Chapter 158: The Descent of the Celestial God! [Request for Recommendation Votes]
On the morning light poured over Modo City.
A pale golden glow enveloped the Grand Temple, and Soren sat on the throne, the divine power of faith continuously merging into his being.
As a brilliant golden radiance rose, Soren’s figure suddenly trembled, then he abruptly stood up, a joyful smile appearing on his face: “Finally succeeded!”
The faith power surged into his body like a flood, leaving a golden mark on his divinity.
This was an exceedingly important divine capability!
Only this level of divine capability could leave a mark on a deity, because this capability was called – [Descent of the Celestial God]!
“Descent of the Celestial God [Divine Capability]: A special divine capability possessed by deities with medium divine power or higher. When activated, the state of Descent of the Celestial God grants immunity to all 1-8 circle spell effects (in accordance with the increase in divine capability), raises all resistances by 10 points, and while in this state grants immunity to instant death, charm, control, energy drain, and other negative states, temporarily increases strength by 10 points, agility by 5 points, constitution by 5 points, and adds an extra 300 points of temporary life. The Descent of the Celestial God ability will continuously consume divine power value after activation.)
The Descent of the Celestial God.
This is one of the signature abilities of deities!
For deities with strong divine power, upon activating the Descent of the Celestial God, they would be immune to all 1-9 circle spells, meaning that only legendary spells could take effect. This divine capability is not only effective against other deities, but also creates a devastating effect against mortals, significantly reducing the effectiveness of strategies based on large numbers, rendering most casters below legendary rank practically irrelevant. This is also why, during the Saint’s Cataclysm, many deities fell, yet very few mortals could kill those with medium divine power. The Descent of the Celestial God is a divine capability that is hard to master; unless one is a combat-oriented deity, not every deity can acquire it even with strong divine power.
The golden glow began to contract into Soren’s body, and when he stood up, the entire temple had returned to calm.
He listened quietly to the prayers of the believers and slowly said, “Now there is a bit more confidence in facing the God of Death.”
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Southern Coast.
The actions to clear the undead in Modo City continued, but as the intensity of the battle escalated, some terrifying creatures began to appear.
Ghouls and apparitions had now become cannon fodder; the real threats were the necromancers and bone lords, with lich sightings increasing. Although the Modo City military was pushing forward, casualties were also rising sharply. Similarly, the Rosad Duchy army had also suffered significant losses. Faced with a vast sea of undead, there were only two ways to overcome them: either behead the high-level undead or wipe out the enemy completely. The former was very difficult, as many liches had the ability to see through invisibility and loved to hide at the rear of the army. However, due to the Holy Spirit Priest’s paladin corps, the number of liches fallen had already reached five, all killed under artifacts, even their life boxes being directly shattered.
It seemed the Lord of Radiance was truly serious this time!
He infused divine power into the artifact, Daystar, and connected directly to the life box while killing the lich, destroying it — a method only accessible to deities.
Meanwhile, the followers of the God of Death Naraku were growing more numerous.
The actions of the undead lords often had the cooperation of the followers of Naraku, with many of his priests continually resurrecting the undead, bringing death to the material plane. The aura of death was growing thicker in the material plane; although Soren did not yet know where Naraku was, he understood that Naraku was likely preparing for his ascension.
Ascension to strong divine power!
The number of dead in Modo City had surpassed twenty thousand, while the casualties among the undead exceeded hundreds of thousands, with more than one hundred fifty thousand ghouls permanently killed, even the necromancers unable to resurrect them.
Within the Divine Kingdom.
Led by Chouhou, the otherworldly messengers were exceptionally busy, as this round of casualties brought forth a large number of heroic spirit reincarnations.
Soren was the puppeteer behind it all!
To compensate for the loss of heroic spirits consumed in the assault on the Kingdom of Fear, he transformed over twenty-five thousand prayer weavers at the cost of the material plane’s armies, with roughly seventy percent being heroic spirits. Most of these fallen believers were professionists, many of whom had the potential to transform into low-level heroic spirits.
As the army advanced steadily, the undead army still contracted and retreated.
During this time, they had caused tens of millions of casualties, destroying hundreds of towns, nearly wiping out over thirty percent of the Southern Coast’s population.
Soren was unaware of the situation in other areas, but the casualties were likely higher than those in the Southern Coast, as this round of undead plague had swept even the Elf Kingdom. As ghouls, being mostly converted from starving civilians, were consumed as cannon fodder, the undead were left relying on skeletal troops, which could not form an effective offensive. At this moment, the counterattack from Modo City also fully sounded.
Modo City.
In Soren’s study, the phantom of the High Priest appeared, saying: “My lord! The undead on the southern and western routes have been cleared!”
“The followers are feeling very fatigued.”
“Although victory has inspired their morale, death is depleting their fighting spirit! I recommend ending this battle quickly, as the heroic spirits in the Divine Kingdom are already sufficient.”
The number of casualties had reached over thirty thousand.
What surprised Soren was that of these thirty thousand, only over twenty thousand had entered his Divine Kingdom, indicating a significant proportion of the population was believers.
He nodded: “Hmm.”
“Since the number of heroic spirits has nearly recovered, inform Gloria to prepare to end the battle!”
This was a harvest.
It was as if a shepherd was reaping his flock; after reaping enough souls, Soren prepared to conclude all of this.
With his command, the guard squad in Modo City immediately sprung into action. The witches under Gloria began gathering, and with hurried footsteps, more than a dozen floating airships began to rise. Below the Arcane Tower, the energy-storing amethyst emitted a dazzling glow, with portals being activated, and near the Lion’s Plain in the Southern Coast, one portal after another opened.
“Activate combat orders!”
“Activate the Number One Clay Golem Combat Corps!”
“Activate combat orders!”
“Activate the Number Three Stone Golem Combat Corps!”
“Activate combat orders!”
“Activate the Number Seven Iron Golem Combat Corps!”
Thud, thud, thud.
Heavy footsteps sounded beneath the Arcane Tower as activated golem puppets silently walked out of the underground storage, heading towards the portals under the control of the Tower Spirit.
Meanwhile.
On a battlefield covered in blood and bones, a white glow suddenly appeared behind the Modo City army, followed by the opening of a portal, and a stone golem emitting a faint red light stepped out from it.
One golem, two golems, three golems…
More and more golem puppets emerged; they silently gathered and then charged into the undead army from the side.
Cheers erupted.
Amidst the cheers of the Modo City army, over one thousand five hundred golem puppets arrived as reinforcements, quickly advancing with the witches and directly penetrating over a hundred thousand undead troops. These golem puppets had a minimum challenge level of above 5, resulting in a crushing advantage against lower-level undead. Especially the Iron Golems, which could barely be harmed by low-tier skeletons, and the bites of ghouls left only shallow scratches. The golem puppet army effortlessly crushed these undead, opening a path for the witches behind them, and the necromancers hidden at the back were also revealed.
On the Lion’s Plain.
The appearance of the golem puppet corps completely changed the situation in the battle, and as the allied forces continued to close in, a high-level undead hiding at the back could no longer restrain itself.
A pervasive aura of death spread.
As darkness expanded, a necromancer wielding a massive scythe of death appeared on the battlefield.
The follower of the God of Death Naraku.
He beseeched the power of the God of Death Naraku to grant him power, and using himself as a medium, he became his temporary avatar.
Modo City, within the Grand Temple.
Soren silently observed all of this, and when the avatar of the God of Death Naraku appeared, a hint of a smile crossed his lips: “Finally can’t hold back?”
The golden glow appeared.
Soren’s phantom rose from the temple, while far away on the battlefield, Holy Spirit Priest Milan kneeled on one knee, earnestly praying, a golden pillar of light descending from the heavens, and in the next moment, a faint golden light flickered in Milan’s eyes.
—“Summon the Otherworldly Messenger!”
Milan slowly stood up; with a wave of her hand, two portals opened behind her, and then two otherworldly messengers with gray wings appeared, one on the left and one on the right.
—“Group Valor Spell!”
—“Group Strength Grant!”
—“Shadow Plane!”
A series of spell glows spread alongside the spiritual energy, and at this moment, Holy Spirit Priest Milan seemed to transcend, exerting power wholly unlike that of a mortal upon the battlefield.
‘She’ coldly gazed ahead.
Then, within the realm of shadows, she instantly vanished, reappearing directly within the undead army.
Golden divine power transformed into two sharp blades; Milan floated like a ghost, slashing through as high-ranking undead were cut down with each pass. Even liches could not withstand ‘her’ power; often at the moment of death, the life box hidden somewhere would be directly shattered by a powerful divine force.
The pitch-black scythe of death struck!
With the crisp sound of clashing, the avatars of the two deities engaged for the first time.
……
Bottomless Abyss. Third Layer. Land of Forgotten.
Behind the Gurenba Arena was a volcano that never extinguished; now, a wide passage had been dug by Frenzied Combat Demons, directly connecting to the magma layer within the volcano.
Rows of demon guardians stood at the gates.
Passing through the gates was a group of scantily clad and dazzling succubi, and behind them was an enormous pool, filled with boiling magma. The temperature here was hard for even demons to endure; however, at this moment, there was a massive shadow sitting cross-legged in the center of the magma pool.
The searing flames enveloped it, and the large demon wings gently brushed through the magma.
Roar!
Suddenly, an excited roar broke through, and then a gigantic figure about 8 meters tall soared out of the magma!
Endless power of fire surged toward this figure, the scorching flames entirely enveloping it, revealing a terrifying shadow of overwhelming presence. With a wave of its hand, a beheading sword, engulfed in raging flames, appeared, followed by a flame whip over fifty meters long.
The horrifying heat melted the rocks, and the pressure of this lord-level demon enveloped the entire volcano.
Balroth Fire Demon [Lord] – Soren slowly emerged from the magma, and his size was now astonishing; his chest showed muscles terrifyingly akin to forged steel, and his wide demon wings spread nearly fifteen meters, looking like colossal dragon wings.
Ascended.
Successfully ascending to the Balroth Fire Demon [Lord] form, Soren now stood close to eight meters tall, weighing over 7000 pounds. His enormous size did not impair his agility; even transformed into an oversized otherworldly entity, Soren’s agility remained at a high of 25 points, and his strength had soared to a terrifying 40 points!
The Balroth Fire Demon has two forms.
One is the [Large Otherworldly Creature], with a base life bonus of 30 points, and each biological level grants an extra 30 points of life. The other is the [Super Large Otherworldly Creature], which is an evolved form of demons, with a base life bonus of 60 points, and each biological level grants an additional 60 points of life.
And now, Soren had evolved into the super large otherworldly creature; upon successfully advancing to Balroth Fire Demon [Lord], his life points exploded to over 1500.
…………(To be continued ~^~)
