Chapter 1623: Lathander's Despair

At this moment, the incomparably spacious gates of the Divine Palace were in an open state.

Three golden streams of light landed amidst the crowd; among them, the one in the very center was the true body of Lathander, and the other two were His final Divine Power clones.

Besides these, there were a large number of Holy Spirits, angels, and as many as a hundred petitioners comparable to Legendary Powerhouses.

This group of angels numbered in the dozens, but they were all at least six-winged angels, and there was even a Seraph of Emperor Rank.

Lathander sat upon the Seven Heavens Mountain, which was a plane where light-attribute beings gathered, and the base camp of the angels was also there.

"Humans..."

Before Lathander could finish speaking, three golden streams of light suddenly appeared before Lathander's true body and two Divine Power clones; even Lathander's true body was almost hit by this sudden offensive.

At the critical moment, a Divine Barrier appeared on Lathander's body, resembling a large light bulb, neutralizing the Dragon-Hunting Arrow that was close at hand.

Lathander's two Divine Power clones were different; they barely had time to react, but the Divine Artifacts they carried on their persons still neutralized most of the Dragon-Hunting Arrow's power, and the Dragon-Hunting Arrow did not fully pierce into their bodies.

It was also at this time that the Demon Pets of Li Zhangsheng and his wife launched a long-range offensive, and Lathander hurriedly ordered his subordinates to resist together.

Boom—

A violently intense explosion resounded through the heavens and earth, and Lathander's Divine Kingdom even trembled slightly; intense energy tides spread crazily, blowing away countless Holy Spirits, angels, and petitioners, with some of the weaker ones being directly killed by the aftermath.

The Demon Pets of Li Zhangsheng and his wife were also affected to some extent, but it was not significant, mainly because their strength was greater.

During this process, Li Zhangsheng and his wife opened their respective Secret Realms, releasing countless powerful Spirit Beasts to deal with Lathander's subordinates.

"God said, let there be light!"

Lathander raised his Scepter, and as his voice fell, a burst of extremely blinding radiance suddenly erupted.

Being a Greater Divine Power, even though the Light Vision Aura had long been activated during the day, the Demon Pets were still affected, feeling as if everything before their eyes was white light, though due to the Light Vision Aura, it was not so blinding that they could not open their eyes.

Just at this moment, Li Zhangsheng's figure suddenly disappeared, appearing instantly before Lathander's clone with ghostly speed, and he struck his palm toward His chest.

Bang—

Lathander's Divine Power clone was caught off guard and, having no time to react, was struck by Li Zhangsheng's palm.

This palm contained the principle of Five Elements Mutual Restraint; the Five Elements Great Dao at the Great Accomplishment stage was not just talk, and its power could be said to be quite astonishing, not to mention that Li Zhangsheng's physical strength had reached a monstrous level.

Of course, this also had to do with the Divine Power clone; the advantage of a Divine Power clone is that it has almost no vital points, but its ability to withstand blows is definitely far inferior to the true body of a deity with equivalent Divine Power.

Boom— Crash—

Consequently, under this palm, the interior of Lathander's Divine Power clone seemed to explode, and it was directly blasted apart.

Li Zhangsheng snatched the core that popped out and wanted to sneak attack Lathander's last Divine Power clone again.

"The arrow is strange!"

Being a Greater Divine Power, Lathander instantly understood the reason.

His figure suddenly disappeared, teleporting to the side of his Divine Power clone, and he also struck out a palm; this palm contained Great Light and collided with Li Zhangsheng's right palm.

Slap—

Lathander's expression changed slightly; he felt a tyrannical Five Elements energy forcibly invading his body, accompanied by a powerful force.

The strength of this force was not at all inferior to Lathander's true body.

Lathander hurriedly consumed Divine Power to forcibly neutralize the Five Elements energy eroding his body.

The remaining Divine Power clone tried to pull out the Dragon-Hunting Arrow, but the Dragon-Hunting Arrow exploded with a bang, causing it to suffer non-trivial injuries.

At this time, Li Zhangsheng held the God-Slaying Spear and began to battle Lathander.

"God said, heretics shall eventually be judged!"

As Lathander's voice fell, with him as the center, countless light-attribute Divine Powers turned into javelins and rushed toward Li Zhangsheng, his wife, the Demon Pets, and the Quasi-Gods.

Li Zhangsheng hurriedly pointed at the Five Directions Flag; except for the Central Earth Apricot Yellow Flag, the remaining four flags instantly appeared in four directions, and under the amplification of the Five Elements Great Dao at the Great Accomplishment stage, they turned into an incomparably thick light shield.

Countless javelins landed on the light shield, causing shocking ripples; even with the defense of the Five Directions Flag, there was still a risk of it being broken.

This was a Greater Divine Power, far stronger than an Intermediate Divine Power.

After neutralizing Lathander's counterattack, Li Zhangsheng's Demon Pets began to close in.

Among them, Datou once again unleashed Devour, and a massive suction force was generated, directly swallowing many of the weaker petitioners.

Lathander hurriedly threw out a White Rope, instantly binding Datou's large mouth and forcibly interrupting its Devour.

Suddenly, two figures, one black and one white, rushed over from the left and right sides.

Li Zhangsheng held the God-Slaying Spear, man and spear as one, turning into a black streak of light, and rushed head-on toward Lathander.

Lathander spread out the Book Artifact in his hand, and immediately an immeasurable light erupted, turning into circles of light that continuously expanded, neutralizing the momentum of Li Zhangsheng, Baitian, and Heiye, and forcibly repelling them.

At this time, Lathander's remaining Divine Power clone threw out a Cloak Artifact, and the cloak instantly became large enough to cover the sky and sun, covering toward Li Zhangsheng.

This cloak was undoubtedly another binding-type Divine Artifact, but unfortunately, the 24th-rank Five Elements Wonderful True Lotus Platform released a five-colored light shield, easily neutralizing the cloak's effect.

At this time, Ning Bizhen appeared by Li Zhangsheng's side, and the two immediately threw out the Dragon-headed Staff and Phoenix-headed Staff, once again releasing the Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness.

On the other side, Kailan, Ancestral Dragon, Ancestral Phoenix, Lin Zu, and Candle Dragon besieged Lathander's true body from five directions.

Even against five powerful Unique Divine Beasts, Lathander was still not at a disadvantage at all; his true body strength was comparable to Li Zhangsheng's, and coupled with his extremely abundant Divine Power, as well as the Divine Artifacts and Divine Kingdom he possessed, his strength was not ordinarily powerful.

On the other side, Baitian and Heiye pounced on Lathander's remaining Divine Power clone.

Facing the Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness, Lathander waved the Scepter in his hand, and an incomparably huge Seraph phantom appeared, wrapping the Ancestral Dragon and Ancestral Phoenix formed by the Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness within it.

Boom—

The Seraph phantom expanded violently and ultimately did not escape the fate of being blasted apart, but it still barely managed to neutralize the Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness.

However, it was also at this time that Li Zhangsheng and Ning Bizhen shot toward Lathander like lightning, joining the ranks of those besieging Lathander.

Lathander's expression changed slightly; he could see that the situation was very unfavorable for him, especially since only one Divine Power clone remained, and crucially, the opponent had used some unknown method to repel most of the Divine Kingdom's rules, so the weakening of the opponent was not as high as expected, and the boost to his own strength was also significantly weakened.

Lathander judged that he could not change the situation of defeat at all, and if things went poorly, there was even a risk of falling.

(End of chapter)