Chapter 493: Declaration of War Against the Winged God Church!

[You used "Super Saiyan" to elevate your cultivation level, and used "Jiahao Behavior" to lower Dalabeng's cultivation level.]

[This was truly a disaster. Originally, Dalabeng could still exchange blows with you, even holding his ground. But now with one rising and the other falling, he simply couldn't defeat you anymore.]

[You were like an inescapable phantom, relentlessly hunting Dalabeng from behind.]

[Dalabeng's staff shattered, his crown fell, his divine cannon cracked.]

[His hair was disheveled and flying wild, and the twelve wings on his back were shedding feathers all along the way.]

[Before the countless Winged God Church devotees, before the Winged God Church legions, before the residents of Lingwei Star, Dalabeng—this being who once styled himself a god—was fleeing for his life, looking as miserable as a thief caught red-handed.]

[You chased right on his tail, from Winged God Fortress all the way to Grand Light City, from Grand Light City to Merchant Valley City, passing through over a dozen major cities on Lingwei Star along the way.]

[Sparks and lightning trailed behind you wherever you went. Chaos erupted everywhere. Buildings collapsed at your passage, houses were destroyed, no man could stand in your way, no god could stop you!]

[Dalabeng fled with all his might, but not only could he not escape your demonic grip, he instead ended up parading through the streets, letting people across Lingwei Star witness his wretched, humiliating escape.]

[The image of a god shattered into pieces.]

[Some people saw you riding on top of Dalabeng, furiously swinging your fists, and they felt that you were the real god!]

[He fled, you pursued—he couldn't escape even with wings!]

[As the chase continued, Dalabeng circled all the way back to Winged God Fortress.]

["Stop! No more fighting! We can make peace!! I'll give you Fortune Star, isn't that enough?!"]

[Dalabeng never had a chance to speak because your attacks were too relentless, never giving him an opening. Only by sacrificing a pair of wings did he finally manage to create some distance and speak.]

[But because the gap between you two was too great, he had to amplify his voice with divine power.]

[And so, everyone around heard this entire conversation.]

["Do you think all I want is just Fortune Star?"]

["You want Lingwei Star too? That's too greedy!"]

["What I want isn't this star or that star. What I want is for you to disappear, and for the Winged God Church to disappear!"]

["Fine! Deal! I'll disappear right now! Whether the Winged God Church disappears or not is up to you! Just spare my life! I didn't get to where I am today through easy cultivation. I still have hope of breaking through to Immortal Lord! Give me a chance, please?"]

[Even as he spoke, Dalabeng kept wiping his nonstop bleeding nose. Covered in dust and dirt, he looked utterly pitiful at this moment.]

["You truly defile the word 'god.'"]

["Heh, it was just a banner after all. If I wanted those foolish fools to work for me, I had to come up with a reasonable excuse, didn't I?"]

["So it seems you're now prepared to abandon this banner."]

["Since I can't defeat you, this is the only way!"]

[When the onlookers heard these words spoken by the Winged God they had once revered and worshipped with all their hearts, they felt utterly heartbroken.]

[You were willing to waste a few words with Dalabeng precisely to achieve this goal.]

[Lingwei Star was vast, and the Winged God Church's influence was deeply entrenched.]

[Even if you killed Dalabeng and wiped out the Winged God Church's upper echelon, completely eradicating this organization and cleansing it from Lingwei Star was by no means an overnight task.]

[So before that, you needed to shatter their faith and plunge them into internal chaos. Then, when you attacked from the outside, they would collapse at the first strike, accelerating the pace of the war on Lingwei Star.]

[When the Winged God Church discovered that something had happened on Fortune Star, they didn't proactively send reinforcements or launch an attack, because Fortune Star was a third-class star.]

[Its strategic significance was minimal to begin with. Moreover, third-class stars had no Immortal Qi, so if a large group of cultivators went there for an away game, they'd need to bring a huge amount of Source Stones to restore their immortal power.]

[Otherwise, as the battle dragged on, they'd become barely different from mortals.]

[So this wise Winged God, Dalabeng, after deep deliberation, decided to leave Fortune Star alone for the time being.]

[Especially after he discovered that Fortune Star had intentions of attacking Lingwei Star, he simply chose a policy of waiting for the rabbit by the tree stump, thinking that fighting on home turf would give him every advantage, allowing him to settle this planet-level rebellion at minimal cost.]

[Without a doubt, Dalabeng was now kicking himself with regret.]

[He knew his Winged God Church was finished.]

[Now all he sought was to escape with his life from your grasp.]

[You had no intention of letting him go.]

[You unleashed all your Divine Arts, stacking the might of your trait tags, determined to execute this Winged God on the spot.]

[Unfortunately, this time you didn't succeed.]

[As a Late Stage Transcendent Realm cultivator, Dalabeng had spent a very long time cultivating in the Transcendent Realm, so he had comprehended several Heavenly Fiend Divine Abilities.]

[He used "Upright Shadowless" to deceive your observation and Divine Sense, then used "Flying Body Concealment" to completely vanish, and activated a life-saving Spiritual Treasure to disappear without a trace.]

["As expected of the Winged God. Not easy to deal with after all."]

[You stood in the air and looked at the people around Winged God Fortress.]

[These aliens stared at you in terror, as if you held their lifelines in your hands—one casual tug and they'd all fall.]

[In truth, that was exactly the case.]

[But you did nothing.]

[You simply declared war.]

["I, Chen Dong! In the name of the Grand Marshal of the Human Rebel Army of Fortune Star, I hereby formally declare war on the Winged God Church that rules the Winged Feather stellar system!

The strength disparity between our two sides at the cultivator level is severely imbalanced, so I've made some simple adjustments.

But I will not bully the weak by slaughtering your low-grade cultivators and mortals.

Before long, we shall meet on the battlefield with my rebel soldiers!"]

[The moment you made this declaration.]

[Lingwei Star descended into complete chaos!]

[If you were this formidable—single-handedly taking out all the high-grade cultivators on Lingwei Star and beating the Winged God like a stray dog—then what would happen when the entire Rebel Army came?!]

[The people on Lingwei Star thought: If we don't run now, we'd be complete idiots.]

[In an instant, at the three Star Harbors on Lingwei Star, Star Ships leaving the planet jammed the Channels.]

[The entire planet's alien population was in mass exodus.]

["Why are you all running?! They're just a bunch of rebels! What's there to be afraid of?!"]

["It's the humans! The Human Rebel Army! Not some other race! They've already taken Fortune Star! There's no stopping them anymore!"]

["Why didn't you say so earlier?! I'm out of here!!"]

["The humans have fought their way back! They've come back!"]]

[A rebellion wasn't scary. A human rebellion wasn't scary either. What was scary was that the humans had succeeded—even if only partially.]

[Some aliens knew perfectly well in their hearts that humans were beings with pitifully low bottom lines but terrifyingly high ceilings.]

[You, Chen Dong, had already given them a warning shot. If they still didn't run, were they waiting to die?]

[Those who couldn't get on the Star Ships cried out, screamed, and became hysterical. Some even started destroying the Star Harbor, declaring that if they couldn't leave, nobody else would either.]

[The Rebel Army hadn't even arrived yet—even the Winged Army marching ahead hadn't shown up—but Lingwei Star was already tearing itself apart from within.]

[You watched from the sidelines, having no interest in the smoke of war rising across Lingwei Star. You focused solely on hunting down high-grade cultivators.]

[If they managed to flee during this time, so be it. But if they hadn't, they could only be dragged out by you one by one for a duel.]

[The outcome was predictable.]