Long Chen's life force was vastly different than it had been in the past. It was a strange feeling, as though everyone in the Eternal-Life God-Domain was a part of him. When the War Devil devoured over a million living beings, digested their souls, and turned them into its own power, it was like a part of Long Chen's body had been sliced off.
He had ten billion god palaces, and a million of them had been destroyed in the blink of an eye.
The truth was that his ten billion god palaces were constantly changing. People were dying, and people were being born. More and more people were being added to the faith of Long Chen, creating a balance. Whenever one of the god palaces was destroyed, a new one would be born.
But this time, a million god palaces had been destroyed, and not a single new one had been born.
It was like having a piece of flesh cut off.
This was the kind of pain the War Devil wanted him to endure. It wanted him to watch as the world he had sworn to protect was destroyed. It was a way of getting revenge on Long Chen. After all, Long Chen had killed his brothers and sisters.
Of course, he wasn't actually killing them. He was sending them to the Death Reign.
"They've been waiting for this day for millions upon millions of years, but you sent them to the Death Reign. You're going to suffer even more pain than they did, and not just die. Enjoy it. This is just the beginning."
The War Devil devoured a million living beings, and in the blink of an eye, the cries and despair of the weak were nothing to it. To it, they were nothing more than food.
RUMBLE!
War Devil unfurled its wings of flesh and blood as it flew up into the air above the Eternal Life God-Domain, where it could see countless living beings wailing and wailing. It was a familiar sight, and it couldn't help but be excited.
"This is just the beginning," the War Devil said, chuckling coldly. "Look at the people you've been protecting."
Chuckling coldly, the War Devil continued to devour.
Its claws were as sharp as death-grade destinable god-items, and Long Chen couldn't even move. The War Devil's Eternal War Devil empyrean energy was like a net that locked Long Chen down, making it impossible for Long Chen to move.
Rumble.
The land under the ground shattered. Countless screeching creatures, who were Long Chen's friends and fellows, couldn't control their bodies in despair and panic. They were controlled by the devil of war and attracted to this devil.
"We're done for. This is a Demon, a Primeval Troll."
"Long Chen was killed by him, and his corpse is in his hands. Right now, I'm afraid he's going to devour all of us."
"Run! I'd rather die than be eaten by this thing!"
This kind of ending was undoubtedly a sad one.
War Devil was right. What he had done had indeed shocked Long Chen a lot. If he had killed Long Chen directly, he wouldn't have felt such a great frustration and pain, and he wouldn't have been so furious.
His eyes were now filled with blood. Even if he didn't look, the countless screams would still reach his ears. It was like a nightmare that he couldn't get rid of.
The entire world suddenly became blurry.
This was a world of death.
From the number of Divine Palaces he had lost in his body, Long Chen knew how many people would die with a single devour by the War Devil. Their souls would be devoured, and they would never be able to free themselves.
If he hadn't sent those 30 or so Primeval Troll into the Death Reign, the Dragon Sacrificial Continent would have become hell on earth. To the gods and demons, there was no difference in strength between the people of the Dragon Sacrificial Continent and the Eternal God Domain.
When one became their faith, one shouldered the responsibility of protecting them.
When Long Chen gave birth to the World Tree and used the wishes of all living beings to form the divine origin energy, he was no longer just himself. He represented the will and power of the entire Eternal God Domain.
At this time, all living beings were defeated in front of the War Devil.
However, the more they were defeated, the more hatred and anger they felt. Their emotions were also power to Long Chen.
As the War Devil devoured wantonly, Long Chen's body trembled. The anger of countless people was transmitted to him through the thin thread. Coupled with his own anger, he was gradually drowning in boundless anger.
His whole body was burning hot, and he had never felt so hot before.
At this moment, Long Chen finally experienced what it meant to be a god.
Right now, he was a god. He was the center of these billions of lives, the collection of their wishes, and an existence that used their spiritual power. A god was born for them.
Even the Dragon Emperor, the Great Demon Lord, and the others in the God Nation, under extreme anger and hatred, had imperceptibly given this power to him.
"Chen 'er …"
Invisibly, he seemed to hear Long Qinglan's voice.
In this blood-colored world, his voice was like a reassurance pill, allowing Long Chen to gradually control this power of extreme anger.
"God, for the people's wishes, fight against the heavens and earth, and remain unyielding until death. You still have a long road ahead of you, and you may not have to die today."
Remain unyielding until death.
What had he fought all this time for?
What had he gone to the Devil Star without hesitation?
Now, the trillions of lives in the Dragon Sacrificial Continent were all longing for him and waiting for him. He was their wish, and he was doing things for them.
Every sincere look in his eyes was a source of infinite strength.
Mo Xiaolang was still fighting with his life on the line, Lingxi was silently waiting for him, ready to share life and death with him, their child was going to be born in the future and meet Long Chen, Soyeon's fate was unknown, and she needed his help …
He had countless reasons why he couldn't die in battle.
Long Chen suddenly understood one thing.
"After becoming a god, sometimes cultivation and weapons aren't the most important. What's important is the momentary enlightenment and the change in one's spiritual will."
For example, now that he had a new idea, his primordial spirit and his entire life were transforming because of it.
All of his will was now one with the Primordial Blood Spirit Dragon.
The War Demon had said before that slaughter was evil, and that Long Chen wasn't fit to cultivate this path. But now, Long Chen was in a different situation. He deeply understood that with his path, the War Demon was truly in the wrong. Slaughter wasn't evil, but the ones who were evil were the slaughterers, not the heroes who fought to protect.
Boom.
His heart surged.
The anger of billions of lives gathered on Long Chen's body, becoming his power.
"Watch carefully."
The War Demon sensed that he was struggling, so it increased its power to suppress Long Chen, its voice cold. During this process, countless lives still flew into its huge mouth. In the process of devouring, the War Demon became stronger and stronger, which could be seen from its body that doubled in size.
It could crush Long Chen just now, and now it was even more so.
Presumably, the three on the Devil Star's side were very relieved. Long Chen and Mo Xiaolang were destined to be less than one percent of the War Demon and Wuwu Demon.
However, at that moment, the War Demon felt a tearing force.
Rip.
Long Chen struggled free from the demon's clutches. His entire body was enveloped in thick blood-red flames, and the killing intent in his eyes continued to rise. The War Demon didn't care about it at first, but as time went on, he felt the threat of death.
"You've changed. Your strength has increased."
The War Demon was a little shocked and stopped devouring. Honestly speaking, the changes in Long Chen's body weren't that big. However, he looked very angry. In fact, this couldn't be described with just the word 'angry'. He wasn't angry alone, but he was carrying the anger of the masses, bearing the anger of his entire life.
It was just like the voice of his father that he heard in his blurry state …
"Kill!"
For a moment, ten billion voices erupted from Long Chen's mouth. Like a dam bursting, a terrifying torrent was produced. The War Demon, who didn't care much about it, was the first to be hit. He was sent flying, and even that death-grade dragon scale exploded.
In an instant, under the roar of Long Chen, he was drenched in blood.
The War Demon was stunned. Its blood-red eyes were wide open, and it couldn't react for a moment. This weak living being didn't seem to have much strength. How could he injure it, who had become stronger? What did he rely on?
"This is impossible."
The War Demon was sure that Long Chen only looked scary. He didn't have the strength to truly defeat it.
"What's that sound?" In the core of the Devil Star, the Great Devil in the three crystal coffins of heaven burial exclaimed.
Their eyes pierced through everything and arrived at the battlefield between Long Chen and the War Demon.
The War Demon had already become stronger. It was the first time it had been injured. Its heart pounded, and it instantly decided to kill Long Chen first. At this moment, Long Chen gave it a certain sense of danger.
It had no idea what kind of anger Long Chen was bearing in his heart at this moment.
Within his body, the living beings in every divine palace were roaring. They were furiously providing boundless power to Long Chen. This invisible power caused Long Chen's divine spirit source energy to transform continuously, filling it with killing power.
Everything was blood red.
The War Demon flapped its huge wings and attacked. Everywhere it passed, everything was torn apart.
"Time to send you on your way."
Its devilish claws moved with incredible speed, stabbing out again. It was Long Chen's All-Conquering Finger of Tribulation.
Fast, deadly.
In the face of this finger attack, Long Chen exploded with power. His blood-colored eyes were even more intense than the War Demon's, and filled with killing intent.
"Deathream Dragon Gate."
This was a different kind of Deathream Dragon Gate.
Long Chen didn't move. The true Deathream Dragon Gate took shape above the War Demon's head. It was a huge, circular door that covered a large area of the War Demon. In the blink of an eye, the door became corporeal, a blood-colored door covered with complicated carvings.
"Open."
RUMBLE!
The Deathream Dragon Gate opened.
The Death Realm Dragon Gate was dozens of times bigger than the one Long Chen usually used.
When the Death Realm Dragon Gate opened, death energy surged out, but it only trapped the War Devil. It didn't touch the Eternal Life God Domain, and didn't hurt anyone.