Infinite Professions

Chapter 368 - 193: Decisive Victory

The golden light shimmered brightly, dazzling the eyes, resembling the sun illuminating all, yet imbued with the essence of the earth’s virtue, supporting all things and stabilizing the cosmos.

"Ah!!!"

Under such golden light, the demons and fierce ghosts not even at entry-level shrieked in anguish, their bodies dissolving like snow, turning to ashes in a flash.

Even the entry-level Evil God fierce ghosts felt immense pressure, black aura swirling around them, dissipating in strands, with signs of instability in their bodies.

"Merit Golden Light?"

"So that’s it!"

"God of Merit!"

As the leader among the demons of Little Yellow Mountain, even the Panwang God faced the brunt of it. Despite being a Seventh-grade deity, the light was blinding, causing pain throughout his body, accompanied by a great pressure like moving mountains and suppressing peaks.

This immense pressure brought shock and anger, but amidst it was a faint relief.

Why relief?

Simply because enlightenment pierced the fog!

He finally understood how this Ninth Grade Little God dared to attack Little Yellow Mountain, even launching a surprise night assault on Panwang Valley.

Merit Golden Light!

This was his reliance.

The power of Merit, with sincerity at its foundation, greatly surpasses ordinary incense fire will power, not only converting into abundant Divine Power but also enhancing the power of Divine Art, making it hard for evil spirits to approach and demons to retreat.

Theoretically, as long as the power of Merit is sufficient, even a Ninth Grade Little God can contend with a Seventh-grade demon, even reverse the attack.

The Village Land God of Small Huang Village held such Merit; though it had not formed a Golden Body, it shone brightly.

Under the illumination of Merit Golden Light, demons and fierce ghosts not at entry-level were instantly obliterated, while entry-level Evil God fierce ghosts were under immense pressure, fully constrained.

The power of Merit is evident.

This Village Land God indeed had the reliance to attack Little Yellow Mountain.

But that’s as far as it goes!

The root of fear lies in the unknown.

The Panwang God had always wondered where his opponent’s confidence came from, daring to challenge him; thus he harbored a few apprehensions, avoiding direct confrontation, instead cautiously probing through subordinates and mountain inhabitants to gauge their capabilities.

Now that his opponent’s strategy was revealed, while the power of Merit was astounding, it also exposed his opponent’s true foundation to the Panwang God.

Just a Ninth Grade Little God, truly thinking that possessing Merit allows him to challenge a Seventh-grade Evil God?

"Today I’ll show you my means!"

The Panwang God shouted coldly, firmly striking his snake staff into the ground, prompting a thick blue-black aura from above his head, channeled through the snake staff into the mountain and earth veins of Panwang Valley.

Precisely...

"Move mountains and suppress peaks, overturning the heavens!"

With a cold gaze, he intensified his Divine Art.

Wicked deity through evil practices, blending both demon and divinity; the former devours human souls while the latter enjoys incense offerings, often manifesting as a blue-black color, the blue representing power from incense, the black embodying resentment from entangled souls.

Though these actions are sacrilegious, deities still hold authority and can invoke Divine Art.

Just as the Panwang God now intensified the Moving Mountains and Suppressing Peaks technique, mobilizing the mountain and earth veins of Panwang Valley for a counterattack.

"Roar!!!"

Under his Divine Power manipulation, a dragon’s roar seemed to emerge from Panwang Valley, a blue-black aura unseen by mortal eyes coupling with mountain and earth veins, forming a venomous python with black scales covering its body, raging and unleashing unmatched force.

Earth Dragon Flipping!

Reverse application of the Moving Mountains and Suppressing Peaks technique.

The venomous python twisted, the earth shook, unleashing unmatched force to break the opponent’s merit suppressed mountain-moving technique.

Yet unexpectedly...

"Buzz!"

The divine body shone once more, resembling the sun in the sky, revealing numerous scenes within, a vivid pastoral scene of men and women farming, military formations training, and villages, fortresses, schools, and workshops, portraying a miniature Little Huang Village, including Black Cloud Three Villages.

The scenes intertwined, finally unified into a Black Gold Divine Seal, synchronizing with mountain and earth veins to crash down.

"Boom!!!"

With a deafening sound, the mountains rumbled, and under the suppression of the Black Gold Divine Seal, the twisting venomous python screeched, its head exploded, its body shattered, transforming into a blue-black aura, dissipating swiftly.

"Poof!!!"

The extinction of the venomous python triggered backlash on the Divine Art. The Panwang God trembled, spewing a mouthful of fresh blood, falling to the ground as blue aura and black aura seethed.

Yet he paid no heed, his eyes fixed on Shen Hex: "How is this possible!?"

The words were uttered in disbelief.

Unable to comprehend, this clash of Divine Art saw him employing the authority of a Seventh-rank Mountain God to stir the earth veins of Panwang Valley and the mountain force of Little Yellow Mountain with Earth Dragon Flipping, yet he still couldn’t prevail over this Ninth Grade Little God’s application of the Moving Mountains and Suppressing Peaks technique using Little Yellow Mountain and Black Cloud Three Peaks.

How could it be?

Just because of the power of Merit?

No, impossible!

While the power of Merit is extraordinary, unless it’s Celestial Dao Merits or forms a Golden Body, generally it only allows surpassing grades, not realms.

Nine to Seventh Grade is one realm, denoting Little God.

Six to Fourth Grade constitutes another realm, signifying True God.

Third to First Grade forms the final realm, indicating Great God.

Having settled on Little Yellow Mountain for over a hundred years, receiving incense offerings from Panwang Valley and various village brigands, furthermore conducting blood sacrifices while devouring souls, he reached the Seventh Grade position, becoming the pinnacle among local deities.

Although this Little Yellow Mountain Land God possesses Merit, he remains a Ninth Grade deity, and with the power of Merit, at most can only rival him evenly, not surpass the Seventh Grade realm entering True God ranks.

Hence, discussing purely from a divine position standpoint, the opponent can at most equate him.

In the struggle of divine paths, authority is the foundation; if both parties hold equal rank and position, the outcome depends on whose authority is greater and stronger.

This was the root of Panwang God’s confusion: occupying Panwang Valley and Little Yellow Mountain, managing a hundred miles of mountains and brigands, holding authority far surpassing his opponent’s, whose foundation was merely one Little Huang Village, even counting the recently conquered Black Cloud Three Villages, the territory and divine authority under their rule still don’t match half of his.