Chapter 492: The Crown of Fear

“Ah…”
The Stone Bear God, locked in place by the Light of Damnation, let out a agonized scream as an alien force invaded his body.
However, the Light of Damnation was merely a means to lock onto the enemy; its offensive power was no match for a spell of level seven or eight. Its true strength lay in its ability to invade the opponent’s body, where its powerful natural backlash would take effect. While serving as a positioning tool, it also eroded the opponent’s body, impairing their abilities and causing damage.
Once locked by the Light of Damnation, the Stone Bear God lost any chance of escaping. Pursued by Uther, the Holy Light Angel, who carried holy flames, he was immediately engaged in a fierce battle.
Donald realized that his opponent’s giant form could not last long, so he once again shook his long spear, unleashing another bolt of Divine Thunder of Damnation.
“I want you dead—”
After firing this bolt, which was vastly different from ordinary lightning, Donald still had the leisure to assess the outcome. But by then, the Stone Bear God had entered a frenzied state. Hit by the emerald-green lightning, which carried both destructive and life-giving properties, he was severely injured and nearly lost his sanity, only focusing on wildly attacking his opponent.
If it were an ordinary demi-god or even a lower-tier god, facing such fierce attacks, they would choose to avoid direct confrontation rather than recklessly trading blows.
But after becoming a demi-god, Uther had elevated the heroic skill of the Holy Shield to an even higher level. Under the rules of order, its absolute defense could even withstand a full-force attack from a lower-tier god. Faced with the Stone Bear God’s brutal hammer strikes, Uther, surrounded by a holy light barrier with flames burning on his surface, was like an indestructible copper pea. He endured repeated attacks from the Stone Bear God yet remained firmly in front of him, denying him any chance to escape!
On the contrary, the Stone Bear God, having abandoned his own defenses in his frenzied attacks, was struck multiple times by Uther’s Oath of Victory. Was it really that easy to hit a secondary artifact infused with holy flames? Even a true god might not be able to withstand such an attack!

Moreover, the Holy Flame itself possessed the power to purify and burn divine essence. Those strands of flame moved with the agility of living beings, piercing into the wounds of the Stone Bear God. Whether it was the god’s flesh and blood or its divine essence, everything became fuel for the Holy Flame to grow stronger. Under the combined assault of the Holy Flame and the divine thunder, the Stone Bear God’s injuries were extremely severe—both its soul and body suffered heavy damage, causing its combat strength to plummet to that of a demi-god.

Seize the opportunity while it’s weak and take its life!

Donald’s numerous glories shone simultaneously as he appeared before the Stone Bear God holding the Fury of Nature. His majestic divine light intimidated the Stone Bear God, and with a thrust of his spear, he pierced through its chest. As he withdrew, he took out a crystal that glowed brilliantly.

Then, his divine light retracted. In just an instant, the Stone Bear God’s body, reduced in size due to the loss of power, disappeared from the battlefield.

“Everyone did well. Now let’s go to the Stone Bear God’s lair to plunder some treasures, then switch with the others to move on to the next step!”

After saying this, Donald led everyone in the direction from which the Stone Bear God had come.

Although demi-god totem gods had formed a divine essence, they were not complete in themselves. This was a common trait among totem gods. Before reaching the demi-god level, most of their power was concentrated in their totems, with only divine essence within them. Only after reaching the demi-god level did they begin to gather some power within themselves, while the rest remained in their totems.

Just like the Green Tree God’s divine essence given by the White Mountain God, even though the Green Tree God had reached the peak of the demi-god level before its demise and was on the verge of breaking through to become a lower-tier totem god, it still needed the divine essence to merge with its totem to surpass ordinary demi-god essences.

Soon, Donald located the altar totem of the Stone Bear God. Ignoring everything else for now, he headed straight for the main totem.

After taking the Stone Bear God’s totem, Donald glanced around at the other demi-god treasures. Without carefully counting them or being polite, he simply waved his hand and stored all the items within sight in his storage space.

As for the spoils, it would be fine to distribute them after the mission was completed.

Everyone present trusted Donald, so they certainly wouldn’t be fussy or cause trouble like the Dawn Messenger.

“Let’s go!”

After scanning the entire valley altar with his divine mind and finding no other overlooked entities, Donald immediately called out and led everyone to another key battlefield.

On the main battlefield of the Stormwind Tribe, the King of the North joined forces with the Messenger of Dawn, along with the help of two True Divine Weapons, to hold back the Stormgod here.
These two True Divine Weapons complemented each other—one for offense and the other for defense—working in perfect harmony. Although they were both only of lower-tier Divine Weapons, they could unleash 100% of their power. Even facing the Stormgod, who possessed combat strength on par with mid-tier gods and wielded two True Divine Weapons, it was impossible to break the stalemate in a short time. If he tried to leave, he feared his tribe would be destroyed by these invaders. Under such conflicting emotions, the Stormgod hesitated and couldn’t fully unleash his combat strength.
“Ah! Stone Bear, you fool! Damn those invaders from another continent—”
As one of the Stormgod’s subordinate gods, Stone Bear God was sensed by his master the moment he perished. Realizing that one of his most trusted subordinate gods had fallen, the Stormgod immediately understood the invaders’ goal. This wasn’t some harassing tactic meant to exhaust him; clearly, their target wasn’t him but to keep him occupied so they could eliminate his other subordinate gods one by one.
Realizing this, the Stormgod hesitated no longer. He redoubled his efforts, using all his strength to overwhelm his two opponents, determined to sacrifice something to eliminate these troublesome foes first before rescuing his remaining subordinate gods.
Unfortunately, his earlier misjudgment had cost him those precious few minutes. By the time Stone Bear God was defeated, the reinforcements led by the King of the North were approaching, and the Stormgod had completely lost any chance to turn the tide!
Compared to the battlefields of the King of the North and Donald, the fiercest battles took place on the side controlled by the Sea God Bassetto, where the Red Demon God was at work.
Unlike Stone Bear God, who had just recovered from serious injuries and still hadn’t regained his full strength, the Red Demon God, at the peak of his power, was a demi-god totem deity. Yet within his own domain, his combat strength rivaled that of newer gods. This put Bassetto in a tough fight from the start.
What made this Sea God even more frustrated was that the Red Demon God not only possessed several Secondary Divine Weapons but also held a powerful True Divine Weapon that was rare among the demi-gods on the main continent. As for Bassetto, out of caution regarding the Red Demon God’s berserk ability, he hadn’t revealed his most powerful True Divine Weapon yet: the Deep Blue Armor.

The Red Demon God wore an elementary divine artifact in the form of a helmet. The gray, bony helmet had circular holes on each side of its crown, just large enough to accommodate the physical structures that remained after the Red Demon God took human form—two horns that appeared hard and powerful. The most striking feature of this unassuming divine artifact was a pigeon-egg-sized black gem embedded at the top of the helmet’s forehead, seemingly containing endless destructive power that filled one with overwhelming fear at just a glance.
“What a bizarre ability…”
Even a true god like Basedo couldn’t avoid this sense of fear. If he hadn’t quickly averted his gaze, he might have fallen for its trickery!
Having suffered a slight setback, Basedo became more cautious and deliberately avoided making eye contact with the divine artifact. But if such a simple act could block the power of a true divine artifact, then it must be rather worthless!
Soon, the Red Demon God activated the artifact’s power, enveloping an area of hundreds of feet in a dark domain. Even though Basedo no longer stared directly at the helmet-shaped artifact, he still couldn’t escape the feeling of fear, which affected his actions—causing delays or mistakes and hesitations.
Thus, leveraging his advantageous position and the divine artifact called the Crown of Fear, the Red Demon God, despite being of a lower realm than his opponent, was able to gain the upper hand in battle.
At first, with no master by his side, the Red Demon God fought in his normal state, without intending to use his frenzied abilities. But soon, upon sensing the fall of the Stone Bear God, he became restless and repeatedly sent messages to his master, the God of Chaotic Winds, through divine spells. However, the God of Chaotic Winds only urged him to persevere. After some time, the already irritable and impatient Red Demon God could no longer bear such prolonged and intense combat stress. His eyes gradually turned red, blood surged in his body, and white vapor billowed from his nostrils.
From his appearance, it was clear that even a slight further stimulus would cause him to erupt uncontrollably and fall into a frenzied state.
Seeing this, Prince Basedo, who had been on the defensive, secretly prepared to summon his divine armor at any moment to withstand the impending storm of attacks.
Just then, a beam of light rushed toward them from afar. Soon, the light faded, and the newcomer appeared behind Basedo.
“Prince Donald, you’re finally here!”

In the battle where the Red Demon God was in the upper hand, Basedo, who was struggling to provide support, immediately felt relieved upon seeing the newcomers. His opponent, the Red Demon God, was not so fortunate. Already on the verge of an explosion, the Red Demon God felt a strong sense of crisis upon seeing more enemies arriving. Stimulated by this, it roared loudly and went into full berserk mode.
“Not good!”
The berserk Red Demon God’s power surged by more than ten times, almost equivalent to its full-powered lower deity form. A terrifying black domain covered all the enemies.