Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree Chapter 744 - 576: Already Crippled

"So... the players threw gold pounds at the situation, and it was quite easy for them to find so reckless guys to either steal or rob deities’ statues from various tribes worshiping the God of Darkness and Shadow..."

"As a result, Holder was almost becoming a tool god for the players."

"However, after being taken for a ride so many tis, the True God apparently couldn’t take it anymore."

"Her recent Divine Punishnts have grown weaker and weaker, almost as if they’re just for show..."

"And if She noticed in advance that the statues fell into players’ hands, they would explode in advance, unleashing great and powerful Divine Punishnt, reducing the reckless players to ashes..."

"Still, the risk was high, but so was the power of the Divine Punishnt."

*To the players, the Divine Punishnt Bomb’s allure far outweighed the potential risks. Many were willing to use it, even if it ant risking an early strike.*

"Especially when, during a First Legion surprise attack, they used two of Holder’s statues plus a Nine-Ring Fire Magic Scroll obtained from a shattered Divine Country to manage a legendary afterward..."

"However, this ti the surge of Divine Power was stronger than any previous occurrence."

*Even the previous tis when Holder noticed the statues were stolen by players and preemptively, with greater power, detonated the Divine Punishnts couldn’t compare to this recent surge...*

"More importantly, this was not Holder’s power."

"Is this the power of the Eternal Lord? Is it near the previous Divine Country?"

In an instant, Yiteo’s expression grew serious.

"Eve had seen the power of the Eternal Lord once in Fengye City."

"At that ti, just a descendent incarnation alone was enough to cripple Dragon of Despair, Holder, which in turn allowed to benefit in the end..."

*Having experienced the power of the Eternal Lord’s incarnation, Eve understood that this would be a formidable enemy if Her identity were exposed in the future.*

"Lord of Eternity, Yiteo..."

"She was, millennium ago, the most powerful figure among the deities who besieged the predecessor, and also the True God who organized the deities to attack the World Tree!"

"However, the Eternal Lord shouldn’t have so much leisure ti to pay attention to the Elf Forest here."

"In both the legacy of the predecessor and Hela’s description, She was described as an arrogant being."

"As long as the god seat symbolizing the predecessor remains in ruins within the Pantheon, She might only send clansn to investigate the Elf Forest."

"But that recent Divine Power surge, Eve felt, was more like a Divine Punishnt..."

*"Obviously, it seed like another mischief caused by the players this ti."*

"Was it Her Divine Punishnt? Did the players steal Her statue? Their guts are incredible, aren’t they? And who was this unlucky? With such strong power, even a demigod might have been struck senseless, right?"

With these thoughts, Eve directly cast Her consciousness over.

"The players had long since completed Winter City, and the deities’ statues blessed by Eve had also been set in place."

"Thus, the northern area of the Elf Forest was effectively part of Her faith network."

"Leveraging the faith network, Eve quickly located the position of the occurrence after the Divine Power surge, and through the ga system found the nearest player..."

"Switching the view to the player, Eve saw the scene of the ’Divine Punishnt.’"

"It was a giant pit hundreds of ters in diater, with the surrounding trees enduring the furious aftermath of the Divine Punishnt, as though a hurricane combined with a thunderstorm had just raged through..."

"A dozen players lay not far from the crater, looking quite miserable."

Half of them were barely hanging on...

However, their expressions were full of excitent.

"Holy crap! The power is as strong as a cow flying a plane, over the top amazing! The Eternal Lord rocks!"

"One player, who had a leg blown off by the Divine Power’s aftermath, exclaid excitedly while picking off the intact boot from their severed leg."

"It’s indeed the Divine that blew up half the city... Luckily, this ti the deity’s statue was not large, otherwise we’d all be finished here..."

"One player, whole armor was tattered, still bleeding, remarked with shock."

"Cough... Cough... Hurry and see... Cough, cough... see how that legendary foe is doing..."

"One pale-faced player, spitting blood mixed with broken internal organs, urged impatiently."

Eve: ...

*No matter the situation, the players always had a shocking nonchalance towards near-death experiences.*

*It was no wonder they were known among adventurers as the mad elves, their attitude would leave anyone watching deeply affected.*

But upon hearing the players’ discussions, Eve’s interest was piqued:

"Legendary?"

*They really did manage to take down a legendary figure using the Eternal Lord’s statue as a trap, huh...*

*But with this level of power, the person was probably long gone, right?*

With these thoughts, Eve looked towards the crater again...

"The mud in the crater was still emitting white smoke, and in the center lay a red axe with faint cracks..."

"It seed to be a Divine Artifact, but it had been sowhat damaged by the Divine Punishnt."

"There was no sign of the Legendary Professional, but Eve, sensitive to Soul Power, detected so shattered fragnts of a soul..."

"Because it was blasted out of consciousness by the Divine Punishnt, it almost beca pure soul energy, rendering it incapable of returning to the Divine Country."

"In other words, the Legendary Professional, as the players called them, was dead beyond recovery..."

"Who was it? So unfortunate... Totally obliterated, huh?"

"Observing the scene, Eve clicked Her tongue in amazent."

"And the surviving players, after healing and regenerating their lives, quickly dragged their battered bodies to the crater, searching for their loot."

"Holy crap! Only an axe is left! And it looks cracked too!"

"After discovering only an axe remained in the crater, their expressions instantly soured."

"That legendary figure was so beat? Couldn’t even withstand a Divine Punishnt?"

"Such a loss... This is such a loss..."

"I knew it, we shouldn’t have used the Eternal Lord’s statue, we should just use the God of Darkness’s statue, if we had to, use more instead..."

"No choice, who would’ve thought the Divine Punishnt’s power would be so massive..."

"The players’ faces didn’t look good."

But the players quickly shifted their focus:

"Wait... I rember there was one more person, right? Where are they?"

"Could they also have been struck down?"

"There was one more person?"

Eve was slightly stunned.

"She only sensed one person’s soul fragnts, so the unfortunate legendary should have been the only one who died."

"So, there was actually a survivor?"

"Eve expanded Her consciousness again, and sure enough, discovered a figure lying on the ground nearby..."

"And the players soon found it too."

"Over here! Hey, over here!"

"He actually survived..."

"Jeez... This is too miserable, isn’t it?"

"Why doesn’t he have any blood? Huh? His blood is actually silver!"

"This... did the official modeling have a bug? What’s up with his clothes?"

"It was a robust warrior."

"He was lying on the ground, still struggling to crawl away..."

"Truly crawling away..."

"He was barely hanging on, still exhibiting a bit of horror and shock in his expression."

"However, his condition was quite unusual."

"At least... to the players, it seed that way."

"Unlike the players caught in the aftermath, his clothes weren’t torn, but had split in cracks."

"Unlike typical tears, the cracks extended to his body, as if the clothes were inherently a part of his form."

"The cracks spread across his body like a spider’s web, making him appear like an almost shattered vase."

"Those cracks contained not blood, but a silvery liquid, or rather, blood."

"He would occasionally spasm, emitting a spray of silver blood — the remnant power of the Divine Punishnt wreaking havoc inside."

"This person was done for."

"The players excitedly gathered around, attempting to strip clothes from him."

"Though it was full of cracks, surviving a Divine Punishnt still ant it was quite extraordinary..."

"And if they could find so storage equipnt, even better!"

"However, after their actions, the players were surprised to find that they couldn’t remove his clothes..."

"What’s going on?"

"Did it really bug out?"

"Under the warrior’s furious and mortified gaze, the players frowned and remarked."

Eve: ...

"She happened to know why..."

"This unlucky fellow struck by the Divine Punishnt wasn’t so legendary figure, but a demigod..."

"Most likely a Demigod ascended from a Prayer."

"Demigods ascended from Prayer were inherently weak against Divine Punishnts, and as demigods existing in an energy state, their bodies were already energy-based, so their clothes were naturally an illusion."

"As long as She didn’t summon Her own Divine Artifact from the other dinsion, the players wouldn’t find anything on Her."

"Of course, now She couldn’t even summon the artifact, let alone speak."

"The power of Divine Punishnt was rampaging inside him, continuing to damage His already riddled body and Divine Soul. The foreign Divine Power clashed with His own, directly preventing Him from mobilizing any of His power..."

"Even if He hadn’t fallen, He was gravely injured."