Volume 24: The Resurrection of the Beast God

Chapter 446: Divine Thunder of Retribution

“Ugh…”
Realizing that the threat in the distance was greater than that of the nearby true god, Leviathan’s enormous snake head turned away. With a thunderous sound, it whipped out Barcedo’s true god form, sending it several kilometers away, in an attempt to seize control of the divine weapon emitting emerald light.

Compared to the deep-sea serpent Leviathan, Nature’s Wrath was like an elephant compared to a sewing needle. Yet, this small spear posed a greater threat to Leviathan than the sea god Barcedo itself—like the fear of a sword pressed against one’s neck. That’s why Leviathan abandoned its preferred method of devouring and cautiously chose to confront the true god head-on to avoid being locked by the divine weapon.

But Nature’s Wrath was not a sub-divine weapon with incomplete divine authority; from its inception, it was a powerful true divine weapon. Though merely an elementary divine weapon, it still ranked on par with lower gods. While Leviathan could exhibit combat strength beyond that of a newly risen god in its own domain, it was essentially just a semi-divine totem god. If struck head-on by Nature’s Wrath, the hierarchical pressure from the divine weapon would surely inflict severe damage on Leviathan, even threatening its life.

No wonder Leviathan reacted in such a way. Though it might lack wisdom in other aspects, this formidable exotic monster possessed an innate fighting instinct unmatched by human warriors. “Was Nature’s Wrath’s lock so easily shaken off?” Donald asked with a mocking smile.

Although this was his first time using Nature’s Wrath and he wanted to see its effects, he was confident in the power of the divine weapon he had created for the first time. Whether it was the divine authority or the materials of the weapon, he believed he was no worse than any lower-grade divine weapons he had seen before. Moreover, he sensed that this spear still held great potential for improvement, requiring further exploration to fully master it.

Sure enough, when Donald turned his spear again and waved it lightly, a emerald-green cone of light appeared instantly before the giant head of the deep-sea serpent monster, as if crossing space. Although the cone of light only pierced through the monster’s scales without even touching its skull, Leviathan, whose body had been invaded by a powerful force, still raised its head and let out a painful roar. Its writhing body stirred the surrounding seawater, causing it to flow rapidly, just like being thrown into a spin dryer. Poseidon, who had just swum back, was unfortunately swept away by the current once again.

Of course, such a force wasn’t enough to harm a true god powerhouse; Poseidon merely felt frustrated. Logically, he had become a god much longer than Donald, but Donald could use a divine artifact to overwhelm an opponent he couldn’t guarantee would be defeated, showing that even gods can have different fates!

Donald named this attack “Light of Judgment.” In reality, it didn’t have much offensive power against the native creatures of the main world, but it was deadly to demons, monsters, and other beings from outer realms. However, Donald didn’t intend to knock down one of the main world’s most powerful beings like Leviathan with the first strike. That wasn’t his goal.

When the deep-sea serpent monster was struck by the Light of Judgment, it was as if a GPS tracker was installed in its body, allowing Donald to track it no matter where it went. This was because he feared the monster might try to escape upon realizing it couldn’t defeat him. If a half-god at the peak of its power were determined to flee, even with two true gods on their side, there was no guarantee they could keep the target.

After all, a being as powerful as the deep-sea serpent monster already surpassed ordinary half-gods in strength, so the constraints of its totemic divinity weren’t very strong. Losing that divine position wouldn’t have a significant impact on it.

Sure enough, when Donald raised his spear again, Leviathan, who had been furious moments earlier, began to think of retreating. Though it kept roaring loudly, its body moved backward instead of forward. Its size was an advantage in battle but became a burden during escape.

Dragging its thousands-of-feet-long body, and with too much time spent in slumber, its lower half was buried in the seabed. Unable to free itself immediately, it was struck in the waist by a mighty lightning bolt from Donald. The struck area instantly turned into charred coal, and even such a huge body tumbled and thrashed wildly—proof of just how powerful Donald’s lightning attack was.

If Leviathan were not a powerful ocean lord, a giant among divine beings, and if the deep-sea serpent species itself did not possess extraordinary regenerative abilities, that strike would likely have roasted it to death.

This was not some low-level lightning spell like chain lightning or a lightning storm—it was a divine thunderbolt unleashed by the Wrath of Nature, cast by Donald himself, a true god who held the office of divine retribution. Its power far surpassed that of ordinary elemental or legendary offensive spells. Even true gods would hesitate to face such a strike without divine artifacts for protection, otherwise they risked destruction—let alone a semi-divine ocean lord like Leviathan, who had only just begun to tread the path of immortality.

The deep-sea serpent let out agonized screams as its body stirred up turbid waters within ten miles around, but this did not hinder Donald and Balthazar, the two true gods, from seeing clearly.

“Watch me!”

Balthazar, who had failed to play a decisive role in the battle, grew frustrated. Seeing Donald severely injure the deep-sea serpent, he took out a small round shield from his body. The blue divine light emanating from it clearly indicated it was a powerful sub-divine artifact.

Wielding the sub-divine shield, Balthazar charged at the still-tumbling deep-sea serpent with the ferocity of a gladiator. The force generated by their collision was so intense that it shattered the surrounding seawater into gas. At the center of the collision, Balthazar’s sub-divine artifact emitted a massive light shield the size of a small mountain, absorbing the impact force layer by layer. Then, with a burst of intense light, it reflected all that force back at the deep-sea serpent’s body.

After several such reflections, the force was greatly weakened. With the diminished rebound force, Balthazar leaped lightly to Donald’s side. By now, the sea god’s condition was also poor—his body was in disarray, and golden divine blood flowed from his mouth. Clearly, even with the sub-divine artifact to cushion and reflect the impact, he still endured immense pressure.

“It’s almost done!”

Hearing this, Donald glanced again in the direction of Leviathan. The massive body of the deep sea serpent monster was now limp, reduced to a mass of soft flesh, as if its spine had been removed. Though it still had a breath left due to its divine power and wasn’t dead yet, it was not far from destruction.

Donald sent his thoughts into Leviathan’s body and clearly saw what was inside. It turned out that Bassetdo’s earlier attack had shattered all of Leviathan’s bones, and its internal organs and blood vessels were almost completely ruptured. Now, Leviathan was like a large sausage held together only by its skin—just a light push would likely cause it to burst into a mess of blood and flesh.

Even so, its vitality was still astonishing.

It was well known that spines were one of the weaknesses of snakes; if they were dislocated, the snake would lose its ability to move entirely. Although Leviathan was an exotic creature, its basic structure still fell within the category of snakes. If it had been a dragon, things would have been much harder.

Donald nodded at the Sea God and said, “I’ll keep this guy’s soul for now and distribute it after everything is over. Let’s collect the divine materials first—there might be more surprises in his collection!”

With that, he waved his hand, unleashing a beam of divine light to imprison Leviathan’s soul. Then, he took most of the still-intact bones, scales, and divine blood before searching for Leviathan’s totemic deity.

As for the Sea God Bassetdo, he wasn’t skilled in magic or alchemy. After taking some of the essence from the remaining divine body, he absorbed all the remaining divine power.

This was the distribution plan they had agreed upon earlier: for the first two targets, most of the souls, divine materials, and totemic deities would go to Donald as compensation for that demi-plane and the four towns before it.

For subsequent targets, the two true gods would divide them according to their individual needs and contributions. With their divine computing abilities, uneven distribution wouldn’t occur. Any conflicts or disputes would stem from greed.

Without divine power, Leviathan’s remaining body was nothing but rotting flesh—useless aside from its nutritional value. But it was a bargain for the sea beasts and fish in the area; perhaps Leviathan’s flesh would give rise to many magical beasts!

The altar touvah of Leviathan was actually located at an extinct underwater volcano several miles away from its body. Of course, such a distance was merely a short journey for a deep-sea serpent monster of its size—just a few flips would take it there. Sensing that Bassetto was still absorbing Leviathan’s divine power, Donald immediately used the divine light of the Book of Truth to capture this touvah deity, refining it into a demi-god deity before storing it away. Then, he sent out his will, allowing the will of a true god to radiate over several kilometers, locating the two treasure caves of the deep-sea serpent monster. These two simple underwater caves contained countless precious materials from the sea. Although most of them were below legendary status, there were still many legendary and even divine materials.