Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Giant of Light

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A black skeleton with green ghostly flames in its eyes, and a long iron chain wrapped around its hand, covered with dense runes.

A faint chill emanated from the iron chain, one end dragging on the ground, making a crisp sound as it moved.

"Elder Bone?"

When Sphia's clone saw this skeletal being, he was somewhat taken aback, because this was also one of the God-Kings who had entered the Chaos Secret Realm, a God-King of the Bone Clan.

Of course, the Bone Clan God-King did not recognize this clone of his.

However, Sphia's clone still called out, because the situation was clearly not right. When encountering other people in this divine city, one should be on guard immediately, not swaggering closer like this.

However, Elder Bone did not respond to the shouts of Sphia's clone. Instead, he suddenly straightened the iron chains with both hands and swung them forward.

The chains, exuding an aura of death, slithered towards Sphia's clone like a bloodthirsty serpent.

Seeing this, Sphia's clone gripped the spear tightly, his divine power surging and beginning to condense at the spear tip.

when!

The sound of weapons clashing echoed through the empty street, and two figures vanished from their spots in an instant.

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Chapter 558 Robbery

when!

Sphia's clone, wielding a divine spear, unleashed its divine power, leaving afterimages in the air as it clashed with the ever-swept chains of death.

In just a few moments, the spear clashed with the chain countless times, and the surrounding stalls were slashed and smashed again and again.

"Only the strength of a God-King!"

As Sphia's clone felt the power emanating from the spear, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Only the strength of an ordinary god-king is within his ability to handle.

"Elder Bone, Elder Bone..."

As the spiel fought, it kept calling out the skeleton's name, or rather, its title.

As a god-king who entered the realm at the same time as the original body, although the two did not know each other, they knew of such a person.

“Expel…the invaders…”

However, Elder Bone showed no reaction to Sphia's clone's calls. He muttered incoherent words, but his hands did not stop moving at all, as if he wanted to kill the intruder.

The power emanating from the source of death was added to the chilling chains of death, which seemed to have the potential to pull out souls.

"It seems he has completely lost consciousness!"

Upon seeing this, Sphia's clone instantly changed his expression, and a chilling killing intent arose.

"I just don't know if they died in this divine city or because they failed the test."

Sphia's clone realized that only this divine city possessed the power to transform a god-king into this state; the god-kings of the Origin Continent could not do it.

As for the test from the Lord of the Illusory Game, it only mentioned that there would be a reward for passing, but made no mention of what would happen if the test failed.

However, it's clear that beings of that caliber wouldn't care about a mere god-king, unless you're exceptionally special.

Moreover, Sphia's clone also leaned towards the latter, and Elder Bone failed the test.

The Divine Tree clone was the first to enter the temple, followed by the Sphia clone and other God Kings. If Elder Bone passed the game's test, he should appear around the same time as the Divine Tree clone, or at most a little faster.

Given the God-King's prudence, he shouldn't have suffered such a calamity in such a short time.

Clearly, Elder Bone lacked the strength to pass the test, and was directly refined by the Divine City, becoming one of its puppets. This could be seen as an influence on those who followed, or perhaps...

Thinking of this, Sphia's clone focused his gaze on the chains in Elder Bone's hands.

"A supreme treasure of a god-king!"

Even a god-king could easily refine it, so it's clear that the divine city didn't value the treasures on its body.

Although the divine city looked down on it, the impoverished avatar of Sphia did.

Although Elder Bone's strength is average—no, there are actually no God-Kings of average strength on the Origin Continent; their numbers are too few to generate much competition.

However, the Death Chains in his hands are also famous in the Origin Continent. They contain the power of the Dao of Death. Once entangled, even the soul cannot escape and one becomes a puppet of death.

Many Chaos Overlords were unwilling to meet Elder Bone, fearing they might be turned into death puppets by accident.

Although Sphia did not cultivate the Dao of Death Origin, it was still very worthwhile to either take the treasure back to reforge it or trade it with other God-Kings, at least more convenient than collecting materials and forging the treasure herself.

"Elder Bone, since you are already dead, you should leave the treasure to the living."

Sphia split into two, her eyes fixed on Elder Bone's arms gripping the chains.

Elder Bone didn't go directly to the grave, but was controlled by an unknown force. So, taking things from him shouldn't be considered grave robbing, right?

Swish!

The next moment, Sphia's clone shattered the death chains with a single shot and instantly closed in on Elder Bone.

At this distance, the aura of death emanating from Elder Bone had already begun to gradually seep into the soul of Sphia's clone.

Within the Dao of the Origin of Death, there are also aspects related to the soul, though not as profound as those within the Dao of the Void Realm.

"soul!"

Sphia's clone smiled slightly; this level of soul attack couldn't distract him at all.

"open!"

A divine spear slammed down towards Elder Bone's hands, attempting to shatter them both.

However, Elder Bone's actions were not slow at all. Although he had been refined into a puppet, as long as he could control the Origin Dao, he could still exert his original strength.

when!

Elder Bone braced himself with both hands, suddenly straightening the death chains in his hands, directly catching the spear in the hand of Sphia's clone.

At the same time, the death chains that were shot out continued to extend, then hovered above the two of them, forming an iron cage.

click!

The iron cage was formed, and Elder Bone suddenly pulled back his hands that were locking the divine spear, causing the outer iron cage to quickly retract.

"I don't want to merge with a skeleton."

The divine spear in the hand of the avatar of Sphia suddenly erupted, the ultimate divine power enhancing the power of the divine body, and thrust forward fiercely.

Click!

The sound of bones breaking rang out, and just as the iron cage tightened, a flash of light pierced through the gap in the chains.

"Although it has been turned into a puppet and lost its intelligence, it still has the power of a god-king."

Sphia's clone frowned slightly, watching Elder Bone frantically wielding the Death Chains. Trying to snatch food from the jaws of a God-King was quite troublesome.

Click, click, click!

Just then, the chains that were swinging in mid-air suddenly wrapped around Elder Bone's body, forming a suit of chainmail.

Seeing this, Sphia's clone's lips twitched slightly. It seemed that the knowledge of how to use the treasure still remained in Elder Bone's body.

It seems Elder Bone is also quite poor, and when creating his treasure, he tried to make it as comprehensive as possible.

The truly wealthy god-kings possess treasures that each serve a specific purpose, each aiming to maximize the power of a particular aspect of the treasure.

"In that case!"

Sphia's clone sensed the surroundings and found no one else. Since those who had cleared the level must have been scattered throughout the divine city.

In this environment where divine power is suppressed to its limit, even the God-King's range of perception is pitifully small.

However, this way, he can unleash his full potential without any worries.

"I know the soul better than you do!"

The power of the illusory realm surged towards Elder Bone. His chain armor could defend against divine attacks, but it was clearly no match for this level of soul attack.

Seemingly sensing something, Elder Bone's deathly chill grew even heavier, but the two were not from the same system at all, and the power of death could not stop the illusory soul.

Unlike ordinary soul attacks, attacks involving the Origin Dao, or even those specializing in the soul, are extremely terrifying and cannot be defended against by ordinary treasures.

If there were no soul, the effect would be even better for the Void Realm Path.

The more you construct a virtual soul or even consciousness to compete with your body, the greater the distraction.

The virtual world, the virtual world, can all be transformed into an illusory world, not to mention simulating things like soul consciousness.

For beings with souls, the Void Realm Path is an illusory soul attack; for beings without souls, the Void Realm Path is also a virtual program attempting to seize control.

The illusory realm constructed a phantom of Elder Bone's consciousness, and even the divine power aura was extremely similar due to the 100,000 times difference in genes.

Crunch!

Elder Bone staggered, the two ends of the death chains slapping the ground incessantly.

For Elder Bone, who had now become a puppet, it was as if a self-awareness was emerging from within him, vying for control and even hindering his control over divine power.

"The effect of an illusory consciousness is better than imagined."

Seeing this, Sphia's clone seemed to be deep in thought, and unknowingly gained a deeper understanding of the soul lineage of the Void Realm Path.

"Body and soul!"

Sphia's clone is based on the primordial path of the life god body, combined with the illusory primordial path of the soul. The body and soul complement each other, seemingly unleashing a different kind of power.

“When the fundamental principles work together, the power is secondary; it seems that we can touch something more essential.”

Sphia's clone thrust out the divine spear, directly targeting the weakness in Elder Bone's control over divine power.

when!

A divine spear pierced through the unbreakable chains and struck a skeleton with deadly force.

"burst!"

The divine power condensed at the tip of the spear, creating a somewhat illusory world. Then, the divine power transformed into a real void world.

The next moment, boundless divine power exploded on Elder Bone's body in a form of pure destruction.