Chapter 191: Three Goddesses, One Show

“Elsa!”
The Spider Queen gritted her teeth in displeasure upon seeing the transformation of that female Shadow Priest.
“Sister Flora, I’m here to help you!” The Spider Queen Flora thought bitterly, “Help me? Why didn’t you show up earlier? Now that you see the Horn of Abundance, you rush to send your avatar—probably to seize the divine artifact!” Realizing she was merely a mid-tier god and couldn’t compete with Elsa, once an ancient deity now a powerful higher-tier god despite her diminished strength, she quickly weighed the pros and cons before her expression changed as a smile appeared.
“Sister Elsa, you’ve come at just the right time. I was worried I couldn’t handle that wench Elenia alone!” Seeing the Spider Queen’s attitude, the Night Goddess nodded in satisfaction before turning to the Agriculture Goddess with a tone of regret and sigh, “Elenia, you shouldn’t have come!”
The Night Goddess had naturally kept a close eye on the alliance with the Spider Queen through her followers, but the arrival of the Agriculture Goddess’s avatar surprised her. Coming alone to the Spider Queen’s domain in this dark realm was nothing but inviting humiliation.
However, when she saw that the Agriculture Goddess had even brought her main divine artifact, the Horn of Abundance, the Shadow Lady became restless. Though she had an ancient origin and was one of the oldest true gods still alive, years of imprisonment had not only weakened her power but also caused her to lose several domains of divinity, with all her divine artifacts scattered. With only immense divine power, she was at a severe disadvantage against peers who possessed divine artifacts. Thus, she grew even more eager to acquire a powerful artifact as soon as possible.
Yet the materials needed to create divine artifacts in this world were extremely scarce. There were only two ways to obtain them: steal them from other true gods or risk venturing into the Starry Void, known as the Graveyard of Gods, to find suitable materials and craft them oneself.
As a result, less than 30% of the gods in this world possessed divine artifacts. Most true gods continued using sub-divine artifacts from their semi-god days after becoming gods, with only a few powerful higher-tier gods having artifacts of medium or higher rank. It was utterly disgraceful for the mighty Night Goddess to not even possess a lower-tier artifact.
After quickly weighing the pros and cons, the Night Goddess Elsa decided to take action immediately.

Within a few breaths, the will of this Dark True God also descended upon her followers. With the Spider Queen as an ally, they sought to seize the divine artifact and destroy the will-based avatar of the Agriculture Goddess in this underground world.

On the other hand, after the Night Goddess arrived, the Agriculture Goddess lost her earlier anxiety and spoke calmly, “Elsa, it’s good that you’ve come!” Hearing her tone, Elsa’s avatar instinctively sensed something was wrong.

“What? Do you still have some trick up your sleeve to keep this avatar of mine as well? Remember, it’s two against one!” said the Night Goddess, glancing at the avatar whose strength had reached the peak of gold rank thanks to the divine artifact. Though she didn’t take this strength seriously, the mere presence of a will-based avatar, combined with the power of the artifact, was already enough to restrict her movements.

“You still refuse to give up, even planning to ally with that fallen demon god, Flora. Though you’re ancient and powerful, with us three higher gods and one mid-tier god united, even with Flora on your side, you’re no match at all!” Elsa snorted. “The Silver Moon priesthood originally belonged to my sister. In fact, the three of you are the real thieves!” Despite the powerful Night Goddess, the Agriculture Goddess Eilien remained firm in her stance.

“I’ve said it before—with us three sisters here, your attempts to seize the Silver Moon priesthood and pursue the path of a supreme god are nothing but dreams! Don’t think we don’t know that the downfall of the Silver Moon Goddess was indirectly caused by you. Coming here now to talk about sisterly love is simply ridiculous!” Elsa said with a light laugh. “With Juliana and Lauren gone, how can you deal with the two of us?”

“Only battle will determine who wins!” As the saying goes, three women make a drama—and the same is true here with these three goddesses. But this isn’t a love story or a tragedy; it’s even more intense than an action film—a real disaster epic.

War broke out instantly. The Agriculture Goddess struck first, facing the Night Goddess’s avatar. Both of their true forms were higher gods—one an ancient and powerful primordial revived deity who, though having lost much of his strength, was still extremely formidable in battle. When it came to wielding divine power, ordinary true gods paled in comparison, like toddlers just learning to speak.

The other was a young deity who only gained the opportunity to become a god during the Second Seal of Demons War. However, this past thousand years have been an era of prosperity for the gods, and she happened to be born in such a time. As the Goddess of Agriculture, she possessed extraordinary talents, holding the dual roles of agriculture and harvest, as well as expertise in areas such as growth, healing, plants, and earth elements. Although her church was loose, her followers were spread across almost the entire primary material world, placing her among the top-ranking deities today.

If these two powerful goddesses fought one-on-one, the Goddess of Agriculture might be at a disadvantage, but she wouldn’t easily lose—after all, she didn’t possess only the Horn of Harvest as a divine artifact. The Horn of Harvest, as an instrument of her divine authority, was the main artifact of the Goddess of Agriculture, Eilien, closely tied to her two roles of agriculture and harvest. Yet she also had another lower-tier artifact, the Scythe of Reaping, which was a divine artifact formed from a law domain derived from her harvest role and was more suitable for combat compared to the Horn of Harvest.

At this moment, Eilien conjured a projection of the Scythe of Reaping. Relying on the power of this artifact projection, she managed to overwhelm the Dark Goddess’s avatar and maintain a firm advantage.

With a swing of the Scythe’s light and shadow, she instantly destroyed most of the First Family’s estate.

“Is this all you rely on?”

Although under pressure, the Dark Goddess moved with grace, showing no signs of distress.

“Sister Flora, hurry and help me take down Eilien. Though the artifact projection isn’t very valuable, sealing it could provide materials to craft a lower-tier artifact!”

At that time, the Spider Queen was leading several of her golden warriors along with Sod, who was blessed by a divine artifact, and the true Golden Sword Saint, the Demon Sword Carlisle, in battle. Already strong and outnumbered, the Spider Queen’s side was dominating their opponents. If it weren’t for Carlisle’s astonishing combat strength and Sod’s powerful divine artifact providing timely support, they would likely have been defeated by the Spider Queen in no time.

Eyeing the divine artifact in the priest’s hands, the Spider Queen planned to strike first. Once she obtained the artifact and expelled the original owner’s will, she could begin using it. By sealing off the abyssal magic web dimension where her divine kingdom lay, even the mighty Dark Goddess and Goddess of Agriculture wouldn’t dare send their avatars to block her there for long.

Once she truly grasped the Horn of Harvest, she might even be able to divide some of the Goddess of Agriculture’s divine roles. Obtaining just one of these two roles would be enough for her to ascend to a powerful higher deity, making her even more fearless.

Although the Spider Queen had her own plans in mind, she dared not ignore the Night Goddess’s demands, so she had no choice but to send one of her three greatest Golden Warriors to assist in dealing with the Goddess of Agriculture. Out of self-interest, the Spider Queen did not send the most powerful Enchanting Demon but instead ordered Dietlinde, the head of the first family in Scorpionflower City, to go in support. As for her opponent, Flora was confident she could deal with her quickly. Although the power of divine artifacts could temporarily boost strength, even with the blessing of their owners, an ordinary person could not sustain such power for long. Once the opponent’s body and soul reached their limits, the Horn of Abundance would be hers! While the goddesses and Golden Warriors were engrossed in battle, the remaining Silver Warriors were also busy. The heads of the other three families in Scorpionflower City, along with their forces and the other two members of the Shadow Demon City’s delegation, attacked the invading enemies and the rebellious Blood Battle Mercenaries on their own without orders. Those facing Donald and his companions were two Silver-level experts from the Shadow Demon City delegation. One was a Shadow Assassin, and the other a Shadow Ninja—both master-level warriors, especially skilled in stealth and concealment, making them almost invincible against most mages. However, Donald and his companions were not ordinary mages; even without direct combat, they had multiple ways to defeat their opponents. For instance, their ordinary stealth abilities could be completely countered with a small amount of Exposure Dust obtained at minimal cost. Only their ability to enter shadows posed a threat, but that was already the ultimate tactic of the two Silver-level experts from the Shadow Demon City. “This ability to infiltrate shadows is so annoying!” Although they had been attacked several times by their opponents hiding in their shadows, Donald was extremely frustrated by having to take passive hits. But after complaining, he quickly thought of a solution! Ordinary people, even Golden Warriors, would be at a loss against such stealth tactics and could only resort to force. But for Donald, who came from a highly advanced technological world and knew many strange principles, a few simple spells easily countered their powerful abilities. Suddenly, seven or eight bright light orbs appeared around Donald and his companions—just a few minor Level 0 magic spells.

Within three feet around Donald and his companion, there was no shadow deep enough for those two hidden opponents to infiltrate. Only faint silhouettes remained, insufficient for them to cast their secret spells.

This led Donald to think of the principle behind the shadowless lights used in modern operating rooms. Since their opponents relied on sneaking into shadows to launch sudden attacks, eliminating their own shadows would render their stealth tactics useless.

“So that’s how it works!”

The elder mage Messeil immediately understood his disciple’s strategy. He was even more decisive—whenever those two opponents tried to disrupt the surrounding lighting spells, a pure silver light filled with positive energy would emanate from his body.

It was the first-level spell, Light of Heaven, usually used by lower-level mages to deal with undead creatures like skeletons and ghosts. Although those two silver-skinned experts from the City of Shadows were not evil beings with negative energy, the positive energy in Light of Heaven still had a significant restraining effect on their shadow powers.

As a result, those two masters, who had once been invincible thanks to their shadow abilities, were now frustrated by just a few simple spells cast by Donald and his companions—their disappointment could only be imagined!