MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again
Chapter 557 - 45: Return to the Star Domain

Chapter 557: Chapter 45: Return to the Star Domain

Hua Cai unleashed a magic skill that pulled Lei Shan and his companion into a small world.

Facing an Earth Realm Celestial God, Lei Shan sensibly offered no resistance, relying entirely on the Netherworld Heavenly God beside him.

This Netherworld Heavenly God was also desperately exerting his divine power to tear apart the small world Hua Cai had constructed.

After relentless effort, they finally tore open a breach and successfully escaped.

Yet before they could rejoice, they were dragged by Hua Cai into another thunderous space.

Violent lightning cascaded down, and the Netherworld God mobilized his purple-black divine power to resist continuously, but Hua Cai’s offensive was too fierce. Thirteen successive thick bolts of lightning shattered the black divine power. The struck Netherworld God immediately spat out a mouthful of pitch-black blood, his expression growing increasingly fearful.

He could tell Hua Cai’s strength was absolutely at the pinnacle among Earth Realm Celestial Gods. Even his superior was likely no match for this woman.

"Hmph, you dare run wild in my Eternal Tribe with such meager skills!" Hua Cai gathered her power, transforming five dazzling divine rays into a thousand-foot-long divine spear, hurtling it toward Lei Shan and his companion.

Facing such a formidable skill attack, Lei Shan was truly scared out of his wits. He had accepted the mission to enter the Eternal Tribe, thinking it to be a leisurely task, not expecting to encounter such a powerful enemy.

At the brink of life and death, Lei Shan struck his heart fiercely, shattering a jade slip hidden within.

With the jade slip shattered, a powerful divine force surged out from Lei Shan’s chest.

A black arm reached out, sensing the threat ahead, and caught it with bare hands. With a slight exertion, the divine spear shattered in response.

Hua Cai’s eyes narrowed slightly, watching Lei Shan’s chest transform into a mass of black passageway.

Amid Lei Shan’s painful roar, a figure emerged from within.

At the same time, the power of an Earth Realm Celestial God unfurled, contending with Hua Cai’s divine power, not at all falling behind.

"Li Qi?! Seeing clearly who it was, the Netherworld God beside Lei Shan was first delighted, then revealed a hint of coldness.

He was pleased to be saved again, but chilled by the fact that Lei Shan secretly conspired with another bigwig from the Netherworld all along, unbeknownst to him despite following Lei Shan for years!

The Heavenly God Li Qi glanced at Hua Cai, then said to Lei Shan, "After today, you will go guard the Shadow Cavern."

Then he addressed Hua Cai, "Hua Cai Heavenly God, how about each of us taking a step back?"

"Step back?" Hua Cai sneered, "The Netherworld invades my Eternal Tribe, massacres my people, yet the debt is simply settled like this?"

"The Netherworld God remains emerged, and the Netherworld is not unified. This is Auv’s doing. I am only here for Lei Shan. You let me take him away; the rest are yours to handle. How about it?"

Hearing Li Qi’s proposal, Hua Cai sneered again, "What if I want to kill you all?"

"You cannot kill me." Li Qi pointed to the Mortal Realm Celestial God next to him and said, "He has a way to contact Auv urgently. I only need to hold you up, letting him contact Auv to come here. You have no chance."

Hua Cai was silent for a moment. What the other said was true. Li Qi alone was no weaker than her. If another Earth Realm Celestial God joined the fight, Hua Cai would have zero chance of winning.

Seeing her silence, Li Qi grabbed Lei Shan and smiled, "Hua Cai Heavenly God, your beauty infatuates me. If my Netherworld conquers the star realm one day, I must take you as my concubine."

Concubine?

Hearing Li Qi’s words, Hua Cai’s expression immediately darkened. Yet she did not act, allowing the others to depart across realms.

As for the Netherworld’s strongmen abandoned by Li Qi, they were reduced to ashes under Hua Cai’s fury, including the Mortal Realm Celestial God.

After Hua Cai dealt with the enemies, Lu Hong spoke up, "I heard Lei Shan say that several major Celestial Gods in the peripheral regions are restrained. Do you need to consider going to help?"

"No need." Hua Cai shook her head, "Since they dared to ravage the Eternal Tribe, they likely have their special communication methods. I’m afraid the moment I killed the opposing Celestial Gods, they received news and chose to flee."

Hua Cai’s speculation was entirely correct. She then added, "Now what I most want to know is how the Netherworld forces managed to enter the Eternal Continent. The terrifying star realm cannot accurately locate for teleportation, not even for me, yet Li Qi came and left with pinpoint accuracy, which terrifies me greatly."

Lu Hong understood its significance. In the terrifying star realm, the Eternal Tribe’s information was shut off, traffic relied entirely on foot. If they really were to clash with the Netherworld controlling teleportation, they would surely lose.

"Well, anyway, there is still some time before the Netherworld God revives. I’ll first have people relay the news to Yan Fei. When she returns from the Star Sea, we can decide then." Hua Cai took out a gold token, handed it to the general by her side, and had him deliver it to the Celestial Gods in the peripheral region, who would then relay the intelligence to the original region.

After making arrangements, Hua Cai and Lu Hong continued their journey.

This time, their teleportation was quite fortuitous, and based on the general’s response, they were already at the very edge of the terrifying star realm. It would only take ten days to exit the Eternal Continent and head to the outside world.

During the journey, Hua Cai inquired about some news regarding the Netherworld, which Lu Hong truthfully answered. Then, curiously, he asked Hua Cai, "I have hardly ever seen walking Heavenly Gods in the Star Sea. Do you know why?"

"Of course." Hua Cai explained, "Were it not for the sacred relic of my Elf Royal Court, I wouldn’t bother entering the Star Sea either. It could be counted as a graveyard of gods. The Star Sea was once rich in spiritual energy, producing countless strongmen, leading to constant chaos under the stars. For this, the world’s will cast a curse on every Celestial God living in the Star Sea, so over time, there were no longer any Celestial Gods daring to walk the Star Sea."

Most Celestial Gods chose to flee, going to new worlds, while a small number were unwilling to leave. They carved out their own divine kingdom to hide, avoiding the curse of the world’s will."

"Is the curse that powerful?"

"Nonsense!" Hua Cai shot Lu Hong a glare, "If it weren’t powerful, why would so many Celestial Gods choose to flee? Even Heavenly Realm Gods cannot withstand the erosion of the curse, turning into a pile of bones within a hundred years."

Hearing Hua Cai’s description, Lu Hong finally understood why the Star Sea was without gods.

"If the curse is so powerful, aren’t you courting death going there?"

Hua Cai looked at Lu Hong with a smile, "Little one, are you worried about me?"

"Well, I can’t just watch you die, can I?"

"Don’t worry." Hua Cai said with a laugh, "Once I retrieve the royal court, I’ll leave the Star Sea. The power of the curse doesn’t take effect immediately. With my strength, I can stay in the Star Sea for at least ten years. It doesn’t affect me much."

"Do you have a divine kingdom?"

"Of course not."

"Why not?"

"I live in the Star Realm and don’t need to hide. Why would I need such a thing?"

Indeed, Lu Hong nodded, then continued to ask, "What is your domain? Can I know more about it?"

"I don’t have one." Hua Cai shook her head, "That’s a unique ability of Star Sea gods. Star Realm gods cannot gather such abilities."

Hua Cai explained carefully, "Domain power arises with oppression. Since the Star Sea curse appeared, ascending to godhood became as difficult as reaching the sky. One must find ways to avoid the world’s will’s influence before ascending, so they choose to create their own domain to escape the world’s scope of influence. Only then can they ascend. The Star Realm has no such suppression, so we never chose to study domain power. Of course, once a domain forms, its power cannot be underestimated. In the same rank, I absolutely can’t defeat a Celestial God with a domain."

"Why don’t you cultivate one?"

"You think a domain is like cabbage?" Hua Cai pursed her lips, "Understanding it is extremely difficult and requires an enabling environment. Our Star Realm gods can’t go to the Star Sea to comprehend it, can we? By then, we might still be contemplating the domain when we fall to the world’s curse. It’s simply not worth the loss."

Through their chatter, Lu Hong gained some insight into some ancient secrets of the Era of the Gods. However, Hua Cai herself mostly lived in the Eternal Plane, and there were many things even she didn’t know.

After leaving the terrifying star realm, Lu Hong and Hua Cai first arrived at the Marseilles Star Realm. He couldn’t just treat the construction the All-Knowing God left as decoration; he had to find the Raging Sun to activate it and, incidentally, ask Hua Cai for a little favor, getting back at the All-Knowing as a means of revenge.

Upon entering Marseilles, Hua Cai was soon detected by the magic device set up by the All-Knowing God.

Hua Cai also discovered this device, and through her perception of magical power, she reverse-inferred the hidden location of the All-Knowing.

"Hua Cai Heavenly God?!" The All-Knowing was stunned, "How did you leave the original region? Has the Extreme Night Beast Tide ended?"

From Lu Hong, Hua Cai learned of the grievances between him and the All-Knowing. So, she dragged Lu Hong to the magic image, "It’s not just me, but the little guy you once used is here too!"

Seeing Lu Hong revealed, the All-Knowing God looked bewildered. He couldn’t understand why this human didn’t die under the Star Annihilator Cannon, why he wasn’t used as a banner by the True Dragon Empire, or why he was mingling with Hua Cai Heavenly God. Moreover, seeing their expressions and actions, they seemed very close?

What the hell?!

Before the All-Knowing could react, Hua Cai smiled, "Want to play a game? You hide, and I catch. If I catch you, I’ll let you have a taste of being bombarded!"

Saying this, five-colored divine light gathered behind Hua Cai, roaring as it entered the teleportation gate she had opened.