Chapter: Chapter 481
At any time, the Dragon God’s authority was among the more powerful divine authorities. When the Dragon God was still alive, she was also the undisputed leader of her divine domain.
“Although I haven’t met the Dragon God, her reputation was not small at that time. Even I knew she was powerful and was regarded as the leader by many gods in her region,” Infino said, gazing at the golden short staff in Leticia’s hand, her voice tinged with emotion, as if recalling her own glorious past.
“Then, for some unknown reason, she engaged in a death match with another ancient god, and in the end, both perished. I never expected it to end like this.”
“I suppose only they themselves know the truth of what happened back then. According to the Dragon God, it should have only been a minor dispute at first. However, Huang had a terrible temper, and what started as a small conflict was heavily escalated by her, eventually turning into an irreconcilable feud,” Leticia said. Naturally, the Dragon God’s account would be biased, so Leticia wouldn’t accept it entirely.
However, based on her brief interactions with the Dragon God, Leticia could roughly judge the Dragon God’s original personality. She was likely a rather gentle deity. It was highly probable that the fault lay with the fiery bird, who became sworn enemies with her.
Now, there was no point in arguing about who was right or wrong. The combatants had both been laid to rest in countless years of war. What Leticia needed to do now was to put the restless soul dwelling underground back where it belonged.
The Dragon God has completely returned to the earth. You dead bird, just like your nemesis, honestly go die!
Wouldn’t it be more pleasant to have afternoon tea with Miss Dream God? This world, filled with schemes and plots, is not suitable for old fossils like you.
“I have now obtained the Dragon God’s authority, so Huang will likely target me. However, she has not fully revived yet. I plan to seize this opportunity to go straight for the source and eliminate her,” Leticia told Infino, her fists clenched, her face full of a resolute expression.
“Very decisive, as expected of my descendant,” Infino said, fully supporting Leticia’s plan. Huang had nothing to do with her, so she didn’t need to speak up for her.
But Leticia was her descendant. Although the blood relation was weak now, there was still some connection.
Besides, Leticia called her ancestor. Therefore, as Leticia’s ancestor, Infino naturally had to stand firmly on Leticia’s side.
“It’s a pity I can’t break the seal yet, or I could help you both,” Infino sighed, indicating that she probably couldn’t help much in this operation. “Divine artifacts can affect deities. If you need my help, just call out to me. I will be waiting during this time.”
Since she knew that Leticia was about to have a direct confrontation with an ancient god, Infino wouldn’t leave Leticia to face her alone. She would go back into seclusion after dealing with this BOSS, as it wouldn’t take much time anyway.
She had waited for thousands upon thousands of years. What was a mere month or two?
“That would be wonderful! With my ancestor’s help, my chances will be even greater!” Leticia’s face lit up with a surprised expression.
Infino’s help wasn’t in terms of combat. This deity’s direct combat ability was actually not very strong. Looking at her divine authority attributes, it was clear that her talent was mostly focused on control.
However, Infino was a living fossil who had lived from the ancient divine era to the present day. She knew far more than Leticia.
“I remember Huang could control flames and had the ability to resurrect from death. I heard these things from other members of my race back then, but the accuracy was quite low, as the place where I was active was several planes away from where Huang was…” Infino rested her chin in her hand and began to recall information related to Huang.
Leticia already knew some of these things. The giant bird in the divine authority illusion had strong fire control and regeneration abilities. However, golden flames posed a limited threat to Leticia in her dragon form, and her regeneration ability could be suppressed by her own divine authority power.
These two abilities were not particularly troublesome. The real problem should be Huang’s terrifying offensive and defensive capabilities in her true form.
According to the Dragon God, she and Huang had destroyed each other hundreds of times, eventually leading to their mutual destruction. Hundreds of resurrections, Leticia shivered at the thought.
The mere thought of having to kill Huang’s true form, which was even more powerful than that illusory giant bird, hundreds of times, made her hands tremble.
“It should be much easier to kill her since she hasn’t fully revived yet, right?”
“You can’t think like that, Leticia,” Infino warned sternly. “You must be prepared to face Huang’s true form. She is indeed still in death, but when you reach her doorstep, she will definitely attempt to accelerate her revival at all costs.”
“If she is willing to sacrifice enough, I believe she can forcibly return to this world. Although her strength will be much weaker than in her prime, she is ultimately a powerful deity. In terms of experience and other aspects, she is stronger than you.”
Leticia was still too young. At less than thirty years old this year, she hadn’t even reached a fraction of the age of these deities. This was a significant disadvantage in combat.
Even without counting the time spent after her death, Huang had nearly ten thousand years of age. With such an overwhelming advantage in experience, even if Leticia was more powerful than the revived Huang, she couldn’t guarantee victory against this ancient opponent.
“If Bai Ling were here to assist you, your chances of winning would increase considerably…” Infino’s gaze swept over Bai Ling, and she nodded. Compared to their last meeting, Bai Ling’s strength had also improved significantly, and she could play a considerable role in battles against deities.
“However, your coordination with each other is frankly painful to watch. Since you plan to hide here during these days, don’t be idle. Practice your coordination.”
“Huh?”
“Practice?”
“Yes, I will be your opponent. Although my strengths aren’t in combat, I am qualified as a sparring partner.” Infino nodded. “Also, this will allow you to get acquainted with the powers you currently possess. You haven’t fought all out for a long time, have you? It’s not good if you don’t know your limits.”
“Okay, then I’ll trouble you, ancestor. We’ll start special training tomorrow morning!”
…
The next day.
There was no sun in the divine artifact space to judge time. Leticia was awakened from her sweet dreams by her ancestor.
“I had a rare good night’s sleep yesterday,” Leticia said softly as she got out of bed, rubbing her eyes.
After entering a dream last night, she could only find one dream, which was Bai Ling’s dream. As for her ancestor’s, she still couldn’t find it.
It was probably because her dream authority still had little effect on deities at their peak.
In the past, Leticia was never idle in her dreams; she would strive to make people dream to accumulate energy. Last night was one of her few rest days.
“Since you had a good sleep, hurry up and go out to train. Also, let me see how powerful you both are now,” Infino, dressed in a long black dress, held a delicate teacup and wore a devilish instructor’s expression. “Oh, and remember to test your full power outside. My little place can’t handle your shenanigans.”
The first step of the special training was for Infino to understand the current specific strength of Leticia and Bai Ling. And how could Infino understand their specific strength?
That, of course, would be through actual combat.
After eating the breakfast provided by Infino, Leticia and Bai Ling flew to a place far from Infino’s large house. The divine artifact space was vast, enough for them to fight with all their might.
“Leticia, you should use the Dragon God’s authority. The dream authority is too specialized and too difficult for Bai Ling to deal with,” Infino’s voice echoed from the sky. As the owner of this space, she could project her vision to any part of it.
It wasn’t surprising that she wasn’t allowed to use the dream authority. After all, this authority was a great trump card for Bai Ling, but its usefulness against deities was almost nil.
It could probably only be used to finish off deities whose bodies were destroyed and spirits severely damaged. But if the opponent was already severely injured, other methods could also be used for the finishing blow, right?
Unless she encountered a situation like the one Leticia faced before, where the opponent was about to self-destruct and fight to the death. In that case, the dream authority would have some use.
“Okay, Bai Ling, are you ready?” Leticia waved her hand, and a ripple of golden light transformed into a golden short staff in her palm.
The moment she grasped the short staff, Leticia’s aura began to surge, completely suppressing Bai Ling’s aura.
Illusory dragon horns and a dragon tail appeared on her body, and a black and gold dragon-patterned robe replaced her original long dress. At this moment, Leticia looked like a true sovereign of the world, noble and inviolable.
“You’re quite strong, *hu*… but I’m not bad either.”
Starlight pierced through the sky, which was covered by dark clouds at some point, and shone upon Bai Ling. A magnificent star sword slowly materialized amidst the starlight. Bai Ling reached out and grasped the hilt of the star sword.
*Buzz*… A sword’s hum tore through the black sky, revealing the vast and beautiful river of stars hidden beneath the dark clouds.
Her sharp aura steadily climbed, eventually reaching a point where she could contend with Leticia.
“Are you cheating?” Leticia was almost dumbfounded. Hadn’t this girl had any special encounters recently? How did she become so strong?
I worked hard to defeat the illusory great bird and gained the Dragon God’s approval, only then did I obtain the Dragon God’s authority to enhance my strength. But you, Bai Ling, seem to have done nothing!
How did you become so powerful!
This isn’t right!
“Perhaps? Get ready, I’m going to attack!” Bai Ling stated that she wasn’t too sure about the reason for her strength increase. She had always been somewhat ignorant of her abilities, knowing how to use them but not where this power came from.
Fortunately, Bai Ling was not the type to investigate every detail. For her, as long as this power could be used to protect what she cherished, it was enough.
Raising her long sword high, a brilliant light that seemed capable of tearing through the sky surged from the tip of the sword. Bai Ling twisted her body and forcefully swung the sword.
A terrifying sword energy, a hundred meters thick, slashed out with her movement. It reminded Leticia of a similar move Bai Ling had used before.
At that time, Bai Ling’s sword energy was only a few tens of meters. Now it had become a full hundred meters. The difference…
It wasn’t just her who had improved; it was this darned rival as well.
“But my progress is even greater than yours.” Facing such sword energy before, Leticia had been somewhat defeated, but now she could resolve it with an impassive expression.
Brilliant golden arcs of electricity shot out from the tip of her raised short staff. The petite girl’s body slightly bent, and she pointed the short staff at the sword energy from afar.
Several lightning bolts containing terrifying power shot out from around Leticia, meeting the seemingly unbreakable sword energy.
As the two met, they both turned into nothingness amidst a deafening explosion.
By the time the energy turbulence was cleared by Leticia, Bai Ling had long since disappeared without a trace.
As a swordsman, she naturally wouldn’t just stand there and trade blows with Leticia. That would be using her weakness against an opponent’s strength. Bai Ling wasn’t so naive as to believe she could win against Leticia, a professional artillery-type character, in a static beam struggle.
So, while the two powers collided and Leticia’s aura lock was temporarily disabled, she quickly concealed her aura and hid in the shadows, preparing for a sneak attack.
She was a Sword Saint, and as such, she should do what a Sword Saint does.
*Clang*!
Sword light tore through space and abruptly appeared in front of Leticia.
However, Leticia was prepared for Bai Ling’s sneak attack. the magical barrier she had set up around herself was immediately activated, blocking Bai Ling’s surprise attack.
“Flames!”
Several flame chains, manipulated by Leticia, rapidly coiled towards the now-revealed Bai Ling. Following the flame chains, a large number of elemental spells were already poised to strike. As soon as Bai Ling was entangled by the chains, they would immediately pounce and blow Bai Ling to kingdom come.
But a Sword Saint was still a Sword Saint. Even if this Sword Saint’s understanding of swordsmanship was not deep, she was not someone that Leticia’s instantaneously cast flame chains could handle.
Without even swinging her sword, the dim starlight surrounding Bai Ling automatically counterattacked, completely shattering the incoming chains.
And Bai Ling seized this opportunity to rush forward with the Star Sword, instantly closing the distance to Leticia. This engagement range was where she had the greatest advantage!
The real battle, now, had just begun!
