Yang Guangxiao fell from the air to the ground, dropping to one knee, his expression filled with pain.

A fist-sized wound had appeared in the center of his chest.

Golden blood dripped down slowly.

Such a scene caught everyone present completely off guard.

How had Yang Guangxiao suddenly been injured?

What had attacked him?

At this moment, countless Phoenix-Tail Birds appeared at the edge of the forest. Every time their wings beat, petals scattered into the air.

In this place, they too had undergone mutation.

Each one had reached the God Monarch Realm.

Had they attacked Yang Guangxiao?

No. Clearly not.

If hundreds of Phoenix-Tail Birds had attacked together, Yang Guangxiao would likely not even have been left with a complete corpse.

Moreover, they were far apart. If an attack were to be launched, Ye Yu, Yang Guangxi, and Zhu Xincheng should have been the first targets.

So what exactly was going on?

Yang Guangxi immediately turned and rushed to Yang Guangxiao’s side, taking out a divine pill and feeding it to him.

“Brother, who injured you?”

Under the effect of the divine pill, the bleeding quickly stopped.

But the injury would not heal instantly.

Enduring the pain in his chest, Yang Guangxiao raised his hand and pointed toward the open ground ahead.

Yang Guangxi remembered that place clearly.

It was a grave.

Gao Zong’s grave.

But when he had first arrived, he had carefully inspected it. There had been nothing inside.

How could something have injured his brother?

Just as Yang Guangxi was filled with doubt, a slightly slender arm suddenly stretched up from beneath the ground.

In an instant, both the Lava Tigers and the Phoenix-Tail Birds froze in place.

Then, a gentle-faced young man crawled up from the earth.

The moment he appeared, the Phoenix-Tail Birds fled without a trace.

The remaining Lava Tigers seemed to break free from the control of the Banner of Ten Thousand Beasts, turning and fleeing as well.

The instinct to survive seemed to override everything.

The appearance of this unfamiliar man made Ye Yu feel an extreme sense of danger.

He immediately assumed a defensive stance and extended his divine sense to probe the other’s depth.

Unfortunately, an invisible force seemed to surround the young man, completely isolating him from divine sense.

Moreover, there was not the slightest fluctuation of divine power on his body.

He seemed like an utterly ordinary mortal.

The young man yawned in dissatisfaction.

“To be honest, you people are really annoying. I was sleeping perfectly well. Why did you have to wake me?”

He tilted his head slightly.

“Oh? Kid, you’re not dead yet? Your physique looks decent. Then how about this?”

The young man suddenly raised his hand and gently rotated his palm.

Yang Guangxiao’s wound began to tear open wildly.

In almost an instant, his divine body crumbled into dust.

Together with his divine soul, he was completely annihilated.

Yang Guangxi’s eyes widened uncontrollably, still holding the posture of embracing Yang Guangxiao.

It was clear he had not even reacted yet.

Zhu Xincheng asked in disbelief, “You... are you Gao Zong?”

A smile immediately appeared on the young man’s face.

“Oh? Someone still remembers my name? Could it be because of that plaque?”

As he spoke, he casually lifted his hand. The wooden plaque that had been discarded in the distance instantly flew before him.

On it were clearly written four words: Tomb of Gao Zong.

Zhu Xincheng said in a deep voice, “Once the number one in the God Realm. To be honest, when I saw this plaque, I did not believe you had fallen. If someone truly could have killed you, the title of number one in the God Realm would have changed long ago.”

Gao Zong seemed deeply nostalgic about that title.

A trace of reminiscence appeared on his face.

“Not bad, not bad. What a clever girl.”

“That’s right, I’m not dead.”

“I was simply too bored, so I thought I’d sleep properly for a while. As for this plaque, I wrote it on a whim. I only hoped that if space fluctuations occurred in the future [N O V E L I G H T] and someone stepped into this place, they would not disturb me and let me continue sleeping. But unfortunately...”

As he spoke to this point, Gao Zong’s expression instantly turned incomparably cold.

“Why did you have to wake me from my good dream? Why?”

With that roar, the entire secret realm began to tremble violently.

Ye Yu could clearly see that even the space in the surrounding corners had begun to twist.

So this was the power of the former number one in the God Realm?

With just a single sentence, he could nearly cause the secret realm to collapse. It was terrifying beyond measure.

Zhu Xincheng immediately cupped her hands and bowed. “Senior, please forgive us. Pardon our unintentional offense.”

Gao Zong shook his head slightly and casually tossed the wooden plaque aside.

“If apologies worked, there would be far less slaughter in the God Realm. But unfortunately, I am not someone with a good temper. Especially not when I have just been awakened. Do you know how difficult it is for me to fall asleep once?”

“Therefore, all of you must die here. Only then will my mood improve a little.”

Hearing those words, Ye Yu’s heart shook violently.

Damn it!

Has it reached the secret realm death threshold again?

If he had known this would happen, he would never have entered this place in the first place!

Facing the former number one of the God Realm, even a tactical retreat was nothing more than a fantasy.

Damn it. How was he supposed to break this situation?

Yang Guangxi rose to his feet in a daze, still holding the Overwhelming Sea Blade.

His expression shifted constantly.

There was anger.

There was unwillingness.

And there was a desperate desire to live.

Step by step, he walked toward Gao Zong.

The latter smiled mockingly, hands clasped behind his back, quietly watching Yang Guangxi.

That gaze was like someone observing an interesting prey.

Yang Guangxi finally stopped five meters away from Gao Zong. He dropped to his knees and raised the Overwhelming Sea Blade high above his head.

“Senior, please grant me the opportunity to remain by your side and serve you loyally. I, Yang Guangxi, am willing to become your divine attendant, never to leave you for life!”

He shouted the last four words with particular force.

Whether human or god, all had obsessions.

Before this, Yang Guangxi’s obsession had been to carve out his own name in the God Realm through his own strength.

Not to step outside and have others point at him and say he was Zhu Xincheng’s divine attendant.

Because a divine attendant was nothing more than a subordinate, a follower.

Never able to stand independently.

Back then, in order to repay a favor, Yang Guangxi had become Zhu Xincheng’s divine attendant.

But as his strength grew, he became unwilling.

Desperately wanting to cast off that title.

And now, in order to survive, he was forced to beg for that same title, to place the words “divine attendant” back upon himself.

What greater irony could there be?

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