Cassius waited eagerly for the Lich's attack to materialize, as he gathered his own Divine Essence in response.
Divine Essence was a magical force that could be only wielded by lesser gods and beings stronger than lesser gods.
It was like mana in terms of its constitution, but much more potent in use, as a normal spell powered using divine essence instead of normal mana was at least 1000 times more powerful.
Not only could mortals not handle divine essence, as having divine essence flowing through one's mana pathway could lead to permanent damage.
Their bodies were not receptive to the flow of divine essence either as mortals did not have the ability to naturally tap into the flow of divine essence.
When one transcended from becoming a mortal to becoming a lesser god. They developed a special organ called the sea of consciousness that could tap into the flow of divine essence in the universe and store it as small droplets within the organ.
