Chapter 396: In the Blink of an Eye, Ashes to Ashes
"Master, your... your body is collapsing!"
"I know!"
"Master, I can do nothing."
What should be done now?
Li Meng did not panic; he calmly started to think.
Since his physical strength was insufficient, the only solution was to enhance the body.
To quickly enhance the body, there was only one method: rapidly consume flesh and blood.
Li Meng looked down at the battlefield and Saint Odon City below.
As the capital of the Kingdom of Catemia, Saint Odon City had a population of no less than a million.
Moreover, this was the final battlefield for the Kingdom of Catemia.
A large number of fleeing civilians had sought refuge in the city.
This caused the population of Saint Odon to surge several times over.
Li Meng could sense a large amount of life energy in the city.
As long as he devoured a million lives, his body would definitely meet the requirements for the Mad God transformation.
But could he bear such sin?
Although this was another world, not Earth, and he was not human, but a goblin,
Massacre on the scale of a million lives would defy heaven and earth. Li Meng did not know what unforeseen consequences such an act would bring.
"Sorry, I don't want to die yet!"
Li Meng reached up and plucked a hair from his head.
Even the skin flakes falling from his body now contained a vast amount of magical power.
With his Mad God transformation, his magic power had surpassed the nine-digit mark.
"In the blink of an eye, ashes to ashes!"
Li Meng spread his hand, and the hair, in response to his murmured words, fell with the wind.
In that moment, a terrifying burst of magical power erupted from an altitude of tens of thousands of meters.
The sky above Saint Odon City suddenly turned dark.
The originally clear sky was rapidly covered by blood clouds.
The entire battlefield and Saint Odon City turned blood red.
The terrifying magical fluctuations and the change in the heavens and earth caused the battlefield to fall into a deathly silence.
Neither the demon forces nor the humans continued their attacks.
All life looked up at the sky.
"What happened?"
Darklass, stationed in the central tower of the demon army, jumped up in alarm.
It looked at the strange blood clouds in the sky with a puzzled expression.
It could feel a terrifying power hidden within the blood clouds.
The mere pressure emanating from it sent a chill down its spine.
At that moment, another strange phenomenon appeared in the sky.
The blood clouds above Saint Odon City began to swirl violently.
Gradually, they formed a gigantic blood cloud vortex.
In the very center of the vortex, a terrifying aura descended.
A massive blood-red guillotine appeared at the center of the vortex.
The blood-red guillotine was formed from concentrated magical power.
It looked like a meteor falling to the earth, descending toward Saint Odon City.
The overwhelming apocalyptic aura caused the strong ones in Saint Odon City to change color.
"What is that? A forbidden technique?"
"This isn't a forbidden technique; this is a magic even stronger than a forbidden technique!"
"Who, who exactly is this? Do you wish to massacre a million holy souls in Saint Odon City?"
Suddenly, a furious roar sounded inside Saint Odon City.
A holy figure flew up from the temple and shot into the sky.
It stopped hundreds of meters above, its brilliant wings radiating a sacred light.
"It's the Archangel! It's the Archangel!"
The holy figure in the sky sparked cheers from within the city.
Many civilians knelt on the ground, their faces filled with fanatic worship.
Soldiers fighting on the northern wall also looked toward the sky within the city.
The priests of the temple bowed with utmost reverence, praying devoutly.
"All magicians, heed my command, immediately send magic power into the magic barrier!"
Although far away, the voice of the angel reached every ear in the city.
"Yes!"
Magicians from all over the city responded in unison.
Streams of multicolored magical energy rose into the air, connecting with the magic barrier.
Low-level magicians released magic power outward to allow the magic barrier to absorb it.
The angel in the sky raised a great sword and began chanting loudly.
In that moment, a brilliant, holy light burst from the angel's body.
A beam of light struck the magic barrier.
A massive golden magic circle appeared above the magic barrier.
"Divine Domain Protection!"
A stern voice rang out from the sky.
A gigantic angelic figure slowly ascended from the golden magic circle.
It was so large, its figure measuring hundreds of meters.
The angelic figure, holding a sword and shield, raised the shield to meet the falling blood-red guillotine.
Though the angelic figure was enormous, it seemed minuscule before the blood-red guillotine.
The apocalyptic scene in the sky caused the people within the city to be both ecstatic and fearful.
They did not know what fate awaited them.
"Not good, retreat quickly!"
The apocalyptic scene in the sky caused Darklass's face to change drastically.
It hadn't expected that humans had such powerful beings hidden away.
That was a Seraph, a half-step into the realm of the Holy Spirit.
Although Seraphim were powerful, the attack from the sky was even stronger.
Just as Darklass ordered the retreat,
The apocalypse for all living things descended.
The guillotine from the sky collided with the holy shield of the angelic figure.
The clash between blood-red magical power and holy light sent shockwaves through the air.
Magical energy surged, tearing apart the space around them, creating void cracks that resembled a spider's web in the sky.
In less than two seconds, the holy shield shattered with a deafening crack.
The massive guillotine crushed the angelic figure as though cutting through tofu.
The magic barrier shattered in an instant.
The huge guillotine, wrapped in blood fire, crashed into Saint Odon City like a falling meteor.
A blinding red flash erupted from within the city.
Immediately after, a giant blood-red mushroom cloud rose into the sky.
The spreading blood-red flames and shockwaves formed a glowing shield that radiated outward.
Wherever it passed, everything turned to ashes.
A huge booming sound echoed through the sky.
In an instant, the vast Saint Odon City was annihilated in the glow of the blood-red magical power.
There were no screams, no pain.
All life was reduced to ashes in an instant.
Even the demon army outside the city did not escape the explosion's range.
The glowing shield swept through, annihilating all demon races.
When everything finally settled, the vast Saint Odon City had vanished.
A massive pit, over ten kilometers in diameter, had appeared in its place.
The ground seemed to have melted, with numerous lava pits bubbling.
A large amount of blood-red energy floated in the air.
It seemed to be drawn toward the sky.
In the center of the sky's vortex, a giant blood-red magic circle appeared.
Above the magic circle, Li Meng stood suspended in mid-air.
The blood-red energy descending from below was absorbed by the magic circle.
The life energy absorbed by the magic circle was then consumed by Li Meng.
"So that's how it is!"
Li Meng, who had been keeping his eyes shut, finally opened them.
Consuming flesh and blood was essentially consuming the life force of living beings.
The endless system prompts made Li Meng realize what the Devourer King was actually devouring.
Li Meng, with a blissful expression, felt the continuous flow of life energy entering his body.
He could feel his physical attributes increasing rapidly.
In addition to life energy, he was also devouring souls.
"The small Kingdom of Catemia actually has three divine-level powerhouses!"
In the southern continent, divine-level powerhouses were relatively rare.
There were only about a dozen human divine-level beings.