Start from the God of Death and break through the world.

Chapter 934 Slaying Four Gods in Succession
"Don't look at me like that. I have guarded the tribe for six eras. How could I stand idly by at a time like this?"

As the dust settled on his body, the Sword Guardian spoke with increasing clarity, “I wasn’t just kneeling there in a daze as you think. I’ve been accumulating energy in every era to prepare for the catastrophe at the end of that era.”

Looking at the protective barrier in the sky, Lu Li now understood that the Sword Guardian was not indifferent to the lives of the tribesmen; he simply needed time to activate the protective barrier.

The tribe's forbidden area is not just an empty sacrificial site; it also has a protective system. The extraordinary power that the sword guardian has accumulated over the years allows it to isolate most strange attacks once activated.

"What about the numbers in the sky?"

Lu Li asked, "Within the tribe, is it possible to avoid being wiped out?"

“I didn’t lie to you before. I can’t handle that kind of power. Perhaps the Great King can, which is why I said we must welcome back the King of Men.”

As the swordsman spoke, his gaze met that of the ancient god outside the barrier. He had just repelled the alluring ancient god, but had not killed him.

"Gan, isn't that the god of desire raised by Biaozi?"

After her wounds healed, Nia looked up and saw the alluring figure in front of the strange army outside. She cursed, "I thought the pictures in the book were drawn by some charlatan using his little dick, but it really looks this abstract?"

Lu Li, recalling how easily the Sword Guardian had repelled the God of Desire, perked up. "You said before that the God of Desire was an unknown being, so that means he can be easily defeated?"

However, the sword guardian shook his head. "I'm sorry to disappoint you. Although I have never heard of His divine name and He should be a new god born in this era, His power is equally strong. If it weren't for the barrier, I wouldn't have been able to force Him back so easily."

As he spoke, he walked up the hillside. "Besides, how could the end of an era be so simple?"

As if to reflect his words, figures appeared on the upper edge of the basin.

"God of Trade, God of Eternal Night, God of the Ocean, God of the Ancients, God of the Uncanny..."

Nia called out the names of the strange creatures in surprise, "Fuck, is this the gods opening the silver curtain? But I only have one diamond drill, what am I going to do?"

At this moment, the strange gods outside stood in six directions, and whispers that were difficult for humans to understand echoed outside. Each of them was followed by a strange army, and it was clear that the strange gods also had their own camps.

As you can see, these gods, each with their own unique and abstract appearance, are all closing in on the barrier activated by the sword guardian. At the edge, ripples are spreading, clearly indicating that this barrier cannot withstand the onslaught of the gods worshipped by the six city-states for long.

Because the situation at the tribe was critical, and Lu Li was worried that things would get even more chaotic outside, he contacted Aizen in the group chat.

"Sousuke, are you sure everything's alright on your end?"

When Lu Li last contacted Aizen, the other party said that he had found some solutions to break the deadlock in the old city and was implementing them. However, he did not know the current situation of Aizen.

"The situation on the tribe's side must be bad. I'm in the human city-state alliance trying to find new reinforcements."

Aizen's voice came through.

"The situation is alright, you go about your business, we can still hold this position."

Lu Li glanced at the six gods above and replied in the group chat.

They then temporarily cut off the call, because Lu Li couldn't just watch the sword guardians fight from below.

The sword guardian had already broken out of the barrier, his rusty knight's sword sweeping towards the six gods, his combat power exceeding Lu Li's previous estimates.

The gray-white light emanating from the sword guardian illuminated the earth, and his swordplay was powerful and unrestrained. Even when facing the siege of the gods of the six city-states, he was able to fight back and forth.

This did not match Lu Li and the others' previous speculation. After all, the strength of the Sword Guardian was beyond what human technological weapons like the Mother's Sigh could harm.

According to Aizen's deduction, the Human King should have perished in the extermination weapon. In addition, at that time, the strange creatures had only just emerged, so the Human King's strength should not have been very strong.

Therefore, the current Sword Guardian, after years of cultivation and improvement, has probably already surpassed the Human King of yesteryear in strength. However, he has no significant point of reference, so he is unaware of his own power.

Or perhaps, in his heart, the king he served was the one who was eternally great.

As the Sword Guardian led the gods of the six city-states further and further into battle, Lu Li and Nia once again broke out of the tribe. They couldn't let those strange beings keep attacking the barrier with their lives, as the energy of these barriers was not inexhaustible.

Once the power that the Sword Guardian has poured into the area over the years is exhausted, and the strange army attacks again, they will have no cover to defend themselves.

The battle raged from night into day, but the sky remained dark due to the gray fog.

Lu Li had lost count of how many monsters he had killed, while Nia and Ah Huo became increasingly ferocious as they devoured monsters. Fortunately, they would regain their senses each time they passed through the barrier of the Sword Guardian.

Within the tribe, several of the oldest members turned into gray dust and drifted away in the wind. The sword guardian was right; that was the supreme law of power. Even if one hid behind the barrier, one could not escape annihilation.

The war seemed never to end. The god of the sea summoned monsters from the deep sea to land, cross mountains and rivers to reach the battlefield. The existence of the eerie god inspired all the strange creatures, keeping their power constantly expanding.

The God of Trade scatters human souls across the world, creating a new army of monsters. And those negative energies, after being shattered by Lu Li and his companions, will enter a new cycle.

The thoughts of the God of Desire spread throughout the world, stimulating people's nerves. If Lu Li's bloodline did not have a strong mental resistance, he would also see various hallucinations.

Ah Huo and Nia were not so lucky. When they were affected, they seemed to go crazy. Nia even tried to put his words into practice and almost had his head chopped off by the strange creature behind him while he was suppressing the monster.

It was only thanks to Lu Li's timely arrival that Nia was woken up and escaped a terrible fate.

Lu Li stopped caring about Ah Huo at this point, because he realized that Ah Huo wasn't so easy to kill. Even if he was deluded by illusions and went on a killing spree, it wouldn't affect the people in the tribe anyway.

Lu Li only needs to pay attention to Ah Huo's life force. When Ah Huo's life force is low, he can go and heal it. Ah Huo can hold off a group of monsters by relying on its absolute damage reduction ability and buy time by taking hits.

In this tense situation, the Sword Guardian unleashed his first deadly sword strike, cleaving the God of Desire in two. He then used a secret technique to gather the remnants of the God of Desire onto his own body, ultimately condensing them into a bead in the center of his chest armor. A small compass-like breastplate could be seen on his chest, with nine small holes, six of which were now inlaid with beads.

The divine battle was so powerful that mountains shifted, seas overflowed, and even the gray fog in the sky was dispersed, slowly closing in after the battlefield receded into the distance.

After two days of continuous fighting, the Sword Guardian roared and slew another god, killing the eerie god who had been encouraging the strange army, and absorbing it into the jewel on his chest.

However, by this point in the battle, the sword guardian was also severely injured, and he had to retreat back to the barrier within the basin.

The remaining four gods were naturally unwilling to give up and launched a frantic attack on the barrier, while Lu Li began to heal the sword guardian.

However, Lu Li found it difficult to heal the Sword Guardian's injuries. The Sword Guardian's body still contained the power of those strange gods, which could not be repaired by simply returning to the Dao. He tried to use the Reversal Technique to convert that energy into positive energy, but he failed again.

"You have amazing power, but you can't expel the energy of these gods. Save your energy."

The sword guardian said, wiping the breastplate on his chest, and began to use his power to force out the strange energy.

"what is this?"

Looking at the protective mirror, Lu Li felt that the sword guardian had not absorbed the strange creatures using the method he had taught him, but rather had transformed them into precious pearls, which must have a special purpose.

"This was given to me by the king, who instructed me to nurture it with my power. After I kill the strange creature with divine attributes, I can embed it in the compass. He said that if I can collect all nine gems, I can light the beacon fire, and the great king will return to lead people toward the hope of light."

The sword guardian explained, while emanating wisps of mist from his body. After expelling the strange energy, the force field within the barrier burned it, making it appear as if flames were floating around the sword guardian.

Lu Li stared at the sword guardian's compass, remaining silent for a few seconds, because he had a premonition that the sword guardian might have been deceived.

After the Sword Guardian forced out the strange energy, Lu Li used the Returning Dao technique to painstakingly heal his injuries. The main reason was that the Sword Guardian's power was too strong, and there was a gap in their life levels. It was naturally difficult for a weaker person to heal a stronger one.

Unfortunately, while they were healing, the attacks from the four gods outside began to dim the light of the protective shield.

Seeing this, the sword guardian knew he couldn't wait any longer, so he got up and rushed out to fight the four gods once again.

Just like everyone else in this world, the Sword Guardian's injuries can be healed, but the mental and physical exhaustion cannot be erased, while the strange creatures seem to have no concept of exhaustion.

After a long battle, the swordsman was no longer as valiant as he had been at the beginning. Even though he faced fewer enemies, he was still hesitant and restrained.

As the third day was drawing to a close, he finally slew the God of Trade. From that moment on, all the soul coins in the world disappeared, and the monetary system within the city-state collapsed.

As the fourth day drew to a close, the Sword Guardian seemed impatient for victory and, despite his severe injuries, killed the God of the Ocean. He then condensed a deep blue gem into the last hole in the compass on his chest.

Just when the Sword Guardian thought his heart was about to be ripped out by the God of Night behind him, the Ancient God beside the God of Night suddenly made his move, using his long tentacles to bind the unsuspecting God of Night. The tentacles burrowed into the core of the God of Night, instantly sucking it into a black curtain.

The corpse of the God of Eternal Night fell from the sky, and a fierce wind tore it to shreds.

This sudden turn of events surprised the Sword Guardian, but before he could figure out what was happening, the attack from the Ancient Gods arrived.

Having just suffered a severe blow, he was no longer a match for the strongest ancient god. He was struck in mid-air, coughing up blood, and fell into the tribe's light shield.

The strange forces from the outside world launched another all-out attack, joining forces with the ancient gods to bring the protective shield to the brink of collapse.

The sword guardian got up from the ground, walking unsteadily. Lu Li came over to help him heal his wounds, but was pushed away by the sword guardian.

Lu Li silently watched the sword guardian's back. As if possessed, he walked through the crowd, coughing up blood, and devoutly took the compass from his chest and placed it on the lamppost at the starting point of the Holy Path.

The compass emitted a soft glow, and in an instant, a grayish-white flame ignited on the first lamppost. Then, flames continuously rose above the pillars on both sides of the road, all the way to the throne.

"Cough cough..."

The sword guardian coughed up blood, leaning against a pillar, his eyes filled with hope as he looked at the burning fire.

Lu Li placed his hand behind the sword guardian and immediately understood that the sword guardian was about to die. He no longer had the ability to expel the dense, strange, and harmful power remaining in his body, and Lu Li was also unable to expel it.

Active attack energy and consuming dead monsters are two different things. The Sword Guardian's method cannot absorb this energy, otherwise he would have been invincible and killed all the monsters long ago.

If this injury were on Lu Li himself, he could use the dark substance of the Demon God to devour and cover it. However, the dark substance is equally deadly to anyone other than himself. If he were to use the dark substance to corrupt the Sword Guardian, it would only hasten his death.

The barrier outside the tribe seemed to have a soundproofing effect, which made the tribe unusually quiet. Only Nia was smashing things around in a frenzy, while Ah Huo was lying there making unintelligible growls.

The surviving tribesmen all gathered on both sides of the sacred path, looking with the same hope at the lit beacon fires.

They didn't know the significance of the swordsman's actions, but seeing the flames of light ignite in the darkness always filled them with longing, as if they could find hope if they just followed the light.

Lu Li stared at the burning beacon fires for more than ten seconds, but nothing happened; he could only see the flames swaying in the breeze.

He looked for a moment, then turned back, sat cross-legged on the ground, regulated his breathing and deduced the situation. When this final barrier was broken, it would be time for him to fight to the death.

As time ticked by, the people in the tribe felt like prisoners awaiting execution, watching the beacon fire flicker but nothing happening.

boom--

The sounds of attacks coming from the outside world proved that the barrier set up by the sword guardians, which had previously stockpiled energy, was already crumbling. In the end, they had only delayed their deaths.

Inside the stone house on the inner side of the forbidden area, a girl covered in sweat was still swinging her iron hammer, and pieces of equipment sparked dazzlingly in the darkness.

(End of this chapter)