Chapter 446 - 224: 80% Elementalization, the God-Slaying Operation Begins

Chapter 446: Chapter 224: 80% Elementalization, the God-Slaying Operation Begins

With the operation yet to begin, the three stood amidst the crowd, chatting in low voices.

Their conversation turned to the Dark Territory. Lu Yan, who clearly knew more than the others, began to explain in a hushed tone.

"Yesterday, the Spider Queen Rose used a ritual to have an avatar descend. Her Divine Kingdom, the Spider Demon Web, has already connected to the Dark Territory."

Pei Ze’s heart skipped a beat, and his expression immediately turned grim.

’No wonder my teacher summoned me in such a hurry.’

A Divine Kingdom is the core source of a Divine Spirit’s power. Losing it is tantamount to perishing.

Connecting her Divine Kingdom to the Dark Territory meant opening its gates. While the Spider Queen’s forces could now enter the Dark Territory to hunt down her enemies, those same enemies could also invade her Divine Kingdom and assassinate her.

This undoubtedly meant all-out war!

Don’t be fooled by the fact that the Spider Queen had only sent down an avatar for now. With the Divine Kingdom already connected to the Dark Territory, this avatar could transform into her true body at any moment.

"The Spider Queen is determined to deal with Shrinking Ropar this time!"

Lu Yan’s expression was incredibly grave.

Although he was a Level 4 Wizard on the verge of a breakthrough, he still felt immense pressure when facing a Divine Spirit—even if he wouldn’t be confronting it directly.

"After the war starts, those four will deal with the Spider Queen, so we don’t need to worry. The targets we truly need to face are the Prayerers in her Divine Kingdom."

A sharp glint flashed in Pei Ze’s eyes.

According to rumors, the Prayerers in the Spider Demon Web were mainly Wax Melting Demons and various other demons.

Their strength varied. The weakest, newly born Prayerers, were only at a Level 1 or 2 power level.

But some Prayerers that had existed for tens of thousands of years possessed power comparable to Level 4 or Level 5 Wizards.

Even with his Wizard Tower, Pei Ze didn’t dare to underestimate the Prayerers.

’Thankfully, I just condensed the Power of Rules.’

Feeling the twelve wisps of the Power of Rules in his Sea of Consciousness, Pei Ze breathed a small sigh of relief.

RUMBLE!

Just then, a stone platform suddenly rose in the center of the great hall. Halos of light gathered upon it, coalescing into four figures clad in Wizard Robes.

One of them was none other than Mo Weng.

Pei Ze instantly understood. These four on the stone platform must be the Wizards in charge of this gods-slaying operation, and also the main force that would fight the Divine Spirit.

As the four Wizards appeared, the great hall abruptly fell silent.

The gazes of all the Wizards focused on the four figures.

Among the four, a Red-haired Wizard stepped forward. His grave gaze swept over the crowd, and he gave a slight nod.

"Good. Everyone is here. We can begin the operation."

"I’ll dispense with the unnecessary pleasantries. We will deal with the Spider Goddess. The Prayerers and Divine Envoys are your responsibility."

"The spoils from this battle will be distributed afterward according to each of your contributions."

"Any objections?"

No one spoke.

The Red-haired Wizard nodded in satisfaction. His expression suddenly turned serious as he said in a deep voice:

"Move out."

The instant his voice fell, the sky above Chenxi City’s Inner City churned violently, forming a massive silver vortex.

At that moment, all the Elemental Mages in Chenxi City looked up toward the silver vortex in unison. Their expressions varied, but none of them moved.

Only dozens of Wizard Towers rose into the air at the same time, vanishing into the silver vortex like shooting stars.

...

「On the Stargazing Platform.」

Light flickered, and Tining appeared out of thin air. The first thing she did was look toward the figure in front of her.

"Pei Ze, what’s happening?" The Half Deer Maiden looked puzzled.

Just a moment ago, she had suddenly felt the Wizard Tower traversing planes, which startled her. She immediately contacted Tower Spirit No. 1, and upon learning that Pei Ze had returned, she came straight to the Stargazing Platform.

"Sorry, everything happened so suddenly. I didn’t have time to tell you." 𝑓𝑟ℯℴ𝓂

Pei Ze turned around and said with a smile.

"Remember that gods-slaying operation I told you about? We’re on our way to the Dark Territory right now."

Tining froze for a moment. When she came to her senses, her expression immediately grew solemn.

After all, they were about to face a Divine Spirit—and the legendary Spider Goddess, a Middle-tier Deity, at that.

A being of that level could easily crush her with a single thought. No amount of gravity was too much.

Pei Ze saw Tining’s expression but didn’t mock her.

After all, even he would never have participated in a gods-slaying operation if not for his Wizard Tower.

Soon, an inquiry from Leiot also arrived.

Pei Ze gave a brief explanation and told Leiot to remain on standby in the Ancient Tree Courtyard.

After more than half a year of recovery, Leiot’s injuries had fully healed, and it had returned to its peak condition.

Pei Ze had once used the Eye of Omniscience to inspect Leiot’s power.

While rooted to the earth, Leiot’s power was comparable to a Level 5 Wizard.

But if it left the ground, its power would decay to the level of a Level 4 Wizard with eighty to ninety percent elementalization.

Even so, this was still formidable strength.

In the Wizard Tower, at least, Leiot was the strongest besides Pei Ze.

Even Tining was a step below.

Although the Half Deer Maiden’s strength had improved during this time, she was only equivalent to a Level 4 Wizard with thirty to forty percent elementalization.

Next was Wuyu.

Because it hadn’t devoured any crow-type Magical Creatures since its evolution, its power had grown very slowly. It was now roughly equivalent to a Level 4 Wizard with twenty to thirty percent elementalization.

’After this operation is over, I should put Wuyu’s evolution on the agenda.’

Pei Ze glanced at the taskbar.

After his elementalization progress exceeded 80%, the cost to deduce a plan for Wuyu’s evolution to the Level 5 tier had been sharply reduced to 1,389 units of elemental origin.

At full speed, it could be completed in about half a month.

In any case, Leiot, Tining, and Wuyu would all be reliable and powerful assets in the upcoming operation.

Ordinary Prayerers would be nothing before these three.

In addition, there was the Golem Legion, composed of seven hundred Thunder God Golems.

The combat power of the Thunder God Golems was more than enough to deal with ordinary Prayerers.

Even against elite Prayerers, they could defeat the enemy by fighting as a team.

As he was pondering, the Wizard Tower suddenly trembled slightly.

Pei Ze looked up and saw that the scenery outside had undergone a world-altering change.

Before him was a plain shrouded in a thin green mist. The ground was covered with crisscrossing fissures of all sizes, spewing fire and poisonous gas into the air.

At the far end of the plain, the rock and soil abruptly vanished, replaced by an incomparably deep, black void.

Tens of millions of spider silks were woven into an unbelievably colossal web, floating in the void.

At the center of the web, a massive, spider-shaped fortress squatted silently. Its eight jointed legs rested on the silk strands, supporting its heavy body without the slightest sign of sinking.

It was made entirely of steel, exuding a cold, metallic sheen.

"This is... the Dark Territory?"

Pei Ze’s brow furrowed slightly.

Although he had never been to the Dark Territory, he had read many accounts of this plane in books.

The Dark Territory was said to be a sunless place, composed of countless intersecting tunnels and caverns, which didn’t match the current scene at all.

However, Pei Ze quickly realized this was most likely a change caused by the connection between the Spider Demon Web and the Dark Territory.

The power from the Divine Kingdom was gradually affecting the plane’s terrain.

And that enormous web in the distance must be the legendary Spider Demon Web.

"Is that the Spider Queen’s Divine Kingdom?"

Tining’s eyes widened as she gazed at the distant web, her eyes filled with awe.

She had never seen such a vast web; it seemed boundless.

"That’s right."

Pei Ze nodded slightly, his deep gaze fixed on the spider-shaped fortress squatting on the web.

"That castle should be the legendary palace of the Spider Queen."

"It’s said the Spider Queen often controls the spider fortress to roam along the web, patrolling her domain like a real spider."

"Except for Divine Spirits and Rule Wizards, any creature that dares to enter that palace without Rose’s permission will be trapped by the silk, lose their power, and waste away to death. Both Flying Spells and Teleportation Magic lose their effect within the web’s range."