Chapter 371
Chapter 371
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 371
Chapter Title: Secret of the Celestials (3)
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The armaments of the Gale. The power dwelling within them was truly immense.
These were the armaments favored by Gale, who had ascended to the ranks of the gods, were they not?
The 'stories' accumulated in each piece of equipment as they accompanied his journeys were unleashed through the Weapon Soul Awakening.
Were they rare? Unique? Had they remained as epics or legends?
Considering that the grade of equipment was fundamentally determined by the presence of a 'story,' even though they were marked as [Set] items, the power of Gale's armaments surpassed legends.
It wasn't certain, but if he had continued using them until ascending to godhood, they might harbor stories of divine or at least demigod grade.
In other words, the armaments themselves were infused with 'divinity.'
This granted Rokan the power to counter the divinity of his enemies, and the results were astounding.
“Gale Slash!”
“N-No way!”
Fwhoosh!
Every time Rokan's battle axe moved, bones and flesh flew apart, separating.
The Gale Slash, which already boasted lethal-grade attack power, had been further enhanced by the Weapon Soul Awakening.
At this level, it was an area attack that no one could confidently face head-on.
Simply activating the three embedded skills caused a significant portion of the guards encircling him to perish.
The Adversary effect activated as well, unleashing overwhelming destructive power that rendered resistance impossible, ravaging them.
“Hahaha, Aura Bombardment!”
Confirming their potency, Rokan immediately shifted all his attacks to area-focused ones.
He had already verified that their level couldn't block this attack power, so there was no need to cut them down one by one.
If even grazing them meant death, why bother with the extra effort?
Moreover, since there were plenty of foes he needed to kill, unleashing his power wildly was actually a way to conserve strength.
Mana was infinite while Gale Incarnation was active, after all.
“Fall back!”
“We'll handle him!”
As the guards who had charged first to conserve strength were brutally smashed, the elite guards could no longer leave it solely to them.
Not only were they no match at all, but it even felt like he grew stronger every time he was drenched in their blood. They judged that this was hopeless.
Thus, they withdrew the remaining guard forces and the elite guards stepped forward.
“Wrath of the Heavenly God!”
“Curse of the Heavenly God!”
“Radiance of the Heavenly God!”
They unleashed every Creation skill they possessed all at once.
Skills that exterminated, weakened, and bound enemies in the name of the Heavenly God, along with spells that strengthened and buffed allies, stacked chaotically.
But did they know? That the blood of the Heavenly God they so fervently invoked was now melting and flowing within their opponent's body.
[No effects due to Blood Awakening.]
Thanks to this, Rokan had to endure countless meaningless notifications.
They had no effect but were annoyingly persistent abilities.
No, should he be grateful that they wasted their precious Creation skills on such useless abilities?
If they had used them for personal enhancement instead, they would have been more threatening, but bound under the name of elite guards, their valuable skills were squandered on mutual support.
If they could affect the enemy as intended, they would boast terrifying destructive power, but this time, they had picked the wrong opponent.
“Kneel before me!”
At that moment, Rokan's roar erupted.
It wasn't just words. It was a skill.
A Weapon Soul skill embedded in the Gale Armaments set.
And its effect was astonishing: it nullified all subordinate abilities of the same lineage as the user.
Normally, it would neutralize berserker-line or warrior-line powers, but in his current state, it was different.
Blood. The Celestials, as descendants of the ancient Heavenly God's blood, were included.
“Gasp!”
“M-My power…… it's draining!”
The Heavenly God's blessings activated by the elite guards vanished in an instant.
Combination skills? Master skills? Creation skills? They shamefully hid and disappeared before the one who truly inherited the Heavenly God's blood.
The Celestials, suddenly stripped of their power, panicked, creating a massive opening.
Rokan wouldn't miss that gap. Starting with Full Body Charge and Blink, he shattered the elite guards' formation.
A one-sided massacre began.
“Our power is returning. Hold on!”
Regrettably, the duration of the Weapon Soul skill that stripped subordinate powers was short.
Some elite guards bought time by sacrificing their bodies, gritting their teeth and reigniting their divinity.
They activated the ultimate skill they hadn't fully completed.
“Heavenly God's Blood……!”
“Heavenly God's Bones!”
“Heavenly God's Flesh!”
These were Creation skills from different individuals.
Even if imitations, recreating the body of one who possessed godhood was something even Transcendent Creation skills struggled with, so they had each registered one aspect as a Creation skill.
Such a thing would surely be unaffected by the Weapon Soul skill.
“You think I'd wait for that madness?”
It looked like a transforming combiner robot, but Rokan calmly refused to let it finish.
He swung his battle axe with full force at the mass in the midst of forming a single entity.
“Heavenly God Descent!”
Rumble! Flash!
A bolt from the blue struck down. Precisely atop the 'mass' forming some entity.
Heavenly God Descent. The ultimate skill combination that summoned him who had attained godhood, at the cost of divinity.
It wasn't recovering divinity; it was a last-resort skill that required offering divinity as sacrifice, but there was no choice.
At this rate, they faced annihilation.
With the lightning, the Heavenly God who had settled into the reconstituted flesh opened his eyes with a flash.
“Damn it, Ultra Transcendence!”
At this point, there was no choice.
If a true god-possessed Heavenly God had descended, he had no chance of victory.
The only thing to aim for was a preemptive strike!
Destroy the Heavenly God's body before it fully adapted, preventing a prolonged stay—that was the sole solution.
Knowing this, he poured everything he had into it.
Ultra Transcendence.
The destructive power that devoured even divinity spewed forth long toward the Heavenly God.
“This is our first formal meeting, but your greeting is overly grandiose.”
Kaboom!
But the power gap was too vast. Though brief, it surpassed Majesty Master by summoning a 'god,' so Ultra Transcendence alone wasn't enough.
Proving this, the descended Heavenly God casually raised a hand to block Ultra Transcendence.
The resulting massive shockwave swept the surroundings.
“Urk!”
The Celestials who had summoned the Heavenly God clutched their chests and vomited blood. It was the backlash from drawing forth such overwhelming power.
Seeing this, Rokan didn't regret the wasted Ultra Transcendence.
Blocking it head-on meant expending equivalent power, which drastically shortened the Heavenly God's descent duration.
As a forcibly created body, it would naturally collapse upon reaching its limit.
“O Heavenly God, please smite this wicked foe!”
Recognizing this, even before the explosion's aftermath cleared, they offered prayers to the Heavenly God.
Because it was a being of such exalted rank that even after summoning, they couldn't command it freely, they sought to achieve their will through the 'request of descendants.'
“No thanks?”
“Tha…… What?”
But it failed. The descended Heavenly God had no intention of defeating Rokan.
Though they claimed to be his descendants, strictly speaking, wasn't Rokan a direct inheritor of the blood?
Perhaps he was even closer than they, whose blood was mixed and diluted.
In a situation where he couldn't side with either, the Heavenly God chose to abstain from intervening.
He had descended to receive the offered divinity—and incidentally to meet Rokan and converse—but not to fight Rokan at their behest.
“I have no intention of fighting Rokan as you wish. So abandon any vain hopes.”
“……?”
Rokan was equally dumbfounded by the Heavenly God's declaration.
Though he had indirectly revealed neutrality before, why go this far for him?
Because he accepted his arrangements? Or because Rokan had a high chance of attaining godhood? Or perhaps due to a close bond with Gale?
One thing was certain: as the Heavenly God dragged out time, the cooldowns for skills sealed by Ultra Transcendence were ticking down, and in that imperial palace, Lafuge was plotting his grand scheme.
The longer this dragged on, the more advantageous it was for Rokan.
“Rokan.”
The Heavenly God called to Rokan. Unlike his cold tone toward the Celestials, it was warm.
“I wanted to have a long talk, but the situation isn't favorable. Could you visit my altar or temple sometime when you have time?”
“……Understood.”
What on earth did he want to say? Though puzzled, Rokan couldn't afford to be defiant. If the Heavenly God changed his mind and attacked, he had no confidence in blocking it.
Moreover, he couldn't use any skills now. He'd just have to curl up and endure blows to avoid his head and heart exploding.
“Then it seems I have nothing left to do here. Since the situation turned out this way because of me, I'll use the remaining divinity like this.”
Flash.
As the Heavenly God waved his hand again, a cluster of white light flew and seeped into Rokan.
A change occurred within him.
[All skill cooldowns have been reset by the Heavenly God's divinity.]
“……!”
All skill cooldowns reset. Not just skills, but even Ultra Transcendence was usable again.
And that wasn't all? The durations of Gale Incarnation and Blood Awakening, which had consumed considerable time, were also reset.
He could fight from the start once more.
“How could the Heavenly God…….”
“The Heavenly God has abandoned us……!”
Even without that, the situation was already favorable.
The Heavenly God's betrayal.
The mental shock from him siding not with them, but with the enemy—and a human, neither Celestial nor Demon—was immense.
They fell into panic en masse, unable to think straight or even move properly.
“Hahaha, Gale Slaughter!”
Rokan didn't miss the opening and dove in.
Missing such a bonus stage-like situation would disqualify him as a gamer!
He immediately beheaded the enemy leaders, the Majesty Masters, and seized their flesh and worlds.
[Divinity acquired.]
Each time he slew beings over level 400, a distinct power seeped into him beyond experience.
He hadn't known before, but now he did. It was divinity.
It wasn't limited to collection after reaching level 450 and obtaining a world; he could already gain fragments.
However, it only fully manifested at level 450.
The amount of divinity accumulated until then would create differences in initial capital.
Thus, Rokan slew every last enemy without mercy, absorbing their divinity.
He steadily piled up divinity and experience.
[Level up.]
He was getting closer to Majesty Master.