Chapter 573 -37: Ascension to God (Part 2)
“Great Sage, may you overcome the evil demons.”
In front of the shadow screen, a little girl crossed her hands on her chest, praying devoutly.
The second Abyss War has been ongoing for half a year, with darkness shrouding this land.
The massive Abyss Demon Army nearly tore through the Great Wall Defense Line at the start of the war. Over a million goblins were turned into abyssal undead by the rolling demonic tide, which advanced towards the rear of the defense line in an almost unstoppable manner.
Fortunately, the Great Shepherd Frank led the Miracle Monks to cleanse the abyssal pollution at the rear in time, pinning the demonic tide in place through a bloody battle that lasted seven days.
In this war, 5,672 Miracle Monks fell, nearly a quarter of those in the Flesh King region.
Subsequent reinforcements arrived, driving the Abyss Demon Army away, and this was just the beginning.
Even though the Miracle Sect is working overtime to produce Miracle Monks, compared to the abyssal tide, their production can only be described as a drop in the ocean.
Left with no choice, ordinary guards began to take the battlefield.
With respirators equipped, ordinary people could barely resist the erosion of abyss spores on the battlefield. Many weapons of the Master of All Machines Church could also be operated by ordinary people after modifications.
As long as they can pull the trigger, a bullet fired by a child is as powerful as one fired by an adult.
Sacrifice, the meaning of this term in the goblin language is gradually changing.
“Great Sage, may your glory endure forever.”
In the church, devout believers prayed devoutly to the steel Divine Statue.
The Miracle Sect still exists after the disappearance of the Divine, and they still worship the Divine; however, this time they worship the Divine known as the Sage.
On the steel Divine Statue, Richard’s face was steadfast.
With the push from Frank and Tai’er, the Divine of the Miracle Sect has become the Sage. The holy text was also revised accordingly.
The holy text says the Sage is no longer a prophet; he is the Divine himself.
Of course, this change was unacceptable to many fanatics, but these fanatics were quickly sent to the front line.
Maintaining the war requires a stable rear, and if the Sage can stabilize people’s hearts, then the Sage will certainly become the Divine.
A vast Power of Faith flowed like a great river into the shapeless Divine Statue in the Gods’ Dimension, but this Power of Faith caused a peculiar change in the statue.
The shapeless statue began to gradually take form, transforming into an image wearing a black robe and holding a magic wand.
The pale figure continuously flashed in the air as if teleporting, but each appearance was accompanied by a thunderous boom.
The energy shield, crystalline like a gemstone, shattered. Inside the shield, Richard’s face was pale, but the magic wand in his hand did not stop.
As the wand waved, an Earth Element Field instantly enveloped Ulysses Beelzebub. Meanwhile, a layer of Holy Light flashed across his own body, isolating the abyssal pollution outside.
Within the Earth Element Field, Ulysses Beelzebub instinctively looked up, his blood-red eyes fixating on Richard’s figure.
In the next moment, the Earth Element Field with an effective energy level of thirty thousand was instantly broken. Ulysses Beelzebub stepped on the void, reaching Richard’s side at a speed nearly as fast as teleportation.
Then came another loud thunderous sound.
Richard’s wand waved, and as the Magic Barrier shattered, numerous crystals suddenly appeared nearby.
These crystals were uniformly rhombic. At the moment of their appearance, Ulysses Beelzebub’s body, in an incongruous pose, halted his forward charge.
All the crystals transformed into Radiation Aurora, instantly turning the entire sky spectacularly beautiful. Countless auroras imprisoned Ulysses Beelzebub like a cage.
Ulysses Beelzebub seemed like a phantom, as the raindrop-like auroras even passed directly through his body. But Richard knew that was a sign of extreme speed. Ulysses Beelzebub’s speed was enough for him to dodge within a microsecond, then enjoy a quick smoke to relax, take a comfortable hot bath, and return to the original spot.
In the air, the two stared at each other across the distance.
This cycle had been ongoing for half a year, and both sides were at an impasse in this battle.
Ulysses Beelzebub’s evolution was quite successful. His physical physique exceeded even his peak moments. His strength and agility were almost several times that of Richard’s. Without Ulysses’ warning, he might not have even reacted.
But as Richard said, evolution requires energy.
The body’s evolution nearly exhausted Ulysses Beelzebub’s body, but even so, the evolution remained incomplete.
Though guided by survival instincts, Ulysses Beelzebub’s body did not completely drain every bit of energy, which would result in death during evolution. Yet, every time Ulysses Beelzebub gained some energy, his body’s evolution restarted, seizing that energy.
Faced with the world’s hostility, the energy around Ulysses Beelzebub became extremely frenzied and thin. This bit of energy barely suffices for his actions, completely unable to meet his evolution needs.
He required high-density energy, immune to the world’s influence, as a supplement. Richard and Ulysses were his only choices.
Killing Richard and Ulysses would complete his evolution. If he couldn’t kill them, he would slowly starve to death.
Each Earth Element Field from Richard reduced the energy within him by a fraction. If he dared give Richard a moment to breathe, a Fireball Technique exceeding an energy level of one hundred thousand would cause even more loss.