Chapter 779: Soul Contract

The Divine Guards in mid-air were full of horror. They didn't expect the Divine Spirit they worshipped to actually be killed in a single encounter.

Furthermore, they felt a sense of emptiness inwardly, as if something extremely important had disappeared.

That was their Faith.

"My Lord!" They let out angry roars. Tangible fury burst forth from their bodies as they charged forward heedlessly, wanting to avenge their Divine Spirit.

However, figures flashed in mid-air, intercepting them in an instant. After a burst of clashing sounds, the battle was ended cleanly and efficiently.

"Near this planet, there are still a few Divine Spirits. Go deal with them," Li Yu ordered.

"Understood." Siegel's voice sounded nearby, and then a figure could vaguely be seen disappearing.

The God Council here wasn't like the Interstellar space outside; the twelve Super Lifeforms were placed in the open.

Moreover, they were extremely xenophobic, viewing the God Council as their own backyard and forbidding any Outside Civilizations from encroaching.

Therefore, the widely renowned Transformation Legion couldn't be brought along.

Those Mechanical Lifeforms capable of transforming had already resounded throughout the entire Interstellar space.

Not just in terms of combat, but Sinai had also signed quite a few Licensing Agreements, including some film, television, and Merchandise distribution rights, providing him with a considerable sum of funds.

This also led to the Transformation Legion's reputation practically To Sweep Through Young Children under ten years old across various races, causing their parents to inevitably learn more about them as well.

Under these various factors, as long as the Transformation Legion appeared here, even a fool would know something was wrong.

So, this time he brought another team that wasn't as easily identifiable, but whose strength couldn't be underestimated—the Force Legion led by Siegel.

The number of people in this portion wasn't large. Force Modification could only be carried out personally by Li Yu, and only one at a time, making the efficiency extremely low.

Under these circumstances, it was destined that they couldn't crazily mass-produce troops like the Transformation Legion, and could only take the elite route.

Originally, Li Yu still wanted to properly develop in the Interstellar space and set up some Base or organization.

But the multiple overt and covert struggles with the Star Glory Empire previously made him completely figure it out.

His development time was too short. Even if he set up some Base outside, it was impossible to catch up with those large organizations overall.

Moreover, if anything happened, it would still be a burden, so he ultimately decided to take a streamlined route.

This group of people thus continuously collected some relatively precious materials, as well as certain issues.

This group wasn't a secret in the eyes of some people either, but they could disguise themselves, whereas the Transformation Legion couldn't disguise themselves at all.

Outside this planet, several Divine Spirits maintained an Astrolabe-Like Device, forming a special blockade boundary.

"I heard that not long after this newly appointed God of Death rose to power, she was targeted by My Lord." One of the Divine Spirits discussed casually.

"Tsk, that's the God of Death. I wonder who this portion of power will fall upon next." Another Divine Spirit said with a hint of envy.

"Anyway, it definitely won't be us minor Divine Spirits..."

As the few were conversing, they suddenly discovered that an extremely high Energy Fluctuation erupted on the planet below. It seemed a battle had occurred.

"The God of Fury's efficiency is truly high, finding the target so quickly."

Their attention was drawn, and the Energy Fluctuation quickly disappeared, but they weren't surprised.

The strength of this God of Death wasn't a match for the God of Fury. Solving it so swiftly should be the normal speed.

"Eh, what's wrong with your face..." As they were sighing, one of the Divine Spirits suddenly pointed at his companion's face and said in shock.

He saw a series of cracks surface on the other party's face. The light of Energy shone through from within, and then quickly annihilated into fragments.

A Black Dagger with red patterns on its surface passed through his body, and then in an instant pierced through the bodies of the other several Divine Spirits, eventually returning to Siegel's hand.

His expression was indifferent. After confirming the enemies were eliminated, he vanished from this place.

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"I thought it would be the God of War coming personally, but it turned out to just be a Divine Spirit under his command." Looking at the spot where the God of Fury's Corporeal Form disappeared, Li Yu couldn't help but shake his head and say.

After receiving Mo Duo's message, he rushed here without stopping.

Because he knew he would step foot into the Council sooner or later, his preparations were considered quite complete.

Without spending too much time, he successfully met up with Mo Duo.

And Mo Duo, relying on the [Crown of Sin], evaded the God of War's pursuit multiple times. Nothing like him arriving as a Rescue in the Nick of Time happened.

"The God of War couldn't possibly appear easily. All the Councilors won't easily take the field during a Divine War," Mo Duo shook her head and said.

This involved many Rules of the Council's Divine War.

Logically speaking, the Twelve Chief God Councilors could exert the power of Super Lifeforms within the Council's territory.

Under these circumstances, it should be impossible for any Divine Spirit to challenge their authority.

Yet the twelve Councilors of the Council still continuously changed. The inside story of this was related to the Divine War Rules.

The many Rules of a Divine War were very complicated. There were some ancient Divine Spirits who specialized in researching Divine War Rules, and the Rules they discovered were enough to write a thick tome.

Among them was one of the most simple and brutal Rules: the Divine Seat Challenge Rule.

If a Divine Spirit challenged a Councilor, then the Councilor would lose the might of using their Divine Seat Ability against them.

That is to say, they couldn't use the power of a Super Lifeform to deal with the challenger.

But there was only this single restriction. Everything else, like besieging, wasn't prohibited, much less forbidding the Councilor from taking action against them.

So to truly pull a Councilor off their horse, one still needed to eliminate all the Divine Spirits under their command and set up various traps.

And to initiate this challenge, one also had to be face-to-face with the Councilor, under the witness of the Divine Throne, which was very troublesome.

This resulted in the time span of each Divine War being astonishingly long under these circumstances.

Wanting to avoid it was also very simple, just act like a Coward.

But the crux of the problem was that every newly appointed Councilor had a large number of followers in order to contend with the previous Councilor.

Since they became a Councilor, they had to properly arrange their followers, and deal with even more followers.

Their faction would naturally swell up.

Once a Divine War began, if one Divine Spirit got involved and called upon their friends, the Councilor would find themselves Bafflingly drawn into the Divine War.

If they truly acted like a Coward, their subordinates wouldn't be willing either.

Coupled with the interwoven grudges among the major Councilors, secretly tripping each other up was unavoidable.

Even if they completely cast aside their face and acted like a Coward to the extreme, it still wouldn't work.

If a challenger directly fought their way to the Council of All Gods and sat on the corresponding Divine Throne, it would still forcibly initiate the challenge.

"Why does this sound so much like the Investiture of the Gods, 'Fellow Daoist, Please Stay' right..." Li Yu muttered a couple of sentences. Although he had a rough understanding, it still wasn't as clear as Mo Duo's explanation.

"However, it still feels a bit off..."

As the twelve seats ruling the Council, it always felt like they changed way too frequently.

That's not right... Li Yu suddenly narrowed his eyes. Strictly speaking, the twelve seats of the Council weren't considered the rulers.

According to what the Fallen Titan said, there should still be a hierarchy division above them.

If this was the case, then it was easy to understand.

Of course, subordinates couldn't never be replaced. If one was disobedient or had ulterior motives, they had to be kicked out and replaced.

It's just that the Council here only had Twelve Divine Thrones, and the system was incomplete, which led to the frequent outbreak of unstable wars like Divine Wars.

"Eh, I seem to be a Divine Spirit too..." Li Yu suddenly remembered something. Although he didn't develop in the direction of a Divine Spirit later on, his Identity as a Divine Spirit couldn't be changed.

"It's useless..." Mo Duo seemed to have seen through his inner thoughts, and poured a basin of cold water on him: "If you want to initiate a Divine Seat challenge, you must first be a Divine Spirit recognized by the Twelve Divine Thrones."

"You didn't become a god in the Council, so it doesn't recognize you."

Li Yu clicked his tongue, somewhat disappointed. A Divine Seat challenge could only challenge one Councilor at a time, restricting one Super Lifeform.

But even so, it was considered a Trump Card. Unfortunately... the Twelve Divine Thrones didn't recognize him.

But it made sense. If foreign gods could also easily issue challenges, then the God Council couldn't possibly exist until now.

The Star Glory Empire would have long cultivated a large number of Divine Spirits externally, and then come in to initiate Divine Seat challenges in batches.

"Forget it, let's get down to business. Where is that guy you mentioned?" Li Yu changed the subject and asked.

Mo Duo brushed her hair and said: "The God of Shaman Spirits' territory. It's not too far from here, but if you want to get the helmet, there's still a minor trouble."

"You mean that Soul Contract, it's just a minor problem." Li Yu didn't seem to care and chuckled.

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At the same time, where the God of War's divine temple was located.

The massive divine temple hovered in the Starry Universe. Its mottled outer walls were full of marks from swords and axes, as well as various large-scale war murals.

Sixteen thick Black Chains tethered eight planets.

The faint light emitted by the divine temple could forever only shine on a portion of the planets.

And the unlit portions were always mired in darkness and biting cold.

Even so, one could still see endless living beings on these sixteen planets fighting bloody battles.

There were all kinds of races, wearing Ancient Armor, lacking any fear as they fought bravely against enemies.

But if one observed carefully, they could discover that they had no faction distinctions. It seemed that besides themselves, everyone else was an enemy.

Occasionally, a Blood-Colored Light Beam would fall, enveloping the bravest and most valiant lifeforms.

And when other nearby lifeforms saw this, they would cast envious glances, and then plunge even more into the ensuing battles.

Hoping that they too could be chosen and become a supreme God's Warrior.

In the main hall of the divine temple, the God of War wearing armor sat upright on his divine seat. Before him were countless war scenes.

There were pure warfare struggles between Ordinary Lifeforms, flesh and blood splattering, wails Ringing in One's Ears.

There were also world-destroying battles between more Advanced Stage lifeforms, causing massive destruction to the Earth.

Through the gaps in the armor, one could see his well-proportioned muscles. His eyes were tightly closed, as if listening to the wails of war.

Only war was his true love, and only war could please him.

However, just as he was savoring war, he suddenly seemed to sense something. He abruptly opened his eyes, and the sound of chilling slaughter could vaguely be heard.

A scene reflected in his pupils. It was a fiery red star, surrounded by countless faintly glowing stars.

One of the stars closer to him had abruptly extinguished at this moment, accompanied by the wails of countless Believers.

"Fury was killed, erased from the source, unable to even undergo Faith Reshape."

Weak Divine Spirits were one thing, but relatively powerful Divine Spirits were actually very difficult to kill.

They could utilize Faith Reshape within their own Divine Realms.

And Faith was a special power with Quantum Properties; conventional methods found it very difficult to obliterate.

"Who is it, the Sun or the Nightmare? That minor God of Death certainly doesn't have this strength."

"Have they also discovered the traces of the helmet?"

The God of War showed a thoughtful look, and the many war scenes before him also vanished. Ferocious-looking muscular men wearing heavy armor stood like iron pagodas on both sides of the divine temple.

"Kursa!" he shouted. Faint golden patterns flickered on the stone floor steeped in the blood of war, and a projection gradually surfaced.

He wore gorgeous Noble robes and prostrated on the ground: "My Lord."

"Have you not obtained the item yet?"

"Not yet for the time being..." Kursa's body trembled, and he hurriedly added: "That guy is not completely ignorant of his own Identity. The helmet's protection of his Spiritual Body is extraordinary, rendering illusions useless. It will still take some time to dissolve the Soul Contract."

"Bring him back to be dealt with first," the God of War pondered for a moment and said.

Kursa shook his head: "My Lord, I've inspected the Soul Contract on him, it's not a conventional Soul Contract. If I take him away from where the contract was formed, the helmet will continue searching for the next Divine Descendant of Primordial Thunder."

This was information they hadn't grasped before, and the God of War frowned slightly.

"The Firstborn of Thunder prepared so many measures, yet still couldn't withstand the decline of the Divine Pantheon."

The God of War shook his head and said: "Some accidents have occurred. Bring the item back as soon as possible."

Kursa hurriedly guaranteed: "I understand, I absolutely won't disappoint you."

"If any accidents occur, you can call upon my God Descent when necessary," the God of War added.

Kursa was stunned. Call upon the God of War's God Descent?

He instantly understood. The "accidents" the God of War mentioned earlier were probably even bigger than he imagined.

But what could he do?

He could only complete the task as soon as possible, and then leave.

(End of this chapter)