"Now, do you see how wise it was of me to share the essence of knowledge with you all?"

Ash, who had just been shot in the head, didn’t show a trace of tension and even had the mood to joke around. Felix, who was tightly clutching his supreme tail feather, felt as if she had dropped from the sky into a cloud made of cotton candy when she heard Ash speak normally. Overwhelmed with emotion, her entire body went limp as if her spine was pulled out, causing her to fall. The swaying supreme tail feather suddenly extended to wrap around her, passing her to Dedarose for care.

"Refraction Protection, Source Power Holy Domain, Knowledge Barrier—all ineffective," Ash sighed. "The foundation of the Heavenly Kingdom’s Angels is truly unfathomable."

Ash wasn’t a fool; after all, Source Power would slowly recover, and it would be a waste not to use Defense Wonders. Whenever he operated in the wild, he would always cast multiple defensive barriers on himself. "Refraction Protection" and "Source Power Holy Domain" were almost always perpetually active on him, even during sleep, and "Knowledge Barrier" was a Defense Miracle constructed by Diya using the Gospel Divine Being as its core with a very simple effect—when someone locks onto the self, Knowledge Barrier would confuse the enemy’s perception.

In reality, the effect of confusing perception could only be considered slightly better than nothing, because "Knowledge Barrier" was a triggered Wonder, meaning it existed until activated and would be ineffective afterwards, only briefly confusing the enemy’s perception. But what Ash and the others needed wasn’t the confusion of the enemy, but to use the trigger of "Knowledge Barrier" to discover if someone was ambushing them!

Whenever everyone was relocating collectively, Diya would cast "Knowledge Barrier" on the whole group, and since it didn’t trigger, it could last for a long time without consuming much Source Power.

However, even with these three layers of defensive barriers, along with being the most perceptive Demigod Sword Master, Ash didn’t have a chance to react and ended up getting his head blown off without being pierced, as his whole head was entirely gone. This suggested the shot from the winged-helmet archer had at least three effects: ① Anti-prophecy perception ② Ignoring all defenses ③ Instant annihilation.

Any one of these effects would be at the level of Upper Wonders, not to mention Ash doubted these were the only three effects. Even if Ash had other defensive measures, he probably couldn’t prevent or escape that shot, as the opponent, being an archer Demigod, dared to expose themselves because they were absolutely confident of victory!

In fact, if it weren’t for Silver Lamp using Fangyuan Cicada to timely jump in time, Ash would undoubtedly be out of this battle. Demigods weren’t like mortals, who could instantly recover from headshots due to many rapid recovery Technique Spirits, like the Sun Reversal Technique Spirit, but only a Divine Being could instantly restore a Demigod’s soul body. Unless there happened to be a time Divine Being, no matter how fast the treatment, they would need several minutes—which would be enough to end a Divine War!

Did the winged-helmet archer possess a Unique Wonder? A Heavenly Position Wonder? Or even an Eternal Wonder?

The answer arrived quickly—in the place where the winged-helmet archer fell, a large palace materialized from illusion to reality, with stone sculptures on the walls, pillar stone arches, and a floor engraved with thousands of dragons and hundreds of beasts. Warrior sculptures stood on both sides, exuding an ancient and rustic grandeur. Such architectural style couldn’t possibly exist in a civilized society; it could only emerge in the harsh, natural struggles of the primitive era, embodying pure valor.

Inside the palace were three Wonders, with the most striking being the ivory tower at its center. Atop the tower, a six-eyed Divine Being was drawing a bow, specks of radiance gathering on the bowstring, torrents of airflow coalescing on the arrow. Each of the six eyes contained the sun, moon, wind, clouds, mountains, and sea. All mages witnessing this Wonder had the same word flash in their minds: "Heavenly Arrow."

To shoot on behalf of the heavens, the shot itself was Law, warping the world!

A Heavenly Position Wonder, also a Unique Wonder, demonstrating the power of truth through archery!

Besides the Heavenly Arrow Wonder, the other two Wonders were also Heavenly Position Wonders permanently inhabited by Divine Beings. The archer Angel, slain in an instant by the Sword Witch, was not weak by any means and might even have been a more lethal demigod slayer than the Sword Law Angel! If he had known the true strength of the Sword Witch, if he had been a bit more cautious, the situation might now have been reversed! 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

These Wonders were unlikely to belong to the archer personally, probably lent to him by the Lord of Infinite Abyss as a Divine Country Wonder for his mission. In fact, the palace wasn’t large, with accommodating three Heavenly Position Wonders being its limit, but just the single "Heavenly Arrow" Wonder was enough to make the winged-helmet archer invincible.

But with the winged-helmet archer now fallen, and even his Magic Temple sunk into the earth, it meant his Divine Wonders had become unowned—

Suddenly, a black cavity emerged simultaneously within the Spiritual Bodies of the three Heavenly Position Wonders, absorbing the Divine Beings and then disappearing. Lost of their Divine Beings, the Heavenly Position Wonders disintegrated, with Technique Spirits left bewildered in the Magic Temple, quickly vanishing into the air, returning to the Void Realm.

The divine retrieval mechanism... No one was surprised; Vishi had mentioned before that even if they managed to kill the Sword Law Angel, capturing his Divine Being was impossible. As the most crucial strategic resource, an Angel’s Divine Being was property of the Heavenly Kingdom, bearing its mark. Upon an Angel’s death, the mark activates, taking the Divine Being back to the Heavenly Kingdom, ensuring it’s never left to bolster the enemy.

"Ancient Battlefield, present!"

With a shout from the Werewolf Angel, Ash and the others’ ears were bombarded with the sounds of thousands of armies clashing and wailing. A crimson sunset like blood illuminated their eyes, and the decaying Land of Senluo was replaced by an ancient battlefield strewn with corpses and killing intent. They, along with the distant pillar of Silver Lamp light, were all trapped inside!