1353 Birth of the Thunder God Part 1 (1/2)

The oracle flung its hand about and said with a frustrated tone, ”This thing was actually created by a god. Is this god out of its damn mind!? Why would it create something that would harm other gods!?”

Saleen pursed his lips. He could tell that among the 24 chains of the Shackles of the Fallen, the one that had been grabbed by the Evil Oracle looked lifeless. The Evil Oracle had actually gained something from that attack.

Saleen was truly at his wit's end. With all four of his figures in sealed states, they were no match for the Evil Oracle. Saleen had already used up most of his lightning abilities. His Eye of Lightning, like the Crystal Finger, had an incredibly short range, but its lethality paled in comparison to the Crystal Finger. After all, The Eye of Lightning was meant for control.

He could have taken a shot with his Crystal Finger. The problem was that he wasn't sure if he could kill the oracle with that skill: that oracle was just a specter; its true body was still in the abomination plane.

It was impossible for such a powerful being to fool the rules of the plane. If it burst into Myers Mainland by force, it would cost them and take some time.

That Evil Oracle had sent its specter there merely to keep Saleen occupied.

Damn, I've really underestimated the Heretic God!

Saleen could only have hoped Lex would arrive soon. All of them would have been able to enter the 12 Notes of First Purgatory while the equipment was brought away by Lex.

Her God's Ring was capable of withstanding Divine Punishment from the Oracle of Glory, which had been cast using the power of the Lord of Glory himself.

If only we could get up to the Floating City, he thought. The weapon spirit there was already a god, and the hundreds of metal angels could have been resurrected after perishing in battle. It was entirely possible for the 100,000 enchanters there to scramble elemental space.

The magic net of the Floating City could also prevent, and create, elemental storms.

When the space was thrown into chaos, the Evil Oracle would have been unable to catch up to him.

Saleen was doing calculations in his mind when that Evil Oracle simply sat down nearby and began chanting. It was apparent it knew it was incapable of dealing with the beings wrapped in the Shackles of the Fallen.

The Evil Oracle needed to bring its true body there before the Shackles of the Fallen's defense could be taken down.

The Evil Oracle didn't expect the gods to have created something so unique.

The Shackles of the Fallen were made specifically for dealing with divine beings. Whether gods, believers, oracles, angels, god beings or anything related to the gods, they would have been attacked according to the rules contained within the chains.

Moreover, those chains were of very high levels. If the power of the one wielding it was strong enough, the Evil Oracle might have ended up being dragged into purgatory and purified by those chains right away when they grabbed a being for testing.

Had the Shackles of the Fallen not been created by the Goddess of Myers, it would not have had been so powerful: As a level-18 god, the Goddess of Myers knew the rules of the gods very well.

The equipment she created, when wielded by someone with sufficient power, could have even sealed herself.

This is why the Evil Oracle was feeling so frustrated. It sat on the ground chanting while the Lightning Constellation, which had been forced to stay high up, continued casting lightning powers below.

The Evil Oracle wanted to fly up there and take that annoying thing down; however, the stout, eerie-looking weapon spirit within the Lightning Constellation was spurting electricity.

That thing wouldn't have been able to attack the Evil Oracle, but if the Evil Oracle attacked that weapon spirit, it would have ended up being tangled by the electricity.

Like Saleen, the Lightning Constellation's weapon spirit was protected by electricity but was incapable of attacking the Evil Oracle.

The Evil Oracle was moving too fast. Unless its true body showed up, a professional of even greater power would have been required to attack it.

Evil chants resounded throughout the hall. Over 100,000 abominations knelt on the ground and chanted as well. That allowed the Evil Oracle's true body to show up even faster.

A thought formed in the weapon spirit of the Lightning Constellation's mind. It took the Lightning Constellation and charged at the abominations kneeling on the ground. The eight Armoring Lightning Beads were moving very slowly.

But given how the abominations simply knelt and didn't dare to budge even an inch, they couldn't do anything when the beads punched through their bodies and purified them.

The Evil Oracle saw all of that and looked even more frustrated. The chanting affected the abominations, and the weapon spirit took advantage of them. Although the weapon spirit was indeed powerful, it did not seem to be all that intelligent.

The weapon spirit's mind somehow opened up, probably because of the stress of battle, and as a human, it began to think about tactics.

That weapon spirit quickly attacked the abominations in the hall without Saleen giving orders. It was naturally capable of controlling all eight beads. That thing was part of the territory after all.

Saleen's territory was also a weird one. It fused with Lightning Constellation, which enabled the weapon spirit to become a part of the territory.

The Evil Oracle didn't care about the well-being of those abominations; however, when they died, the advent speed of the oracle's true body slowed considerably.

Myers Mainland was a main plane, and despite the weakening of the mainland's powers, its rules remained the most frightening of all. If they were to simply force themselves there, they would have needed to pay the price by having one whole level stripped away.

The effects of the lowering level would have been permanent, and they would not have been able to stay back in the plane for long. If they didn't finish their task, their Lord Heretic God would not have restored their powers. By then, they would have been nothing special compared to many other oracles.