Chapter 831 - 831: Deity
Evan could see the Heavenly Celestial’s power had reached Transcendence, just shy of the ‘True Danger Zone.’
No one could get close, however, as Fluviel, Theron, and Lorethi combined forces to block any approach.
Evan slowed slightly, then kicked off the ground with full momentum, lifting Conroe off the ground. He activated three body-strengthening skills and spells in that instant, while also telling Eliza to buff him with telepathy.
“Body Strengthening Magic. Paladin. Adamantine Might.”
Adding another skill to clear the nuisances out of the way, he called forth:
“Hydra!”
Nine crimson gold serpentine dragons burst from the ground behind Evan, shocking the FCDs who’d never seen Evan use this skill before!
The unexpected reveal of a new skill at this juncture proved pivotal as they didn’t know what it did, and in the split second they spent theorizing on its possible effect, the serpentine dragons had already moved.
Three dragons charged at each FCD, their breaths of prismatic flames blowing them away. The dragons followed them in the air and bit into the FCDs’ bodies, before nosediving to the ground and pinning them down.
Evan then pulled back his hand and threw Conroe’s body at Faulin with all his might.
**BOOOM!!!
A sonic boom echoed as Conroe’s body hurtled toward his father with unparalleled force, smashing through the energy barriers surrounding the spell circle.
Conroe broke into the sphere of white light, slamming into Faulin with an impact that pushed Faulin’s body backwards, his legs skidding against the ground, almost falling out of the spell circle.
By all rights, Evan should have gotten him out with that. However, at the last instant, the space around Faulin froze, halting his movements.
It only happened for a fraction of a millisecond, so no one—not even Artemisia—realised such a thing had happened.
Evan’s body, which just had Conroe’s flaming sword pulled out of it, screamed in pain as Eliza’s healing was not yet complete, but the boy pushed through, charging at Faulin.
Just as he was about to activate Blink, a one-armed and one-eyed Glazard jumped in out of nowhere, swinging Frostshade.
“?!”
Evan instinctively activated Mesarthim instead of Blink, and a powerful explosion of steam ensued as flames and ice clashed.
The shockwaves blew Evan back, sending him crashing to the ground and rolling toward Eliza who quickly consumed three of her skill charges to heal his wounds.
Forcing himself to his feet, Evan was about to teleport when an omnidirectional surge of energy washed over them.
“FUCK!!!!”
Evan cursed aloud as he felt Survival Enhancement Mode activate, with the System urging him to “FLEE AS FAST AS PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE.”
In the end, Glazard’s sudden appearance had bought Faulin the last vital second he needed.
Now, a string of notifications appeared in the eyes of the Heavenly Celestial.
|You have reached Level 1000. |
|Searching for Universal Law Comprehensions…|
|Confirming Presence of Pseudo-Authorities…|
|Evaluating Energy Level…|
|Evaluating Soul Strength…|
|Evaluating Physical Body…|
|Searching for Presence of Unique Series Skills…|
|Searching for Presence of ‘Ultimate Seeds’…|
|…|
|…|
|All Searches, Confirmations and Evaluations Completed. |
|All Perquisites have been met. |
|Exuviation Commencing Immediately. |
Exuviation: The process of shedding one’s shell.
In this case, Faulin was shedding his ‘Mortal Shell’, in preparation for his ascension to a higher Existence.
Or at least that’s what would have happened if Faulin was Exuviating for the first time.
However, the man had gone through this before, so his body skipped the tedious process and immediately, a huge chunk of the planet’s energy was sucked out and entered his body.
Cracks spread all over his body, making him look as if he would shatter with even a slight touch.
Suddenly, all the cracks shattered, turning into dust and disappearing as a storm of energy swirled around Faulin’s body.
And then…his status changed.
|Deity Level: 1|
Upon reaching Level 1000 and Exuviating, one’s ‘Level’ changed to ‘Deity Level’.
Faulin’s status showing this meant that the man had successfully regained the power of a Higher Existence!
His lips curled up into a grin and he burst into laughter, his energy surging as he floated up into the sky while carrying his son’s wounded body.
He no longer needed to remain within the Spell Circle.
All he needed to do was surpass Level 1000, and that’d give his soul the jumpstart it needed to begin drawing in energy continuously to fill up the massive well of power within it.
|Deity Level: 15|
Faulin was exhilarated. His long-awaited wish had finally come true.
There were hiccups on the way and he lost some comrades, but he was going to make sure all the ones who remained recovered their power.
|Deity Level: 34|
First order of business, he was going to heal his son.
Celestial energy surged from his body and covered Conroe in a brilliant light, dispelling all Eliza’s debuffs and like magic, Conroe’s wounds began to mend at a speed visible to the naked eye.
|Deity Level: 48|
He raised his gaze, letting his energy surge wildly, so much that it could be felt over the entirety of Tarse and even outside the nation’s borders!
This was over 18 million Square Km of distance!
|Deity Level: 63|
Transcendents could make their powers felt across the continent, so it wasn’t surprising that Faulin who was now more powerful than them could do this.
He didn’t restrain his aura as there was now nothing on the planet that could threaten him.
|Deity Level: 82|
Still holding the healing Conroe, he looked down at Evan and the others and raised his right hand.
Then he flicked his finger.
“!!!???”
Something flashed.
Evan didn’t see it.
He only obeyed his instincts and grabbed Eliza before leaping to his right.
**KAABOOOMMM!!!!!
A massive explosion rang out in the spot where he stood a moment later, with shockwaves that blasted him, and Eliza as well as everyone within a kilometre radius of their position.
The powerful energy blast sent them reeling, blood spurting from their bodies as the heat wave bypassed their resistances and burnt their flesh.
|BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! LOOK AT THEM SQURMING LIKE ANTS!!!|
Faulin laughed as he sucked more and more energy from the planet, thanking his stars that he chose a Prime World with so much energy like Aidos when he ran away 2000 years ago.
|Deity Level: 97|
Turning towards Brenda who was exhausted from the siege of Hines and Elysandre, he spoke.
|You called me ‘mad’, did you not? It’s that ‘madness’ that has allowed me to regain my power. |
“…”
Faulin ignored the Storm Celestial’s expression, turning his gaze towards Conroe who had regained consciousness as he spoke.
|Enter the Spell Circle boy. Time for you to regain your power as well. |
Sure, Faulin desired to deal with Evan and the others, he longed to taunt Brenda, and he intended to annihilate the Tarse Army, but he remained focused on his Priorities.
Recovering the power of the FCDs was first, he could do whatever he wanted later.
He dropped Conroe inside the Harvest Festival Spell circle and restarted the magic, beginning Conroe’s power absorption before looking in the direction of the man who bought him the last second and prevented Evan from pushing him out of the circle.
Right after healing his wounded eye, he spoke.
|Glazard! You’re next after Conroe. |
After Faulin spoke, he held out his hand and conjured a powerful barrier of celestial energy around the Spell Circle to protect Conroe, one requiring Peak Sovereign power at minimum to even dent it.
|Onto you annoying mortals… |
He spoke with a condescending tone as he turned towards the Tarse Army fighting the CelSols, waving his hands and buffing all the CelSols and the other FCDs with his power.
He had designated them as ‘Celestials Fighting on his behalf’, and when an existence is designated as such by a Race King of their race, they receive a MASSIVE power boost.
|Fluviel…summon more of them. |
After giving Fluviel the energy he needed, he looked at his Deity Level now sitting at 99 before returning his focus to Brenda with an evil grin on his face.
|Next…my ‘comrade’…|
Seeing Faulin turning his back to them as he calmly floated over to where Brenda was, Roselia reached into her pocket and retrieved a white key. She was about to infuse demonic energy into it, however, Evan reached out and grabbed her hand, shaking his head.
|Now then, mind telling me exactly how I should end you, old friend? Perhaps I should make you run mad just like you claimed I was—HAHAHAHAHA!!! |
Faulin’s mood was jubilant, as carefree as a child with a new toy, his laughter echoing boisterously.
However, his mirth was abruptly interrupted by a familiar True Voice that resounded in his ears and across Kreah.
|Could you be any less dramatic? |
|?!|
Faulin’s eyes widened in shock. He turned to the side, only for his face to meet a fair, slender finger that flicked his forehead.
**BOOOM!!!!
The force from that simple forehead flick blasted Faulin’s body out of the air and sent him hurtling into the ground below, carving a massive kilometre-wide crater.
Witnessing this sight, Evan smiled wryly and spoke.
“Well, looks like backup’s here.”
Faulin on the ground, waved his hands to clear up the billowing clouds of dust, looking up to see the figure of the person who suddenly ‘attacked’ him.
She was tall and slim, with long black hair and fair skin. Wearing a pantsuit with zero expression on her face, and golden eyes that calmly stared down at him.
There was no way that Faulin would not recognize her.
No one who had ever been on the interstellar stage could say they didn’t know who she was.
|goddess Artemisia?! How?! You’re not supposed to be here! |
Hearing Faulin’s voice, Artemisia narrowed her eyes and asked.
|And how exactly do you know that I’m not supposed to be here? |
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Hey y’all, it’s your friendly neighbourhood author, _michael here. 👋🏽
Starting Next Month, September, there will be changes to the Privilege settings. The number of chapters per tier as well as their prices would change.
Here are the chapter number changes.
Tier 1: 3>5
Tier 2: 7>10
Tier 3: 14>15
Tier 4: 21>20
Tier 5: 28>35.
Tier 5 guys get 7 more chapters than before. This technically means there’d be more bonuses next month. (I’d probably regret this decision later 😥.)
Anyway, I’ll run this new privilege system next month and you guys should give your feedback regarding the chapter numbers and prices. That’d decide how things would be for October and beyond.
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