Extraordinary Voyage-Chapter 766 - 659: Divine Descendants

Flying sand and rolling stones, the earth moving and mountains shaking, the seventh floor of the [Clock Tower] seemed to be experiencing a level-nine earthquake that could flatten everything completely.

Rumble...

The [Mountain Giant] activated the [Magic-like Technique: Gravity Core] and its entire earthy yellow extraordinary spiritual light spread far, making the shoulders of a group of corrupted Skeleton Kings seem to bear the weight of a heavy mountain.

No longer possessing the agility of Tier 3 Extraordinary.

The nearly two hundred-meter long giant feet mercilessly crushed large areas of skeletons as they struggled in the quagmire, turning them into bone fragments.

The heavy pressure nearly buried the feet of other survivors halfway into the ground as they swung their giant swords, as tall as city gates, with effort. Other than knocking off some stone chips to help the [Mountain Giant] fix its feet, they could hardly cause more damage.

Aiven, piloting the Super Giant Rock Golem, advanced step by step towards the towering giant mountain wall in the center of the seventh floor. Even a distance of a dozen kilometers was merely a matter of a few dozen steps for him.

After the [Mountain Giant] plowed through what seemed like an unbreakable military formation, it had already conveniently taken down most of the corrupted Skeleton Kings. Having dealt with the "Golden Crown of the Frog God" before, Aiven remained cautious of those gold crowns that had deformed.

He continuously teleported them to the control room, sealing them completely, to prevent the corrupted Skeleton Kings from resurrecting endlessly like the "Frog God" once did.

Although their abilities were far inferior to the "Golden Crown of the Frog God," it was always better to be prepared.

Not long after, the control room of the [Mountain Giant] was filled with a pile of heavy golden crowns. Although most had deformed, it did not hide the fact that they were made of pure gold!

"Old man, where did you guys get so much gold back then? Each weighs about fifty kilograms, and there are nearly three hundred here, that's a full fifteen tons!"

Even Milan, who had never lacked money, was dazzled by these ostentatious lumps of pure gold.

"Hehehe, once you master the [Echoes of Space-Time], it'll be quite simple if you want them."

As a heavy metal element, gold mines on the surface are quite limited, but near the mantle or even the core, there are thousands of times more gold reserves. The raw materials for these gold crowns, created using the "Core Crown" as a template, mostly come from deep underground.

A river of flowing liquid gold underground is not unheard of.

For the [Clock Tower School], although mining also presents certain difficulties, it's far easier than for ordinary humans and other schools' wizards, making it a lucrative opportunity.

The smooth progression of the battle made them a bit giddy.

The "prophecy made upon entering the seventh layer that their futures would change," might it not mean they were about to achieve great success from here?

As for Aiven, he had already fully integrated his spirit into the [Mountain Giant]. After easily breaking through the opponent's defense system, all he needed to do was punch the mountain wall in front of him, and it would all be over.

Then pat his butt and head home.

Moreover, he had already seen that the Great Knight dressed as an "Oathbreaker" was holding the [Libra Balance Holy Sword] that had been taken away on the sixth floor by Douglas using his power [Plunder].

Although Aiven didn't yet know what it symbolized, it was undeniably a powerful divine artifact. With no Church members present, he could keep it for himself without anyone knowing.

Rumble! Rumble!...

Standing in front of the towering mountain wall, the "Blasphemous Cultist" Ekquwa and the Great Knight Balger felt the increasingly intense vibrations beneath their feet and the [Mountain Giant] approaching like an avalanche. Their legs had nearly begun to give way.

Balger's face turned as pale as Ekquwa's skin.

The invincible army of 364 corrupted Skeleton Kings had been crushed effortlessly. How could the two of them, even if they considered themselves stronger than any Skeleton King, withstand such a monster?

"Perhaps we should..."

As they anxiously prepared to make a difficult decision, seeing that the "Chaos Worm" would take a few days to awaken fully, a sudden piercing insect cry echoed, seeming to tear through eardrums, from the depths of the yellowing sky just as the giant worm face carving on the trembling mountain wall fell silent.

Squeak—

Looking up at the sky, they were surrounded by overwhelming joy of escape from death:

"This is... the Ancient God's offspring has awakened first!"

Wuwuwu...

In the yellowed sky, vast clouds gathered, with countless long limbs stretching from the clouds and even reaching the ground.

Dark shadows and yellowish light projected simultaneously from the clouds, as something indescribably terrifying and twisted seemed to be squeezing out from the void.

A mass of long limbs surging in all directions grew on the grey-black bag-like body entrenched in the dark clouds. Besides those limbs reaching out, blindly groping, it had no identifiable features on its body.

Only in the midst of the limbs was there a continuously writhing bulge, serving as a vessel for its brain or nervous center or whatever pathological organ it might be.

Dark, decaying, and casting eerie shadows and light as if intent on plunging the entire world into an eternal twilight, mere humans would age and die just from a glance at it.

At this moment.

No matter if they were opponents or not, an uncontrollable fear had gripped the hearts of every creature on the seventh floor. That was the survival instinct rooted in human blood since the dawn of ignorance.

The fear of beings that could destroy them! 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Not to mention Milan, who was trembling and almost unable to move, even Aiven, fused in spirit with the towering [Mountain Giant], looked at the terrifying being launching out with the rushing dark clouds, emotionlessly muttering:

"Damn it, I want to go home!"

Though not in a mythical form, its transcendent might echoing with hints of a shadow was something Aiven had only seen on the divine creature Kraken, the King of Sea Monsters.

So.

The final line of defense guarding the "Chaos Worm" was not merely a typical Tier 4 Ancient God's offspring like Aihote's descendant, the "Azure Beast," but a [Divine Descendants] possessing divinity!

Even if its strength wasn't quite like Kraken's, it was still a powerful being of the same level.

This far exceeded their worst expectations for the situation!

However.

At this moment, how could he leave just because he wanted to?

Being only twenty steps away from the mountain wall, there was no time to challenge the elderly Graham, who also changed radically. The menacing cloud in the sky already reached above the head of the [Mountain Giant].

And it initiated the attack first.

Screech—

Numerous slender black limbs descended from the clouds like sharp swords, charging in from all directions with the intent to dismember the [Mountain Giant].

Aiven, who predicted this in advance, had alarm bells ringing in his mind. Immediately steering the [Mountain Giant] to duck, he lunged forward with full strength.

Sparks flew everywhere.

Although narrowly dodging, one sharp limb merely grazed the back of the Rock Golem, leaving a long mark upon it.

Cold sweat was already dripping slowly from the foreheads of both Aiven and Milan.

"Hold tight!"

After giving a reminder, faced with such an overwhelmingly strong opponent, Aiven, in battle mode, could no longer afford to think of anything else. He turned and grabbed a gigantic cross floating beside him, about the same height as the [Mountain Giant].

With his body bursting forth with Extraordinary Spiritual Light, he fiercely hurled it towards the clouds.

Boom—

The stone cross exploded violently in mid-air, and the scattered rocks shattered the cloud where the [Divine Descendants] resided, leaving it riddled with holes.

[Magic-like Technique: Mountain Collapse]

In essence, whether hurling rocks or a stone cross makes no difference. The explosive power at that scale wouldn't differ much from the [Black Gold's Justice Iron Fist].

Fearing any pause, the internal power core [Touch of the Tree of Life] in the [Mountain Giant] roared with overload operation, as Aiven fiercely hurled one giant cross after another into the sky.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!...

The rumbling in the sky echoed constantly, and after the millstone-sized rock rain fragmented the sky, it came crashing down like the apocalypse.

However, when the dark clouds in the sky dissipated.

Bearing all of Aiven's attacks head-on, the [Divine Descendants] reappeared before them in an unshielded posture. The three who originally held some hope had their hearts sink instantly to the bottom.

Unscathed!

Even the smallest limb remained intact!

Principal Princeton once briefed Aiven, in the Extraordinary World, those standing high above the myriad ordinary beings are the god-like creatures and demigods in possession of initial immortality (Chapter 501).

Demigods possess powerful [Mythical Forms], capable of projecting knowledge and power in a visible, tangible manner into lower-dimensional worlds.

If ordinary beings without high-dimensional perspective see this form, they may fall into brain confusion from incomprehension, leading to chaos, and eventually pollution and distortion.

While Divine Creatures lack the depth of world origins and duties bestowed by the world, they also don't possess their own [Mythical Form].

Yet [Divinity], upon initially qualifying for immortality, serves another critical role: high-dimensional perspective. It allows the [Divinity] bearer to see and understand the full scope of various high-dimensional information without losing control, recognized as their Extraordinary Status by the world.

Since mutual understanding is possible, it also means mutual harm or defense can occur.

Such as when the strongest main cannon of the "Steam Fortress" could blast away the projection of a demigod but couldn't kill it, only with the angelic weapon "Holy Spear: Durandal" could it be slain.

At the moment of witnessing the combat results, Milan, enveloped by the premonition of death, jumped up from the ground:

"Old man, quickly send us out! We still have our youth, we can't be buried here!"

At this time, Graham's expression also changed unpredictably, looking at Aiven with the last hope:

"What about that awakening 'Chaos Worm'?"

They saw.

Aiven and Milan, with solemn expressions, assured in unison:

"Next time for sure!"

However.

The choice to run now was long out of their hands, as the exceedingly angry [Divine Descendants] in the sky was not about to grant them a chance to escape.

Buzz—

Utilizing the power gained from the "Hybrid Worm" [Space-Time], a dim yellow light instantly enveloped the entire seventh layer, sealing it into a space-time amber!

Then.

Splat!

Water splashed, and beneath the black bag-like body, two dim yellow, blister-like eyes drilled out consecutively.

Two blazing pillars of light shot forth, sweeping across the ground below crisscross.

Blocking the path of the two beams were dozens of stone crosses, and the towering [Mountain Giant] was... directly bisected!

Boom—!