Chapter 1545: The Goddess’ Weaknesses (part 3) (1/2)

“Stay behind!” The followers on the goddess’s side split up, and she stayed together with Saleen, charging at the general and the grandmaster.

The general and the grandmaster retreated. However, they were both getting into a single grave.

They knew that if they were to split up, they would have definitely ended up dead. The space within a grave was very stable, as it would not have enabled the heroic spirits to survive otherwise. However, a stable space did not mean it packed powerful defense. Both the Grandmaster or the General would have died horrible deaths if they were to take on attacks from either Saleen or the goddess. They were utterly incapable of gaining any advantage from the powers of the space within their graves.

Saleen followed closely behind the goddess. He saw the Withering Dance on her hand emanating power of rules. In that instant, the weakness of the Withering Dance appeared right before Saleen.

However, he knew that it was little more than a trick that the goddess played. If he were to truly exploit such a weakness, he would have died a horrible death. Even though the goddess was oblivious to the fact that Saleen was observing, she knew that Saleen would not have given up the chance to look deeper into it.

The only problem, however, was that if the Withering Dance had no weaknesses, then she would not have needed to deliberately reveal an opening at all. Furthermore, the opening was one that not even the likes of the grandmaster would have been able to tell. Only beings with the power of the soul at Saleen’s level would have probably made anything out of it.

A trap made specifically for him? Or just playing weak deliberately?

The space within the general’s grave shrunk further. After suffering serious damage in their previous battle, both the general and the grandmaster shrunk the space within their graves, as they were no longer able to maintain the spaces at their original sizes.

There were two skeletons in the center of the space. Both the general and the grandmaster pounced on the skeletons, and the piles of bones came alive immediately.

The general’s skeleton was covered by a layer of armor, while the grandmaster was clothed a magic robe, making him look like a death mage.

Saleen and the goddess’s subordinates did not get into the grave. The advantage of level superiority was glaringly apparent within the grave, and they would not have been of any help. They were tasked to take on the remaining heroic spirits, not letting a single one of them survive.

It was very difficult to destroy every single grave, as every single one of them had a fixed space, which would take a huge amount of power to completely destroy. If it had not been for both Saleen and the goddess taking a huge number of subordinates with them, it would have been an impossible task. There was no way they could have circumvented the process. Destruction of every single grave required an equivalent amount or an even greater amount of power.

Both the general and the grandmaster were forced to return to their skeletons, giving up all plans of resurrection and becoming half-dead beings instead. One could have only imagined just how angry the two of them were. Both of them suffered considerable losses by becoming half-deads.

Saleen and the goddess smiled at each other. They had finally able to get rid of the threat that was the Cemetery of Heroes once and for all. If they had been willing to become half-deads a long time ago, the goddess would not have gone far as to wanting to kill every single one of them.

Half-deads did not stay alive by sucking up power of the Source of the mainland, which meant that they would be of no harm to the mainland. Their existence would absorb powers from all kinds of spirit planes, strengthening Myers Mainland instead.

However, given how the goddess and Saleen had cornered them so badly that they had to take such a form, there was no way the general and the grandmaster would have agreed to a truce.

If one of those two were allowed to leave, they would have gone on to massacre everything on the mainland, destroying everything that both Saleen and the goddess held dear.

“Take your pick, Saleen,” The goddess said.

“I’ll take the grandmaster then. I’ve always wanted to open up that as**ole’s brain and see what’s inside.”

“Heh heh, no offense but, everyone with decent brains from the First Dynasty has practically left this crystal wall system. As for those who were left behind, well, you know how they are,” the goddess continued with a condescending tone.

“Heh, aren’t you one of the ones who were left behind?” A long, thin sword appeared on the general’s hand, glaring at the goddess coldly. The soul flames in his eye sockets were solid, just like that of a living being’s eyes.

“I elected to stay behind. I love this place after all.” The goddess saw no reason to get riled up. She and Saleen had the absolute advantage, after all. The enemy could trash-talk all they wanted, and it would not do a single thing to change the outcome.

The grandmaster and the general reluctantly split up. While combining their attacks would have boosted their combat prowess, their enemies were not against each other, so they would have still been at a disadvantage. Their enemies could also combine their powers. Both of them were able to see how Saleen worked with the goddess. The explosion of that black ball of light was controlled by the goddess. The shards from the ball would not have hit every single heroic spirit otherwise.

Saleen slowly walked to a distance just 50 meters away from the grandmaster and said, “Grandmaster, did you ever foresee this day would come when you were doing what you did against me all those years ago?”

“I did.” The grandmaster was not in a hurry to attack. He needed time to fuse his power with his skeleton after all. Since Saleen was willing to chat, he saw no reason to not do so. The longer the fighting was dragged out, the higher his combat capacity would become.

“One has to pay the equivalent price of what they desire. I paid my price back then. It’s time you pay yours now.”

“Hehe, but you’ll need to pay a new price for killing me. Your powers might be greater than mine, Saleen. But I, too, am a level 17 mage. Do you think you could really make short work of me?”