Chapter 160: Miss Vilyric’s Divine Kingdom

“Tsk.”

Xiao Guang clicked her tongue in annoyance. This thing had resurrected in a very disgusting way for the second time, and it had seriously irritated the Giant Dragon.

And for the Little Dragon Daughter, when something pissed her off, she’d only have one choice.

“Don’t get too… cocky!”

“The Sky Shatters!!!”

Suddenly bright claws tore through the heavens, instantly turning hundreds of Depraved Beings into the most basic dust; this time, they couldn’t resurrect again.

Clearly, they had reached the semi-divine realm at level 80, just a step away from true divinity, and could easily destroy small nations in the outside world. Yet before the Little Dragon Daughter, they were as defenseless as paper dolls.

It wasn’t that the Depraved Beings were too weak; it was just that Xiao Guang, this Holy Crystal Dragon, was excessively strong. Even under the suppression of the Divine Kingdom, her power reached the level of a Main God giving it her all.

Xi Fu Lin, protected by Miss Vilyric, watched closely. The strength displayed by this Giant Dragon surpassed that of the three main Gods of Order back then. Though still on the same level overall, in pure combat power, no matter who from that peak period faced her one-on-one, the odds would be quite low.

The only flaw was probably the absence of a Divine Kingdom.

The Claw of Shattering Sky did not kill all the Depraved Beings; the secondary pull, while unable to destroy these high-level monsters, restrained them completely. Taking this opportunity, Miss Vilyric hurriedly consulted her battle instructor.

“Xi Fu Lin, how do you break this kind of Divine Kingdom technique? If Xi Fu doesn’t show up, am I supposed to just bombard the sky?”

It seemed she really had no understanding of divine power at all.

Xi Fu Lin sighed inwardly but immediately explained without delay.

“Normally, to counter a Divine Kingdom, you can only crash it with a Divine Kingdom of the same specifications to determine victory through the hard power of the Gods. Without a Divine Spark, going up against a real God means certain defeat. But… I’m encountering for the first time an existence that has no Divine Spark yet can display strength equivalent to that of a Main God, so it’s hard to say definitively.”

“And since the Withering Goddess hasn’t gathered all the Divine Sparks, she cannot exhibit a complete Divine Kingdom. Maintaining the manifestation of a Divine Kingdom with fragmented Divine Sparks entails a significant burden; it’s just holding on for now. If it can endure long enough, it should cancel itself out.”

So troublesome…?

Miss Vilyric didn’t like this kind of tactic where you waited for the enemy to give in first. As a Priestess, most of her early game fights had been similar situations, and it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say it was like both sides were locked up together.

She still clearly remembered a boss she had to hit a thousand times.

Moreover, this Divine Kingdom covered the Sky Islands as well, and Philena and the others were still up there. Though there was the “Eternal Light of Shelter” protecting them, they should be fine for the moment. However, this Divine Kingdom was a completely new technique Miss Vilyric had never fought against, and she couldn’t guarantee it was foolproof.

If possible, she really wanted to resolve the battle quickly.

“Is there really no other method?”

“No, at least the only technique I know is this one. A Divine Kingdom serves as the basis for a God to walk alongside the world; how could an individual possibly counter that?”

After hesitating for a moment, Xi Fu Lin cautiously asked.

“Miss Vilyric, don’t you really have a Divine Kingdom? Without world power to support it, how can an individual bear the massive costs of releasing a forbidden spell?”

Although Xi Fu Lin’s understanding of power seemed to differ somewhat from that of the Priestess, what she said indeed sparked deep contemplation in Miss Vilyric.

Do I have a Divine Kingdom?

If the special equipment bound to her in the game – “Divine Spark – Light” – really is something similar to this world’s namesake items, as a member of the Divine race, possessing a Divine Spark should naturally result in the appearance of a Divine Kingdom.

If she completely disregarded gaming common sense and analyzed the individual known as “Vilyric” from this world’s perspective, what would be most likely referred to as a Divine Kingdom?

She actually knew the answer well.

Long before, above the Beast Kingdom, on the Black River, the old Dragon Turtle called Nasarion had pointed this out. However, Miss Vilyric had always applied game-style thinking and hadn’t taken that title to heart.

Should she give it a try?

“Master, they’re coming again, please be careful!”

Under the suppression of the Divine Kingdom, the speed at which the space fissures closed was unusually fast, lasting about half the time it would under normal circumstances. The space pierced by the Claw of Shattering Sky was already completely repaired.

“Hihihihihihihihihi!!!!”

Those vicious Depraved Beings cackled again, recklessly charging forward!

The Little Dragon Daughter, undaunted, instantly transformed into a golden storm, slaughtering large swathes of enemies in front of her! But the number of Depraved Beings was simply too many; with their strange resurrection ability, even she couldn’t avoid letting some slip through.

The Depraved Beings charged toward the seemingly weaker back-row White Robed Girl.

“Miss Vilyric, what are you dawdling about? Hurry and defend!”

Xi Fu Lin’s urgent shout exploded in her mind.

Miss Vilyric took a deep breath and snapped back to reality; she really had no interest in personally testing whether these level 80 monsters’ claws could breach the defense threshold of “Feather Robe – Glarya.” Just their proximity made her feel nauseated to the point of wanting to puke.

Well, let’s give it a shot.

Pointing at the distant sky, in an unknown direction, the Black-haired Girl extended her hand and made a call.

“Divine Kingdom, descend.”

“Buzz~”

No longer was it the scene of opening a door connecting two worlds back on the Black River. At the personal summons of its master, Miss Vilyric’s domain, the world, arrived in an instant!

Xiao Guang always said that the pet space was a vast expanse of white, and it was unbearably boring.

But why was the space white?

What is that white filling every corner of the world?

Now, with the master’s thought, the truth that had been hidden for so long was finally revealed.

It was light, light compressed to its utmost, infinite light.

If the Earth Mother Goddess Xi Fu’s Divine Kingdom was filled with plants and life, representing the cycle of decay and rebirth, then the Divine Spark – Light’s authority was pure and extreme light.

The radiance shone into the world.

No one knew where the light came from, but it appeared out of the void and spread to every corner of the world. Plants turned to ashes under the shining light, the cycle of life and decay interrupted by even stronger power and authority.

The old Divine Kingdom crumbled; with just the first clash, this incomplete world emitted a mournful cry of shattering.

The crazed laughter of the Depraved Beings was abruptly cut off as if pressed by a shutter. In the abruptly shining infinite light entering the current realm, those detested creatures first turned to dust, rejected by the Divine Kingdom’s master.

This time, those monsters couldn’t even maintain their verbal laughter because – Miss Vilyric hated such actions.

“This… This is really a Divine Kingdom. What is this Divine Spark? Why have I never seen it before? Light… No, not just Light as a Divine Spark; it’s not like the Sun God or Moon God either…”

Xi Fu Lin’s shocked voice echoed in her ears, but Miss Vilyric had no time to respond, a marvelous feeling filled the Priestess’s body. It was as if the moment she realized the truth of the “Divine Kingdom,” so many things immediately changed.

If the coverage of the Soul Web merely made her “feel” like the master of the world, now, with the manifestation of a Divine Kingdom, feeling had become reality.

   

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