Chapter 367: Banai’s Seven Divine Artifacts

“Haha…”
Ahaz emerged from the divine light and mist. His once ugly and decaying body had now become radiant, looking far more beautiful. Surrounded by the light of divinity, he appeared even more majestic and sacred. This was a normal phenomenon caused by divine bloodline—even demonic creatures who acquired it could not avoid their bodies being optimized toward perfection.
“It’s good you know that! Now I am the true King of Force Demons, a great true god. You have no chance of winning. Better surrender! That way, you can also have a place in my divine kingdom…”
The Bone Duke’s stiff skeletal face seemed “moody,” as it hesitated between its choices and the opponent’s terms.
But soon, the lord of the ninth layer of the abyss made up its mind. It suddenly opened its mouth and fired a beam of negative energy shaped like bones. At the same time, it detached three golden bone spikes from its arms and shot them at the King of Force Demons.
“Damn it!”
Seeing that he had already taken on the form of a true god, the opponent still dared to attack. The arrogant King of Force Demons angrily waved his hand, using his divine barrier to block the bone arrows. However, the golden bone spikes pierced through the pure-energy barrier and stabbed into his thigh.
Although the injury wasn’t serious, Ahaz felt his dignity severely insulted. He reached out and pulled out the golden bone spikes, which were no bigger than toothpicks compared to his size, and crushed them with force. Yet, the necrotic poison embedded in the spikes had already spread through his blood.
Even with divine power suppressing it, he couldn’t eliminate this rare necrotic toxin infused with semi-divine strength; he could only delay its spread temporarily. But these injuries posed little trouble to Ahaz and wouldn’t affect his strength.
Thousands of feet away, the Bone Duke watched the enraged new God of Force Demons, his cold voice laced with mockery.
“You’ve just become a god, your power transformation is still incomplete, you don’t even have a divine kingdom or any divine artifacts. Even a stronger semi-god could defeat you. To expect me to surrender just like that? You really overestimate yourself!”
As he spoke, Ahaz angrily spread his wings, divine power surging toward him.
Even as a true god, the King of Force Demons still preferred to fight alone. The divine spells he now possessed, along with his former demonic spell-like abilities, seemed insignificant compared to the power of a single claw strike!

Just as the King of Force Demons was about to attack the Duke of Bones, two dazzling lights suddenly burst from Yexin’s body. A black sphere made of void appeared in his hand and was shot toward the approaching King of Force Demons.

The black sphere wasn’t extremely fast, but its trajectory was precisely calculated, leaving the King of Force Demons no chance to dodge.

Seeing the sudden move by the Duke of Bones, Ahah instinctively sensed something was wrong. He wondered when the Duke had acquired the ability to cast powerful spells—weren’t his spells just a few negative-energy spells based on undead traits?

But then he remembered that he was now a true god. The most powerful attribute of a true god’s body was that, aside from a few level-9 spells, no force of equal magnitude could break through divine resistance. Most level-9 and lower spells couldn’t cause any real damage to him.

So confident that he could withstand it, Ahah ignored the attack from the black sphere and continued to chase after his old rival.

At the moment the two clashed, the King of Force Demons suddenly let out a pained scream, withdrew his attack instantly, and teleported thousands of feet away. By then, one of his left “hands” was completely ruined, covered in blood and flesh, and even his scythe-like claws had lost their nails. He gasped in pain, staring in shock and anger at the Duke of Bones, who had caused all this.

Although the black sphere was just a level-9 spell, it was one of the few special level-9 spells capable of harming true gods—the Ball of Destruction. It created a black energy sphere made of void, which could attack from a distance or through contact, inflicting severe disintegration effects on its target.

Such a powerful spell that involved fundamental laws meant that even a true god couldn’t fully avoid it if they didn’t defend themselves proactively!

It all happened in the blink of an eye. After the King of Force Demons retreated in pain and shock, the Duke of Bones now had two new items: a regal white-gold crown on his head and a bronze-like metal book floating behind his shoulder.

Judging from the divine radiance emanating from these two items, most present recognized them as powerful sub-legendary-grade equipment.

At that moment, the King of Force Demons also came to his senses. Pointing at the Duke of Bones, he shouted, “You—you actually have two sub-legendary items?”

“Hehe!”

The Bone Duke let out a strange laugh. Although Ahab had hidden the identity of the true god, it also had its own trump cards—two newly acquired sub-divine artifacts. Both of these sub-divine artifacts came from the legacy of a demi-god lich, and in Ye Xin’s eyes, their power was likely greater than that of ordinary lower-tier divine artifacts. Without these two sub-divine artifacts, even if it had heard rumors of Ahab’s weakened strength, it would not have rashly taken action to test him.

High Lich Chickofield, who was commanding from atop the castle, was extremely excited. While others did not recognize those two sub-divine artifacts, he knew them all too well—they were two of the Seven Banai Divine Artifacts, representing the empire’s greatest magical achievements. The crown among them was the crown of the empire’s Mage Emperor, while the metal scroll was the treasure of the Mage Research Institute where he once served—the Banai Mage Scroll.

Only true gods could forge complete divine artifacts above the level of sub-divine artifacts. This was a limitation imposed by rules and power levels; it was not something that those with great strength could simply achieve by comparing themselves to true gods!

However, the highly intelligent mages of the Banai Empire throughout the ages, though unable to achieve the remarkable feats of the archmages who created sky cities and mastered virtual divine personas, found another way—collecting materials to create seven powerful sub-divine artifacts whose strength rivaled that of lower-tier divine artifacts. These were the legendary Seven Banai Divine Artifacts, the empire’s most formidable ultimate weapons. A single one could easily slay a dragon, and two or more combined could even rival divine-level equipment!

“I never expected the Seven Banai Divine Artifacts to end up in Ye Xin’s hands. No, I cannot let this demi-god skeleton defile the glory of the empire…”

While others did not understand the power of these two sub-divine artifacts, Chickofield, as one of the surviving former high-ranking officials of the Banai Empire and a former archmage of the Mage Research Institute, knew them all too well.

With this thought, Chickofield immediately contacted Donald, who was hiding in the shadows, through a communication magic stone.