Chapter 213: Divine Removal

"The people from the other continent are nothing but a band of thieves; you have forsaken the deities yet placed your hope in those thieves—how laughable."

The king, even while imprisoned, still forced himself to keep his composure, merely sneering as he uttered a taunt.

"No, this is a revelation given to me by the Feathered Serpent God."

Thus: Duzula Shiliu Shi's brief remark made Duzula Er Shi scoff, yet he remained unmoved, simply kneeling firmly in place.

"Great Amai Ya, I, An Liese Tong·Duzula, am willing to abandon the worldly king and the shackles of my bloodline, to serve at your side and help you destroy that five‑headed demon."

Naimi Xisi raised an eyebrow; a pseudo‑Legendary‑Level strongman who had reached pseudo‑Legendary level in both professions, yet he wanted to become my servant.

Placing himself in such a low position does not seem like the act of a deity‑worshipping shaman.

Thinking of the five‑headed demon the other mentioned, Naimi Xisi understood.

The Feathered Serpent God originally laid five tomb‑palaces on the Maztek continent, sealing five Legendary elects loyal to Zharthek and his henchmen; this secret is unknown to ordinary people.

Since the present Thus: Duzula Shiliu Shi knows this, it must be a decree issued by the Feathered Serpent God.

The loyalty before us is likely the same.

As for the so‑called Amai Ya, it was merely something Naimi Xisi made up on the spot.

The locals believing it is one thing; he does not think a near‑Legendary divine‑serving shaman would buy such a far‑fetched story.

Having reasoned this out, he nodded in agreement.

"You have done well, Naimi Xisi. Duzula Er Shi was originally the second‑strongest among the five elects I sealed; to defeat him, your strength is truly the fastest‑progressing among the dragons I have seen."

The Feathered Serpent God's voice, Quarte, sounded beside Naimi Xisi's ear, as if sensing the sacred descent he worships; An Liese Tong bowed devoutly and whispered a prayer.

"Second in strength ranking? Didn't you say the remaining beings are dangerous? If that's the case, I think I could wipe them out one by one right now."

Naimi Xisi's large dragon eyes looked disdainfully at the trapped Duzula Er Shi; aside from the Artifact's built‑in Legendary Divine Spell, he thought defeating this guy would not be too hard.

"Do not underestimate them!" Quarte's voice was stern.

"Duzula Er Shi's original strength far exceeded what he now displays; he was one of the strongest veteran Legendary shamans still existing at the time."

"The seal has siphoned part of his power over the years, but it would not weaken him to the point of being unable to cast even a few Divine Spells."

"It must be that Tizka is the problem."

The Feathered Serpent God, with a heavy tone, guessed: "Tizka and Zharthek are both sealed within the Polar Star Camp; logically, aside from the instinctive Divine Fire granting believers Divine Spells, nothing else can be done."

"But my seal has been broken."

"The seal on Duzula Er Shi's palace gate originates from the same Divine Spell I used to seal the strongest Zharthek elect; it requires at least a Legendary‑Level spell to dispel."

"Now that this seal has been lifted, it seems Tizka secretly employed some method to forcefully break it."

"According to my speculation, the first possibility is that he covertly transmitted true divine power to destroy the seal, but that is almost impossible; if he truly could bypass the Great One's seal and project power, I would have died long ago."

"The second possibility is that he performed a remote 【Divine Removal】 ritual."

Naimi Xisi was somewhat surprised; the words 【Divine Removal】 had appeared in Juan Ce Long's memory inheritance, but there is almost no data describing its content. "What is the Divine Removal ritual?" Naimi Xisi asked curiously.

"It is a ritual that strips an elect of its authority."

"Elects are the deities' representatives walking among mortals; the deities split their supreme authority and fuse it into the elects' bodies, granting the elects an ageless, immortal ability akin to the gods, and, with divine permission, the capacity to exercise part of the deity's authority."

"When a deity wishes to reclaim its dispersed authority, or merely wants the elect to return to the heavens to serve its master, it will enact the ritual called 【Divine Removal】."

"It sacrifices a devout priest who worships it, using that priest's soul to draw out the authority power merged within the elect."

"If Duzula Er Shi's authority power is extracted, the deity regains control; this force, if applied in reality, would easily break a Legendary‑Level power seal."

Naimi Xisi suddenly understood, gazing at the trapped Duzula Er Shi; the opponent had only ever shown the power of a Legendary Warrior, and aside from a 【Dimensional Anchor】, he had scarcely used any shaman abilities, even the Legendary Divine Spell was released via the Artifact.

This pitiable state is probably because the elect's power has already vanished without a trace.

After all, a shaman is essentially a priest; when the elect's qualification is stripped, it is equivalent to losing divine grace, and a priestly vocation founded on deities can naturally fall in an instant.

The opponent now likely has his shaman vocation reduced to a mid‑low Spell Circle level.

"Although you have lost the elect's ageless, immortal power, to utterly kill a Legendary Warrior still requires considerable effort; do you need my help?"

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Naimi Xisi shook his head, rejecting the Feathered Serpent God's proposal; the Legendary Warrior's regenerative ability has reached fantastical levels, with some masters truly capable of 'blood‑dripping rebirth.'

The present Duzula Er Shi has not yet reached that stage, but even with only a single skull left, he would likely survive.

Facing such an opponent gives Legendary Mages a headache.

Most of the time, only the ethereal, mysterious, hard‑to‑defend Legendary Prophecy spells, and the Legendary Mind‑Control spells adept at attacking the spiritual realm, are the best ways to deal with these enemies who possess mindless defenses.

Naimi Xisi now wanted to test whether the power of distortion would affect them.

The great dragon's violet eyes swirled like lake‑like ripples; an invisible force filled the air, inexplicably agitating Duzula Er Shi.

"Let go of me, let go of me!!"

He roared and struggled, but it was useless; soon he realized exactly what the terrifying force was.

The heavens and earth inverted, every direction—up, down, left, right, forward, back—shrouded by opposite twisting forces; the power, like an unseen giant hand, began to wildly twist and pull at his flesh.

His skin first showed bizarre deformation, as if countless invisible hands were kneading it; the once‑smooth skin became wrinkled like crumpled paper. Then his muscles began to twist uncontrollably, coiling like wildly writhing snakes.

His skeleton emitted a chilling "creak" under the twisting force, bending and misaligning repeatedly, rendering his entire form grotesquely alien, far from any normal human shape.

"Ahhhhhh, no!!!"

His scream did not last long; as the twisting force intensified, his body began to collapse. Flesh and blood were drawn into an invisible meat grinder, torn to shreds, turning into clumps of blood mist that drifted in the air.

Finally, under that twisting force, not even a speck of residue remained; the blood mist in the air was torn into invisible ash, as if Duzula Er Shi had never existed in this world, leaving only a chilling, deathly silence.

"Is this… the authority?!"

(End of Chapter)