Then let them offer their loyalty!

"Abilities like mind control and transformation are unlikely to work on eighth-order deities."

"As a result, Qinglan actually defied this exemption and forced her ability to take effect?"

"This is really a bit of an exaggeration."

Hearing Guang Chan's remark, the female pirate Mela spoke with a serious expression, "It is indeed a bit frightening. That Qing Lan is clearly not simple."

She paused for a moment, then said, "Boss, don't you feel... that everyone around Qiu Tu is extraordinary?"

Upon hearing Mela's words, Guangchan hesitated for a moment, and then the images of Zhaoji, Zhuwu, and Qinglan flashed through her mind.

After a moment, he couldn't help but nod slightly.

Seeing Guang Chan nod, Mela seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. She quickly said, "Boss, in that case, let's not provoke Qiu Tu."

Guangchan pondered quietly for more than ten seconds before sighing and saying, "I won't provoke them anymore. I've learned my lesson this time."

"After we restore Sindo, we'll just gather some resources and leave the 'Trial of the Gods'."

Upon hearing Guangchan's words, Mela finally smiled.

She stopped chatting and urged him on.

"Boss, let's talk as we walk. I'm worried that things might get complicated if we delay, and it would be troublesome if Qiu Tu succeeds in advancing."

“His combat strength was already far superior to others of the same level. And now he is in an area under his control.”

"This allows him to temporarily raise his strength to the peak of the eighth rank within the 'controlled area.'"

"Even though he has just broken through and his realm is still unstable, making it difficult for him to unleash the combat power of a peak eighth-order cultivator, he can still fight you for several hundred rounds without any problem."

"If he gets involved, who knows what other problems might arise."

After listening to Mela's words, Guangchan nodded slightly.

He said, "That's exactly right."

"Then let's leave the 'Mulberry and Hemp Area' first!"

After saying that, he hugged the horse that Sindo had transformed into, then flipped his hands over, preparing to return to the real world.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

Time passed second by second, and Guangchan's expression changed from confusion to shock.

He suddenly looked at Mela beside him.

As expected, Mela also failed to leave the "Mulberry Area".

Mela even stubbornly tried reversing the process repeatedly, but to no avail...

At that moment, just as Guangchan looked at Mela, Mela finally looked back at her.

Their eyes met, and both saw something extremely terrifying in each other's eyes:

The Sangma region has been shut down! They are unable to return to the real world at all!

What makes them even more desperate is that there is only one person in the world who can shut down the Sangma region!

That's... Qiu Tu!

Sure enough, just as they were thinking, the light cocoon that was "incubating" Qiu Tu in the distance suddenly exploded!

A powerful aura, that of an eighth-order Cataclysm, shot straight up to the heavens like a giant pillar supporting the sky!

High above, layers of white clouds piled up, drawn by that momentum, and began to slowly rotate like a tornado!

Immediately afterwards, the sky seemed to crack open, and a massive amount of "catastrophic power" poured out like a waterfall, falling into the cocoon of light, and was all absorbed by Qiu Tu!

On this day, Qiu Tu officially stepped into the realm of an eighth-order deity!

At this moment, whether it was the female pirate Mela, the light cicada, or Sindo who had been turned into a bull or a horse, all showed expressions of terror on their faces.

How did Qiu Tu reach the eighth rank so quickly?

What will they do then?!

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Chapter 645 Single-handedly Annihilating Four Gods! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Starting from the sixth rank, the catastrophic beings officially gained the recognition of the "Origin of the World" and were granted "World Official Positions" to manage and control their respective regions on behalf of Heaven.

This also grants the catastrophic creatures a powerful effect: peak realm.

As long as the catastrophic creatures are within the area they manage, their strength will automatically increase to the peak of their respective realm.

When Qiu Tu first advanced to the sixth rank, he was in the "Eastern City Region," and his strength directly increased from the early stage of the sixth rank to the peak of the sixth rank.

When Qinglan blocked Zhaoji, her strength soared to the peak of the eighth rank because she was in her controlled area.

That's why Guangchan, Meila, and Xinduo were so nervous when facing Qiu Tu, who had just advanced.

At this moment, sensing Qiu Tu's momentum as he advanced, the four gods exchanged glances and saw fear in each other's eyes.

Mela was clearly the most panicked. She looked at Guangchan and asked in a trembling voice, "Boss, what do we do?"

"Qiu Tu seems to have really advanced!"

Upon hearing Mela's words, Guangchan touched his shiny bald head, and the runes on his face and head began to flash wildly.

After a moment, he said fiercely, "What's there to be afraid of! What does a human who has just advanced to the eighth rank know about eighth-rank battles?"

"So what if he doesn't understand combat? Even if he's at the peak of the eighth rank, what then?"

How much of his potential can he achieve?

Hearing Guang Chan's words, the pink-haired female pirate looked conflicted. She said, "Boss... it's not a question of how much Qiu Tu can perform."

"The tables have turned for us. Just now, we had four eighth-tier players against two eighth-tier players, and we only managed to gain a slight advantage on the surface."

"Now the other side has Qiu Tu, but we've lost Xin Duo."

"With one increase and one decrease, we are no longer a match for them."

"Especially...those at the seventh rank and above, the lords of a region can not only teleport themselves, but also transfer other living beings within the region."

"This completely counters your cataclysmic abilities."

"At a time like this, are we just going to wait to die instead of running away or surrendering?"

Upon hearing the words of the female pirate Mela, Guang Chan's face immediately darkened.

Because Mela wasn't exaggerating; on the contrary, she was saying exactly what he knew but dared not think about.

However... as a subordinate, Mela could say things like surrendering, but Guangchan couldn't bring herself to say it.

Moreover! Compared to Mela, who has always been concerned about Qiu Tu's strength, Guang Chan has always felt that Qiu Tu is not strong enough to warrant fear.

After all, he was a veteran of countless battles to become the leader of the "Heavenly Punishment Alliance".

He'd already done things like entering the territory of a newly promoted regional lord and taking down that lord with his bare hands before.

Is Qiu Tu, with the added bonus of "Regional Lord", really that terrifying?

He felt that at the very least, he could go toe-to-toe with Qiu Tu.

The only problem is... his assistants are really incompetent and will hold him back.

And at that moment, just as he was thinking this.

Suddenly, two loud "bangs" rang out!

With that sound, the cattle and horses that Guangchan and Mela were carrying on their shoulders suddenly transformed back into Xinduo in a cloud of smoke.

Upon seeing Xin Duo regain his true form, Guang Chan's eyes lit up slightly.

He spoke in a deep voice, "Qinglan's cataclysmic ability, the condition for its removal is 'time'?"

Upon hearing Guangchan's speculation, Xinduo's face darkened, and then he hummed in agreement, saying, "Yes."

He paused for a moment, then added, "Or to be more precise: time and harm."

He said, "After being turned into a cow or a horse, I found that I was completely filled with negative emotions."

"No matter what anyone says, it won't listen. It just keeps whimpering. It can't even tell if it's a human being or not."

"But... as time went on, my thinking became clearer and I became more aware of who I am and what I want."

"Furthermore, I have also found that my thinking and cognition speed up when I am injured."

"Therefore, I suspect... there are two key points to undoing Qinglan's ability: self-awakening over time; and being attacked and injured."

After listening to Xin Duo's words, Guang Chan and Mei La both nodded slightly, and their worries and fears about Qing Lan's cataclysmic abilities were greatly relieved.

This is how the battles between extraordinary beings and gods in this world unfold.

Cataclysmic capabilities may be more important than sheer strength. Even if someone is weaker in strength, a powerful cataclysmic capability can still turn the tide.

However, as long as there is a battle, the Cataclysmic Ability will inevitably be leaked and will be known to others.

Therefore, if someone's abilities are merely strange but their actual strength is average, their combat power will plummet once their abilities are countered.

This is the fundamental way in which extraordinary forces clash in this world.

So now we hear that Xin Duo has "broken" Qing Lan's cataclysmic abilities and has returned to normal.

In an instant, Guangchan felt much more at ease.

He assessed the strength of both sides, then spoke to Mela.

"Qiu Tu has just entered the eighth rank and is not familiar with eighth-rank combat. Even if his realm is artificially high to the peak of the eighth rank, it would be good if he could exert the strength of the late eighth rank."

“I’ll deal with Qiu Tu, Xin Duo will go after Qing Lan and Zhu Wu, and you hold off Zhi Yan.”

"I feel that this battle can still be fought."

Upon hearing this, Mela opened her mouth, as if to say something.

As it turned out, Guangchan seemed to have guessed her thoughts and interrupted her directly, saying, "No need to say anything, my mind is made up."

"Besides, I don't necessarily want to fight Qiu Tu to the death."

"My plan is to fight him first, let him know our strength, and then take the opportunity to suggest leaving."

“If you don’t even fight back and just beg for mercy, he will only take advantage of your kindness and make unreasonable demands.”

"But after fighting one battle and knowing our strength, they will let us leave more quickly after weighing the pros and cons."

Hearing Guang Chan's words, Xin Duo chimed in, "Yes. If we don't demonstrate our strength and Qiu Tu underestimates us, and he forces us to make an 'oath' to pledge our allegiance to him, how will we respond?"

Seeing that Sindo also spoke up in support of Guangchan, Mela's expression kept changing.

Deep down, she had a premonition that things might really go wrong if things continued like this, but... premonitions are unreliable and can't be used to convince others.

Even if she were to analyze it rationally, she would find that Guangchan's plan had a certain degree of feasibility. Moreover, it was more reasonable than simply surrendering.

So she hesitated, hesitated, and hesitated again, but finally sighed and agreed.

So the four, who had reunited, began to replenish their supplies and wait for Qiu Tu to arrive.

They believed that with Qiu Tu's ability as the "Lord of the Region," their every move would be observed by Qiu Tu.

As for the four fully-fledged eighth-tier deities, let alone Qiu Tu, who is a fake eighth-tier peak, even a true eighth-tier peak would have to be treated with caution.

Therefore, Qiu Tu will most likely take the initiative to appear and make a move to have a decisive battle with them ahead of schedule.

They had a good plan, but... things turned out to be completely different from what they expected.

The four of them were quietly recovering their strength, and their aura grew stronger with time, but Qiu Tu just wouldn't appear.

During this time, they also suspected that Qiu Tu might have become cowardly and given up attacking the four because he saw that they were really going to fight them head-on.

So they tried to leave the "Sangma area", but... it still didn't work.

And so... a bold conjecture was born in their minds: Could it be... that Qiu Tu was deliberately giving them time to recover, wanting to defeat them in their prime in a fair and square manner?

When this guess came to light, even they themselves found it hard to believe.

After all, just how confident must Qiu Tu be to dare to be so arrogant?