Chapter 176  : Godlike

“Are they using us as a human sacrifice?”

Zhang Feng, who had just spoken, was clenching both of his fists. On the other hand, Lin Yao’s expression gradually became calm.

“If you want to make use of us to get a good start, that will depend on whether you have this capability.”

After he said that, Lin Yao also stood up and prepared to enter the arena.

However, the phone rang before he could do so.

After answering the call, Lin Yao found out that the caller was Qin Ya.

“What’s wrong? Is there any other information about Wu Sheng?”

He felt that this was the only thing that could make Qin Ya call him at this time. However, her subsequent words surprised Lin Yao.

“It’s not that. I have some information on the thunderbolt spirit essence. You told me this is the most critical thing and I should tell you once I have an update.”

“This is indeed the most important thing. Is it the spirit essence of Leize Great God?”

Lin Yao was feeling hopeful when he said this. However, this made the party on the other end of the line feel a little helpless.

“How is that possible? That is a great god. You won’t be able to get hold of that information even if it’s available. The opportunity to apply for a king-level technique can’t be exchanged for it either. This is something that involves only king-level individuals.”

“I was being overly hopeful. What kind of spirit essence did you find?”

“Feathered serpent, the descendant of the legendary feathered serpent god, Kukulkan[1]. It has inherited the power of the monsoon from that great god, it possesses the power of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, and it is at the golden warlord level. There’s only a wisp of its soul left now. Do you want it?”

Lin Yao knew a little about the feathered serpent god, Kukulkan. He was aware that this was a powerful god in Mayan mythology. Over there, he’d dominated the stars, invented books, established legislation, and introduced maize to mankind. At the same time, the feathered serpent god also represented death and rebirth and was the protector of priests. He was associated with the monsoon and could thus control rain.

The descendant mentioned by Qin Ya was not in the direct line of descent but a descendant from many generations later. It might even be a monster that had been bred when a drop of the feathered snake god’s blood had fallen on the ground. After the monster had mated with other monsters and reproduced, the feathered serpent Qin Ya had found had been born.

Due to the distant bloodline, the feathered serpent Qin Ya had found had also lost most of the feathered serpent god’s abilities. It only had a slight power of the monsoon left, which was the power of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning.

After being silent for a breath of time, Lin Yao clenched his teeth and said, “Yes, when can I get it? How do I do that?”

What he wanted the most was naturally the aura of Leize Great God. This was the same as a diamond-level meditation technique. However, it was impossible for him to obtain the spirit essence of Leize Great God within a short time, or even in his entire lifetime. He could not afford to wait.

At the same time, a sacred tree might be able to host more than one kind of living creature. For example, 10 golden crows were frolicking on the Hibiscus Tree. The Kabbalah Tree of Life was stronger and could host countless angels, including the seven archangels. There were also the Nine-World Trees of Northern Europe, which were even more amazing. The human world, the home of gods, the underworld, the immortal palaces, the land of giants… All of them were lodged on the same sacred tree.

As a producer, the sacred tree might not be powerful enough, but its ability to host and feed living things was the best in the world.

Just as Lin Yao made up his mind, Qin Ya also replied.

“You can exchange it with your opportunity to apply for diamond resources. We can do that right after your competition if need be.”

“Sorry to trouble you… That fast?”

“Of course. You have to thank Professor Li. This is part of his collection.”

Unlike Lin Yao, Qin Ya knew how to pull strings. She knew that Professor Li thought highly of Lin Yao and that he had a very wide interpersonal network. Lin Yao would have felt embarrassed, but she had simply contacted Professor Li.

Professor Li indeed had the spirit essence of various living thunder creatures. This was not because of luck. In order to research electricity and explore the nature of electricity’s ability to strengthen the body, Professor Li often studied some powerful thunder creatures. He was absolutely the right person to consult on this.

At the same time, he was also willing to help Lin Yao.

After ending the call, Lin Yao felt grateful to Professor Li, and Qin Ya was also full of smiles.

‘Asking for favors in an appropriate manner can bring people closer to each other. Through Mr. Lin, I have also gotten to know Professor Li.’

Of course, only proper requests could bring people closer. It would be annoying if one were to keep doing this, and Qin Ya knew how to manage this aspect very well.

At the thought that he would be able to attain a thunder spirit essence soon, Lin Yao was elated. However, he soon thought of something. When he next glanced at Wu Sheng, a cruel smile emerged on his face.

“You’re really down on your luck!”

Wu Sheng saw Lin Yao’s smile. The look in his eyes made his heart tremble, and he felt a sense of foreboding. However, in the blink of an eye, the anger on his face intensified. He felt somewhat embarrassed to be frightened of a martial artist.

However, before he could speak provocatively, the referee entered the arena and announced the start of the game.

While they were competing, a guest in the commentary booth of the arena was also commenting on the match.

This guest was not an instructor of No. 1 High School. Nevertheless, he had graduated from the school more than a decade ago.

He had not been specially chosen by No. 1 High School to be a guest either. Ninghai City had adopted a method of gathering and training geniuses together. The congregation of many geniuses and the difficulty of traveling to and fro the various cities had resulted in most of the big shots here being graduates of No. 1 High School.

This was why No. 1 High School had that much power and authority.

The surname of the person who had come was Zhang. As a guest commentator, he had to remain neutral. However, he was not a sage and could not possibly possess such character.

When the two teams came onstage, he praised No. 1 High School. He did not belittle Lin Yao but exclaimed that this was just a pity for him.

“Student Lin Yao is very strong. If his teammates are all like him, the five of them may be able to cooperate and beat Wu Sheng. However, all the geniuses are studying at No. 1 High School. Even if there is a genius outside the school, it is an exception. What a pity for Student Lin Yao.”

“So Mr. Zhang is optimistic about Wu Sheng’s team this time.”

“There is no doubt about this. I just said so. Even if the five geniuses work together, they can only beat Wu Sheng alone. However, Wu Sheng also has teammates who are all good players. They can’t win even if they eliminate Wu Sheng.”

These words instantly caused an uproar of comments to appear on the bullet screen. Countless people said he was biased toward No. 1 High School and couldn’t see how strong Lin Yao was.

E Longsheng was expressionless in reaction to this. Being a commentator all year round had trained him to be thick-skinned. However, the new guest did not possess such endurance.

Upon seeing the comments of the netizens, who refuted his words, including the comment of someone saying he must be mentally retarded to see Lin Yao as a weakling despite the latter’s repeated victories, he retorted furiously.

“I’ve seen the comments made by netizens. Is Student Lin Yao strong? Of course he is strong. Being able to defeat a potential warlord after becoming an advanced martial artist, as well as do so with one blow, is very astounding. I don’t deny that he’s a genius.

“However, are his opponents weak just because he is strong? Wu Sheng is a warlord. Although he is not an elite warlord, he has attained the profound meaning of military boxing. He also uses Blood Burn, a combat skill that unleashes great power. Plus, he is very experienced in combat thanks to the many powerhouses in No. 1 High School. l know geniuses can turn the tables and defeat warlords, but not even one out of the many people in No. 1 High School has successfully challenged them. It’s not that easy to fight with someone of a very high level. Besides, Wu Sheng has four potential warlords behind him, whereas the opposing team, excluding Student Lin Yao, has no other potential warlords. There’s even an intermediate martial artist. How am I supposed to praise his team?”

The words of Mr. Zhang were extremely sincere and genuine. E Longsheng, who was standing next to him, had the urge to nod immediately. He shared his thoughts. On the surface, Wu Sheng from No. 1 High School could completely crush Lin Yao’s team.

However, he didn’t dare speak due to his consistently wrong guesses in the past.

“What you said is right, but that guy is a demon.”

E Longsheng would never forget the embarrassment of having his common sense proven wrong repeatedly.

His prior knowledge made him believe that an intermediate martial artist unleashing the strength of a warlord was a forbidden method, and the martial artist would be risking his life by doing so. However, Lin Yao hasn’t suffered any harm despite repeatedly ‘risking his life’, and this had made him lose a lot of face.

He also hadn’t forgotten that such forbidden methods couldn’t be continuously unleashed within a short time. However, immediately following his thought, Lin Yao had used the same move repeatedly and defeated the opponent. He’d had an urge to burrow into a crack in the ground.

Now, E Longsheng also felt that No. 1 High School was stronger and warlords should not be underestimated. It was not that easy to fight with someone of a higher level. However, he didn’t dare say this out loud. He was grateful that someone else had expressed this thought on his behalf.

That analysis was fairly logical. At the very least, there were fewer comments on the bullet screen now.

However, there were moronic fans everywhere. They firmly believed that Lin Yao wouldn’t fail. A veteran commentator would ignore their objections. However, Mr. Zhang was not that experienced and chose to confront them.

“Yes, I’m certain that Wu Sheng’s team will win. How can they possibly lose when there’s such a huge gap in strength? Instant kill? If Student Lin Yao pulls off this miracle again, I’ll devour this table on the spot!”

These decisive words silenced the bullet screen for a moment. Then, a voice came from the arena.

“The battle begins!”

As the guest commentator had explained and interacted with the netizens, Lin Yao’s team had already taken the stage and was prepared for battle. In the process, Wu Sheng had been provoking them. Lin Yao was silent and just kept staring at the opposite team coldly.

His expressionless face made the other party feel bored. In the end, Wu Sheng could only say, “I bet you’re silent because you know you’re going to fail. Pretty Boy, you’re quite smart.”

As soon as he said these words, the referee waved his palm, marking the official start of the match.

The moment the referee’s palm fell, Wu Sheng, who had been provoking Lin Yao earlier, had a ferocious expression on his face. A murderous aura mingled with the powerful oppression of a warlord that lunged from the opposing team. His murderous aura was extremely terrifying and was accompanied by a ghostly, sinister vibe. While they were facing such an aura, the faces of Zhang Feng and the rest turned as white as a sheet. Lin Yao looked indifferent but was also taken aback. ‘He has killed and seen bloodshed before. This doesn’t seem like the blood of a human but a monster… He’s not that useless after all.’

While Lin Yao sighed, Wu Sheng didn’t stop charging over. As he was releasing the murderous aura, his teammates quickly formed a line. The five of them combined their auras and a blood-color battle flag rose above Wu Sheng’s head, intensifying his aura and power.

“You guys wait here for me. I’ll beat the five of them single-handedly.”

In order to take over Lin Yao’s popularity, the arrogant Wu Sheng was prepared to beat five people on his own. Of course, to ensure a swift and neat victory, he had used the battle formation to gather everyone’s strength and use it himself.

Strictly speaking, although this was not a real one-on-five, Wu Sheng was used to being shameless.

He took a step forward and wielded the huge knife in his hand in front of him. His arrogant voice was then heard.

“I’ll give you guys a chance. My four teammates behind me will not fight. If you defeat me, I’ll consider it your victory.”

“Arrogance is nothing. Only an outstanding personality will be remembered.”

The last sentence expressed Wu Sheng’s sentiment. His arrogant words had also made the expressions of Zhang Feng and the rest change drastically. Due to the furor in their hearts, they actually broke through Wu Sheng’s murderous aura and oppression.

However, Lin Yao’s voice was heard before they could charge forward furiously.

After listening to those words, Wu Sheng was completely dumbfounded. He was arrogant enough. He hadn’t expected the other party to be worse.

He could not be blamed for having such a thought. The meaning in Lin Yao’s words was too shocking.

“Resist and defend yourself with all your strength. This is the first time I’m using this move. Don’t blame me for not warning you if you die.”

While facing a warlord, and one supported by four potential warlords to boot, Lin Yao had actually told him to do his best to defend himself and pray that he would not die. These words infuriated Wu Sheng.

“Scoundrel. Damn it… You are courting…”

Before the word ‘death’ could come out of his mouth, Wu Sheng’s voice stopped speaking completely. Shock and terror were etched on his face. In front of him, a horrifying aura was rising from Lin Yao’s body.

Boom!

Light started converging, and a huge amount of light was coming from the sky and gathering toward Lin Yao from all directions. There was too much light, and Lin Yao, who was the epicenter, was bursting with dazzling radiance all over.

Shrouded by light and exuding a sacred and majestic temperament, Lin Yao was akin to a god!

[1] Kukulkan, also spelled K’uk’ulkan, (“Plumed Serpent”, “Feathered Serpent”) is the name of a Mesoamerican serpent deity.