Yes, I became a god just by exercising.

Chapter 287 One Slash Slays a God, Xia Fa's True Strength!
Almost without hesitation, Shafa and Tefaro exchanged a glance and simultaneously unleashed [Starry Sky Bubble].

After Tefalo became a transcendent monarch and Shafa signed the fourth overlord-level secret contract, when their star bubbles overlapped again, they could not only teleport to places with coordinates, but also swap places with items or even people at the teleportation destination.

This was also the key to how the two of them were able to work together to move the substitute rabbit puppet into the sky and lure the bronze-armored cavalry into their trap.

However, the star bubbles that Shafa and Tefaro are using now are in their second form.

With a "hum," Tefaro's dark purple star bubble instantly expanded from his body. At first, it was only the size of a house, but almost instantly, it expanded to cover the entire area of ​​the city of Michi.

Immediately following, Xia Fa's dark purple star bubble suddenly expanded, instantly enveloping the entire city of Michi.

That's right, with the strength of a transcendent monarch and the strength of two others who surpass the transcendent monarch, the range of their star bubble has long been able to encompass the entire city!

Yes... you can teleport the entire city together!
This was a desperate measure taken out of desperation. The bronze-armored cavalryman had been in a state of near-madness, and the two of them couldn't find any opening to use Star Bubble to teleport the entire city of Michi away at the same time.

Right now, there's really no opportunity, but if we don't try, then there's truly no hope of escaping at all.

A terrifying gale suddenly swept through the streets of Michi City, causing the spatial fluctuations to become extremely chaotic at first, and then to surge violently, with even the air itself exhibiting numerous spiral distortions.

Immediately afterwards, the entire city of Michi became distorted and unstable within the star bubble, and it looked as if the city and its inhabitants were about to be teleported away.

But just then, everything suddenly calmed down.

The gale stopped abruptly, the spatial fluctuations vanished without a trace, and the distorted city of Myki returned to normal.

With two "pop" sounds, the star bubbles of Xiafa and Tefaro were forcibly punctured by an unparalleled power from the divine order.

Both of them trembled. A trickle of blood tinged with starlight spilled from the corner of Tefaro's mouth, while Xia Fafa's face paled slightly before returning to normal.

However, both of them showed a look of horror on their faces and couldn't help but look up at the bronze-armored cavalryman's lance that was crashing down with a sense of destruction.

"really……"

Tefaro murmured, his face pale. This was his last attempt, but it had been easily thwarted by the bronze-armored cavalry.

Even though it was completely enveloped in pale, devouring flames, even though it had already lost most of its body, even though it was severely injured and on the verge of death.

But, from God, it is always from God.

The power of the gods... is ultimately beyond human capability to defeat.
Xia Fazhi's gaze narrowed slightly. Without hesitation, he stepped to stand beside the Guardian Lord. The golden bell above his head jingled loudly, and wisps of golden aura with totem patterns emanated, protecting the three of them.

At the same time, despite the dissuasion of the Guardian and Shafa, Tefaro stood with them.

Since the attempt to escape using star bubbles failed, the only hope lies in the ritual defense array left behind by the God Kongsu.

boom--!
The next instant, terrifying supernatural power erupted from the three of them.

The difference is that within the extraordinary power of the Guardian Lord, there are faint glimpses of fairy tale castles, princesses and princes, knights and dragons.

Within Tefal's extraordinary power lies a sky full of dazzling stars and a desolate, lonely cosmic expanse.

Xia Fa's extraordinary power appears to be nothing at first glance, but upon closer inspection, one can discover a variety of strange phenomena mixed together... a silver-white, extremely murderous metallic humanoid, a slowly rotating galaxy in the universe, and countless glass spheres spinning and swirling around.

In an instant, the extraordinary powers of the three converged.
Immediately afterwards, the mysterious treasure "Golden Bell", the incomplete outer mysterious treasure "Sen Yama", and the incomplete ancient secret treasure "Calamity Slaying Blade" rose up and were located in the center of the various strange phenomena and extraordinary power.

Strangely, the Calamity-Slaying Horse-Cutting Blade, like a king, was positioned at the absolute center, with the Senyan Scimitar slowly rotating around it, and the golden bell constantly jingling beside it.

In that instant, the bronze-armored cavalryman's incredibly powerful lance, capable of destroying everything, finally pierced down.

boom! ! ! ! !
The three of them immediately felt an incredibly powerful force, carrying an extreme killing intent, descending from the sky and pouring down upon them.

The ritual defense array left by the god Kongsu shattered in an instant. Although it blocked 90% of the attack, the remaining 10% was still devastating for the three of them.

Both the Demon King and the Golden Bell emitted mournful cries, but the Calamity-Slaying Blade, with its indomitable spirit, turned its tip backward, pointing at the towering bronze armored cavalrymen in the air.

It... seemed to want to judge the bronze cleaner and punish its overstepping.

With a loud "bang," the extraordinary power that the three of them had combined exploded. The golden bell automatically protected them and flew to the top of Xia Fa's head, while the Sen Yanluo Curved Blade transformed into a huge metal skeleton, instantly enveloping Tefaro within it.

As a transcendent ruler, the Guardian Lord, though lacking the protection of divine treasures, still managed to withstand the attack, though his body was sent flying backward, instantly smashing countless houses.

Blood, wails, cries... The city of Michi was thrown into chaos. The ritual defense array left by Lord Kongsu was breached, and the city's residents seemed to have foreseen their fate.

Just then, hundreds of figures soared into the sky, fearless of death, charging towards the massive, towering bronze-armored cavalrymen in the air.

Those were the extraordinary individuals in Michi City. Previously, under the orders of the Guardian Lord, they had all hidden in their homes. But now that Michi City had been breached, they were determined to stand up and protect the civilians!

Even so, the most powerful among these extraordinary individuals is not even a demigod.

The bronze-armored cavalryman was breathing heavily, his entire body engulfed in a fierce, pale flame that burned intensely as if it had come into contact with oil, almost burning him to ashes.

After unleashing that attack, it seemed to have no ability left to suppress the deadly, strange flames left by the [God of a Hundred Million Fires].

However, in its final moments, it still stubbornly held on, raised its lance, and thrust it at the city of Mychal once more.

The lance looked just the right size in its hand, but given its massive size of ten thousand meters, when it thrust down, it was as if a mountain had collapsed, a terrifying sight indeed.

As if the end of the world had arrived, before the shot even got close, the superhumans who flew towards the bronze-armored cavalry were already shattered, their flesh and blood turned into dust, and the dust was shaken again, turning into molecules and atoms.

With a whooshing sound, the lance smashed towards the spot where the three guardians had fallen.

However, upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that the lance was not actually aimed at the Guardian Lord, who was a transcendental monarch, nor at Tefaro, who was a transcendental monarch, but rather... Shafa!
It seemed that the attack Xia Fa delivered after breaking through the ritual defense array made it realize that Xia Fa was the one among the superhumans that needed to be eliminated first.

At this moment, Xia Fa was also lying in the ruins, his chest heaving violently as he desperately gasped for air. The last bit of flesh remaining in the wall of flesh around his stomach was melting away, sustaining his life.

Just now... just now, the attack from the bronze armored cavalry was equivalent to a god's desperate attack, something the three of them simply couldn't withstand.

Even if the Guardian Lord is a transcendent monarch, even if Xia Fa himself is equivalent to a veteran transcendent monarch, even if he has the blessing of three divine treasures.

However, it still couldn't withstand it.

He had suffered the most severe injuries of his life; almost all his bones were shattered, his muscles were turned into a pulp, and even his internal organs were in complete disarray.

Most fatally, the flesh of the stomach's wall of flesh and blood is almost completely depleted.

The lance continued to fall, like a heavy mountain slowly descending, proclaiming the fate of everyone in the city of Mykih.

"Big brother, quick, get up! Let's escape together..."

Just then, someone gently tugged at Xiafa's sleeve.

In the ruins, Xia Fa lay on a broken stone slab. Beside him stood a little girl with fear in her big eyes and a dirty face, but she stubbornly tugged at Xia Fa's sleeve, trying to take him with her to escape.

Just now, when the little girl was hiding in the house with her mother, she could clearly see that it was this older brother, along with the Lord of Guardians and another older brother, who protected them all.

Now, the older brother is injured, and the little girl doesn't want to watch him die like this.

Xia Fa turned her head and suddenly saw tears welling up in the little girl's big eyes. Looking back, she saw her mother's body lying among the furniture in the ruins.

That was the aftershock of the bronze-armored cavalryman's previous shot; it was merely the aftershock, yet it had already affected so many innocent mortals.

"Big brother, let's go together. I... I can't pull you."

Tears were clearly streaming down the little girl's face. Although she was young, she knew that her mother was indeed dead.

Just as the lance came crashing down, an invisible shockwave struck, and her mother hugged her tightly.

In the instant the house shattered, as a piece of ceiling collapsed, her mother pushed her forward, protecting her one last time.

Her mother was dead, and her father had died several years ago at the hands of those self-proclaimed mages in Arcane City. She didn't want to see anyone else die, especially her brother who was willing to risk his life to protect everyone in Myki City.

Xia Fa suddenly fell silent.

At that moment, looking at the little girl's tear-streaked, dust-covered face, he finally realized how weak he was.

It turns out that, when faced with a divine being, even just a god, he... had absolutely no power to resist.

Now the innocent residents of Mitchell are dying, but what about later?
What if great-grandfather, parents, chestnut, Benedict, Meowkor, cousin... one day they also encounter the Cleaners' attack?

Furthermore, by what right do these cleaners have to clean everyone up?
why? !

"No, no, no..."

An inexplicable anger surged within Xia Fa, and the desire to protect everyone transformed into an inexplicable will that permeated his entire body.

thump--

thump--

thump--

His heart pounded like a drum in his chest, so loud that even those around him looked on in disbelief.

Despite having multiple fractures all over his body, muscles turned into pulp, and internal organs ruptured, Xia Fa's body involuntarily floated into the air.

boom! ! ! ! !
The burning sensation erupted in that instant, bursting out of his body and transforming into a colorless, transparent, yet intensely burning flame that enveloped Xia Fa entirely.

The shattered bone fragments regenerated into bone, the muscles healed in an instant and became stronger than before, and the organs were fully restored, bursting with vigorous vitality.

With a whoosh, accompanied by the loud crash of countless stone slabs and furniture being blown away from the ruins, a burst of dense black light erupted from the Calamity Slashing Blade and flew towards Xia Fa.

Xia Fa slightly raised his arm and gripped the hilt of the knife.

He slowly raised his head and looked up at the lance that was about to crash down like a mountain in the air.

The dark, oily smell started on my face and spread throughout my entire body in an instant.

Inside his body, the mystical living silver was ignited once again, the extreme heat almost burning through his blood vessels.

A flash of silver light appeared in his hand, and a blazing silver spear was condensed and then instantly crushed, turning into a holy and dazzling silver light zone at his feet. That silver light zone immediately converged towards his body.

Finally, hundreds of dreamlike, smoky glass spheres appeared around him, and one by one they shattered.

The critical point of loss of control has been reached, and the operation is complete.

Active Burning Blood, complete.

The Silver Oath is complete.

And... the fourth secret - chance to critically strike, triggered!

Xia Fa held the saber upside down with one hand, colorless and transparent flames raging around him, instantly converging on the blade. Silver Throne, Secret Contract Ability, Silver Slash.

Swish!
In an instant, his figure transformed into an invisible streak of incredibly fast silver light, slicing through the tip of the lance and instantly cleaving the entire bronze lance in two. This silver light, possessing unparalleled speed, continued its course, following the massive, mountain-like figure of the cavalryman, piercing through his arm and slicing through his head.

In that instant, everything froze, except for Xia Fa's figure, which slowly appeared above the head of the bronze-armored cavalry.

The left half of the bronze-armored cavalryman's head had slipped off, but it turned its remaining right half, its gaze beneath the visor filled with utter shock and disbelief, as it looked at Xia Fa.

"You...you are actually...!!!"

At this moment, Xia Fa had already entered the new form of the Starry Silver Throne, looking down at it silently.

Boom boom boom boom! ! !
An incredibly violent explosion erupted at that moment along the cross-section of the bronze-armored cavalryman's body that had been sliced ​​open.

That was the effect of the Star Destruction and Heavenly Punishment Explosion Silver. In that Silver Slash attack just now, Xia Fa buried countless silver pellets within it.

In the midst of the explosion, the bronze-armored cavalryman gave Xia Fa one last, unwilling look before half of his head was blown off.

At that moment, both the Guardian Lord, who had just managed to get up, and the dying Tefaro were stunned.

They had both prepared themselves to be annihilated, because they were utterly powerless to resist.

But who could have imagined that Xia Fa would rise up at the last moment and kill the bronze-armored cavalryman with a single strike?
Especially the colorless, transparent, and fiercely burning flames that enveloped Xia Fa's entire body—the power within those colorless flames was terrifying. What exactly were they?
After a brief moment of astonishment, the despair on the faces of the residents of Michi City vanished as sunlight shone down, illuminating their faces, which were wet with tears of joy.

"We're saved! We're saved..."

"This young man saved us!"

"That's great, finally..."

Having narrowly escaped death, everyone was too excited to speak, but they all looked at the silver-white metal humanoid with twelve arms in mid-air with incredibly grateful eyes.

Below him, the towering bronze-armored cavalryman's body collapsed with a roar, completely annihilated in the explosion.

Suddenly, Xia Fa's body went limp, as if all the strength in his body had been completely drained, and he fell straight down.

Upon seeing this, the Guardian immediately raised his hand, and a white cloud with large, watery eyes appeared below Xia Fa, perfectly supporting him.

Xia Fa felt as if he were lying in soft cotton, cool and extremely comfortable. He could barely retain a sliver of consciousness, preventing him from completely passing out.

But he could feel that the burning sensation in his heart meridian had been completely drained, and he was afraid that he would need to rest for several days before he could feel that burning sensation again.

Fortunately, the burning sensation in his cells remained, which did not affect his normal combat effectiveness.

Suddenly, the thunderclouds beneath him flew towards the direction of the Michi City Square. Xia Fa knew that the Guardian Lord wanted to take him there to heal his injuries.

But at this moment——

boom! ! !
Suddenly, a bronze-colored beam of light shot into the sky from the spot where the bronze-armored cavalrymen, who had been almost completely annihilated in the explosion, were found.

That beam of light seemed to contain no destructive power, yet it was filled with all sorts of information.

"not good……!"

Xia Fa instinctively felt a pang of fear. Without even thinking, he guessed that this was... the way the bronze armored cavalry used to transmit information to the other cleaners before they died!

Once this information is passed out, not only will everyone in this place where time has stopped be completely destroyed once again, but I'm afraid I will also be endlessly hunted down by other cleaners!

Because it was obvious that his strike, delivered with a completely explosive "burning feeling," had alerted the Bronze Cleanser to something.

That's why it's willing to risk everything to pass on this intelligence.

Of course, it's also possible that the cleaners would transmit information in this way once they died.

As the bronze pillar of light was about to truly pierce the sky and reach the place where time stood still, Xia Fa's heart sank.

Now, he was completely exhausted and powerless to stop it, and Tefaro was even less likely to stop it.

As for the Guardian Lord, he was actually at his last gasp.

Moreover, the bronze pillar of light appeared so quickly that no one had time to react!

At the critical moment, the Guardian Lord tremblingly raised his hand and squeezed the bronze pillar of light with barely any force.

The guardian castle immediately formed above the bronze pillar of light, attempting to block it.

But it was no use. The bronze pillar of light completely ignored the guardian castle, passing right through it and still flying towards the sky.

"Oops……"

The Guardian Lord also realized something was wrong, and a deep sense of guilt immediately appeared on his face.

He certainly saw Xia Fa's special nature, and thus realized that once Xia Fa's special nature was conveyed by the bronze-armored cavalry in this way, then... for Xia Fa, it would be an endless pursuit!

Xia Fa himself understood that what might come then would not only be Bronze Cleaners, but also Silver Cleaners and even Gold Cleaners!

The Bronze Cleansers... can't even handle themselves, let alone the Silver Cleansers who are Outer Gods, and the Gold Cleansers who are comparable to the Nine Great Gods.
Just as everyone was in despair, suddenly, somewhere in the sky, directly above the bronze pillar of light, a crescent moon appeared.

The crescent moon appeared sacred and sublime, and in the instant it appeared, it rotated a full circle from left to right.

With a single turn, a spherical area was created, the space inside rapidly shattered, and then even the void itself was annihilated, transforming into a completely empty and void black sphere.

Caught off guard, the bronze pillar of light crashed into the black sphere, which immediately explored inwards, taking the bronze pillar of light with it and disappearing completely from the world.

"No!!!!!"

A hoarse, cacophony, unpleasant roar, like the scraping of metal, echoed from the spot where the bronze-armored cavalryman had fallen.

That seemed to be its last will, filled with the extreme anger of a failed scheme, and it vanished into the world.

At that moment, Xia Fa and the others were stunned.

What was that suddenly appearing crescent moon?
It actually absorbed the bronze pillar of light, and even collapsed and annihilated along with it!

Suddenly, a sliver of moonlight shone from where the black sphere had collapsed, like a shooting star, and flew towards the distant Arcane City.

Xia Fa's gaze sharpened instantly, realizing something.

The Guardian Lord, however, said incredulously:

"This was... the work of someone from Arcane City? But that's impossible..."

Having fought with Archmage Wizreil for over two thousand years, He knew very well that there could not be such a being in Arcane City, capable of so easily absorbing and annihilating information that a god was desperately trying to transmit.

"It's alright, we'll rest for a bit and then go take a look."

Xia Fa forced himself to speak, and after a short while, he had recovered some of his extraordinary power, and continued:
“I have a feeling that it’s not in Arcane City, but... in that underground cave of the ancient pillars of the gods that we destroyed.”

The Lord of Guardians nodded:
"Okay, I'll go with you in a bit. Oh, and Tefaro!"

Suddenly, He thought of something, turned around and saw that the residents of Michi City had already joined forces to lift Tefaro and bring him over.

Tefaro, however, had already fainted. It was unclear whether he had fainted because he was relieved after seeing the bronze armored cavalryman killed by Xiafa with a single blow, or because he had fainted after seeing the bronze pillar of light being absorbed and annihilated.

As the residents placed Thepharo on the ground, the Guardian immediately placed one hand on His heart.

Almost instantly, He breathed a sigh of relief:

"It's nothing serious. Although he suffered extremely serious injuries, with His extraordinary monarch-level recovery ability, he will recover in half a day."

Xia Fa was immediately relieved, and then looked at the Guardian Lord:

"Senior, are you alright?"

The Guardian Lord gave him a reassuring smile:

“I’m almost recovered. Just now… when that bronze-armored cavalry broke through the ritual defense array, it seemed to deliberately concentrate all its attacks on you. Ha, it was quite alert.”

The Guardian Lord didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was clear: the bronze-armored cavalryman must have noticed Xia Fa's special abilities, which was why he acted this way.

Fortunately, Xia Fa was still more skilled and managed to kill it.

Next, Xia Fa took out the dried meat made from the Sovereign-level supernatural creature in the Black Crow Bag. After having a big meal with the Guardian Lord and some extraordinary wine, he finally recovered a lot of energy.

Tefaro remained unconscious and was taken to the residence of the Guardian Lord, where he was cared for by His trusted confidants.

As for Xia Fa and the Guardian Lord, they went to Arcane City with deep doubts.

Both of them chose to conceal themselves and went directly to the underground cave beneath Arcane City.

"This is it."

As soon as they entered the underground cave, Xia Fa pointed to the place where the ancient pillars of the gods had been destroyed.

All that could be seen was a hole in the ground.

But from inside the cave, a soft, hazy white light emerged, like the moonlight of autumn, gentle and serene, shrouded in a sacred mist.

Xia Fa and the Guardian exchanged a glance, both feeling extremely strange.

Ultimately, the two decided to go and take a look together.

despair!despair!despair!
Cautious footsteps echoed in the empty underground cave.

For some reason, both of them felt a little nervous.

After all, the being who just absorbed the bronze pillar of light must be at least of the rank of a god, or even higher.

But now, it seems to be sleeping beneath these ancient pillars of gods.

Finally, the two of them reached the cave entrance.

Xia Fa looked down inside with trepidation.

But immediately, his body trembled, and an expression of extreme disbelief appeared on his face.

The reason was that the being sleeping in that cave... was someone he knew!

(End of this chapter)