Chapter 232: The God of Darkness

The moment that voice spoke, the Night Elf Queen's face changed.

The God of Darkness!

The Night Elf Queen never imagined the God of Darkness had manifested power!

Heaven!

Wasn't the Abyssal Rift already sealed?

How could the God of Darkness manifest power!

Has the God of Darkness grown so powerful that she ignores the Abyssal Barrier?

Impossible!

The Abyssal Barrier is too strong; even if the God of Darkness were stronger, she couldn't possibly ignore the Abyssal Barrier—otherwise wouldn't everything fall into chaos?

"It's not the God of Darkness manifesting power now!"

The Night Elf Queen speculated.

Realizing this, her heart eased slightly.

That cold voice also left the many Night Elves present in doubt and unease.

The Night Elf Queen suddenly realized something and shouted:

"Those who haven't prayed yet—pray quickly! The God of Darkness has hidden some energy within each of you—don't let her gather that energy!"

She now understood why the God of Darkness's voice had appeared here.

As a powerful Abyssal Demon God, even though the God of Darkness had cursed the Night Elf race, she wouldn't keep her gaze fixed here forever.

The Divine Lands are vast—how could the God of Darkness possibly pay constant attention to this tiny Night Elf tribe?

Even if a few individuals among the Night Elves broke the curse, she wouldn't care.

Only now, as the Night Elves began to break the curse en masse,

did it trigger a mechanism the God of Darkness had left behind.

All gods' divine cores have such a "mechanism."

For example, Lin Yan's virtual divine core, he sets keywords to filter his followers' prayers.

When a follower prays and mentions that keyword, Lin Yan might hear it.

Additionally, there's another mechanism: if a thousand people pray simultaneously for the same thing, Lin Yan might hear it too.

That's the mechanism—a condition must be met for the god to turn attention.

Otherwise, with so many believers, how could a god listen to prayers all day long?

It would drive one mad.

Another mechanism: for instance, Lin Yan granted the Centaur warriors in war the eligibility to gain Explosive Flame through prayer—this was handled autonomously by the virtual divine core.

Similarly, now, granting these fifty thousand Night Elves the flame to dispel the curse is also a mechanism.

When these fifty thousand Night Elves pray, only if their faith in Lin Yan reaches a certain threshold will the virtual divine core, via the thread of faith, automatically descend Lin Yan's specially crafted flame capable of dispelling the curse.

If not, nothing!

But every Night Elf praying now has reached that threshold!

The mechanism behind this curse works the same way.

When too many Night Elves break the curse, it activates the hidden mechanism.

When she cast the curse, the God of Darkness embedded a minuscule amount of divine power within each Night Elf via the curse.

Lin Yan had already discovered the God of Darkness's handiwork when he helped Princess Chenxi dispel the curse.

At the time, Lin Yan thought it was energy sustaining the curse—he didn't care; with these divine powers present, the energy points consumed by his specially crafted flame wouldn't just break even—he'd make a small profit, even gain some evolution points!

But the curse didn't need energy to sustain itself.

These minuscule divine powers are now converging.

At least half the Night Elves in the square still haven't prayed.

Because they fear too many praying at once, they're praying in batches.

If the minuscule divine powers within over twenty-five thousand Night Elves were gathered together, they'd form a formidable amount of divine power.

Moreover, it appears these divine powers conceal a sliver of the God of Darkness's consciousness.

To avoid detection and reduce consumption, the God of Darkness split her consciousness into many fragments.

Now, they're all converging!

The Night Elf Queen's warning came too late.

For above the dungeon, a phantom form was taking shape.

That phantom was composed of over a hundred drops of divine power!