I've Become the King of Villains in the Game

"Hurgh..."

"Ahhh..."

"Pain... I am in so much pain..."

A wail, the sharp wail of Lady Rose echoed throughout the Netherworld, accompanied by devout and sorrowful prayers, giving a sense of solemnity yet eeriness.

The entire Netherworld had turned into a raging sea of fire.

Just like the once Dream Realm.

The surviving Flesh Saints and Demigods had long fled the center of the godly battle, hiding in various corners. They watched the unceasing flames outside, felt the pervasive high temperature, pollution, and pressure from all directions, heard Lady Rose's shrill screams, and those mourning chants.

Without exception, their hearts trembled with awe, even fear!

The outcome of the godly battle was already self-evident...

Lady Rose had lost, lost miserably.

And this True God at the end of the Flesh Pathway was about to face the end!

Including three Conspiracy Angels, these high beings all had the same thought, which was to flee!

As long as the blockade of the Netherworld was lifted, they must hurry to escape!

The farther away, the better!

Flee from here, flee from the sight of the King in Azure and Mother Nature, to avoid being collateral damage and wiped out by these two terrifying existences with a mere flick of a hand...

The Three Ladies of Pain arrived belatedly.

When they arrived at the center of the godly battle, they only felt scorching heat beneath their feet, and terrifying high temperatures and power pervaded every corner. The Pale Fire danced relentlessly, determined to burn the giant flesh tree at the sea of fire's center into ashes before it would stop.

"It's already over..."

Lady Sigh stopped and gazed into the pale void, where the struggling and twisting sky-reaching blood tree resonated with a woman's wailing, and her heart was filled with mixed emotions and lingering fear.

"It hasn't been long, yet His Majesty the Azure King has hunted another True God."

"I told you not to act so quickly; I haven't even taught that old woman a good lesson, and she's already about to die!"

Lady Dim, Julia, snorted coldly, looking resentfully at the enormous tree shadow in the Pale Fire, feeling unappeased.

"You're really getting off lightly, Maria Liana."

With specks of golden light, the sky-covering Golden Sacred Tree slowly vanished.

Miss Holy Tree resumed her human form and slowly approached the Three Ladies of Pain.

"Your Majesty, Mother Nature."

The Three Ladies nodded slightly in greeting when they saw her.

"No need for formalities, ladies."

Miss Holy Tree smiled and nodded.

At this moment, Julia, who appeared like a sixteen-year-old girl, showed an innocent smile, and asked the elegantly mature Mother Nature:

"Mother God, what exactly happened just now? Although Maria Liana was hateful, she was good at surviving. How did she fall so quickly..."

Miss Holy Tree shook her head, feeling sentimental:

"Jack's power is something even I can hardly understand... He could rival a True God once he revealed his true form, and then he merged with the Otherworldly Pathway that turns illusion into reality. The strongest Holy Fire combined the two, and Maria Liana was instantly defeated. Although she did not fall immediately, she also lost all power to resist."

The Three Ladies of Pain exchanged glances, all showing expressions of shock.

This was already the second True God defeated by His Majesty the Azure King, after the Eternal Sleeper, and the ladies found it incredible.

Among them, Lady Dim, Julia, pretended not to care on the surface, but her eyes couldn't hide the pride and reverence.

The crowd tacitly shifted their gaze to the figure in azure in the sea of fire—

In the twisted gray-white hues, he stood with his back to everyone, like a king, pronouncing the death sentence of the Blood God.

Lady Rose was indeed worthy of being the True God with the most resilient Life Force.

Her flesh and even spirituality were reduced to ashes in the Pale Fire, yet reborn from the ashes, seemingly undying and immortal... Even though she had gone mad, her survival instinct still supported her, allowing her to live tenaciously.

Like an unyielding rose, wilting and blooming in the raging fire, rebirthing and withering, an endless cycle...

The Pale Fire burned for three full days and nights!

Only then was Maria Liana completely burned to death!

As the fire gradually diminished, the Three Ladies of Pain looked around, only to find that the entire Netherworld had turned into a dead gray and desolate scene.

Grey ash filled the sky, dense and pervasive, filling the whole world.

The earth was charred black, endless to the eye.

Everywhere was nothing but ruin, without the slightest sign of life.

Residual pale flames still flickered on the ground, with temperatures reaching hundreds of degrees Celsius in every corner; some areas even reached over a thousand degrees, making it extremely hostile.

But the most terrifying was the high-concentration pollution left by the Pale Fire.

When the temperature cooled, the ashes would crystallize, covering the earth.

Among the high-level beings hiding in every corner of the Netherworld, over twenty Saints and several Demigods unfortunately perished... They were either inadvertently caught by the Pale Fire or unable to escape, stained by the pervasive ash, covered fully in crystallizations, and finally exploded into human-shaped pale torches and perished by self-immolation.

The Saints, so lofty in the living world, at this moment, lived worse than dogs; they couldn't escape, couldn't hide, only prayed with trembling hearts, hoping not to be touched by the pervasive ash and all-encompassing flames.

Yet even so, the surviving high-level beings endured unbearable suffering, constantly tormented by the scorching pain, not daring to make a sound, hoping that all this could end soon...

Finally.

Dong—

A deep bell rang.

Both the Netherworld, Spirit World, and Star Realm, even the living world, could hear it.

Dong—

Dong—

Three mournful bell tolls, mourning for the fall of a True God.

Countless high beings in the Mystic Realms were astonished at this moment.

This was a symbol of yet another True God's fall following the recent death of the Sea God, Eternal Sleeper. Almost no one knew exactly what had happened to cause True Gods to fall one after another, but even the most foolish could guess...

This was an earth-shattering change!

The chime descended like a heavy bomb, exploding thunderously in the Mystic Realm!

In a mountain range at the far north of the present world.

A hunched figure in a tattered cloak trudged forward with a cane, the head of which was tied with a patched-up ragged bag.

As the chime echoed.

The figure suddenly halted, lifted his head to gaze into the sky's void.

For a long while.

"Maria Liana is dead too..."

The scavenger murmured hoarsely.

As the God of History who sees through the ages, Montgomery was not ignorant of the principle of the lips being gone meant the teeth were cold, but the successive changes happened too abruptly, leaving him no opportunity to intervene at all.

The last time, the Eternal Sleeper Sebastian Pado awakened, only to be controlled by remnants of the old days; he dared not intervene rashly. This time, Lady Rose Maria Liana encountered a deadly assault, with Mr. Jing Yao and the King of Slaughter keeping constant watch.

Not to mention the short time needed to break Mother Nature's blockade on the Netherworld, even if he could break it, he dared not act, for once he showed himself, he would certainly face attacks from the two True Gods, Angela and Conrad.

Both of them are extremely formidable warriors. On an ordinary day, Montgomery wouldn't want to provoke even one, let alone confront them both simultaneously...

With the successive fall of the Eternal Sleeper and Lady Rose, a strong premonition of Death surged upon Montgomery's heart, making him uneasy and restless.

The scavenger gazed indifferently at the half-white-half-black Sun on the horizon and spoke:

"The Constellation is useless; only you can break the impasse now."

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If ashes were fine sand, then the Netherworld had turned into a gray desert.

The Gentleman in a black hat stood amidst the fluttering ashes, propped on a white cane, tossing something casually.

A mighty Repulsive Force stirred a gale, lifting the thick ashes to reveal five remaining light clusters beneath.

Yet what puzzled Chen Lun was, only four of these clusters emitted a scarlet radiance, the remaining one was of a gray-black hue.

He spread his fingers.

Under the capture by gravity, the five light clusters swiftly settled onto his palm.

'Finally, the five pieces of Lady Rose's Unique Divinity are within reach.'

Chen Lun's eyes lowered, a touch of delight flashed first, followed by an epiphany.

'Four pieces of Flesh, one of Conspiracy... Indeed, Rose King Mansfield, the Flesh Angel, occupied one of these Authorities.'

Yet this Rose King was never seen throughout, Chen Lun thought it a pity, or else he could have dispatched him conveniently.

On the panel, the prompt regarding the Promotion Task had changed dramatically—

[True God Promotion Task: Supreme Great Endeavor]

Current Progress: 4/7 (Dark Sun True God "Profound Mother" Gorswaxi has fallen, Conspiracy True God "Buried Elder" Bankroth has fallen, True God of the Deep Sea "Eternal Sleeper" Sebastian Pado has fallen, Flesh True God "Lady Rose" Maria Liana has fallen.)

Chen Lun took a deep breath.

'There are three remaining.'

He turned gently, looking at Miss Holy Tree and the three Ladies of Pain. Among them, Julia cast a nonchalant glance at the scarlet light cluster in Chen Lun's hand and swallowed.

Seeing this, Chen Lun chuckled to himself.

He couldn't help reminiscing about his past life, living hand in hand with his sister, where poverty often meant no proper hot meal.

Whenever they saved a little money from stealing or scavenging to buy a cup of instant noodles or heated can from a convenience store, his sister Chen Mo would always say she wasn't hungry, all the while swallowing her saliva fiercely.

"Pick one."

Chen Lun chuckled, shook his head, and extended his hand toward Julia.

His sister already held four pieces of Flesh Authority, standing at the King of Angels, only one short of meeting the condition for Ascension to Godhood.

And any of the five light clusters in Chen Lun's hand could fulfill her requirement.

"So gracious, I won't stand on ceremony then!"

Julia beamed joyfully, squinting her eyes as she swiftly snatched a scarlet light cluster from Chen Lun's palm, the very trump card of Lady Rose, the Authority of "Excess".

With it, Maria Liana could frequently unleash power several times her own, repelling Miss Holy Tree's assaults. It was indeed a highly potent Unique Divinity.

"Good choice."

Chen Lun praised with feigned sincerity.

Though offering compliments, his tone remained as if reciting, devoid of any emotion.

"Nonsense!"

Julia flipped her twin ponytails, giving her brother a sidelong glance.

Immediately, her palm opened a small mouth and swallowed the scarlet light cluster symbolizing the Authority of "Excess".

"Indulgence in everything will only hurt you."

Holding to principles of concern, Chen Lun advised.

Feeling the phrase was somewhat ambiguous, he added:

"Avoid using this Authority easily; overindulgence is very harmful to the body."

"Got it, nag!"

Julia akimboed.

Chen Lun shook his head, saying no more, and instead raised his hand to stuff the remaining four Authorities in his palm into his mouth, swallowing them outright.

This action was much more abrupt than Julia's, though it was the second time witnessing it, the ladies still felt astonishing.

Never had an eternal being, like the Azure King, devoured Unique Divinity as if eating candy beans, handful by handful.

Divinity is rare and precious; if not within one's pathway or neighboring pathways, it cannot be digested. Yet the Azure King never refused, treating all Unique Divinity as fuel, tossing them into his body to burn.

The ladies didn't even know how many Unique Divinities the Azure King held at this moment…

'21 pieces of Unique Divinity, all supreme fuel for the Holy Fire!'

Chen Lun's eyes erupted with intense pale light, condensing into an infinite symbol.