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Chapter 648: The Battlefield of the Gods

The hands of every single person in the world were clammy with cold sweat as they watched the conflict between Food God Minhyuk, supported by the forces behind him, and the corrupted Gods.

“Destroy the corrupted Gods.”

At Minhyuk’s command, everyone moved. The first one to jump towards the enemies was Continental Emperor Ellie. She held the Great Sovereign’s Sword and had the opportunity to become the next Sword God. However, she chose to give up that opportunity for her people, remaining as an emperor. Her current level of strength was somewhere beyond that of a True God.

Ellie chased after the Fallen God of Assassins, who was moving swiftly.

“Ahihihihihihihi! That guy is the fastest God. He’s also the one with the strongest one-shot kill attack…” The Corrupted God giggled mockingly. However, Ellie moved her sword swiftly to block the Fallen God of Assassins’ dagger that was hidden from view.

Claaaaaang—

Stab—

Ellie even stabbed the Fallen God of Assassins in the forehead.

[Critical Hit!]

[A 4x damage has been applied!]

[You have dealt 293,378 attack damage!]

“Keuhaaaaaaaaaaaack!” The Fallen God of Assassins shrieked as his HP plummeted from Ellie’s strike. The Corrupted God’s expression turned ugly. The God-class players and the viewers that watched this scene were in shock and disbelief.

“Crazy. 290,000 damage?”

“Is that even possible…?”

It was possible. Ellie was someone that had the power of a True God. On top of that, the Great Sovereign’s Sword also gave her a 40% increase in her critical hit rate, while increasing the damage of the critical hit by four times.

Not long after, Spear God Ben charged toward the Corrupted God with fierce momentum, who flicked her finger at Spear God Ben’s head in response.

[He is someone that can resist your attacks!]

[Your attack has failed.]

Unlike Minhyuk, Spear God Ben was not completely resistant to her attacks. However, he was still able to defy her powers. The Corrupted God could not understand what just happened.

‘How come the strongmen of this era are here…’

Just when the Corrupted God was about to swing her axe down on one of the blue books that appeared in her hand, Ben threw a small stone which struck her hands.

Ping—

Immediately after, Spear God Ben slammed into her solar plexus swiftly.

Bang—!

[You have dealt 45,317 attack damage!]

He followed up quickly with another strike.

[You have dealt 49,441 attack damage!]

Then, Ben jumped in the air and spun, avoiding her kick all the while casting his skill.

“Absolute Pinnacle Spear.”

Staaaaaaaab—

Just like that, a spear pierced through the body of the Corrupted God.

[You have dealt 285,311 attack damage!]

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaack!”

The lightning strikes created by the Absolute Pinnacle Spear instantly restrained the Corrupted God and the other fallen Gods around her.

[You have dealt 275,310 attack damage!]

[You have dealt 245,131 attack damage!]

The Corrupted God could not hide her embarrassment. Even after she tried to strike Spear God Ben away, another one came at her. This time, it was a young girl, who had been chasing after their movements, and she placed her index finger on the Corrupted God’s forehead.

[God of Snakes Mockery.]

[God of Snakes Elizabeth is mocking you!]

[All of your skills have been restricted for seven minutes.]

“E, Elizabeth…?”

How could the Corrupted God not know of Elizabeth? She was one of the Six Monster Gods and had the power to control the system. She was the first one that the Absolute Gods had driven away because they feared her power. Of course, she was not the same as what she used to be.

“Why are you helping that trifling human being?!”

“He is not someone trifling.”

Blink—

Elizabeth’s eyes turned yellow as she said, “I serve His Majesty.”

“…!”

The impact of the words that Elizabeth uttered were far greater than the appearance of the strongmen.

‘God of Snakes Elizabeth serving a measly human being? That is impossible!’

Then, Elizabeth turned around. For the first time, Minhyuk cast one of the Divine Sword skills and uttered, “Thousand Swords.”

[Thousand Swords]

[Upon a successful attack, a thousand swords will indiscriminately stab the enemy with additional 50% damage!]

Staaaaaaab—

Minhyuk stabbed the Corrupted God’s heart with his sword. Immediately after that, a thousand unstoppable sword blades stabbed into her body.

Stab, stab, stab, stab, stab, stab, stab—

Although the attack only had around 50% additional damage per sword, she was taking on the attack of a thousand sword blades.

“Kihyaaaaaaack! Kyaaaaaaaaaack!” The Corrupted God’s shrieks rang loudly in the entire battlefield.

Even Minhyuk was in awe of the effects of the Thousand Swords. He thought, ‘Even though the Divine Sword did not receive the skill level increase effect…’

At this very moment, Minhyuk realized the greatness of the Sword God. The rest of the God-class players and the antagonists did not dare intervene in the fight against the Corrupted God.

‘We will only get in the way if we intervene.’

‘We should focus more on attacking the other corrupted Gods.’

Baaaaaaaaaaaaang—

An explosion suddenly occurred where Minhyuk was, the impact forcing him to fly back. The one that did that was none other than Canvarro, the Ousted God of Magic. Canvarro was the previous generation’s God of Magic. Shortly after he was kicked out of his seat as a God, the current God of Magic Archipelo appeared and sat on the empty throne.

“Frieeeeeeeeeeend!!!”

Just as Canvarro tried to attack Minhyuk with magic again, Ali teleported in a blink and appeared right in front of Canvarro with his arms stretched forward, “Fire Storm.”

Shwaaaaaaaaaaaaa—!

When compared to an ordinary mage, Archipelo’s descendant, Ali, had a mana reserve that was deeper and his magic was stronger. His skill, which created a huge storm, easily swept Canvarro away. However, Canvarro was not someone that could easily be done in. He immediately found his balance and cast another magic in retaliation.

Staaaaaaaab—

A Diss appeared suddenly and stabbed straight through Ali.

“Ugh… this is my first time getting Dissed.”

It was just what Ali expected from the previous generation’s God of Magic. Canvarro canceled the raging Fire Storm in the sky and tried to stab Ali with another Diss. But then…

“Exploding Corpses.”

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaang—

Several undead fell from the sky and wrapped around Canvarro in layers before exploding. Death appeared, walking with the Death Knights, a sharp and cold glare in his eyes. Right next to him was Alexander.

[The best rankers are all gathering to fight against the Gods.]

[It’s a very unbelievable scene. Of course, the Gods that have been kicked out and became corrupted have grown significantly weaker than they were in the past. However, they still have the power to wipe out a single kingdom on their own.]

[I feel a blazing heat warm the depths of my heart at the sight of the rankers’ teamwork.]

They were not Gods yet but they had nothing to fear since Athenae’s best had joined forces. Meanwhile, the Corrupted God was witnessing firsthand how ridiculously strong Minhyuk’s Named NPCs were. On top of their own strength, they also received the protection of Absolute Monarch Richard, the God of Buff, as well as the God of Reinforcement, giving them enough power to fight against the Gods on their own.

“Kyaaaaaaack!” The Corrupted God continued to scream and shriek. With all of her power and abilities sealed for seven minutes by God of Snakes Elizabeth’s power to control the system, the Corrupted God could not use her skills and was left helpless under the onslaught of their attacks.

In the end, the Corrupted God began to shed tears of blood. With her sharp teeth and gruesome face twisting horribly, she whispered evilly, “The child that awakened me.”

‘Please say it,’?Akhan answered as he continued to watch the situation while hiding himself.

The thought of the Corrupted God being in danger never even crossed his mind at all. It was because he was fully aware of the extent of her true powers.

“Let your powers dwell in me.”

‘If that is what you need.’

Akhan laughed deeply. He knew that the Corrupted God could devour the strong. Her powers would grow even stronger if she devoured those that worshiped her. Besides, it did not mean that he would be forced to log out if he was devoured.

[The Corrupted God has devoured your soul!]

[As someone that the Corrupted God has preyed upon, you will be able to gain EXP if she destroys all of her enemies.]

[However, a word of caution!]

[If the Corrupted God dies, you will receive a penalty that is several times more than a penalty for forced log out!]

‘I accept.’

Immediately after that, the Corrupted God opened her huge mouth toward the sky.

Shwaaaaaaaaaaa—

What the Corrupted God needed now was the foundation to use the power of her father, Obren. With that, Akhan’s soul got sucked into the mouth of the Corrupted God.

Gulp—

[You have devoured your worshiper.]

[The level of your worshiper is high!]

[You have taken a step closer to activating Obren’s Authority!]

The Corrupted God had made up her mind to show the greatest fear and frustration to this human that stabbed her with a sword on her chest.

“Damn it…!” Minhyuk shouted, noticing that the situation had turned very unusual.

Not long after, a notification rang in Elizabeth’s ears.

[The effects of God of Snakes’ Mockery have disappeared!]

The Corrupted God had made the effects of Elizabeth’s power disappear in that instant. This meant that she could easily deal with Elizabeth’s power whenever she wanted. The worst part was that Elizabeth was currently the closest to the Corrupted God. The Corrupted God opened her maw and devoured Elizabeth in one go.

“Elizabeth!!!”

The Corrupted God gulped Elizabeth down. Fortunately, the death of the gods in the Battlefield of the Gods was not a real death.

“Hiyaaaaa. That was delicious,” the Corrupted God said, smiling in delight as she twisted her body.

Crack, crack, crack, crack—

With that, her figure hidden under the shell was finally revealed to the world.

Fwoooooooosh—

Black arms popped out.

.

Swoooooosh—

Black bat-like wings also popped out behind her back.

Crack, crack, crack—

Next, the skin covering her upper body cracked, black scales appearing and covering everything as a gigantic horn appeared on top of her head.

Fwooooosh—

There were also her yellow eyes, dark skin, forked tongue and sharp teeth that seemed to fill up her mouth. The beautiful woman from earlier was now nowhere to be seen.

[The True Corrupted God has awakened!]

[All of her stats have increased by 32%!]

[Her total HP has increased by 50%!]

[Even without doing anything, she had already transcended the Gods!]

“Kihyaaaaaaaaaack!”

The way the Corrupted God stretched her body was terrifying. And then…

[The Corrupted God has invoked a stronger version of the power of the one that she devoured!]

[She has used the power of the God of Snakes to control the system!]

[For three minutes, all of the NPCs that died will die a true death!]

“…!!!”

“What kind of bullshit is this?!!!”

“W, what…?!!!”

“This is impossible…!!!”

The situation had taken a disastrous turn. All of the players turned to look at Minhyuk only to see his stiff expression.

Stab—

In an instant, the Corrupted God stabbed Minhyuk in the chest. Then, the Corrupted God smiled wickedly while whispering in his ears, “I’ll take everything away from you.”

For the first time, Minhyuk felt a crippling fear. He was afraid that he would be deprived of his Food God class and be turned into an ordinary player. If that happened, he would no longer be able to protect his kingdom, his friends, and all of the people that believed in him. Now, more than ever, he could not afford to collapse and fall.

[The power ignores your thousand poison resistance and is digging through your body!]

[Your consciousness is starting to blur!]

Unfortunately, Minhyuk’s vision started to blur. In his blurring vision, he saw the NPCs that he called himself, Ellie, the Dragon King, Raldo, Gremory, Spear God Ben, Elpis, Cerberus, and Beanie. When his eyes turned to the ground, he saw one more person.

Amidst his darkening consciousness, Minhyuk murmured weakly, “Someone… please… please… help me…”

With that, God began to fall. But as Minhyuk turned completely unconscious, a slightly inaudible voice rang out weakly, ‘…Take some rest.’

That voice belonged to none other than the ego of the being that resided in the Puzzling Seasoning Jar, the very same voice that was usually playful and always cursing. However, that voice was now solemnly reciting, ‘Awaken my sealed power through Kronad’s Necklace.’

***

Thud—

The entire world gulped dryly as they watched God, Minhyuk, fall down on the ground. At the same time, the Corrupted God, in her full disastrous form, looked back at her enemies and smiled a gruesome and hideous smile.

“Hiiiiiiiiiiik…!”

“U, uwaaaaaaaaaah…”

“…”

Even the NPCs that Minhyuk had summoned were taking a step back away from her.

“We have to stop her! Do whatever we have to do! Just stop her!!!”

The God classes and the antagonists all rushed towards the Corrupted God. Although Minhyuk was supposed to be their enemy, he stood up and fought for them. So, they wanted to help him protect those that were precious to him.

Thwack—

However, an unbelievable scene unfolded the moment the Corrupted God flicked her finger. Dozens of books appeared in the sky. At the same time, dozens of daggers appeared and pierced through the dozens of books that appeared.

Stab, stab, stab, stab, stab, stab, stab—

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang—

“N, no…”

Another wave of God classes lost their qualifications. The Corrupted God smirked, vowing to take away everything from that man. She was someone that had inherited the powers of the great Obren and was granted with the ‘Evil God’s Book’.

Obren was hailed as the Evil God. He had several books with varying powers and authorities. The Evil God’s Book that the Corrupted God had received was nothing but a small fraction of Obren’s powers. However, even if it was only a bit of his power, it was enough to make the Absolute Gods hold their breaths in trepidation.

In the sky above everyone, hundreds of books appeared. On these books were the names Ben, Ellie, Elpis, Gorfido, Cerberus, and many more. With a swing of the Corrupted God’s hands, hundreds of daggers moved to stab the books.

“…?”

However, the hundreds of daggers stopped just right in front of the books.

Snap—

The sound of a finger snap rang out, and all of the daggers disappeared into thin air. All of the people present were looking at the scene incredulously. The hundreds of books that the Corrupted God summoned were instantly reabsorbed by tens of thousands of books emitting black light. Then, the system notifications rang in everyone’s ears.

[The cruelest, greatest, and most sacred One has awakened to the world!]

[The Gods called him the Evil God.]

[The Evil God was known as the greatest among the Six Monster Gods.]

[The Evil God’s name was Obren.]

“…Fa, Father,” the Corrupted God said, her eyes shaking with fear.

Standing in front of her was the man that fainted just a few moments earlier. However, his appearance had changed. His hair had grown as long as his waist, fluttering behind him with a black sheen. Even his skin had turned black. Contrary to the darkness that surrounded him, the man’s eyes had turned golden.

The one hailed as the most dangerous and greatest said, “Oh my.”

Flinch!

The Corrupted God unknowingly shrinked at the man’s words. Everyone focused on the man’s lips, their bodies trembling in nervousness at the Evil God’s descent. All of them were wondering what the Evil God would say.

Obren was the one that had been sleeping in the seasoning jar. His mouth then parted to speak, “This child…”

A freezing coldness appeared in Obren’s golden eyes.

“…is my friend.”

“…!!!”

“…!!!”

[…!]

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