Chapter 465: Becoming a God!
At that moment, Aiden looked absolutely terrible.
All four of his limbs were broken.
His chest had caved in.
His divine bones were exposed.
Almost all of his organs had been crushed into pieces in the collision just now.
Golden divine blood poured down like heavy rain, dyeing the scorched ground beneath him gold.
And yet, he was still alive.
[Ding! The 10,000x critical hit system has successfully locked the host’s HP. The host’s life signs are stable. Injuries are being repaired at 10,000 times speed!]
Under the nearly breathless stares of countless people, Aiden, who lay in the ruins, used his broken right arm to force himself up little by little.
He knelt on one knee and gasped for breath.
Every breath brought more divine blood spilling from his mouth.
But he slowly raised his head and looked at the thunderclouds that were beginning to collapse and fade away.
A proud, wild smile appeared on his lips.
"The heavenly tribulation... is over."
His voice was not loud.
But it reached everyone’s ears clearly.
Boom!
The next second, a golden divine light burst out from Aiden’s broken body.
It shot straight into the sky, as if it could pierce the heavens.
The void, which had been torn full of holes by the lightning tribulation, began to repair itself at a visible speed under the glow of the golden light.
The black clouds that had covered the sky for three full days finally disappeared at that moment.
The clear sky, unseen for so long, appeared once again.
Inside the divine light, Aiden’s body was being rebuilt at a miraculous speed.
Every inch of his skin shone with immortal divinity.
Lesser God!
At that moment, Aiden had completely crossed the line between mortal and god.
He became the only being on Earth in a thousand years to survive a tribulation and become a god!
Inside Celestial Imperial City, earth-shaking cheers erupted.
"We won! Lord Aiden has become a god!"
"The Great Shaw Empire has a god now! Earth can still be saved!"
Cheryl collapsed to the ground.
Tear marks were still on her face, but at last, she showed a relieved smile.
At the same time, deep inside the City Lord’s Mansion of Celestial Imperial City.
Kelsey, who had been lying in bed and suffering from the resentment of the supreme Miko, suddenly opened her eyes.
The black resentment inside her body completely disappeared the moment Aiden became a god and the divine light shone across the world.
It was like fresh snow melting under the hot sun.
Her small face, which had been as pale as paper, finally regained its color.
"Kelsey!"
Eira, who had been guarding her the whole time, was overjoyed.
She quickly pulled her daughter into her arms.
However, before the cheers from Celestial Imperial City could spread across the Great Shaw Empire...
Buzz-!
The entire Earth suddenly shook violently without any warning.
It was not an ordinary earthquake.
Aiden suddenly turned his head.
His divine sense surged like a tide, piercing through the surface and reaching the deepest part of Earth.
There, deep inside the core of Earth, which had been sleeping for thousands of years...
A terrifying will slowly opened its eyes at the moment Aiden became a god.
It was older than the Abyss.
It was more evil than the Heavenly Demon.
A low, hoarse call, filled with endless greed and coldness, quietly sounded in the depths of Aiden’s soul.
The shaking deep underground lasted for only an instant before it was forcefully suppressed by the golden divine light rising into the sky.
Aiden took a deep breath.
He forced down the faint and strange call deep inside his soul, then looked at the system panel that only he could see.
[Name: Aiden]
[Class: Magic Apprentice(Legendary Rank)]
[Level: Level 100(Lesser God)]
[Law Comprehension: Law of Space(23.4%), Law of Thunder(22.8%), Law of Slaughter(21.9%), Law of Fire(24.1%)]
Although his understanding of the laws was only around twenty-three percent, and he was still far from fully mastering them, things were different for him.
With the terrifying boosts from the 10,000x critical hit system-a hundred times, a thousand times, even ten thousand times stronger-the power of the laws he could unleash had already surpassed that of an ordinary Lesser God.
"So this is... the Strength of a god?"
Aiden slowly clenched his fists.
He could feel that what flowed through his body was no longer ordinary mana.
It was thick like mercury, golden in color, and filled with an immortal aura.
Buzz!
He casually waved his hand.
Wherever his fingers passed, the void was torn open as easily as paper, revealing a dark and cold spatial crack.
Crackle!
A tiny wisp of the Law of Thunder danced on his fingertip.
But even that faint trace instantly turned the space around him into a sea of heavenly lightning, giving off a terrifying pressure, as if it represented the punishment of the heavens.
Under the nourishment of divine power, his injuries healed completely at a speed visible to the naked eye.
His broken golden divine bones were once again wrapped in clear, flawless divine flesh, giving off a faint, strange fragrance.
Aiden slowly stood up.
His white robe moved without any wind.
At that moment, he looked like a supreme god who had walked out from ancient times.
His divine might was as vast as the sea.
No one dared to look directly at him.
"We greet you, Lord City Lord!"
"Welcome, City Lord! You have ascended in broad daylight and become a god!"
Inside Celestial Imperial City, countless Reclassers dropped to one knee at the same time.
Their eyes were filled with fanatical worship and deep awe.
He had become a god!
After a thousand years of darkness, the human race of Earth had finally given birth to its first native god who had survived a heavenly tribulation!
The terrifying waves of divine might and law power swept across the entire Earth like a hurricane.
They even pierced through the barrier of the Golden Great Wall and reached all the way into the Abyss!
In the Great Shaw Empire, inside the imperial palace of the Sovereign City.
Eira stood on the stargazing platform and looked toward Celestial Imperial City.
A clear tear slid from the corner of her eye, but a relieved smile appeared on her lips.
"He did it... The Great Shaw Empire can still be saved."
In the lower levels of the Abyss, within the territory of the Miko clan.
Rainn stood on the altar, looking at the faint golden light of law appearing in the sky.
She cried tears of joy and clasped her hands tightly together.
"Aiden... you really didn’t let us down."
On the Golden Great Wall.
Zoey looked at the golden light screen covering the entire Earth.
With a thud, she dropped to her knees and bowed deeply toward Celestial Imperial City.
"Welcome, my lord, as you become a god!"
In the far north, deep inside a glacier covered by wind and snow.
Bella, who had been in seclusion, suddenly opened her eyes.
A rare look of shock flashed through her deep ice-blue eyes.
"That little guy... actually made it this far."
"Aiden!"
A small red figure rushed over with sobs and joy.
Like a young bird returning to its nest, she crashed hard into Aiden’s arms.
Cheryl wrapped her arms tightly around Aiden’s neck and buried her face in his chest.
Her tears would not stop falling.
"You scared me to death... I thought that lightning ball was going to kill you. Boo-hoo..."
Aiden felt the warmth in his arms.
The coldness and divine pressure in his eyes instantly melted away, turning into deep tenderness.
He reached out with his broad hand and gently rubbed Cheryl’s little head.
Then he softly wiped away the blood and tears on her face.
"Silly girl, I promised you all that I would come back safely."
"I, Aiden, always keep my word."
It was a simple sentence, but it carried unmatched dominance and confidence.
However, while the humans of Earth were lost in wild joy over the birth of their first god...
In the deepest part of the Abyss, the uppermost layer of the Abyss.
It was a land of absolute darkness, where even light could not reach.
There lived the most terrifying Imperial Rank race in all of the Abyss-
The Heavenly Demon Clan.
Rumble!
As the aura of Aiden’s godhood spread out, this dark world, which had been silent for countless years, suddenly began to shake violently.
"This aura... it belongs to the humans of Earth..."
"The aura of the Great Destruction is speeding up..."
Ancient and terrifying thoughts crossed each other in the darkness.
They were filled with endless greed and a desire to destroy.
Crack!
In the deepest part of the darkness stood an ancient black stone tablet, ten thousand meters tall and carved with countless divine runes.
It was one of the Seven Supreme Seals that had sealed the Heavenly Demon Clan for countless years.
At that moment, with a sharp and piercing sound, a hideous crack quietly split open at the center of the stone tablet...
...
Celestial Imperial City was filled with golden light.
The whole city was drowned in almost crazy cheers.
Countless Reclassers cried tears of joy.
"A human god! Lord Aiden has become a god!"
"Hahaha! After a thousand years, we finally have our own native god who has survived a heavenly tribulation!"
Countless cups of wine were thrown into the sky.
Countless magical fireworks bloomed in broad daylight, bright and dazzling.
In the sky, Aiden stood in the void, dressed in white.
Around him, four divine rings of law faintly shone together.
Space was collapsing.
Thunder was surging.
Slaughter was roaring.
Flames were rising.
Even a tiny trace of divine pressure released by accident was enough to make the space within tens of thousands of miles as solid as iron, unbreakable by any disaster.
Cheryl held tightly onto his arm.
Her beautiful face was full of pride and dependence.
Not far away, the Level 95 Venerable James, Guildmaster Atlas, and the others all bowed with feverish respect on their faces.
This was Aiden’s moment.
It was also a celebration for the entire human race.
However, beneath the noise of this worldwide celebration, an extreme crisis of destruction had already arrived in silence.
In the deepest part of the Abyss, the uppermost layer of the Abyss.
It was a land of absolute darkness, where even light could not reach.
It was known as the "Forbidden Zone of the Gods."
Boom!
The earth split apart without a sound.
Endless demonic energy turned into a black tide, crashing wildly against the void.
On the ten-thousand-meter-tall black stone tablet carved with divine runes, that hideous crack was slowly spreading wider.
A faint trace of supreme demonic energy, weak but noble beyond measure, quietly seeped out from the crack.
Buzz-
The void trembled.
All things fell into dead silence.
In the darkness, two huge crimson lights, like burning suns, slowly opened.
They were the eyes of a terrifying being that had slept for ten thousand years.
One of the Seven Pillars of the Heavenly Demon-
The Demon of "Pride."
Its body was so huge it was beyond imagination.
With only the slightest movement, the laws and order of the entire uppermost layer of the Abyss shattered completely.
"At last... the time has come."
Its voice was like countless souls wailing at once.
It pierced through layer after layer of space and struck deep into the soul.
"The aura of the Great Destruction is speeding up..."
"The seal on Earth has already begun to loosen."
"This time, who can stop us?"