Chapter 875: Refining the Sub-divine Artifact

The world fell into silence between heaven and earth, the mental oppression from earlier completely vanished without a trace.

The soul of the Divine Spirit disappeared, along with the countless tortured wraiths, devoured clean by the altar.

The altar does not pity those so-called innocents.

For this manifestation of the Abyss, its only purpose for existence is to devour everything. If the earlier Divine Spirit favored souls, then the altar is even less picky, with both flesh and soul as its targets for consumption.

“Boom!”

Just as that wisp of soul was completely consumed, the ground in the distance suddenly swelled, emitting a huge noise!

The originally calm air became chaotic once more, the sticky feeling in the throat reappeared again. However, even though the ground swelled, not a single limb extended outward. Chen Feng observed carefully and finally felt a sense of relief in his heart.

Due to certain special reasons, the Divine Spirit slumbering underground was unable to wake up at all. Everything in front of him was merely a way for the entity to express dissatisfaction.

Perhaps the soul that he had torn apart earlier was the key to awakening the Divine Spirit. However, because it was sacrificed by him, the awakening of the Divine Spirit now felt like a distant prospect.

The so-called Divine Spirit was like a fierce tiger trapped in a cage. Even though every tourist knew that once released, it could bite off their necks in one go.

Yet, even so, those visitors in the zoo still wore smiles on their faces. This was because no matter how terrifying a beast is, once it is caged, it becomes a meek little creature.

Just like now, no matter how terrifying the Divine Spirit was, due to some reasons, it could not free itself. This made Chen Feng feel much more at ease.

“After returning, I will advise Li to turn this place into a lifeless zone, strictly guarded, not allowing even a bird to fly in. Besides this, the location for the festival celebrations must be changed. This Divine Spirit attempts to gather souls, which is likely directly related to its escape plan. What needs to be done is to prevent it from absorbing any more souls and then condensing a second avatar!”

Chen Feng already thought about how to explain this to Li. The decreased pressure from before and the normalization of breathing were the best evidence.

It seems that the annual festival tragedy mentioned by Li was also another conspiracy of the Divine Spirit. The entity was like a farmer harvesting crops, waiting until enough had gathered before cutting them down to strengthen its soul’s avatar, attempting to quicken its resurrection!

Thoughts raced in Chen Feng’s mind. Even though this would only treat the symptoms and not the root cause, the real body of the Divine Spirit lay buried beneath the land. No one could know if it might one day suddenly resurrect and then destroy this world. But for now, this was the only option.

As for treating the root cause?

Chen Feng cast his gaze on the raised ground. Compared to Mara and Rosé, who weren’t trapped, this Divine Spirit must have encountered some unknown incident that led to being trapped in this slumbering land.

Due to severe injuries?

Or a seal?

Or some unfathomable reason, but no matter what, it seems unable to use the full strength it once had. Otherwise, why go through all the trouble to rely on devouring natives and surrounding souls to gather an avatar?

Previously, slaying a projection of the Divine Spirit could yield supreme benefits, even godly energy, a mysterious kind of divinity. If one could truly slay a Divine Spirit, what benefits could one gain?

Godslaying?

Chen Feng was even taken aback by his own thought.

To slay a true god?

The thought seemed overly insane, yet it wasn’t entirely impossible. Chen Feng had a channel through Elwin, who could inform Rosé. To a Divine Spirit well-versed in conspiracies, this opportunity likely wouldn’t be let go.

But before that, Chen Feng must strengthen himself, at least enter the Epic level for real. Only then would he have a chance to escape when facing a Divine Spirit. Chen Feng didn’t want to become a scapegoat for Rosé, ending up gaining nothing and dying in vain instead.

Don’t try to test Rosé’s morality. As an existence capable of callously murdering even her own kin, there is no kindness.

Aligning with Rosé was a good idea, but what Chen Feng needed to do was the most basic self-defense. With his current power, he had no right to cooperate with her. In times of crisis, whether in the Abyss or the Human World, fists speak louder.

“Zzz!”

At this moment, the altar had completed its devouring. Countless wailing souls were attracted to the altar, and as those souls completely disappeared, a bright multicolored glow appeared on top!

These halos became increasingly brighter and heavier until finally, they seemed to solidify, poised to emerge into the real world from the altar.

Chen Feng had sacrificed a wisp of the Divine Spirit’s soul, containing energy in no way inferior to real divinity. This was equivalent to sacrificing several wisps of divinity, so naturally, the rewards wouldn’t be too meager!

But this time, Chen Feng didn’t choose to wait patiently. Instead, he spread his hands, and a garment appeared in his palms.

This was the Sub-divine Artifact obtained from slaying Pang Mu, originally belonging to a Divine Spirit. The entity wore it to conquer the Human World. However, neither the Divine Spirit nor Pang Mu anticipated that while they were busy fighting, Chen Feng would reap the final spoils!

But, due to Chen Feng’s lack of strength, he couldn’t obliterate the Divine Spirit’s thoughts within. It wasn’t just a matter of defense; forcibly wearing it would cause him harm due to rejection!

Originally, Chen Feng planned to refine this thought once his strength grew but after encountering the current incident, he changed his mind!

This world was perilous and filled with unpredictabilities. Strengthening oneself was imperative; had he been able to sacrificially refine this Sub-divine Artifact earlier, he wouldn’t have been as endangered as just now. By then, wielding the Endless Sword while dressed in defensive treasures, Chen Feng’s safety would greatly improve!

Just because he couldn’t refine it didn’t mean others couldn’t!

With the altar recently having absorbed his sacrifices and generated endless energy, just like when refining the Endless Sword, Chen Feng decided to use the same method to refine the defensive treasure in his hands!

“I choose to sacrificially refine this garment!” Chen Feng knew the altar could understand his thoughts. Though it appeared ancient and simple, it seemed to possess supreme wisdom, possibly its most wondrous aspect!

“Go!”

Standing on the ground, Chen Feng gave a forceful toss, sending the lustrous garment flying into the air, landing at the altar’s center. As they touched, the initially rolling energy on the altar transformed into a horde of beasts, instantly pouncing on the surface of the Sub-divine Artifact!

Refinement!

Begins!