Holy Light King

Under the control of the intelligent optical brain, the mechanical race's spaceship fired its three main star-destroying cannons and nine E3-level laser cannons simultaneously for nearly 10 minutes before annihilating all the warriors and mentalists above the domain lord level in the divine kingdom.

Seeing that their superiors, who were stronger than them, were easily eliminated, the remaining cosmic-level beings scattered in terror and fled without daring to show their faces, fearing that they would be next.

Those humans in the divine realm who had never seen such a situation before were either collapsing or going insane, creating utter chaos.

Seeing that there were no obstacles, Zhou Tong swaggered into the mechanical race's spaceship and headed to the various temples of the Holy Light King.

Previously, in order to collect the energy of war and slaughter, Zhou Tong had already used the Great Refining Treasure Technique, following the methods of collecting faith and willpower in the Great Origin Technique and the Great Salvation Technique, to refine many collecting artifacts.

"Intelligent computer, scan the temple for any life."

Zhou Tong had barely finished giving the order, and before he could even blink, the intelligent computer had completed the scan.

"Reporting to Master, there are 361 humans in this temple, including 300 at the Eternal level and 61 at the Cosmic level. Should we eliminate them?"

"Destroy it, but don't damage statues or similar items."

With Zhou Tong's current strength, he can easily kill Hengxing-level beings and a small number of cosmic-level beings. However, there are quite a few in the temple. Although he can kill them all, it will take a lot of time. It would be faster, less effort, and less troublesome to use the laser cannon directly.

Within a few breaths, there was no longer any sign of life in the temple.

Zhou Tong gave another order: "The intelligent optical brain will monitor a radius of ten kilometers around the temple. Anyone who gets too close will be shot dead."

After saying that, Zhou Tong flew out of the spaceship and headed straight for the temple.

As Zhou Tong flew through the hole pierced by a laser cannon into the temple, he immediately saw the tall, magnificent, and sacred statue in the center of the temple.

The statue depicts a woman with three pairs of golden wings, holding a scepter in one hand and a sword in the other. She wears a jeweled crown, armor, and a long dress, with golden and white halos behind her.

"This must be the Holy Light King himself, right?"

Zhou Tong silently recited a phrase in his mind, took out a jade gourd, faced the statue, and used the secret technique of the Great Salvation Technique that was specifically for collecting faith and willpower, and began to absorb the massive amount of faith and willpower condensed on the statue.

In this way, it took Zhou Tong three whole months to collect the faith and vows of all the major temples except for the main temple where the Holy Light King resided.

There are millions of temples in the entire divine kingdom. It would be impossible for Zhou Tong to collect them all by himself in less than a few years. Therefore, Zhou Tong skipped most of the small temples and only collected the faith power of the main temples.

Of course, Zhou Tong would not give up the faith and wishes of those small temples, but he planned to cultivate first, master the Great Salvation Technique, and then convert a group of his subordinates to collect it.

They piloted the mechanical race's spaceship to the main temple where the Holy Light King resided, which was also the very center of the entire divine kingdom.

As soon as he got close, Zhou Tong felt an ocean of faith and willpower.

"It's good that there's no lifespan limit. This Holy Light King has lived for over 30 million years and may have discovered some uses for faith and willpower, which is why he raised hundreds of billions of humans in the divine kingdom to obtain faith and willpower."

As Zhou Tong walked into the luxurious main temple, he was immediately struck by an even more exquisite and magnificent statue of the Holy Light King, which looked as if it were a real person.

"It's a pity I don't know much; the accumulated faith and vows of tens of millions of years are now just a boon to me!"

"You know a lot?"

A clear, cold, and authoritative female voice suddenly rang out, and Zhou Tong's face turned deathly pale in an instant, his thoughts churning violently like a raging storm.

"Is the Holy Light King still alive?"

"We must escape immediately... Great Blink! Great Teleport!"

With a thought flashing through his mind, Zhou Tong instantly unleashed two perfected versions of the Three Thousand Great Daos in an attempt to escape.

However, the space around him was like a quagmire. Although the two Three Thousand Great Daos had an effect, Zhou Tong's movements were slowed down hundreds of times, making it look ridiculous.

"These mere ants of the celestial level can still move even after I stopped time; it seems they actually know something?"

The statue of the Holy Light King shone with a dazzling golden light, and the Holy Light King, about three meters tall, emerged from the golden light and slowly walked towards Zhou Tong, who was still making a slow movement with his left and right hands.

"call out!"

A beam of light suddenly pierced through the temple roof and shot towards the statue of the Holy Light King. But the next moment, the beam of light seemed to pause, freezing in mid-air.

"A Machine Race Immortal-class spaceship? Is this the audacity that allows you, an ant, to trespass into my divine realm?"

"If you were still the original Holy Light King, I would definitely have fled far away. Unfortunately, the body of the deity you possessed in order to survive is exactly what I can control."

The full-power planet-destroying cannon fired by the mechanical race's spaceship revealed a slight flaw in the suddenly appearing Holy Light King, allowing Zhou Tong to successfully break free from the so-called 'time stop' and see the true nature of the Holy Light King.

The time stop that the Holy Light King just used was actually simulated using the massive amount of faith and willpower in this temple. Moreover, the method was very crude. It was purely a matter of suppressing Zhou Tong with the pressure of the massive amount of faith and willpower, like the pressure of deep sea water. It was just a figurehead with no real power.

Zhou Tong simply used the Great Devouring Technique to pry open some gaps in the faith and willpower that were imprisoning him, allowing him to expand his spatial domain.

"Insects! Damn it!"

Seeing that even an ant dared to struggle, King Holy Light was immediately enraged and attacked again, determined to kill Zhou Tong.

Seeing the power of faith surging towards him like a tidal wave, trying to drown and kill him, Zhou Tong, who had regained his freedom, was heartbroken and could hardly breathe when he saw the Holy Light King using the power of faith so crudely and extravagantly.

"These faith and vows are mine...mine! How dare you waste them like this?"

Unfazed by the situation, Zhou Tong immediately began practicing the Great Salvation Technique to refine the massive amount of faith and willpower.

Immediately, golden rays of light and chanting emanated from Zhou Tong's body, and the power gradually increased as he absorbed more faith and aspiration.

The Holy Light King, who was caught in the crossfire, had been furious and wanted to kill Zhou Tong, but he suddenly stopped. His expression changed from anger to calm and piety, like a face-changing act in a traditional Chinese opera.

Just now, the Holy Light King didn't believe that Zhou Tong, an ant, could subdue her.

Although she temporarily lost control of the divine kingdom by possessing the deity of her faith, her connection with the divine kingdom remained. She just didn't know how to use the power of faith, but she had plenty of time to study it. Even if she tried it little by little, she would eventually learn it.

But man proposes, God disposes; accidents happen so suddenly.

How dare an ant of the ephemeral level trespass into the divine kingdom of an immortal powerhouse, and even happen to be the one who restrains her?

At this moment, personally experiencing the Holy Light King's uncontrollable power, a sense of fear that had disappeared for who knows how long resurfaced also resurfaced in his heart.

However, her dignity and will as a strong person remained. Although Zhou Tong's abilities restrained her, they were far from enough to make her despair.

"Hand over the secret technique, and I can take you as my personal disciple and teach you how to become an immortal powerhouse."

When Zhou Tong heard the Holy Light King's stubborn plea for peace, he twitched his lips speechlessly.

In a short while, he also gained a deeper understanding of the foundation of the deity that the Holy Light King had possessed—it was completely blank.

The original deity might have been able to use the power of faith through instinct, but after being possessed by the Holy Light King, everything was gone.

This made things easier for Zhou Tong; now he only needed to use the Great Salvation Technique to imbue these faiths with his own color.

At that time, the Holy Light King will transform into his own shape without him having to lift a finger.

As long as the Holy Light King still needs to rely on faith and willpower to survive, he will passively or actively convert to Zhou Tong's fold.

In this way, Zhou Tong will gain a devout subordinate at the Immortal level and a deity with immense potential.

With this in mind, Zhou Tong worked even harder to absorb and refine the power of faith and vows, accelerating the progress of his cultivation of the Great Salvation Technique.

I will strive to master the skill as soon as possible so that I can completely subdue the Holy Light King.