Chapter 1162: Divinity
However, just when the crowd thought that everything had been settled, the Titan, who was tightly entangled and bound by the light chains, suddenly regained clarity in his vision. Immediately afterwards, he realized the situation that he was in, and was so infuriated that he hollered in the sky, while a massive power erupted from his body as he tried to shatter the light chains.
This time, the light cocoon, which was already massive in size, suddenly expanded dozens of times, and seemed to be on the brink of bursting. Under the impact of the Titan’s struggling, the crystal ball in Edmund’s hand also seemed to be overwhelmed as it emitted a subtle crackling sound. In the blink of an eye, it was covered in cracks that resembled a spiderweb.
“Titan, if the records are right, your name should be Cronos, right? Since you’ve stayed here for so many years, please continue to guard this place according to the original agreement,” said Edmund, who was getting a little panicky. After saying that, he immediately sped up in his chanting of the incantation, causing the crystal ball to emit an even brighter light that continuously condensed into light chains that engulfed the Titan.
Perhaps because of Edmund’s words, or perhaps because he felt the futility of his struggles, the Titan Cronos suddenly stopped struggling, and furiously hollered, “Damned Zagar and you horrendous humans. The Titans will not let you off. One day, you will pay the price for this!”
Lin Li and the others naturally knew that the “damned Zagar” that the Titan Cronos was referring to was the ancient god that the Illuminati believed in, or rather the so-called God-king of Light. However, the feud between them didn’t seem to be something that outsiders could find out about. The only thing that they could guess was that the reason that Cronos had been imprisoned here for thousands of years was 80% likely to have something to do with the ancient god Zagar.
“The Titans? Anril is no longer the world that belongs to the Titans. The Titans have already been annihilated tens of thousands of years ago, and you’ve been held captive here for such a long time. Have you become stupid!?” gibed High Priest Poer who was full of disdain for Cronos’ threat. He simply stated a widely known fact in Anril.
Indeed, the Titans and the ancient wyrms had long been wiped out together at the end of the prehistoric times. Even the High Elves’ Dynasty had been overthrown more than 1,000 years ago, and Anril now belonged to the humans. Yet, Cronos actually threatened them using the Titans. In everyone’s opinion, it was simply ridiculous.
However, after hearing High Priest Poer’s words, Cronos’ tone became a little more disdainful. “You lowly worms will never understand that the Titans are the eternal masters of this word. You people thought that we’ve disappeared, but one day, we will return to this world and make you pay for what you have done!”
However, High Priest Poer obviously did not believe what Cronos said, as he simply felt that he was just saying those things out of spite in order to vent his anger. On the other hand, Lin Li could not help but be shocked after hearing this because it reminded him of the words that he heard in the great rift of the Eternal Darkness Altar after the Flame Dragon awakened previously.
Lin Li still remembered that the Flame Dragon immediately roared and claimed to want to look for the Titans and get some exercise after it rushed from the Fire Elemental World into the great rift. Lin Li also tried to persuade the dragon, telling him that the Titans had long vanished from Anril tens of thousands of years ago. However, the Flame Dragon was still insistent that the Titans still existed, and were still quietly watching over Anril, and waiting for a chance to return to Anril.
At that time, Lin Li and High Priest Poer both felt that the Flame Dragon had merely become muddled up after sleeping for too long. However, now that he had heard from Cronos that the Titans would return to Anril again, he had no choice but to bear it in mind.
“Did you say that the Titans haven’t died, and will return to this place?” Lin Li immediately asked.
However, Cronos looked at Lin Li without answering his question. Instead, he hollered at Edmund, “If I continue to be imprisoned here for thousands of years, I’d rather choose to break free completely and let my soul return to the Hall of Gods!” Afterwards, before Edmund and the others could react, a dazzling bolt of lightning immediately emanated from the 18 mysterious runes that were originally released.
“Damn it, you actually detonated the divine runes!” Edmund exclaimed in horror as soon as he saw that. He hurriedly infused more mana into the crystal ball in his hand, guiding the Power of Light in the space into a wall of light in a bid to block the power of Cronos’ runes that self-destructed.
After Lin Li heard Edmund’s exclamation, he finally remembered a legend about the Titans, and dared not slow down for a moment at all. He immediately cast his World Domain, in which he added the power of the seven pieces of the debris of the stars to solidify it to such a great extent that it was almost comparable to the real world.
Lin Li was not making mountains out of molehills. Legend had it that ever since the Titans were born, they would receive the baptism of the World Creation Thunder every 100 years. They even condensed into a rune in its body. Due to the fact that the power of the World Creation Thunder contained a wisp of divinity, the rune was called a Divine Rune, and was to the Titans what magical crystals were to magical beasts. The Divine Rune could be considered the source of the Titan’s entire power, and each one possessed a massive amount of power.
That Titan had exploded 18 Thunderbolt Divine Runes, which was equivalent to a magical beast detonating its own magical crystal, releasing all of its power at once. The massive power was definitely beyond what one could imagine, especially since Cronos was already at the peak of the Sanctuary-realm. Hence, its explosive power was even more terrifying. If it were in Anril, it would probably turn the Felan Kingdom into a bottomless abyss.
The two teams, which were already far from the battlefield, also got the order to exert their full power immediately. On the Tower of Dusk’s side, they immediately put up their War Shield which emitted an earthy yellow light that shrouded the entire team. At the same time, the mages also formed a Magic Array, deploying numerous magical defenses.
On the other hand, the team of the Gilded Kingdom did not have the same means as the Tower of Dusk. Not only did they not have powerful magic equipment like the War Shield, they also did not have a Magic Net Array. Fortunately, Elder Zumar and High Priest Poer, who appeared where the team was in the nick of time, exhibited their Domain Worlds entirely in a bid to resist most of the impact for the team.
At this moment, the thunderbolts that the 18 Divine Runes of the Titan Cronos emitted were also shining at their brightest, and the 18 vigorous roars converged into one, as if the sky had collapsed. The entire space began to crack like glass that was on the brink of shattering at any time.
Almost simultaneously, the crystal ball that Saint Edmund was holding also exploded into countless pieces with a loud boom, while the Evil Eye Tyrant’s eyeball on the staff also instantly dried and shriveled up. Edmund couldn’t care to feel the pinch about the destruction of those two items, and hurriedly replaced them with the Chaos Scepter. He then exhibited the Domain World.
The terrifying power of the 18 Thunderbolt Divine Runes that the Titan Cronos had made self-destruct seemed to sweep in all directions like a tidal wave. Even the Power of Light that filled the space seemed to have been washed away immediately. Besides, the several Sanctuary powerhouses were like tiny boats in the thunderstorm that were swaying incessantly because of the impact of the mana tide.
However, Lin Li seemed to have sensed something from the power that was constantly impacting the Domain World at this point. It was ethereal, mysterious, and even somewhat aged. Although there was only a tiny wisp of it, his soul seemed to tremble a little.
That suddenly reminded Lin Li of some of the legends about the Titans’ Thunderbolt Divine Runes that he had learned of in the Endless World. The 18 Thunderbolt Divine Runes were the source of all the power of the Titans and the root cause for the Titans to be referred to as gods. They not only contained massive power, but also a mysterious divinity.
Of course, this so-called divinity was only given its name much later. In fact, the divinity seemed to have existed in this world before there were gods. However, this trace of divinity was perhaps not useful for other races at all, because no one seemed to have been able to master the power of the Titans’ Divine Runes since the ancient times.
However, Lin Li added the power of the debris of the stars to the Domain World when he was resisting the power of the Divine Runes. The power of the debris of the stars, Thunderbolt, was almost of the same origin as the power of the Thunderbolt Divine Rune. Hence, it had a great attraction to the trace of divinity in the Thunderbolt Divine Rune.
The runes that the Titan Cronos had detonated had not only released the terrifying power in the Divine Run, but also made the divinity erupt. When the trace of divinity came into contact with Lin Li’s Domain World, it was naturally attracted to the debris of the stars, Thunderbolt.
However, Lin Li had no way to exactly confirm the use of the wisp of divinity and how useful it would be. Perhaps he might not be able to get anything from the divinity, but it was also possible that he might find the key to step into the realm of the gods by comprehending the divinity. At least now, Lin Li did not have the free time to settle down and seriously study the mysteries in that wisp of divinity.
After some time passed, the mana tides triggered by the detonation of the 18 Divine Runes finally receded.