After killing the remaining two Demigods, Leylin went to their corpses and unleashed the Devouring Domain, assiímialred their existence into his own strength, as he felt that his body was getting stronger and his Divine Force was increasing.
[Beep! Divine Force has been replenished and increased.]
[Beep! Divine Force has been replenished and increased.]
[Beep! Divine Force has been replenished and increased.]
[Beep! The host has assimilated an enormous amount of Divine Force; stats have been increased.]
[Beep! The host has assimilated an enormous amount of Divine Force; stats have been increased.]
[Beep! The host has assimilated an enormous amount of Divine Force; stats have been increased.]
[Beep! The host's stats and data have changed greatly. Recalculating…]
[Leylin Faulen. Race: Human (Demigod), Rank 28 Arcanist (Legendary). Strength: 26. Agility: 26. Vitality: 26. Spirit: 35. Arcane Energy: 350. Divine Force: 500. Status: Healthy. Feats: Legendary Sturdiness, Well-Versed, Dreamscape Vision, Extreme Adaptability, Divine Body. Specialties: Origin Force Detection, Arcane Amplification, Illusions.]
As he skimmed through them, he noticed that his stats were already approaching the level of some Lesser Gods... if not for his mastery over the Devouring and his true body, then it wouldn't be possible to attain such power only as Demigod.
Or to perfectly assimilate the powers of four Demigods that he killed on the Debanks Islands...
Naturally, while he had stats comparable to some Lesser Gods and surpassed many of them, he would still lose a serious life-and-death fight against Lesser Gods as he lacked the thing that made the Gods almost invincible...
The Divine Kingdom.
'The battle of the Divine has come to an end. Now, it's time for the battle of the mortal world…'
With Akaban and all other Demigods dead, basically, the Debanks Islands were left defenseless without anyone strong enough to oppose him and his armies. Probably some Legendary Professionals still remained within the Sakarates Empire, but they would be killed like everyone else.
"Tiff!"
After returning to the cathedral, Leylin immediately expressed his intentions because it was of utmost importance to attack the enemies as soon as possible.
"My lord! You are the stars in the heavens and the ruler of all there is to Devour. Slaughter is the sharp sword that you hold in your hand…"
Tiff answered Leylin's summons before long, appearing at the center of the cathedral. His eyes were filled with emotion. His body still had trace bloodstains on it, but he wasn't injured, and all of the blood was that of his enemies.
It was clear that the mortals had acted in tandem with the gods that had united to attack Leylin.
It was a shame, though.
All their schemes had disintegrated the moment Leylin ascended and bestowed his Divine Spells, and his high-ranking Professionals acted.
As the Supreme Pontiff of Heavenly Serpent Church and representative of his Divine Might on the mortal plane, Tiff reported everything that happened during his fight against the native Demigods.
As he predicted, the Sakartes Empire conducted a surprise attack with everything they had, together with some remaining natives and tribes. It was something like the last stand against the invaders as the Demigods were putting everything into this attack.
In one swift movement, they wanted to kill Leylin and all of his mortal forces and achieve victory on both fronts. Ironically, they achieved the exact opposite of the wished results and all of them were killed.
Their Demigods lay dead, becoming nourishment for Leylin and their mortal soldiers crushed under the might of Leylin's mortal forces o the Serpent City.
With this, the last hope of Debanks Island lay destroyed.
"Tiff... gather the legions and exterminate the natives that have not surrendered to the Sereptn City and embraced the Heavenly Serpent God. There would be no surrender, not chance and not retribution... only death would await those that go against the might of Heavenly Serpent God Nāgarāja."
Tiff gritted his teeth, but he still replied with determination.
"Your will shall be done."
After all, Leylin was the absolute authority in this place.
"Very well!"
Leylin nodded, and with a wave, a golden staff flew into Tiff's hand.
Its handle was decorated in the motif of a Lion, Scorpion, Horse, Warrior and the four differently colored jewels on its crown shone radiantly. The entire staff seemed to be encircled by a formidable power and was radiating the Divine Force of Gods.
"Is this… a Divine Weapon?"
Tiff asked as he looked on in bewilderment because Divine Weapons were very, very rare things to come across, even on the main continent of the World of Gods. Even though the main content of World of Gods was incomparably vast, there were not many Divine Weapons on it at all.
"Yes. It's a weapon I refined using the enemy's False Gods. The jewels on top contain the power of Lightning, Fire, Earth and Conquest. It's only a Demigod-ranked weapon for now, but it should serve as the authority of a Supreme Pontiff of the Church of Heavenly Serpent."
Leylin answered shortly.
This Divine Weapon was made from a combination of corpses and Divine Force of four Demigods he killed and while it was a powerful Demigod-ranked weapon on its own, it was not suitable for him.
Instead, he planned to let Tiff have it because, with this weapon, Tiff could probably fight on equal grounds against some weaker Demigods as long as he reached a Divine Being state.
And as a Supreme Pontiff of the Church of Heavenly Serpent, he needed to be the strongest person around to be authority over the rest of his subjects.
"My Lord…"
Tiff's voice was choked with emotion; he didn't anticipate that he would be awarded something like this, which only affirmed him in his mission to annihilate every single blasphemer against the Heavenly Serpent from the Debanks Islands.
"Go; I will watch you from the skies."
Leylin waved him away.
"Yes, my Lord. I will defeat the entire Sakartes Empire for you and conquer all of Debanks Island!"
Tiff solemnly swore to Leylin.
With Tiff being gone, Leylin needed to meet with Gu Long so the Dragon Prince may depart to the Abyss and rampage here to ascend to a Being of Law. Until now, Gu Long was staying at the Serpent City as insurance in case something went wrong.