Those time travelers that year

The giant paid a heavy price. To avoid being haunted by the resentment and curses suppressed within his divine kingdom, he severed his ties with it, severing his very foundation. Yet, it was all worthwhile, at least in the giant's eyes! Once he received enough faith to restore his divine power and return to his peak, he could reclaim his divine kingdom.

Severing the connection with the divine realm was tantamount to cutting oneself, but it also significantly eased the blockade imposed on the Heavenly Heart's consciousness. At least for now, the fragmented consciousness of this world was completely unable to distinguish whether the seal was on the divine realm, which served as the foundation of the giant god, or on the giant god himself. Thus, the seal became polarized. One part of the seal continued to imprison the divine realm, while the other part broke free and bound the giant god. But this was tantamount to declaring the giant god's freedom.

Freedom is within reach!

Having severed his connection with the divine realm, his power inevitably began to decline dramatically. However, without the entanglement of the divine realm, the giant god, in a sense, now possessed the ability to break free of the seal.

'Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!' Sensing all this, the giant went mad, drawing upon a massive amount of faith power along with those souls. Although resentment and curses were also present, so what? Without the assistance of the resentment and curses accumulated over millennia by those 'insiders,' these external forces could not shake the giant in a short time.

Moreover, at this moment, following the power of faith, the giant god could clearly sense a coordinate—the coordinate of the real world. Furthermore, in the real world, there was another force calling to and pulling him, helping him break free from the seal.

The giant made a new decision. After severing the connection between himself and his divine kingdom, he stepped forward with his entire body. Even if this meant his body would continuously crumble, even if it required far greater effort, he didn't care. With each step forward, his body was continuously disintegrated by spatial rifts. Under the targeting of the world's celestial consciousness, when the giant finally reached the last overlapping layer of spacetime through the power of faith, half of his body was still shattered. Having lost half his body, the giant's power was reduced by another half.

But it was all worth it. Freedom was within reach. Once he broke free, with the church he had left in the mortal realm and the military organization he had built, the Holy Temple, he could easily sweep everything away and establish a divine kingdom on earth with his faith to restore his power. It would only take a few decades, which was insignificant to him.

However, just as the giant was envisioning the future, in this last layer of overlapping spacetime...

Another being, equally radiant with divine light, made its move.

Using the faith that should have belonged to the giant god, and controlling the faith power that had not yet been absorbed by the giant god, a gigantic hand was generated and slammed down on the unsuspecting giant god who had lost half of his body.

427. Divine Pendant

Caught completely off guard by this sudden attack, the giant god was the only deity in the world. Even if other gods had existed before he ascended to godhood, they had all perished over the years. Now, he was the sole god, and moreover, he had long ago severed the path to transcendence, eliminating any chance of new competitors emerging.

However, at this moment, the hidden entity struck unexpectedly, catching the giant off guard. The faith power that the giant hadn't had time to absorb was controlled by this being, which also radiated divine light, forming a gigantic hand that slammed down towards the giant.

This palm strike was overwhelming, suppressing heaven and earth, and crushing demons and evil spirits. This was the most powerful force that a city god could currently wield. This palm strike was aimed at a giant god who had just awakened, severed his connection with a divine kingdom, shattered half of his own body, and lost power again and again.

"Who are you!" Facing the approaching palm strike, the giant god, who had just broken free from the Heavenly Heart Consciousness's seal, shouted the question. His question was like an absolute truth of the world; if it were an ordinary person, it would be enough to shatter their mind with a single word. Unfortunately, this had absolutely no effect on the City God, who had been preparing for a long time. He was already familiar with this kind of move that directly attacked the mind; he was an expert in this field. Therefore, facing the giant god's question uttered with divine power, the City God ignored it and pressed his hand down.

"From now on, you will be a mortal, experiencing the painful cycle of birth, aging, sickness, and death!" The voice of the City God came over, carrying an irresistible aura. His palm slammed down, and with one slap, he completely shattered the last half of the giant god's body.

[Dispelling Immortal Qi Transformation Technique]

This was not a magical technique, but a divine power, a divine power specifically designed for gods and immortals. Under the giant hand, the giant god's divine body was shattered and destroyed, and the divine power originating from its source was stripped away. Although it was not completely extracted, most of it was lost in an instant, causing the godhood to begin to crumble.

"No!" His body was shattered, but the giant god did not die. His soul roared in despair, trying to reassemble his body, but unfortunately, it was utterly useless against the City God's divine power. Even though he expended a large amount of his newly replenished faith power, he was helpless. He could only watch helplessly as his divine body was shattered and fell towards the world below. What made him even more desperate was that he no longer had any chance to control his body. In the city below, the force that had once pulled and drawn him had now become a deadly shackle. When his body was shattered by another, he was completely unable to resist that pulling and drawing force.

Thus, this true deity of the world was mercilessly cast down to the mortal realm.

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Everyone involved in this war—whether they were the fighting reincarnators, the innocent civilians and passersby affected by the reincarnators, or the imperial army that had been secretly lured by the reincarnators to suppress the rebellion—was stunned by the series of events unfolding before their eyes.

As the golden light soared into the sky, a kingdom shrouded in a colossal light appeared above, and within that kingdom, a colossus radiating divine light opened its eyes.

That is the only Lord that the church proclaims.

Upon seeing that colossus, these were the words that arose in the minds of the world's native inhabitants. Even the soldiers of the suppression army, who were being slaughtered one-sidedly by the ghostly soldiers, began to pray subconsciously.

However, the next moment, what awaited these believers was a scene of shattered faith. The giant god was about to descend to the mortal realm, but his body was constantly crumbling. He severed his connection with heaven, watching in vain as the flames of the crimson lotuses burned across the entire kingdom. Then, not long after, a towering golden hand appeared in the sky, shattering the one God proclaimed by the church with a single slap and knocking him down.

This series of shocking scenes resulted in a deathly silence on the battlefield, and also dealt a devastating blow to faith and religion that had existed for millennia. How swiftly can a religion be destroyed? The Chinese used their red light to sweep away all demons and monsters, placing national and ethnic righteousness above all religious temples. The Russians, on the other hand, used vodkas and AKs to hold religious figures to their heads, forcing them to either cooperate obediently or be executed on the spot…

However, the above methods were too slow. The City God, who himself had once been a believer, had a better and quicker way: to utterly humiliate this deity before the very eyes of the believers, like a dead dog. This was the easiest way to extinguish the faith in this deity. Therefore, this scene was shocking to the church's members, even those with lesser faith. Their supreme Lord, the all-knowing and all-powerful Lord proclaimed in their doctrine, had been slapped from Heaven, all glory and majesty destroyed.

Unfortunately, as these people stared blankly at the scene, they had no idea what would happen when the giant was knocked down. It wasn't until the giant transformed into golden light and crashed down that the others realized what was happening.

A tremendous roar erupted, and a massive mushroom cloud rose from the spot where the colossus had fallen. The violent shockwave swept outwards, mercilessly shredding everything in its path. The pacification troops caught in the blast were swept up and annihilated. However, the reincarnators were spared this fate. The reincarnation squads attacking the vanguard, witnessing this, used every ounce of their strength to dodge the impact, as did the five members of the vanguard team.

At this point, even a fool would know something was wrong. The five members of the vanguard team, witnessing the series of changes that had just occurred in the sky, had realized that they had been used as pawns.

Unfortunately, at this point, it was already beyond their control to change anything.

The fallen giant finally reformed its body. At the epicenter of the impact, a giant hundreds of meters tall stood up. Although its body was still enormous for mortals, it no longer possessed the colossal size it had when it soared into the sky, and it had lost its sacred glory and majesty. For the giant, this was an absurd day; it could naturally feel what was disappearing—its holiness, its authority, its glory—being stripped away, which would directly affect its faith.

At this moment, the giant god discovered something even more furious and horrified: after his descent, he had inexplicably formed a connection with five mortals. His dwindling divine power was slowly draining away, flowing through the five channels to those five mortals. What could be worse? Not only had he been betrayed and fallen, his glory and majesty suffering the greatest impact in history, but there were also audacious individuals plotting to seize his divine power and diminish his radiance.

Once the giant god stood up and looked over, using his extraordinary divine power—True Knowledge—he immediately understood most of what had happened. These mortals who had connected with him had not only stolen his faith and desecrated his glory, but had also set up a massive magic circle to pull him down, intending to seize everything from him…

'Your crimes are unforgivable!'

428. Paladin! ? ?

As the colossus plummeted, the Supreme God's notification echoed in the ears of all the surviving reincarnators. The gist was that an A-rank boss had appeared in this world; everyone should rush in and kill it for a huge reward. However, the reincarnators weren't fools. Even though this being seemed somewhat strange, the force of its fall created a mushroom cloud. Did they think these reincarnators were stupid?!

Among them, the ones who felt it the most were the reincarnators of the vanguard team! They had been tricked. Although they didn't know who it was, someone had schemed against them and tricked them all. Seeing that giant hand that suddenly appeared and slapped this A-level boss down to the mortal realm, anyone with a normal IQ would know that they were in big trouble now!

Unfortunately, the vanguard didn't even get a chance to explain... or rather, this giant who had been tricked simply didn't want to hear the explanations of these five ants who were dividing and plotting against him. With his divine power waning, the giant's reaction was swift and decisive: to annihilate them all!

Everyone still alive in that city was his target for elimination. Now, having descended to the mortal realm, the giant god naturally gained access to the power of faith accumulated over hundreds and thousands of years. Even though this power of faith was sealed because of him and could not bear his unique mark, it was still ownerless and could be used by him just the same.

With the replenishment of this accumulated faith power, the giant god was rapidly recovering his divine power. Even before that, when the City God, who had been ambushed, used the [Dispelling Immortal Qi Hand] to directly shatter the giant god's divine body and knock him down to the mortal realm, the giant god could still use his divine power. However, most of his divinity had been destroyed. Now, all he could do was gather enough faith power to rekindle the divine fire and restore his divinity and divine body.

At such times, those who wish to continue to divide his divinity will naturally feel deep resentment and hatred.

Anyway, all that's happened so far is that his divine body has been shattered, his divinity has been lost, and his divine essence has been broken. Can things get any worse?! Probably not! So now, this colossus, having regained his strength, directly extracted the power of his faith and, without hesitation, transformed it into divine power, absorbing it into his own body. At this moment, the radiance that had enveloped the colossus dissipated, and everyone could truly see the colossus's appearance.

It was a giant hundreds of meters tall, clad in heavy plate armor of alternating gold and gray, with dark blue scales covering its chest, elbows, palms, and thighs. The giant's appearance was concealed within a fully enclosed helmet. And this giant wielded a massive, mountain-like greatsword.

This appearance left all the reincarnators watching in this direction completely dumbfounded...

The plate armor looked somewhat familiar to the reincarnators, but if you add the giant's greatsword, which resembled a horse-slaying saber, and the gem floating on it, this weapon would be extremely famous among the reincarnators.

Equally famous is the cursed sword Frostmourne...

"Holy crap... Paladin T19 set, and Ashbringer... You damn god, you piece of trash!!!!!!!!!"

"Is this a god from a million-strong lord?! This is outrageous!"

"What kind of hellish world is this?! God my ass!!!"

.........

The surviving reincarnators screamed like madmen, "The A-rank boss of this world, the god of this world—this million-strong Grand Lord who clearly looks like he's wearing a Paladin T19 set and wielding Ashbringer! When did the million-strong Grand Lord from Planet Aizon come here to work as a boss and become a god on the side?!"

Unfortunately, this giant didn't want to hear the roars of the reincarnators, nor did he want to be a confidante. He was now death, he was destruction—

'Your crimes are unforgivable!' The silence that followed the battle also brought about the destruction of a thousand-year-old system of faith and religion.

'You all deserve judgment!'

'I sentence you all to death!'

For various reasons, the giant god had no intention of letting anyone in the city go. With the consumption of a massive amount of faith power, a vast amount of divine power was transformed and then unleashed, casting an extraordinary divine force that directly enveloped the entire imperial capital.

Extraordinary Divine Power - Regional Life and Death Control

'die!'

If any of these reincarnators possess divinity, then there will be no problem. If any of these reincarnators possess an incomparably powerful martial will or primordial spirit cultivation, then there will be no problem. If any of these reincarnators possess a powerful divine artifact or weapon protecting them, or if there is some powerful force guarding their souls, then there will be no problem.

But they didn't!

Therefore, they were not qualified to roll the dice. Since they were not qualified, their fate was sealed—after the extraordinary divine power instantly enveloped the entire city, it ignored all the various defensive forces on their bodies and directly wiped them out en masse.

The capital city fell silent; no life remained in the city. Well, not necessarily… Five people survived—the five members of the vanguard. Logically, they should have been wiped out, but because they possessed the divinity of this giant god within them, sharing the same origin, they weren't immediately eliminated but survived, though they lost all ability to resist.

Enraged that these five ants hadn't died immediately, the giant god, fueled by an inexhaustible supply of faith, once again swung his greatsword, slashing down towards the capital. A torrent of holy light erupted from the sword, transforming into a massive storm that swept across the city. The powerful holy light became a deadly radiance, scorching and melting the entire city. Faced with this wide-area AOE, the five members of the vanguard team couldn't withstand it and ultimately perished.

Just then, the sky split open, and an endless rain of fire fell from the heavens, as if the giant god had not only destroyed the capital but also cleaved the sky in two with his sword. The pitch-black sky, the crimson rain of fire, and countless roars accompanied the falling flames. Seeing this rain of fire, the giant god who had just destroyed a city was utterly shocked.

Those were the resentment and curses brought about by the backlash of faith suppressed in his divine kingdom; they were flames formed from the power of resentment and curses against him accumulated over thousands of years.

'That's impossible!'

As flames rained down from the sky, engulfing the entire world, the giant was finally terrified. He hastily erected a golden shield to protect himself from the corrosive fire of resentment and curse. However, while the giant could defend himself against these flames, the ordinary people in the army that was suppressing the rebellion could not. The rain of fire was like a corrosive poison, capable of easily igniting a human into a torch and melting the finest firearms into molten iron.

Everything is over, both the army that quelled the rebellion and the country itself...

429. Great idea!

After unleashing the [Dispelling Immortal Qi Hand] technique, shattering the giant's body and sending it to the dust, the City God, who had been hiding to the side, revealed himself. However, the City God's figure was now quite dim, no longer surrounded by golden light as before. Clearly, while the sneak attack had blasted the unsuspecting giant down, he had also paid a considerable price.

Yes, it came at a considerable cost. Although the attack was powered by the strength of those faiths, if his own source power hadn't been incorporated, he probably wouldn't have been able to unleash this divine power. Moreover, having only recently awakened in this world after a calamity, he hadn't fully recovered, and this attack still consumed a significant amount of his source power—however, for him, it was all worthwhile.

After knocking the giant down, the City God laughed as he watched the falling creature, then with a wave of his hand, his City God Seal appeared out of thin air in his hand. He then tossed the seal into the air, and in an instant, it rapidly expanded, becoming as large as a mountain. Under his control, it crashed directly towards the location of the giant's divine kingdom.

boom!!!!

After the giant severed the connection to the divine kingdom, the seal of the Heavenly Heart Consciousness was already on the verge of collapse. With the prisoners gone, the prison was meaningless. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the enlarged seal, like a toppling mountain, crashed directly into the overlapping spacetime. Under the power of the City God's seal, the seal that was about to heal was blasted open again, and seizing the opportunity, the City God flashed through the gap and rushed in.

'This is it!' Protected by the seal, the City God forcefully pushed open the almost-closed spacetime and arrived directly at the divine kingdom abandoned by the giant god. This kingdom, once shrouded in sacred glory, was now teetering on the brink of collapse after the giant god's departure. Countless cracks spanned this world, which resembled a floating island; mountains collapsed, rivers dried up, and endless crimson flames burned in every corner of the divine kingdom.

"Hah!" Upon arriving at the giant's kingdom, the City God roared, channeling his limited magical power, along with the incense and faith he could control, into the seal. He then hurled the seal directly at the kingdom. The seal, magnified to the size of a mountain, crashed down as if a real mountain had struck. Instantly, the entire kingdom groaned, violent earthquakes rippled outwards, and massive cracks appeared in all directions.

Then, the area where the seal had been smashed was completely overturned. Just then, the City God reached out and pressed his hand to his heart, plunging his entire arm into it. From his body, he pulled out a talisman that shimmered with a clear light. This was his City God Talisman, the proof of his City God status, equivalent to the divine status of a giant god who had been cast down to the mortal realm.

Once the talisman was retrieved, the City God hurled it down. The City God's talisman transformed into a stream of light, flowing smoothly through the crack that had been smashed open, reaching the core of the divine kingdom without any obstruction, and then merging into it.

"Hahahaha!" Feeling the divine talisman seamlessly integrate into the core of the divine kingdom, the City God burst into laughter. The integration of the talisman meant that control of the entire kingdom had returned to him. Now, he was no longer a wandering ghost hiding behind a magical artifact, but a deity recognized by this world. "...Next, it's time to return those unclean things to their masters."

Sensing every corner of the entire divine kingdom, the City God gestured, and the seal appeared, radiating golden light. This golden light quickly spread to every inch of the divine kingdom. Then, the blazing red lotus flames surged out along with the golden light.

'The karma accumulated over thousands of years!' Looking at the sky ablaze with crimson lotus flames, the City God's expression changed. This karma was so immense that it could severely injure even a fully-fledged Arhat, causing them to be instantly killed and forced to reincarnate. One could only imagine the divine and human resentment this giant god had incurred. 'Fortunately, this karma is not destined for me… So, I will intervene and return you to your masters!' With a flick of his finger, drawing upon the power of the divine kingdom, the City God unleashed a divine light towards the overlapping spacetime, reopening it. Then, guided by the golden light emanating from the seal, he drew all the flames formed from the karma of the entire divine kingdom away.

The crimson flames formed from these resentments and curses, after being drawn away by the City God's magic, directly shattered the seal that had superimposed time and space. The power accumulated over a thousand years had reached an astonishing level, even beginning to influence the celestial phenomena of this region. Flames, like a surging ocean, poured out from the seal. At this moment, the seal of the entire Heavenly Consciousness was completely shattered. Without the obstruction of the seal, countless flames descended directly from the sky, mercilessly splashing down upon the world below.

As the fiery rain fell from the sky, the giant god, terrified, raised his golden shield to block the flames. However, while the giant god managed to withstand it, the ordinary soldiers could not, and even the ghostly soldiers who continued their rampage could not resist, turning directly into wisps of smoke.

A sea of ​​lava and fire, a living hell. These flames all stemmed from hatred and curses against the giants. As these flames fell, they not only found the giants but also indiscriminately destroyed all life within their range. Every life that died as a result was attributed to the giants.

Having received the power of faith, the giant god had regained some of his glory. However, after the rain of fire fell from the sky, not only did he suffer, but the sins destroyed by the fire were also attributed to him, making his situation even worse. His power dwindled, forcing him to expend more and more divine power to resist.

This is exactly the outcome the City God desired: to be consumed by the resentment and curses accumulated over millennia. Even if three-tenths of the rotten nails remain, nothing will be left after this ordeal. At that point, even with human religious faith, this giant god will be unable to resist the City God. Whether he can resist at all is another matter entirely. At best, his divine essence will be completely shattered, saving his life, but any hope of ascending to heaven again is out of the question.

Looking down from his divine realm at everything that was happening below, the City God finally felt relieved—everything was already set in stone, and he simply couldn't believe that the giant below still possessed the power to defy fate.

Thinking this, the City God breathed a sigh of relief. He had finally achieved his goal of seeking fortune in danger. Now, he only needed to completely transform this divine kingdom into his residence and divine domain, then go down to manifest his divine power and begin to create his own religious force. When he was free, he could kill the heavily injured giant god and then slowly gather the faith of humanity in this world.

"What a brilliant idea! Isn't it?!" A figure standing nearby said to the City God with admiration.

430. The protagonist finally emerges.

"Yes!" the City God answered instinctively. However, a chill immediately ran through him. This divine kingdom clearly only had him left, so what was this voice all about?! A suffocating feeling washed over the City God. With a thought, the City God's seal appeared beside him, casting a golden light that formed a barrier, firmly protecting the City God.

"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous... I'm just saying hello!" The newcomer smiled and waved his hand, indicating that the City God, who was being protected by the divine light of his magical artifact, didn't need to be so nervous. "I'm just a 'good person'!" the newcomer said earnestly.

Unfortunately, this serious expression only made the City God's face even more grim. In fact, it could be said that his expression changed drastically, as if he were seeing an extremely terrifying demon. Yes, terrifying. This man controlled a divine kingdom, even one currently in a poor state. He possessed the City God's Seal, once issued by the Heavenly Court, as a magical artifact, and had personally enjoyed the dragon energy of a mortal dynasty's capital. Even the City God, a man of great experience, couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he saw the newcomer.