Badge in Azure

Chapter 1255: The Corruption of the Pope (Part 2)

Only darkness can be eternal.

The sentence surfaced in Theisio’s mind. He faintly felt that if he followed down the path that the sentence was pointing towards, he could become a god.

The three godly items had perceived Theisio’s corruption. The corruption was so thorough that even the three godly items could not bear it. They emitted a buzz in the Rough Stone of Darkness, wanting to break out and fly away.

How was that possible?

Millions of black threads were woven into nets, encapsulating the three godly items. The threads contaminated the surface of the godly items and infiltrated their insides.

The quality of the godly items’ materials was outstanding. They had been forged from the skeleton of a god above level 16. The ones who had survived the great war between the humans and gods in the beginning had taken considerable advantage.

Such a high level divine item would only be bestowed upon the sole Pope of each plan by the Lord of Glory.

The threads saw that there was no way for them to enter the three godly items. They became worms and began to gnaw away at them.

Light coexists with darkness, but it cannot exist simultaneously with darkness forever.

The Holy Codex had that written in it. The dark worms gnawed at the light godly items, causing them to turn into ashes.

Light and dark are like day and night. Only when daylight comes to an end can the dark night descend.

The Holy Codex said it.

The worms were infinite. The ashes of the worms turned back into black threads and bound the three godly items. Daylight would come to an end.

The fallen Dark God of Destruction had spoken the words.

Who was right and who was wrong?

The power in the three godly items was as great as the sea. The Rough Stone of Darkness was like a plane, and one formed with the power of darkness.

Two of the three godly items suffered from severe damage.

The Crystal Finger and the ball of lightning both strongly restrained the use of godly power.

“What a pity…” Theisio sighed. Although the three godly items would definitely not be able to win against the power of the Rough Stone of Darkness, they could not be used by him either.

The divinity of the Lord of Glory was too strong. When the power of darkness ate into it, the final result could only be the destruction of the three godly items. The sturdier an object was, the more difficult it was to repair.

The three godly items were destroyed, and Theisio had no way to reverse the outcome. If the Rough Stone of Darkness did not erode them, or if the godly items had not had such an intense reaction towards his corruption, the situation would not have occurred.

There was no way both sides could be satisfied. Theisio could only look on with wide eyes as the such precious godly items headed toward their ruin.

Theisio’s body was continuously strengthening. He had occupied the Dark God of Destruction’s body and could endlessly obtain power from the Rough Stone of Darkness. He felt intoxicated.

Theisio stopped summoning god’s shades at the Rough Stone of Darkness’ surface.

“This is extraordinary!” Saleen continued to admire the perfection of the Thunder Dragon Blaster. The divine persona had merged into the Thunder Dragon Blaster. It still needed the Genesis Stock Solution to be added to it. Otherwise, the two types of materials would repulse each other, and Saleen would need to continuously pour in his power to maintain its stability.

The process did not take much time. About an hour was enough.

Saleen retrieved his clan badge and aimed it at the Rough Stone of Darkness. He did not have any guarantee that the clan badge could destroy the Rough Stone of Darkness, because he had experienced some powerful godly item equipment for which shooting out lightning with his clan badge only destroyed one of its properties, weapon’s spirits, or caused it to temporarily lose the equipment’s ability.

The lightning might not have been able to destroy all of the power, or maybe the lightning had not reached such an extent.

Saleen had to wait for the true disturbance to appear. Otherwise, one shot would not do. Even if he could not pierce through the Rough Stone of Darkness, Saleen did not believe that Theisio could not be shot to death.

A huge divine rune charm array flashed on the Rough Stone of Darkness. Saleen was alarmed. He quickly contacted Nailisi so that she would not bring the others over and come to assist him alone.

Nailisi happened to be about 50 kilometers away and could hear Saleen’s call. Or perhaps, she had not dared to go far and had been waiting for him.

Nailisi returned stealthily. Saleen took the initiative to start up a soul communication.

“Nailisi, the situation is wrong. A terrifying change has occurred in that stone.”

“Master, there is no problem. You use the Thundering Sound and I’ll use the Grey Memory for a combined sneak attack.”

“That is my intention. If it is still unable to defeat the enemy, we must escape into the energy barrier.”

“Alright, Master. Don’t mind me, I will go in a different direction from you.”

The divine rune charm array on the stone flashed once again, emitting even clearer traces. Saleen suddenly comprehended something. He summoned about a dozen lightning puppets to protect him and used the Water Shield to envelop them and rushed towards the Rough Stone of Darkness. At the same time, Saleen had 12 Thundering Phantasms surround the Rough Stone of Darkness. Six of them rushed forward.

The Thundering Phantasm did not have the ability to initiate an attack. The divine rune charm array was not a god’s shade either and would not trigger the Thundering Sound’s response. Saleen was just preparing so that the divine rune charm array would not undergo any changes that he was unable to control.

A distance of 5 kilometers was somewhat distant. Saleen hoped that he could rush up to the Rough Stone of Darkness and use his clan badge to absorb its power. The Rough Stone of Darkness was not counterattacking because it bore a life.

Theisio’s soul had combined with the Dark God of Destruction’s body.

Saleen did not use the Comet Flash. Comet Flash could not move 5 kilometers. He used Jalin’s skill. That split second speed was very close to Saleen’s maximum flight speed. Under the Lightning Constellation, the earth element was still strong and was not constrained by the cemetery.

It was necessary to destroy the divine rune charm array before it changed.

The divine rune charm array flashed for the third time. The Lord of Glory’s claim was that he had created the world in seven days. The Dark God of Destruction had said that he could destroy a plan in five days.

Destruction was a new beginning. The Dark God of Destruction had not simply destroyed, but modified the plane into the likeness that he had wanted. No matter if it was the Lord of Glory or the Dark God of Destruction, they were all passionate about creation.

In the Lord of Glory’s codex, one week was seven days. Seven was the highest cyclical number. In the Dark God of Destruction’s kingdom, one week was only five days.

The divine rune charm array flashed five times. Theisio was once again born in the world, becoming its darkest creature.

Saleen did not know all of it. He rushed forward based on an astrologer’s perception. If he knew all of it, he would have hoped even more that Theisio had not become corrupted. The Lord of Glory had still required seven days’ time to create everything, after all.

Time was of the essence.

Saleen could run 5 kilometers in less than two minutes. The divine rune charm array flashed once every 30 seconds. However, Saleen had moved after the divine rune charm array had flashed two times. In one and a half minutes, the creature of darkness would be born.

Theisio had used his own corruption as the cost to steal a part of the Dark God of Destruction’s power.

On the other side of the spatial door, the water puppet Rossen had sensed Saleen’s emotions. He summoned 3,600 demonic spirits to simultaneously release an earth type magic spell – Stone Statue Army.

Each Stone Statue Army could create six stone statue soldiers every minute. The stone statue soldiers were different from elemental stone soldiers and could not utilize magic spells. They only possessed an immense physical attack power.

The stone statue soldiers charged towards the spatial door. They waved their warhammers and pounded them against the Rough Stone of Darkness. The Rough Stone of Darkness did not have any ability to counterattack, but it was still not something that the stone statue soldiers could destroy. All of the stone statue soldiers’ arms were broken and their warhammers shattered. The Rough Stone of Darkness had shaken on instinct and it had destroyed the level 9 puppets.

After 10 seconds, another 3,600 stone statue soldiers rushed forth. The stone statue soldiers overlapped one another, exceeding the common knowledge of magic. They attacked the Rough Stone of Darkness at the same spot.

However, a difference in level could not be made up for. If the demonic spirits’ mental power had been somewhat stronger, and the magic spells stored within the magic net had been a few levels higher, perhaps the stone statue soldiers would have reached level 11 and could just barely cause the Rough Stone of Darkness to sway for a moment.

Currently, the 3,600 stone statue soldiers were broken once again.

Rossen’s direction were not wrong. If it was a battle of energy, they would be devoured by the Rough Stone of Darkness, becoming the Rough Stone of Darkness’ supplements. Using a purely physical attack could avoid that scenario from occurring. Even if they could not damage the Rough Stone of Darkness, at least they would not have increased its power.

In 30 seconds, another 3,600 stone statue soldiers rushed forth and aggressively pounded the Rough Stone of Darkness.

Every time the stone statue soldiers attacked, their strength increased. For the third attack, all of the stone statue soldiers were broken. The Rough Stone of Darkness stood steadfast.

The water puppet Rossen had no other alternative. Amongst his attacks, the strongest was the Crystal Finger. However, the Crystal Finger could not destroy the Rough Stone of Darkness either. It was not as strong as the power of 3,600 demonic spirits attacking at the same time.

When Saleen had rushed one kilometer away from the Rough Stone of Darkness, the divine rune charm array had flashed for the fifth time.

The tall silhouette of the Dark God of Destruction appeared atop the Rough Stone of Darkness. Saleen sucked in a cold breath. It was stronger than the Angels of Fear he had encountered before.

Saleen could not hesitate. The power of lightning within the clan badge had to be shot. A massive electric current shot out. Theisio instinctively raised his square shield to block his front.

Awoo…

Below Theisio’s rib, the great snake that was wound around his third arm let out a terrifying howl. Snakes knew how to howl?

Saleen had not figured it out. He only saw that the electric current shot out by is clan badge had been dissolved by the strange object’s shield. Half of its arm disappeared.

Energy counterbalance!

The shield was meant to counterbalance all types of energies, but Saleen’s clan badge was too strong. The shield was not a godly item; it was just equipment that the God of Darkness had used before becoming a god.

However, the equipment was sufficiently powerful. It had actually deflected the electric current in another direction. Theisio had only lost a shield and half an arm and had blocked Saleen’s instant kill attack.

Theisio’s arm was in severe pain, but his heart was clear. He knew what had happened. Saleen’s badge had a very big limitation on its usage, and it could not possibly launch an attack again.

Even if he had lost an arm, Saleen would definitely not be his match!

“Saleen, this time, the one to die will be you!” Theisio exclaimed loudly.