Chapter 35: Ascend to God!
Richard's words carried a tragic air of a hero going into battle never to return.
Under the influence of witchcraft, the goblins watching the footage were moved to tears.
At the same time, Richard suddenly felt an invisible force pouring into his body. Under this force, he felt incredibly light, as if his very soul was about to leap, completing the ultimate jump.
The frenzied energies around him also became incredibly docile. With just a thought, these energies could be at his command.
The frenzied rules hidden behind the facade also unveiled the veil over their face under this blessing.
In an instant, Richard gained insight into part of these rules' mysteries.
"Is this the world's blessing?" Richard marveled in his heart.
He could sense that what he felt was only a portion of the world's blessing, with much more hidden deep within waiting for his exploration.
However, it was not the time for exploration at the moment. With the camera rolling, Richard turned and left, leaving only a desolate figure behind.
The filming ended, and Frank watched Richard leave, kneeling reverently to pay respect.
"May your glory endure forever, wise one."
Disappearing from the camera's view, Richard opened his arms in the air, feeling the side of this world that opens only to a few. On his shoulder, Ulysses transformed into a fierce beast ablaze with black flame, equally blessed by the world.
"Haha, the feeling of the world's blessing is truly comfortable."
As a non-native creature, receiving the blessing from the World Origin would undoubtedly cause a huge sensation in the Wizard World.
Given the current situation of the Wizards, acquiring the World Origin's blessing in the Otherworld would undoubtedly enhance their resistance, allowing them to achieve complete dominance in local battlefields.
But alas, such circumstances are nearly impossible to replicate.
If not for the perfect timing and the world's intense aversion to the Abyss, such a situation would never occur.
Through Richard's intentional exploration, some secrets of the world's blessing appeared before him. For instance, he was now entirely immune to any form of Mind Control, even that used by the Star Realm Master, rendered completely ineffective under the World Origin's blessing.
The souls of Richard and his companion were now connected to the collective consciousness of the whole world, controlling their minds meant controlling the collective consciousness. And no being capable of controlling even a small world's collective consciousness exists in the entire Star Realm.
After adapting to the blessing, with a thought, Richard directed a Synthetic Beast in a tower near the Royal Capital to move its lens toward the massive black-winged Demon.
Richard was about to accomplish a great feat; he intended to suppress this God-devouring Demon with his "mortal" body.
Black Stone extended from the Balancing Hand, quickly transforming into a colossal Magic Wand over five meters long. Due to Richard's current physique, the original length of the Balancing Hand was too insignificant, so he had to envelop it in an element shell.
Each of these Black Stones was an Earth Element creation, incredibly hard. With Alchemy, the hardness was unmatched. Moreover, Richard also mastered the Mountain Rune, allowing the element shell to automatically recover under its blessing.
The Balancing Hand quickly transformed into a dark stone pillar. Richard weighed it to ensure it was suitable before immediately inscribing runes on it.
After completing all this, Richard waved his hand casually, and a massive Molten Lava Meteor appeared in the sky.
"Ulysses, I'll go head-on, you attack from the shadows, let's aim to take this guy down quickly."
"Alright, be careful, this guy is no native."
In the distance, Beelzebub, preparing to restore Flesh Capital and establish a grand palace for himself, suddenly felt a chill down his spine.
His intuition told him that danger was approaching.
He turned to the sky, and at the next moment, a massive Space Rift appeared above, from it emerged a mountain-sized Molten Lava Meteor.
Accompanying it was an angry rebuke.
"Evil Demon, return to your Abyss!"
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A crowd had already gathered in front of the screen.
Emotions are a kind of plague, spreading from a more resolute will to a weaker one.
After Richard's speech, all the goblins in front of the screens awakened the bravery within. Compared to those who panicked over the disappearance of the Divine, their will was as firm as steel.
Under the arrangement of the Priests, they began maintaining the city's order.
Following the operation manual, the Priests repeatedly broadcast Richard's speech, and under the influence of witchcraft, more and more people were stirred into action.
As quickly as fear spread, so did the sense of stability.
The crowd surrounded the screen, leaving no space unoccupied. To see the contents of the screen, some goblins even lay on distant high buildings, watching through telescopes.
Previously, the Priests of the Master of All Machines Church modified the broadcast device, allowing the entire city to hear the sound.
Mind Infection is a simple witchcraft, its Magic Model consisting of only forty-three runes. But at special moments, its effect is stronger than those witchcraft spells with thousands of runes.
Soon, new images were uploaded to the Crystal Stone Projector.
The image of Richard on the screen disappeared, replaced by that enormous Evil Demon.
Upon seeing this Demon, many people were so terrified they forgot to breathe.
Can they really defeat such an Evil Demon?
But the next moment, they saw a terrifying meteor the size of a mountain descending from the sky, heading towards the Evil Demon with the force of a collapsing sky.
On the meteor, they vaguely saw a black dot. Soon, that black dot enlarged, transforming into a figure in a black robe.
"It's the Sage! That meteor was summoned by the Sage!"
The intense cheers echoed throughout countless cities, even workers in the factories were uplifted and energized by the sound.
"Hey, what's happening?"
"The Sage has appeared, and he summoned a meteor bigger than a boiler!"
"What? The Sage summoned a meteor bigger than a factory?"
"As expected of the Sage. That cowardly Divine couldn't compare to the Sage, truly a damned waste!"
"Hey, speaking of which, that cowardly Divine has done nothing, right? I was transformed by the Sage, and my Divine Staff was given by the Sage. Bishop Tai'er was also persuaded by the Sage to convert."
"You don't say, it's true. Everything was done by the Sage. That coward didn't take any action at all."
"To me, worshiping that cowardly loser is pointless, better to worship the Sage directly. The Sage is the one truly making us better!"
In those words, a new faith quietly emerged.
Looking at the gigantic meteor in the sky, a trace of seriousness flashed across Ulysses Beelzebub's face. This was definitely not something a native could conjure up.
In an instant, a thousand mouths grew on his body, chanting a complex prayer in a single moment.
The next moment, the thorns that had once grown on the Flesh Divine King appeared again, a huge amount of thorns erupted from Ulysses Beelzebub's chest, forming a thorny armor.
"Those are Abyss Blood Thorns, a disgusting abyssal creation. Be careful not to let those spikes touch you, or they'll start growing on your body."
Ulysses' voice echoed in Richard's ear, and Richard nodded slightly, soon covered in a layer of Black Stone Armor.
Boom!
A loud noise suddenly echoed from beneath the meteor.
The Molten Lava Meteor was large, but its nature was not enduring. As long as one withstands the lava's damage, even a First Level creature could inflict damage on it.
In a brief rumble, the meteor beneath Richard shattered, and a gigantic Abyss Demon broke through the stone, throwing a punch at Richard.
Boom!
The multi-layered Composite Magic Shield, as clear as crystal, shattered under the punch, but each layer broken was replaced by a new one. With the world's blessing, the energy consumption of the Composite Magic Barrier was not an issue at all.
Ultimately, the punch stopped less than a meter away from Richard, advancing no further.
"Who exactly are you?" Ulysses Beelzebub said.
But despite the strong voice, a sense of fear flashed in his heart. It was unimaginable that while he was plotting in this world, there was another Great Demon-level strong presence hidden within it.
If his plan were discovered, he would surely be dead.
Richard did not reply, lightly swinging the Magic Wand in his hand, an earth-colored force field instantly enveloped Ulysses Beelzebub.
Even though Ulysses Beelzebub allowed the Completed Master to sacrifice himself to seal him, his life level was merely at the fourth level. Although he had devoured the Masters of Two Worlds, the years of sealing had caused irreversible damage to his body.
The most obvious point of this was the regression of his physique.
Richard could clearly feel that the physique of this Great Demon before him had not reached the limit of a Fourth Level creature.
Of course, another significant reason Richard didn't respond was that he didn't understand a word of what Ulysses Beelzebub was saying.
Who can understand the Abyss!
Buzz!
Ulysses Beelzebub's expression changed slightly, and his massive body suddenly shrank.
The next moment, frenzied Wind Blades appeared from the sky. A three Energy Level spell, which even an Abyss Demon couldn't withstand with bare flesh.
In the storm, Ulysses Beelzebub's hands crossed, and a dark red barrier isolated him from the Wind Blades.
"A priest-type enemy?"
Ulysses Beelzebub had fought across many worlds, encountering countless types of enemies. He had categorized these enemies in detail and formulated various counter-strategies.
While Abyss Demons might revel in battle, they were not without schemes and strategies.
Among his categories, priest-type enemies excelled in manipulating elements and energy but neglected physical training. If one could break through their outer defenses, such enemies were no longer a threat.
Millennia spent in sealing had made Ulysses Beelzebub forget many things, but none of the battle information.
With this thought, several thousand mouths appeared on Ulysses Beelzebub once again, but this time, the sound they made was pitifully small. The chanting of the Abyss Prayer was completely obscured by the sound of the Wind Blades.
Quietly, a few Abyss Runes appeared on Ulysses Beelzebub, and under the influence of the runes, the energy in the air silently evaded him.