Chapter 1971: Chapter 1971: Struggle for Control
Li Yao turned his head and said calmly, "If you want to escape, now is the best time. You can head to the east city gate. Whether you can hold out until the gate opens depends on your strength and luck."
The leading player was stunned, "What about here?"
"The critical moment has arrived. If you want to stay, feel free, but I can’t guarantee your safety."
Li Yao finished speaking and turned his gaze back to the emerging artificial ancient god. Although it was called an ancient god, through the perception of the Dark Touch, it evoked a sense of disdain.
Void creatures have ranks too. The highest is naturally the Void Lord, followed by the ancient god that can parasitize a planet. Then there are the Old Gods. Old Gods have the potential to become ancient gods, but they must at least erode a small primary plane, similar to the Orcs’ homeland Outland, which is a small primary plane.
Next is the new god. This type of void creature has even lesser abilities. Of course, compared to ancient gods, they possess some of the ancient gods’ powers but cannot fully integrate with the main plane, making them easy to kill.
In the battle between the Void Lord and the Mother of Holy Light, the new gods are the main force. Allied with the parasitized, nearly invincible Old Gods and ancient gods, they defeated the first Holy Light Army.
The Mother of Holy Light temporarily dissipated. Her core combat strength is Naru, which is now divided into two parts: one fighting in the new Holy Light Legion on Argus, and the other following the Draenei to Orcs’ homeland and now to The Ancient God World.
Moreover, only Li Yao knows that Sargeras has already defeated the Temple of a Thousand Gods, and the Titans of the temple are in an extremely weakened state.
The real target of the Burning Legion’s battles is the Void Lord. Almost all military strength is used in fighting the void.
The fel power of the Burning Legion absorbs the power of the void and is highly infectious and corrosive, easily causing mutations in creatures, turning even docile beings into fierce and savage. Moreover, the Burning Legion continues to wage wars across worlds, with the Demon Army continually replenished, fighting against the void.
This is the fundamental opposition to the void army. It is also the truth behind why the Old God Plane and the remnants of the Holy Light Legion have a respite. Sadly, both The Ancient God World and the Holy Light Legion believe they are resisting the Burning Legion by their own strength.
Of course, these things are still distant to Li Yao. Through the perception of the Dark Touch, this so-called artificial ancient god barely reaches the edge of a new god at best.
Li Yao was somewhat disappointed. He had hoped to rely on this entity to supplement the Dark Touch and restore some of the true power of the ancient gods. Now it seems that hope has fallen through.
But upon further reflection, it makes sense; this plane is merely a small plane within a sub-dimension. Creating the body of a new god is already rare.
Even though it falls slightly short of expectations, as long as the Dark Touch absorbs it, he can still gain considerable benefits.
In an instant, Li Yao made a firm determination. He should still take a risk. Whether for his own benefit or to prevent Amon from gaining the advantage, otherwise, the core essence of this world would essentially be out of his reach.
Even though the Dark Touch is disdainful, against a new god, he wouldn’t even have the qualification to intervene.
Boom!
The massive body crashed to the ground, accompanied by a violent shockwave that destroyed numerous buildings. A terrifying field formed around it as its center.
"Suppress him for me. Don’t let his spirit occupy this body."
Eight Salary Kings controlled the pyramid, descending from the void like a Heavenly Fire Meteor, crashing against the golden body of Amon with overwhelming force.
"Break for me!"
With Amon’s fist, a massive blood pillar shot skyward from the Blood Pool.
The core believers, including the current Archbishop, fled here in a panic. This place had already turned into a battlefield, and anyone who stayed would die.
Fists, blood pillars, and the burning pyramid collided, making the whole world appear deaf, and the scene before them almost lost entirely.
In the dark world, a brilliance to the extreme burst forth.
"Damn it, Evil God, don’t go."
The pyramid shattered the golden body, but before the eight Salary Kings could celebrate, they saw a blood-colored, meteor-like light rushing towards the ancient god’s body.
However, it was too late to stop. They controlled the pyramid to strike with full force, attempting to crush Amon’s golden body and severely damage the opponent’s spirit.
Unexpectedly, Amon was so decisive, directly abandoning part of his spirit and completely forsaking the golden body.
But his goal was achieved. As long as he occupied this new body, he would win. Amon would be truly reborn. A god with a body and one without is entirely different concepts.
At that time, everyone present would die, and compared to that, spirit damage was insignificant. As long as he lived, he could recover.
This decision took place in a moment, revealing Amon’s wisdom and ruthlessness, even towards himself.
"You clowns will all die soon." Amon’s maniacal laughter echoed throughout the city.
The pyramid shattered the golden body but was powerless to intercept Amon’s spirit.
However, a dark light shot out at lightning speed, matching the speed of the blood light.
At the moment when the ancient god’s body’s eyes shone, the two lights simultaneously rushed into the ancient god’s body’s brain.
Roar!
The ancient god’s body let out a sky-shaking roar, along with Amon’s voice filled with anger and astonishment.
"Damn you, why do you repeatedly thwart me, get out of my body."
Then another voice came from the ancient god’s body mouth, "How can I control your body before you? Perhaps it’s my body now."
Seven of the Salary Kings looked bewildered, while Dance King showed joy. She had recognized whose voice it was.
The spectators were familiar with the voice; it was Prairie Fire’s. Seeing the current Prairie Fire having undone the Ancient God Transformation, the Valkyrie Wing seemed ready to unfold at any moment.
The players who resembled skeletons and had been hesitating now understood why Li Yao said it would be dangerous here, immediately flocking away without any further prompting.
The audience realized that Li Yao was also trying to control the so-called ancient god’s body using the Dark Touch.
Prairie Fire’s spiritual power is comparable to that of a main god. This wasn’t a secret anymore. Although Amon’s details were unknown, he seemed somewhat inferior. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be so furious.
"Bastard, get out of here."
Amon’s spirit frantically rushed towards Li Yao’s soul, which had taken on the state of the Dark Touch and occupied the main position of the brain.
However, his charge had no effect and was instead entangled by the Dark Touch, which was absorbing the essence of his spirit.
"It seems you want me to absorb more of your spirit strength, not just the body. I won’t be courteous then."
A torrent of dark energy began to pervade around the ancient god’s body...