Chapter 968, The Fourth Ancient God

Translator: Silavin

 

Thus, Lu Fan and his group’s visit to Cherry Blossom Country proved worthwhile.

 

Now, Lu Fan had acquired three more Divine Seats, granting them to Tao Xiaoman and the others.

 

The Ancient God Powers of these three Divine Seats might not be particularly formidable, but the three mutually supporting each other, plus with the Asura King’s body, they could still demonstrate formidable Combat Power.

 

Even afterward, Jin Zhan willingly served as sparring partner, exchanging blows with the trio.

 

The result proved quite unexpected; even Jin Zhan temporarily had no solution for the three when they used the Asura King.

 

Jin Zhan’s attacks landed on the Asura King’s body but he could only inflict limited Damage.

 

Under Tao Xiaoman’s Rapid Restoration, injuries would quickly restore to their original condition, making it extremely difficult for Jin Zhan to break through its Defences and attack the three inside.

 

As for Jin Zhan’s Ancient God Power, it actually rather countered enemies with High Defence.

 

However, after Qin Qiu’s Material Enhancement, the Asura King’s body could resist not only Physical Damage but also isolate Damage to the Soul.

 

Therefore, Jin Zhan repeatedly attempted using his Ancient God Power to strike the three women, trying to make them confused and thereby disintegrating the Asura King.

 

Unfortunately, his Ancient God Power could not penetrate through the Asura King’s body.

 

Consequently, Jin Zhan had virtually no solution, only able to control the Golden Crow circling above and launch guerrilla tactics to strike when there was an opening.

 

Correspondingly, the Asura King controlled by Tao Xiaoman and the others also could not defeat Jin Zhan.

 

The Asura King could use all three women’s Skills and weapons, with enhanced power.

 

However, Jin Zhan had simply too much experience in combat. He could foresee where they would hit.

 

If the three Ancient Gods controlled the Asura King, they might render Jin Zhan helpless or even defeated. But the Asura King controlled by the girls clearly had not reached that level.

 

Consequently, both sides’ battle continued extensively without determining a victor.

 

This left Jin Zhan both shocked and delighted.

 

Shocked that Ancient God Power was truly formidable. Clearly, those three girls were merely new Fourth Profession Players. They were vastly weaker when compared to him.

 

Yet after possessing Ancient God Power, the three actually acquired strength to hold their ground against him.

 

Although defeating him remained virtually impossible.

 

Being able to end in stalemate, rendering him completely helpless, this already made the three nearly invincible in this world; well if there were no other Ancient Gods.

 

Even if Divine Beings appeared, they would not be able to kill these three.

 

He was delighted naturally because such formidable strength had blossomed among his own people.

 

Tao Xiaoman and the others gaining this strength benefited both Dragon Country and all of Humanity.

 

Of course, Tao Xiaoman’s group still needed to properly train before they could properly make use of this new power.

 

Dealing with ordinary Players and Monsters, this much was already enough.

 

However, if facing Ancient Gods, they still fell far short.

 

After reaping abundant Rewards, Lu Fan planned to lead everyone to leave, directly using Shadow Isle as a transfer point to return to Dragon Country. After returning, Lu Fan would naturally continue Leveling and seeking out more Ancient Gods. As for Tao Xiaoman and the others, they would return, continuing their trial.

 

With this new Ancient God Power, the three were so formidable that this trial might become too simple for them. However, since promising to let them journey all the way to the Western Border, they could not abandon it halfway.

 

At worst, after completing the journey, Lu Fan would lead them to, like himself, traversing various Forbidden Zones, finding and eliminating various Divine Beings one by one for training.

 

After Lu Fan shared his thoughts with everyone, Jian Ying hesitated briefly before proactively saying. “I believe now may not be the time to leave Cherry Blossom Country.”

 

“Oh?” Lu Fan was puzzled. “Why?”

 

Jian Ying explained. “When I gradually absorbed the Ancient God Essence earlier, I sensed that within the Ancient God Power, there is some kind of mark left by the previous Ancient God. I tried using the Ancient God Power to analyse what that mark is, and I discovered there was an agreement between the previous owner and another Ancient God.”

 

“Apparently, after another Ancient God awakened, it would find a way to trick its two companions to the other’s hiding place, then kill and devour its two allies to further its awakening.”

 

Hearing this, Lu Fan was momentarily stunned.

 

Tao Xiaoman and Qin Qiu also expressed surprise. Why didn’t their Ancient God Powers contain such marks?

 

Jian Ying smiled. “That’s only natural. My Divine Seat’s previous owner had long harboured treacherous intentions. It had already colluded with another Ancient God. Its objective was to devour the two Ancient Gods that previously held your Divine Seats. How could it possibly let those two Ancient Gods know about this?”

 

“Seems like Ancient Gods always deceive each other. Still, this actually allows me to grasp information about another Ancient God’s location. Lu Fan, if Ancient Gods are your target, I can share this mark’s location to you. Since its another Ancient God. We can kill it too and seize its Divine Seat.”

 

Hearing this, Lu Fan immediately smiled. “If we can locate another Ancient God, that’s naturally great news! I could not have imagined that these three Ancient Gods came with a buy-three-get-one-free! How kind of them to contribute another one of their companions to us. Tell me, can you sense where the other Ancient God is?”

 

Jian Ying nodded. “I’ve already grasped its Map Coordinates. That Ancient God is also in Cherry Blossom Country, though quite distant from here. From the Map of Cherry Blossom Country, it seems to be at the outermost Okino Island.”

 

“So it’s on Okino Island…” Jin Zhan nodded. “Okino Island is a great place. Never imagined an Ancient God would appear there too.”

 

*Siii…* Jin Zhan seemed to suddenly recall something, frowning. “I’ve heard that although Okino Island isn’t large, it experiences favourable weather year after year. The reason being, beneath Okino Island dwells a Divine Being. Could this Ancient God be that Divine Being!?”

 

Jian Ying said, “I don’t know. I only know that when these three Ancient Gods’ strength reaches a certain degree, and after the other party sends the signal, he’ll lead his two companions to Okino Island. As for whether the other party is the Divine Being there, I can’t tell. After all, this mark isn’t complete. Part of it was lost in the previous battle. The information I can extract from it isn’t exactly clear either.”

 

Lu Fan said. “It’s fine, this is more than enough. Just knowing Okino Island has another Ancient God is enough. Let’s go. We’ll head directly to Okino Island and see what this Ancient God is about.”