Chapter 42: The Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell! [Seeking Recommendation Votes]
2017-01-21
Author: Zhu Sheng Fu Tu
This time, it was truly a big catch.
Sherek incited discord, using the power of the Eastern Kingdom’s monasteries to undermine the Church of Naraku, but he never anticipated that Soren had been keeping a close watch on the Eastern Kingdom and used that to catch his fox tail.
In terms of divine power levels.
Soren’s current medium divine power was approaching strong divine power, while Sherek had been sealed for far too long and currently possessed at most weak divine power, nearing medium divine power. The two were a full divine power level apart, and with Soren having the divine profession of [Tracking], he found Sherek’s divine power coordinate without any detection from Sherek. In the absence of having seen Sherek in person, it would have been very difficult for Soren to discover him. But now that he had seen Sherek’s altar and avatar, tracking the target became much simpler.
Sherek planned to stir the waters, causing Klanvor and Naraku to fight each other, while Soren intended to take down this old fox first!
Once Sherek was dealt with, Soren would undoubtedly advance to strong divine power!
At that time, it would be no problem to directly enter the competition between Naraku and Klanvor, not to mention that the power of Modo City itself was already formidable. As long as Soren struck at the right moment, the chances of victory would be very high!
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After discovering Sherek’s whereabouts, things became much simpler.
For a time, the entire Southern Coast entered a special atmosphere. Outside forces believed Soren was preparing to act against Naraku in retaliation for his secret incitement of demons to attack Modo City.
In fact, the gods had already guessed that Naraku was the mastermind behind controlling Orcus, and they were keen to see Soren take advantage of this situation against Naraku. This time, it could be said that Naraku had incurred the wrath of many, as even the Church of the Lord of Storms had destroyed a Naraku temple, believing that Naraku must be held accountable for the plague spreading in the Amazon rainforest. This terrible heat plague had reduced the population of the Amazon rainforest by half, with some tribes nearly annihilated. The environment of the primal jungle was too conducive to the outbreak of such plagues, especially with the covert actions of Naraku’s believers, the range of infection was vast.
The gods only saw the overt actions.
Meanwhile, the elite forces of Modo City, including Dark Walkers, Trickster Assassins, the Central Zone, the Tribunal, and the most elite forces, were secretly gathered by Soren and handed over to the High Priest and God’s Chosen.
These people secretly went to the southern region of the Corvid Hills.
With Modo City’s operational efficiency, the entire mobilization only took about a day. By the time Soren’s true form reached the Southern Coast, Modo City had already secretly assembled over 1,600 medium-level professionists, more than 300 high-level wanderers, and over 100 other high-level professionists, while legendary combat power had also reached about one-third.
The action was set for the following night.
If the gods were to give Sherek an evaluation, it would undoubtedly be unanimous: 【Madman】!
Sherek was undeniably a madman.
His madness had built too many enemies, even facing trial twice by the council of gods from both the good and evil factions. It could be said that he was a complete孤家寡人, despite his tremendous power.
A petty, self-centered, and extremely radical deity.
Such a deity was indeed an outlier among the gods; no one was willing to cooperate with him, and even the Lady of the Night viewed Sherek with hostility, considering his existence a great threat.
In the darkness.
Several lurking shadows approached the Corvid Hills.
This was Sherek’s temporary stronghold, as his followers dared not operate within the city due to too many enemies. His temples were in the wilderness, most of them underground.
In the dark corners of this land, there was a special emblem: “a skull without a jaw against a black radiant background,” this was Sherek’s emblem, and only his followers could find and enter the underground temple. Sherek’s divine kingdom was on the Supreme Throne, but it had now fallen into ruin; he had been sealed for too long, and his divine kingdom had withered greatly. As a former evil god who had once touched the supreme, even after such a long imprisonment, Sherek still wielded many divine professions.
Among them, the core ones were lies, murder, conspiracy, deception, and illusion.
His realms included chaos, evil, destruction, illusion, and trickery.
“Act!”
Accompanied by a cold voice, shadows from all directions rapidly surged forward, and soon, intense fighting broke out.
Sherek’s followers lurked in the darkness, able to access the realm of 【Murder】 and possessed astounding stealth capabilities. Both sides engaged in fierce combat in an instant, with not only a significant number of Sherek’s followers falling but Soren’s believers also paying a hefty price.
The enemy was powerful!
Sherek’s realms and divine professions granted his followers more special abilities.
Meanwhile.
Deep within the vast underground temple, the assault from above instantly alerted the God’s Chosen there. A shadow quickly reached the altar at the deepest point, addressing a slender man with frightful black eyes and pale skin: “My lord! It’s bad! We are being attacked by the Church of Shadows!”
The man drawing power at the altar instantly opened his eyes. Sherek furrowed his brows and sensed something, and his expression changed drastically: “Lord of Shadows—Soren…”
A terrifying shadow enveloped him.
This was the perception brought by his divine professions; he still sensed that he had fallen into a terrifying conspiracy.
“Come here!”
Sherek’s face changed several times before addressing the God’s Chosen before him.
The God’s Chosen did not hesitate at all and swiftly approached Sherek. At that moment, Sherek suddenly reached out and grabbed the person’s head, and immediately a wave of evil divine power surged into the person’s body, accompanied by divinity.
“Ah!!!”
A piercing scream echoed in the depths of the basement, and soon the God’s Chosen before him began to change.
Many divine powers surged into his body, and the God’s Chosen gradually transformed into Sherek’s appearance, with the influx of divine power making him appear like a true deity.
— “【Trickery】 Realm!”
— “【Deception】 Divine Profession!”
Sherek looked at the identical version of himself before him, and then his figure slowly changed, morphing into the shape of the God’s Chosen.
“You stay here.”
Sherek glanced at the outside, and said to the avatar before him: “Once the enemy comes in, self-destruct.”
After finishing, his figure vanished into the darkness.
Sherek quickly made his way outside the temple, not showing the power a true god should possess, instead pretending to be a God’s Chosen, swiftly charging outward to break through.
The golden cicada sheds its shell.
Faced with Soren, he had little confidence in winning, so he chose to escape.
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