Chapter Seventy-Seven: Seal Released
2015-06-23
Author: Zhuseng Floating Tower
This final Elemental Altar is almost a ruined wasteland, unlike all the other Elemental Altars.
The stone pillars surrounding the altar seem to have been violently destroyed. Soren also found some indeterminate traces, initially estimated to be over a thousand years old. Unless Soren’s knowledge had reached the field of archaeology, he couldn’t analyze the situation here at the moment. However, what Soren did not expect was that while he didn’t notice anything, the Little Dragon beside him did.
“It seems like this used to be a temple.”
The Little Dragon played with her light golden long hair, her beautiful ponytails swaying as she wrinkled her little nose at Soren and said, “It looks a bit like an Elemental Temple, but it’s mostly destroyed now.”
“Elemental Temples are rare in the Material Plane!”
Elemental Temple.
Naturally, it is a temple that worships the four elemental deities. Such temples are quite scarce throughout the Material Plane.
Even in the Elemental Plane, there aren’t many!
The four elemental deities possess strong divine power and are the oldest gods, having divinity that far surpasses that of other deities. Therefore, their reliance on worship is relatively small; to some extent, they can completely do without worship. There are very few believers in the Material Plane, and the elemental deities do not care much about worldly matters, so such temples are very rare in any era.
“Could the sealed Evil God be related to the Elemental Pantheon?”
Soren frowned and looked around before starting to search for the position of the elemental crystal. It was strange that there was no Wind Elemental guarding this place, which made him feel even more uneasy.
The position of the elemental crystal had hardly changed!
Soren quickly found the last elemental crystal: [Wind], but before taking it out, he hesitated for a moment.
Things had already come this far.
No matter what he had to face, he could not give up. So Soren directly took it out.
Rumbling!
The ground began to tremble violently.
This familiar change made Soren alert, and he said to the Little Dragon beside him, “Be careful! Something powerful might appear soon!”
As soon as he finished speaking.
The air currents around him began to operate at high speed, sealing the surrounding space.
A massive figure appeared!
It had a hazy body, appearing half-real, half-illusion, holding a mysterious curved blade engraved with countless runes. A whirling current of air surrounded its body, and a gaze filled with divinity fell on Soren.
—”Wind Giant [Demigod]!”
Sure enough.
There was also a demigod-level elemental giant here.
“Mortal!”
A voice that reached deep into the soul echoed in Soren’s mind. The Demigod Wind Giant looked at the elemental crystal in Soren’s hand and slowly said, “Did you take away the sealed crystal?”
An intangible divine gaze seemed to penetrate everything.
The Demigod Wind Giant frowned and looked at Soren, saying, “I didn’t expect the other sealed crystals to also be in your possession.”
“Do you know the consequences of doing this?”
Consequences?
Soren was only clear that this was a chain quest, and the final reward would be an elemental crystal of around Legend Rank, and a shard of divine essence from some Evil God.
The Demigod Wind Giant let out a sigh. Slowly, it said, “Mortal, you truly are ignorant and fearless!”
“The elemental crystal in your hand is a seal.”
“It seals the Abyssal Evil God who was killed in the First Demon and Elemental War! Once the seal is broken, you may obtain part of its power, but it will also lead you to fall into the Abyss.”
“Mortal!”
“Is it worth falling into the Abyss for a bit of power?”
Elemental War.
Soren seemed to recall something, and images flooded his mind in an instant.
Of course, his memory was not very complete. However, he knew the general events. The Bottomless Abyss once had a period of great strength, and many Abyss Lords, under the command of the Demon Monarch, unexpectedly ended a long period of civil war and decided to lead the demon army into the multiverse. At that time, they naïvely believed they could unify the entire universe.
Unfortunately.
They were defeated in the very first battle!
The demon army encountered the elemental legion, and their actions angered the oldest Wind Elemental God. This lord of the Wind Elemental Pantheon awakened countless slumbering demigod giants and decisively drove the demon army back to the Bottomless Abyss. This was the only documented battle record of the four elemental deities. In the long history of the multiverse, it seems there hasn’t been another record clearly documenting the four elemental deities taking action. Regardless of how the times changed, the elemental deities seemed to always watch from the sidelines.
Or, perhaps, they never paid attention to these matters at all.
Even in the impending Saint’s Cataclysm, the four elemental deities are the least affected, as they do not need the power of faith and do not rely heavily on the realms of divine professions.
They themselves are among the most powerful deities!
Elements are the foundation of the entire world; regardless of how the world changes, earth, water, wind, and fire always exist, even the conflicts among the gods rarely involve them.
There is a passage that records the Wind Elemental God—Arcady:
“Arcady is one of the four elemental deities; she seems to transcend time and remains unchanged throughout the long history. She has had some interactions with other wind-related deities such as Aerdrie-Faenya [Goddess of Winged Elves] and Shaundakul [God of Travel and Exploration], but the relationships are not very close. The Wind Elemental Goddess seems to always be indifferent to various matters; occasionally, she responds to the prayers of her believers when she is bored. But in reality, this is merely a pastime for her, as she doesn’t need believers to provide her power.”
“The only documented battle of this goddess was in an ancient era when she led the wind elemental army to drive the demon legion back to the Bottomless Abyss.”
“Since then, she seems to have been drifting through the river of time.”
……………..
Faced with the Demigod Wind Giant’s question, Soren’s mind conjured the image of Vivian.
His expression unexpectedly became very calm as he met the gaze of the Demigod Wind Giant and slowly said, “It’s worth it! Perhaps that is where I should go.”
“I do not particularly believe in fate.”
“But I know that I am destined to venture into the Bottomless Abyss.”
There was no turning back.
If he wanted to completely eliminate the hidden dangers on Vivian, then Soren was destined to go into the Bottomless Abyss.
Only by entering the Bottomless Abyss could he truly destroy the remnants of the Demon God of Fear; otherwise, it would always be a ticking time bomb. Soren absolutely did not want to see one day Vivian’s body torn apart, and ultimately, a resurrected Demon God of Fear emerging from her corpse. The Tyrant God was resurrected in this way; his offspring never realized until the moment of death, with their souls, divinity, and power completely devoured by the Tyrant God. The only remaining shell then turned into the last tool for his resurrection.
This was something Soren could never allow to happen!
For Vivian, he could give up his own life; what did falling into the Bottomless Abyss count for?
The Wind Giant fell silent.
In Soren’s determined gaze seemed to contain some kind of power, this strong conviction made it fall silent.
Finally, the Demigod Wind Giant slowly said, “Mortal!”
“Since you have made your decision! Then prepare to face the final challenge! May the Bottomless Abyss not lead your soul to complete disarray!…”
The divine radiance appeared.
The four elemental crystals on Soren’s body simultaneously emerged, transforming into mysterious portals.
——”Earth Elemental Elder [Legendary Creature]!”
——”Wind Elemental Elder [Legendary Creature]!”
——”Fire Elemental Elder [Legendary Creature]!”
——”Water Elemental Elder [Legendary Creature]!”
……………..
As the four elemental crystals gradually disappeared with energy, the figures of the four Elemental Elders appeared in Soren’s line of sight.
They are the life forms second only to the Elemental Giants, possessing combat power at the Legend Rank! (To be continued ~^~)
