Chapter 962 The Ruler of G.o.d’s Armor
From the tenth mural onwards, it told the tale of the Ruler of G.o.ds descending upon the mortal realm to bring a few talented mortals back to Mount Pantheon, into the Inner Palace and granting them G.o.dhood.
Slowly, the number of mortals being granted G.o.dhood by the Ruler of G.o.ds in the murals grew higher, and Mount Pantheon began to fill up with immortal G.o.ds.
The originally peaceful and harmonious G.o.ds began take hostile actions due to the ascension of these new G.o.ds.
Finally, a war erupted between the original G.o.ds and the new G.o.ds.
One of the original G.o.ds was dissatisfied with the Ruler of G.o.ds continuing to create more G.o.ds, but after he failed to persuade him otherwise, inside this exact inner palace, he managed to manipulate the Ruler of G.o.ds into taking off his G.o.d Armor and putting away his G.o.d Staff. Then, he attacked the Ruler of G.o.ds, killing Omega.
That original G.o.d, now wielding the G.o.d Staff and wearing the G.o.d Armor, became the new Ruler of G.o.ds. With that, the second G.o.d Wars began.
This time, it was an extremely one-sided battle. With the power of the newly crowned Ruler of G.o.ds, he instantly wiped out nearly every single new G.o.d.
In the twenty-ninth mural, in order to prevent the new G.o.ds from threatening the position of the original G.o.ds, the new Ruler of G.o.d proposed to end the world.
He wanted to completely destroy every single organism that the Creator G.o.d had created. This way, no more new G.o.ds would appear.
The new Ruler of G.o.d’s proposal was supported by a portion of the original G.o.ds, but there was also a portion of them who were against the idea. Amongst them, the Supreme G.o.d of Life, Elusia, and the Death G.o.d, Diablo, spearheaded the opposition.
What happened next was even easier to comprehend, since the legends recorded down within Pantheon Continent history was quite similar to what was depicted on the murals. However, at the very end of the murals, the content it had depicted left Li Yi completely shocked.
As the third G.o.d Wars erupted, countless G.o.ds perished on the battlefield. This war lasted for centuries, all the way till the Ruler of G.o.ds forcefully banished the Supreme G.o.d of Life, Elusia, who could not be killed, even by the Ruler of G.o.ds’ Staff, to an Alternate Dimension.
In the thirty-ninth mural, the aftermath of the war was depicted there, showing that Elusia was banished to the Alternate Dimension. On the surface, it looked like the Ruler of G.o.ds had won, but the reality could not be further than the truth.
Elusia’s final attack managed to greatly damage the Ruler of G.o.ds.
The originally forever-young Ruler of G.o.ds slowly grew older. Like the Creator G.o.d, he knew that he would die pretty soon. However, before his whole “End of the World” project was completed, how could he die satisfied?
Moments before his flesh disintegrated, the Ruler of G.o.ds bequeathed his Ruler of G.o.ds’ Staff to the G.o.d-queen, Carulla, putting her in charge of the G.o.ds until his return.
Then, the Ruler of G.o.ds’ soul dissipated towards the Pantheon Continent and he disappeared…
Subsequently, under his instructions, the G.o.d-queen Carulla sent out the Ascension Quests.
At that point, the mural came to a sudden end!
The Mountain instantly complained, “What the f*ck? So, this whole sh*tty Ascension Quest stuff we did was actually to ‘celebrate the return of the Ruler of G.o.ds’?”
Li Yi nodded. From the story ill.u.s.trated from the mural, that definitely seemed like the case. After the Ruler of G.o.ds’ soul had dispersed, in order to bring him back, Carulla had to put out the Ascension Quests.
With that, the mystery as to why no one managed to ascend to G.o.dhood after so long was finally solved. Since Carulla still had not managed to bring back the Ruler of G.o.ds, naturally, there would not be anyone who could ascend to G.o.dhood.
The Mountain said, “As long as one wields the Ruler of G.o.ds’ Staff and wears the Ruler of G.o.ds’ Armor, they would have the ability to grant G.o.dhood to others. So, if we manage to get out hands on both of these items, aren’t we set?”
“We already got the G.o.d Staff, what about the G.o.d Armor?”
Li Yi and The Mountain looked ahead almost simultaneously.
Inside the inner palace, there was yet another inner sanctum. (TN: The author used the same word in both cases, essentially saying “Inside the inner palace, there was yet another inner palace.” Hence, I changed the second one into “inner sanctum” instead.) Glancing over, they could vaguely see rainbow-colored light seeping out from within.
“Inside!”
Li Yi and The Mountain shouted out in unison. After quickly glancing at each other, they made haste over towards the light.
“Thud!”
“Thud!”
Li Yi ran over as he slammed the staff on the ground every few steps. Soon, they arrived at the entrance to the Inner Sanctum. Peeking inside, the tiny sanctum was completely empty, save for the floating armor that was s.h.i.+ning brightly with a rainbow-colored light at the center of the room.
“The Ruler of G.o.ds’ Armor!”
The Mountain laughed heartily. “So, it was here after all! Hahahaha…”
Li Yi quickly surveyed the surroundings. As soon as he confirmed that there was nothing dangerous nearby, he steeled his nerves and walked up to the Ruler of G.o.ds’ Armor”.
“Thud!”
“Thud!”
“Bam!”
Just as Li Yi approached the Ruler of G.o.ds’ Armor, an immense force suddenly pushed him back, causing him to involuntarily be flung backward.
Li Yi stood up and shook his head at The Mountain. “There’s a strong repelling force ahead, I can’t get through.”
The Mountain gave it a try himself, but he ended up in the same situation as Li Yi. They just could not get close to the Ruler of G.o.ds’ Armor.
“G.o.ddess, come out!”
Li Yi knocked on the Orange Quality Bow, causing the Hunter G.o.ddess to come out.
Through the murals, Li Yi now knew clearly that the Hunter G.o.ddess was a new G.o.d. She was in one of the factions that opposed the new Ruler of G.o.ds plan to end the world.
However, the Hunter G.o.ddess was not in the same faction as Evil G.o.d Elusia. This was due to the Hunter G.o.ddess prioritizing the mortals in the mortal realm. In other words, she spent most of her time with the Dwarven tribes.
As the Hunter G.o.ddess reached her hand out, the Orange Quality Bow automatically flew into her hand.
“Tch-psh-tst-pst——”
A red Meteor Arrow flew towards the Ruler of G.o.ds’ Armor. When it was a mere five meters away from it, it just stopped completely halfway in the air.
“Tch-psh-tst-pst——”
Then, another red Meteor Arrow flew towards the Ruler of G.o.ds’ Armor. Similarly, it stopped mid-air around five meters away from the armor.
The Hunter G.o.ddess helplessly shook her head at Li Yi.
“I have little to no knowledge of the G.o.d Armor, but Carulla should know more.”
Li Yi nodded. He started slamming the G.o.d Staff as he made his way over to Carulla.
“Oh, great G.o.d-queen, it is time for you to s.h.i.+ne! Tell me, what should I do in order to approach the Ruler of G.o.ds’ Armor?”
“Only a true Ruler of G.o.ds can approach it! Stop dreaming!”
“Evil G.o.d, I’ve gone through so much to release you from your shackles. I don’t mind if you do not shower me with grat.i.tude, but answer me this, how does one approach the Ruler of G.o.ds’ Armor?”
“Hand me the Ruler of G.o.ds’ Staff, I will approach the Ruler of G.o.ds’ Armor.”
“Go f*ck yourself!”
Just as Li Yi started his interrogation, The Mountain suddenly shouted out from behind him, “Dark Wing, look! The Ruler of G.o.ds’ Armor is automatically flying ou- Waahaahaahhhh…”
As a rainbow-colored light flashed past the two of them, the strong repelling force knocked them off their feet.
The Ruler of G.o.ds’ Armor floated in the air, flying right past them as it headed straight for the door. Swiftly, it managed to make its way out.
“F*ck! The Ruler of G.o.ds’ Armor flew outside, we gotta chase it!”
Li Yi was in a rush. He was not even in the mood to interrogate Carulla and the Evil G.o.d any more at this point, he hastily chased after it.
By the time Li Yi and The Mountain followed it outside, they saw three corpses lying right at the entrance.
Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut, Qian’er, and BB East were all lying flat on the ground.
“Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh…”
Just a short distance away, still floating in mid-air, the Ruler of G.o.ds’ Armor was repeatedly spinning and jumping. It seemed quite happy.
Right underneath the Ruler of G.o.ds’ Armor, there stood a skinny and weak-looking green-skinned Demon.
It was the Blademaster, Aragon!
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