The Demon Eater that gain the flesh of fire enveloping its entirety furiously tried to intimidate its enemy by letting out a battle cry.
CRIIII!!!!!*
Once it was heard, one's very soul will be shaken.
Emperor Sheng Ju Long was surprised that he almost fell on his knees. He had already exhausted his energy before and he is not like the Patriarchs in their Bloodforms, it would take time before he recovers his original strength.
'This is what I felt when that bastard punched me in the face!', he thought but he knew the difference almost falling on his knees and losing all strength to the point of disabling him to move an inch.
Deep inside, he felt terrified to think of the power of that stranger. However, he also kept in mind how far a direct hit and just a battle cry is that it did that much bother him.
What he should be worrying about was the old man in ragged robes in front of him. He wouldn't forget how casually all his strength was deflected casually, 'That's the strength of a whole continent, damn it!'
"Oi oi, stop dallying now. This one is end-of-the-world threat level! Hahaha!", the Guardian of Earth jested but a tint of seriousness was mixed in his tone, "If you all haven't noticed; if I could, I would have deflected that being's attack instead of this guy here."
His words were obviously towards the two Patriarchs.
Now that they heard that, there is nothing they could do. If the Guardian of Earth admitted that he himself couldn't block or deflect that attack earlier simply mean both of the Patriarchs absolutely can't either.
Patriarch Yun's face darkened and Patriarch Lei's expression was already twitching. Those geniuses are the greatest future assets of their clans. Not needing to mention the Elders. However, the reason for their anger was because the people that died was a part of their clan! A part of their family!
If one did not avenge or even mourn over a family members death, that person shouldn't be called a part of the family in the first place!
"Be calm", the Guardian of Earth's soft whisper traveled through the air and reached everyone's ears as if they were beside him, "It is okay to be emotional when it comes to this, but think of the possible complications if that thing got out of its nest."
This was what the two Rulers and two Patriarchs but it was entirely different for the three Sages, "Begin to call the Goddess of Heavens and let the Goddess guide me to seal this being."
Obviously, these three Sages were surprised, "We're supposed to begin the Ethereal Calling?", Sage Wen Kuo asked again.
Instead of the Guardian of Earth, Sage Tai Shi was the one who answered, "Yes, I approve of that decision. That will exert the best result if you looked at the big picture."
"Hmm, no need for a fight of attrition, huh..."
The Sages looked at each other before Sage Wen Kuo spoke, "Since there are three of us, we don't need to work individually and use the Ethereal Calling for Ethereal Blessings, right?"
Sage Xiang Ho breathed deeply before exclaiming, "In all of this world's history this will only be the third time that this will be used."
"Hehe, I think we need to start right away."
"Sure"
The three of them closed their eyes and with a heavy tone, they prayed, "Ethereal Calling, let us borrow your holiness..."
With that simple line, the heavens seemed to give a path to them from the sky as the radiance of the holy light placed itself on the three Sages.
"Ethereal Calling?", Emperor Wang Song was startled when an abrupt aura of the otherworld struck his very bones. His whole body was feeling the cleansing from just the aura of its radiance, "Just from that I feel superb!"
The Guardian of Earth floated and stood eye level on the colossal being while his eyes were stuck one thing, the Immovable Shield on top.
After its battle cry, the Demon Eater saw the Guardian of Earth and didn't hesitate to use its huge arm to pulverize the man in front of it.
"Hmph", the Guardian of Earth silently harrumphed as accumulated dust the billowed from the ground formed a sphere around him and blocked the being's devastating attack.
While having his eyes closed, he slowly spoke, "If only you are not the worst type of opponent I could ever have, I would have already used the new power I acquired."
The Guardian of Earth placidly stood on the air as the sphere protecting him shattered as soon as it deflected the being's attack.
He sighed depressingly, "If I ever had a chance in the future, I will invite the Guardian of Nature here to completely exterminate you.", the Guardian of Earth then took out a simple wooden staff from his spatial ring, "But before that, I will not let you roam freely on the earth I am guarding. The rest of the Powerhouses, support me with all you got.", instantaneously, the earth became tremulous as the power of the Guardian of Earth acted on it.
From all direction, the earth converged and sharp massive spikes came out and thrust onto the Demon Eater's body until it locked itself.
The Demon Eater could just tap the earth spikes and it could turn into dust but it was so dense that its durability made the Demon Eater strained.
"Tsk!", Esseker clicked his tongue, "That looked simple at first but to use the frail earth as its base while being dense takes more than just simply manipulating the earth itself.", he too was surprised how strong this Guardian is. If the current him were to fight against that Guardian then he was absolutely sure he wouldn't stand a minute even if he uses all his available skills.
However, he has faith in the Demon Eater...
"Heh, Sheng Ju Long, do you know why there are exactly Nine Sages in all of history?", the two Rulers immediately shared the connection to the Link to the Guardian of Earth.
"Of course", Emperor Sheng Ju Long answered while recovering his energy.
"Four Rulers because of the four continent. Seven Patriarchs because there are seven Ancient Bloodline. Twelve Guardians because there are need to be balanced in Elpi."
"....", Emperor Sheng Ju Long already said he knew it but Emperor Wang Song kept going on. But he kept quiet because he knew too how Emperor Wang Song admired this Ethereal Calling the first time he saw one.
"A Sage alone was enough to practice Ethereal Calling and use the Ethereal Blessing. However, this can be amplified if three Sages were to practice Ethereal Calling as one and use the Ethereal Touch.", Emperor Wang Song talked with pure admiration that even though Emperor Sheng Ju Long wanted to concentrate on recovering, he entertained him by asking;
"But why three?"
"Hmm, I thought you said you knew?"
"....", Emperor Sheng Ju Long's face turned red a little, 'This ungrateful bastard!'
"The reason why exactly three is actually simple; circulation. Because of the Heavenly Blessing, their energy itself is pure. The Ethereal Calling needs the purest energy to be used and so, only the purest energy would circulate inside Sage's body and that would cause a side effect of cleansing.
The lightness we feel now is because of that side effect. Normally, only the Sage themselves could feel this cleansing but right now, there are three of them.
And this is the reason why three is needed! Because if only two Sages supported each other, there would only be one line of connection. It itself would block the circulation because it is only one way. However, if there are three Sages, there will be three lines of connection! And this will amplify the purest energy and evolve the Ethereal Blessing to Ethereal Touch!
I am quite jealous of the Guardian of Earth because he will now experience the Ethereal Touch while I only had the Ethereal Blessing...", ending his almost unending explanation with a shake of his head.
'So that's why he's so enthusiastic about it, he already experienced the Ethereal Blessing!', this made Emperor Sheng Ju Long get curious what this Ethereal Calling actually is.
However, it didn't take long before his question was answered.
Because of the "bottomless" energy the two Patriarchs have, with simple support, it could match the support of the Link from the Rulers. However, all of their contributions appeared light when the Ethereal Calling was finished...
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Above all mundane matters is the Realm of Gods, the above dimension of all worlds.
All beings that surpassed their mortality will ascend into godhood. Only then will they have a chance to enter the Realm of Gods.
Currently, after the Catastrophe that happened thousand of years ago, only thousands of gods continue to live in this Realm. Out of these thousands of gods, there are gods who are at the peak and ruled over the others, they are called the Council of Gods.
And at the moment, this Council of Gods is having their annual meeting.
The gods above gods sat around the round table with their almighty and magnificence presence and composure.
There is the God of Power, Goddess of Luck, God of Worlds, and even the God of War and so on.
Only one chair was empty and became obvious that they were all silent because they were waiting for that one seat to be filled. However, they didn't wait long as the door opened with a bang and enter an otherworldly presence and beauty, elegance and grace, the Goddes of Heavens until she slammed the round table with a Bam!*
"Why did you wake me up from my beauty sleep again for this useless meeting?!", the Goddess of Heavens was still unspeakably graceful as she threw a tirade at the round table.
"Edina, this is more important than your beauty sleep.", the Superior God, a being that has a path towards a Superior Being replied with a polite tone but rebuking content.
"Yes, this is to prepare us.", the God of War supported the Superior God but became a target of the Goddess of Heavens', Edina's tirade;
"Shut!! Up!! Did I let you speak?! Huh?!"
The God of War stayed silent even after hearing an obvious abuse of words, 'This slut! Why am I the only one being scolded? She still holds a grudge towards me even after millennia! And what I did didn't even concern her.', although he was filled with hatred, he couldn't go against the Goddes of Heavens.
"Just because he will wake up soon that you are all panicking."
Even though no name was spoken, just hearing the word "he", every god thought of one person and that sent a chill through their very bones.
"But that is also the reason for my beauty sleep!", Edina once again slammed the large round table.
'This slut!'
'Slut!'
'Whore!'
'Virgin bitch!'
The Goddes of Luck sighed, 'Ever since that Catastrophe, you only had your vagina in your head instead of your brain! Even though you're a virgin... Why did you even turn out that way instead of being traumatized?!', this question was seriously made the Goddess of Luck contemplate and have self-reflection.
"Hmm", Edina stood straight as she tilted her head with a smile, "Is it just me or I feel that you all are thinking very rude about me?"
In unison, everybody had their heads shaking with sweat filled their foreheads.
"Hmm, sure but next time, don't wake me up again for this useless meeting."
"But this year is different, it is about the 6th Seal.", the God of Worlds spoke in a serious manner.
"...", the Goddess of Heavens became silent. Subconsciously putting her slender finger on her lustrous lips, she frowned, 'Why is the tip of my finger itchy? There are still Sages who can pull the Ethereal Touch off?', she felt extremely bothered on the thought of Nine Sages performing the Ethereal Calling and casting the Ethereal Form which will call for her sub-presence.
'Heh! Good job, Orls! You finally took the attention of this slut!', the God of War thought.
"I'm going back to sleep.", Edina turned her back to the Council of Gods.
"..."
"Oh and if you wake me up again because of some useless stuff, I'm going to banish Erlean.", her tone was a bit playful but when she slightly turned her head to looked back, her eyes told otherwise.
And bam, the door closed.
Everyone looked at the God of War first before staring at the God of Worlds.
'Tsk! Why me?!', the God of War bitterly thought, "Good job, Orls..."
The God of Worlds' face turned red because of both shame and anger, 'It's your fault in the first place for scarring him a millennia ago! You deserve it!'