Chapter 1667 - Face Plastering (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Time and time again, as long as there was a fight, Nangong Wuyue and Noobie would be able to tear the entire grim atmosphere down. The fact that the poking siren and the “biubiubiu-ing” Noobie just pulled down the severity of the matter by two notches, Hao Ren even started to wonder if the goddess of annihilation would recall those doppelgangers upon seeing how sorry the two of them were; but as things went, it was nonsense.

Aside from those two embarrassments and the weird atmosphere surrounding them, the entire ruins of the Star of Creation had pretty much been blown to kingdom come.

The guardian starships were exchanging salvos with the doppelganger starships while countless droid swarms clashed with other droid swarms. Hao Ren’s teammates were facing off against their own doppelgangers too. The goddess of creation, who was supposed to be the strongest fighting force on his side, was still weak from her awakening, so she was badly wounded by the counterattack. She could only use her divine powers to protect the continent, preventing it from being destroyed by the cannon fire and energy currents flying about. She was in no condition to take the offensive.

To be frank, retreating sounded like a good idea, but now that the entire battlefield had descended into absolute chaos, and the overwhelming doppelgangers had everyone engaged. While the World Tree could forcefully extract Hao Ren and his team out (this would work even without the mark of resurrection), Salaman’s fleet, his droid swarm, and the goddess of creation herself could perish on the battlefield.

Hao Ren’s mind went on overdrive as he tried to figure out a way to break this stalemate as he used Godslayer and his pistol to support his comrades who were faltering in combat. Suddenly, he noticed a key question.

“Eh, where’s my doppelganger?”

Every ally on the battlefield was engaged in a fight again their own doppelganger. Even Noobie had a target to shoot with. But Hao Ren only realized that after spending a good time running about helping others, he did not have a doppelganger.

Lil Pea did not have one too.

Perhaps he could reconcile this with his special position as a pope, but what about Lil Pea?

Yet, Hao Ren did not have the luxury to slowly ponder things out as a bone-chilling aura suddenly locked upon him. Looking up against his tense body, his eyes met the pale goddess.

The latter showed an expression of slight amusement before letting out a chilly smile. “Interesting… You are an interesting fellow. Seems like all these toys won’t work with you. Time for me to assume direct control of the matter then…”

As she finished, the pale silhouette disappeared into thin air. Hao Ren totally could not track or lock on to her aura, and he could only assume a parrying stance by instinct to protect his side, and just as the sword got into position, a terrifying energy slammed against him. It was like being smashed directly by a charging Lily, and he was sent flying!

But just as he flew out, Hao Ren’s mental faculties were more alert than ever, and his mental training had finally paid off as he quickly realized something:

He had used his own strength to block off the evil goddess’ attack, and the divine shield did not even trigger.

Seems like that evil goddess’ power had… somehow weakened?

He swiftly recovered before landing and while it may not look the most elegant, he at least landed on two feet, and the pale silhouette reappeared not too far away, before disappearing again.

Another attack soon came crashing against him, and within it was a corrosive energy attack. Hao Ren was sent about a dozen steps backward by the attack, and before he could recover, another flash blasted out beside him as a follow-up attack came!

“Bloody hell you aren’t following the script at all!” Hao Ren was in a sorry state but he still managed to ward off the third attack. He even had the time to yell out in anger. “Don’t you evil bosses spend two minutes blabbing nonsense before attacking!”

The answer to this question was an exploding energy orb. *Kaboom!*

The goddess of annihilation’s attack was relentless, unwavering and without any restraint. Hao Ren even heard the former’s voice ringing in his head, her voice seething with contempt. “Ah, I heard of those fools you’ve mentioned…”

*Kaboom!*

“They would always like to waste time and energy facing a weaker foe, just to gloat about their strength, and to belittle the opponent.”

*Kaboom!*

“But many times, this foolish action means variables. And I hate variables.”