Chapter 816, The Tenth Secret Realm, Cleared!

Translator: Silavin

 

As the crystal sphere shattered, the entire temple as well seemed to become part of the crystal sphere. The space began showing cracks everywhere.

 

Through the gaps in these fissures, one could see patches of chaos.

 

This chaotic scenery was identical to that within the crystal sphere. It seemed this temple existed within the crystal sphere, hidden in some space. Now that Lu Fan had shattered it, the two worlds were beginning to merge as one.

 

Or rather, with the crystal sphere’s destruction, its internal world and the temple had already merged as one, indistinguishable from each other.

 

At the same time, at the location of the crystal sphere, countless tentacles frantically surged out, nearly directly engulfing Xing Chen, who was closest to it.

 

But Xing Chen also reacted swiftly, directly activating Starry Space Passage. Instantly, she teleports from there to a safe zone several thousand metres away, avoiding capture by these tentacles.

 

Seeing this, Lu Fan understood. There was still a large portion of the Abyssal Ancient God’s body remaining.

 

And this was one of the reasons it did not die.

 

The Abyssal Ancient God’s current body was not much smaller than when Lu Fan had first encountered it. Clearly, although Lu Fan had destroyed much of its body just now, most of that was probably just a smokescreen. In reality, what it had suffered were merely superficial injuries.

 

“You insect! To think you actually saw through everything…” The Abyssal Ancient God’s tone was sinister to the extreme, but simultaneously revealed a kind of panic that was impossible to conceal.

 

Lu Fan only thought for a moment before understanding. He laughed heartily. “Worthy of being an Ancient God. Even merely in your Larval Phase, you’re still so full of cunning schemes. This crystal sphere doesn’t contain a world within a Secret Realm, but rather is the entrance to another Secret Realm. Am I right?”

 

“Actually, both this temple and the crystal sphere are Secret Realms, and your body can freely traverse between the two Secret Realms while simultaneously controlling the other Secret Realm, leaving behind a projection of you.”

 

“When I first started in the Secret Realm, it was within the crystal sphere. There, you used your tentacles to continuously wear down my Stamina. And later, when I discovered the existence of this temple, seeing you couldn’t defeat me, you pretended to recruit me, delaying for time. In reality, you wanted to give yourself sufficient time to move the majority of your body into the crystal sphere’s Secret Realm.”

 

“This way, you could repeat your old trick, making me think that I could kill your true body, when in reality I’d just be doing futile work.”

 

“What an elaborate charade! If I hadn’t understood this one thing, I’m afraid even if I fought here for a lifetime, I’d have no way to kill you! But having said that, does an Ancient God only amount to this much?”

 

Having spoken, Lu Fan sneered mockingly. “If you only can do this much, then I’m sorry, but I’m afraid today you’re definitely going to die!”

 

The Abyssal Ancient God gave no response.

 

However, from the frantic writhing of all the tentacles, one could tell right now, the Abyssal Ancient God was truly panicking.

 

All its methods had been completely seen through by Lu Fan. In terms of raw strength, Lu Fan was even crushing it.

 

At the same time, its recruitment failed.

 

With neither soft nor hard approaches working, what other methods could the Abyssal Ancient God possibly have!?

 

Moreover, the Abyssal Ancient God understood that Lu Fan was coming with the intent to kill it. Even if it begged for mercy, the opponent would not necessarily spare it.

 

Furthermore, as a dignified Ancient God, making it beg for mercy from an insignificant insect… if word got out, it would certainly be ridiculed by the other Ancient Gods.

 

In any case, it was just death. At worst, it would merely sleep for another million years. Although the Abyssal Ancient God was unwilling, it was not necessarily unable to bear it.

 

“Insect, what can you gain by killing me!?” The Abyssal Ancient God finally roared in exasperation. “At worst, I’ll miss this one Ancient Gods’ Struggle For Supremacy. In the next era, I’ll make a comeback!”

 

“And you? Pitiful insect, you are merely one of the world’s countless tiny creatures. How long can your lifespan last!? In a few hundred years, you’ll become a handful of yellow earth. No one in the world will know of your existence!”

 

“I could have made you become an Immortal in this world, but you missed this opportunity, insisting on becoming part of the billions buried by time. Compared to me, an eternal existence, what are you!?”

 

“So what if you kill me?!”

 

Lu Fan, while leading his Pet Dragons in attack, laughed playfully. “Oh my, you’re flustered! You’re flustered! You, an eternal existence, are being so brutally slaughtered by me. Aren’t you ashamed of yourself?”

 

“Don’t worry. I’ll tell the other Ancient Gods about you being killed. Although I might not be an eternal existence like you, your pitiful state will certainly be eternally remembered. Haha…”

 

These words of Lu Fan nearly made the Abyssal Ancient God vomit blood—if it had a mouth capable of vomiting blood, that is.

 

What followed became much simpler.

 

Having had its true body discovered, the Abyssal Ancient God facing Lu Fan no longer had any strength to resist. It could only helplessly watch as its own body was gradually ground away by the Pet Dragons’ Skills.

 

Finally, the enormous meatball composed of tentacles was gradually whittled down, leaving only a section of tentacle about ten-odd metres long, appearing so weak and helpless.

 

Lu Fan knew that with an Ancient God’s strength, even if he only left it with this section, before long, it would make a comeback and become a dangerous existence once more.

 

Therefore, he had to completely eliminate the threat.

 

The Abyssal Ancient God’s current body no longer held any threatening capability whatsoever.

 

Although it still bore the title of Level 150 Boss, in reality, even Jin Zhan could easily kill it now.

 

Lu Fan directly transformed back into his Human Form, wielding the Flaming Meteor Sword. Descending from the sky, he pierced through this section of tentacle with a single thrust.

 

Simultaneously, Lu Fan deployed Dragon Fang Strike. A massive Dragon manifestation instantly came and effortlessly ground away the Abyssal Ancient God’s final section.

 

As this section of tentacle was ground away, the Abyssal Ancient God of this era was thoroughly sent into slumber by Lu Fan, unable to wake again to participate in this era’s Ancient Gods’ Struggle For Supremacy.

 

“*Phew!* That was troublesome.” Lu Fan sheathed his sword, flicking off the viscous liquid on the blade with a disgusted expression.

 

It had to be said that although the Abyssal Ancient God was not particularly strong, it was extremely difficult to kill. Lu Fan had wasted a full half-day’s time in the Secret Realm.

 

Regardless, with the Abyssal Ancient God slain, Lu Fan had finally completed his Mission and Cleared the tenth Secret Realm.

 

Although the so-called Abyssal Rift was merely the Abyssal Ancient God’s dwelling place, essentially created by its own hand, this ultimately still counted as a Secret Realm. After being Cleared, naturally it was very similar to ordinary Secret Realms. The Secret Realm gradually collapsed with the Abyssal Ancient God’s death, transforming into points of light that gathered before Lu Fan.

 

The Secret Realm Reward was only one item, with nothing else. Presumably, this should be precisely what Lu Fan needed for his Fourth Profession Change.