"Even though I am severely injured, I can still easily subdue you!" Athena said weakly.
Fine!
Yun Fan was completely convinced. He thought he was a king, but turned out to be a bronze. Low cultivation meant no rights.
What could he do? He was also desperate!
He finally understood that in the God Realm, even if one ascended to godhood, they were still mere rookies unless they could break through to the middle stage.
Only by becoming a mid-level god could one have the qualifications to stand their ground in the God Realm.
"Kill me or skin me, do as you please!"
Yun Fan said directly.
Of course, he said that, but he wouldn't necessarily wait to be slaughtered. If Athena truly intended to kill him, he would resist.
Whether he could escape alive would depend on his fate. The reason he was so confident was because he saw no killing intent in Athena's eyes.
"You know I hate deception the most!"
Athena looked coldly at Yun Fan.
Yun Fan then said, "I was forced to do it. If the gods want to kill me, I can't just not resist!"
"Besides, if the gods continue like this, they will eventually be destroyed by the anomalies!"
Upon hearing this, Athena knew that what she feared had come.
From the incident at the True Martial Divine Palace, she could see that the gods had great ambitions, wanting to control the anomalies, but that wasn't all.
The anomalies were far more powerful than she imagined. The reason she didn't kill Yun Fan was precisely to leave a fallback for the gods.
If Yun Fan died, then there would be no one to restrain the anomalies.
The thought sent shivers down her spine. Of course, she didn't care much about the deaths of other gods, but the Dragon God was her adoptive father.
Since she came to the God Realm, he had treated her like a daughter. Therefore, she wanted to leave a fallback for the Dragon God and herself.
Although the gods were high and mighty, and had always firmly controlled the anomalies, she didn't think so.
In her opinion, the anomalies seemed to be deliberately showing weakness, lulling the gods into complacency. As soon as they found an opportunity, the anomalies would launch another war of the gods.
There were two most famous battles in the mythological era. The first was the Battle of Demon Slaying, which eliminated the 'great victim' Yun Fan before them.
The second was the War of the Gods, a war against the anomalies. Although it was not as brilliant as the first battle, with only a third of the experts from the first battle,
The War of the Gods was the most brutal, directly ending the entire mythological era. She did not participate in the first battle.
However, she participated in the second war. She witnessed its cruelty firsthand. She saw gods fall and all beings wail.
It affected everything in the mortal realm.
At this moment, she said to Yun Fan, "Then from today onwards, you will stay by my side! Without my permission, you are not allowed to leave alone!"
"That's impossible!"
Yun Fan refused, "I'm a person who loves freedom, who loves to be unrestrained. Of course, I can't be bound and obey others!"
What a joke! If he really followed Athena, where would his pride as the Demon Ancestor go?
This was perhaps his last act of defiance.
Upon hearing this, Athena said, "Don't worry, as long as you don't go too far, I won't bother you. Nominally, you are just my subordinate. Besides, you have no choice!"
"Why?"
Yun Fan asked, confused.
Athena said, "Because if you leave me, your identity will be exposed very quickly. Although you conceal it well, the gods will always find a way to find you!"
Although Yun Fan didn't want to agree to Athena, his primary goal for now was to survive and develop.
Before he broke through to the middle stage of the Mahayana realm, he wouldn't dare to venture out recklessly.
If he encountered a powerful being like Athena, he would probably be finished. This was the cruelty of reality.
Therefore, he immediately said, "Okay, I agree!"
Athena nodded, then said to Yun Fan, "My power has been pushed to its limit, and this is my weakest phase. However, this is still True Martial Divine Palace territory, so we need to leave quickly! Carry me!"
Alright! Yun Fan was completely convinced by this cunning old fox. All the foreshadowing earlier, and the last sentence was the main point, right?
If he agreed, where would his pride as the Demon Ancestor go?
However, before he could refuse, Athena's hands were already on him.
"Damn it!"
Yun Fan didn't know what to say at this moment.
Helplessly, he could only carry Athena forward. He now strongly suspected that Athena was just bragging earlier.
With this condition, could she still subdue him? He felt insulted.
However, since he had reached an agreement with Athena, at this moment, he could only fulfill that agreement.
On the way, he asked Athena, "What kind of organization is the Anti-God Alliance?"
Athena said, "I don't know much about this organization. I only know that before the mythological era, it originated from the Tongtian Sect Master, and was suppressed by the gods during the mythological era!"
"When the gods were dealing with the Demon Ancestor, they did not participate. Later, when the anomalies betrayed their agreement and invaded the God Realm on a large scale, the Anti-God Alliance participated, and their sacrifices were the greatest! Although I don't know much about this alliance, I can be sure that they are a breath of fresh air in the God Realm. Gods should be like this! Before the mythological era ended, it was the Anti-God Alliance gods who helped the mortal realm the most!"
Upon hearing this, Yun Fan realized that the Anti-God Alliance was indeed a breath of fresh air.
"It's a pity that our standpoints are different, so I can't make any judgments on many things!"
Yun Fan said, "It's a pity that their strength is not strong enough!"
"You are wrong, their strength is very strong!"
Athena said, "It's just that their top experts sacrificed themselves during the War of the Gods!"
"For example, the God of Water and the God of Fire, were they not comparable to the Dragon God and the Great God True Martial? They rose from the mortal realm and established their own doctrines in the mortal realm. Unfortunately, they sacrificed themselves in the battle against the anomalies!"
As soon as he said this, Yun Fan's expression changed instantly.
But Wuming told him that these two great gods were considered dead by the gods, but they were not dead yet, giving him a chance to save them.
In an instant, Yun Fan had a very good impression of this Anti-God Alliance. He even wanted to join this organization.
But unfortunately, he didn't know the specific location of this organization. This was really troublesome. It seemed he could only join it later by chance.
At this moment, Athena said to Yun Fan, "You come from the mortal realm. What is the situation in the mortal realm?"
It had been ten thousand years since she rose from the mortal realm and broke through to godhood in the Sea of Winter. After coming to the God Realm, she had never returned to the mortal realm.
Her identity in the mortal realm was the princess of the extreme north.
She really wanted to go back to the mortal realm to see it once. Although her relatives and friends were all dead, it was still her homeland.
Yun Fan recounted the era of the Dark Turmoil and the awakening of the anomalies to Athena.
Instantly, Athena's brows furrowed. The gods all said Yun Fan was a cruel Demon Ancestor, but the things Yun Fan described were beyond her comprehension.
She began to look at Yun Fan with new eyes.
At this moment, she asked Yun Fan, "You are the Demon Ancestor. Mortals have nothing to do with you. Why do you save them?"
"I rose from the mortal realm, so it has something to do with me. Protecting all beings is my unshirkable responsibility!"
Yun Fan said, "Although the gods are high and mighty, they also harmed the common people when they chased me in the mortal realm, so I have no good feelings towards the gods!"
He didn't know that he had inadvertently gained some favor in Athena's eyes.
At this moment, Athena said to him, "You did very well. Although the gods are high and mighty, they are not as great as you."
At this moment, her impression of Yun Fan had greatly changed.
Yun Fan said, "Not only the gods, but when I first rose in the mortal realm, countless people also thought I was a demon! But only I know that although demonic power is terrifying, it is I who wield it, and I am not a demon!"
Athena didn't say anything, but in her heart, she agreed with Yun Fan's words. Terrifying power was not the issue, but who wielded it.
It was not power that decided destiny, but the master who controlled it.
The two chatted for a few more sentences, but unexpectedly, at this moment, two gods in the early stage of Mahayana realm chased after them from behind.
Seeing this, Athena was furious. It seemed this Taiyi War God didn't want her to leave alive.
"Put me down, I'm going to kill them!"
Athena said.
Yun Fan was naturally happy to see this, but he still asked, "Are you sure you can still fight?"
Athena was slightly embarrassed. Although she could fight, the situation was not optimistic.
"You go, I allow you to use demonic power!"
Athena said directly. She really wanted to know how powerful the demonic power was, which both gods and anomalies feared greatly.
How strong was this demonic power?
She came to the God Realm after the War of Gods and Demons, so she really wanted to know what kind of existence the demonic power, which made both gods and anomalies tremble, was.
"No problem!"
Yun Fan put Athena down and walked towards the two gods.
"The War God guessed correctly, you are injured and have no resistance at all!"
The two gods looked at Athena playfully. Because their hatred for Athena was too deep, Taiyi War God had given them the freedom to handle her.
All they had to do was bring Athena's corpse back, so at this moment, the two gods developed wicked thoughts towards Athena.
Athena saw all this, and there was no doubt that she had no good feelings towards the so-called gods anymore.
Gods were not a group of high and mighty rulers, but a group of people with no bottom line.
However, at this moment, Yun Fan said, "If you want to deal with her, you have to get past me first!"
As soon as he said this, the two gods sneered. They could see that Yun Fan's cultivation level was the same as theirs.
Dealing with Yun Fan would be as easy as taking something from his hand.
"Deal with him first!"
"Go!"
The next moment, the two gods had the same target. In any case, Athena was already at her weakest and couldn't escape.
Let's deal with this troublesome Yun Fan first.
Then, the two gods attacked Yun Fan, one from the left and one from the right.
Athena watched all this. In her early days, she could fight two opponents of the same level alone without losing.
If the fight lasted longer, for three days and three nights, she could even kill two existences of the same level. This was her confidence.
She was known as the Goddess of War, not casually, but because of her solid strength.
She wanted to see how strong Yun Fan was. Did he meet her standards?
The next moment, the three began to fight. Yun Fan's combat power was explosive.
He couldn't beat Athena, but couldn't he beat these two guys?
He punched each of them once, forcing the two gods to retreat. But Yun Fan didn't intend to stop there.
He charged forward directly, suppressing the two gods. The battles between gods were that simple and crude.
But they were very effective, and the two gods were being suppressed by him.
Athena was instantly shocked, because so far, Yun Fan hadn't even used his demonic power. If he unleashed his demonic power, what level would his combat power reach?
The two gods were amazed by Yun Fan.
In their rage, they raised their divine imprints to their peak, intending to take down Yun Fan in one fell swoop.
But Yun Fan was not flustered at all. The next moment, a demonic power erupted from within him.
It directly struck the imprints of the two gods!
"Ah!"
The two gods let out screams. No matter what, they never expected Yun Fan to be a master of demonic power.
"You are the Demon Ancestor!"
They looked at Yun Fan in horror. Demonic power was the strongest power in this world, and this was evident to all.
Even the anomalies were mere underlings in its presence. No wonder Yun Fan was so strong.
Yun Fan did not reply, but the two gods were terrified. At this moment, they had lost the courage to confront Yun Fan.
Then they fled without a moment's hesitation.
"Why aren't you chasing?"
Athena said to the motionless Yun Fan, "If you don't chase, your identity will be exposed!"
"No hurry, let them run for a while!"
Yun Fan said calmly.
Before Athena could question him, in the next moment, the two gods who had fled were suddenly dragged back by Yun Fan's devouring power.
Then, in the despair of the two gods, all their power was devoured clean.
Athena watched this scene with a look of horror.
This was countless times more terrifying than anomalies. Before, she had seen Yun Fan burn anomalies and then directly devour the power of divine realm experts.
Then, the two gods died in despair.
"You... you're not going to devour my power too, are you?"
Athena asked Yun Fan cautiously.
Yun Fan said, "Don't worry, if I wanted to devour your power, I would have done it long ago!"
To be honest, at that very moment, Yun Fan had been tempted. After all, Athena was at the mid-stage power!
If he could devour her power, his own strength would be significantly improved. But in the end, he gave up.
After all, he had reached an agreement with Athena now.
He had figured out the realm from the early to the middle stage. It was nothing more than a process of accumulating power, so devouring was very necessary.
At this moment, Athena breathed a sigh of relief.
"How did you do it?"
Yun Fan said, "It's very simple. I just needed a medium. Coincidentally, they exposed their imprints, which was like seeking their own demise for me!"
Upon hearing this, Athena felt that she still had to be wary of Yun Fan. What if Yun Fan devoured her one day?
When facing anomalies, even though it was difficult, one could still resist. But when facing demonic power, there was no chance to resist at all.
Then, Yun Fan carried her on his back and headed towards the Dragon God Hall's territory.