Xiao Luan thought it was an accident at first. But the result was... second place, third place, fourth place—one believer after another was eliminated. Their strength was not even close to the grade required.
It wasn't until a god-level believer finally made their debut that the situation was temporarily restored. The opponent they happened to face was Serena.
Faced with the Queen of Vampires, who had not undergone full physical enhancement but had come here as a consciousness body only—even if won against, it held no honor at all. In addition, the opponent was not at the level of a god.
"Vantus wins!"
Shenwu's clear voice echoed through the space. Serena recalled what she had gained from this battle, waved to her opponent with satisfaction, and then disappeared from the field.
She had persisted in this battle for five minutes. The early outbreak was fierce, but there was a deficiency in the later stage—by the time she realized the move to transform into a Sea of Blood, it was already too late. The time for Serena to lose had come.
After Vantus returned to his camp, his expression was extremely ugly. He sighed.
"If the opponent had mastered the Blood Sea move early on, I might not have been able to win!"
The strength on both sides had been fixed at the god-level Five-Star. He had a natural advantage. There was truly nothing to brag about in this victory.
"The next match is Xun'er versus Tosaka Rin!"
Because Xiao Luan had many followers, Liu Che had to fill the gaps with his own goddesses. Among them, the god-level ones did not participate in the competition! If they appeared on stage, it wouldn't be a game—it would be torture!
"Do these two girls look good? Do you know how effective they actually are?"
The sound in his ear interrupted Liu Che's thoughts. He glanced at the two women who were dissatisfied with each other and smiled. "They're both too proud to like each other. There's nothing to see—Tosaka Rin will win."
"Why do you say that?"
Xiao Luan looked at Xun'er, who was in full bloom, and still felt that the fire-attribute goddess had the advantage. After all, Liu Che possessed the main law of the fire element—this bonus was not generally strong.
"The answer is very simple. Although Xun'er's strength is good and she has a certain advantage, Tosaka Rin defeated the twelve Knights of the Round Table and two powerful entourages."
She could break through the barriers of both Gilgamesh and Enkidu. Tosaka Rin's strength could be well imagined.
On the other side, Gilgamesh, sitting in the lounge, looked at Tosaka Rin's figure and smiled. "I didn't expect she would choose such rules. Was it like this in the Divine Realm originally?"
"I don't know—it should have been there originally. The one named Nero also has a power called copying!"
Enkidu said with a faint smile. The Law of Replication was an extremely unpopular law in the Divine Realm. Even many goddesses hadn't heard of it, but Tosaka Rin had realized this ability. She could copy anyone's moves.
As said before, Tosaka Rin was a master of magic—she mastered the elements of all attributes. And elements were the law of weakening.
Under a sky full of flames, Tosaka Rin stood in the wind wearing a short skirt. There was a slight scorn on her fair face.
"This is your pride?"
The Law of Fire! After Xun'er arrived in the Divine Realm as a consciousness body, she had felt a deeper fire law power. From the original Nirvana Black Flame, it had transformed into the Avenue of Three Thousand Flames. In just one hour, she had achieved such a breakthrough—it could truly be described as a prodigy of the heavens!
"Yes, this is my pride. Now that we're on equal footing, come on... Let me see how strong you truly are!"
Although the two had quarreled by accident, leaving neither convinced of the other's superiority—it was actually good to have quarreled.
Tosaka Rin lowered her head and smiled. "If you want to compare with me, let's wait until you come to the Divine Realm yourself, Xun'er... Your talent is indeed not below mine, but right now we are too far apart!"
The voice fell.
Countless chains of the sky spread out from the void. In just an instant, all the Three Thousand Fire Laws in this realm were imprisoned. A thick, dark swallowing power attached itself to the chains, constantly offsetting the opponent's resistance.
Xun'er's face changed drastically—she hadn't expected Tosaka Rin to have such a move.
"Let me give you a magnificent defeat, Xun'er... This blow is a tribute to my beautiful Knight King. It is the Strike of Stars!"
The power of the stars condensed in Tosaka Rin's hands—like a sniper rifle. Xun'er's position was locked.
In that moment, the world dimmed, and a brilliant streak of starlight shot forth.
Boom.
After Xun'er's body was struck, it shattered into countless flames.
Incarnation of Fire! She had an epiphany again—comprehending a stronger power of the flame.
"Huh... that was dangerous. I was killed by a spike, just one step away..."
Xun'er was reborn in the flames, with a deep look of horror in her eyes. No wonder Tosaka Rin was so aggressive—the strength was outrageous.
"Hey... it's fortunate that it's still early. Space Technique: Departure Sword!"
Imitating Gilgamesh's technique, space shattered and swept through Xun'er once again.
What made Tosaka Rin frown was that the referee still hadn't announced her victory. Sure enough, after destroying Xun'er's body, the flames reborn her again.
On the distant viewing stage, Ye Rou smiled and said, "This girl is very strong. She has realized the essence of flame and pinned her destiny on the Law of Fire. The Law of Fire in this realm is eternal—she will not be extinguished."
Xiao Luan looked at this cold woman after hearing this and was stunned. Did this goddess have such high attainments? Could she see through things at a single glance?
It seemed she was Liu Che's right-hand woman—she needed to build a good relationship with her in the future. Being able to see through the law to such thoroughness showed that Ye Rou's potential was enormous. Within her own gods, only two possessed this kind of talent. At present, she had only Three-Star and Five-Star gods. But how long had it been since Liu Che became the creator of this world? He actually possessed a Six-Star Goddess—and she didn't even know where she came from.
Xiao Luan was sour in her heart, but Ye Rou noticed her gaze. The latter saw the jealousy in the other's eyes and couldn't help but nod with a smile before continuing to watch the match. Ye Rou was quite proud of making a divine empress jealous.
Just now, she had also learned of the divine empress's origin from the god's voice. Although she held respect in her heart, she was not afraid of the other being petty toward her. Even Ye Rou had a slight feeling stir in her heart at this moment—probably this was simply a woman's heart.
Within the arena, the two women struggled for thirty minutes. In the end, Tosaka Rin won. She imitated Enkidu's Noble Phantasm and realized its power—freezing all the fire in the entire realm.
Anyway, winning wasn't very glorious.
"Tosaka Rin wins, advancing successfully..."
"The next match—Ye Laohei versus Nightshade!"
On the watching stage, Ye Laohei had been chatting with others just a moment ago. Suddenly his face fell.
"Oh... I'm going to fight Nightshade. Can I just surrender?"
Tanjiro smiled and said, "It's okay... Anyway, you want to be a salted fish, and you're registered with the god—you'll end up being sidelined in the future. It's okay to be defeated, but after hearing what I said, you must show the pride of a man!"
Chu Xuanfeng also poured fuel on the fire.
"Yes! A man should rise! Even if defeated, he should be defeated while charging forward! Listen to me and taunt her..."
Ye Laohei had planned to surrender. As a result, he was fooled by this group of shameless priests. Suddenly a backbone appeared in his heart. Gritting his teeth—being reckless doesn't mean failure! Afraid of what?!
Let's see what Nightshade has today—and show her his arrogance as a world high priest!
When Ye Laohei left, Li Shimin and the others looked after him with pity.
"You know he's going to get beaten badly, right?"
"Uh... I won't really die anyway. It's better to offend Ye Laohei than to offend Sister Longkui, right?"
"That's right! As the saying goes, a dead man's corpse belongs to no one..."
Within the arena, Nightshade stood in the wind. Although she wore a black dress, her eyes were red.
Who could fool her? Double Sunflowers merged into one—the two souls had combined into a single body.
She thought that if Ye Laohei came over and apologized to her, she would let him lose with some dignity.
After all, Ye Rou had treated both her and Longkui very well.
As a result, the kid rushed up and said:
"Sister Longkui, although little brother was wrong before, a careful woman like you actually hates me over a trivial matter. This isn't right! Let you see the power of a male priest today!
This will be a great rise! I, Ye Laohei, will never give up in this life...
Ouch!"
If the previous words earned him the admiration of countless onlookers, then this "ouch" shattered it all. An embroidered shoe kicked Ye Laohei directly in the face and sent him flying into the belly of the mountain.
"It turns out I wanted to say—as long as you apologized, I would have forgiven you... But seeing your completely unapologetic attitude, I know you deserve this.
Today, grandma aunt will let you understand why I'm so popular!"
Nightshade's hair turned red. Don't rule out the magical influence of the red sunflower—although she had chosen the calm Chenxi form, who wasn't angry in the current situation?
Within the next three hours, it was basically a one-sided beating. Ye Laohei was trapped atop the mountain by Nightshade's unique method and endured wave after wave of Wang Baquan—until he couldn't even recognize the woman beating him.
Nightshade was declared the winner.
When Ye Laohei was carried to the rest area, Cao Cao was taken aback.
"My goodness... I didn't expect Nightshade to be so ruthless. He's been turned into a pig's head..."
"Hey... don't say it. I was beaten until I went into shock. This kid probably woke up with a psychological shadow."
It couldn't be said that Ye Laohei had no talent—it was just that he had only recently joined the faith and had no time to practice. Although his base strength was very strong, facing the goddess Nightshade, even Tosaka Rin couldn't win. It was that simple.
Afterwards... it was said that Ye Laohei cried when he woke up. While crying, he cursed the group of bad friends who had added fuel to the fire and egged him on out of jealousy. From then on, however, things unfolded exactly as everyone had predicted. He became a versatile fighter capable of handling anything. As a result, the emperors of that world felt weak in their legs whenever they saw him.