Chapter 786 Becoming a God
As she activated her skill, a giant tier 8 magic circle expanded out from her as the entire room was filled with a divine aura.
*BOOM!!!
A pillar of light shot into the sky as they could not see where it was leading but they knew that her skill was probably causing a phenomenon. After all, in a place where it had no ambient mana, the amount of energy she was radiating could fill this entire island.
Sensing that Shiro was trying something that was potentially dangerous for it, the golem flapped its wings and charged towards her. However, Nan Tian appeared before him and clasped his hands together.
"Sorry, I would love it if you didn't bother her right now." He smiled as an orb of light appeared between his hands.
Slamming it into the golem's body, he managed to push him back by a few steps but it wasn't enough.
Suddenly, two tier 6 magic circles erupted around the golem as pillars of earth slammed into him.
"Don't forget about me either." Stanley narrowed his eyes. Slamming his hands down, three tier 6 magic circles expanded out from underneath him as cracks started to show up on the golem's body.
"Aim for those! They're weak points!" Stanley shouted towards Nan Tian as his skill analyses the golem then reveals his weakness.
Nodding his head, Nan Tian snapped his fingers and summoned an armour made of light. Gesturing for the swords to strike towards the weak points, he muttered an incantation as tier 6 magic circles appeared in front of the blades.
As the blades passed the magic circles, they were enveloped in a white flame which increased the room temperature quite a bit. However, this was nothing as several more magic circles appeared in front of the sword.
Once the sword passed through five of the magic circles, it transformed into a streak of light which pierced the golem's body.
*BANG!!!!
Forcing the golem to the ground, Nan Tian could see that it was fixated on Shiro.
Pointing its hand towards her, hundreds of thin wires erupted out from around the room as Nan Tian widened his eyes. Recognising these wires to be the same ones that absorbed her mana last time, he quickly created a mini sun near Shiro and made sure a barrier protected her so that she wasn't harmed.
Watching the wires melt before reaching her, he sighed in relief. Just as he sighed, he felt danger behind him as the golem had lashed its tail at his back while he was focused on helping Shiro.
*CRACK!!!
Gritting his teeth, he could feel his bones fracture from the hit as his body was sent crashing against the ground.
But before he touched the cold stone tiles, a cushion of nanobots softened his impact and started to heal him.
Looking down in mild surprise, he glanced towards Shiro.
While she was wearing the same outfit, there was a special aura around her which flickered with a silver light. Her eyes were like a galaxy of shining stars as the area was now filled with a divine energy.
"That took a while to get used to since my body is only that of a Demi God. The skills says that I have 30 minutes but I'd say I have around 4 or 5 before my body starts to break down." Shiro chuckled as Nan Tian stood back up after being healed.
"So what does being a god feel like?" Nan Tian asked with a smile.
"Pretty good. I now have absolute control over the area and my divinity is in full effect." Shiro grinned as her aura seemed to fluctuate with her emotions.
"Oh? What does your divinity do?" Nan Tian asked with curiosity.
"It does this."
Narrowing her eyes, she aimed her palm towards the golem before clutching it into a fist.
Suddenly, the surrounding walls that absorbed mana were broken down into ash. From the ash, nanobots surged towards the golem, restraining it with ease and ate away at its body.
"I can now turn everything within my domain into nanobots. Well… this is only the basic benefit. I have more but since I'm only a Demi God, my overall Divine Energy is quite low so I can't do what a God can for long periods of time." Shiro explained.
Swiping down with her hand, the nanobots grabbed hold of the golem and ripped him in half before wrapping around the broken pieces, consuming it in an instant. Any evidence of the golem being here was completely erased as Shiro snapped her fingers and the nanobots returned back to being the walls.
Quickly deactivating her form, Shiro kneeled down on the ground as a wave of weakness washed over her. The divine energy surrounding the room faded away as the lighting disappeared a well, returning it back to its original state of being in the dark.
"In that form, I was able to ignore the lack of mana in the surroundings since my Divine Energy replaced it. I managed to take an entire scan of the mountain and I found the final chamber." Shiro smiled while Nimue was working hard to make sure her body was in tip top shape.
She could only hold back her anger at Shiro for using the upgraded ascension rather than the base one that elevated her to Demi God status.
{Do you know how reckless that was?!?!?! Imagine my face when I saw a flood of divine energy erupting out!} Nimue shouted out in Shiro's mind while fixing her body as best she could.
'That was my bad. I got a bit too trigger happy at being able to use my form haha.' Shiro apologised as Nimue only kicked her in the mana realm.
{Shoo! Let me focus on the work now. I need to concentrate so that you don't f*cking implode!}
Nodding her head with a smile, Shiro focused her mind back to reality.
"So what's behind that door then?" Nan Tian asked, pointing at the door on the opposite side of the room.
"Just a small treasury. Nothing too fancy. The best thing there is some red equipment. I guess we can take it with us." Shiro shrugged as Nan Tian's smile twitched for a moment.
However, when he thought about the grade of items she had on her, he realised that it was indeed nothing too fancy. After all, what is red compared to rainbow grade?
Collecting a sword, a shield and what seems to be a scroll of sorts, the three made their way back.
In the end, they decided to take a break for Shiro to rest her body since it was a little painful to move. But after a few hours of rest, she was good to go again.
There was the problem of her no longer being able to use Divine Energy for a while due to the backlash but she wasn't too worried about that. After all, they'll be going straight to the main chamber.
One again, they had to fight two bosses before the final guardian but they were used to golem's movements.
Plus, things were made easier when they realised that the scroll was a study on tier 6 magic circles which Stanley studied intensely during their time of rest. Once he was finished, his magical prowess soared as his damage to the golems increased dramatically, making the fights easier.
As for the final guardian of the chambers, with Shiro unable to use any divine energy, Nan Tian activated one of his berserk skills with the lowest backlash and cool down.
Shiro acted as support with her armour penetration, buffs and healing while Stanley reinforced Nan Tian's body and provided offensive spells of his own.
While he didn't manage to take it down as easily as Shiro did, it was still an impressive sight to behold.
One they killed the boss, they opened the final set of doors and resting on a pedestal was a crystal arm guard which simmered with a multicoloured light.
[Martial Arm Guard of the Divine One – Rainbow]
Once you have used this item, you will be allowed to study under the guidance of the Divine One until you have mastered one of his techniques. There is no time limit within the space and you will not age. You will not feel hunger or fatigue. You will not be able to leave the space until you have mastered a technique.
Reading the description of the arm guard, Shiro understood that it was probably something similar to the daggers she had received which gave her the skill Item Master.
Thinking about it for a moment, she figured it was probably best for Nan Tian to take this as he was essentially her front line.
With the age of demons and gods around the corner, having his help would be tremendous especially with a skill that could be of equal quality to item Master.