Chapter 381 - 223: The Hunt of the Ancient Gods

Fueled by the Ancient God Curse, the emerald Ancient God Power transformed into a series of wooden vines.

Moreover, these vines were densely covered in all sorts of bizarre, long-armed, giant Shadow hands.

BAM! BAM! BAM!

As Zorn’s Ancient God’s Hand struck, the bizarre, long-armed, giant Shadow hands on the vines exploded, erupting into a torrent of Shadow that bloomed across the Ancient God’s Hand.

Then, a series of CRACKING sounds echoed.

The Ancient God’s Hand rapidly disintegrated under the Ancient God Curse, which was fueled by Ancient God Power.

Granted, Zorn had not poured his full power into this Ancient God’s Hand.

But it was still dismantled with ease. The sheer gap in their power left Lin Yuan inwardly speechless.

’It seems this Belial is even stronger than I imagined.’

Despite this thought, Zorn’s counterattack didn’t slow in the slightest.

The moment the Ancient God’s Hand disintegrated, several massive bolts of Ancient Disaster Thunder boomed.

CRACK...

CRACK...

The Disaster Thunder struck the emerald vines, shattering some of the outer leaves.

However, it had no effect on the vines slithering toward him.

An Upper Rank God against an Ancient God.

The damage was completely negligible, like trying to scratch an armored hide.

Zorn naturally understood this as well.

But right now, the more he fought this Ancient God, the faster his Ancient Sacred Marks were catalyzed.

Every extra second he could keep fighting was a massive gain.

It was clear these Ancient God Curses weren’t having much of an effect.

Zorn’s Upper Rank Divine Power surged into the vast Calamity Black Mist behind him.

RUSTLE...

RUSTLE...

RUSTLE...

Three Insect King Curses of astonishing size slowly slithered forth.

’The Three-Phase Insect King Curse? He actually managed to cultivate it, and without being devoured by the curse itself.’

Seeing the three Insect King Curses materialize behind Zorn, their bodies like the night’s Starry Sky,

the Ancient God Belial was also slightly taken aback.

The Calamity Court’s Insect King Curse was legendary, yet very few managed to cultivate it to a high Level.

For one, the Insect King Curse was extremely prone to turning on its user. The higher the Level, the greater the risk of backlash—even for a Divine Spirit.

For another, despite the curse’s fearsome reputation throughout history, a reputation that even circulated among the Ancient Gods...

...when people did manage to cultivate the Insect King Curse to a higher Level, its power always seemed disappointingly ordinary.

It seemed its reputation was unearned.

But now, this Evil God Zorn, whose methods were anything but ordinary, had brought out the Three-Phase Insect King Curse. This forced the newly ascended Shadow Ancient God Belial to take him seriously.

RUSTLE...

The Three-headed Insect King Curse spread rapidly, soaring upward. In an instant, it was already entangled with the Shadow Ancient God Belial’s Shadow Vines.

CRUNCH... CRUNCH...

The Insect King Curse bit down hard. The power of the Starry Sky instantly shredded the outer layers of the Shadow Vines.

The momentum of the Shadow Vines was actually halted, albeit slightly, by the Three-headed Insect King Curse.

At this sight, the smile on the Shadow Ancient God Belial’s face stiffened.

The gap between an Upper Rank God and an Ancient God was immense, making the former no match for the latter.

Although his Shadow Vines were merely a casual attack, they had been blocked by that Evil God Zorn.

On the one hand, it was a bit embarrassing.

On the other, these vines contained a special technique.

If he had used this attack to annihilate Evil God Zorn, it would have surely trapped him here.

The other Ancient Gods were locked in combat with their counterparts, leaving the Ancient Gods of the Calamity Court with no time to provide support.

He was using that special ancient technique to completely eliminate Evil God Zorn.

And yet, Evil God Zorn had blocked his vines with that bizarre Insect King Curse.

’So what if you blocked it? You’re still going to die.’

With this thought, Belial swiftly poured more Ancient God Power into his Ancient God Curse, even mobilizing his Cosmic Suppression.

He originally thought he wouldn’t need to use a technique like Cosmic Suppression—something exclusive to Ancient Gods—to kill this Evil God Zorn.

But now, he couldn’t afford to hold back.

The Three-headed Insect King Curse had just brought the Shadow Vine to a halt, even managing to tear off a good deal of its Shadow Power.

RUMBLE...

The terrifying power of Cosmic Suppression bore down like a cataclysm, as if mountains were collapsing and the earth was splitting asunder.

The Three-headed Insect King Curse was dragged along with the Shadow Vine into that terrifying Cosmic Suppression. The Insect King Curse’s Sequence began to CRACKLE, as if it was about to shatter.

Facing this devastating power, Zorn neither fled nor showed any sign of fear.

Instead, he calmly faced the impending doom.

BOOM—

A devastating ancient shockwave transformed into an endless storm of Shadow.

The entire World was plunged into the endless Shadow Dimension.

Zorn’s Divine Body, the projection of his Tree of the Magic Ring, the Insect King Curse, and countless Ancient Heroic Spirits were all utterly annihilated in that single blow.

The many Upper Rank Gods watching from a distance had already raised their defenses, and the attack wasn’t even aimed at them.

Yet when the resulting storm swept over them, the projections of their Trees of the Magic Ring were still tossed about by the terrifying tide.

Several Upper Rank Gods couldn’t even withstand it, their Tree of the Magic Ring projections obliterated by the aftershocks of the Ancient God’s power.

’To destroy an Upper Rank God with a mere wave of the hand... so this is an Ancient God!’

At this moment, every one of the watching Upper Rank Gods wore expressions of horrified envy.

Both were eternal beings.

But the "ordinary" eternity of an Upper Rank God and the "high-quality" eternity of an Ancient God were two completely different things.

After effortlessly crushing Evil God Zorn,