1138 Water Element Part 2 (1/2)

The original goal of the goddess leaving so many temples behind was to enable the people who chose to resurrect her to be converted into believers and have them live in the temples.

As such, the temples were built using the best materials. However, she never anticipated that one of the people would take the halls apart.

'Gods are not omnipotent' was said by astrologers.

Saleen could not wait to go to the 23rd hall. The hall's core was not an altar; it was a cage. A divine power cage!

The cage was carved entirely from crystals. It was over 30 meters tall and countless green holy prose was found in the crystal, which was still coursing about. Saleen approached the cage and peered inside.

A tall water elemental creature was caged inside.

The creature looked like a fox. The water element that made up its body formed into thin, white, dense coat of fur. It was unknown how long it had been caged there, but it was a surprise that the elemental power had yet to dissipate.

Saleen came to the side of the cage and the water elemental creature opened its eyes to look at Saleen, shutting its eyes again.

A very high level creature indeed! Saleen was able to see intelligence in the eyes of the water fox. It was locked up, but it showed no signs of aggression. It was obvious that the goddess left it as a gift for later generations.

Saleen smirked. The others might have wanted to tame the fox, but he had no such intention and simply stored the entire cage in the Ring of Gifts. The cage was an independent piece and not connected to the earth. The coursing holy prose within the crystal was unable to resist the power of the ring.

The internal space of the Ring of Gifts had expanded tens of times after acquiring power of faith from the divine baby. He was not worried at all about leaving; he had ample divine power to spare.

The water fox panicked, but it was stored in the ring before it could even think of ways to mesmerize Saleen.

Taming the fox was supposed to be a test, as it required him to be able to control the divine power cage. The problem however, was that Saleen was not in the mood for any tests. The expanding of the Ring of Gifts seemed to be done specifically for taking in the cage.

The hall began to shake as the cage disappeared into the Ring of Gifts, splitting and creating a portal leading straight to the last hall.

Saleen took to the air and headed straight for the last hall, which was standard dimensions. However, the area outside the temple was filled with tightly packed holy prose, circling around the temple.

He took a step forward and found that the ring was no longer able to grant him smooth passage.The holy prose shut out all power. He was unable to get through even after putting in divine power.

Green light shrouded the entire hall and a blue piece of crystal was seen hovering on the altar.

He peered into it with his Elemental Eye and saw a huge world, which was housed within the blue crystal. However, the world was completely dead.

Desire began to well in Saleen's mind. He had to get the crystal for himself!

It was coalesced from something that surpassed water element. If he was not mistaken, it was a manifestation of a divine persona!

The divine persona had been sealed by the Goddess of Myers using divine power seals. Even if the god the divine persona belonged to had its divine fire reignited, the god would not be able to find it. Saleen wandered outside the temple in frustration, having no idea how to get past the seals and take the blue crystal.

Saleen's mind calmed after pacing for a few rounds. He realized that he had all kinds of precious materials. The level 19 Star Gathering Needle far surpassed the divine persona in value.

While the divine persona was left behind by a water type god and would do him a lot of good, but if he were to take up faith in Myers because of it, he would trade himself for something lesser, and that would be a true loss.

He analyzed the intention of that temple once again. He learned from Agares that many of the temples left behind by the goddess were tailored for specific targets. Agares was looking for the one with skills and equipment left behind for assassins. The temple that Saleen was in was left behind for water mages, and it coincidentally held things that Saleen needed.

It was tremendously tempting, but if he took the bait, he would have to make himself an adherent of a faith. The first hall was made to have the water mage that entered embrace the nature faith.

Once that was taken care of, the massive amounts of divine power gems stored in the following halls would allow the faith to grow and evolve, making the adherent powerful. The shenhe in the 22nd hall was capable of allowing a water mage to advance!

A water elemental creature was in the 23rd hall, caged by the divine power cage. If the water mage who entered had become a high level adherent and a high level sorcerer, it would enable them to open the cage and tame the water fox!

If the water fox were tamed into a divine beast, the mage would be granted passage to the last hall, allowing them to take the divine persona.

Way to go indeed, Myers!

Saleen smirked coldly. It was fortunate for him to have grown so knowledgeable, having ventured to the Imperial City of the Abyss and being taught by Gaine. He might have actually taken the bait and become a believer of the goddess otherwise.

As soon as he received the goddess' blessing, it would make it very difficult for him to shake her off.

He took out the goddess' statue and cast Water Flame, crafting it beneath the hall's steps.

Saleen etched lightning magic patterns on the statue. It was a plan that he had kept in mind for a long time. It was originally meant for crafting the shenhe, as he had already experimented on the shenhe that he had gotten before. Crafting this time was a plan that he been hatching for a long time.