CHAPTER 773: 192, RULE

The hall in the New World was enveloped in complete silence.

Except for the charred marks on the ceiling and floor, it was as if everything was merely an illusory dream, something that never happened.

With Borros’s death, the pitch-black full moon before Lin Yue’s eyes underwent a transformation.

A tiny scarlet dot slowly emerged on the Black Moon.

This scarlet dot occupied just a minuscule portion of the Black Moon’s surface, appearing rather inconspicuous.

"Cleanse the Black Moon with the invader’s blood..."

Lin Yue finally understood, "Is this what it means? Clearing off the divine contractors from the Ancient World can turn the Black Moon red?"

This was evidently the demand made by the Lord of Yanfu... or by the Lord of Yanfu to him.

If he could cleanse the Black Moon, his desires would be fulfilled.

"However, Borros was at least a priest of a church, and it only stained such a tiny bit?"

Lin Yue furrowed his brow slightly.

This amount of scarlet probably took up less than one ten-thousandth of the Black Moon.

How many divine contractors would he have to kill?

Or rather, were there even that many divine contractors for him to kill?

"Just killing divine contractors won’t be enough."

Lin Yue mused, "If he were to exterminate those ancient gods descending from the Ancient World along with their physical forms, how much could it stain?"

The ancient gods were, after all, the root of the invasion against the Yanfu World, while the divine contractors were merely tools.

The Lord of Yanfu likely hoped for him to kill those ancient gods too.

"In that case, he must first force the divine contractors on the West Continent side to spare no cost, to invite the ancient gods to descend in their true form."

Lin Yue conceived a plan.

He also had a good understanding of the current state of other proving powerhouses.

Since his physical body was currently hidden under the world’s rules, unable to interfere with the physical phenomena of the real world, he could only barely influence humans through spiritual will, if anything, possibly through dreams or subconscious guidance.

Upon his divine descent, when his consciousness was fully concentrated on this physical form, he realized this only after learning the art of inviting the deity and sensing the presence of his physical form once more.

Proving powerhouses, hidden by the world’s rules, could only intervene in reality by using mortal humans as media, the so-called contractors, who had to be willing to pay the price to invoke power or even the physical form.

The key lay in the medium.

For the human acting as the medium, not only was spiritual power important, but the compatibility with the divine was also crucial.

Therefore, faith was spread in the form of religion, and only with enough zeal could one be fully willing, achieving better compatibility with the divine.

As for the so-called "divinity," it was simply whether the innate attribute of the divine contractor aligned closely with the divine’s power.

Various factors determined how much divine power a contractor could wield.

However...

No matter how powerful, a divine contractor could never truly perfectly align with the divine.

But Lin Yue’s physical body was divine, so theoretically, he had true perfect compatibility with it.

In the same world, two identical leaves could not appear, but in two worlds, it was possible.

"This must have been done by the Lord of Yanfu..."

Lin Yue surmised in his heart, "The deities native to Yanfu belonged to this world, and no perfect compatible physical form could exist again. The Lord of Yanfu would not allow the ancient gods to find another self, except for me, an outsider not belonging to the Ancient World."

He gradually comprehended the intention of the Lord of Yanfu.

"In that case, let the slaughter begin."

Lin Yue set aside his thoughts and turned to look at the numerous guests and soldiers hiding in the corner of the hall.

Everyone’s eyes were filled with an inextricable awe and shock.

Not long ago, they faced the grim possibility of having their bones crushed and helpless to resist, yet now, in the blink of an eye, Marshal Lu, who commanded tens of thousands of troops, and that mysterious and powerful Westerner Borros were both dead?

This illegitimate son of the Lin Family, usually unnoticed, was actually this terrifying?

No one dared to approach him with familiarity, nor did anyone dare to come forward with flattery.

When facing power and eminent figures, they could set aside their dignity to be obsequious, but when encountering someone who completely transcended the mortal world, the gap was so vast they were left only with awe.

Even Lin’s father hesitantly stood from a distance, not daring to believe this was his own son.

Moreover, this time when Marshal Lu invited, though he was aware of the danger, he chose to bring along his illegitimate son Lin Yue, yet didn’t bring his eldest son.

This made him feel a bit guilty, and under the influence of both awe and guilt, he dared not treat this son as he did in the past.

"Father."

At this moment, Lin Yue turned to Lin’s father and said, "I still have some matters to attend to. You go back first."

"Alright." Lin’s father nodded with a complicated look in his eyes.

Lin Yue glanced at the other people present and said in a subdued voice, "Marshal Lu’s confidants stay, and Master Zhou stays, everyone else can go."

At this point, everyone revered him like a god, how could they dare say any more?

Soon, only Lin Yue, Master Zhou, and an officer were left in this vast New World.

"Mr. Lin."

Master Zhou leaned on his cane, bending over unsteadily.

The officer was also extremely respectful, as if the Marshal Lu who had been killed earlier was not his superior.

"Two matters."

Lin Yue pulled over a chair and sat down casually, saying, "Regarding the Priest Borros of the Sun Church, both of you should have some understanding, right?"

Master Zhou immediately said, "Only some hearsay."

The officer quickly added, "Lu Zhengyuan didn’t interact much with Borros. Borros merely agreed to help him occupy the southwestern coastal regions."