Wizard's Journey

Chapter 1549 The Death Raven

The Death Raven Catastrophe caused the original inhabitants of the Evil Spirit Empire—the Purple Scale Fishmen, the Bone Spike Boars, and the Wandering Goblins—to flee to other nearby empires, seeking protection by adopting the new temple doctrines of Snowheart and abandoning their former faith in the Evil Spirit God.

While it would be ideal for temple priests to gain more faith power without resorting to war, since the great gods don't care about the races that provide faith power, the cause of the disaster in the Evil Spirit Empire needs to be clarified, as everything that happened in the Evil Spirit Empire was too sudden.

Moreover, no one can be sure whether this disaster will spread to them.

There are many empires bordering the Evil Spirit Empire. This place is a gathering place for evil gods from other realms. Most of them are just lower-level gods. Occasionally one or two mid-level gods will appear, but they have almost no influence in the continent of gods. As for higher-level gods, they are extremely rare even in the continent of gods. There are no known existences of higher-level gods in the Evil God system. Therefore, it is the most oppressed of all the god systems. They can only build temples in remote and barren lands and establish a belief system with a motley crew of low-intelligence creatures.

Among the empires bordering the Evil God Empire, the Just Empire exists within the continental pantheon. Although it is also a lower-level god, as a member of the pantheon, its body is favored by the rules of the pantheon, and its status is incomparable to that of ordinary evil god empires. Its main race is human.

Here we need to explain the meaning of humanity.

Although the humans here and the humans in the wizarding world are similar in their biological evolution, they are not the same biological group. The term "human" is merely the first-person pronoun used by the rulers of the multi-ethnic world to refer to themselves, similar to "I".

In order to investigate the cause of the disaster in the Evil Spirit Empire, the Temple of Justice dispatched seven Saint-level experts to the territory of the Evil Spirit Empire.

Quack quack quack...

In the sky, flocks of death crows flew by from time to time. The smaller ones numbered only a dozen or so, while the larger ones numbered in the thousands. They flew by in a dark, dense mass. Those death crows that were carefully selected by the three-legged death crows to be included in their legion must have at least reached the first-level biological standard.

After all, having gathered the power of a medium-sized world, these terrifying omnivorous creatures, even if only a small portion of them, could easily wreak havoc on a weak evil god empire without divine protection.

"According to the escaped wandering goblins, these death crow disasters started in the capital, but according to that escaped strongman, the original disaster originated from the coast. I suggest that our seven-person team split into two groups to investigate the cause separately."

A one-eyed swordsman dressed in a gray robe addressed the crowd.

This one-eyed sword saint is a renowned peak expert of the human race in the Just Empire. Some say he is only one step away from becoming a sword god, and has even begun to comprehend the divine path, wanting to condense a divine spark of law and ascend to become a new god.

Although killing gods and seizing divine status is the most simple and practical way to advance in the Holy Land, the chances of succeeding in killing a god, even one who has lost their faith system, are extremely low, not to mention the fierce competition and distribution among the many participants.

In contrast, it is safer to submit to the temple and rely on the rewards of temple wars and one's own comprehension and refinement of laws.

"Master, could this sudden disaster be caused by some alien evil god that came from one of the intermittent vortexes? After all, all forty-eight main vortexes are under the supervision of the high priests, and the mobile vortexes haven't reached this area."

The female thief, a Saint-level expert, spoke solemnly, her figure hidden in the shadows of the trees, her camouflage blending seamlessly with nature.

With such a massive disaster, and these terrifying creatures never seen before everywhere, even though everyone was a Saint-level expert, they had only just entered the territory of the Evil Spirit Empire and already sensed the difficulty of their journey.

Any mission involving deities is inherently unsafe and could lead to annihilation at any moment!

"Intermittent vortexes usually only appear briefly, and it is unlikely that such a large army would suddenly appear. Moreover, although these death crows cannot communicate with each other, their intelligence level is not low. Obviously, the simultaneous sudden army must have been prepared in advance."

This was a temple priest holding a short staff, the wisest elder among them. Beside him lay a lithe black leopard with a pair of sharp, protruding fangs that were quite striking. Its emerald green eyes were half-closed, and its aura was almost nonexistent.

The priest's words left everyone pondering, while he himself appeared quite magnanimous, saying, "That's precisely why we've undertaken this exploration mission. Otherwise, how could the high priest, with his wisdom, not have guessed it? In fact, I suspect that some underground entities might have broken free..."

"Hiss, you mean those ancient gods?"

The short, stocky Saint-level expert carrying the giant hammer was greatly surprised upon hearing this.

"Who knows about the ancient war? However, it's not hard to imagine from the battle between the Violent God Kingdom and that Star God more than a thousand years ago that more than one ancient god was completely sealed during the ancient war of the gods. Some of these powerful gods with incredible power are still alive and their divine power remains strong."

The old priest shared his conjecture, but the one-eyed swordsman, who had first proposed splitting into teams, seemed to have a different idea.

Do you know the origin of the Demon God system?

The old priest, who was explaining his speculations, looked at the one-eyed sword saint in astonishment. Seeing the sword saint's sinister and heavy gaze, he said incredulously, "You mean a pantheon that broke in from another dimension? Impossible... right?"

After all, even if the ancient gods were to break free of their seals and be revived, they would only be rejoining the various pantheons. But if an existence like the Chaos Demon King were to appear, it would break the rules of the pantheons and rebuild them, which would be a disaster for the entire continent of gods!

The last war to establish the Demon God system lasted for over a thousand years, and hundreds of gods indirectly perished.

"Whether it is true or not, we'll find out soon enough. Right now, the other empires should all be focused on the Evil Spirit Capital. No one knows about the original incident. I'll go investigate alone first. If I'm not at the meeting point in seven days, it proves that there must be a major secret there. Please report back to the High Priest then."

The One-Eyed Sword Saint was absolutely confident that, although the entire Evil Spirit Empire was shrouded in death crows, as long as he wanted to leave, no one except the great gods could stop him.

"kindness……"

Immediately afterwards, the seven Saints of the Just Empire split into two teams. The One-Eyed Sword Saint led one team alone towards the barren coastal area, while the other six headed towards the Evil Spirit Capital.

Two days later.

They were only a dozen kilometers away from the capital of the Evil Spirit Empire. From afar, they could see countless black crows circling above the capital, numbering more than 100,000. The six of them had been deep in the Evil Spirit Empire for so long, but this was the first time they had ever seen such a large flock of death crows, and there were even some death crows from the Holy Domain among them!

"There are other people over there. Hmm, they're from the Prison Feather Empire. Let's go take a look."

Soon, the Holy Domain team of more than twenty people, including not only the Prisoner Feather Empire, but also two other Holy Domain experts from the Evil God Empire, appeared as disheveled and exhausted as the six from the Just Empire, and were spying on the towering Evil Spirit Temple that had lost its shroud of faith's radiance.

"Did the Just Empire only send six of you?"

Although the pantheons are in conflict, it is only at a larger, macro level. For these lower beings who are busy with their respective pantheons, there is basically no difference; they are all just trying to advance to a higher level.

"kindness."

The old priest responded and then asked, "Haven't you gone in yet?"

"No, there are quite a few Holy Domain Death Ravens here. The Evil Spirit Empire once had at least ten Holy Domain beings gathered here for a long time, but now even the temple's glory has faded. With our limited strength, we have no chance at all. Let's wait for the people from other empires to come together."

And so, the six Saint-level experts from the Just Empire joined this Saint-level team, waiting for their chance.

the other side.

After traversing the Azure Bay Mountains alone, the One-Eyed Sword Saint gradually approached the location where Green had blasted through the ley lines, based on the intelligence he had obtained.

"That place is..."

A plume of thick smoke shot into the sky. Although the explosion that Grin blasted through the ley lines had not yet completely triggered a lava eruption, it had already produced thick smoke, attracting the attention of the One-Eyed Sword Saint.

Naturally, the one-eyed swordsman, realizing there was no sign of a volcano in the area, approached.

Half an hourglass's time!

The scene before him made the one-eyed swordsman stand frozen in place, even his breathing became unstable, and his hand unconsciously drew the long sword from the back of his hand.

On the ground, thick black smoke billows from the unknown lava cave.

At this moment, a death crow about one meter long was facing away from him, pecking at a human corpse at its feet and tasting its entrails. The one-eyed swordsman recognized the corpse's face all too well; it was none other than... his master, the Dragon-Slaying Swordsman!

More than two thousand years ago, my master, like myself now, was in the process of creating fame and reputation. More than ten adult dragons from the Holy Domain died under my master's sword. They were the truly unparalleled powerhouses of the Holy Domain among the many empires in the coastal region of the Continent of Gods at that time. Compared to them, I am still missing the last step, which is to retire and reflect after creating a legend with the same strength.

Also in order to advance to the Divine Realm, Master chose to join the Prison Feather Temple more than a thousand years ago and has never appeared in public again.

And now we meet again, right here!

But he had already become a corpse under the claws of a dead crow.

Slowly, the death raven, which had its back to the one-eyed swordsman, turned its head, its deathly eyes burning with black flames looking over. In an instant, the chilling power of death made it feel as if one were in hell.

"Another one has arrived. Although it's impossible to disturb the great Holy Mark Wizard of the Tower of Annihilation, I still can't let you live any longer. Quack, your corpse should taste pretty good."

This Death Raven was one of the dozens of Death Ravens that Grimm brought back from the distant Spring Ancestor World. Now it has become one of the three strongest beings in the new Death Raven World, guarding Grimm while he waits for the dimensional sphere to recover.

The remaining two top-tier Death Ravens are guarded by one in the Death Raven World and the other in the Evil Spirit Capital, which is the base of the World Destroyer Legion that Grin is about to establish, a place that many holy domains of various empires are now trying to break into and explore!

……

a few days later.

The place where the One-Eyed Sword Saint and the six-man team from the Just Empire once agreed to meet is now deserted; no one has returned to the Just Empire alive.

……

P.S.: I still need to update before midnight. I said in the QQ group yesterday that I would update later, but I ended up being way too late, QAQ...

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