Chapter 17: Sound Transmission
The guard led Ogwen forward. After walking for a while, the guard suddenly stopped.
"Why have you stopped?" Ogwen immediately barked. At this moment, Ogwen also expanded a small-scale divine domain, preventing sound from spreading.
The guard said woodenly, "I only know that the lords live in these few houses. Normally, we are not allowed to enter. Which lord lives in which house, I do not know." The guard's answer left Ogwen stunned.
But he understood.
The area where Olivia and the others lived was normally off-limits to guards.
"The houses inside..." Ogwen could see six or seven two-story villas, each with its own courtyard. "This is a bit troublesome. I don't know which one Olivia is in." Ogwen frowned deeply.
...
The War God, the High Priest, Talosha, Dylin, Hiss, and Olivia all lived here. Inside the two-story villa where Hiss lived alone, Hiss himself was sitting cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed.
Hiss cultivated a profound mystery related to escape within the laws of darkness elements.
For Hiss, darkness was like a mother, making him feel comfortable. Hiss could easily merge into the darkness, making it impossible for others to detect his presence. At the same time... Hiss could also detect existences that were incompatible with darkness.
For example, Hiss clearly sensed a fiery aura coming from the house next to his.
Like a spark in the darkness, so conspicuous.
"Hmm?" Hiss frowned. "Why would someone be approaching late at night?"
As the King of Assassins, who cultivated the art of stealth, Hiss was the first to sense someone approaching their area. Moreover, Hiss sensed that there was more than one person coming. "Such a faint aura, but unfortunately, it cannot escape my detection."
Hiss did not use his divine sense.
For Hiss, using divine sense was a foolish act. If you use divine sense, others will naturally detect you as well.
Hiss's entire body vanished into thin air. If a god-level expert observed carefully, they might barely notice a slight change in the darkness within the room. Concealing himself in the darkness, Hiss quickly left his villa and went outside.
At that moment... Ogwen was not far away with the guard.
"It's him!" They were only about a hundred meters apart, and Hiss immediately recognized the other party.
This gave Hiss a great shock, and then he sneered, "This Ogwen is really bold, daring to come here late at night." It must be said that Hiss's stealth technique was truly remarkable. Concealed a hundred meters from Ogwen, Ogwen didn't even notice Hiss's presence.
Hiss immediately spread his divine sense toward Talosha's residence.
Talosha hadn't deliberately concealed his presence. Hiss easily found Talosha: "Lord Talosha, Ogwen is here, just outside."
"Ogwen?"
Talosha was greatly surprised, but then a surge of anger rose in his heart. "This Ogwen. I held back twice and didn't kill him, and he actually thinks I don't dare to?" Talosha directly flew out of his residence and went outside.
In terms of stealth, Talosha was clearly far inferior to Hiss, but Talosha's speed was very fast! His residence was only a little over a hundred meters from Ogwen. With such a short distance, as soon as Talosha flew out of the house and saw Ogwen, he immediately shot over.
"Now I can only find a servant who specifically attends to these god-level experts to inquire," Ogwen was thinking, preparing to find another servant to ask.
"Hmm?" Ogwen turned his head in surprise.
A figure shot over at extreme speed. Ogwen's face changed drastically, and he cursed in his heart, "Damn it, it's him again!!!" Seeing that it was Talosha coming, Ogwen knew he had failed again. Although he was unwilling, he didn't care about anything else and immediately shot up into the sky.
"Damn it, you still want to run!" Talosha's roar echoed throughout Dragonblood Castle.
Immediately, a large number of people in Dragonblood Castle were awakened.
"Hiss~~~" A piercing cry instantly resounded through heaven and earth. This sound was even louder and more piercing than the roar of thunder.
"What is that!"
Wharton, Gates, and the others who had come out of their houses because of the roar were all shocked as they watched the scene before them. In the sky above Dragonblood Castle, a horrifying green serpent, winding and stretching for ten thousand meters, appeared. Its thick body, several stories in girth, sent chills down everyone's spine.
This green serpent coiled in midair, its head held high, and the piercing cry came from its mouth.
"No!" A figure was completely frozen in midair, screaming in despair.
The giant serpent's mouth opened, and the entire space began to tremble violently. The figure resisted for only a moment before being unable to withstand the devouring force and was directly sucked into the giant serpent's belly.
The green serpent, winding for ten thousand meters, finally transformed into a human form. It was Talosha with his green hair.
Talosha flew down, still cursing, "This Ogwen, he really thought I was good-natured and wouldn't kill him. Hmph, since leaving the God's Tomb, I haven't killed anyone yet. This guy completely ignored what I said."
A large group of people gathered below. Linley and Delia had also arrived.
"Was that Ogwen just now?" Linley hadn't seen clearly either. He only vaguely saw that figure being swallowed into Talosha's belly.
Linley had seen Talosha's true form once before, in the third level of the God's Tomb.
"It was Ogwen." Hiss laughed. "This Ogwen actually sneaked into Dragonblood Castle, thinking we wouldn't notice him. But... before he even got close to me, I detected his presence." In front of Hiss, who was proficient in stealth, Ogwen wanted to sneak and hide?
What a dream.
Although one was a mid-level god and the other a low-level god, Hiss specialized in this.
"Haha, Talosha, you used your devouring ability too." Dylin laughed.
Dylin's true form was a Xishan, also known as a Heaven-Swallowing Beast. He had his own space within his belly. As for Talosha, he was a divine beast, the "Basilisk." This Basilisk also possessed the innate ability of "Swallowing the Sea." The Basilisk's body originally contained a space, and its own volume was so enormous.
Its devouring ability was even slightly stronger than Dylin's.
Moreover, Talosha's divine power was purer and greater in quantity than Dylin's, so naturally, when he used it, it was much more powerful.
"This Ogwen came again." Olivia smiled wryly. He had been quite startled.
Linley laughed. "Olivia, you can rest assured now. Ogwen is dead now, and he won't come looking for you anymore." With Ogwen dead, Linley also breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, most people in Dragonblood Castle felt delighted.
"Don't celebrate too early."
Talosha snorted coldly. He opened his mouth, and a divine spark emitting a faint red light floated out. "Ogwen died inside my body. This is his mid-level god divine spark."
"Fire attribute?" Linley was greatly surprised. Ogwen had more than one avatar. If the one swallowed was a fusion of two avatars, there should have been two divine sparks.
"Yes, only the fire attribute." Talosha said. "You all know he has two avatars. The one I just swallowed and killed was only Ogwen's fire attribute divine avatar. His light attribute divine avatar never came here at all!"
Linley sighed inwardly.
Just like when Ogwen first attacked, Linley and Desri had both placed their main bodies in the micro-plane secret room, to prevent dying if their divine avatars were killed.
"It seems Ogwen was also worried he might be killed this time and took precautions." Linley looked at Olivia, whose brow was once again clouded with worry. As long as Ogwen wasn't dead, Olivia couldn't relax.
"Olivia." Linley looked at Olivia.
Olivia smiled bitterly and looked back at Linley. Linley said, "Olivia, none of us know what Ogwen will do next. How about this: you go to the micro-plane secret room to cultivate. There, even if Ogwen uses his divine sense to search, he absolutely won't be able to find you."
In fact, quite a few people were already in the micro-plane secret room.
"Well... alright." Olivia didn't refuse this time.
Only the micro-plane secret room was the safest place in Dragonblood Castle.
"Everyone, don't worry." Linley turned to look at Wharton and the others. "This time, Ogwen lost a divine spark, which is half his life. Now he only has his light attribute divine avatar left. He dared to take a risk this time, but next time, he won't dare. He has no other divine avatars."
Everyone laughed.
But the War God, O'Brien, looked at the divine spark in Talosha's hand with a burning gaze.
That was a mid-level god fire attribute divine spark! He, O'Brien, cultivated the laws of fire elements. A fire attribute mid-level god divine spark was what O'Brien needed most urgently. But this mid-level god divine spark was too precious, and he didn't dare to ask for it directly.
...
"Ah~~~"
In the vast, dark night, on the boundless earth, Ogwen angrily pounded the ground with his fists, letting out unwilling roars.
"Boom!" "Boom!"...
The earth cracked open, but Ogwen couldn't vent the unwillingness in his heart.
"Failed, time and again! One of my divine avatars... the fire element laws?" Ogwen was filled with grief and anger. He knew that from now on, he could no longer cultivate the fire element laws. He only had one body left—his light attribute divine avatar.
From now on, he could only cultivate the light element laws.
"That Talosha and that Dylin, what kind of ability was that?" Just thinking about that terrifying scene made Ogwen's heart tremble.
When Talosha devoured him, it was a completely different feeling from when Dylin had devoured him. When Talosha transformed into his true form, the Basilisk, and devoured him, Ogwen felt completely isolated from the surrounding space. An irresistible force enveloped him.
Then he was directly sucked into the Basilisk's belly.
Ogwen had originally thought that once inside the Basilisk's belly, he could slash his way out. But he never expected... that belly could be considered an independent space. Inside it, he had no ability to resist at all and was directly killed.
This was the unique innate ability of divine beasts! Even if an ordinary person cultivated to become a high-level god, they couldn't have an independent space inside their body.
This was why the Heaven-Swallowing Beast and the Basilisk could swallow mountains and seas.
"One day, one day!" Ogwen gritted his teeth. "One day, I will definitely kill Olivia, and one day, I will become a high-level god and kill this Talosha!" Ogwen harbored deep resentment toward Talosha.
But without reaching the high-level god level, Ogwen no longer dared to provoke Talosha.
Immediately, Ogwen turned into a streak of light and flew toward the western horizon.
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After Ogwen's fire attribute divine avatar was destroyed, he indeed didn't dare to cause trouble anymore. Dragonblood Castle returned to peace. Linley also cultivated quietly. A few months later, on a certain day in winter, Linley received good news.
That day, Linley was immersed in sensing the laws of wind elements.
Suddenly, a voice rang out in his mind: "Linley, I have a matter to entrust to you."
"Lord Beirut?" Linley immediately stopped cultivating.
"Bebe has reached the final stage of transformation into a god. This final stage is very important. Remember, from now on, do not use soul transmission to contact Bebe. Do not disturb him." Beirut specially transmitted this message to Linley.
Beirut could block others from sending divine sense, but Linley and Bebe had a soul connection, which Beirut couldn't block, so he could only inform him.
"Transformation into a god? Alright, I'll remember. During this time, I absolutely won't transmit any messages to disturb Bebe." Linley was also pleasantly surprised for Bebe.