The sequence is too involutional, luckily I am too.

Chapter 178: Sequence 4 is strong? Panel, give me some points!

The Death Saint gripped the scythe, a sense of security instantly rising within him.

Although it possesses only a trace of authority, it is pure divine power, far surpassing any ordinary artifact. This is the core reason why they dared to rashly attack the Primordial Sanctuary.

Seeing this, the other three saints, though unwilling, could only grit their teeth and follow suit.

Even though it will come at a huge cost, it's still better than dying here.

Just as they were preparing to gather the power of the evil god and launch a full-scale counterattack, the puppet saints suddenly changed direction and fled in a frenzy.

"You bunch of lunatics, I'm not playing with you anymore!"

The puppet saint, his face full of mockery, took advantage of a lull in the confrontation to swiftly dash out of the palace.

He never approved of this extremely risky plan, and he would never have participated if he hadn't coveted the Primordial Tree and Primordial Cards of the Tribunal.

But the plan is now completely out of control, and staying would be tantamount to suicide.

But he had only escaped a short distance when a young boy blocked his way.

"It's you? That Sequence 6 kid—no, you've advanced to Sequence 5?"

The puppet saint looked surprised, then gave a disdainful smile.

Even if he were to advance to Sequence 5, he would still be no match for a Sequence 4 Saint.

He casually tossed out several black puppet strings, pointing them directly at Lu Yan, intending to take him hostage, which might increase his chances of escaping.

After all, according to intelligence, this young man is Xue Jiansheng's grand-disciple, which carries considerable weight.

To his utter surprise, the puppet strings were easily severed by the white longsword in the boy's hand before they even touched Lu Yan.

"This knife—is it a mithril-grade artifact?"

The puppet saint's pupils instantly contracted, his eyes surging with an undisguised greed.

Mithril-grade artifacts are already extremely precious, but what drives him even crazier is that he senses a rich divine aura emanating from the longsword.

He didn't know where Lu Yan got the long sword, but he was absolutely certain that as long as he could seize it, he could use the power of the gods to completely transform his weak puppet body, break through his own shackles, and even have the hope of transforming into a divine body!

At that time, he will no longer be constrained by the weaknesses of the puppet path, and his combat power will experience a qualitative leap.

Almost instinctively, the Puppet Saint summoned several puppets and reached for the long sword in Lu Yan's hand.

"To take without permission is to steal."

Lu Yan flicked his wrist, and with a gentle flick of his longsword, he avoided the man's palm. His gaze toward the puppet saint also carried a hint of something inexplicable.

I wonder if killing a saint will directly grant me divinity, or if I will gain other unexpected benefits?

"Kid, you'd better be smart and surrender!"

The puppet saint glanced warily in the direction of the Divine Tree Palace, and saw that Xue Jiansheng and his daughter were still fighting with the other three saints, their tone becoming increasingly arrogant.

"The power of Sequence 4 is not something a newcomer like you, who has just advanced to Sequence 5, can contend with!"

But before he could finish speaking, he was horrified to discover that the boy's aura was rising at an absurd speed.

"Sequence 4 is very strong?"

Lu Yan's lips curled slightly, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes, as he silently issued instructions in his mind.

"Panel, add some points for me!"

[Fuse 3 Shadow Serpent Essences to gain 1 Shadow Serpent Divinity!]

[Shadow Serpent Divinity: After use, you can choose to enhance one Shadow-type skill, trait, or artifact!]

[By fusing 3 Death Essences, gain 1 Death Divinity!]

[By fusing 3 Puppet Essences, you gain 1 Puppet Divinity!]

[By fusing 3 Flesh Mountain Essences, you will gain 1 Flesh Mountain Divinity!]

The Executioner absorbs the Shadow Serpent's divinity and integrates it into the skill "Shadow of the End!"

[Fusion successful, skill unlocked: Shadow Servant!]

[The Dark Forest Lord absorbs the divinity of death and integrates it into the trait "Dream Forest"!]

[Fusion successful, skill unlocked: Death Dream!]

[The Divine Martial Saint absorbs the puppet's divinity and integrates it into the wondrous artifact, the Hundred Weapons Box!]

[Fusion successful, the Hundred Weapons Box's spirituality continues to improve —]

[The Dragonblood Priest absorbs the divinity of the Flesh Mountain and integrates it into the skill "True Dragon Form!"]

[Fusion successful, skill unlocked: Dragon King True Form!]

A series of panel prompts flashed by rapidly, and Lu Yan's lips curled into a knowing smile.

"They actually reduced the restrictions on skill usage directly. As expected of a god."

Putting everything else aside, the fact that the Divinity of the Flesh Mountain broke the shackles of "only being able to enhance traits" made him extremely satisfied.

He immediately decided to temporarily save the remaining essence and power of the Demon God, and then use them in a concentrated manner once he had accumulated enough to synthesize more divinity.

As for the actual effects of divine fusion—

Lu Yan looked up and saw the puppet saint staring at him with a look full of astonishment.

The panel prompts seemed lengthy, but in reality, they only happened in an instant. This unreasonable and rapid surge in combat power made the Puppet Saint's heart tighten, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

"This kid—could he be a hidden Sequence 4?"

The puppet saint felt a quiet urge to retreat, but when his gaze fell on the Thousand Slashes in Lu Yan's hand, greed overcame his fear.

He simply couldn't bear to part with that mithril-grade longsword, which contained the aura of a god.

"Let's give it our all! If we're outmatched, we can always run away!"

The Puppet Saint gritted his teeth and made up his mind to take a gamble, but before he could even move, Lu Yan had already launched the first attack.

With a thought, Lu Yan suddenly unfurled the Wizard's Magic Realm, and the pale white domain light curtain rapidly spread toward the puppet saint.

Out of instinctive caution, the puppet saint immediately turned to the side to avoid it, but unexpectedly, a dark figure suddenly emerged from the shadows behind him.

The figure was exactly the same as Lu Yan, with the Thousand Slashes in his hand gleaming with a chilling light, and the Hundred Weapons Box at his waist arranged in a neat and orderly manner, perfectly replicating Lu Yan's appearance and equipment.

[Shadow Servant: Formed from the divine essence of the Shadow Serpent, it can share the user's senses, take the blame for others' deaths, and traverse shadows. It perfectly replicates all of the host's abilities, and attacks on enemy shadows can directly transfer damage to the main body.]

Only now did the Shadow Servant truly unleash the essence of the Shadow Serpent's divinity.

A shadow is meant to be the perfect replica of its host.

"Pfft—!"

Caught off guard, the Puppet Saint was stabbed in the back by the Shadow Servant's Thousand Slashes, leaving a bloody hole from which scalding black blood gushed out.

He cried out in pain and immediately shouted angrily, "Shadow—Shadow Serpent Saint, how dare you betray me!"

While cursing, he frantically threw out dozens of wooden puppets, wrapping himself up layer by layer to protect his vitals.

The Shadow Serpent Saint, who was struggling to block Xue Jiansheng's holy sword, was taken aback upon hearing this, then curled up a disdainful lip, too lazy to explain.

How dare a coward who deserts his post accuse others of betrayal?

However, Lu Yan's shadow ability is very similar to the power of their Shadow Serpent lineage.

"Has the Judgment Court already found the primordial path to which our God belongs?"

The Shadow Serpent Saint was greatly shocked, and his gaze toward Lu Yan became more inquisitive and ambitious.

As a saint, he knew more secrets.

The Ghost God was originally an extraordinary being on the original path, but due to the blockage of the path ahead and some other reasons, he embarked on the path of the Ghost God.

To advance further, one must retrieve information about one's original path.

According to their intelligence, the Inquisition has been working to restore the Primordial Tree and, due to the existence of the Tree's roots, has a greater advantage than them.

The reason they rashly attacked the Primordial Sanctuary was to seize the Primordial Tree and help their own evil god continue its path.

It seems that this trip might unexpectedly yield clues to the original path.

Before the Shadow Serpent Saint could think things through, the battle between Lu Yan and the Puppet Saint had already escalated once again.

Just as the Puppet Saint was enraged after being ambushed, the Black Forest Domain suddenly unfolded, with endless black dead trees bursting from the ground and instantly enveloping the Puppet Saint. Dense death energy surged into his body like a tide, forcibly tearing apart his mental defenses and dragging him into a dream.

[Death Dream: Using the Black Forest realm as a vessel, it carries the power of death and can drag targets into a death illusion. Within this illusion, death will spread infinitely. Only the user and their summoned creatures are immune to the rules of death! D]

In an instant, the puppet saint felt as if he had fallen into the deepest hell, surrounded by seven strangely shaped monsters with seven emotions, constantly stirring his emotions.

Anger, fear, greed, despair—a torrent of negative emotions overwhelmed his reason.

As a powerful being on the spiritual side, he disdained these low-level monsters. Even the Yama Monster, which was already a Sequence 5, was not worth mentioning in his eyes.

No matter how many times he killed it, the Seven Emotions Demon could instantly regenerate and continue to harass him relentlessly.

"Strange! It's you again, Death Saint!"

The puppet saint clutched his head with both hands, straining his mental energy to barely pull his will away from the death dream. His gaze toward Lu Yan had become crazed.

This boy in front of me is very strange. He actually has traces of the power of the Shadow Serpent and the Death God at the same time!

But just as he was descending into madness, Lu Yan's wizarding heart had already completely enveloped him.

The puppet saint suddenly felt his supernatural power stagnate, and his movements as he manipulated the puppet became sluggish, no longer as skillful as before.

He would never know that Lu Yan had already analyzed the abilities of the Puppet Path Believers, and that those analyzed abilities would be greatly weakened within the domain of the Wizard's Heart.

Although the Puppet Saint is of a higher level and his domain cannot completely suppress him, weakening his combat power by 20-30% is enough.

With the balance of power shifting, the difference in strength between the two was no longer as vast as the Puppet Saint had anticipated.

But the puppet saint was already blinded by fear and didn't realize this at all.

Driven by his survival instinct, he threw all the puppets out without hesitation, using them as expendable objects to shield Lu Yan. He then used all his strength to run wildly in the opposite direction from the Divine Tree Palace.

At this moment, he had long since given up the idea of ​​seizing Thousand Cuts; only one obsession remained in his heart.

escape!

Fight with all your might to escape this terrible place!

But just as he rushed out several meters, a devastating pressure suddenly came from behind him.

Even without turning around, he felt as if he were being stared at by an ancient behemoth that had been sleeping for countless ages, his whole body stiffened, and even breathing became difficult.

The puppet saint suddenly turned around, his pupils contracted, and his face was filled with despair.

A colossal dragon, its scales covering the sky, hovered in mid-air, its eyes like torches, gazing down at him with icy eyes, its overwhelming dragon might almost crush his body.

[Dragon King's True Form: Permanently gains a boost from the pure Dragon King's bloodline; upon activation, temporarily transforms into a mature Dragon King, with all attributes greatly increased, accompanied by Dragon King's breath and Dragon King's aura.]

Although Lu Yan's physical body sequence has not yet advanced to sequence 5, with the terrifying boost from the Dragon King's true form, his physical attributes are already infinitely close to those of a sequence 4 physical body superhuman!

"Not enough!"

As Lu Yan transformed into a giant dragon, he murmured to himself, and three Giant cards suddenly appeared, hovering above his head, slowly rising and falling.

In the next instant, the three cards simultaneously erupted with dazzling light, and the golden, silver and crimson halos intertwined, completely enveloping Lu Yan's true form as the Dragon King.

[Glory]: Strength increased fivefold!

[Guardian]: Defense increased fivefold!

[Silver Knight]: Holy Light attribute enhancement!

In a daze, three enormous phantom images of twilight giants appeared behind the dragon and slowly merged into Lu Yan's true dragon king body.

"Roar" 6

An unprecedentedly powerful force surged within him, and Lu Yan no longer suppressed the instincts within his bloodline, letting out a dragon's roar that shook the heavens and earth.

"This is—Sequence 4!"