Chapter 17: The Destined Duel (Part 2)
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Sara never knew that so many things had happened to her until now. Even with reality right in front of her, she couldn't believe it - she was the child of God!

Going back thousands of years, humanity gradually became stronger under the protection of the gods. But...

As humans grew stronger, they always had thoughts of fulfilling their desires. Society quickly formed a situation of the weak and the strong, to the point where humans, after gaining dominion over other species, began to fight amongst themselves.

Indeed, in these days when God was absent, humans gradually became corrupted, gradually disappointing everyone... In short, humans had lost the right to exist!

The immortal God-King is always fair, and when he descends again, the world will return to its original state! The so-called civilization will only disappear in the blink of an eye... forgotten in the passage of time.

"Father... why?" Sara tightly gripped the necklace with the amulet, crying out.

Looking at Sara's pained expression, Lilith said with a joyful voice, "I have been waiting for this day to come. From childhood, I believed this day would come! Hahaha, I have finally witnessed this miracle! The day of reckoning has finally arrived!"

Jeana, who had taken over Sara's body, endured the intense pain and stood up, shouting at Lilith, "Never! I won't let you destroy everything!"

The curse that came out of Jeana's mouth was filled with anger! She knew how precious the happiness in front of her was, and she was willing to sink into it...

"I understand!"

Sara opened the lid of a small box and stared at its contents.

Lilith's ecstatic expression froze on her face. At this moment, shock appeared on her face.

"What are you doing?!" Lilith asked in astonishment.

"Father... this is the promise between my father and me. It is the treasure to redeem ourselves... to redeem everyone!" Sara said softly, then swallowed the blood-red crystal inside.

Although it couldn't be determined if this thing would definitely be effective against Lilith, but... even if it was a deadly poison.

Compared to becoming the God who could destroy the world, it was better to swallow the poison - would it really work?!

The small crystal slid down Sara's throat and quickly dissolved in her stomach, being absorbed by her body.

The pain rapidly subsided and finally disappeared, and the terrifying power fluctuations ceased.

"You... Jeana, what have you done? What did you swallow?" Lilith looked at this scene in astonishment and stuttered in confusion.

After a moment of sobbing, Sara's body suddenly released a violent aura, completely dissipating. In its place was a pale green crystal that came out of her mouth.

"This... is this the essence of the God-King?" Lilith said in amazement.

Sara laughed softly and said, "Is this what the God-King is?" She was ready to crush that green crystal with her shoe, so it would never emit such terrifying power again! She didn't know how important this thing was. For thousands of years, countless gods and humans had destroyed themselves for it!

"What are you doing? Stop it now!!!" Lilith, who had recovered from her shock, rushed over and bumped Sara aside.

"God-King... I won't let anyone tarnish you, even if it's... me taking care of everything myself!" Greedily, she held the green crystal against her cheek, then resolutely swallowed it.

After swallowing "hope" in one breath, Lilith laughed maniacally, "Hahaha, then I will become the God-King of this world! And I will use it to change... huh?!"

The feeling of becoming a true god was different from what she had imagined. Instead, Lilith's body rapidly aged... No, it should be said that Lilith's body began to mutate.

It was the same change that Sara had experienced before, appearing on the walls, floors, and ceilings of buildings.

"... If you refuse, then I will replace you... and bear all of this!"

After saying that, black grime appeared on Lilith's body, and blood vessels broke through her skin, cheeks, and arms, resembling countless snakes.She let out a painful moan, but the pressure brought by the God King was tormenting her body.

Then, trembling, she walked unsteadily towards the altar.

In front of the altar was a long vertical passage, pitch black inside, like the entrance to hell.

"I'm really worried..." Sara muttered to herself, "Is that really the entrance to the holy land of Saint Veronica?"

Lilith was still clinging to the edge of the wall, slowly moving forward.

"Oh God King... I know I'm already dead, I hope you can forget me completely!"

Just as Lilith smiled, a roar like a wild beast came from the passage, and then a pair of mummified monster arms reached out from the depths of the tunnel, grabbing Lilith's ankle and pulling her further in.

"Lilith!! Mom..."

Sara quickly ran to the edge of the hole and looked inside.

Just as Sara imagined, just as Yuanhui said - Lilith was the only person who couldn't be saved.

Cure the soul that has experienced centuries, eliminate the indelible hatred, and if possible, rewrite one's life with the miracle of the God King... Haha, it's ridiculous.

Ah, whether it is the existence of the mother or the past with the father, everything is as Sara understands, it is impossible to start over.

No matter how strong, the result is just to save oneself, without incorporating the world into one's obligations.

"I'm sorry, Jeana... I hope you can forgive Mom." Lilith whispered.

After speaking, she closed her eyes forever in her changed form.

"Mom!"

Sara, who was a step slower entering the tunnel, ran over and then lamented in front of Lilith's body, "Don't die! Please... didn't we agree to be together with Dad forever?!" With teary eyes, she cried on Lilith's chest.

Wuwuwu...

At this moment, a terrible cry came from the tunnel.

Sara looked up and saw an ugly creature prostrating on a nearby rock wall.

"This... is the God King?" she looked at the other person blankly.

Although called the God King, it was far from the appearance of a typical God King.

It is better to say it is a certain place - in some places, it even looks like a huge embodiment of evil!

Although the body is weak, the bones are relatively large.

Its appearance is actually a... dragon!!!

It's not clear if it's because of the lack of power, the strength of its whole body seems incredibly weak.

Therefore, this God King in front of the eyes can't even fly, can only crawl on the ground.

Its appearance on the ground always reminds people of dinosaurs, but it also resembles a yaksha.

The God King took a deep breath, and then breathed out flames.

"Who dares to disturb my rest?"

Perhaps to open the gate to a new world, burn everything from the old world first, like the hellfire?

The flames engulfed the bodies of everyone, igniting the anger in Sara's heart again.

But Lilith did not stop the revival of the God King because it couldn't just easily die like this!

"Your Highness," Sara said reluctantly, "I didn't mean to disturb your rest, I just hope you can have mercy and not let the world end again."

"End? Hehe... sorry, but it's not possible!" the God King refused.

"Humans have reproduced for so long, proving that they have the right to exist in this world. Why..."

"Not possible means not possible, everything is predetermined and cannot be changed!" the God King sternly said.

"It was because of you that Father was killed. Sara and Lilith also became sacrifices because of you. If it weren't for you, this wouldn't have happened... you shouldn't exist in this world, I am the one who must avenge everyone!"

After speaking, Sara raised her weapon and aimed it at the God King's head.

"Hahahaha," the God King laughed mockingly, "I am the creator of this world, everything here is created by me, you... oh?"Bang! Bang! Bang!

After three gunshots, Sara showed no signs of fear.

All three bullets hit the target, but... the God King was injured.

It staggered and fell to its knees, its already weakened body unable to support its own weight.

However, Sara's combat power was greatly diminished now -- she had run out of bullets!

And to make matters worse, she had no spare magazine left; her only remaining weapon was a short military knife.

Whether it could be used to fight against the God King, she could only hope for a miracle.

But while the God King was lying on the ground, it seemed unable to continue exercising its powers.

Sara cautiously circled around the God King, alert for any signs of it using its powers again. The God King could only swipe its claws in response, its posture awkward, making its attacks almost futile.

Sara's clothing tore...

"Hmph! Even without your powers, you as a human cannot defeat me!"

"Uh..."

Sara, occasionally grazed by the God King, became even angrier. Her unwavering nature of refusing to accept defeat drove her to relentlessly swing the military knife around the God's body, attempting to keep the God King trapped in its injured state.

In this reckless assault, there were actually several successful stabs at the opponent.

Roar!

At that moment, the God King let out a terrifying scream.

However, it forcibly turned its upper body and viciously smashed its fist onto Sara.

The powerful blow caused serious damage to Sara, potentially even fracturing two of her ribs.

Even so, Sara fought to maintain her consciousness and struggled to pick herself up from the ground, then picked up the dropped military knife and fiercely faced her opponent.