The People's God: Sacrificing Trillions to Ascend-Chapter 573 - Thirteen Guards

That day, thirteen comets streaked past the sky and invaded the Divine Civilization.

“Boss, we’ve triangulated that God King’s location!”

The eldest guard replied, “Good. The manager provided us with a barrier that can hide our auras for three days. During that time, the God Kings and the Will of the Divine Civilization won’t detect us. We must capture that God King within three days!”

The seventh guard called out, “We are the Thirteen Guards of the Heaven Stair Association. A single God King will never escape us.”

The eldest guard replied, “The Divine Civilization may be one of the stronger civilizations out there, but it doesn’t have a lot of powerful life forms. They rely on their so-called core races to nurture themselves. We can go easy on this mission and think of this as a vacation.”

The rest of the guards agreed. Only the second eldest frowned.

The eldest guard asked, “What’s wrong? Did you notice anything wrong?”

The second eldest hailed from the Divine River Civilization, which surpassed the Divine Civilization in power. He also possessed an extremely rare sensory-type talent that allowed him to detect things that others couldn’t.

“I detected a faint scent,” he said quietly. “It set off warning bells in my genes.”

Shock rippled through the group.

The seventh guard, the most talkative among them all, blurted out, “There’s something that can terrify your genes? Aren’t your genes part of the second series of the Divine River Civilization? You have the Sharp Eyes genes, right? Only first-series genes should be able to threaten you.”

The sixth guard chimed in, “And there are hardly any first-series genes. You could count them with one hand even within the Divine River Civilization, much less the Divine Civilization. Second Brother, are you sure you sensed something?”

“I hope I’m mistaken,” the second guard said listlessly. Even so, he knew that his senses rarely erred. He had already detected something within his sensory range that could threaten him. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

The eldest reassured them, “Time to act. Let’s enjoy our vacation, boys.”

They took their positions and hurtled toward the designated coordinates. Before long, they reached the Imperial College’s airspace.

A powerful barrier protected the college. It prevented anyone from sensing what was happening inside and possessed remarkable durability. If they wanted to invade it, they’d have to break the barrier.

However, to prevent the others from detecting the barrier’s destruction, the Thirteen Guards needed to erect another barrier of their own. This replacement barrier would block everyone inside from sending out distress calls.

The task fell on the twelfth guard, who excelled in making barriers. He silently activated his ability, and his World power enveloped the college without a trace. No one noticed what was taking place.

“All set. My barrier will last three days and block all signals from inside. Nothing can be sent in or out. People outside can enter the place freely, but they cannot leave,” the twelfth guard said.

“Good. Time to work!” The eldest guard chuckled and gestured for the ninth guard to act.

“I knew you would call on me.” The chubby ninth guard moved into position. He drew a deep breath, and he expanded several times over. Dense layers of runes spread across his skin, stacked so thickly that no one could tell how many there were.

He gathered his energy onto his fist and drove it forward in a devastating punch at the Imperial College’s barrier. The entire college quaked from the impact, yet the area outside the barrier remained perfectly calm.

Cracks spread rapidly from the point of impact, racing across the surface before the barrier shattered like glass.

The ninth guard shrank back to normal. “Done.”

Naturally, everyone within the college felt the violent tremor. They quickly investigated and realized that a spherical barrier was blocking their senses. None of them could perceive anything beyond it. They searched for irregularities inside the barrier but found nothing. Somehow, the Thirteen Guards floating overhead were invisible to them.

“Act now!” the eldest guard ordered, and they all rushed toward their target’s coordinates.

Xu Hai had been focused on merging the Laws within his divine realm when a sudden irritation stirred in his mind. Something felt wrong. He extended his senses to investigate and quickly realized that the entire college was sealed in a spherical barrier. His senses couldn’t penetrate it! Even as the God King of Wisdom, he would need an entire day to disassemble it.

A sense of unease took hold. He was about to run out of his office when the door burst open and the Thirteen Guards stormed in.

Xu Hai was astonished because he had failed to sense them in the slightest. Who are they, and how did they completely hide themselves from my senses?

He squinted and studied them more closely, then understood. Each of the Thirteen Guards had some sort of aura-concealing barrier, rendering them undetectable.

“Who are you, and why are you here?” Xu Hai demanded.

The eldest guard offered no reply and attacked. He was swift and tried to capture Xu Hai, but the latter unleashed his World power. His Divine Authority surged outward like a tsunami.

Even so, the eldest guard was also a World life form. He brushed aside Xu Hai’s Divine Authority and caught his wrist. “Follow me if you don’t want to die!”

Xu Hai scoffed, and his Great Enlightenment Ring appeared behind him. His Divine Ring bore intricate patterns that traced the curves and grooves of a brain. The ring itself looked simple and elegant.

As it rotated, it converted Xu Hai’s mental power into lightning spears to attack the eldest guard.

The eldest guard tried to defend against it, but the spears pierced through his flesh. He quickly let go of Xu Hai and retreated to avoid the powerful attack.

The seventh guard stepped forward. “So you refuse to cooperate.”

A Divine Ring that resembled the eye of a storm appeared behind him. Wind Energy gathered in his palm and turned it into a deadly wind blade.

The other guards advanced as well, each revealing their Divine Rings. Except for the eldest guard, the presence of the other twelve Divine Rings shocked Xu Hai. He had never expected that they were all World life forms. How could he fight against them?