Chapter 4632: Energy Is Everything

What would a Godly Creature that had been able to fly naturally throughout its entire life do if it suddenly had to rely on its Godly Energy to remain airborne? Would it change its behavior? Would it become more careful and conserve its energy?

The answer was no!

For the Godly Apex Moth, flying was as natural as breathing. Conserve energy? It had never needed to worry about conserving energy just to fly, so why would it start now? The creature simply wasn’t intelligent enough to recognize how expensive it was to maintain flight through Godly Energy rather than relying on its wings as it normally did.

Celis, however, had been paying close attention to the circulation of the Moth’s Godly Energy throughout the entire pursuit. For most of their flight, its circulation had remained relatively stable, showing no obvious signs of depletion. Yet, just a minute or so earlier, something had finally changed. The circulation began to slow, and the concentration of Godly Energy within the creature’s body gradually diminished.

The Godly Apex itself was probably confused. Why was it slowing down? It couldn’t rationalize the situation well enough to understand the underlying problem. Nevertheless, its instincts were sharp enough to recognize that something was wrong, and it began to grow more cautious.

Unfortunately for it, that realization had come far too late. The fact that it could feel its flight slowing down was already proof that its energy reserves were nearly exhausted. It took only another minute or so for the Moth to finally recognize that it had fallen into some kind of dangerous situation.

The Godly Apex was still furious, but it abruptly stopped its pursuit. The constant harassment from the twins’ group was no longer enough to make it continue spending its remaining energy. Instead, it turned around and began flying away, finally abandoning its attempt to catch the troublesome airplane.

Of course, Rean had no intention of letting it escape so easily.

For the first time since the pursuit began, he turned the airplane around and flew directly after the Moth. At the same time, the rest of their group changed tactics. Until now, they had deliberately aimed their ranged attacks at the creature’s intended path rather than its body, forcing it to dodge without inflicting any additional injuries. That restriction no longer applied. Now that the Moth was trying to flee, they began aiming directly at it, doing everything they could to keep it from escaping.

The Moth quickly noticed the change. It dodged the incoming attacks while briefly turning its attention toward the strange object that was now pursuing it instead. However, it didn’t turn around to fight back. It simply lacked the energy to resume the chase, and its instincts were screaming that the best course of action was to flee as quickly as possible.

And so it did.

Its nearly depleted reserves released another surge of Godly Energy, and its speed immediately increased, allowing it to surpass Rean’s airplane speed with ease. It wasn’t flying at the speed of a Godly Apex anymore, but it had still managed to reach something comparable to the speed of an Initial or perhaps even a Middle Godly Horror.

"Arcis, Tobao, it’s up to you!" Celis called out.

The two Law Gods nodded before immediately jumping out of the airplane. Their cultivators’ presences instantly became apparent, drawing the Moth’s attention once more. Yet, rather than making it turn around to attack, this only convinced the creature that its situation was even more dangerous. It tried desperately to fly faster, putting whatever remained of its energy reserves into escaping.

Tobao landed on Arcis’s back, and the latter shot forward, matching the Moth’s current speed. Rean continued following them from behind in the airplane, although Mark couldn’t quite keep up with the two Law Gods. That was fine, though. The Godly Apex Moth wouldn’t be able to maintain its speed for much longer.

Naturally, the sudden appearance of Arcis and Tobao’s cultivator auras attracted the attention of other Moths throughout the surrounding swamp. However, the Godly Apex’s presence had been keeping most of them away. Those few that dared to approach were quickly dealt with by the twins’ group. At their current level, even a Godly Horror Moth wouldn’t be able to reach the Apex without first getting past them.

The pursuit lasted less than five minutes before the Godly Apex Moth finally ran out of energy and was forced to land.

It turned to face Arcis and Tobao, its remaining wing continuing to produce that familiar, low-pitched whirring sound. However, the sound wasn’t quite the same as before. Its pitch and rhythm had changed, becoming noticeably different from the noise it had made during the pursuit.

Then, the same shimmering lights emerged from the Moth’s wing, spreading throughout the surroundings before moving toward Arcis and Tobao.

The two Law Gods immediately grew wary. They had already witnessed what those lights could do to another Moth of the same race, and they had no intention of discovering whether the effect would be even more dangerous against them. Rather than approaching recklessly, they began circling the creature while maintaining a safe distance, launching attacks from afar.

Ice and Lightning Element covered in Ice and Lightning Laws attacks rained down on the Godly Apex Moth, forcing it to jump from side to side in a desperate attempt to evade them. Unfortunately, without the ability to fly and with so little Godly Energy remaining, its movements were far less effective than before. It could barely dodge the incoming attacks, and several struck its body directly.

One shouldn’t misunderstand the situation, however. The Godly Apex Moth certainly possessed other ways to attack and eliminate its enemies. It wasn’t as though the creature had reached its cultivation level by relying solely on its wings and those strange shimmering lights. The problem was that it no longer had enough energy to use its other abilities effectively.

Meanwhile, Rean and the others began noticing a change in the surrounding swamp. More and more Moths were converging on their location, and the Godly Creatures that had previously been too frightened to approach the Godly Apex seemed to have lost that fear for some reason.

Roan quickly identified the cause.

"It’s the sound of its remaining wing," he commented. "It has changed, and now it’s calling the other Moths in the vicinity instead."

He immediately stepped out of the airplane. "Still, it doesn’t matter. Everyone, get out! We’ll hold off the other Moths while Arcis and Tobao finish off the Apex."

"Understood!" everyone answered before spreading out in different directions.

They completely ignored the Godly Spawn Moths and any creatures below that level. With their Godly Energy alone, they could easily keep those weaker Moths at bay. Instead, they focused their attention on the Godly Beast Moths, carefully watching for any Godly Predator Moths that might join the fight, or perhaps even another Godly Horror Moth.

Rean, Roan, Celis, Kentucky, Kachia, Luxa, and Lunelle concentrated on area-of-effect attacks, sweeping through the swarms and burning down the Moths alongside any Godly Beasts unfortunate enough to get in their way. They didn’t waste time targeting individual creatures when broad attacks could eliminate dozens at once.

Eventually, a Godly Predator Moth appeared, but Roan was already moving to intercept it.

[Yin Yang Sanctuary!]

Immediately, the Sanctuary spread across the battlefield, weakening every Moth with a cultivation level, including the newly arrived Godly Predator. Even before the weakening effect took hold, that Godly Predator Moth was no match for Roan. Now that its strength had been reduced further, the outcome was practically decided.

Roan had originally wanted to use the Sanctuary against the Godly Apex itself. Unfortunately, those shimmering lights covered an area much larger than two hundred meters, the Sanctuary’s current range. Since he couldn’t reach the Apex for the Sanctuary’s weakening power to take effect, he decided to use it against the Moths trying to assist it instead.

’Red Death, Crimson Death Scythe!’

*Swish!*

The already weakened Godly Predator Moth was caught by Roan’s attack before it could escape. Like the Apex, it possessed the same shimmering lights and attempted to use them against him. However, the difference in cultivation was simply too great. Roan’s Godly Energy protection was more than sufficient to prevent the lights from reaching his body.

The Godly Predator Moth was split in two, its body falling from the sky. Roan immediately turned his attention back to the other Moths, leaving no time for the remaining creatures to take advantage of the brief opening.

Throughout the battle, the twins’ group kept a close watch on the surroundings, remaining alert for any sign of another Godly Horror Moth. In their opinion, there had to be more than one such creature in this enormous swamp. Yet, aside from a few Godly Predator Moths, no other higher-level Moths appeared.

The Predators were easily taken down through the group’s combined efforts, while the enormous swarms of weaker Moths weren’t much of a threat as long as everyone still had enough Godly Energy to fight. Their attacks swept across the battlefield, preventing the swarms from overwhelming Arcis and Tobao while the two Law Gods concentrated on finishing their target.

Then—

*KABRUMM!!!*

A powerful bolt of Lightning suddenly descended from the skies, striking the Godly Apex Moth directly in the head!

Its entire body convulsed as the lightning coursed through it, leaving the creature stunned and momentarily unable to react.

That was immediately followed by another barrage.

*Puft! Puft! Puft! Puft! Puft!*

Countless Ice Feathers pierced the Moth from every direction, tearing through its already battered body. With its Godly Energy reserves exhausted, it had no strength left to defend itself against the relentless assault.

Finally—

*Tud...*

The Godly Apex Moth collapsed onto the ground, purple blood flowing from its wounds and spreading across the swamp beneath it.

For a moment, the battlefield seemed to fall silent.

They had truly done it.

They had killed a Godly Apex!

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