We made you practice martial arts, and you've mastered the Great Golden Body?

Chapter 182 The Form of God

"What? You two seem quite surprised by this method of warfare?" Cheng Shangwu smiled slightly and turned to look at Shen Bailian and Yuwen Changkong.

He seemed to have anticipated their reactions.

"Hmm." Yuwen Changkong nodded, his eyes gleaming with an unusual light.

The Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Saint Body was created specifically for large-scale group combat, and the gloom created after the nuclear explosion will undoubtedly become an aid in his subsequent battles.

"A little." Shen Bailian nodded, his heart filled with ripples of emotion. He squinted and peered through the gaps between his fingers at the blinding white light outside the window.

Can a martial artist at the Opening Sea Realm really survive such a large-scale bombing?
Or rather, ordinary martial artists at the Opening Sea Realm are nothing more than slightly larger ants on the border of the Great Xia Dynasty.

"Strictly speaking, the hydrogen bomb's function in this war is limited; at most, it can only kill some wild beasts." Cheng Shangwu seemed to remember something, and a bitter smile unconsciously appeared on his lips.

"Wild ferocious beasts? Are there non-wild ones?" Shen Bailian frowned slightly. He went through all the knowledge in his mind and found that he had never specifically learned about this aspect.

“Yes.” Yuwen Changkong nodded, taking over the conversation, a fleeting glint of smugness in his eyes, and continued to explain:

"Most ferocious beasts can only improve their life level by relying on their own instincts, absorbing the primordial energy between heaven and earth, or devouring other ferocious beasts of their own kind, just like raising poisonous insects, where the strong become stronger and the weak become resources."

"This kind of improvement method is generally very slow, and it is impossible to form a large-scale combat force in a short period of time, let alone compete with modern humans."

"However, with the intervention of divine favor, the situation has changed. The originally promising ferocious beast cubs, under normal growth, are enough to grow into the third tier (overlord), the fourth tier (calamity), and even the fifth tier is not impossible. The normal lifespan of this type of ferocious beast can reach tens of thousands of years."

"However, the gods use special methods to burn the potential and lifespan of ferocious beasts, stimulating their development and enabling them to reach maturity in a short period of time."

"The price is that the lifespan of a second-tier ferocious beast, which would normally be several hundred years, is shortened to a dozen or even just a few years, and this is even more pronounced for third-tier ferocious beasts..."

Shen Bailian fell silent; the brief words conveyed countless sorrows and the bloody reality.

The ferocious beasts that have always been a major headache for humanity have always been merely pawns, victims in the war between humans and the gods; the true outcome is not determined by them.

Shen Bailian realized the importance of wisdom in those few words. If those ferocious beasts possessed general wisdom, they would at least have had the thought of resistance.

However, Shen Bailian showed no sympathy or pity.

Because this is a racial war, any wishful thinking, sympathy, or pity could become a bullet that pierces one's own forehead years later.

"However, in that case, what rare and precious materials could possibly survive a nuclear explosion unscathed?" A question suddenly arose in Shen Bailian's mind.

After all, the biggest advantage of this trip is that we can obtain rare and precious materials for free.

"Do you think the gods would leave truly useful rare and precious materials outside?" Yuwen Changkong said calmly.

Shen Bailian was stunned.

He subconsciously mistook the divine favored for a ferocious beast, but that was not the case. The divine favored also possessed intelligence and would certainly not leave rare and precious materials in the outside world.

More than ten minutes later~
"Yu Hu, begin deploying the Sky Eye monitoring system." Yue Feng calmly observed the situation outside, and after 80% of the hydrogen bombs had been detonated normally, he continued to issue combat orders.

"Yes!"

As Yue Feng gave the order.

call out!call out!call out!
In an instant, thousands of spherical objects rose into the air from the war base, automatically entering optical stealth mode when they reached a height of several hundred meters.

It then continued to rise, ascending directly to an altitude of hundreds of thousands of meters.

This height is beyond the scope of ordinary fields, which is one of the lessons learned by the Great Xia Dynasty after many years of fighting for the interlayer world.

……

Within the No. 98 Cave Heaven Small World.

Half an hour ago~
On a scenic hill, buildings are built one after another, with an ancient palace complex at the very top.

The golden roof gleamed in the sunlight.

Inside a grand hall, the floor was covered with carpets made from the fur of ferocious beasts, and tables and chairs were placed in the center, along with fragrant camphor incense.

Ram propped his head up with his left hand, his eyes fixed on the two pools of blood on the low table. He sat imposingly on the dragon throne, draped in a white robe, his face obscured by a layer of gloom.

The dragon throne was a throne that only the emperor was entitled to sit on in ancient China.

However, compared to the emperors who boasted of their divine right of kings, the Divine Favor, as close advisors to many deities, was more qualified to boast of their divine right of kings.

In front of the table and chairs stood two bronze sculptures, one holding a sword and shield, and the other holding a spear. Both sculptures had human-like appearances.

Or perhaps the form of a god.

"Da~da~da~"

With the sound of horseshoes hitting the ground, Melbourne arrived outside the palace. He glanced at the two bronze sculptures beside the throne, a fleeting glint of smugness in his eyes.

From today onwards, the strongest secondary high-ranking family member will undoubtedly be Melbourne, not those two idiots.

Melbourne took a deep breath and cautiously glanced at Ram, whose expression he couldn't discern, out of the corner of his eye. After calming down from his slightly excited state, he entered the main hall with the permission of the two black-armored guards at the door.

Do you know why I called you here today?

Ram's voice carried a hint of anger, but Melbourne's already small brain was already filled with sudden joy.

With that good-for-nothing dead, there's one less person to share the credit.

However, the proper etiquette should still be maintained.

hum~
With a burst of golden light, Melbourne transformed into a burly man, who then knelt down and lowered his head to avoid being seen by Ram.

"My lord, I do not know."

"Don't know?" A sneer appeared on Ram's face. He suddenly stretched out his palm, his eyes fixed on Melbourne, flashing with a cold and sharp light. He said, word by word, "I'll give you one more chance."

"I'll give you three chances. If you can't convince me, then I'll take it as you trying to deceive me."

Ram slowly stood up, his body suddenly expanding and growing larger, almost reaching the top of the hall, standing resolutely like a mountain covered in white scales, deep and imposing, with a fierce aura soaring to the sky.

In an instant.

The atmosphere inside the main hall was so heavy it was almost frozen in place.

Melbourne sensed the change in the atmosphere around him and felt as if he were being tightly bound by an invisible force. His throat became dry, and each swallow felt like swallowing a boulder, difficult and painful.

Even with his small head, he realized something was wrong.

Shouldn't he be here to reward him? Why is Lord Ram acting like this, as if he wants to devour him whole? Unless, unless it's...

"Tick!"

Fine beads of sweat kept pouring from Melbourne's forehead, gathering into glistening droplets that slid down his cheeks and finally dripped onto the floor of the hall with a crisp "drip" sound.

The sound was particularly jarring in the silent hall, especially when Ram was on the verge of exploding with rage.

“One sentence.” Melbourne paused for a moment.

Is this even considered a sentence?

To this day, it still doesn't understand what happened. Not only did it not receive a single hair of the original reward, but Ram came up and said three sentences right away.

What nonsense!

But Melbourne is now too afraid to resist Ramon, who is on the verge of exploding.

Because it knew that if it did not resist, it would still have a sliver of a chance to survive; on the contrary, if it resisted, it would only completely enrage Ram, plunging itself into an abyss of no return.

If Melbourne were to be resurrected, only the return of the deity, who would then expend divine power, would be able to retrieve it from the abyss.

what happened?

What could have possibly provoked Lord Ram to such fury that he gave it only three sentences to decide its fate?

Just as Melbourne was racking her brains, she suddenly noticed out of the corner of her eye the two vials of blood that were casually placed on the low table.

boom!
All of a sudden.

Like lightning scattering the fog, the confusion in Melbourne's mind vanished instantly, replaced by clarity. In a flash, the thought came to mind in his already small brain:
"Lord Ram, I only obtained the items from that good-for-nothing. Then, under your orders, I rushed back without stopping and handed over the blood of those two top martial arts prodigies to you."

However, immediately after saying that, Melbourne's back was soaked with cold sweat.

"boom--!"

Suddenly, a fruit enveloped in divine power shot out like a cannonball and loomed over Melbourne.

It was accompanied by wind and thunder, pushing aside the surrounding air, and slammed into Melbourne's face.

Melbourne's pupils constricted, his scalp tingled, his heart pounded, and he felt the strong wind rushing towards him, almost squeezing the little air out of his chest.

"Oh!"

In the blink of an eye, a muffled sound rang out, and the airflow exploded outwards, scattering the golden fruit flesh like sparkling carat diamonds.

Melbourne felt a piercing pain on the right side of its body, a buzzing sound running through its skull, and its mind went blank.

It endured the excruciating pain and looked at its right side, only to find that its right arm had completely disappeared, leaving behind only bloody bones and flesh.

"Under my orders?" Ram's gaze turned icy and merciless as he looked at Melbourne, who was prostrate on the ground, too afraid to move, and chuckled coldly.

"Interesting, very interesting. So you mean it's my fault?"

Melbourne, enduring excruciating pain, did not answer Ram's question and remained silent.

Even though it's silly, it still knows what's important and what's not.

Ram, a favorite of the gods, is a man of his word, never going back on his word. If given three chances to explain, he will only give three.

Even if there were another chance, Melbourne wouldn't be given it.

Melbourne now only has one chance left to defend itself, and it certainly can't afford to waste it on such a "trivial" matter.

"You have one last thing to say: convince me to live! Otherwise, you will face utter ruin." Looking at Melbourne's miserable state on the ground, Ram's anger instantly dissipated by more than half, and his tone became nonchalant.

However, someone has to take the blame.

Otherwise, who will be responsible for the massive amount of divine power wasted out of thin air?
Damn it, after all that hard work and anticipation, thinking we could wipe out two of the Great Xia's top martial arts prodigies, it all turned out to be a waste of time.

The direct contact for those two blood transfusions died more than a decade ago.

It should be noted that this is within the territory of the Great Xia Dynasty, covered by the Zhou Tian Star Array. The amount of divine power that can be transmitted from the outside will be greatly reduced.

Despite being one of the three divine favorites hidden underground within the Great Xia territory, Ram holds a supreme and exalted position, occupying a separate interlayered world.

However, if placed in the outside world, Ram's strength would at most rank as a mid-level among the gods' favorites.

All of a sudden.

The atmosphere inside the entire hall became increasingly tense under Ram's imposing aura, and even the fine dust particles in the surrounding air stopped moving.

Melbourne felt a chill run down her spine, her heart pounded, and her mind raced as she felt Ram's sharp, emotionless gaze.

How to do?
How can I defend myself to avoid being blamed?

Unfortunately, it's too late for Melbourne to regret it now.

Because Xie Xun's life force has been completely cut off, and with the fall of the deity, the cycle of reincarnation on Earth Star has also been completely destroyed.

An ordinary person's true spirit can only exist on Earth for a maximum of seven seconds before it completely returns to the world.

As time passed, Ram looked at Melbourne, who was lying on the ground without saying a word, and his patience was completely worn away.

"Gan, Wen, let's take care of it." There was a hint of helplessness in Ram's tone.

It didn't want to kill Melbourne, but someone had to take responsibility for this defeat; otherwise, it didn't want to stay inside the Great Xia, as there were plenty of divine favors who wanted to come over.

"Click~" "Click~"

With two faint sounds, the two bronze sculptures standing on either side of the dragon throne suddenly cracked open, revealing two burly men with godlike forms.

The two exchanged a blank glance, then resolutely walked toward Melbourne, who was lying prostrate on the ground, his face ashen.

But at this moment.

boom!
A blinding white light instantly filled the entire No. 98 Cave Heaven Small World, followed by a shockwave and a thunderous sound like a bolt from the blue.

The surrounding protective mountain array was awakened by the powerful shockwaves and spontaneously activated.

"Damn it!" Ram's expression instantly turned gloomy as he looked at the blinding white light outside the mountain-protecting formation.

He had been based in the Great Xia territory for decades and was very familiar with this type of attack; it was the kind of firepower coverage that the Great Xia people preferred.

The two fake blood samples also had a reason: someone was fishing within the territory of Great Xia.

"Activate all the embryos of ferocious beast cubs, and command all lesser divine favored ones to gather here with me."

"Since they've come here seeking death, let's shut the door and beat them!" Ram's divine voice instantly spread throughout the entire hilltop, and the beast breeding room located underground began the work of rapid hatching and growth.

One after another, second- and third-tier ferocious beasts that were rapidly entering maturity were awakened and emerged from the holes in the ground like army ants.

A hint of joy flashed in Melbourne's eyes.

It slowly stood up, its whole body shimmering with golden light. Amidst crackling sounds, the golden light flowed, and its right arm, which had been shattered into powder, was rebuilt from flesh and blood, instantly growing into a white jade-like arm.

War is imminent!
(End of this chapter)