Chapter 948 (2/2)

He had, indeed, felt that the God of Light was exuding the aura of a greater Divine Power. But the extent of clarity was not even comparable to that of the Dragon of Chaos. So technically, the God of Light should still be quite far from a true breakthrough to becoming a greater Divine Power.

But… the combat power that the God of Light had displayed thus far had far surpassed that of the Dragon of Chaos.

He had left a clone of himself in the nest of the Dragon of Chaos. Earlier on, when he witnessed a scene of the God of Light in mighty action, he had approached the Dragon of Chaos to inquire about the matter. At that time, the Dragon of Chaos had kept silent for a long time. Then finally, with a long sigh, he said, “Even now, if we were to fight one-on-one, I still couldn’t beat him.”

What did this mean? After becoming a greater Divine Power, the God of Light would become much stronger than the Master of Chaos?

Or… the God of Light had, in fact, already progressed far down the road of becoming a greater Divine Power. It was just that he had not been able to observe it.

Sui Xiong was not sure.

In this final battle, Morani and a few courageous Orc Gods had once charged up to the front of the God of Light. It was a pity they did not manage to force him to show his hand in the end. But at that time, the God of Light was once again tempted to strike.

At that time, Morani could clearly feel that power pressure that felt as deep as the sea. That was a power that even the Master God of the Orcs, Lefon, had yet to encounter. It was also a power that the God of Justice, Yorgaardman, had yet to display—it was not a difference of the strong and weak. It was a difference in essential attributes.

So he specifically came looking for Sui Xiong to advise him not to make an enemy of the God of Light.

“I’m not sure if he has really become a greater Divine Power or not. But even if he hasn’t become a greater Divine Power, he’s already getting near to it,” Morani said with great worry. “Once he steps into the realm of the greater Divine Powers, I’m most afraid that he will want to carry out a massive cleanup. If you provoke him now, you are bound to be a thorn in his flesh, and when the time comes, you are going to be the first target he will attack!”

However, Sui Xiong did not heed his advice after all.

Before traversing worlds, Sui Xiong had always held this line in high regard, and it went like this, “To be a man, there are things that one should not do, and things that one has to do.” At that time, he did not have enough power to hold his head and chest high to claim that he was a man. But now, he did.

Since he had the power, why not do something he really wanted to do? Why should he put up with the things that he did not like?

So that green light fell from the sky, over and over again, stopping the human army from stepping into the Orc towns and villages, and also preventing the Orc deserters from fleeing into the civilian population.

“Since they want to fight, let them fight it out. Since they have stepped into the battlefield where they gamble with their lives, then they should only leave after the loser has emerged!” Sui Xiong thought as such.

In fact, the outcome was not so tragic. After a few major pursuits, the human army finally stopped in their tracks to begin their arrangements for follow-up work.

And at this time, the God of Light issued orders.

The races who had joined this battle to challenge the humans and lost as a result would no longer be able to retain their country and churches on the Main Plain. Also, they would not be able to establish military or commercial organizations, nor would they be able to possess any territory or maintain any titles.

If they still wished to remain on Earth, they could only be farmers, craftsmen, petty merchants or even mercenaries. Just like how the Half-Orcs used to be, they would be scattered all over the place, and they had to accept their fate of being under the rule of their lords.

If they were unwilling to accept these terms, then they could just leave the Main Plane.

Just like what those races who were defeated in war did in the past.

In addition, all the races, like the pygmies, who already left because they were defeated, but later returned to stir up so much trouble, had to leave this time. Not a single one was allowed to stay!

In short, this requirement was not exceptionally harsh. As compared to what most people had expected, it was considerably lax—it should be known that among the human gods, there were many who strongly requested to launch merciless revenge against all the other races.

This was what it meant by “a person had to bow to the circumstance he was faced with.” No matter how reluctant they were, the dwarves, Orcs, as well as the Marsh natives, eventually had to begin preparing to retreat before the final deadline given by the God of Light.

The only race that made no move was the elves.

It was not to say that they did not make any move at all. The elves’ choice was to summon as many of their kind back into the Ancient Forest as far as possible. Then they would set up a massive enchantment within the Ancient Forest.

It was clear that they intended to fight this to the end.

No one was optimistic about their ability to win, including Sui Xiong—back when the various races had combined efforts, they were still not a match for the humans. Now, with only the elves left, could they possibly win?

But the Grand Council of the Elves had displayed exceptional determination this time. The elderly elves and Demigod Masters had all stepped forth and emphasized that they were able to safeguard the homeland of the elves.

Where on earth did they find such confidence? Sui Xiong was very curious.

The gods were all very curious.

But now was not the time for curiosity.

There was another major thing that had to be done at the moment.

The humans did not rush into dealing with the elves who refused to concede defeat. Instead, they sent out invitations to the gods, welcoming them to visit the newly-established Human God Kingdom, the “Court of Victory.”

To view the promotion of the Master God of the humans, the God of Light, into a greater Divine Power.

Yes. Just as what many had speculated, the God of Light was going to make use of the advantageous stance of this war where the humans had defeated all the other races to gain absolute hegemony on the Main Plane. He was going to break through the limit of a great Divine Power and step into the realm of a greater Divine Power! And this was a realm where no other gods could enter except for the four great Master Gods!