The gods dare not appear, but even so, they must seek out the Divine Spirits, then slay them, annihilate them.

This war, to this point—not just the mages, but even ordinary people—none would ever again hold the slightest faith in those gods they once worshipped.

It was not only because the Divine Spirits revealed a cruel side, seeking to destroy and kill them all; it was even more so because Wizard Shen Yu had shown miracles of unrivaled greatness.

To extinguish faith is indeed not so simple, but it can be confronted with another kind of faith.

Wizard Shen Yu helped them break free from the terrifying Divine Punishment, and in an extremely short time, built cities for them, even provided them with food.

All this, the gods of old could never have accomplished.

Though Wizard Shen Yu always insisted he was human, throughout the Magic Empire, in private, everyone called Wizard Shen Yu the Magic God!

At this very moment, as the form of the Magic God projected above the battlefield, every warrior felt a powerful sense of purpose!

"For the Emperor! For the Magic God!" a mage roared, charging straight out of the protective barrier.

In an instant, even the magic armor worn upon him was instantly crushed, and he perished.

This is not something any Divine-made Monster could accomplish; the only ones capable of this are the Divine Spirits themselves!

Yet this was far from a meaningless sacrifice.

Behind, several massive energy monitoring devices were already trained on the entire battlefield.

Every direct move the gods made vastly increased their own chances of being located and detected.

One after another, mighty mages and soldiers charged forth in endless succession.

Countless artillery roared across the battleground; a flood of floating automated war machines surged forth, relentlessly targeting Divine-made Monsters empowered by the gods, launching a savage assault!

Against such foes with ever-shifting tactics, the battlefield demanded intricate formations in turn.

The mage legions, soldier legions, fully automated assault weapons...

Yet, true victory on this battlefield still depends on the strife at the divine level.

Wizard Shen Yu towered high upon the Emperor's Throne, surveying the battlefields in every city.

He was waiting—waiting for the moment when all that his Empire had prepared would finally erupt.

At last, he heard the voice he had long awaited.

"We've found the Divine Spirit's coordinates!"

It was a common city, yet the entire battlefield was commanded by a mighty Legendary Mage, who now was so thrilled his words broke with excitement.

He roared, "Fire!"

The magical lens flashed, and with a deafening roar, a scorching beam of light blasted toward a certain direction.

Yet, before even the speed of light arrived, what landed first was distant-range space-stabilization magic.

This spell could block the gods' retreat, if only for a momentary instant.

But even that, was enough time for the true killing blow to fall.

The Antimatter Annihilation Beam, with boundless energy, obliterated the god's divine body; the ensuing Spirit Destruction Magic swept across the scattered divine consciousness, and with two or three more spells in succession, Wizard Shen Yu once more sensed minute changes in the World Laws.

Though it could not compare to the scene during the Thunder God's fall, it was nonetheless proof of a decisive victory.

—Another Divine Spirit has fallen!

This time, the fall of a Divine Spirit was even more shocking than when the Thunder God perished.

Not only the high command of the Magic Empire who bore witness, but even among the gods, there was great unrest.

Ever more Divine Spirits cast their gaze upon that city where one of their kind was slain, sweeping their senses ceaselessly.

Nothing. Nothing at all could they find of what they sought!

Not within the city—even in the lingering aura of the very air—was there a trace of anything of divine level!

"Mortals... have slain a god!"

In the minds of all Divine Spirits, this cry echoed.

It was not a Main God killing another Main God, not a god slaying another god.

But mortals—true mortals of the mortal realm—had used mortal means, with mortal strength, to slay a god!

The very world-view was shattered.

Unending terror swept through every Divine Spirit.

If mortals can kill gods with mortal means, what if mortals themselves rise to godhood? Or grow ever stronger?

"Mortals must be utterly annihilated!" a Main God roared, his wrathful declaration resounding across every plane. "They can already slay gods now. If mortals are not destroyed, we shall lose everything!"

In this instant, their fear was not even of Wizard Shen Yu, nor the inconceivably mighty Divine Court behind him.

They were terrified of mortals themselves!

A great horde of hesitating gods, in that moment, all attacked in ferocious unison!

Several Divine Spirits even made a concerted assault upon the cities of the Magic Empire.

The barriers shielding the cities shook violently and neared collapse!

The cry of "Fire!" echoed ceaselessly before Wizard Shen Yu, relayed through Mirror Image Magic.

Some shots struck home upon the gods, reaping new godslaying victories, but others were evaded; some city shields had already been breached.

Once a barrier was breached, all within—no matter how swift—could not resist even for an instant.

And it was at this moment that the God of Death and the Sky God made their move.

They shielded several cities whose barriers had already failed.

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