The flames that transformed from the fallen Sun Monarch burst like fireworks in the sky, even more conspicuous against the backdrop of the heavy dark clouds.

"What is that?"

Many Contractors had noticed the huge firework, originally thinking it was the might of the Sun Monarch, but upon closer perception, they discovered that the Sun Monarch's sun-like aura was rapidly weakening, to the point of...

Completely disappearing.

"Disappeared? Could it be... the Sun Monarch has returned?"

"How could that be... The Sun Church has consumed so much gold, after summoning the divine for a descent, it can't return before its power is exhausted, right..."

"How could this happen? Unless... the Sun Monarch has fallen??"

"Indeed, there are historical records of divine battles leading to the fall of a divine being, which seemed to be the case..."

"The Sun Monarch has actually fallen!"

"And Lin Yue didn't even summon the divine being's True Body..."

At this moment, one by one, the Contractors were bewildered.

Everyone thought that it would be Lin Yue, alone, who would be wiped out by the Sun Church, but no one expected... that it had only just begun, and the Sun Monarch had already fallen!

The believers of the Sun Church, including the Pope himself, felt as if the sky had collapsed, one by one they despairingly knelt on the ground, staring blankly at the enormous blazing flames.

The Pope and the Divine Contractors of the Sun Church were the clearest about the Sun Monarch's life and death; they had all signed a contract with the Sun Monarch and could communicate with the divine at any time.

But now, they could communicate nothing at all.

The Sun Monarch... had truly fallen!

Yet Lin Yue remained unmoved.

He was just the most ordinary of those Proving, not even having refined Divine Power, fragile as paper before him.

Even though he didn't let his True Body descend, just allowing a wisp of Divine Power to activate the Divine Artifact Battle Saber was enough.

At the moment of killing the Sun Monarch, the faint red dot remaining in the Black Moon finally underwent a dramatic change.

A circle of crimson light emerged from the edge of the black full moon, extending inward, eventually forming a crimson ring embedded in the Black Moon.

"About one-ninth..."

Lin Yue immediately judged the area occupied by the crimson ring, "One Sun Monarch occupies one-ninth, if each god of the West Continent Church occupied one-ninth, then I only need to kill eight more..."

However, that was just his speculation.

As for what to do next, that was still to be seen.

"You're not a Contractor worshipping the divine."

Suddenly, the death deity not far away spoke.

"Oh?" Lin Yue looked toward him.

"The aura of the Power within you is almost perfectly in sync with you."

The death deity said coldly, "The slash you dealt to the Sun, the Power of Divine Descent completely merged into your body, perfectly harmonizing with you. If you were a Divine Contractor, this would be impossible, so there's only one answer... You're an otherworldly Proving being, who has found a second Physical Body identical to yours in this world."

Lin Yue smiled, "Correct answer."

Such matters were not difficult to guess for a being of Proving.

But what if they guessed it?

It was a privilege granted by the Lord of Yanfu, and to find a second identical Physical Body, one had to do so before entering this world, and before being assimilated by the world's rules.

Even if the Proving powerhouses of the Ancient Gods or Yanfu knew this, it was useless.

An outsider, approved by the Lord of Yanfu, lacking neither of these conditions.

"It seems, then, you are the person the Lord of Yanfu sent to expel us?"

The death deity squinted, examining the Battle Saber in Lin Yue's hands, "Lifebound Divine Artifact?"

One's own semi-divine artifact, completely one with life, could be brought over from the Ancient World, but Divine Artifacts could not.

Unless it was a Lifebound Divine Artifact.

Only the might of a Divine Artifact could be so terrifying.

"Death deity? You are a second-tier divine being of the Ancient World, right?"

Lin Yue spoke lightly, "You seem to have some strength, so I shall give it my all."

In the next moment, his Life Force began to drain rapidly, aging in appearance as a price for the Divine Descent.

With the connection perfectly aligned with his True Body, a mere five years of life could be the price for the True Body to descend.

Of course, a large number of sacrifices were needed to replenish.

"Boom!"

A somewhat ethereal figure descended out of nowhere, instantly fusing into one with Lin Yue.

Familiar Power surged out—this was his Spiritual Body and Inner Heaven and Earth!

"You haven't transcended? Not Proving?" The death deity was taken aback, only then seeing Lin Yue's true nature.

A non-Proving being, able to kill the Sun Monarch?

Although the Sun Monarch was just the most ordinary of those who had Proved and Transcended, having not even refined Divine Power, he was at least a mighty transcendent.

Did someone merely at the Harmonization and Saint stages dare to think of killing him?

Even with a Lifebound Divine Artifact, one must refine Divine Power and have mastered part of the Ultimate Path!

Moreover, he could feel the aura of Lin Yue's Divine Soul was slowly diminishing, as if on the verge of collapse?

"Hmph, courting death." The death deity sneered.

A mere individual at the Harmonization and Saint stages dared to think of killing him?

"Die."

Lin Yue looked toward the death deity, gripping the Battle Saber as his figure suddenly moved.

He didn't know the strength level of a second-tier divine being from the Ancient World, so he used his full strength right from the start.

The Inner Heaven and Earth transformed by the Ultimate Path burst forth at full strength, propelling a drop of phony Taichu Divine Power, unleashing part of the Divine Body's force as well!

"Boom!"

A misty saber light blossomed, tearing through the Void as earth, wind, Water and Fire surged forth, with even a hint of Chaos taking form, roaring past the death deity!