Who taught him to restore the country like this

Chapter 166 You want to become a god? Get out!

Boom——

That was not a simple explosion, but the ultimate catharsis of the source of power after it was unrestrained.

The gray and gold energies were no longer entangled, but transformed into a destructive torrent that tore each other apart and annihilated one another.

After losing the crucial container and stabilizer of the Source Gathering Array, the nascent power of fusion went completely berserk.

The first to be affected was Adkins, who was right next door.

"Wow, this power... it's absolutely amazing!"

Adkins, unfazed by being pushed back a few steps by the energy torrent, focused his mind on the energy surging into his body.

Although the array plate disappeared, Isabella, the vessel, remained, and the divinity that was about to take shape was still there!
"Your Majesty, get out of here immediately!" shouted the imperial hero.

Although Adkins was the ruler of the empire and embodied most of its faith, he had no power to rely on and could hardly withstand this rampaging force.

That divinity could even erase Adkins's consciousness.

leave?

Adkins scoffed.

Normally, he wouldn't be able to withstand that force, but...

He braved the raging energy and forced his way to the center of the altar.

"You may not know yet?"

The Imperial Hero was about to say something when Ron's voice interrupted him.

He looked at Ron with a puzzled expression.

“When the two powers merged, twilight descended throughout the empire,” Ron said.

The Imperial Hero was stunned upon hearing this: "How is this possible..."

“Nothing is impossible,” Ron said calmly. “The End of Twilight was created because of the influence of the [Annihilation] power. The [Annihilation] power, fused with the [Hero], is unprecedentedly powerful, and its influence covers the entire empire.”

The Imperial Hero swallowed hard.

Ignoring the Imperial Hero's reaction, Ron continued, "Now, as long as he enters the center of the altar, he can easily sacrifice the entire empire. The power he gains from this sacrifice will be enough for him to control this rampaging energy and sustain himself until his divinity stabilizes."

"!!!"

The imperial hero stared in horror.

His Majesty wants to sacrifice the entire empire!?

He looked at Adkins, who seemed to have gone mad, and realized that Ron was not exaggerating.

"No! Your Majesty, you cannot do that!" the imperial hero roared.

Adkins was so engrossed in the joy of his impending ascension to godhood that he couldn't hear a word anyone said.

"Stop him!" the Imperial hero cried out to Ron for help.

“Now the only one who can stop him is you.” Ron took out a bottle of milk-like potion, opened it, and handed it to the Imperial hero’s lips.

Upon hearing this, the Imperial Hero drank the potion without any hesitation.

Immediately, a layer of silver-gray light covered the whites of his eyes.

After waiting for five seconds and seeing that Ron didn't speak again, he was about to ask what to do next when he felt a continuous flow of faith power surging into his body.

He was taken aback.

“Now is not the time for you to be daydreaming,” Ron said.

The imperial hero reacted immediately, his body surging with golden light, instantly breaking through the seal and drawing his sword to strike Adkins.

At this moment, Adkins had almost reached the center of the altar. Noticing the attack from the Imperial hero, he uttered two words indifferently.

"Get out!"

Just as they were about to continue forward, the Hero's Sword did not pause and slashed down.

Bang!
The Hero's Sword struck the energy shield created by the fusion of powers.

"Reinhardt, how dare you draw your sword against me!" Adkins roared.

The master-servant contract's command did not take effect; he realized that the hero's invincibility state had been triggered.

Only Imperial heroes in an invincible state are unaffected by the master-servant contract.

"For your own selfish desires, you have disregarded the safety of the empire. You are no longer a qualified ruler of the empire. Today, on behalf of the sages of the past, I hereby pronounce judgment on you!" declared the imperial hero.

"You?" Adkins scoffed.

The imperial hero's power has been mostly absorbed, and the remaining power, even if activated to make him invincible, won't last long.

But he... has been continuously supplied with... uh? by the entire empire's citizens?

Adkins was stunned.

Where is the power of my faith?

After exchanging blows with the imperial heroes for several rounds, he was horrified to discover that the power of faith within his body had not been replenished, and his own cultivation level was still declining.

"It's strange."

Ron's voice rang out: "Why did you announce to the entire nation before you came, that you were coming as a savior hero, yet the people of the Empire did not give you the corresponding support?"

"It's you!?" Adkins looked at Ron angrily.

"Everything that has happened here has been conveyed and reflected back to every citizen of the Empire through Lord Reinhardt's heroic power and Lord Aetheril's Eye of Truth. The people of the Empire are very disappointed in you, Your Majesty," Ron said with a smile.

"You scum, how dare you scheme against me!"

Adkins wanted nothing more than to tear Ron to pieces.

However, without the replenishment of his faith power, he couldn't withstand the energy storm for long.

There was no time left; he had to perform the sacrifice immediately before he could continue the ascension ceremony.

Just one step away!
"Go away!"

He used the master-servant contract to repel the Imperial hero, who was also in poor condition, and rushed into the center of the altar without regard for anything else.

Just as he was overjoyed at his victory, Isabella's energy, which had reached its critical point, exploded again.

Compared to the previous energy explosion, this one was even more powerful.

Adkins, being at the center, was the first to become a victim.

"Do not--"

The greed and smugness on the face of this ambitious empire ruler were instantly replaced by extreme terror.

Before the sacrifice could even begin, it was swallowed whole by the raging torrent of energy.

"Pfft-"

His body was like a wax figure thrown into a furnace, violently twisted and deformed in the torrent of gray and gold.

He could barely utter a scream before his consciousness was completely erased amidst endless pain and unbelievable despair.

A ruler of an empire, who schemed and plotted to ascend to the throne, fell at the very spot closest to his "fruit".

There was no time to lament the fate of this empire's ruler. The energy storm did not stop after devouring Adkins; instead, like a prehistoric beast freed from its confinement, it swept outwards even more violently.

The imperial hero's eyes were bloodshot with rage. He wanted to step forward and stop the birth of that world-destroying energy, but he was already at his limit.

Boom——

With a deafening roar, the imperial hero was violently thrown back by the terrifying shockwave and slammed heavily against the distant rock wall.

He coughed up blood and nearly fainted.

Upon seeing this, Cecilia's expression changed drastically. She immediately stopped using the Right Prime Minister of God on Kertia, withdrew all her power to herself, and covered her entire body with crimson dragon scales, forming the most solid defensive stance.

At the same time, he rapidly chanted sacred words, and a holy light shield protected him. In the energy storm, he was like a small boat in a raging sea, being pushed back repeatedly by the impact. The light shield flickered violently and was in danger of shattering at any moment.

As Keltia watched the raging energy devour Adkins and destroy everything, her crimson eyes showed no fear, but rather a morbid fanaticism and a liberating pleasure. "Hahaha... Destroy! Destroy everything! This is... this is the price of power! Ron, do you see? Is this the ending you wanted?"

She laughed wildly at the eye of the storm, her broken wings swaying in the turbulent energy flow behind her.

Isabella floated in the eye of the storm.

Freed from the restraints of the Gathering Source Array, the two conflicting sources of power within her body went completely out of control, colliding and tearing wildly within her fragile body.

The indifference in those grey-gold heterochromatic eyes had vanished, replaced by indescribable, extreme pain.

On the surface of her body, gray-gold patterns twisted and writhed like living things, her skin constantly cracked and healed, and blood and energy mixed together and overflowed.

She let out a silent roar, her body teetering on the edge of destruction and rebirth, on the verge of complete collapse and becoming part of this energy storm.

Just as this devastating energy was about to completely destroy the entire underground space, and even potentially tear the earth apart, spreading the disaster to the entire surface of Dolo State...

A figure charged against the raging torrent of energy toward the eye of the storm.

It was Ron.

His body was covered with a faint light, and it looked as if it could be torn apart by the energy storm at any moment.

However, he persevered and walked right into the eye of the storm.

He was not entirely unaffected; every step he took was exceptionally difficult, but the calmness and determination in his eyes never changed.

His target seemed to be only one thing—Isabella, who was struggling painfully and on the verge of collapse at the eye of the storm.

"Your Majesty Ron, what are you doing?" Cecilia cried out in horror upon seeing this.

In her view, Ron's behavior was tantamount to suicide.

“Heh… Foolish…” Keltia sneered, but deep in her dark eyes, a complex emotion that she herself was unaware of flashed by.

Reinhardt struggled to lift his head, looking at the figure swimming against the current in the destructive storm, his eyes filled with disbelief.

What does he want to do?
What can he do?
Amidst the puzzled gazes of the crowd, Ron finally rushed to Isabella's side.

[Level has been increased to level 61]

The raging energy turbulence almost overwhelmed him, and even the invincibility time brought by his level increase was difficult to withstand.

That divine power had transcended the rules and was ravaging his body.

However, pain comes with benefits.

Ron did not leap into the air; instead, he reached out and embraced Isabella, who was struggling in pain.

"Ouch, that really hurts."

Ron trembled involuntarily the moment he touched Isabella's body.

The uncontrolled, raging energy from the fusion of [Annihilation] and [Hero] surged into his body like billions of red-hot steel needles.

His body was like a balloon forcibly filled with excessive gas; his skin was instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks, his bones were cracking, and blood was oozing from his eyes, nostrils, and ears.

It truly is a power that can help people ascend to godhood.

This is still in an invincible state with level upgrades; otherwise, he would explode and die the moment he absorbs the energy from Isabella's body.

"Come on, come on, let it come even more fiercely."

As Ron watched his pseudo-level steadily climb, he couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation—could absorbing all this energy make him a god?

The player's body is a bottomless pit, absorbing as much energy as it comes in.

If he can just use leveling up to get through the toughest early stages, he'll gradually get into a better phase later on.

"Ron..."

As Ron shared a large portion of the energy, the pain on Isabella's face lessened considerably, and a faint light flashed in her grey-gold heterochromatic eyes.

"Don't be afraid, leave it to me."

Ron's voice was so faint in the energy storm that it was almost inaudible, yet it carried a strange, soothing power.

Isabella's body, which had been stiff from the pain, was noticeably relieved.

[Level has been increased to level 62]

[Level has been increased to level 63]

[Level has been increased to level 64]

Level 64 is the highest level Ron can reach with his current experience.

But enough is enough.

This bought him 25 seconds, which brought his pseudo level to 99. He no longer needed the invincibility time; he could just endure some hardship to reach level 100.

Once he reaches level 100, he can absorb the divinity within Isabella without restraint and become an existence comparable to a god.

Even if he leaves the divine kingdom, he can forcibly take this level with him.

After all, they were both from the same divine class, and the God of Light could no longer restrain him.

But will things really go that smoothly?
Ron didn't know; all he knew was that this final stage required a freaking amount of energy.

At the edge of the storm, Kertia and the others were completely stunned.

They all thought Ron would soon be devoured by that power, but now, not only has Ron not been devoured, he has even subtly gained control of that energy.

He's going to become a god!
hum-

Just then, the storm in the center of the altar suddenly stopped.

A vast and powerful aura spread out.

Everything suddenly became quiet, as if time had stood still.

"This is……"

Kertia's eyes widened as if she had seen something incredible.

Cecilia was also stunned. The holy light shield shattered instantly, but she was completely unaware, staring blankly at the two people embracing in the eye of the storm.

"It really worked?" Reinhardt murmured in disbelief.

He wasn't quite sure, but the aura that filled him with deep awe and rendered him utterly powerless to resist must be... Kamui!?
Keltia and Cecilia can tell him with absolute certainty: This is Kamui!
but……

Why is it the divine power of the God of Light?

Ron has ascended to become the God of Light?
wrong.

A new god cannot be born into the same position unless the previous one dies.

God of Light...

Cecilia quickly shook her head, not daring to entertain any blasphemous thoughts.

In short, Ron could become any other god, but he could never become the God of Light.

That divine power...

That's right, the shameless God of Light intervened in this trial.

At the center of the altar, Ron, who was just a little bit more experience away from becoming a god, greeted the God of Light with heartfelt affection.

At this moment, the gray-gold patterns on Isabella's body faded at a visible speed, and the violent energy was rapidly drawn away.

The pain and confusion in her eyes quickly faded, her grey-gold heterochromatic eyes returned to their original clear grey-white, her body went limp, and she completely lost consciousness, held in Ron's arms.

The God of Light forcibly drained Isabella's energy and divinity, preventing her from taking that final step.

At the same time, a friendly notification was sent: You have completed the Trial of the Divine Kingdom and will be teleported out of the Divine Kingdom in three minutes.

They enforced it without giving him any chance to complete the remaining powers.

He knew this shameless thing was going to cheat.

Tsk…

That's so tasteless! If you can't handle the game, don't play it!
(End of this chapter)