"Fool! You think you can defeat me?"
A disdainful snort came from the Stormy Sea, and hundreds of ferocious dragon heads slowly opened their eyes, revealing cunning in those pitch-black vertical pupils.
Beneath a writhing of flesh and blood, the previously shattered scales on its body regenerated at high speed, and the chest that had been pierced by the Spear of Victory also healed at a visible rate.
Compared to the gods, Divine Monsters might have less intellect, but they excel in physique and self-healing.
As the Demon Ancestor, Typhon not only possessed the immense immortality characteristic of Divine Monsters, but also the wisdom of deities. At his peak, even Zeus had to be cautious when dealing with him.
Otherwise, a monster that only knew mindless fighting could never become the harbinger threatening to overrun Olympus on his own.
That's also precisely the reason why Athena, upon seeing Typhon expose his Divine Core, showed no intention of immediately joining forces with Poseidon.
"It seems Zeus and that boy haven't come? Good, I shall grant you death first, a sacrifice for my campaign of conquest!"
Meanwhile, Typhon, within the Stormy Sea, sneered as he opened his scale-covered arms, nearly a hundred heads threw back their heads issuing sounds like thunderbolts, human speech, and animal roars, as a series of red and black Divine Patterns lit up and operated in front of the hundred heads, like ever-focusing cannon mouths.
The next moment, the red and black patterns swiftly spread across the sea surface, a peculiar resonance vibrated intensely, almost covering the nearby sea.
With the flickering of those red and black Divine Patterns, scarlet Magic Beams, like torrents of meteoric rain, swept over the seascape of Automaton Soldiers, fleets, and Mechanical Gods of the Bronze Clan, shooting towards the Interstellar City Mountain Range of Olympus.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom!"
Beneath the cataclysmic strips of light, tens of thousands of Olympus Automaton Soldiers, several combat-type Mechanical Gods, more than a hundred deep-sea battleships, and a dense array of auxiliary combat units were instantaneously shredded, exploding in succession.
Even the Interstellar City Mountain Range of Olympus, the mother nest of the Bronze Clan, was not spared.
After the strips of light swept the sea clean, they carried their terrifying momentum to bombard the Metal Mountain Range at the center of the Metal Continent.
Feeling the power contained within, Chaos dared not delay; he immediately tuned the Divine Core and, with the remaining Automaton Soldiers and Mechanical Gods of his command, issued a solemn chant.
"Chaos, the supreme Jupiter (Zeus),
The king who obeys Heavenly Destiny and devours the life path of the Pantheon of Gods,
The origin and end of the Thunderbolt, the foundation of earth and starry heavens,
He is the Foundation of all that is (Bronze), his glory shall be everlasting.
——All is mine, all is light!"
Threads of starlight rose from the earth and islands, like bright rivers converging toward Olympus in the Star Sea, forming a shimmering Divine Shield that forcefully blocked Typhon's mighty strike.
[Divine Body Barrier], a concept of defense created by pooling the existing strength of the Bronze Clan, utilizing the legend of Zeus and the prototype of the Divine Shield, Aegis, was an extremely powerful barrier entity.
In theory, the more members of the Bronze Clan that participate in the [Tuning] and [Resonance], the stronger the [Divine Body Barrier]'s defense will be.
On the Bronze Throne above, the king of Olympus, Jupiter (Zeus), with silver hair and facial features bearing a striking resemblance to Zeus, stroked his heart-like throbbing silver Metal Core situated over his chest, his golden eyes, gathering starlight gazing down upon his Bronze Kingdom.
At this moment, the outer ten Metal Islands were either enshrouded in dense smoke, torn apart, swallowed by waves, while the inner Metal Continent was in ruins, with the wreckage of Automaton Soldiers and Mechanical Gods scattered everywhere due to overloading and collapse.
Thirty percent! To withstand that strike, the Bronze Clan had lost thirty percent of the wealth it had amassed over a million years!
At this rate, it wouldn't take long before the entire Bronze Clan would be annihilated by Typhon.
As the Bronze Clan's forces on the sea face suffered heavy losses, a great tide of Magic Beasts surged out of the Stormy Sea, heading straight for the half-paralyzed Interstellar City Mountain Range of Olympus, attempting to gnaw through the barrier for their Demon Ancestor.
In the face of the onrushing Beast Tide, the king of the Bronze Clan, Jupiter (Zeus), or rather Chaos, using this body and divine name as a vessel, descended from the Star River, his eyes flashed with starlight.
Immediately, a female-looking Bronze Mechanical God on an outer island lit up with a similar halo behind her. In her hand, she held a staff adorned with ears of corn, gently swung it.
"——Thou art the bounty of toil!"
In the gentle Divine Word, specks of starlight fell from the sky, as if a soothing rain had descended.
Both sides of the conflict were surprised to see, under the sprinkle of starlight, the shattered deep-sea battleships in the sea began reassembling and their cracks gradually disappearing; the broken limbs of the Bronze Automaton Soldiers and Mechanical Gods rose from the sea, reconnecting with their bodies; and thousands of extensive area annihilation weapons and beast-shaped mechanical constructs that had been directly dissolved were hatching like a rapidly incubating swarm of insects, using the power of creation and Healing afforded from the heavens and the rich metal elements in the seawater to refresh and multiply.
In the blink of an eye, they had successfully taken over the sea and filled the sky, flying in droves towards the surging Beast Tide, battling anew with Typhon's Demon Army.
"Is this their power?"
Medusa clicked her tongue, utterly astonished and inwardly shaken.
"Yes, self-propagation, self-replication, self-evolution, this is the terrifying aspect of the Bronze Clan. As long as they have enough resources, they could even fill the entire Divine Era in a short time!"