Under the afterglow of the setting sun, Nicholas's figure appeared at the end of the horizon. His heavy footsteps made muffled sounds like thunder, leaving behind a cloud of dust behind him as he shot towards this place at lightning speed.
Han Jin stood quietly on the top of the mountain, silently watching the approaching Nicholas. At this moment, his mood was very subtle. There was no excitement of killing a strong enemy with his own hands. Instead, there was some regret and a touch of pity in his heart.
Putting aside Nicholas's merits and demerits, even Han Jin had to admit that Nicholas was definitely a worthy opponent. Perhaps in time, Nicholas really had a chance to open the last door.
However, all of this was about to end. Nicholas should be very clear in his heart that he was now embarking on the road of death.
This was also the reason why Han Jin admired Nicholas. He knew that he was going to die, but he still went forward without hesitation.
However, this did not mean that Nicholas was a reckless man who did not know when to stop. Otherwise, there would not have been a three-year agreement. However, in everyone's heart, there was something that they were willing to give up everything to protect. Therefore, Nicholas came.
Time passed by bit by bit. Finally, Nicholas stopped when he was dozens of meters away from Han Jin. There was no trace of a long journey on his body. His eagle-like eyes were still sharp, but deep in his eyes, there was a trace of tiredness that couldn't be wiped away.
"I seem to be late." After a short silence, Nicholas spoke, his voice a little low.
"Not late, it's too early." Han Jin sighed.
"Too early?" Nicholas laughed, a trace of sarcasm flashed in his eyes. "You, who defeated the Angel of Power Alpha, are getting more and more high-spirited. Haha … Do you really think that you have the world under your feet?!" Of course, Nikolay understood what Han Jin meant. It was too early, which meant that his rescue was meaningless and couldn't change the outcome.
"Nicholas, you shouldn't be so impetuous." Han Jin whispered.
Nikolay was like an arrow ready to be shot, and there was something offensive in his manner and in his words. This was nothing. If other people were in Nicholas's shoes, they would definitely be more arrogant than Nicholas. They might even be hysterical. Since they were going to die anyway, why not go crazy for once? However, with Nicholas's experience and ability, he shouldn't be so impetuous. It could only be said that his mentality was somewhat out of balance.
On the other hand, Han Jin had been standing tall like a mountain, as calm as the sea. Even if Nicholas' words were more sarcastic, it would not affect him.
Some things were often built on unshakable confidence. Han Jin pitied Nicholas and did not care about his provocation because he had the power to win.
Nicholas was silent for a long time. Then he asked again, "Did you kill Tinos?"
"No." Han Jin smiled.
"Oh?" Nikolay's mouth trembled. "I want to see him again."
"If you defeat me, you will naturally be able to see it," Han Jin said coolly.
"Okay!" Nicholas said casually, but his attack was thunderous. A sword light that was more than a foot wide crossed the distance of dozens of meters, and in an instant, it was in front of Han Jin.
Nicholas's speed was fast, but Han Jin's was even faster. A crescent saber suddenly appeared in Han Jin's hand. In a flash of purple light, the saber collided with the sword radiance.
With a loud bang, the sword light was shattered by the purple light. The second sword light was already close to Han Jin's chest.
Nicholas had to use all his strength to release more than ten sword lights in a row. However, Han Jin was casually waving the crescent sword in his hand. Although his movements looked slow and casual, the crescent sword had turned into thousands of shadows. In a flash, all the sword lights released by Nicholas were shattered.
"Your strength is indeed much stronger than before, but …" Nicolay raised his head and looked at Han Jin, his eyes full of fighting spirit. "I still want to try!"
Before his voice died away, Nicholas rushed toward Han Jin. Although he had already given the Sword of the Prophet to Han Jin, for a strong man like him, it was not so important to have a weapon.
The blue sword light swept toward Han Jin like the Milky Way. Wherever the sword light passed, a deep gully appeared on the flat ground. Han Jin still did not dodge, but met it with his sword. There was no skill in their moves. It seemed that they had some kind of tacit understanding.
Boom … The purple sword light collided with the blue sword light, and an earth-shattering sound erupted. A shockwave visible to the naked eye spread out in all directions with the two of them as the center. It was accompanied by waves of dust that soared into the sky. Patches of grass were uprooted, and leaves and stems rolled in all directions. It was like a spectacular sandstorm.
After a moment, when everything returned to normal, Nicholas had returned to his original position. The part of his right hand below his forearm had completely disappeared. The wound was dripping with blood and flesh, which looked particularly ghastly. Blood kept gushing out of the broken arm, forming a few lines of blood that kept dripping onto the ground.
Han Jin's Way of Heaven had only struck once. Not only did it shatter Nicholas' sword light, but it also destroyed Nicholas' Starry Sky Domain, causing irreparable damage to Nicholas!
Nicholas did not seem to feel any pain. He did not even look at his broken arm, and still stood there like a javelin.
Han Jin stood in the same place, and did not have any intention of chasing after him. He was waiting, waiting for Nicholas' next attack, because he knew that Nicholas would not give up.
"Cough …" Nicholas suddenly laughed. "Three years?"
Nicholas's eyes were still filled with ridicule. However, he was ridiculing Han Jin just now, but now he was ridiculing himself. In the face of such overwhelming power, was the three-year promise really meaningful?
If possible, Nicholas hoped that he could have a vigorous battle with Han Jin. Even if he was defeated in the end, he would have no regrets. However, the reality was so cruel and helpless. Nicholas clearly realized that he was not Han Jin's opponent at all, and did not have the qualifications to fight with Han Jin! If Han Jin did not give him a chance to breathe and continued to attack, would he still be standing there now?!
Nicholas took a deep breath and took a step forward again. The Starry Sky Domain was opened again, but this time, Nicholas used his left hand.
Boom … The messy ground was once again filled with smoke and dust. The Heavenly Dao in Han Jin's hand was like a peak that Nicholas could never surpass. It smashed the sword light released by Nicholas into pieces, and slashed heavily on the Starry Sky Domain.
The domain, the ultimate symbol that countless powerhouses on the continent looked up to, was destroyed once again. The next moment, Nicholas's figure flew out from the sandstorm that covered the sky and the sun. He flew out more than a hundred meters, drawing a long trajectory in the air.
Bang … Just as he was about to fall to the ground, Nikolay adjusted his body and half-knelt in the grass. His right foot and left knee, which were used to support his body, had sunk deep into the soil. Then, Nikolay slowly stood up.
At this moment, Nicholas was already covered in blood. Blood was still gushing out from the wound on his right arm. The armor in front of his chest was torn apart, revealing his bloody chest. The ground under his feet was dyed red. Although his injuries were extremely serious, Nicholas's back was still straight, as if nothing could make him bend his spine.
"Is this the power of a God?" Nicholas stared at Han Jin, and said with some difficulty. A trace of blood seeped out from the corner of his mouth with every word he said. "It seems like it's really not something that I can win against now."
"Are you discouraged, Nicholas?" Han Jin said calmly.
"Haha …" After hearing Han Jin's words, Nicholas actually laughed. "Actually, what I want to say is, even if you're really a God … I still want to try again!"
The countless starlight surrounding Nicholas's body suddenly began to spin crazily. The starlight danced faster and faster until it turned into an airtight barrier, wrapping Nicholas's entire body inside.
Nicholas roared and stomped hard on the ground. Suddenly, the soil under his feet cracked. The cracks, which were as thick as an arm, were like winding snakes, twisting and spreading in all directions. With the force of this stomp, Nicholas flew up. His body was parallel to the ground, and he rushed straight toward Han Jin at an extremely fast speed. The starlight surrounding him was changed in shape by the strong wind pressure. Behind Nicholas, a long glow was left, like a meteor flashing in the night sky.
Nikolai used his own body to launch his unreserved charge.
The meteor collided with the Way of Heaven, and a bright and magnificent flower of life bloomed in the open field. Countless waves of dust roared up hundreds of meters into the sky, and then struggled to fall to the ground, dyeing the whole sky gray.
Perhaps in Nikolay's eyes, the world was originally grey. This time, the force of the collision was even more violent. Nikolay was sent flying further and more powerlessly. He actually flew out of the hill and landed on the hillside. He rolled along the hillside for more than ten meters before he could barely stabilize his body.
After pausing for only a few seconds, Nicholas supported himself on the ground and tried to stand up again. However, his body was on the verge of collapse. The more he tried, the bigger the wound became, and the more blood flowed out.
Han Jin's figure flashed, and he appeared a dozen meters in front of Nicholas. He silently watched Nicholas struggle there. After a moment of silence, he slowly said, "I'm tired. Nicholas, let's stop here."
As soon as Nicholas opened his mouth, the foamy blood spurted out of his mouth. He gasped for breath for a long time, and then stuttered, "Raphael … please … let Tinos go …"
"Is this the first time you've begged your opponent?" Han Jin said softly, "Well, I promise you. I won't hurt him today. In the future … it depends on his awareness."
After saying that, Han Jin slowly reached out his hand. A ray of light swept out from his palm and hit Nicholas. In the dazzling light, Nicholas disappeared without a trace.
* * * *
After the decisive battle that changed the direction of the continent, Han Jin and Nicholas disappeared at the same time. Duke Guevara and Duke Solomon, who were guarding the Holy Crown City, immediately adjusted their military forces and launched an attack on the Grand Light Empire. Of course, with the wisdom of Duke Guevara and Duke Solomon, they wouldn't use their own men. Instead, they organized a huge coalition army. The Freedom Federation, the Tribal Alliance, and the lords of various regions all joined the ranks of the punitive expedition.
Not only did Nicholas disappear, even Prince Tinos never appeared again. The people of the Grand Light Empire were terrified. After a little resistance, they all surrendered.
A few months later, the whole continent was reunited. Then, Han Jin appeared again and officially appointed Guevara and Solomon as the Right and Left Prime Ministers of the Empire. Then, he left all the military and political affairs to Guevara and Solomon. Even when Guevara and Solomon asked him for the name of the Empire, he was too lazy to respond.
Solomon proposed a suggestion to use "Dawn" to define the name of the Empire, which meant that the chaos on the continent had finally ended and the dawn of peace had arrived. However, he was opposed by Guevara. Strictly speaking, Guevara's reason was somewhat absurd. First of all, Guevara said that since there was dawn, there would also be sunset, which wasn't very auspicious. Then, he said that Solomon's suggestion was similar to that of the fallen Grand Light Empire, which didn't sound good.
In the end, Guevara made the final decision and named the Empire as "God-blessed". He also renamed the Holy Crown City as the Capital of War Gods. The meaning was self-evident.
Peace only meant the elimination of the threat of war, but it couldn't completely eliminate the conflicts between intelligent life. The forces of the God-blessed Empire were roughly divided into two camps. The most powerful one was led by Guevara, who had followed Han Jin's old team. The other camp was led by Solomon, who had most of the strong men from the Capital of Elements.
However, it was comforting that the two sides didn't have any hatred because of the conflicts. Guevara didn't want to give Han Jin a hard time, and Solomon didn't want to either.
Zenglin was the first president of the Magic Guild of the God-blessed Empire. The rank of this position was on par with the two prime ministers, but of course, the actual power was much lower.
Morrisons became the Lord of Isolated Cliff City, and Léger became the Lord of Beitman. These two young men could be considered to have returned home in glory. Only Sassoux looked sad. Although the Black Raven City wasn't small, after several massacres, there were only a few hundred thousand people left. It could be considered a wasteland. However, it wasn't Han Jin's fault. After all, Sassoux couldn't remember where he was from!
The new nobles of the God-blessed Empire paid close attention to Gao Bin's movements because Gao Bin was the only strong man who was qualified to establish another faction. He was the leader of the Elves, and he had connections. He was Han Jin's brother-in-law. Who dared to provoke him? However, one morning, the Elves all disappeared. The Ancient Tree of Life in Wild Willow City, as well as the tamed Dryads and unicorns, also disappeared into the air.
Since that day, pure-blooded Elves rarely appeared on the continent. Only a few half-elves could be seen walking around occasionally.
After Chesam of Cold Shadow City returned to his own city, he did the same as Han Jin. He didn't care about politics anymore. He even resigned as the chief and built a small house on the west side of Cold Shadow City. To be honest, the fengshui of that place was very bad. It was in the middle of a huge cemetery, and all of Chesam's wives were buried there.
Some people said that Chesam was afraid of Han Jin, so he voluntarily gave up his power to prevent Han Jin from turning his attention to him. Others said that Chesam had turned over a new leaf. That was why he chose to live in the cemetery of his wives, and spent the rest of his life repenting. Regardless of whether people's guesses were true or not, in the end, Dominique returned to Cold Shadow City under the pleading of the Titan Tribe. However, she didn't seem to want to stay there. After only half a month, she returned to the City of War God.
The most shocking thing was that Stillberg became the Lord of the City of War God. He didn't contribute anything, but he was given such an important position just because he was Han Jin's servant. This made some of the strong men who thought they were very capable unhappy.
It wasn't until a few years later that Guevara realized that Han Jin wasn't only doing this to take care of his friends, but also to pave the way for Solomon. Of course, Stillberg didn't know much about politics. In fact, Morrisons and the others didn't know much about politics either. Therefore, the city's politics were all handled by the City Lord of each city. Stillberg and the others had the benefits brought by their ranks, as well as the permanent inheritance rights.
The power of the City Lord was highlighted. In the past, the City Lord was usually appointed by the Lord, but this didn't work in a few special cities. Stillberg knew how to take care of Han Jin's daily life, but it was difficult for him to choose his own City Lord. Moreover, after Han Jin's edict, countless people came to Stillberg for various reasons, trying to recommend themselves or their friends. This made Stillberg very troubled.
In the end, it was Guevara who named Schumann, the former Chief Magistrate of Holy Crown City, as the City Lord of War God City. Only then was the infighting suppressed.
Morrisons and the others weren't much stronger than Stillberg. Solomon saw the opportunity and took the initiative to establish councils in War God City, Beitman City, Isolated Cliff City, Black Raven City, and Dominique's Cold Shadow City. Since the conservative faction insisted that the Lord could decide everything in his territory, then all he needed to do was to convince Stillberg, Morrisons, and a few others. They were all juniors, so how could they not give Solomon face?!
Of course, the council's power was pitifully small. At most, they could make a few calls or condemn someone after something happened. It was far from being comparable to the Freedom Federation's council. However, Solomon wasn't discouraged at all. It was almost impossible to expect a young sprout to be like a towering old tree that could block the wind and rain. Moreover, Solomon knew very well that forcibly changing people's old habits in a short period of time would often come at a heavy price. Therefore, this was a century-long plan that couldn't be rushed. It required the efforts of generations after generations.
* * * *
This was a different sky. Beside a dark blue lake, there was a small house. A burly man was resting on a deck chair in the courtyard with his eyes closed.
Suddenly, a green light shot out from the forest beside him. The sky suddenly darkened, and a splash of water covered the burly man.
The burly man flicked his hand, and the green light shot back into the forest. Then, a cloud of black gas rose up and enveloped the water. Following the burly man's hand gesture, the water turned into a torrential rain and swept into the forest.
"Aiya …" A young and tender scream came from the thicket. Then, two beautiful little girls jumped out of the thicket.
The little girl on the left was completely soaked in raindrops. Her jet-black hair was messily plastered to her forehead and face. She was rubbing her eyes. The little girl on the right was even more pitiful. Not only was her entire body soaked, there was a red mark on her forehead. That was the mark left behind by a bamboo arrow. She held her forehead with one hand and firmly held the small bow in her hand with the other. She glared at the burly man opposite her. It could be seen that this was a very strong little girl. Her eyes were already filled with tears, but they didn't fall. Her tightly pursed lips were slightly trembling, as if she was doing her best to endure something.
"Ga ga ga …" The burly man laughed wildly. "Want to sneak attack me, Sir Ha Lei?! Ga ga ga ga … you're still too inexperienced! "
That's right, this burly man was Ha Lei, who had regained his body. Unfortunately, he didn't have x-ray vision, and he laughed too early. If he could see the mark on the little girl's forehead through the cover of her little hand, he would immediately realize that he would soon have to face a berserk Sunier!
After all, there was a limit to a child's strength. She could endure the pain from her forehead, but she couldn't endure Ha Lei's arrogance. More and more tears welled up in her eyes. Finally, the little girl opened her mouth and burst into tears.
"Uncle Ha Lei, you bullied my sister. You're a bad guy!!" The little girl on the left saw her companion burst into tears and angrily screamed.
"Yes, I'm a bad guy. What can you do to me? Hahaha … "Harley continued to laugh in an unbridled manner.
The little girl was so angry that her chest was heaving up and down. In the next moment, she put her finger in her mouth and whistled loudly.
In just a few seconds, a bright line of fire appeared in the sky and shot towards the lake.
"Baby! Baby!! "The little girl jumped and waved her arms:" He bullied us … come quickly … "
"Not good …" Ha Lei's face suddenly changed. He leaped into the air and fled in the opposite direction.
As soon as Ha Lei left, a beautiful female elf came out of the house. She looked at the Undying Bird in the sky and helplessly put her hand to her forehead: "I just took a nap. Why … why are they fighting again …" It was obvious that this wasn't the first time that Ha Lei and the Undying Bird had a conflict.
"Aunt Doreen, Aunt Doreen!" The little girl with black hair became more and more energetic: "Uncle Ha Lei bullied us again!"
"Really?" The beautiful female elf smiled: "Good, I'll teach him a lesson when he comes back!"
"Okay!" The little girl nodded vigorously. It seemed that the two sides had reached some kind of agreement.
The little girl with long golden hair stopped crying. She wiped away the tears on her face and stood there angrily, but her lips were still tightly pursed.
"What happened?" Doreen saw the red mark on the little girl's forehead and was shocked.
At this moment, a voice came from behind: "What happened? Who dares to bully you? "Gao Bin walked over with a smile as he spoke.
"Uncle Gao Bin, Uncle Gao Bin, Uncle Ha Lei bullied us again!!" The little girl with long black hair's spirit continued to soar. She was simply a little tattletale. When she returned home, her mouth wouldn't be idle. She would definitely tell the world about Ha Lei's evil deeds. On the contrary, the little girl who was injured didn't say a word. She seemed very stubborn.
* Boom … * Boom boom boom … * A violent explosion came from afar. Gao Bin and Doreen looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time.
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"Chaos War God" has come to an end. Thank you all for your support, and thank you all for your tolerance! Maybe it's because of my personality, but no matter how good my writing is, I still can't treat writing as an assembly line job. It's more like weaving dreams. Therefore, when I'm not in a good mood, the things I write are really bad, and I often don't update. South Wall is very grateful for everyone's tolerance and understanding of me!
The several vice editors, the various colored diamond lords on the fan list, and all the friends who subscribed to this book, it's your actions that warmed me. Although this kind of warmth seems distant and ethereal, it's the only source of motivation for me to write under the lonely lamp in the cold night. I thank you all, and I also need you all.
In the following time, I have to organize the ideas for my new book. As the saying goes, once a promise is made, it's hard to take it back. The next book's update speed has to be up to standard no matter what. In order to reduce the pressure, I have to save at least 200,000 copies of the manuscript. I estimate that I should start uploading it around March 1st, and it won't be later than March 10th at the latest. Moreover, ever since I started writing at Qidian, I haven't had a normal Spring Festival. When the firecrackers are going off outside, and even when the Spring Festival Gala is being broadcast, I'm always there writing. This year, I want to give myself a few more days off and have a good Spring Festival. I hope everyone can forgive me.
Every time I start a new book, there's always a feeling of fear in my heart. The pace of this world is too fast, and I'm afraid that if I don't write for more than a month, I'll be forgotten. Sigh, nothing is easy …
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