348 – Archduke Ian
Yang Feng replied in a neither servile nor overbearing way: “I am a duke of the Morrince Empire! The one I believe in is the mighty G.o.ddess of the Weave.”
The G.o.d of the Meheecan River Magena glanced at Yang Feng and spoke in an aloof tone of voice: “I know what happened here. Darkness creatures set you up in an attempt to borrow your hand to eliminate my G.o.d’s darling Kisad. You can leave now. I’m going to clear your name and have them forget the hatred!”
Yang Feng’s eyes flashed with contempt, and he sneered: “Magena, you are too naive! I just have to get rid of your temple, and the Meheecan Princ.i.p.ality will fall into my hands. Now that I braved such a big risk and am just a step short from annexing the Meheecan Princ.i.p.ality, you want me to let things go?”
“Mortal, you’ve got guts! Do you want to anger a mighty G.o.d?!” Magena was furious upon hearing that, and a boundless and fearsome divine might spread out of him and swept towards Yang Feng like a wave.
Yang Feng sneered: “G.o.ds must not directly interfere in the affairs of the secular world or they will be punished, this is stipulated in the treaty of the G.o.ds. Magena, the Iman Princ.i.p.ality has been destroyed and the temple of the G.o.d of Iman Springs has been flattened by the Hansen Family of the Morrince Empire. I already killed your G.o.d’s darling Kisad, so how can you punish me now?”
As stipulated in the treaty of the G.o.ds, G.o.ds could not directly interfere with the secular world. However, they still had the means to intervene in the secular world, namely through their churches in the secular world.
In their churches, experts were as common as flies. In the Morrince Princ.i.p.ality’s civil war, the experts of the churches didn’t help either side. If the experts of the churches came to support either side, the other side would have no chance to win, and even with Yang Feng’s help, the result would not change.
The church of the Meheecan Princ.i.p.ality was very weak, and its strongest member – Pope Pavon, was already defeated by Yang Feng. Now, no one in the princ.i.p.ality had the strength to contend with Yang Feng. This was the best time for him to annex the Meheecan Princ.i.p.ality. Naturally, he wouldn’t give it up so easily.
Magena’s eyes glimmered with dignity. He got off of his high horse and abandoned his G.o.dlike tone of voice, and said indifferently: “Ian, it seems that I belittled you. Not bad. I really can’t punish you at the moment. However, once the time is ripe, I will come to the secular world in person. I can employ demiG.o.d rank strength during the planar tide. Killing you by then won’t be a problem. If you dare to destroy my church, I’ll kill everyone dear to you.”
Yang Feng’s gaze congealed, a dignified look in his eyes. Staring at Magena, he sank into his thoughts.
Apart from G.o.ds born from the union between G.o.ds and G.o.ds who picked up a G.o.dhead and got a divine country by luck, the rest of the G.o.ds were consummate geniuses who reached their position by climbing to the top one step at a time.
Before Magena became the G.o.d of the Meheecan River, he was also a consummate genius and a legendary hero in the region of the Meheecan River, he was a powerhouse famous in the whole Feisuo Plane.
The planar tide had already begun, so the G.o.ds in the starry sky were free to act. Some G.o.ds would send their embodiments, while others would hole up inside their divine countries, yet others would descend into the secular world with their true bodies in order to gain more faith power, fighting desperately in order to expand their belief and strength.
Once Magena went to the secular world with his true body, even if he could only employ demiG.o.d rank strength, his strength would still be far beyond that of the pinnacle demiG.o.d rank Great Elven Monarch Esramia.
Yang Feng mused for a while. His eyes flickered with a chilly glint, and he uttered coldly: “Magena, if you come to the secular world with your true body, you’ll only be able to use demiG.o.d rank strength, and if you die, you’ll die for good. As for demiG.o.d rank experts, if I’m willing to pay the price, I can still kill them! After all, there are demiG.o.d rank experts among my subordinates as well.”
A lie detection divine spell landed on Yang Feng, yet there was no red light standing for lies rising from him. A dignified look s.h.i.+mmered in Magena’s eyes.
For G.o.ds, it was most dangerous to go to the secular world with their true body during the planar tide. If you killed a G.o.d’s true body, you could plunder the extremely precious G.o.dhead inside the true body, which could let a Legend rank powerhouse speedily become a demiG.o.d and then finally evolve into a G.o.d.
Magena was a feeble divine power rank G.o.d, which was the bottom of the barrel when it came to G.o.ds. Such a G.o.d was the best target to hunt down.
Magena pondered for a moment before compromising: “I think that we should cooperate. I can let the Meheecan Princ.i.p.ality obey your rule, but you have to safeguard my belief and church in the Meheecan Princ.i.p.ality.”
Yang Feng secretly loosened a sigh of relief, yet said without batting an eye: It seems like I’ll suffer a loss if we do things this way!”
Magena stared at Yang Feng with golden light glimmering in his eyes and asked: “What do you think of Kath?”
Yang Feng praised: “A very good woman!”
Although Kath was not as beautiful as Great Elven Monarch Esramia, but she was already at the apex of beauty when it came to humans. Besides, her pure and gentle temperament gave people a very comfortable feeling.
Magena spoke indifferently: “She is the most remarkable holy maiden I have ever had. If groomed well, she can reach the Legend rank. I can give her to you as an alliance gift. When I come to the secular world with my true body, we’ll join hands and expand our power together, how about it?”
Yang Feng contemplated for a while, then uttered decisively: “Fine! However, I want you to cut off the connection with her! Even if you’re an ally, I still don’t want to be watched by you at all the times.”
Now that the planar tide had arrived, powerhouses of countless planes have poured into the Feisuo Plane. The G.o.ds in the starry sky were eager to take action, each with their own plan. The calm of hundreds of thousands of years that pervaded the Feisuo Plane was about to be broken. All the top powers knew that chaos was about to ensue. The chaotic age of G.o.ds walking the secular world was nigh.
In this age, the G.o.ds who stood above the stars and virtually never fell might fall. As long as you killed a G.o.d and seized their G.o.dhead and belief, you could ascend to G.o.dhood and become a genuine G.o.d in the future.
Magena spoke indifferently: “Alright! However, I have bad news to tell you! An abyssal fiend corps is currently heading your way! It will be here in about two hours! You still have two hours to prepare!”
Yang Feng’s face fell: “What! An abyssal fiend corps!!”
In general, an abyssal fiend corps contained 100,000 odd fiends. Of the 100,000 fiends, 90,000 were abyssal demonic servants below the level-1 Warlock rank. The remaining 10,000 were junior to advanced abyssal fiend rank experts. Every abyssal fiend corps contained a commander as well as five vice-commanders, all of whom were great fiend rank experts.
In theory, an abyssal fiend corps had the power to destroy the Meheecan Princ.i.p.ality. Now that the archduke and the peerless genius Kisad were dead, the burden of guarding the Meheecan Princ.i.p.ality was placed on Yang Feng’s shoulders.
Yang Feng’s heart was stirred, and he tightly creased his eyebrows: “So this was the plot of the darkness races! Their original intention was to force me out of here. Without me here, an abyssal fiend corps would be enough to raze the Meheecan Princ.i.p.ality.”
Yang Feng glanced at Magena and mused: “No wonder this fellow compromised so quickly, it was due to the threat of the abyssal fiend corps! He didn’t want all the people in the Meheecan Princ.i.p.ality to die.”
Yang Feng suddenly asked: “Magena, the archduke was a descendant of yours, and he died at my hands. You don’t harbor any resentment for that?”
Magena replied indifferently: “There is indeed a blood relations.h.i.+p, but that blood relations.h.i.+p is too distant. I have no emotional sentiment towards him!”
With a wave of Magena’s hand, the soundproofing barrier collapsed.
Magena swept Kath kneeling on the ground and ordered indifferently: “Kath, from today on, you are no longer my holy maiden, but a woman who serves Ian. You must obey his orders and serve him just like you served me. You are no longer allowed to pray to me, understood?”
The holy maiden of the temple was nothing more than a prop in Magena’s eyes. If this prop was used in exchange for the alliance with Yang Feng, then he believed it to be more than worth it.
Kath’s beautiful eyes glimmered with astonishment, her mind shook, her body trembled, and her face turned pale-white, looking as if the sky had collapsed. After a long period of silence, she clenched her white teeth and spoke in a gentle voice that carried a trace of sadness: “Yes!! I will obey your will, My Lord.”
“Abyssal fiends are about to arrive at the Meheecan Princ.i.p.ality. Ian’s rape and murder allegations were all a ploy of darkness creatures. Now, in my power as the G.o.d of the Meheecan River Magena, I appoint Ian as the new archduke of the Meheecan Princ.i.p.ality. All my believers must obey his orders. Unite under his banner to fight against the abyssal fiends and annihilate the darkness creatures inside the princ.i.p.ality!” Boundless and terrifying divine might spread throughout the Meheecan City, and Magena’s voice reverberated in the minds of his believers.