Dragon of Catastrophe-Chapter 464 - 173: Land’s Wisdom, All Is Ready

However, imagination is beautiful, but reality is always cruel and full of unexpected events.

Now is no exception.

The array in mid-air suddenly shattered, and the mysterious runes vanished.

The Enchanting Demon Lord fell from the air, opening its somewhat bewildered eyes, staring blankly at the sky.

"How is it! Xiao Duo! Did the Ascension Skill succeed? Have you become a god now?"

The Xiao Female Dragon was somewhat impatient, its long tail swaying incessantly, gently nudging the ’smaller’ body of the Enchanting Demon Lord with its gigantic claw.

"I, I don’t know, I don’t seem to have changed, it seems to have failed..."

The Enchanting Demon Lord looked dazed.

"Tell us, what exactly happened just now? And why did it fail?

All the conditions for the Ascension Skill were clearly met."

On the side, Land appeared slightly solemn as he spoke.

"Just now, I entered a strange space, where mysterious and unusual runes were everywhere, perhaps the source domain you mentioned, Land.

But after entering, I immediately returned here, I clearly did nothing."

The Enchanting Demon Lord looked frustrated and at a loss.

Land was also somewhat puzzled by this.

Clearly, everything was proceeding according to the memory given by Goddess Athena, yet it failed.

Entered the source, but did not encounter the so-called world will, nor obtained a divine format, everything remained hazy.

Why did it happen this way?

Land was puzzled, offering a few words of consolation to the Enchanting Demon Lord, letting it return to the 12th layer of the Abyss.

Only then did he return to the 16th layer of the Abyss.

Continuing to use the plane transfer, he proceeded to the plane where Goddess Athena resided.

It was still that Aries City.

Land, possessing the body of a Hate Demon, suddenly appeared outside the city, his ferocious and terrifying appearance startling the guards into a cry.

Land immediately shouted:

"Be quiet! I am not your enemy! Notify your Pope, telling them that Land, a friend of your Goddess, has come to visit, and request her to meet with me."

"What? You monster? Claiming to be a friend of the Goddess? Do you think we would believe you?" two guards exclaimed as they saw that the monster could communicate.

"Damn fools! Since you do not believe me, you leave me no choice!

Goddess of War and Wisdom, Athena! You wretched whore! Bitch! Flat as an airfield, dumbass with not an ounce of flesh on your butt! I am your father, Land! Get out here for your father!..."

Land, with a calm face, roared skyward, cursing profanely.

Long, long ago, the name of a god could not be directly uttered.

Because in the Ayo World, directly uttering a god’s name, you would be sensed, and if one was disrespectful to the god, would receive punishment.

But later, with the advent of the Ayo Barrier in the Ayo World, the Arcane Empire showed no regard for the gods.

Allowing beings of the entire world to directly call upon the names of the gods.

As a result, gods could not even punish those who directly called their names or disrespected them.

Instead, they faced daily streams of information; even gods couldn’t stand it, and upon hearing insults they could do nothing about, they felt discomfort.

Therefore.

These gods closed off their ability to sense direct calls to their names.

This kept Land and many beings calling out god names unscathed.

However, this world is different.

Land guessed that by directly calling Goddess Athena by name and being so disrespectful, he would no doubt be sensed directly, even if there were other messages coming through.

The Goddess would prioritize dealing with him first.

And indeed, this was the case.

The words hadn’t fully left his lips.

The city erupted with brilliant divine light.

Athena’s statue appeared before Land with the swiftness of teleportation.

"Land? Are you Land Saphis Oakben?"

Goddess Athena looked at the reinvented and transformed Land, surprised and doubtful.

"Of course."

To this, Land nodded gently.

"You don’t need to resort to such methods to find me..." Goddess Athena’s tone sounded a bit off.

"No, I must use this method, as it ensures you appear before me immediately."

"..."

Goddess Athena had a bit of a speechless reaction to Land’s explanation, immediately projecting a domain, taking both herself and Land from this region.

Appearing atop another high mountain.

Surrounded by swirling mists.

Goddess Athena said, "Your timing in seeking me is indeed convenient, as I have many questions I wish to ask you.

Just yesterday, I used the other plane transfer you taught me, randomly locating a world. My luck seemed good.

Upon arrival, I encountered a world with living beings, but why, just after reaching that world, my power was severely suppressed, and even my divine power became unusable?

Tell me, what on earth is going on?"

"Severe suppression of power is understandable, but divine power being unusable?"

Land was initially dumbfounded after hearing this, and only after a while did he say:

"This is the first time I’ve heard of such a situation; after all, you’re my first divine friend.

Besides divine power, what about other powers? Are they all usable?"

"All can be used, just greatly suppressed."

"Have you opened other world teleportion gates to try more?"

"Of course, I have, but the results weren’t good. Divine power became entirely unusable, though other powers like magic, as well as our own energy, could be used but were greatly suppressed."

"Is that so... wait a moment, I’ll ask someone."

With this, Land, in the body of a Hate Demon, closed his eyes.