The Era of Gods

Chapter 363: Chapter 363: Peril at Sea

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When the main forces clashed, Biggs also saw Lin Xiao’s “main force.” He quickly assessed the strength of the troops and his expression grew solemn when he noticed those five legendary Lord of Nagas. However, upon realizing his opponent only had about thirty Rank 7 Clan members while he had over eighty, he breathed a sigh of relief.

“Hero against hero, and an elder can match a legendary creature, eighty Temple Guards can match the opponent’s Rank 7 creatures, and I still have over forty left, ten Rank 7 Temple Guards together can match a Rank 8 creature, after all, they are only legendary creatures, not legendary fighters,” he said.

“We have a similar number of Rank 6 transcendents, but below Rank 6, I have an absolute advantage.”

Musing to this point, a smile appeared on Biggs’ face:

“The high level is not very different, but at the lower level, I have more than twice the absolute advantage. In this battle, I can use the Human Sea Tactic to defeat the opponent at the lower level first, then the lower level surrounds the upper level and thoroughly defeats them.”

Confidently holding the winning ticket, Biggs looked up at the distant projection of Lin Xiao in the sky and said with a slight smile,

“Is this the extent of your power now? Five legendary Clan members are indeed very strong, worthy of the potential on the Genius Sub-List, but if this is all, you will not be my opponent.”

Lin Xiao’s eyelids lifted slightly, and he stifled a laugh with the corners of his mouth twitching, saying earnestly,

“You didn’t take the time to understand me before challenging me?”

Biggs’ eyebrows suddenly twitched, sensing a bad premonition. Indeed, he hadn’t looked into Lin Xiao’s specific information, only knowing his placement on the Genius Sub-List during his junior year, without a detailed understanding of his situation and battle records. But now, it was too late to look at the data, so he braced himself and said,

“So this isn’t your full strength?”

Lin Xiao chuckled, not answering, but with a thought, the second troop he had prepared began moving out under the leadership of the Wise Goblin Leader, Alemente.

It meant nothing else, just feeling there was no point in teasing them anymore.

Biggs did not notice the second troop that had just set out from the shadows of the descent point; he had already stabilized his mindset and ordered his Clan to attack.

In his heart, this was the opponent’s strategy to strike at their confidence, and even if there was indeed a second troop, it would be limited. Since their levels were not much different, Lin Xiao was on the Genius Sub-List and he on the Unparalleled Sub-List, which might mean Lin Xiao was a bit stronger, but having been included for his combat abilities, Lin Xiao definitely could not be much stronger than him.

However, above the battlefield’s Vault of Heaven, all spectators could clearly see a second troop, not much different from the first, emerging from the shadow of the descent point, looking at one another in surprise.

“This junior’s strength is a bit overwhelming!”

“He’s even stronger than I was at this stage,” Uther commented, quite frankly.

“He’s stronger than me, too,”

“Ten Clan members of the same legendary race; could this junior have mastered a large-scale method to help Clan members advance in rank?”

Tina’s question hit the core, as they all were curious.

As for who would win or lose on the field, they no longer had any doubt.

Previously, when the first Clan troop came out, they assessed that Lin Xiao was slightly inferior to Biggs. Although he had four more legendary creatures, Lin Xiao’s Rank 7 level was much weaker, and who would win would depend on which side broke through first at the top, high, middle, and lower tiers.

But now that a second troop beyond their expectations had appeared, the battle’s outcome seemed almost without suspense, except for Biggs, who was still in the dark about Lin Xiao’s second detachment. At that moment, he was still earnestly deploying troops and making orders.

Seeing his serious face and the look of holding back strength, Lin Xiao began to feel a bit of compassion.

“For the sake of your seriousness, I’ll give you a rare experience!”

“Sun God above!”

An armor-clad elf with an elegantly slender form and unearthly beauty drew a delicate longsword towards the sky. The light from the Vault of Heaven converged into a beam striking the sword, and a ring of light—faint in color yet tidal in force—exploded outward for kilometers, covering the entire land with white light.

The realm of the hero, the Sun Elf King—Sun Domain—which comes with purification and a weak healing effect within its range, and all Clan attacks within the domain gain additional burning light damage, with extra damage to creatures of darkness.

It was a powerful domain that could be used for offense and defense. Within the range of the domain, the combat power of Clan members could be significantly increased, especially when facing creatures of darkness.

At the same time, the Priests and Elf Mages bestowed various positive buffs on the Clan members. After a round of buffs was completed, the Elf King holding the Light Sword swung forward:

“Attack!”

A dazzling beam of light shaped like a sword streaked across the kilometers of the battlefield and pierced directly into the Supreme Naga formation. A Lord of Naga suddenly leaped up and slashed down with his blade. ‘Boom!’ A circle of light exploded, and the Lord of Naga, without moving an inch, slowly descended, lifting his blade and roaring.

“Kill!”

The Lesser Nagas, who covered the hills and plains, raised their weapons and launched an attack against the incoming forest spirits and a sky filled with arrow showers.

The Wise Goblin Mages gathered to prepare their spells. The Supreme Nagas split in two; half stationed themselves with the Central Army to protect the Wise Goblin Mages, and the other half followed the Lesser Naga in the attack.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh…”

The Elves’ expert arrow formation began to unfold. Ten thousand Elves made up one formation, and a total of twenty formations of Sun Elves and Forest Elves were distributed on the left, center, and right wings of the battlefield. As the command was given, the continuous sounds of bowstrings became a symphony, and endless waves of arrows gathered like dark clouds overhead.

Just then, Lin Xiao’s authoritative voice resounded through the sky:

“I declare, let there be no intent to kill in this place, or punishment shall ensue!”

The moment the voice sounded, both Biggs and the watching elites looked up towards Lin Xiao’s incarnation. They saw the space around him twist; the distortion spread outward with his voice:

“In the name of Truth, those who harbor intent to kill shall be blinded!”

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Divine Extraordinary Ability, exclusive to transcendent Divinity—the Minor Judgment Skill—was displayed in front of others for the first time, revealing its mighty power.

The principle of the Judgement technique is to define a rule that complies with the fundamental laws of the world and use it as a basis to judge the target.

The rule he established this time was that no murderous intent was allowed on the battlefield, otherwise judgement would be passed.

How could there be no murderous intent on a battlefield? Therefore, he could now pass judgment on all of Biggs’s Clan members.

As for the murderous intent within his own Clan…

Heh heh, when has a judge ever needed to abide by the rules themselves?

“In the name of truth, those with murderous intent shall be blinded!”

“In the name of truth, those with murderous intent shall be blinded!”

It wasn’t that he misspoke or that his voice echoed; it was that he recited this single phrase three times.

There was no rule stating that a punishment could only be inflicted once, just like with three identical tickets. He applied the same punishment for Biggs’s Clan members three times over, effectively disabling the archery prowess that Elves took pride in.

Perhaps a few elite Elf Archers might still manage to shoot blindly, but certainly not many.

With just a single volley of arrows, Biggs’s more than two hundred thousand Forest Elves and Sun Elves Archers were completely incapacitated, unable to shoot, and their loss of sight severely affected their ability to fight normally.

Biggs was stupefied on the spot, and his first reaction was to spend Divine Power summoning a round of the sun, showering down thousands of beams of white light, but the white light did nothing to ameliorate his Clan’s condition.

Or rather, it had some effect, but it was weak, potentially requiring hundreds of times more Divine Power to dispel.

“What’s going on?”

He was baffled for the moment.

But the powerhouses watching the battle had realized what was happening. Uther said gravely,

“Is this a Minor Command Skill or a Minor Judgment Skill?”

Tina shook her head:

“It’s hard to say, both the Minor Command Skill and the Minor Judgment Skill could have the same effect.”

“It’s the Minor Judgment Skill!”

Another top-class expert from the Giant Enterprises Alliance named Utahs had awe yet to fade from his face as he said,

“The Minor Command Skill leans towards direct orders, whereas the Minor Judgment Skill requires a preset condition for judgment. Just now, Lin Xiao’s first sentence was the precondition for judgement, followed by the actual judgement!”

“Incredible, to construct a rule out of nothing, decree a violation, and then pass judgement—such a domineering exclusive ability for superior divinity!”

“What do you expect? After all, it’s an exclusive Extraordinary Ability only obtainable by superior Divinity—you bet it’s powerful.”

“Doesn’t this mean Biggs has definitely lost?”

Everyone turned to the peerless list competitor who had spoken, and they gave him strange looks….

“Is such an obvious question really necessary to ask?”

“Or you could wait until he loses and then try to challenge him.”

“Losing was only a matter of time, the key points are how he loses, when he loses, and whether he loses with dignity…. well ok, he surrendered.”

“I lost!”

Following the realization of his situation, Biggs’s will to fight dissipated completely.

The condemnation of the Minor Judgment Skill was not solely effective on Elf Archers; even the vanguard about to engage the Lesser Naga and the Winged Horse Knights in the air were affected. This blindness inflicted by a ruleset was not something that spells or Divine Arts could dispel; or rather, common Divine Arts were unable to dispel it, resistance could only come from one’s own strength, the stronger the individual, the greater the resistance.

At the very least, in a short while, two Legendary Clan members had overcome the blindness, and it wouldn’t take long for the remaining Rank 7 and Rank 6 Clan members to forcibly break free from this state.

But in the chaos of the battlefield, particularly one already engaged in combat, this short period was enough to cause a complete collapse.

Of course, if he was willing to spend a lot of Divine Power, he could have lifted it, but the consumption was too great for him to bear—the challenge was not a matter of life and death after all.

Thus, before Lin Xiao’s second troop had even arrived, Biggs had already conceded the battle cleanly.

This left Lin Xiao feeling anything but satisfying; it was as though he had geared up for so long, and just when things were getting good, it ended in mere seconds—far from satisfying enough.

But there was nothing to be done about an opponent’s surrender; he couldn’t just force the issue, even if he had the temerity to do so, his opponent wouldn’t be willing.

Upon exiting the virtual arena, Biggs came in front of Lin Xiao and with a thumbs-up, said,

“My companions have told me, your strength is more than twice what I’ve seen, and you are the strongest peer I’ve ever encountered on the hero sub-list. I believe you’re fully qualified to be ranked first.”

Receiving recognition from an opponent was quite thrilling. Lin Xiao smiled and waved his hand dismissively,

“I’ll dare to claim the top three, but to be first is another matter. It’s hard to say without fighting.”

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