Chapter 70: Divine Envoy Level Strength

When Gune unleashed his World Essence.

The audience erupted in uproar.

Those divine envoys, ancestral spirits, and Saint-level powerhouses were all shaken.

Even the demigods and gods present narrowed their eyes.

“Such terrifying World Essence.”

“This guy actually had World Essence hidden, and it’s even denser than his Darkness and Destruction Essences combined.”

“He really kept it well hidden!”

“No wonder he’s so confident. With this World Essence, he could easily become a demigod Saint.”

“Indeed, he could become a demigod Saint. Truly astonishing.”

“He’s only at Transcendent ninth rank, yet he’s already stable at the demigod level. It probably won’t be hard for him to reach the divine realm.”

“That’s true.”

At this moment, the most shocked were the many Saint-level powerhouses and Saint-level demigods.

The path to Sainthood is itself the path of Essence.

But they knew how difficult it was to comprehend Essence.

The further one goes, the harder it becomes.

At the end, it’s almost impossible to advance.

This caused many Saint-level powerhouses to stagnate for long periods.

And this guy named Gune Lawrence

had reached such a high level of Essence at Transcendent ninth rank—it was simply unbelievable.

To think that this level of Essence was something even many demigods hadn’t achieved.

Once free from the binding of that divine ability, Gune was like a dragon returning to the sea.

With a light leap, Gune instantly moved two thousand meters away.

This speed immediately caught the attention of many experts.

Such speed was terrifyingly fast.

“This is getting tricky.”

Seeing his opponent’s astonishing speed, instantly covering two thousand meters, Shepherd Goat thought to himself.

But his own speed was not slow; with an extreme leap, he quickly charged at Gune.

Gune, retreating, rapidly cast one Great Thunderflame Curse after another.

However, these Great Thunderflame Curses met the same fate as before.

The spells pierced through Shepherd Goat’s body without causing any damage.

But this time, Gune’s casting of the Great Thunderflame Curse was different.

Earlier, Gune had not unleashed his World Essence.

The Great Thunderflame Curse was just a simple spell attack against the opponent.

Now, with the World Essence blooming,

as Gune cast the Great Thunderflame Curse, he also meticulously sensed the changes in his opponent and in the curse itself.

As he continued to retreat,

after casting more than twenty Great Thunderflame Curses,

Gune chuckled inwardly.

“So that’s how it is. The piercing attack of the Great Thunderflame Curse does have an effect, but it’s minimal.”

“It’s not that he can truly ignore my spells, but that he uses some special divine ability to conduct the spell’s power away.”

“It looks like the spell has no effect, but in reality, he’s just evading it. Quite a tricky method.”

“The conductive nature of the Great Thunderflame Curse is easily redirected.”

“Then I’ll use a spell that can’t be redirected, one that will constantly tear at your position. Let’s see how you ignore this spell.”

“Demon Annihilation Erosion Blade, time to show yourself.”

Gune focused his mind.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!

Five Demon Annihilation Erosion Blades shot out, straight at Shepherd Goat.

Shepherd Goat, unafraid of the spell, quickly pursued Gune.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...

The five Demon Annihilation Erosion Blades, like the Great Thunderflame Curse, also passed through Shepherd Goat.

“Spells have no effect on me. Today, you’re dead for sure,” Shepherd Goat thought coldly.

Gune didn’t expect the cutting power of the Demon Annihilation Erosion Blades to work; he needed a different level of lethality.

Under Gune’s control,

the five Demon Annihilation Erosion Blades quickly connected with each other, forming a shape like a grinding windmill, rapidly enveloping Shepherd Goat.

As the Demon Annihilation Erosion Blades spun rapidly,

Hum—

Combined with Spatial Essence, the regional grinding force quickly enveloped Shepherd Goat entirely.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...

A dense, peculiar cutting force instantly covered Shepherd Goat’s body.

Shepherd Goat’s face changed drastically.

“Damn!”

His proudest ability was his innate divine ability to conduct spells.

He could let any spell pass through him without being harmed.

But this ability was not invincible.

When he was in an area full of attacks, like this omnidirectional three-dimensional assault, he had no extra direction to conduct the power.

That would cause the conducted energies to collide, damaging his conductive barrier until it shattered.

He hadn’t expected his opponent to discover the weakness of his conductive talent so quickly.

If the opponent hadn’t found this weakness, he could have ignored any attack spell and killed him.

But the opponent had found his weakness.

Once the opponent broke through his conductive barrier,

with such terrifying spells, even a divine envoy couldn’t withstand them.

As for him, he definitely wouldn’t survive under the opponent’s spell bombardment.

A demigod had told him earlier: this guy named Gune had spell power that was almost terrifyingly strong.

Not to mention him, no Transcendent ninth-rank powerhouse could withstand the spell bombardment of this guy named Gune Lawrence.

Making up his mind,

Shepherd Goat knew that if he didn’t act now, he might not have another chance.

He had to at least severely wound his opponent before his conductive barrier was broken.

Once the opponent was severely wounded, he could use a special method to finish him off and win.

With a thought, Shepherd Goat suddenly ignited the strange flame that had long been hidden within him.

The reason he couldn’t advance was that he had once ignited this strange flame for too long to escape a powerful enemy.

This strange flame could explosively boost his strength.

But it would also block his path forward, even burning away his soul, flesh, and source power.

It would cause his strength to decline, and he might never recover it.

But this battle was a matter of life and death, and since he couldn’t advance anyway, he didn’t care about the decline.

“I must finish this quickly, or this burning power will also damage my conductive barrier.”

“Whoosh... la... la...”

As the strange flame ignited,

Shepherd Goat’s aura swelled like a balloon.

His strength surged nearly four to five times.

This was already close to the level of a divine envoy.

Seeing Shepherd Goat’s aura explode, the audience knew the battle had reached a critical point.

“Die!”

With a roar, Shepherd Goat crossed over six hundred meters in one step, his blade falling and causing layers of source power to collapse.

The blade struck Gune.

“Bang!”

Gune’s shield, already strained, burst apart, scattering dragon scale fragments.

At the same time, Gune himself crashed into the ground like a cannonball, cracking the earth for over thirty meters around.

“Roar!”

A strange roar pierced the sky.

Shepherd Goat swung his blade again.

“Whoosh—”

Amid the dust from the shattered ground, a dense wind spirit force erupted.

A fleeting afterimage flashed by, hard to catch.

“Boom!”

Shepherd Goat’s blade struck the ground, tearing a twenty-meter-deep trench in the pit.

But it didn’t touch Gune at all.

“Good thing I’m fast enough, or that strike would have at least severely wounded me. Though a severe wound is nothing to me—I can recover in a blink.”

“But if my body were cut open, that would be trouble.”

“This strange flame is quite powerful. It must be his last resort.”

“It poses some threat to me, but not much.”

“It’s about time for the show.” Gune thought to himself.

If Gune won too overwhelmingly, his odds wouldn’t rise. But if he barely won, or even got severely wounded?

Then the outcome would be obvious: his odds would increase significantly.

That way, Gune could earn more Saint Source Coins.