Ashen God

Chapter 925: Igniting the Divine Fire! Ascension of Divinity!



When this irregular polyhedral crystal successfully condensed, a wisp of golden flame that seemed ready to extinguish at any moment appeared at its center, while at this time, the blood-colored Divinity continued to pour into the Divine or, more accurately, into this wisp of golden flame.

As the blood-colored Divinity continuously merged in, the golden flame seemed to receive fuel and gradually filled up, quickly transforming from a small flame into a blazing fire. Upon entering this stage, the burning speed of Divinity by this golden flame seemed to slow slightly, but overall it was still rapid.

After observing the entire process of deification, Zhang Yanhang thought from his common knowledge that the small golden flame was probably the divine fire necessary for godhood, and Divinity was its fuel and nutrients, only by constantly burning like firewood could it ensure the existence of the Divine and its proper function.

Of course, such a situation is likely because the Ancestor Virus Aggregation was forcefully igniting the divine fire; otherwise, under normal deification circumstances, this situation would not occur.

Judging by the current situation, once the Divinity is completely burned, the divine fire might extinguish immediately, and the Divine would collapse along with it. As for how long the Ancestor Virus Aggregation could last, he didn't know.

If the Ancestor Virus Aggregation had deep Divinity, it might last for half an hour, but with less Divinity, it might only last a few minutes at best. However, the Ancestor Virus Aggregation has now ascended to divinity, possesses all the necessary conditions for a Divine being, and genuinely is one, albeit with a short duration.

But with the burning of Divinity, the Divine also began feeding back some by-products, which were Divine Power, large streams of Divine Power surged out and gradually filled the whole body.

And a blood-colored Spirit Light accompanied by Divine Power had already covered the whole body of the Ancestor Virus Aggregation, condensing but not dispersing on its surface, which didn't look simple.

However, Zhang Yanhang could identify the Divine Power, but he didn't know what the blood-colored Spirit Light was, only feeling it was like the energy light shimmering on the surface of Divinity before, but clearly, though similar in color, they definitely couldn't be the same thing.

After successfully condensing the Divine, the whole person of the Ancestor Virus Aggregation looked a bit different, making Zhang Yanhang inexplicably feel a sacredness, as if looking at a statue in a church, yet it was just a multi-arm tentacle monster.

At this moment, Zhang Yanhang felt it might be due to some kind of divine-mortal distinction, so he, merely a Fourth Tier who had just stepped into the Immortal Land (high-level Legendary) realm as an ordinary Awakener, was affected by some variance in rank.

To some extent, this is quite normal, as even a Fourth Tier Awakener in the Immortal Land realm has already undergone reproductive isolation from ordinary people, not to mention the disparity after true deification, which would undoubtedly be bigger, not smaller.

After deification, the Ancestor Virus Aggregation would gain super-speed regeneration ability driven by Divine Power, so almost in the blink of an eye, the large holes that had just been punched into it, turning its chest cavity into a sieve, fully recovered instantly, even the heart that was spurting blood like a colander was instantly repaired.

It has to be said, perhaps due to differences in rank or a dedicated super-speed regeneration skill, the Ancestor Virus Aggregation, probably already possessing Sixth Tier Middle Stage strength (around Sixth Tier Second Star) in terms of regenerative speed, truly surpassed the God of Sun Crotena before.

What was initially destroyed, such as exploded arms, had long since been completely restored, so, despite just starting the Divine Attribute Aggregation Skill, the Ancestor Virus Aggregation was practically fully resurrected—colloquially, it entered the Second Tier Stage.

Of course, the Second Tier Stage is actually quite common; only something as ridiculous as the Tracker's Fourth Tier Stage is unusual, being able to revive four times directly, equivalent to having four lives, such an preposterous transformation, Zhang Yanhang hadn't seen it since, nor even heard of it.

However, in a way, the divine aggregation of the Ancestor Virus Aggregation indeed counted as the Third Stage, because theoretically, the combat form with Sixth Tier One Star strength was truly the Second Tier Stage.

The Ancestor Virus Aggregation in the original form under the peak Fifth Tier stage, which Zhang Yanhang only saw initially but never had the chance to test, was genuinely the First Tier Stage.

After fascinatedly observing a rare divine scene, Zhang Yanhang didn't plan to delay further, intending to act now to take it down.

After all, despite its deification, Zhang Yanhang didn't believe the Ancestor Virus Aggregation could defeat him—indeed, that confident.

Yet before Zhang Yanhang could make a move, the Ancestor Virus Aggregation, with its mentality slightly inflated after deification, initiated its attack. Dozens of pale fists, surrounded by blood-colored Spirit Light, proactively struck at Zhang Yanhang once again.

Zhang Yanhang initially thought it was just a normal attack, but to his surprise, the moment these dozens of pale fists, surrounded by blood-colored Spirit Light, neared the Energy Shield, they exploded in a loud blast.

Once again familiar with the nuclear fusion burst, this time it was a self-destructive attack caught off-guard, directly blowing off the fists and arms that were thrown out.

Even though the strength increased not much, somehow or other, perhaps due to the blessing of the blood-colored Spirit Light, the surface of Zhang Yanhang's Energy Shield began rippling with massive waves and surges, looking ominous.

Moreover, although the surroundings were entirely covered by massive optical and thermal radiation, to the extent of complete visual obfuscation, Zhang Yanhang's Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil could function normally.

So, he clearly scanned that under the effect of Divine Power, the arms and fists of the Ancestor Virus Aggregation that recently launched a self-destructive attack had almost regenerated instantly.

Truthfully, to some extent, this regeneration speed made Zhang Yanhang feel a bit envious, after all, even with a Life Ring providing a four-digit enhancement in life recovery speed, his automatic recovery was still frustratingly slow due to inherently weak life recovery speed, while the opponent could achieve instant recovery, it was hard not to envy.

Now he saw why the Ancestor Virus Aggregation's defensive power was relatively weak—it wasn't because it excelled in offense, but purely because it was more adept at regeneration. As long as regeneration was fast enough, slightly lower defensive power simply didn't matter.

Of course, the outrageous recovery speed of the Ancestor Virus Aggregation was mainly because it was burning Divinity to frantically extract Divine Power.

While Zhang Yanhang desired an entirely consumable-free life recovery, like the Energy Shield, fully automated, this BUG-like capability akin to a perpetual motion machine wasn't easily obtained, but once acquired, it was unquestionably absurdly strong.

After skillfully tanking through a wave of nuclear fusion burst, Zhang Yanhang surprisingly found that his Shield Value had been reduced by nearly twenty thousand points.

In Zhang Yanhang's experience of being bombarded by nuclear explosions, feeling-wise, Zhang Yanhang felt that the recent nuclear fusion burst at most increased from one million tons equivalent to two million tons equivalent, and despite dozens of fists exploding simultaneously, it shouldn't have knocked off nearly twenty thousand points of Shield Value; ideally, even ten thousand points were high.

Therefore, Zhang Yanhang estimated that the blood-colored Spirit Light must have played some unknown role in incrementally boosting some of the Ancestor Virus Aggregation's Attack Strength, allowing it to knock down nearly twenty thousand points of Shield Value even under a forty-eight-fold defensive power increase.

Of course, although Zhang Yanhang had previously lost a substantial amount of Shield Value, due to the inability of the Ancestor Virus Aggregation to launch attacks during the transformation, his Shield Value had long recovered to full at a 20% per second recovery rate, only to have an eighth shaved off just as it finished recovering.

"Indeed, the Ancestor Virus Aggregation, which has already become divine, is completely different from before. Even though its attribute values and level haven't increased much, certain fundamental changes have led to a significant increase in its power."

Thinking about this, Zhang Yanhang immediately began to cast spells on himself, as he learned spells precisely to assist himself in situations where he encountered strong enemies.

Giant Transformation!

High-level Giant Transformation Technique!

Frenzy Skill!

High-level Frenzy Technique!

Although the nuclear fusion outside was still erupting, and he was at the center of the nuclear explosion, Zhang Yanhang, who was inside the energy shield, was completely unaffected. He skillfully applied a set of four Giant Transformation spells on himself.

As the spells were cast, Zhang Yanhang's body began to expand rapidly, with bones elongating quickly, muscles bulging swiftly, and blood flowing at high speed...

Twenty meters!

Thirty meters!

Forty meters!

Fifty meters!

With an initial height of twelve meters, Zhang Yanhang skyrocketed to fifty-two meters before finally stopping.

After casting the set of four Giant Transformation spells, Zhang Yanhang not only received a 320% strength boost but also gained a 160% attack power boost and a 160% defensive power boost. This was the reason why Zhang Yanhang cast the quartet of Giant Transformation spells.

Although the 160% defensive power boost was entirely provided by the Frenzy Skill and High-level Frenzy Technique, Zhang Yanhang still conveniently released the Giant Transformation and High-level Giant Transformation Technique as well, mainly out of habit.

This 160% defensive power boost's priority is quite strong, as it affects Zhang Yanhang's overall defensive power, thereby increasing it by 1.6 times regardless of its initial level.

In other words, although Zhang Yanhang originally only had 48 times defensive power, after a 1.6 times boost, it directly soared to 125 times.

Even if a tier difference could be tenfold, or two tiers a hundredfold, Zhang Yanhang's current defensive power is undoubtedly at the Sixth Tier level.

During Zhang Yanhang's spellcasting, the Ancestor Virus Aggregation was not as polite as Zhang Yanhang, waiting for the transformation to finish before attacking. Instead, it launched the second Nuclear Fusion Fist directly again.

In response, Zhang Yanhang could only say that tentacle monsters truly are the mortal enemies of magical girls, showing no courtesy whatsoever, even attacking during transformation time. But fortunately, Zhang Yanhang wore an energy shield outside, which also provided invincibility during transformation to some extent.

Moreover, he was transforming during the nuclear fusion explosion, and there was a time difference in between. Therefore, when the second wave of Nuclear Fusion Fist hit Zhang Yanhang's energy shield, he had just completed his transformation.

As the intense white light flashed, endless light and heat radiation unsurprisingly enveloped Zhang Yanhang's entire body again.

After all, the conduction speed of light and heat radiation from a nuclear explosion, along with things like gamma rays and neutron streams, is indeed too fast. Not to mention his current movement speed of tens of times the speed of sound, even with a hundred times, it would still be impossible to evade.

After all, theoretically speaking, even the slowest shockwave from a nuclear explosion travels at tens of kilometers per second, which equates to a propagation speed of over a hundred Mach, and this speed further increases with the yield, making it almost impossible to evade as power increases.

Of course, the shockwave speed refers mainly to the speed at the very center, but actually, during its propagation, the speed drops rapidly due to the increase in range, and by the time it decreases to only dozens of meters per second, it almost dissipates.

Therefore, regarding shockwaves, standing far away means not needing to worry, but being close means it's impossible to dodge, especially for Zhang Yanhang, who is directly point-blank, making it completely impossible to evade.

And the light and heat radiation, which constitute a significant portion of the nuclear fusion explosion's power, directly equate to the speed of electromagnetic waves.

What does electromagnetic wave mean?

Electromagnetic waves, under normal definition, roughly equate to light speed, the same speed as usual solar illumination.

So, this similarly makes it completely impossible for Zhang Yanhang, directly point-blank facing the nuclear explosion, to dodge. After all, how could anyone possibly dodge sunlight exposure using speed without any cover? Unless they could exceed light speed.

And gamma rays also belong to a type of electromagnetic wave, roughly the same speed as light but slightly slower, probably by about 0.001%, so approximately no difference, and can also be calculated at light speed.

Thus, if it were somewhat farther away, like hundreds or even thousands of meters, Zhang Yanhang might find a way to evade the nuclear explosion, but at point-blank zero distance from it, evasion would be miraculous.

Even instantaneous movement wouldn't help, because although his spellcasting is instantaneous, it still requires a slightly negligible normal amount of time. After all, thought conduction has a speed, not to mention energy conduction, and under normal circumstances, this barely milliseconds-worth of time is enough for him to be thoroughly hit by the nuclear explosion.


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