Chapter 868: Prologue: Dragon God!
The light faded away.
The domain within the tree’s inner space was revealed, suspended on an arc of glowing runes, as if a Goddess in torment was suddenly released by some Power, her form rapidly falling downward.
She seemed like an ordinary person without any Power, so fragile that there was no trace of Divinity.
She simply fell heavily.
This scene left those who witnessed it from afar in astonishment and doubt, questioning whether they were seeing an illusion... But immediately after, a fierce wave of Divine Power unfolded, transforming into an invisible shockwave that swept through the void, scouring the land, and passing over the entire battlefield.
——The Goddess slowly rose again.
——Her form had undergone a significant transformation.
Her golden hair had turned red, and the curves of her face and lines of her body, along with that Quality, no longer had any gentle charm but instead exuded a cold and determined aura, like an ancient hero’s sculpture, resembling a truly tempered warrior.
Radagon!
After the initial King Elden, Gefurei, of the Golden Tree Era, the second King Elden.
"How is this possible?!"
"No, it can’t be..."
"The king is the god? Queen Marika is actually her companion, Radagon?!"
In this moment, an overwhelming wave surged in the hearts of countless people... They naturally knew the illustrious name of this red-haired hero, for he was the Great Hero who once executed the Golden Law with cold resolve, leading an army to conquer Liyenia, attacking the Kalia Dynasty and the Magic Academy of celestial faith.
But with the Full Moon Queen, he fell in love at first sight, and they became wedded, turning enmity into jade peace. The Full Moon Queen bore Radagon three children, General Shuixing Ratane, Judge Rakad, and Princess of the Moon Lani, each esteemed as a Demigod.
Among them, Lani is a Divine Being, unlike regular Demigods. When the era of the Elden Ring, that is, Queen Marika’s era, ends, she is qualified to become a god and establish new laws. Born to be a god and destined to create new laws, she was born noble.
If that were all, perhaps this would have become a celebrated story.
But just as the marriage was completed and the fate of the stars bound by gold, star-gazing Magic declined, and the Kalia Dynasty fell into decline... the first King Elden, Gefurei, was abruptly stripped of his Blessing by Queen Marika and exiled from the Boundary Land.
Immediately after, this red-haired hero Radagon swiftly abandoned his wife and children, decisively breaking up with the Full Moon Queen, returning to the Royal City to replace the King of Origin, and hastily becoming Queen Marika’s new companion, ascending smoothly as the second King Elden.
This entire sequence of events unfolded with unprecedented Divine Speed, naturally shocking the entire Boundary Land at that time, giving rise to a multitude of rumors, with everyone saying something different.
The Full Moon Queen was directly struck into madness, which also seemed an inevitable outcome.
Only...
Now it seems, it was not that the two had been colluding for a long time, but rather... that the two were actually the same being?! The king is the god, the god is the king... What could cause such a bizarre situation, where twists and turns abound, plotting something?
"..."
"..."
The red-haired hero looked indifferent, not intending to explain, but slowly stepping out from the domain within the tree’s body of the Golden Tree.
His movements were very slow, his steps heavy, each one seemingly stamping heavily on the ground, like an unprecedented giant beast advancing.
His face was supremely indifferent, his eyes seemingly devoid of Spirit, his sculpted body like a chiseled statue, with many shattered parts, one side of his chest appearing broken, but beneath the flaking skin, there was not bloody flesh and organs—
Instead, it was a body black as Obsidian, yet crystal-like and transparent.
Inside were striking golden runes, gleaming like the veins of leaves. At first glance, it looked like the starry sky, with brilliant starlight shimmering in the dark.
——Truly sacred yet eerie.
The allied forces rushed up under the leadership of the Hero of Steel, intending to tear apart this lion with the strength of wolves, feeling that they were not inferior in any way.
And at this moment, the red-haired Great Hero steadily walked forward, slowly raising a club in his hand, an apparently primitive and simple tool. But at this moment, all within the allied forces felt a deep fear from the bottom of their hearts, as if their Spirits were growing dark and cold, sensing a catastrophic doom right in front of them!
Because this was the hammer Queen Marika used to shatter the Elden Ring...
For it to shatter even the Ring, its Power must surely exceed all reason!
"...!!"
The next moment, the red-haired Great Hero leaped high, his form seemingly frozen in the moonlight, space and time appearing to halt at this instant.
Boom——!!
It felt as if the entire earth was quaking violently, a terrifying shockwave blowing everything away, like the most intense land-forming movement, with the strong vibrations spreading through the crust, in this instant, the huge earthquake leaving the silent Royal City in ruins, with distant city walls crumbling!
A simple yet devastating strike!
Like a blacksmith, gripping an iron hammer, smashing down fiercely!
In an instant, a blinding golden light overflowed, faintly accompanied by a sound of something breaking... Perhaps it was in a moment, perhaps it was over eons, but when everything quieted down, it was as if all the sound in the world had died.
The Ancient Dragon Lance Sankes was blown away by the terrifying shock wave. Her massive, heavy, mountain-like body, cast in steel, was flung like a rag doll for thousands of meters, crashing heavily onto the ground which felt like it turned to iron.
Her entire skeleton seemed to have shattered significantly, and her internal organs must have experienced considerable fragmentation and displacement. The dragon’s pristine, elegant body was almost entirely stained with blood.
Even her four wings, which spanned tens of meters, were no longer intact; only two hung on her body, deeply torn and bleeding...
However, because she was an ancient dragon, she miraculously managed to preserve her life instead of being vaporized on the spot. She struggled to stand up, opening her eyes which seemed burned with intense pain, using her vision blurred by the blood to stare into the distance—
Almost the entire battlefield area had been swept clean!
The red-haired great hero stood slowly from the center of the battlefield, the ground beneath him covered with golden light reaching to the horizon. This strike was terrifying enough to sweep away all life on the battlefield, yet it did not penetrate the surface; the whole earth was covered by the power of the Golden Law.
Everything seemed to suddenly reverse...
The allied forces, who were in a previously favorable position, suffered total annihilation in the blink of an eye...
A chill swept through the heart of the Ancient Dragon Lance Sankes. Instinctively, this thought arose, but then she felt her state instantly restored. Her body’s vitality was repaired at an incredible speed, with injuries from burning, tearing, and brutal attacks reverted immediately.
Almost before she could react to what had happened, she was completely restored to her best condition, without a trace of injury!
"...!!"
Most startling of all, the entire battlefield space seemed to "refresh."
The allied forces, who had just been swept clean, appeared one by one, fully restored amid the golden light.
Unscathed, every individual was in perfect condition.
"We are immortal! Our lives belong only to the Holy Black Moon, how dare mere golden lackeys think to seize the divine blessing?!" a hero from the Eternal City laughed aloud, filled with fervor and reverence, rushing forward with weapons, creating a storm-like onslaught.
This wasn’t a self-comforting explanation from a fanatical belief, but they had indeed received such information, considered a sacred revelation—
Just like the residents living in the Olympus Interstellar City within the Atlantic Anomaly Zone, they obtained eternal bodies and simulated immortality... No one would die; no one could be killed. As long as divine authority existed, even if dead, they could be resurrected!
Of course, this wasn’t absolutely without solutions.
It’s just...
The Golden Law itself denied "fated death," so using the power of the old Elden Ring couldn’t display corresponding special attacks at this time.
The Holy Black Moon still quietly hung high in the sky, not paying attention to the battlefield below in the Boundary Land, which should be a battle fought by the beings themselves there. The gigantic mechanical body rotated in the void, contending with the supreme will, locked in a stalemate.
Upon reaching the Magic Domain, thus materializing the Mechanized Moon, it became a direct manifestation after successfully creating the prototype of the True Body Machine God.
Though there were indeed some obvious differences in terms of performance, it equally possessed stable divine attributes. Thus, clones in the current world also have the standard configuration of a mechanized holy body, which is certainly a mighty aid.
Even if the clone only possesses seventy percent of the main body’s panel, calculating all attributes with a slight deduction; these mass-produced mechanized holy bodies, even just with seventy percent capability, far exceed human comprehension, serving as mechanized intelligent minds and interstellar annihilation-type fortresses.
Gu Mo used his own power, combined with the mechanized holy body in the void, to easily resist the onslaught of the supreme will.
Even faintly gaining the upper hand in the struggle.
Taking a defensive posture for a while, observing and collecting intelligence of his opponent, he roughly grasped the opponent’s level, cautiously using the power of the Infinity Gem on the body to simulate and observe possible futures.
The computational function fully activated, infinite possible worlds before and after the wave function collapsed were reflected in his eyes, tens of thousands of futures flowed through his mind.
Very assured, he relaxed, then—
Raised the Great Thunderbolt Power in his strongest form.
BOOM—!!
Thunderous vibrations stirred the void, abnormal fluctuations surged from shattered space-time, sweeping in like waves.
Even those engaged in battle couldn’t help but shift their gaze upwards, glimpsing the scene where night was torn by daylight, the entire starry sky submerged by grand lightning. Amid the magnificent symphony of billions of thunders, that holy body nearing divinity radiated dazzlingly in the void.
Brilliance entwined, the fire of divinity burned fiercely.
Because every cell was a nanometer-scale normal-temperature nuclear fusion apparatus, resembling a hot luminous wheel. But upon closer inspection, it revealed a body so vast it could cover the sun, resembling a radiant giant serpent with horns and claws... Everyone would remember this day.
Those stellar dazzling vertical pupils shone with sacred light like divine poetry, the emitted majesty causing even the supreme will to flinch...
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(PS: A typhoon is hitting here, with a red alert, I’ve never seen this... ummmm, everyone be cautious too...)