Chapter 2293: Chapter 2293: Unexpected Discovery

Gusts of air whistled past the nine top-rank True Gods who stood in the air in the center of the forest.

Various streams of internal momentum that were deep or shallow gathered from all directions and closely connected with the nine top-rank True Gods.

Their clan thrived for many generations and had long inhabited the Wind Wood Region.

During the remote ages, it was considered a big clan and it even had two Demi-holy Beings.

But when the time came to compete for the qualification to become a Holy Being, the two Demi-holy Beings of their clan perished in the Mountain of Holy Beings along with many others.

Ever since those deaths, everyone couldn't help but notice that their clan began to decline...

It got even worse when the only consummate True God the clan had died in the last divine era. Their clan declined faster.

It was bad enough that they lost the protection of their consummate True God, and now, they were about to lose even the two Godly Way Tablets they relied on for a living.

Many clans coveted the Godly Way Tablets but none wanted it more than the Mo Clan, a second tier from the Wind Wood Region. They attacked the clan time and time again and came back stronger each time.

Even though their clan no longer had the same power they wielded before, the Demi-holy Beings left them with the Cyan Tree Array. If thousands of people from their large clan cooperated at once, they could even put up a decent fight against a consummate True God!

Even though they used to be so confident about their ability to defend the Godly Way Tablets, their anxiety shot up when they heard that the Mo Clan went to the Soft Light Region and brought back a powerful master to help them. They all banded together and lurked in advance to wait for the arrival of their new formidable enemy.

It was just coincidence that Zen broke in when they were terrified and ready to snap at the slightest tension. All of them mistook him for the powerful master sent by the Mo Clan.

The nine top-rank True Gods rushed to form the array and they hurried even more when they felt a space fluctuation coming towards them.

All their faces were scrunched up in concentration when the expression of the True God at the helm changed. “Dang it!”

As soon as the words left the old man's lips, Zen's figure appeared in front of them faster than their eyes could follow.

“Move the wood!”

“Magic wood!”

“Condense...”

Although the nine top-rank True Gods moved quickly and did their best to move faster, Zen was even quicker than their best.

The Cyan Tree Array was far from finished when Zen rushed like a ghost in front of the old man.

“Bang!”

Zen only lightly smacked the old man's shoulder and yet the old man felt like there was a burning fire in his throat. The world spun into a blur around him before he shakily dropped to the ground.

The Cyan Tree Array wavered and flickered with the loss of the old man who headed the others. How would the array be formed without him?

The other top-rank True Gods gave everything they had as they scampered to save the collapsing array.

Zen didn't give them the chance to regroup.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang...

It was only because that Zen knew they mistook him for someone else that he wouldn't kill them. He wasn't that merciless but neither was he charitable enough to not strike back when attacked. RÂＮŐ𐌱Ęș

Zen moved swiftly in quick flashes and smashed the top-rank True Gods into the ground one after another.

When the last top-rank True God dropped to his knees, the entire array finally collapsed.

Blood dripped past the lips of the nine True Gods as they shook while lying on the ground, all of them desperately glaring at Zen.

The old man turned deathly pale as he roamed his eyes through all the fallen True Gods and knew that it was all over. “Mo Clan... How could a second tier clan manage to ask help from such a powerful master? This is the heavens' will that our Cyan Tree Clan will die today!”

Even though they called themselves the Cyan Tree Clan, they were actually formed by various big clans. Their combined clan prospered because of the two Godly Way Tablets, and even the two Demi-holy Beings specialized in cultivating Cyan Wood Godly Way.

The other True Gods stayed silent as they stared at Zen.

It was meaningless even if they screamed their throats hoarse and fought to the death in front of such a powerful master.

“I don't know anything about the Mo Clan.” Zen kept his eyes on the old man as he spoke and tried to put as much sincerity as he could in his words.

The old man's face crumpled as shock filled him.

When no one moved despite of his explanation, Zen added, “I'm just a passerby. I just wanted to comprehend the Godly Ways on these tablets. You started the fight so I had to fight back.”

As the words finally sunk in, the nine top-rank True Gods' jaws dropped as they stared at Zen in a mix of astonishment, shock, and confusion.

There were very few consummate True Gods in the divine land and since the Mo Clan spread the word that they had a powerful master to help them in their attack, it was natural that they assumed that Zen was the master when he happened to appear here.

“You... you... Are you really not sent by the Mo Clan?” The old man's eyes wavered and he looked as if he wanted to cry.

“I'm not.”

The nonchalant reply had the True Gods of the Cyan Tree Clan let out a sigh of relief despite their sad faces.

Even if they tried their best, they still wouldn't be able to deal with the Mo Clan. Now that all of them had spent their energy in fighting Zen, how would they handle the powerful master when he or she came?

The old man thought for a moment and his eyes lit up as they settled on Zen. “Friend... no... Sir! Our Cyan Tree Clan have an enemy that would attack us. I can hand over all the savings of our clan over the years to you and I hope that you'll help us resist our enemy!”

Zen's brows furrowed at the words.

He just wanted to absorb the complete internal momentum and light up the Godly Way Tablets in his mind. He didn't plan to stay for a long time.

If, for example, he agreed and got involved in the fight between the two clans, he didn't know how long the conflict would last and how long he would be delayed in his journey.

“Are the two Godly Way Tablets controlled by your clan?” Zen directed his question to the old man.

“Yes! We've controlled these two Godly Way Tablets for many divine eras-”

Before the old man could finish speaking, Zen took out a hundred divine might coins and hurriedly handed them over with a shake of his head. “I-I'm sorry... but... but I just wanted to use the two Godly Way Tablets for a while. I can't do anything else.”

Once the divine might coins were in the old man's hands, Zen's figure flashed and appeared between the two Godly Way Tablets in the next blink.

The old man held the divine might coins close to his chest with a bitter and disappointed face. They didn't need divine might coins but a powerful master who could protect them.

There was nothing else the old man could do but helplessly take out a healing pill and bitterly swallow it down. “Everyone, please heal yourself as soon as possible. Since this person wasn't sent by the Mo Clan, we may still have a chance to fight!”

The rest of the top-rank True Gods dragged themselves up from the ground, wiping away their blood, and began to heal themselves.

They were lucky that Zen held back his strength in the fight and only bumped against them with controlled brute force so that their injuries wouldn't be serious.

“Whoosh!”

Across from them on the other side, Zen settled down in front of the Life Godly Way Tablet.

As the Infinity Ruler in his mind glowed, the golden pupils of his eyes began to absorb the complete internal momentum of the Life Godly Way, On the other side of the grassland, over a thousand True Gods appeared and rushed over. They all suddenly darted to the Godly Way Tablets.

Zen turned back and let his gaze sweep over the group he knew to be from the Mo Clan.

Zen didn't want to get involved in the fight between the two clans when he didn't know who was in the right or in the wrong. He just turned away and ignored them to focus on absorbing the internal momentum.

“Old man! We suggest you give up the Godly Way Tablets as soon as possible. This is for your own good. If you don't have the strength but still want to keep them as yours, that's just biting off more than you can chew!” The man who led the Mo Clan and wore golden armor while carrying a black spear on his shoulder had a booming voice, but his mocking laughter was even louder.

Hallam Mo was the current master of the Mo Clan and viewed the two Godly Way Tablets as an important step so that he could achieve his grand ambitions of leading the Mo Clan to rise to power.

He made sure to prepare well this time!

The words barely left his mouth when he noticed Zen and his eyes narrowed in on him immediately.

A consummate True God!

The one thousand aggressive True Gods from the Mo Clan suddenly hesitated when they noticed where their leader was looking.

“Hallam! You said they only had nine top-rank True Gods, so I agreed to help. I don't want to fight a consummate True God.” A sullen man clad in black spoke from behind Hallam Mo.

Although Lathrop He was also a consummate True God, he wasn't from the Floating Island of a powerful clan.

His strength was far inferior to other consummate True Gods who came from powerful clans on the Floating Islands.

There were few consummate True Gods in the divine land so Lathrop He could still do whatever he wanted in the divine land even if he was weaker than the others.

The Mo Clan had already paid a heavy price to ask him to fight but he wasn't willing to make an enemy of another consummate True God.

The surprised Hallam Mo looked at Zen in doubt and noticed that he was focused on comprehending the Godly Way Tablets. Hallam Mo's eyes lit up in glee as he spoke, “Don't worry. That isn't someone the Cyan Tree Clan hired. We only need to deal with the members of the Cyan Tree Clan!”

“That's fine but I have to warn you. If that young man interferes, I will immediately leave!” Lathrop He flatly spoke his reminder.

“Okay, okay...” Hallam Mo nervously agreed as he looked at Zen.

“That's good!”

Lathrop He sneered and then clapped his hands to make an invisible stream of internal momentum spread out.

Behind him, thirteen top-rank True Gods flew up in the air.

These top-rank True Gods were like puppets with emotionless eyes that stared at nothing and saw nothing, but they were all real humans.

At that moment, Zen had already completely absorbed the internal momentum of the Life Godly Way and was about to start on the internal momentum of the Cyan Wood Godly Way.

But he paused in his actions as he was attracted by Lathrop He's internal momentum.

“Great Dominance Technique?” Zen's eyebrows rose.

When Zen swept his gaze across the crowd, his eyes darkened and his expression hardened as he fixed his focus on one of them.