Chapter 421: Racing Against Time

Impossible. Mages are the most opposed to true gods—how could they possibly agree to become vessels for their descent? Over the centuries, the Light Reapers have slain countless mages. In their view, all mages and similar spellcasters are heretics who must be utterly eradicated to cut off their lineage; only the priests of their church should remain in this world.
However, since among these heretics are many powerful demi-gods, the church has had to compromise—otherwise, a holy war would have already been waged!
Donald could not understand the extreme ideology of the Light Reapers, who had lost all humanity. He also had no time to consider other matters now.
Under his domain’s influence, several enemies who had hidden their forms were trying to sneak into the underground vault, but they were forced to reveal themselves when covered by his domain’s power. What an extraordinary stealth technique!
Donald was greatly astonished. He had activated his divine vision as soon as he appeared. Although it wasn’t the divine vision equivalent to that of an upper god granted by the Book of Truth, it was his own powerful divinity combined with the insights from his Hunter class talent, the Eye of the Hunt, that made it so that even lower gods would likely be detected if they tried to hide nearby.
“How did these people do this?”
If it weren’t for the powerful rules of the Nature domain, which disrupted their stealth, they would likely have succeeded!
When Donald saw a glowing rune on each of the infiltrators’ chests, he understood the reason.
“So that’s how it is!”
Such powerful divine runes were clearly a gift from true gods. It wasn’t surprising that the Lord of Dawn could grant such abilities to his followers.
“They really are meticulous!”
Realizing the Lord of Dawn’s plan—to have his followers take the lead to draw the attention of his own strong warriors, while his church’s agents secretly infiltrated the vault to destroy Serth I’s sacred flame and ignite the divine fire—this dual strategy was undoubtedly more secure.
As long as Serth didn’t have his own god, he would have a chance to intervene and seize this land.
The moment Donald figured this out, Carlisle and the others guarding the four corners of the palace had already begun fighting the intruders.

The opponent had only three members, yet they were all powerful legendary warriors—Carlisle, Vincent, and the high-level lich Chikofield. Each of them engaged the enemy separately, leaving the dragon Nozdorm to continue guarding against any surprises.

After initial probes, Donald and the Chosen of the Dawn Lord also engaged in fierce combat. This time, it was the Light Reaver who struck first. Knowing time was of the essence, this Chosen of the True God realized that if the battle dragged on, the Holy Spirit in the kingdom might succeed in deifying itself. He couldn’t allow the heretic he considered an abomination to become a supreme god, so he had to end it quickly.

“Light Judgment!”

In the Light Judge’s view, battle was simply battle—there was no need for unnecessary talk with the enemy. Moreover, the opponent’s domain power was peculiar, and ordinary attacks might not work. So, he immediately used his signature technique.

Endless holy light descended from the sky, gathering above into a cloud of light, within which countless silver-scaled lightning bolts formed. The Light Judge thought that since pure light power couldn’t purify the opponent, he would use a different method of attack. He wasn’t convinced that the opponent’s domain could remain unaffected by any form of power!

Fierce lightning, like thousands of silver snakes, crashed down, creating a dazzling spectacle of flames and light. Yet beneath this brilliance lay destructive intent. The natural domain, under such a massive area attack, immediately had its upper layer shattered. It was caught off guard by the speed and nature of these radiant lightning strikes. It often took time to disperse a small portion of its domain power before it could capture and transform that lightning energy, making its efficiency far lower than that of the previous sword attacks.

Faced with this situation, seemingly with no solution, Donald frowned. For now, he could only rely on his domain to defend against the attacks.

The Light Judge wasn’t unwilling to end the battle quickly, but even he didn’t want to engage in close combat within such a powerful domain. His own strength was limited, and if the opponent used some tactic to block his divine support through the domain, things could turn dangerous.

Thus, he could only launch remote attacks from a distance, while the opponent took the hits passively. It seemed the Light Judge had the upper hand, but Donald had his own plans in mind.

He knew that his most powerful trump card could only be used for half a minute. Even with Ampus, this demi-god and abyssal demon-forging helper, he couldn’t guarantee he could kill a demi-god-level elector backed by true godly power within that time. So, since he wasn’t sure of success, it was better to delay as much as possible. After all, he didn’t rely solely on the Natural Domain—he still had the Sacrifice Domain and even the more powerful Mental Domain. The longer they could stall, the safer their side would be. Otherwise, if they wasted their strongest trump card right from the start without completely eliminating the opponent, things would turn against them! Thus, the goal of his plan was simply to delay as long as possible. Of course, if someone foolish enough to seek death rushed at him while he was stalling, he wouldn’t hesitate to use his strength to finish them off! Soon, a few minutes passed, and the Glorious Approver also realized something was wrong. Though it seemed he had the upper hand, with his opponent forced to defend passively, several successive uses of the Glorious Approval, despite drawing on some of the god lord’s power, had drained him significantly. Meanwhile, his opponent’s domain had only been shattered in half, with the remaining half still stubbornly guarding the entrance to the underground channels of divine energy. A domain spanning thousands of feet was beyond what an ordinary legendary domain could achieve. Even after being halved, it still covered an area of about five hundred feet, firmly guarding the entrance to those channels. To create a passage from other parts of the palace, there were numerous powerful magic arrays and restrictions throughout the underground, making it difficult even for a strong being like him to break through, let alone the others who had come along, all trapped by the opponent’s legends. Moreover, the opponent wouldn’t just let them destroy the palace’s restrictions and sneak underground easily. So, the only option left was to break through the current domain and enter directly through the entrance! With this thought, endless brilliance flashed in the Glorious Approver’s eyes as he dashed headlong into the Natural Domain.