Chapter 255 - 216: The Lord of Entropy Dies, the Divine Emperor Revives

Chapter 255: Chapter 216: The Lord of Entropy Dies, the Divine Emperor Revives

Zhang Ji nearly burst out laughing.

He never thought the Lord of Entropy would have read so much into it.

In truth, however, it really was a series of fortunate coincidences.

Zhang Ji had been ambivalent about the core of the Divine Country.

He was wary of the Divine Emperor, and he felt the object wasn’t valuable enough to risk a direct confrontation, especially with so many alternatives available.

But the Lord of Entropy’s men had helped him make up his mind.

’Why not fight for something that’s up for grabs?’

And that was what led to this interdimensional war.

Otherwise?

Did they really think Zhang Ji was just helping that monkey Giles get revenge, or upholding the dignity of the Saint King Council and his own rule?

Those were just convenient excuses.

"You’re seeking a truce now, of all times?" Zhang Ji scoffed.

The Lord of Entropy fell silent for a moment. The next, his body was completely devoured by the Divine Emperor’s remains, and the gaping hole in its abdomen vanished.

The massive, thirty-foot-tall body now rose to its full height, looming over Zhang Ji.

The scrutinizing gaze irritated Zhang Ji, so without another word, he attacked.

A flash step, a single punch.

Space warped slightly under the force of the blow, but none of its power was wasted. It was all condensed, hammering into the Divine Body.

The Lord of Entropy remained calm. The Divine Country core in its chest surged with Divine Power as the Divine Body raised a hand to catch Zhang Ji’s fist.

"BAM!"

"BOOM!"

Space shuddered. In an instant, the area in a several-hundred-meter radius around the two of them shattered into dust. The shockwave radiated outward for miles.

The Divine Body was undamaged, but it failed to completely absorb the force of Zhang Ji’s blow. The Divine Emperor’s form staggered back a few steps but remained standing.

’Such incredible power. As expected of a True God’s Saint Spirit. Only the Divine Emperor’s body could possibly stand against it.’

The Lord of Entropy was stunned, unable to fathom the true extent of Zhang Ji’s strength.

Even with a body like this, he couldn’t fully block Zhang Ji’s attack. No wonder his original body in the Divine Realm had been killed in a single blow.

"Again!"

Zhang Ji vanished in a flash, his dark-red form reappearing to throw another punch.

On the other side, the Lord of Entropy precisely tracked Zhang Ji’s movements.

The power granted by the Divine Body was staggering, far stronger than he’d imagined. Even after suffering such a devastating blow, this was, after all, a true Divine Body.

’Although the ritual is only half-complete and the process of corrupting and assimilating this world hasn’t begun, with this body alone, I’m already invincible here. As long as I kill Zhang Ji, I can immediately activate the Divine Country’s corruption ritual and then escape with the entire world.’

Faced with another explosive punch from Zhang Ji, the Lord of Entropy swung his own fist to intercept it.

In an instant, the Divine Power of Despair surged, coiling around the fist in a dark golden light. The two fists, one large and one small, collided.

It was a clash between Primordial Energy and Despair Divine Power.

"CRACK-CRACK-CRACK! CRACKLE!"

"BOOM!"

Space shattered and collapsed!

Zhang Ji and the Lord of Entropy were cast into a patch of void, surrounded by fragments of broken space. The world began to repair itself, and a violent suction surged from the collapsed void, devouring all nearby matter.

Yet both Zhang Ji and the Lord of Entropy stood firm, unshaken. A mere collapse of space was not enough to move them.

But this was only the beginning.

In an instant, both figures vanished. A moment later, a nearby patch of space shattered and collapsed once more.

The terrifying speed and immense power, all focused on a single point of impact, were more than the space of this world could withstand.

Both skill and power were on full display in their two bodies.

In terms of sheer collateral damage, they might not even match a Legendary, but their battlefield was a place no Legendary could enter. Even a Demigod would be hard-pressed to survive.

Each of those collapsing spatial vortexes, hundreds of meters wide, was powerful enough to pulverize any matter.

Space is the medium that contains all matter, but it also possesses the power to destroy everything.

...

「Beneath the capital of the Saint Silver Church Country, at the headquarters of the Crown of Thorns.」

Mikhail emerged from a temple and ran into Ling Xuzi and Dugu Yunfeng.

Ling Xuzi and Dugu Yunfeng’s expressions turned grave. Their Sword Hearts had already told them that the man before them was an absolute powerhouse.

Mikhail presented the identity Token Zhang Ji had given him.

"One of ours?" Ling Xuzi sheathed his Seven Tribulation Sword and asked, "Is the Supreme One inside? What’s the situation with the Lord of Entropy?"

Mikhail paused, then said, "I’m not sure."

Dugu Yunfeng suggested, "Let’s go see for ourselves."

"That’s not a fight you can get involved in," Mikhail said. "It’s a battle between gods. Even the stray shockwaves are enough to destroy you."

Ling Xuzi and Dugu Yunfeng were skeptical. They had fought Zhang Ji before. While he was strong enough to crush both of them at once, the idea that mere shockwaves could kill them sounded like a gross exaggeration.

However, in the next instant, all three Swordsmen simultaneously looked in the same direction.

Energy was erupting from that spot.

A bone-deep terror seized them, and the three figures fled outward almost simultaneously.

They were just fast enough. As they burst through to the surface, they saw the underground palace behind them being devoured by a patch of utter blackness.

"Is that... a vortex formed from torn space?" Ling Xuzi said in disbelief.

’Given how stable space is, we can barely manage to slice open a small rift. What could possibly cause a large-scale collapse like this?’

"A divine battle!"

Mikhail stated with conviction.

At the same time, they noticed several more collapsing spatial vortexes appearing in the void.

Space’s natural ability to self-repair could no longer keep up with the wounds being inflicted.

"I can’t even see their figures..."

Dugu Yunfeng’s expression was extremely grave. He guessed that the distant energy eruption marked Zhang Ji’s battlefield, but he couldn’t even catch a glimpse of his figure.

Even his Divine Thought couldn’t penetrate that far.

The surroundings were filled with shattered, collapsing space.

’Not long ago, we were on the same level. When we fought, there was no clear winner.’

’Yet this new battle has already reached such a terrifying state.’

’That level of power... is this Tribulation Transcendence?’

’No, I’m afraid even a normal Tribulation Transcendence couldn’t compare to this!’

...

As the battle raged on, the Lord of Entropy grew more and more adept at using his new body.

"Hahaha, this power!!"

Joy surged through his mind.

’With this power, I’ll be able to completely control this world and go even further, to glimpse the secrets of the endless void...’

"BOOM!"

A powerful blast erupted in front of him, sending him flying and leaving him in a sorry state.

The Divine Emperor’s body was indeed powerful, but it mattered who was using it.

The Lord of Entropy was barely tapping into ten or twenty percent of its potential. Zhang Ji was more than capable of killing him.

In an instant, a golden halo appeared behind Zhang Ji’s head. [Prajna Stance].

A ten-layer buff was applied, maxing out everything from defense and Control to attack and information gathering.

He punched.

The Lord of Entropy threw a punch to counter.

At the moment of impact, the chime of a bell seemed to ring out, and the phantom image of a Demon-Subduing Pestle appeared.

Imperceptibly, the Lord of Entropy’s consciousness, which had merged with the Divine Emperor’s body, was assailed.

While the Divine Emperor’s body was powerful and couldn’t be easily destroyed, Zhang Ji could certainly destroy the Lord of Entropy’s consciousness.

A special attack on the Spirit was another path to victory.

"BOOM!"

"DING-A-LING!"

"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"

Every blow was accompanied by the ringing of bells and the purifying glow of Buddhist light, eroding the Lord of Entropy’s will to resist.

Controlling such a body was already a monumental effort for him. Now, with Zhang Ji adding this new assault, his movements instantly became clumsy and distorted.

As a result, Zhang Ji started treating him like a punching bag. The Divine Emperor’s physical body was being relentlessly pummeled by Zhang Ji, yet it remained completely unharmed. It was the Lord of Entropy inside who couldn’t take it anymore.

"You... ah... stop..."

"THWACK!"

Space shattered. With a single kick, Zhang Ji sent the Lord of Entropy hurtling to the surface, obliterating a mountain in the process. The Lord of Entropy, controlling the Divine Emperor’s body, shakily rose to its feet, its posture seeming somewhat dazed.

"You think you can ascend to godhood?"

Zhang Ji scoffed.

’Such an obvious weakness, such unstable power... ascending to godhood is just a pipe dream for him.’

Zhang Ji held out one hand, aiming at the Lord of Entropy. The next moment, a dark-red dragon’s head erupted from his palm.

"ROAR!"

The dragon head, formed from Primordial Energy, slammed into the Divine Emperor’s body. It caused no damage to the body itself, but the surrounding environment was obliterated as it was driven deep into the earth, all the way down to the magma. The flesh on the Divine Emperor’s abdomen split open, and from the once-sealed fissure, the Lord of Entropy’s body was spat out.

Archer had put a lot of effort and resources into this avatar; it was nearly as powerful as his original body.

But now, his consciousness was crumbling, on the verge of dissipating completely.

At the end of his life, he recalled his dream of becoming a god.

Then, he saw a dark-red dragon’s head lunging toward him, destroying all matter in its path and annihilating his body.

Magma from the planet’s core erupted, and in that sea of lava, the Divine Body floated silently. Even after such a battle, it remained utterly undamaged—a testament to the incredible resilience of a Divine Body.

Zhang Ji descended and reached out, intending to take the Divine Country core from the body’s chest.

But just as he reached for it, he pulled his hand back.

The halo behind his head spun, and he saw something.

’It’s coming?’

Zhang Ji wasn’t surprised. He knew better than anyone that the Divine Emperor wasn’t truly dead, so encountering his revival was to be expected.

The Divine Body had never truly died. Even after being incinerated by the Divine Flame, it hadn’t been completely destroyed.

The Divine Emperor’s consciousness had been all but obliterated, yet a sliver of life remained.

His very form of life had changed.

From a certain point of view, he had already succeeded in his ascension. He was just killed the very moment he succeeded.

Death was merely a state of being.

For mortals, death was the cessation of thought. But for him, the definition of death was not so simple.

As long as one’s information transcended the dimensions of time and space and continued to exist, one wasn’t truly dead.

"What year is it now?"

The sonorous voice echoed as the Divine Emperor stood in the magma, his eyes seeming to ponder as they decoded vast amounts of information from the past.

"So, it has been that long," he remarked with a sigh. Then, he looked at Zhang Ji and said, "World Tree, you killed Yilin Bona."

His tone was certain. The Divine Emperor had reached his conclusion.

"Kill yourself. As a reward for awakening me, I shall grant you a dignified death."

Just as he had granted death to other powerful beings in the past, he now granted it to Zhang Ji.

In his eyes, this was an act of grace.

However...

"RIIIP!"

Space was torn asunder, and from the void emerged another figure—a second Zhang Ji, returned from the Divine Realm. The next moment, the two Zhang Jis merged into one, and his aura skyrocketed.

"An old fossil knocked out for a million years by a single punch. Who the hell do you think you are?"