After noticing that his energy channel had been cut off, Camus's expression suddenly turned grim. Only then did he shift his gaze from Aldrich to Nguyen Thanh An.
As the god of light, Aldrich was, after all, a chief god. Camus didn't take him seriously, so he let it go, knowing he would get rid of Aldrich sooner or later.
But Ruan Qing'an was just a mortal. When did even a mortal dare to speak to him like that?
"How dare a mere mortal defy the majesty of the gods! He is simply overestimating himself!"
"Since you're so reckless as to insist on getting involved in the battle between the gods, don't blame me for making an example of you first!"
Camus sneered, then raised his lantern. As he pushed out with his palm, countless dead spirits surged out of the lantern, as if connecting to the underworld, which was incredibly chilling.
The wailing and howling of ghosts, the countless ghosts and spirits, the overflowing power of death, seemed to emanate a stench, causing an uncontrollable sense of despair to rise in people's hearts.
Even those whose claws had been loosened by the black power, upon witnessing this scene, despite being out of the brink of death, couldn't help but kneel on the ground, clutching their heads, trembling uncontrollably.
Despite this, Ruan Qing'an's expression remained unchanged. She supported the dragon's back with one hand and patted its head with the other: "Go, let's go together."
Her response was a roar from the fire dragon!
Under the divine might, their figures were clearly tiny, but the demonic dragon did not hesitate to flap its wings and fly, carrying its master behind it with a resolute determination as if going to its death!
Black and red flames spread across the sky, and the dragon was engulfed in raging flames, instantly creating a sea of fire that burned fearlessly toward the gods.
Camus never imagined that there could actually be such a stubborn person in the human world, someone who would dare to so recklessly disregard the supreme divine power of the gods!
But just when everyone thought she was throwing her life away like an egg against a rock, or a moth to a flame, Nguyen Thanh An, carrying the demonic dragon, had already flown to Camus's side.
Camus's attack was about to collide with her at that moment, but then—
Just moments before the collision, as Ruan Qingan and the demonic dragon were about to be swallowed by the attack, a dazzling burst of fire suddenly erupted amidst a black power.
Before those ghostly spirits appeared a massive magic circle formed from fire elements, bursting forth with intense and unstoppable light.
It turns out that at some point, Ruan Qing'an had already been secretly gathering power while holding the scepter in one hand, all for the sake of this massive magic circle!
Time seemed to stand still at that moment, and everything around us slowed down.
Camus's face was grim, for just an arm's length away in front of him was the enormous fire elemental magic circle, and the girl's smile was filled with boundless sarcasm.
“Indeed, your power is greater than mine, but—in terms of its application, you seem to be less as clever as I am, ‘noble’ deity.”
"you--"
Before Camus could finish speaking, Ruan Qing'an, carrying the demonic dragon, was engulfed by the light of the fire elemental magic circle in the next instant, and then disappeared directly from Camus's sight.
After Ruan Qingan and the demon dragon disappeared, Lucas on the ground suddenly felt a strong sense of unease.
He even ignored Ruan Qing'an, who had appeared not far away via a giant teleportation array that had been set up in advance, and instead stared intently in the direction of Aldrich.
A tall, imposing man stood amidst the radiant glow of the sunset, the golden arrow in his hand already fully formed, but most importantly—
The tip of that golden arrow pierced through a golden heart.
That...that was actually Aldrich's divine spark of light?!
Lucas panicked and instinctively shouted at Camus in the sky, "Watch out, Aldrich—"
The next moment, Aldrich released his grip, and as the bowstring twitched, the golden arrow shot toward Camus with lightning speed!
However, Camus was so engrossed in the vast sea of black and red fire and the light emanating from the enormous magic circle in front of him that he didn't notice what was happening below.
By the time they heard the sound of the arrow piercing the air, it was too late. The enormous arrow not only pierced Camus's divine body but also tore through the gaping hole in the sky, the passage connecting to the realm of the gods.
The addition of divine power is like a god self-destructing; such power makes it even more difficult for Camus, who already has no defenses, to cope.
Even on the verge of death, Camus couldn't contain his astonishment; his divine body was crumbling bit by bit...
"Aldrich, you madman... You actually used your own godhood as a bargaining chip, even breaking the passage between the realm of gods and the human realm..."
"You...you don't want to go back?!"
Aldrich paused for a moment, his gaze passing through the almost scorching sea of fire to see Camus in the sky, his divine body gradually dissipating.
As he watched the hunched old man who had betrayed him centuries ago gradually approach death, Aldridge finally said, "I don't want to think about it anymore."
"Perhaps a world without gods is more suitable for mortals, and we shouldn't interfere in the world of mortals in the first place."
"Only when there are no gods in the world will mortals think about how to stand shoulder to shoulder with the gods with mortal bodies, instead of kneeling and begging for our salvation."
"not to mention……"
Aldridge paused, then fell silent, instinctively turning his gaze toward Nguyen Thanh An.
He thought that he had long since given up on returning to the realm of gods and becoming the God of Light, who sat high above, yet forever alone on the cold throne.
In the human realm, there may be no divine bodies that never age or die, no power that can control an entire realm, and no authority to hold the lives of believers.
But he found love—where his heart finds peace, that is where he belongs.
After Aldrich finished speaking his last words, the gaping hole in the sky finally closed, severing the connection to the realm of the gods, and all the power bestowed by the gods vanished.
At the edge of the sky, a torrential downpour of blood rained down, accompanied by mournful cries, as if heaven and earth were grieving for the passing of a god. The blazing flames were extinguished one by one by the blood rain.
An overly high-profile yet incredibly convoluted rebellion came to a close amidst bloodshed.
All those who participated in the rebellion were arrested. The statue of the God of Light will reappear someday in the future, but this time it will no longer bestow power, but will become a truly pure spiritual belief.
Believers will become pure, the church will be reshuffled, the human world will be a world of mortals, and the future will have nothing to do with gods.
...
Amidst the rain of blood, Lucas sat blankly on the ground, his face pale, head bowed, staring at his hands. With Camus's death, he had lost all his strength.
Just then, Ruan Qingan's voice suddenly came: "That power never belonged to you, Lucas."
"..."
After a long while, Lucas finally looked up at Ruan Qing'an above the demonic dragon.
Only then did he realize that Ruan Qing'an had become stronger not because she had obtained Aldrich's divine status, but because of her own inherent strength.
Before Lucas could ask, Ruan Qingan said, "I don't know if it's because of you, but after being locked up for so long, my perception of the elements reached its peak after I left."
"Furthermore, I had previously witnessed the Archbishop's actions as a Grand Magister, which provided me with an opportunity for breakthrough. If you were to ask me why I am far stronger than an ordinary Grand Magister—"
Ruan Qing'an paused, then looked down at him: "Because I got to this point step by step on my own. You should understand that I shouldn't rely on external forces. You should understand..."
She dismounted from the dragon's back and squatted down in front of Lucas, a smile on her lips, but the smile didn't reach her eyes.
Nguyen Thanh An's voice was very low, but even so, it exploded in Lucas's ears like a thunderbolt, because she said—
"Because you are a mission taker."
"Who...who are you?!"
Lucas suddenly realized something, met Ruan Qing'an's leaden gray eyes, and seemed to realize something in a daze.
Ruan Qing'an's smile deepened: "Ruan Qing'an, Chief Task Officer of the Three Thousand Dimensions Management Bureau."
"Nice to meet you, my terrible and useless junior."
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