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Chapter 1741: Chapter 989: Jian Qi Eliminated

Before Gu Jing’s eyes, a demonic ascension ritual unfolded and completed rapidly.

From what he had learned in the past, the ascension ritual was a dangerous process. Receiving the blessing of an Evil God seemed easy—just fall into depravity—but the actual cost was immense, and the vast majority who received the blessing couldn’t withstand it. Even those Chaos Champions who had advanced far along the path of pleasing an Evil God had a pathetically low success rate, with maybe one in a million becoming a Demon Prince.

Those qualified to receive such grace were already exceedingly rare and needed to earn enough merits to please the deities. Even so, failure remained the norm, and the result of failure was pitiful—becoming a mindless Chaos Spawn. Perhaps those fanatical Evil God worshippers might even consider this a good outcome.

However, looking at Galaraldo’s ascension—it felt effortless.

It’s often said that the success of an ascension depends on the individual, but now it is obvious: as long as the Subspace Powerhouse wants it, the ascension can succeed.

If not, then why could Galaraldo ascend? Was he more formidable than those millions of Jian Qi champions? More devout?

It was simply because his position was significant, his role in this event was crucial, and he was enough to disgust the Human Empire, thus he succeeded.

But Gu Jing had no concerns.

His original worry was about those genuine Subspace Powerhouses. However, after the thunder that pierced through Subspace appeared, he didn’t need to worry further.

Gu Jing now only needed to deal with this one ascended Galaraldo.

What’s there to fear?

There is a gap even between Demon Princes.

Ascension doesn’t necessarily make one mighty.

Someone like Magnus, originally a Son of God and the most elite Spiritual Master among them, had such combat power post-ascension that he nearly crushed Robert—who wielded the Emperor’s Sword was still suppressed in battle. Without Gu Jing there and without a large force of Silent Sisters and nullifiers for support during the lunar campaign, Robert alone would have been powerless to expel him.

But Galaraldo wasn’t such a Demon Prince.

Prior to his promotion, he was neither an unbeatable warrior nor a champion, nor was he some Spiritual Master with exceptional talent and control over Spiritual Energy.

He was just a mortal, at most clever, cunning, adept at exploiting, and skillful at manipulating intrigue and deception.

These were certainly traits favored by Jian Qi, but even if these traits were unprecedentedly enhanced after ascension, they merely turned Galaraldo into a more proficient master of weaving conspiracies, with perhaps some supernatural abilities aiding him in these tasks.

As for enhancing his direct combat abilities?

For Galaraldo, who originally had a mortal body, it was undoubtedly immense. It transformed him from ’unable to truss a chicken’ to being capable of tearing apart an Interstellar Warrior with his hands.

But that’s only ripping apart ordinary Interstellar Warriors.

When facing a Battle Group Champion, he might manage to overpower them through sheer physical attributes and tremendous increase in spiritual power.

But going beyond that, Galaraldo, with almost no combat experience or skills, would expose his greatest weakness: he simply didn’t know how to wield his own power.

As for the grand words he proclaimed before Gu Jing?

Nonsense, more like!

And Gu Jing?

Gu Jing was undoubtedly a seasoned warrior. Since he reached a certain age and began his work, it was undeniable that he received substantial support from his father. Yet, the numerous adventures and close brushes with death weren’t feigned. He was honed to excellence through these experiences.

Therefore, given that Jian Qi could at most succeed in having Galaraldo ascend, unable to provide further help due to Gu Hang’s interference in Subspace, Gu Jing had the upper hand over Galaraldo in the fight.

Galaraldo, having suddenly acquired an enormous power far beyond his imagination, was swiftly worn out of his previous inflated mentality.

Indeed, he had become extraordinarily powerful, but so what?

On one hand, he discovered that the power displayed by the adversary, Gu Jing, the enemy’s child, was undoubtedly on the same level as his.

If not a bit stronger.

On the other hand, though Galaraldo had power comparable to Gu Jing, he couldn’t even touch him.

Gu Jing’s manipulation of spiritual energy jested him around. The efforts Galaraldo put into gathering momentum for his shockwaves were robustly unleashed, but the target was often merely an illusion set by Gu Jing. Whereas Gu Jing’s diverse and dazzling attacks left him unable to distinguish where the main threat or the ruse lay, leading him to resist blindly, often only to err repeatedly.

His initial invincible mindset gradually transformed into surprise, then into irritation.

And by now, only fear remained.

The power bestowed by the Evil God was not infinite. The strength he could now draw was noticeably less than what Gu Jing depleted in the battle.

No matter how conceptless Galaraldo was about combat, he could feel that he was going to lose.

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