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Chapter 423 The Power of the Gods
Eileen removed her hand from the Eternal Lake, took a half step back, and handed the battlefield over to Wu Chang.

Hela's strength was similar to that of when she first became an Exusiai. Knowing Wu Chang's strength, she knew that even if she couldn't win, she wouldn't suffer any losses, so she stood by and watched.

Eileen remained calm in the face of Wu Chang's attack, but He Yi, who was standing beside them, frowned deeply.

Although he had not mastered divinity or awakened the power of origin, he could still sense, through his combat intuition, that Hela in front of him was not comparable to Gam blocking the door.

Facing Gam, he only felt oppressed, believing that the other party had the ability to threaten his life. If he were to go all out, with the Tyrant's performance, he might not be unable to fight him.

Standing before Hela, he could not sense her depths at all, as if he were in endless darkness, unable to discern his surroundings.

If he and Wu Zhuoqun had led the expedition to Colette City, let alone defeating Hela, even if he stayed behind to cover the retreat and buy time for the others to escape, he might not have been able to do it.

He was certain that he would die if he fought Hela, and he might not even be able to truly harm Hela before he died.

Faced with a monster like Hela, he felt powerless for the first time in his life. He was astonished that such a powerful monster was hidden so close to the underground shelter.

Even more surprisingly, when faced with Hela, Wu Chang stopped Eileen and wanted to go himself.

How dare he?
Just a month ago, this kid was being used as a punching bag by him.

He urged He Yun through the internal channel to stop Wu Chang from doing something foolish, but He Yun's response was not to worry, Wu Chang would have a way.

He Yi looked at Eileen, then at his sister, and finally at Wu Chang's relaxed face, falling into deep self-doubt.

What's going on? Am I the only one among everyone here who's worried about that kid's safety?

Or perhaps I missed something important while exploring the surface and testing the mechs' performance.

While He Yi looked completely bewildered, Wu Chang had already stepped out of the crowd and stood in front of Hela.

The Hela before him was the strongest enemy he had encountered along his journey, aside from Huanxi.

Based on what he saw in the resentment of Hercules and others, the entity used to cultivate the ideal divinity should have difficulty unleashing the full power of divinity. Even Amber was only able to use the power of Gaia divinity after receiving help from the Miracle Walker and overcoming her inner demons.

However, Hela, judging from her appearance, is clearly a native of the Underground Sanctuary plane, but the power fluctuations she is emitting at this moment clearly indicate that she has mastered all the divine power of death.

Hela's existence, as an indigenous person who gained divine power, is similar to that of Hati, who smuggled himself into the Wasteland, and Erin, who grew up in the Wasteland.

In other words, in the underground shelter dimension, Hela's use of divine power is not restricted by the rules of the intermediate layer, and she can fully unleash her power.

This was Wu Chang's first time facing a fully realized god, and even though he possessed the Blasphemer, he was still somewhat nervous.

However, he had to face Hela alone for several reasons: first, because of the resentment within Hela; second, because of the massive vengeful spirit connected to Hela; and finally, to test his true strength before the world dungeon.

The ordinary dungeon bosses in the Wasteland could no longer satisfy his needs, and Hela's appearance was just in time.

He was using his original form at the moment. When he walked up to Hela, he had already entered the Abyss Serpent transformation and increased his energy attribute to 355 points.

He then began setting up Deepwater Devourers around Hela while she wasn't looking.

Absorbing the source of the deep sea enhanced both of his deep-sea alien transformations. The enhancement for the Abyss Serpent involved transforming its Deep Water Devour into divine damage.

In mythology, Hela is Jormungandr's sister. Jormungandr's venom can cover the entire ocean, clearly indicating that he is a master of poison.

As Jormungandr's sister, Hela was worried that poison alone wouldn't be enough for her, so he used the power of chaos at the same time.

As before, before the Chaos Power accumulates enough damage, it first exerts a subtle and gradual influence. Once the influence is deep enough, it summons the Chaos Runes to begin its charge.

The power unleashed by the chaotic energy is linked to Wu Chang's energy attribute. At this moment, his energy is 355 points, which is comparable to many lower-level gods, and the chaotic energy he releases has a significant effect.

Hela had just been affected by the chaotic power, and her already cloudy eyes turned completely blood red. Her remaining rationality was swallowed up by the chaos, and in a flash of divinity, she swung her sword at Wu Chang.

Hela brandished her two longswords and slashed at Wu Chang.

All the experimental subjects used to cultivate the idealized divinity underwent rigorous training from a young age, engaging in battles comparable to raising poisonous insects.

Although Hela was in a state of confusion, her swordsmanship was exceptionally sharp, aiming straight for vital points.

The sword's edge carried a pale divine aura, filled with a sense of death and decay. Anyone touched by it would instantly rot, just like a flower planted in the soil.

Wu Chang dared not take the attack head-on, so he opened his spatial domain and teleported short distance behind Hela.

Hela reacted extremely quickly, changing her technique with her left-hand sword and slashing back at Wu Chang. Wu Chang was prepared and teleported short distance to Hela's empty left side again.

Hela fought entirely on instinct. She wielded her twin swords, relentlessly slashing at Wu Chang's aura, unleashing five strikes in a row, forcing Wu Chang to use short-range teleportation five times in a row before her swordsmanship finally revealed a slight opening.

Wu Chang was waiting for this gap.

He teleported short distance again, but this time, he appeared above Hela's head, and in his hand was a huge warhammer, the very one that Erin had replaced with the Steadfast Light.

Immediately afterwards, he brandished the Light of Steadfastness and used Steadfast Charge in place.

The effect of his master-level use of melee weapons gave him an edge over Hela in weapon handling, and the warhammer head struck Hela's right-hand sword guard precisely as she returned to defense.

As Hela forcefully deflected the sword in her right hand, the dizziness accompanying her charge caused her body to stiffen momentarily, dissipating the force of her left-hand sword's defense.

The Light of Steadfastness is only a B-grade item, and its effect on beings of Hela's level is extremely limited, only causing a brief moment of stun.

But for Wu Chang, this moment was enough.

"Man!"

Using the remaining momentum of his charge, he spun around and swung his elbow into Hela's body through the opening created by the warhammer.

The effect of the Mamba Iron Elbow was far superior to that of the Steadfast Light. Hela's upper body was knocked backward, and she staggered back in small steps, her twin swords hanging limply at her sides, temporarily losing the ability to retaliate.

If this were from an online game perspective, there would be at least one abnormal status message appearing below Hela's health bar.

Various abnormal states made Hela's already unstable state even worse, and in conjunction with the chaotic power, a layer of purple light film appeared on the surface of Hela's body.

This is a manifestation of the initial impact of chaotic power on the target.

At the same time, a prompt appeared in front of Wu Chang's eyes.

"Chaos Power activated, Health +20, Energy +30."

Talent Name: Chaotic Authority

"Talent Description: You can transform energy into tangible chaos and spread it out. All targets affected by your power will be marked. Marked targets will have a portion of their main attributes extracted, depending on the level of chaos. When the chaos value exceeds a certain level, you can completely control or eliminate the marked targets."

The chaotic power initially broke through Hela's defenses, allowing Wu Chang to successfully extract attribute values ​​from Hela.

Based on the results, Hela is a deity with special talents in both life and energy.

Since he has already reached the first level of the desolate barrier, half of the 30 energy points he gained will be deducted, bringing his energy attribute to 370 points.

Taking advantage of the effects of Mamba's Iron Elbow and the breach in his defenses by Chaotic Power, he flashed in front of Hela and struck again with his elbow.

"Man!"

After the second elbow strike, the third elbow strike followed immediately. The three consecutive elbow strikes not only dealt significant damage to Hela thanks to the Blasphemer, but also stacked three layers of Mamba Mark, increasing damage reduction by 30%.

Just as he was putting his elbow into action, thinking about whether he could control Hela infinitely and kill her with one combo, a chilling sensation came from the back of his neck, piercing straight to his bone marrow, causing him to stop in his tracks and preventing him from teleporting up for a fourth elbow strike.

This was his inspiration giving him a warning, telling him to be wary of threats.

He realized what was happening and immediately tried to teleport away from Hela.

Before he could use the spatial threads to teleport away, he saw a flash of gray light and the spatial threads that constituted the spatial domain snapped one by one.

He looked in the direction from which the gray light emanated, and saw Hela forcefully break free from the control of the Mamba Iron Elbow, regaining her mobility. A large amount of grayish-white divine power, mixed with countless vengeful spirits, surrounded her, forming a small area resembling a divine kingdom. It was this area that tore apart the spatial domain, preventing Wu Chang's teleportation.

Even a Lord-level source power is powerless against divinity.

Oh no, the boss has entered the second phase!
Wu Chang felt a chill run down his spine. Hela was clearly about to unleash her ultimate move. There was no need to charge in at this point; he had to kite her, first deflecting her burst of power, then anticipating her moves before launching a counterattack.

He activated the "White Ghost" Swiftness skill, increasing his movement speed by 20%, and then used the Lightning Shadow Movement Technique from the Thunder Magic Fragment to create distance between himself and Hela.

The Lightning-Lightning Movement Technique allows him to create indistinguishable clones while accelerating his movement, thus confusing his opponents.

This move is very useful for both offense and escape when facing an opponent of similar skill. If used properly, it can even produce a kill on first sight. Unfortunately, after Wu Chang mastered this move, he never had the opportunity to encounter an opponent of similar skill, so he rarely used this move.

Now is the perfect time to use it.

He had mastered the incomplete Thunder Technique Scroll to Rank A, and with 370 points of energy to support him, he was able to create eight lightning shadows in one go.

Including his original body, the nine figures moved away in different directions, trying to get Hela to chase after the fake body.

Hela, who could unleash her divine power and expand her divine kingdom, did not physically pursue Wu Chang as before, but instead raised the longsword in her left hand.

Under Wu Chang's questioning gaze, the longsword extended and transformed into a giant rake.

Seeing Hela holding up the rake, Wu Chang's first reaction was, "Why are you stealing your second senior brother's weapon?"

It was only a second later that he remembered that when the Omniscient Crystal revealed Hela's identity, it had also told him several myths about Hela.

One of the myths mentions that Hela would come to the world on a three-legged white horse to spread death.

She always carried a rake and a broom. If half the people in the area she passed through died, it meant she was reaping lives with a rake; if everyone died, it meant she was using a broom.

Upon seeing the rake, Wu Chang immediately understood how the neat scars he had seen outside the secret research institute had been created.

Wu Changxian communicated with Eileen through mental means, telling her not to rush into interfering. Then, while continuing to pull her along, he took out the Four-Sided Fire Lamp and lit it.

Hela's rake can only attack half of a person. The eight clones he creates with lightning and thunder can help him draw enough fire. Even if he misses, he won't die suddenly because of the Four Directions Fire Lantern. Eileen will be able to intervene in time.

The next moment, Hela swung her rake, each tooth emitting a sharp aura as she slashed towards Wu Chang and his Thunder Shadow.

The target hit by the rake was...

all!
All nine figures, including Wu Chang, were hit by the rake.

Seeing this, Wu cursed inwardly, thinking, "We agreed to use a rake to leave half of them alive!"

Eight of the lightning bolts shattered on the spot, while Wu Chang used all his strength to swing his hammer at the attack coming at him.

The moment the unwavering light struck the sword energy, or rather, the raking energy, Wu Chang felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and the temperature around him seemed to drop by dozens of degrees in an instant.

In the bitter cold, a sharp aura was cutting through the unwavering light, pushing him backward. The fragments of air that flew out upon impact were cutting into his body, causing damage at an extremely high frequency.

Beyond the direct attacks, the whispers of countless wronged souls echoed in his ears, trying to drag his soul into the underworld.

The whispers from the wronged spirits were as damaging as a rake attack to other targets, but to Wu Chang, they had no effect other than being noisy.

The rake-like air pushed Wu Chang backward for thirty meters before stopping. The moment Wu Chang stopped, he first raised the Four Directions Fire Lamp and activated the Illumination skill.

The fire of the year has the effect of warding off evil spirits and plagues, and driving away demons. The wronged souls around him were instantly burned by the fire of the year, and flames were set off. The burning wronged souls flickered with firelight, making his surroundings full of scattered red light, as if he were in a swarm of fireflies.

After the wronged souls have been burned by the fire of the year, he will wave the Soul Cleansing Banner to drive away the evil spirits and deliver the dying wronged souls to the afterlife.

Thousands of wronged souls transformed into pure white light, some passing through the secret research institute and rising into the sky, while others disappeared into the Soul Cleansing Banner.

"Item Skill: Soul Nourishment"

"Skill Description: Each time a Soul Cleansing is completed, the user can absorb a portion of the essence from the soul, permanently strengthening their own soul."

The influx of countless soul energies caused Wu Chang's soul strength to surge dramatically. Along with the growth of his soul, the Soul Cleansing Flag itself also grew stronger.

While tackling the Midnight Graveyard instance, he upgraded the Soul Cleansing Banner from Rank C to Rank B by purifying the wronged souls in the Soul Light Cathedral.

The soul power contained in Hela's attack was equivalent to one-third of the soul power gained from purifying the Cathedral of Soul Light. He felt the progress bar of the Soul Cleansing Banner move forward a little.

The reason he wanted to personally fight Hela was not only to test his abilities, but also to avoid wasting his soul power and to use it to upgrade the Soul Cleansing Banner.

He put away the Soul Cleansing Flag and began to examine his own condition.

He glanced at the hammerhead and took Hela's rake head-on, leaving a deep dent in the hammerhead of the Light of Steadfastness. With this level of damage, the Light of Steadfastness would be destroyed after at most two more hits.

With the protection of the Light of Steadfastness and the eight lightning clones diverting his firepower, Hela did far less damage to him than he had imagined, only knocking off half of his permanent shield that allowed him to "not die unarmed."

While Wu Changzai breathed a sigh of relief, he was also astonished by the harm Hela had caused.

The knight cannot die unarmed and can store three times his maximum energy as a shield; his normal energy level is 241.

The fact that half of his shield was knocked off means that Hela's attack, even though it was dispersed and blocked, and the effect of the vengeful spirits did not affect Wu Chang, still dealt 360 points of damage.

Including the 30% from the Mamba Mark, this attack will deal a terrifying 514 damage!
It's important to know that ordinary players in the Wilderness Realm can unlock the upgrade dungeon as long as their total attributes reach 300. Even if they add all their points to health, plus the temporary health attribute boost from skills, they still can't reach 514 points.

This means that any player in the Wasteland Realm who doesn't have extremely powerful survival skills will undoubtedly die if hit by Haila's rake.

The main reason why Hela's attacks could cause such terrible damage was that they contained divinity.

Even players with Lord-level Origin Power will be instantly killed when facing a lower-level god who truly controls divinity.

The value of "Only gods can defeat gods" is increasing!

Unfortunately, this statement does not apply to Wu Chang, because he is a blasphemer.

The swipe of the rake was also bad for Hela. The depletion of her divine power and the dispersal of a large number of wronged souls by Wu Chang caused Hela's consciousness to waver once again.

Taking advantage of Hela's wavering consciousness and the further erosion of her chaotic power, the purple light membrane condensed on her body deepened in color.

"Chaos Power activated, Health +40, Energy +50."

The Chaotic Power further extracted Hela's attributes, causing Wu Chang's energy attribute to stack up to 395 points.

With this shift in power, he felt that he had surpassed Hela in terms of energy attributes.

As her energy was continuously drained, Hela found it difficult to resist the devouring abyss that surrounded her.

In addition to inflicting poison damage and poisoning, the effect of Deepwater Bite also reduces all of the target's attributes without their knowledge.

Chaotic power drains Hela's energy attributes. Hela is unable to resist the Devouring Water, which causes the Devouring Water to take effect, reducing the upper limit of all of Hela's attributes. The decrease in willpower attribute, coupled with the poison effect affecting her spirit, further allows the Chaotic power to affect Hela.

The two effects interacted, accelerating the breakthrough of Hela's defenses by stepping on her right foot with her left.

Wu Chang stood at a distance, ensuring that he wouldn't be killed by Hela. The two continuous abnormal effects would wear Hela down.

The Deepwater Devourer causes the poisoned person to lose control of their body. Hela's movements are slowing down at a visible rate, and her human left side of her face is beginning to show weakness and pain.

Hela's status prevented her from perceiving the hidden Devouring Abyss or the chaotic powers, but her instincts told her that she could not delay any longer.

As another burst of grayish-white light emanated, a huge three-legged white horse appeared beneath Hela.

Wu Chang clicked his tongue. The BOSS has entered the third stage.

(End of this chapter)