Chapter 697 - 532: Subversion: Advent of the Celestial Gods

Resurrected again...

What did that even mean?

When high-ranking members and Strongest of the foreign races were killed, they could be resurrected through the ’fusion’ of their ’souls’ and the ’Source of Evolution’.

But this resurrection came with conditions.

First, your soul needed to escape safely into the ’Source of Evolution’. And most importantly, there was a twenty-year waiting period.

But what was this they were seeing now?

Everyone had watched with their own eyes as Gao Xiaomeng killed the heavily injured Strongest. She had even devoured his soul, which should have meant his complete and utter demise.

Yet in the blink of an eye, he was alive again?!

"Is it a puppet?" Wu Qingjing ventured a guess.

If it wasn’t a true resurrection, but rather ’refining’ a fallen Strongest into a ’weapon’ like a ’puppet’, then perhaps it could be explained.

After all, if this was truly ’on-the-spot resurrection’, it would be terrifying!

"Look at his eyes... they seem lifeless, don’t they?" Qin Jianfei was clearly pondering the same question, so his gaze naturally focused on the resurrected Strongest’s eyes.

On the screen.

Although the resurrected Strongest’s eyes were open, his gaze was utterly vacant. They looked like endless black holes, completely devoid of any light.

"Lifeless? So he’s not conscious. If that’s the case... wait! What... what is she doing?" Just as Wu Qingjing was about to breathe a sigh of relief, another bizarre scene unfolded on the screen.

The resurrected Strongest remained motionless.

But just then, Gao Xiaomeng opened her mouth.

In an instant, a translucent ’Earth Rat’ shot out of her mouth and merged into the body of the resurrected Strongest.

"Is that the Strongest’s soul?!"

"The Cat King... did she just spit the soul back out?"

"Is she trying to..."

"..."

BOOM!

On the screen, a ray of light erupted from the resurrected Strongest’s body, followed by a terrified shriek.

"No!!!"

It was a sound that originated from the soul.

The tremor of fear within it was clearly audible.

"The Strongest’s eyes, the light is back in them!!!"

"The soul has re-fused!"

"A true resurrection?!"

"..."

Wu Qingjing, Qin Jianfei, and the other officers in the command center were completely stunned.

This was definitely not some ’puppet’.

A puppet couldn’t possibly possess a soul. This was a truly conscious ’individual’. A Strongest who had been "killed" was resurrected.

Furthermore, his injured body had fully recovered.

Not just his body...

Even his lost ’energy’ seemed to have returned to its peak.

"How is that possible?!"

This was a terrifying event that completely shattered the balance of power.

Even Gao Neng couldn’t help but frown. He could have accepted it if it were merely ’on-the-spot resurrection’.

After all, the Dark Night Elf Clan’s ’Nightingale’ had a similar experience.

He had killed an elf in the Forgotten Land, and before the twenty-year period was up, she had reappeared in the City of Hope.

While it wasn’t an on-the-spot resurrection, it wasn’t far from it.

At the very least, it proved that the foreign races had a way to retrieve a body from the ’Source of Evolution’ ahead of schedule.

However, that also came with a ’condition’.

Namely, they lost their ’cultivation’.

Simply put, you could be resurrected early, but your strength would drop to "zero," and you would no longer possess your original cultivation.

But what Gao Xiaomeng was doing now had clearly broken this rule.

’Could my previous judgment have been wrong? Is Gao Xiaomeng actually...’ Suddenly, a thought formed in Gao Neng’s mind.

However, this hypothesis was far too bold.

And if it turned out to be true...

It would be absolutely world-shattering.

Gao Neng wanted to say something.

But this was Gao Xiaomeng, after all. Besides... if his guess was correct, then Xu Zilan was likely deeply involved in this matter as well.

For some reason, Gao Neng didn’t know what to choose.

On one side was the Alliance.

On the other, his family.

Just then, a hand took his.

The fingers were very soft.

Gao Neng looked to his side.

"If you can’t make a judgment, why not follow your gut?" Shen Ning’Er’s voice rang out, her eyes holding not a trace of doubt.

"Follow my gut? Mmm... Thank you, Ning’Er." Gao Neng nodded.

"Trust your own judgment, just as I trust mine." As Shen Ning’Er said this, she leaned slightly to her left.

Resting right on Gao Neng’s shoulder.

Her soft, smooth black hair.

A faint, warm scent.

This was the first time Gao Neng had ever seen this side of Shen Ning’Er.

Gone was her usual assertiveness.

Instead, she exuded a calming presence that soothed his heart, compelling him to reach out and gently wrap his arm around her waist.

...

「Over the Eastern District Fortress.」

The Strongest of the Eastern District, including the Beast Race Sword Saint, were equally shocked.

Especially the Beast Race Sword Saint.

As one of the first Strongest to enter this world, he considered himself an expert on the rules of the ’Source of Evolution’.

But what was happening now was completely beyond his understanding.

"This cat... actually possesses the ability of ’100% perfect resurrection’?!" The Beast Race Sword Saint’s hand, which was gripping his sword, couldn’t help but tighten.

Just then, a streak of light flashed before his eyes.

Compared to the other Strongest, the speed of this streak of light was clearly outrageous, reaching a level that was almost ’impossible to track visually’.

"The Angel!"

The others didn’t know what this ability was.

But the Beast Race Sword Saint did.

This was the true speed of the Six-winged Great Angel.

BOOM!

A deafening explosion rang out.

In mid-air, two figures clashed and immediately separated.

The Six-winged Great Angel took one step back.

The other figure, however, had to retreat a full ten steps before steadying himself.

But that wasn’t the crucial point. The crucial point was that the one who had just clashed with the Six-winged Great Angel was not Gao Xiaomeng, but the resurrected Strongest.

"Lao Tian?" the Six-winged Great Angel spoke.

"Brother Tian Shi... my apologies!" the resurrected Strongest replied, his eyes glinting sharply as a series of cracks echoed from the bones throughout his body.

CRACKLE, POP.

After the series of cracks, the resurrected Strongest grew to ten times his original height.

He shot up from his original two meters to a height of twenty meters.

Moreover, his form had also changed.

His ears became quite long, making him look like a member of the ’Elf Race’, but his overall form had no connection to the Elf Race.

In addition, his body was now covered in thick, cyan Scale Armor.

The most peculiar part was his tail.

His nine-segmented tail was fractured in the middle. It looked as if it were "broken," yet it continued to sway with his movements.

"So it’s true! I never thought you’d have a blessing in disguise... breaking through to your race’s limit!" The Six-winged Great Angel’s eyes narrowed.

"If I had a choice, I’d rather not have broken through!" the resurrected Strongest said again.

"..." The Six-winged Great Angel didn’t reply.

Because behind him, Bloodthirst and Qin Lei had already reacted, and they were closing in on his position from the front and back.

One against three?!

The Six-winged Great Angel’s fists clenched tightly.

His gaze no longer rested on the resurrected Strongest before him, but was fixed intently on Gao Xiaomeng, who stood behind the resurrected one.

"Angel, you’re not getting away!" Bloodthirst roared, unleashing a cloud of Blood Mist.

And Qin Lei was also charging up an attack.

BOOM!

Lightning and fire erupted simultaneously.

The Six-winged Great Angel stood his ground.

Facing the combined assault of two great Strongest, plus the newly-powered-up resurrected one—three Strongest surrounding him—the Six-winged Great Angel’s expression was surprisingly calm.

"Get lost!"

He let out a sharp cry.

A visible "soundwave" emanated from the Six-winged Great Angel.

VMMMM!

In the sky, a mass of white energy seemed to gather.

Brilliantly radiant.

BANG!

BANG!

Bloodthirst and Qin Lei were sent flying back.

Even the powered-up resurrected one was involuntarily forced back five steps.

This was a bit of an exaggeration.

Although everyone had always known that the Six-winged Great Angel and the Beast Race Sword Saint were hailed as the two strongest on the Eastern District Battlefield.

But to be this strong... was just too much.

After all, even the Beast Race Sword Saint could never have repelled three Strongest with a single shout.

Most importantly, the strength of these three Strongest was by no means weak.

Bloodthirst, one of the three great Strongest of the North District.

Qin Lei, a Peak Warrior among the Strongest of the Human Alliance.

The resurrected one.

His strength had clearly reached a new level.

Three such individuals ganging up on the Six-winged Great Angel should have been a guaranteed victory by any measure. But in reality? They were repelled by a single shout.

"What a powerful Angel?!" everyone exclaimed in shock.

But before they could even finish their exclamations, rays of light began to fall from the sky again.

Each ray of light was like a pillar from the heavens.

One by one, they descended from the highest point in the sky, finally landing on the ground, connecting heaven and earth with pillars of light.

"Could this be..."

"CELES-"

"-TIAL"

"GOD’S"

"ADVENT!"

A series of soul-shaking shouts echoed.

Then, each pillar of light began to crack open.

As if doors were being opened.

From within each door, a figure emerged.

"Kill!"

"KILL!!!!"

Ancient, weathered voices rang out.

Everyone’s gaze froze. The figures emerging from the pillars of light were all clad in silvery-white battle armor and held long spears.

Most importantly, behind each of these figures were four enormous wings.

"Four-winged Angels?!"

"..."

"The number... there are more than 50 of them?!"

"No, wait, look... what is that in the sky?!"

Among the City Defense Army, pairs of eyes widened in disbelief. As the pillars of light cracked open, a vast mass of white light was also descending from the sky above.