his companions, then looked at Wu Zhonglin, who was focusing on the Chaos Magic Cube behind his head, which was continuously changing shapes inside the invisible inward-spiraling vortex. Realizing Wu Zhonglin was paying attention to him, he nodded slightly in acknowledgement and then turned away as Wu Zhonglin continued to read the last name:

“Shen Yuexin!”

As if she had expected it, a slight bewilderment flashed across her pretty, large eyes as she blinked cutely and playfully.

“Please come together for a discussion.”

Lin Xiao… from the corner of his eye, he glanced at Ancient City, who had always posed as the team leader of the Yunmengxing Province team at the start and now seemed to quietly assume the stance of the leader of this seven-person squad. Everyone had assumed he was the strongest, yet had he slipped this time?

Well, not exactly slipped – he just hadn’t been chosen.

Lin Xu’s expression remained unchanged. He was self-aware and could recognize his own shortcomings; he was calm, composed, and had a great mentality. In this regard, Lin Xiao felt he was stronger than Ancient City.

At least Lin Xiao could see, despite Ancient City’s ostensibly normal expression, the embarrassment and barely concealed dissatisfaction, which didn’t need any expression to be felt. Ancient City was definitely annoyed and unwilling to accept the situation.

No one in the squad said a word, everyone was surprised and wise enough to sense Ancient City’s discomfort. Who would dare to say anything? Congratulate the two chosen ones?

“Let’s go!”

With a slight smile, Shen Yuexin said to Lin Xiao and took the lead in stepping out.

Lin Xu patted his shoulder encouragingly:

“Go for it!”

“Yeah! Let’s all go for it!”

He quickly followed.

Together with Wu Zhonglin, a total of thirteen people gathered. In a place unseen by others, nearly a hundred figures emitting invisible distortions were clustered around five towering figures observing the Void Battleship Platform. One of those figures looked down upon the thirteen figures and nodded with a deep voice:

“Good eye, these twelve are basically the strongest and most potential in the bunch.”

All figures nodded in agreement, and one of them said:

“They should have already received special recruitment spots, right?”

“What are you trying to say?”

A sense of wariness made the speaker hesitate before they burst into laughter, saying:

“Are you afraid we’ll steal the ones you’re eyeing?”

“Aren’t we?”

“Yes!”

“Damn!”

“Hahaha, it’s our prerogative, but you need not worry. Each of our five families will only pick one at most. War Throne, Wrath of God, and Inferno have already made their selections; only Holy Crystal and Radiance have yet to choose, so at most two spots will be taken.”

“That’s still stealing!”

“If you say so, I can’t do anything about it. Consider it stolen, then. You can only hope that the contestants you’re eyeing aren’t too outstanding.”

“Shit!”

The dissatisfaction among the crowd caused the man to laugh heartily, while the others could do nothing about it since the man came from the Super Academy, which was much stronger than them.

From this, it was evident that even within the HuaXia District, the various forces were not united; they too had their frictions and contradictions, only showing a united front when facing outside threats.

Of course, this was a normal circumstance, for each of them belonged to a different power, with each higher education institution representing a powerful Divine System force. Among them, the top-ranked Super Academy such as Radiance and the third-ranked War Throne directly belonged to military forces and were extremely powerful.