Chapter 1432: Chapter 1432
Chapter 1432: Terrible Defeat (Part 1)
Black holy light shimmered on the Inferno Spear for the first time . That was Rafel using divine spells at full potency, bringing her Divine Might to bear from all those years ago .
The spell originated from the Metal God, of whom Rafel was a favorite angel . It was the Metal God who had allowed her the privilege of learning Divine Might, a rarity among the gods . Rafel was also one of the very few angels capable of using divine spells after the god she served had perished .
Fundamentally, if Rafel had wanted to she could have taken her master’s mantle and become the next Metal God .
But the journey would have been arduous, and there was probably no way she would have actually risen to that level . Becoming a human might would have allowed her to advance a lot faster instead .
Why did she refuse to leave? One reason was a concern for her metal angels . But there was also another reason: She couldn’t figure out what she really wanted from Saleen . That idea was born out of a hunch that he could give her what she was looking for .
Rafel had pulled out all stops by then . She’d never heard of the Lord of Glory . From the aura emanating from his double, that god would have advanced to level-16 long ago and become a middle god if this had been ancient times . It was probably because of his inability to gather enough believers that he remained stuck at his current level, despite conquering one divine kingdom after another .
Believers were the key to allowing the Lord of Glory to open the gates to advancement . Evolving his divine persona alone would not have allowed him to become a middle god .
Rafel’s judgment had been sound: The Lord of Glory was indeed only at level-15; however, judging from his combat prowess alone, even level-16 gods would not be able to beat in him in battle .
He had defeated many a god at his level and wrecked many divine kingdoms of middle gods . He had to seal his power at level-12 during the double advent, but that had little to do with his double’s combat prowess .
When a god advanced as far as the Lord of Glory had, the number of rules that had to be mastered was rare even among gods .
While it was pointless to fight greater gods through sheer numbers of rules mastered, the battle before their eyes was one where knowing a huge number of rules would have given him an absolute edge .
The black shimmer on the Inferno Spear was that of Metal Cutting . However, at that time it was able to accurately cast onto the Lord of Glory’s double, which was three cubic meters .
The black color resulted from countless thin metal threads shining . Those threads tore space apart while attempting to kill the double .
He was unable to move: That part of him in Myers Mainland had to exist only at that set of coordinates . The saint’s stone house that had been protecting him had totally disintegrated and crashed to the ground . Because he was stark naked, the double was unable to carry out a single piece of equipment .
Power that cut space was capable of sending the Lord of Glory’s double into spatial turbulence bit by bit . Rafel had served gods before and knew they were hard to kill . What she was doing was weakening the double’s power .
The eyes of the Lord of Glory’s double peered through the space of Metal Cutting, glaring at Rafel squarely .
“Evil angel, I’ll kill you and wash away the insult I suffer today with your blood!”
He couldn’t tell that Rafel was an angel . Even though he was a god, he could still be harmed by an angel . That more than qualified as an insult . The wars of the gods were always fought by angels serving their respective gods . A god being damaged by an angel was unheard of .
Rafel shuddered; Saleen couldn’t help noticing . He then asked with a mumbling voice, “Do you know how long it would take for that thing to fully advent?”
“Hours!” Rafel answered .
Saleen then charged without hesitation and pointed at the shadow of the Lord of Glory . The attack from his finger blew off the double’s head off, causing divine power to scatter . It was as if Saleen had hit a real body .
The Crystal Finger was a skill invented by Raphael specifically to fight gods . The Lord of Glory’s curse was broken . Rafel was relieved . She knew why Saleen did what he did . It was as if she had returned to the time when she was protected by the Metal God .
“Now that we’ve shut him up, everyone attack—and give it all you’ve got! If we didn’t stop him from getting here, then we’ll need to leave before he gets here . ” No one objected to Saleen’s proposal .
No one expected the Lord of Glory’s double to be so powerful . Despite having been showered with all sorts of astonishing skills, the double still seeped into Myers Mainland, trying to get a tangible body transferred there .
Half an hour passed and Nicholas had run out of scrolls . All scrolls capable of harming the shadow were used up . Nicholas was sent back to the magic amplifier by Saleen .
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The Shackles of the Fallen could no longer process more divine power and yet Nailisi dared not consume any of those powers . She was afraid of becoming a god herself after consuming such power from a god . It was not impossible for a luoluokaluo to become a god after all . If she were given a divine persona, her chances of becoming one would have been even greater .
Given how loathsome her master found gods, there’s no way Nailisi would have gone that far .
The rate at which Rafel’s divine crystals were consumed baffled Saleen . He only came to know how costly it would have been to use high-level divine spells . The reason Rafel didn’t use such skills was that she couldn’t afford to . She would have never brought those skills to the fore when dealing with low-level enemies .
The Inferno Spear was flipped and thrust, with every strike bringing the power of rules to bear . At the same time, she cast Metal Cutting over ten times . That head of the Lord of Glory slowly coalesced again . Rafel attacked that part of the double specifically since she was afraid of the Lord of Glory’s curses .
Saleen was still recovering his magic chords . Such battles were highly complex games of calculation to him .
He had to pay careful attention with his Eye of Souls at all times to see how broken the Lord of Glory’s double had become . While Nicholas was deducing the amount of time it would take for the Lord of Glory to advent, Saleen didn’t dare lower his guard .
The power of the Lord of Glory exceeded his expectations . Even if everyone attacked in a frenzy, it wouldn’t be enough to kill the double .
The case before their eyes was very peculiar: The Lord of Glory obviously had some special properties, as he had to advent as a shadow and transfer his powers over bit by bit .
After three hours of attacking, the Lord of Glory’s demeanor switched from angry to calm . His head had been destroyed three times by Saleen’s attacks, but they coalesced each time . That was not his weakness . His weakness was having to steer clear of Saleen’s and the others’ attacks after his head was destroyed .
Saleen’s lightning territory had also limited how much of those abilities were capable of being used . The only thing the Lord of Glory’s double knew was that a spirit, a demon, an angel and a human mage were attacking him .
He was wondering if the Myers Mainland plane had regained its former glory .
The Lord of Glory’s double switched into high gear . He had to advent and see for himself what happened to Myers Mainland . If things went against him, he would take his divine kingdom and get out of that place, abandoning his believers .
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That was his only alternative . The humans on Myers Mainland back then had been too powerful . Even if the gods had set up a trap and made Myers a god, it hardly changed anything . What was more vexing was that even after becoming a god, Myers still chose to side with humans and attack the divine kingdoms .
Myers Mainland had once been the most frustrating, headache-inducing main plane the gods had to deal with . It was there all the time, yet no one ever attacked it . The Lord of Glory had only dared to sneak his double onto the mainland after the Goddess of Myers perished, thereby establishing the Holy See .
The Holy See manipulated the powerful beings throughout the mainland and had them kill each other, splintering the place until, finally, they controlled an empire . Even so, the empire had not expanded its territory for 1,000 years . Believers had to stay within the empire’s boundaries, as those priests were not allowed to propagate the faith in other empires .
“Everyone, look out!” Saleen cast his Quickcloud and shrouded everyone within .
Tens of thousands of tiny white holy prose appeared on the Lord of Glory’s double’s chest after he was attacked for several hours . The holy prose spun maniacally and unleashed light of power’s penetrative abilities .
Saleen cast Water Shield that had a diameter of over ten meters, enough to cover everyone . The light punched through the Water Shield without harming any of those powerful professionals .
The surface of the Water Shield was filled with lightning-magic patterns .
“Die, mage!” The Lord of Glory’s double became tangible all of a sudden . Saleen did not see what had happened . Level-10 astrology had a success rate of less than ten percent to calculate what a level-14 being was doing .
White armor developed on the Lord of Glory’s body while a scepter appeared on his left hand . He gripped a ball of light about the size of a fist in his right hand .
The double brought two godly items just to kill Saleen . There was no way he would be able to take them back to the divine kingdom: he just had to leave them behind .
Thousands of dazzling beams exploded from the ball of light in one direction—at Saleen .
Metal Cutting was immediately torn apart, and the Winged Skull’s body began to foam, spilling outside the Water Shield’s protection .
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Saleen could only weaken attacks like this; he couldn’t completely defend against them .
“Die already!”
Nailisi manipulated the Shackles of the Fallen and charged . The ball of light on the Lord of Glory’s hand flashed and disappeared right before her eyes .
Look out!
All 24 chains of the Shackles of the Fallen dropped; Saleen saw the scepter the Lord of Glory was holding penetrate Nailisi’s heart . Before she had a chance to react, she was struck by an enemy from behind .
“Nailisi!” Saleen sensed from the depth of his soul that his connection with Nailisi had been severed .
The Lord of Glory killed Nailisi?
Saleen’s mind went blank . He claimed he would protect her . Did he fail her?
The Shackles of the Fallen retreated into the 12 Notes of the First Purgatory and dropped to the ground inside . The Winged Skull hooked it with its scythe and took the collection of purgatories back .
The Lord of Glory’s double didn’t bother with the skeleton . He flashed again and went behind Saleen, Nailisi’s blood still dripping from his scepter .
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