Only God
Chapter 211 - 181: A Huge Lie!

Chapter 211: Chapter 181: A Huge Lie!

The gemstone of boundless brilliance led nations to fight like moths to a flame.

Countless heroes died for it; if one day the dead heroes joined forces, they might challenge the Divine.

Now, the gemstone was in the hands of King Chenfeng.

Because of the gemstone, the Beastmen partied all night, reveling in supreme glory.

Although no one knew how King Chenfeng had come to possess the gemstone, they had captured it, and that was enough.

King Chenfeng drank fine wines among the feasts, his body appearing strong under the flickering firelight.

Heroes surrounded King Chenfeng, casting tall shadows with their bodies.

They incessantly asked questions and toasted to King Chenfeng, eager to witness the brilliance of the gemstone once again.

The Heavenly Descending Gem was too tempting.

Even the heroes could hardly resist its allure.

The cunning serpent Chira persuaded him multiple times, and after King Chenfeng burst into laughter, he took out the gemstone from his bosom again.

For a moment, it seemed that the gemstone’s glow illuminated the small piece of heaven and earth.

Tiger Patro, serpent Chira, and lion Torras stared fixedly at the gemstone, unable to look away.

Only the centaur Shanon, son of Hess, was already drunk.

Among this group of heroes, only he truly savored the hard-won glory.

"What a beautiful gemstone, if I possessed it..."

Tiger Patro couldn’t help saying,

"I would own thousands of cattle and sheep."

"If I held it in my hand, I would commission the finest craftsmen to craft it into a splendid piece of jewelry and sacrifice it to the Dragon God Endora."

Lion Torras spoke rapidly, filled with adoration and devotion for Endora.

And serpent Chira, swallowing his saliva, whispered,

"If I owned it, I would offer it again to our King Chenfeng."

Listening to the heroes’ words, King Chenfeng laughed heartily.

No matter how the heroes imagined it, the gemstone would always belong to him, forever.

The warriors partied all night until cockcrow the next day when they had to rest wearily.

King Chenfeng lay in his tent, clutching the Heavenly Descending Gem.

"What a glorious night," King Chenfeng muttered to himself.

The warriors shared his glory, and the heroes’ envious gazes toward the gemstone thrilled King Chenfeng.

"Heavenly Descending Gem... you indeed bring me everything I desire."

King Chenfeng raised the gemstone, mesmerized by its brilliance.

The Heavenly Descending Gem, with its strange magical power, intoxicated him.

A cold wind blew into the tent.

King Chenfeng shivered.

He suddenly recalled the heroes’ gazes at the gemstone, sometimes admiring, sometimes jealous.

Would those heroes... take my gemstone from me?

A chill went through King Chenfeng’s heart.

He had already heard of the endless betrayals played out over this gemstone.

Those heroes, brave and skilled in martial arts...

King Chenfeng was no longer in his prime; if those heroes came to fight for it, he lacked the power to compete.

Thinking this, King Chenfeng’s grip on the gemstone tightened.

The fire of ambition blazed fiercely.

Heroes of the battlefield, at the feast, your gazes at this gemstone were too overt, weren’t they?

A cold gleam burst in King Chenfeng’s eyes, his expression filled with reckless madness.

"The gemstone belongs to me... and it always will."

King Chenfeng murmured absently.

The gemstone reflected on King Chenfeng’s face.

In an instant,

under the strange glow of the gemstone, King Chenfeng seemed to see an illusion.

He suddenly saw heroes stepping over his corpse, holding the gemstone aloft, enjoying endless cheers.

King Chenfeng shivered, his face slowly twisting into a crazy smile.

Anyway, he had already sacrificed his wife for the gemstone; why not sacrifice a few heroes too?

Desire like the abyss,

and King Chenfeng was slowly falling.

............

After a night of revelry, tiger Patro collapsed in the tent, sound asleep.

The brilliance of the Heavenly Descending Gem sparkled ceaselessly in the deep recesses of his dream.

Tiger Patro watched the gemstone in his sleep; suddenly, thousands of cattle and sheep burst forth from the gemstone, sprinting across the plains.

Patro gaped at the scene before him; that gemstone... possessed such terrifying magical power.

At this point in his dream, Patro startled awake.

Pain!

A sharp pain came from his abdomen.

Patro widened his eyes; in the dim light, he saw King Chenfeng’s face.

That face was full of reckless madness.

A bronze sword had pierced through Patro’s abdomen.

"Ah!"

In a life-or-death moment, Patro couldn’t care for his astonishment; he roared, sprang up from the ground, and knocked over King Chenfeng.

King Chenfeng fell to the ground, unprepared for the terrifying strength this tiger hero unleashed at the brink of death.

Blood flowed from Patro’s abdomen, intestines spilling out; he mustered all his strength, burst out of the tent, and yelled to the people:

"The King! The King has betrayed us!"

Saying this, King Chenfeng rushed out of the tent, stabbing his sword into Patro’s chest; under a splashing sound, Patro coughed up blood.

But it was too late; the sleeping Beastmen had already awoken from their slumber.

Under the firelight, the Beastmen disbelievingly watched this scene unfold.

King Chenfeng had killed the hero Patro.

There lay Patro, his body limp on the ground, and an even more terrifying smile crept across King Chenfeng’s face.

He finally eliminated a hero tempted by the gemstone!

Before the eyes of the crowd, King Chenfeng reveled in ecstasy, driving his sword repeatedly through Patro’s body until the hero below his feet turned into a mangled mess.

"Don’t blame me..."

"The gemstone must always belong to me!"

Standing atop the body of Patro, King Chenfeng raised the gemstone high in his hand, its brilliance reflecting on his face.

The warriors witnessing this all felt a shiver on their faces.

"The King has gone mad! The King has gone mad!"

The warriors shouted loudly, chaos spreading like a plague instantly throughout the camp. The entire camp became a mess, people trampling and jostling each other, the revelry of the previous night gone, replaced by blood and swords.

"The King has gone mad! He has killed the Hero!"

That shout echoed in everyone’s ears, panic and fear pervaded amidst the chaos.

King Chenfeng was still intoxicated by the glow of the gemstone.

Unaware, two beastman heroes were slowly approaching amid the chaotic scene.

The gemstone’s glow was too dazzling; its allure to those wandering in the desert for forty days as if seeing a spring.

Even heroes found it hard to resist the bewitchment.

The beastman allied forces plunged into complete chaos.

They were an allied army composed of five kingdoms, and even though King Chenfeng was the commander, he could not fully control this army.

Moreover, the current King Chenfeng was immersed in the brilliance of the gemstone.

The dazzling gemstone brought wars between nations, and at this moment, its magic power made people insane.

The murdered beastman, Patro, followers began raising their swords, roaring to avenge the hero.

King Chenfeng’s expression changed; he urged his own soldiers to resist those rebelling troops.

The overturned fire basins in the chaos ignited tents, and in an instant, the whole allied camp was submerged in a sea of fire.

"He does not deserve the gemstone! Avenge Patro!"

In the intense roar, the lion-man Torras stepped forward, raising the sword blade in his hand towards King Chenfeng holding the gemstone.

"Kill him! He’s going to betray me!"

King Chenfeng’s face was hideous as he roared.

Blade lights exploded before him, and the beastmen who were still basking in joy yesterday were now slaughtering each other tonight.

King Chenfeng held the gemstone tightly, guarding it like a rat protecting its food, staring fixedly at Torras charging forward.

How ridiculous, yesterday they shouted for glory, but tonight’s war bore no honor.

This was the purest war.

For desire alone, for profit alone.

People could see the dazzling light of the gemstone; carelessly, desire could overtake their minds and bodies.

Although Torras started the rebellion, the majority still supported the King, and soon King Chenfeng saw Torras’s soldiers retreating step by step.

In the dark night, the already crazed King Chenfeng laughed wildly, continuously stroking the gemstone in his arms.

He did not notice a bright, chilling arrow speeding from behind.

By the time King Chenfeng reacted, the arrow had already pierced his left chest.

King Chenfeng’s eyes widened, and he turned abruptly.

The archer, bearing the face of a serpent, hissed as his eyes filled with desire as he looked at the gemstone.

King Chenfeng was about to draw his sword and charge, but his body suddenly stiffened.

That sharp arrow was smeared with the venom of the serpent man, Chira.

The venom quickly surged through his blood, spreading all over King Chenfeng’s body. His large body suddenly collapsed forward.

The Heavenly Descending Gem slipped from the palm of King Chenfeng.

King Chenfeng looked incredulously at the gemstone.

"Why... why..."

"The gemstone... shouldn’t it be mine to possess?"

His body gradually stiffened, the terrifying toxin soon to take his life; now he was merely gasping in his final breaths.

King Chenfeng’s collapse caused screams to erupt among the crowd; the warriors present looked at the fallen King in horror.

And King Chenfeng was still staring intently at the gemstone.

"If you do not sacrifice your beloved... you shall never possess the gemstone..."

That Prophecy surfaced in his mind.

King Chenfeng suddenly realized something...

"Could it be that my Queen,

is not my true love?"

Whether it was the toxin or the imminent death, a chill swept through King Chenfeng’s heart.

In the seductive glow of the gemstone, a deep-seated fear spread throughout his body.

King Chenfeng saw within it... his Kingdom would persevere for a thousand years, thriving everlastingly.

"Could it be... the sacrifice needed, is my Kingdom?!"

He stiffened completely.

This king of Chenfeng, even at this moment, just now realized that the Prophecy had never pointed to Queen Ophir.

Fear dominated King Chenfeng’s entire body.

The serpent man, Chira, slowly approached, picking up the gemstone before him.

The gemstone’s brilliance no longer illuminated King Chenfeng’s face.

King Chenfeng turned pale, consistently vomiting poisoned blood.

From the beginning, he was destined never to possess this Heavenly Descending Gem.

His desire to possess the gemstone was for the Kingdom...

To have it,

yet he had to sacrifice his own Kingdom instead.

The gemstone was nothing but a lie!

King Chenfeng, fallen to the ground, started laughing maniacally, his shadow elongating under the moonlight.

King Chenfeng’s breathing grew more labored; his life was nearing its end.

As if something emerged from the shadow, wielding a scythe, standing behind him.

A cold sensation spread up his neck.

With his last bit of strength, King Chenfeng turned his head.

There in his shadow, stood the Death God.

Under the moonlight, the pale-faced, scythe-wielding Death God merely sliced gently, taking his life.

A king died, a life reaped.

Faced with the choice between his wife and the gemstone,

King Chenfeng resolutely chose the latter.

He thought he had fulfilled the Prophecy, thus would forever possess the gemstone.

But he didn’t know,

from the start,

this gemstone was a deceit crafted by Slaier.

And now,

he had lost both his wife and the Heavenly Descending Gem.

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