Cthulhu Gonfalon Chapter 281

The G.o.d of Light beheaded the Sun G.o.d and firmly stood there like the master of the universe high above, making one want to give up any idea of confronting him.

It had already proven its mighty strength and that no one should dare to stand against it ever since. Otherwise, whoever it was would only be cutting his own throat.

The Sun G.o.d’s great power had been known to all, particularly when it had even been about to reach the level of the Great Divine Powers before its death. Still, it had been killed by the G.o.d of Light so easily, so it was clear that the G.o.d of Light’s power had already surpa.s.sed this level.

Or did it mean… it had not only reached the level of the Great Divine Powers but also gained an initial understanding?

Thinking of this possibility, G.o.ds who’d had issues with the G.o.d of Light or the human G.o.d system before instantly felt nervous. In a cold sweat, they felt gloomy, with no hope for the future. What bothered them was merely how to apologize or escape.

Yet none of them noticed that under the helmet and mask, the G.o.d of Light’s face had turned pale, and it could barely stand.

Its killing method was actually at the price of its health. When it had been killing the Sun G.o.d, it had also been injuring itself at the same time. But with its armor—an amazing holy weapon that guided its body through its mind when it was injured to mobilize equal power—its weakness had been concealed.

Recovering was usually quite fast for a G.o.d, as long as it hadn’t actually fallen on site. The G.o.d of Light stood there still and mobilized its divine power to try to heal itself. Then it started to regain energy quickly, nearly recovered before long.

But right at this moment, the giant fireball which had been cut out and was going out suddenly shot out a dozen lights. These lights flew out at an incredible speed in all directions. They were so fast that most G.o.ds present couldn’t even identify them, let alone stop any.

The G.o.d of Light frowned. It had seen those lights but hadn’t managed to stop any as it was still recovering—in fact, it hadn’t even tried to. It had no idea of what had caused those lights and felt somewhat concerned.

This must have been arranged by the Sun G.o.d, the G.o.d of Glory at its last moment. But what exactly was it? When and how did it come out? It’s completely unknown.

It sighed silently. Finally, it hadn’t had the best outcome it had wished for.

Those lights ran away in the blink of an eye in several directions.

The Master of Mystery was thinking about the G.o.d of Light’s uncommon way of fighting when it saw a light coming through the barrier of its holy kingdom, and its own defense straightened its body.

The orc G.o.ds were busy casting divine powers on the main plane to dispatch their doppelgangers when a light came and hit Lefon.

And in the dim and gloomy underworld, a light ripped up the darkness and crashed onto the giant shadow lying on the gray soil bank of the underworld’s river.

The Master of War was swinging its sword, imitating the last attack of the G.o.d of Light when a light suddenly came from behind and hit its back.

G.o.ddess Gaia was deep in thought of the future with all human G.o.ds with its eyes closed silently when a light rushed onto its head.

The G.o.d of Justice was trudging through a torrent when it was suddenly enlightened and turned its head. A light arrived to hit its face right at this moment.

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As such, loads of powerful G.o.ds, including those with a bad relations.h.i.+p with the human G.o.d system, had been hit by the lights. All of them were stunned and confused.

Even more of a surprise, Sui Xiong was among the ones who had been hit by the light.

He was surprised at first, as well, for hadn’t ever expected this from the Sun G.o.d at its last moment. But then he was astonished to discover that this light hadn’t caused any injury to him, only unimaginable benefits—this common-looking light contained a full understanding of all priesthood and realms mastered by the Sun G.o.d through its long-term exploration, acc.u.mulation, and study.

This was not a guarantee to take charge of the priesthood or even grasp a full understanding of the origin of the world by combining all priesthood to break through the Great Divine Powers, but with all the knowledge brought by this light, it meant taking a prominent step towards any priesthood position or any study of powers, as it was with a strong support of all this reliable knowledge and material.

This was the last gift of the Sun G.o.d to those it had believed might challenge the G.o.d of Light or those in irreconcilable ideological conflicts with human G.o.ds or against the G.o.d of Light. With a full study of this gift and adequate growth, each of them would be able to reach or even exceed the highest level that the Sun G.o.d had ever achieved.

In its last hours, the Sun G.o.d had finally come to its senses and cast its last, but most powerful, trick ever.

It was not a plot, but a fair plan. For all the G.o.ds who had received its gifts—willingly or not—had already been on the road towards the Great Divine Powers. Besides, even if some might not have been willing to receive, they had in fact already become the successors of the Sun G.o.d’s heritage and therefore, the potential enemies of the G.o.d of Light.

Its potential enemies.

Maybe the word “potential” would have been removed by the G.o.d of Light, for they were undoubted enemies already. Even if some of these G.o.ds might have offered to share this gift with it, still, it could not rule out the possibility of confronting this G.o.d as having such knowledge being a chance to inherit the Sun G.o.d’s capability towards the Great Divine Powers, which would probably hamper the rise of the G.o.d of Light.

Although it was not destined to happen, it was concerning enough.

The powerful G.o.ds would never give up their pursuit of the Great Divine Powers, while the less powerful ones would not disclose their secrets of powers to the G.o.d of Light. As time went by, all of them would become enemies of the G.o.d of Light, neck and neck enemies.

Though the G.o.d of Light was truly powerful, would it strong enough to fight against such a large group?

This would be hard to say, but the dominant answer was “no.”

This was why the Sun G.o.d had planned its last fight back in the hope that these G.o.ds would be against the G.o.d of Light someday in the future, like say, the Void Mask, who had clearly shown its hatred for aristocracy and even theocracy.

Since Sui Xiong was not good with plots and deception, he could not come up with more, though he was very clear on how valuable the knowledge he had received was, as well as the old saying “simply carrying jade will turn innocent into guilty.”

Thus, soon after he noticed what had been sent to him, he immediately cast the charm of “over-distance transport” to return to his shelter.

Such behavior, though abrupt, was his only option, because he had found it difficult to stay there any longer. He felt that the surrounding G.o.ds had already noticed he was in possession of the Sun G.o.d’s heritage, and he had even feared that they would start to punch him in the next second, and he would end up in jellyfish salad.

He was not completely relieved until he arrived at the peaceful shelter.

When he was about to think twice about the Sun G.o.d’s intention, he suddenly realized the fact that the world-shaking battle was still on, and this was not the time to think about this issue!

Instantly, he dispatched a doppelganger for battle and rushed to the battlefield of the orc G.o.ds and the G.o.d of Knights.

Yet when he arrived there, the battle was already over.

The G.o.d of Knights had lost the battle and died.