The mysterious fourth competitor walked slowly, enveloped in a seven-colored light ball, their appearance and figure obscured.
"Who are you?!"
"Who are you?!" the King and others shouted in unison.
But the Undead Master remained silent.
He gazed at the Duel Godhood for a long time, slowly moving, and eventually had to stop.
The pressure ahead was like a mountain.
He was nearly 80 steps away from the Duel Godhood, closer than the King.
"This distance..." The Ice Sculpture King narrowed his eyes, gripping this clue tightly, "You’re also at the Holy Domain level?!"
The Undead Master remained silent.
The Ice Sculpture King ignored him and continued to speculate: "Your distance being closer than mine indicates that your strength is inferior to mine... Haha, who are you? Do you know you are becoming a mortal enemy of the Ice Sculpture Kingdom?"
He was unaware that the Undead Master’s strength was far greater than his, with a deeper understanding of laws.
The reason the Undead Master was closer was that the Death Principle was more compatible with the Duel Godhood than the Frost Law!
Shichijiro also mocked the Undead Master: "Give it up, you’re at the Holy Domain level with no hope at all."
The Undead Master still did not respond, silently taking out the divine artifact [Truth Stone Tablet].
The [Truth Stone Tablet] contained four portions of Death Divinity.
The Undead Master went all out, activating part of the artifact’s power, releasing a portion of masterless Death Divinity.
"Masterless" was the key!
Like a drop of ink, the divinity coalesced, suspended in midair.
The Duel Godhood moved!
It was attracted by the Death Divinity, drifting towards the Undead Master’s direction.
The Death Divinity was also being drawn by an invisible force.
In mutual pursuit, the Death Divinity contacted the Duel Godhood, being absorbed by the latter.
This scene astonished the other three.
"W-what is going on?!" Shichijiro exclaimed, "Can you win Godhood’s favor with divinity?!"
"Damn it, he came prepared!!" The Ice Sculpture King’s pupils shrank to needles, instantly filled with apprehension.
However, as the Undead Master released the remaining three Death Divinities, the Duel Godhood, though having greatly shortened its distance with him, still remained 40 steps away.
"Hmm?" The Undead Master fell into contemplation, "What’s going on?"
"According to my teacher’s plan, using the Death Divinity collected from the White Hair Sea Trench should have attracted the Duel Godhood into my hands."
"Why is there still nearly a 40-step gap?"
For a moment, the Undead Master was stuck.
Seeing that he didn’t take out more Death Divinity, the other three finally relaxed.
"So contributing divinity can win the Godhood’s favor." The Ice Sculpture King murmured, feeling resentment toward his ancestors for not leaving such crucial knowledge behind. Were they, even at the Legendary level, unable to access such top-level secrets related to Godhood?
Shichijiro mocked, "Oh dear, how tragic."
"It must be very difficult for someone at the Holy Domain level like you to acquire divinity."
"What a pity, you couldn’t obtain the Duel Godhood with four portions of divinity. Your investment is all for nothing, hahaha."
Just as Shichijiro laughed, a divine aura suddenly surged from him.
This was not the aura of the Duel Godhood, but of another deity.
Under Shichijiro’s incredulous gaze, an emerald drop of divinity emerged from his body.
"Divinity? How come I have divinity on me?!" Shichijiro patted his chest, utterly bewildered.
Divinity and Godhood attract each other.
Because of this, the Duel Godhood drifted closer to Shichijiro, closing the gap by 10 steps.
Immediately, another divinity emerged, bringing the Duel Godhood another 10 steps closer to Shichijiro.
When the third divinity emerged, Shichijiro suddenly realized, "It’s the seven immortality blessings on me!"
Shichijiro bore a favored bloodline. This bloodline naturally accommodated, carrying much divine power, and therefore frequently received the favor and grace of deities.
Shichijiro had participated in several large divine festivals, receiving blessings from different deities multiple times. The strongest seven blessings were all immortality blessings. Seven different conditions needed to be met to break the blessings and cause him fatal harm.
As a result, he had the nickname "Seven Lives" and another, "Beloved of the Seven Gods".
Although Long Meng had killed Shichijiro many times, exceeding seven, he did not meet the conditions to break the blessings, rendering the kills futile. The blessings from the Seven Gods must be resolved at the root to claim Shichijiro’s life.
"So my immortality blessings were all woven with divinity." Shichijiro finally understood the Empire’s ingenious plan.
He was overjoyed: "Good, the Duel Godhood is mine now!"
He was initially only 50 steps away from the Duel Godhood. With seven divinities, he could contact the Duel Godhood.
But the Undead Master had just used four Death Divinities, pulling the Duel Godhood further away, notably further from Shichijiro.
The gap between them was about 60 steps now.
This was because the Undead Master, Duel Godhood, and Shichijiro were not aligned in a straight line, forming an angle.
Even so, by Shichijiro’s calculations, with his seven immortality blessings translating into seven divinities, he could attract the Godhood by 70 steps. Since 70 steps were greater than 60, he was certain to draw the Godhood to himself.
"I’ve won; I’m the biggest winner here, and only me!!" Shichijiro laughed triumphantly.
The Undead Master remained silent.
The Ice Sculpture King roared, "No—!"
Long Meng gritted his teeth, extremely unwilling.
At this moment, a fifth rainbow-colored light cluster entered.
"Who?!"
"Who are you again?"
"Hahaha, you’re too late."
Just as the Duel Godhood seemed about to fall into Shichijiro’s hands, the Dragon-man youth produced the [Mermaid’s Fairy Tale], directly casting a Death Divinity.
The Godhood was drawn, increasing the distance from Shichijiro.
Shichijiro: ...
Others: ?!!
Long Meng’s eyes widened: "This mysterious person also has divinity?"
The King grabbed his crown, flung it to the ground, and stomped, utterly abandoning his noble demeanor: "Why does it seem like every competitor came prepared with divinity?!"
Shichijiro gritted his teeth; the Duel Godhood’s distance was increased, but he still had hope.
Because the Dragon-man youth and he were not on the same line, merely relatively positioned.
Shichijiro had a full seven pieces of divinity.
Shichijiro cast another piece of divinity.
The Dragon-man youth followed.
Shichijiro was shocked, yelling angrily, casting out the last one.
The Dragon-man youth cast the third Death Divinity.
Shichijiro felt like falling into an ice cellar.
It was over; he strained out his hand, but there was still a step away from the Godhood.
The Dragon-man youth cast the final piece of divinity.
Just like this, the Duel Godhood almost brushed past Shichijiro.
"No—!" This time, Shichijiro cried out to the sky, full of sorrow, anger, hatred, and helplessness.
The Godhood and the Dragon-man youth were only two steps apart now.
The youth’s divinity was exhausted.
Long Meng astutely noticed this, blurting out: "He’s out of divinity!"
Shichijiro’s wail stopped abruptly, followed by violent coughing.
"Hahaha! You’re also useless!" The Ice Sculpture King laughed loudly, utterly thrilled.
The Undead Master stared intently at the Dragon-man youth: "What’s going on? He also used Death Divinity, and just like me, it’s four pieces?!"
Under everyone’s gaze, a silent smile appeared on the Dragon-man youth’s lips.
In his heart, he said, "I am Long Fu, after all, having participated in countless duels, my name is renowned nationwide."
He continued walking.
"I am also a Holy Fighter of the God of Duels."
The youth continued forward.
"I am a top-four finalist in this National Ceremony’s great duel. In the end, I defeated the gentle one!"
The youth reached out.
Under the astonished gazes of the other four, his fingers lightly and slowly touched the Duel Godhood.
In the next moment, the Godhood radiated light like the sun, its dazzling seven-colored light dispelling all darkness, filling every corner of Anqiu.
"No, no, no!!!" Shichijiro cried out again in sorrow.
"This is the property of my Ice Sculpture Kingdom, it’s our country’s treasure!!" The Ice Sculpture King also howled.
And amid the endless divine light, the Dragon-man youth watched as the Duel Godhood slowly drifted into his body.
He smiled lightly: "The Duel Godhood is mine."
(End of Volume Two)