Chapter 565: 256: Recognition of the Demigod
"With Guang Tongchen."
Although facing a formidable enemy, Guang Tongchen always remained uncompromising; you can't just ask for my name and expect me to provide it.
However, encountering someone as strong as the person before him was a first for Guang Tongchen.
He also knew very clearly that he had no chance of winning. This was a powerful existence that, upon appearing, had already blocked all avenues of life.
Tricks or clever moves were meaningless under such a vast difference in strength.
Therefore, Guang Tongchen uttered his own name, though his heart was actually filled with tremendous fear.
This fear came suddenly, but he quickly overcame it.
The sword intent that had dissipated from his eyes began to condense once again.
Celeos knew the name Guang Tongchen.
On the strange train, a young man named Jiang Xianwu appeared and engaged him in a peculiar conversation.
But because there was a conductor he recognized on the train, along with Jiang Xianwu's companions who had a destiny even he couldn't sever...
Celeos subconsciously thought Jiang Xianwu was not simple either.
If Zhou Baiyu knew the truth, he would definitely find it amusing.
He thought he was protecting Huang Miu, that Huang Miu's luck was provided by him.
Yet in reality, the opportunity to encounter Celeos and for Celeos to hear the name Guang Tongchen—
The source of this luck actually stemmed from his helping Huang Miu.
Celeos noted the name Guang Tongchen, and because of this, the invasion occurred.
Asking for the name was just to make further confirmation.
Guang Tongchen himself did not know the real reason.
Regardless of what Ji Ye said, he felt that this moment was so dangerous.
So much so that...
He didn't at all realize that this was actually a "direct hire from the boss."
He was the one being interviewed.
The interviewer was the demigod Celeos.
"Still able to move, not bad. The moment I decided to meet you, I had already severed your courage,"
"But courage, in truly strong individuals, always manages to condense again; you now have the qualifications to fight me."
Such qualifications did not come from recognition of strength but from character.
"But you have too many ties. Try swinging your sword at me."
Sensing an opportunity, Guang Tongchen did not ask many questions.
He just gripped his sword tightly, his entire focus highly concentrated.
Celeos seemed to be full of openings, but Guang Tongchen just couldn't step forward.
At that moment, Celeos suddenly swung his sword first!
A strike so fast that even Guang Tongchen couldn't see clearly landed solidly on Guang Tongchen.
But there were no wounds.
And yet, in an instant, Guang Tongchen suddenly felt a strong desire to attack.
Draw the sword! Draw the sword! Draw the sword!
His desire to unsheathe the sword was so intense; his whole being seemed like a bloodthirsty beast.
But even so, Guang Tongchen still did not draw his sword.
He continued to wait for the right moment.
Until Celeos genuinely turned around, his back towards Guang Tongchen, exposing a solid vulnerability.
In an instant, Guang Tongchen's aura completely vanished.
Celeos suddenly remembered, this ability to completely disappear...
Originated from the God of Concealment and Night.
The old god he once sought to challenge, but ultimately never had the opportunity to meet.
A flash of cold light—
Guang Tongchen's body flew backwards.
And the sword in his hand named "Corruption Seed Must Die," coming from the Nightmare Bridge's SSS-rated award Divine Artifact—
Was broken.
This Divine Weapon, coveted by all, snapped as Guang Tongchen launched an attack on Celeos's back—
Severed in one strike by Celeos's counterattack.
Looking at the neatly fractured gap of the equipment that had accompanied him in countless summons, Guang Tongchen's heart skipped a beat.
Just moments before, he was still marvelling at the sharpness of this weapon, but at this moment, it had become a broken blade.
Guang Tongchen picked up the broken blade and tucked it at his waist, his broadsword in hand, although severed, he had no intention of discarding it.
Seemingly prepared to use it as a dagger.
The once again "correct answer" from Guang Tongchen, brought a hint of recognition in Celeos's eyes.
He had long known that within the Dragon Summer realm, there couldn't be powerful individuals. Once Divine Enthronement occurs, the barrier would break.
So he was very clear, Guang Tongchen couldn't be very strong.
In Celeos's eyes, this young man couldn't be called weak, just powerless.
But increasingly, Celeos felt a compatibility with him.
"You are quite good, but as I said, you have too many ties. Next, I will sever these ties. After I complete my Divine Enthronement, I will leave behind a Divine Artifact. My own sword,"
"There are very few who are qualified to resonate with it; you are one of them. Once you discard these ties, you will be able to become my will on earth, the inheritor of the Will of Cutting."
As he spoke, Celeos raised his sword.
Compassion, fear, tolerance, kindness, friendship...
These conceptual things, at the moment Celeos raised his sword, became tangible.
Guang Tongchen could feel that some invisible things were condensing bit by bit.
This feeling was really awful.
As if the moment the other party raised his sword, he was already a dead man.
The other's strike, like fate, was unavoidable.
But Guang Tongchen had gradually overcome that fear, holding his broken sword horizontally, desperately maintaining a defensive stance.