"Old thing, not at peace even in death!" Lanoras looked at the shattered fragment of the Cup of Authority in his hand and cursed angrily. He glanced at the dozens of pillars of light rising from the ground and couldn't believe that the Great Sage had actually split the Cup of Authority into dozens of pieces.
Though filled with resentment and grumbling, Lanoras scanned the pillars of light rising from the ground and then rushed towards the nearest one.
After emerging from the Underworld, Bexia was unaware of the changes to the Cup of Authority, but upon sensing the disappearance of the barrier, he immediately flew towards the world beyond, successfully traversing the first barrier. However, when he saw the universe beyond the world, he was met with a new layer of barrier that blocked his path.
"Boom!" Bexia’s strike against the barrier only caused it to tremble.
Frowning, he pressed his hand against the barrier and then withdrew it, descending towards the ground below. However, his expression turned grim as he realized he couldn't break through that layer of barrier!
"Let me see what's happening here." Bexia flew straight towards the nearest pillar of light.
"Kill them!!"
"Clang clang!"
"Boom!"
"Splat... Ahhh!!"
"Clang clang!"
"...” The surroundings of the pillar of light were filled with warring armies, not only soldiers but also powerful deities in the air engaged in battle, all with the sole purpose of seizing the Cup of Authority!
"Boom!" Descending from the sky, Bexia's tremendous impact created a massive crater, turning all the fighting figures around into puddles of blood on the ground.
"Who's that?!" Seeing Bexia suddenly appear on the battlefield, the battling deities in the sky immediately divided into two camps, with all eyes fixed on him.
"Who are you?" one deity asked.
"...” Bexia couldn't be bothered to respond and rushed towards the pillar of light.
"Stop him!" Seeing Bexia's actions, the deities from the two camps suddenly acted in unison, launching various attacks towards Bexia.
"Space Cut!" Bexia swiftly turned around, slashing with his fingers at the space behind him. A black thin line appeared above the space, and everything touched by it froze in a bizarre manner.
"Splat!" The black line disappeared, and all the frozen deities were split in two, falling from the sky as if porcelain dolls, cracking open and bursting into countless bloody fragments upon hitting the ground, creating an extremely gruesome scene!
"...” For a moment, the battlefield fell into a strange silence, with the deities dead in an instant!
"Run away!" The ordinary people who had been driven by these deities turned in terror and fled, even those who had not escaped yet choosing to flee in the atmosphere. In the blink of an eye, not a single living person remained.
Bexia shattered the pillar of light with a punch, reached for the Cup of Authority enveloped in light, but frowned as he realized he only held a small piece of fragment in his hand.
"Ah, I see!" Bexia's brow relaxed in surprise. He hadn't expected the Great Sage to play this trick of splitting the Cup of Authority.
"Since that's the case, I'll let you all gather them before we speak again!" Bexia stored the fragment in his hand, confirming that it was a divine artifact.
After retrieving one piece, Bexia returned to Gaer City, while the three other god kings and Lanoras began their frantic search for the Cup of Authority's fragments, inevitably leading to conflicts due to their mutual animosity and competitive nature.
Due to the fragments of the Cup of Authority, the entire Olosis Divine Realm had turned into a place of fiery battles. It wasn't just the deities fighting, but also countless ordinary people.
Wherever a pillar of light rose up, fierce battles ensued, and one could always see the shadows of vultures circling and piles of bones scattered across the land.
A total of thirty-six pillars of light rose from the Cup of Authority, along with the first fragment Lanoras obtained at the altar, totaling thirty-seven fragments!
After months of fighting and plundering, all the pillars of light disappeared from the earth, signaling that all the fragments of the Cup of Authority had been revealed.
Bexia took one fragment for research, while the remaining thirty-six fragments were seized by the three god kings and Lanoras. Lanoras claimed the most, with eleven fragments, not only due to his immense strength but also his accumulated power over countless years on the earth, which erupted in strength rivaling that of the deities.
The Sun God had the fewest fragments, with only six, as he was injured in his battle with Lanoras and focused mainly on healing, not directly participating in the conflicts.
Next in line was the God of the Underworld, who seized eight pieces, mainly due to having fewer followers compared to the other two god lineages.
The God of War, with ten fragments, came second to Lanoras. With the most followers and kingdoms worshipping him, he collected them the fastest among the three lineages!
When all the fragments appeared, both the three god lineages and Lanoras strangely calmed down. However, everyone knew that this was just the calm before the storm!
The quieter it became, the more terrifying the storm that would follow, as the next time would be the real moment of the gods' decisive battle!
