Everyone below was taken aback, but then each of them started to feel some anticipation.

Especially the mage driving the magic armor, who was so excited his entire body trembled slightly.

This was their Magic Emperor!

The savior of countless planes, the one who ascended to godhood as a mortal, then led everyone to declare war against the gods—a Godslayer!

And Wizard Shen Yu left quickly, and returned even faster.

Magic alone could not achieve this result, but he directly used Gray Mist to teleport himself beside a monster.

It was precisely the monster that this mage had encountered.

At this moment, it was already tightly bound by a magic chain, unable to move at all.

However, while the mages atop the grand hall marveled at the mighty power of the Magic Emperor, after observing this monster closely, they all revealed expressions of shock.

"It's actually devouring His Majesty's magic!"

That's right, though the devouring was very slow, everyone could see clearly—a thread of magic was constantly flowing along the chain into the monster's body!

Wizard Shen Yu himself had already felt it.

You must know, his magic power was completely different from that of ordinary mages.

Every stage of demon pattern fusion in the Demon Pattern Meditation Method brought a qualitative transformation of magic power.

After completing the fourth fusion and reaching the Fifth Stage, Wizard Shen Yu's magic quality was already no weaker than Divine Power.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to slay Divine Spirits.

Yet, this kind of monster was able to absorb even Wizard Shen Yu's magic power!

Even though the absorption rate was slow, for any stage below the Fifth Stage, their magic would be absorbed rapidly!

Moreover, even the ambient magic power in the air was being drawn in.

"It's not just absorbing magic power." Julia observed closely, her expression grave. "This is indeed a living being, containing an intensely strong Divine Power that belongs to a Divine Spirit—even a Divine Mage at the level of High Priest might not compare—calling it a Divine Spirit's incarnation would not be an exaggeration."

"That's right." Some other mages saw it too.

"This kind of Divine Power seems to belong to the Earth Goddess?"

"That's one of the Thirteen Main Gods!"

"However, it hasn't reached the level of a God-like being."

"It's strong; this kind of Divine Power, even if the 'quantity' isn't great, is not something an ordinary mage can handle."

"The key is its anti-magic property!"

"..."

Hearing the exclamations around him, Wizard Shen Yu narrowed his eyes and carefully evaluated as well.

This kind of monster was indeed very powerful.

If without driving magic armor, even a mage who practiced the Demon Pattern Meditation Method and successfully completed the second demon pattern fusion to become a true "Great Mage" would likely be no match in a one-on-one fight.

The magic-absorbing trait was the nemesis of most mages!

Furthermore, Wizard Shen Yu had an indistinct intuition—this thing was created for more than just restraining mages.

"Summon the Legendary Mages, activate the highest-level research project, and call in the Forest Goddess as well." Wizard Shen Yu finally ordered. "I will personally participate. We must find out the purpose of these god-made monsters in the shortest possible time."

Almost at the moment the order was given, the relevant commands were immediately relayed to every target individual.

This, of course, was thanks to AI.

Wizard Shen Yu had already borrowed AI from the Interstellar Civilization to manage the "Magic Net."

That is, utilizing magic technology to connect the network of all mages.

This was one of the successful cases of the integration of magic and technology, greatly helping Wizard Shen Yu centralize the power of the entire Magic Empire.

Know this: the current Magic Empire was a behemoth with a population exceeding fifty billion!

Mages who reached the Legendary level—that is, Fourth Stage mages—already number more than thirty.

Even though most of them had not completed the third demon pattern fusion, their power and understanding of magic had reached the level of Fourth Stage mages.

Completing demon pattern fusion to become a true Fourth Stage mage was only a matter of time.

At this moment, aside from a few who genuinely couldn't make it, there were a full twenty-one Legendary Mages who responded to the summons.

With the addition of the Forest Goddess, this was already a research force too powerful to be ignored, even by the gods.

The eventual research speed was even faster than expected.

But the results were equally shocking!

In fact, at the very first moment the results were obtained, Wizard Shen Yu sent messages to the other Shen Yu's, convening an emergency meeting in the Gray Mist Space.

"This is a lifeform created by the gods!" Wizard Shen Yu's expression was extremely solemn. "It incorporates more than one hundred and eighty different Divine Authorities, covers half the world's Extraordinary Origin, and its greatest function is to devour magic power and convert it into Divine Power!"

"Devour magic power, convert it into Divine Power?" Shen Yu repeated, and immediately understood the gods' intention in creating such monsters. "They want to halt the world's evolution, to stop the world's Extraordinary Source from shifting from the gods to the mages!"

"That's what we think as well." Wizard Shen Yu's expression darkened. "The Forest Goddess told the gods my previous explanation of the world's changes, originally hoping to win over some Divine Spirits. But now it seems, this made the gods change strategy—they want to create a new kind of humanity to replace humans, to replace mages!"

Indeed, the raw material of these monsters included the gods' believers.

Those were believers whose souls were already tainted with Divine Power.

These believers did not practice magic at all; all their strength came from Divine Spirits—so did their souls. Though mighty, they never produced magic power.

And the intentions of the gods were also clear.

Since magic power increased along with the number of humans and mages, by creating a new humanity capable of reversing this trend—a replacement for humans—they could reverse the world's evolution, letting Divine Spirits and Divine Power continue to occupy the position of the world's source.

Is this approach likely to succeed?

The answer is: it's possible!

"I have already asked Gray Mist. If the number of human mages is sufficiently small, and there are enough of these god-made monsters, magic power can indeed be reduced, Divine Power increased, and the world's evolution process reversed."

This was the main reason for Wizard Shen Yu's grave concern.

Because it would suppress the development of magic at the root.

The fundamental difference between magic power and Divine Power, aside from Divine Authority, is actually quality.

Magic power is of lower quality, but is more suitable for relatively weak mortals.

The great fusion of Divine Authority is an unstoppable trend, but the evolution of Divine Power into magic power is not irreversible.

If this reversal is completed, it would effectively sever the Extraordinary Path of mortals, gathering all extraordinary power into the gods' hands!

In other words, the gods' move was aimed squarely at the foundation of magic civilization!

Of course, the gods may not have had such elaborate intentions—their core purpose is still to preserve their own power and authority.

"How strong are these monsters in combat?" Martial Artist Shen Yu asked.

"Very strong, especially against mages." Wizard Shen Yu said gravely. "We experimented. In one-on-one scenarios, only Legendary Mages who have completed the second fusion can win for sure. Of course, if equipped with driven magic armor, Great Mages who have completed the second demon pattern fusion can also win. But the real problem is, these are still living beings, and the authority of the Fertility Goddess is also at work."

The Fertility Goddess is also one of the Thirteen Main Gods.

The gods, although ignorant of all mortal knowledge…

In this world of immense extraordinary power, Divine Authority is sometimes the law of reality itself.

Letting the Interstellar Civilization study the "reproduction" of such a creature might not succeed.

But with the authority of the Fertility Goddess, it's easily done.

In fact, the one Wizard Shen Yu had captured was not even the first generation.

It wasn't even the second generation.

It was the third generation!

It's hard to guess whether the first generation are even stronger, and during this time, how many more of these monsters have already reproduced.

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