The Final Temple! 2/3
"The first in the sequence, the only one among the Supreme Four Pillars —Dongfang Baal, is here!"
"Ninth in the sequence, the only one among the Supreme Four Pillars —the Western Lord Baimon, is ready!"
"Series number twenty-nine, the only one among the Supreme Four Pillars —Southern Lord Astaroth, return!"
"The thirty-second in the sequence, the only one among the Supreme Four Pillars —Asmodeus, the Lord of the North, is hereby commanded!"
"Smelting furnace - Naberis, ether extraction and transportation in progress!"
"Intelligence Room - Flauros, information retrieval and integration in progress!"
"Observation Post - Furnius, battle situation observation feedback in progress!"
"Control Tower - Babatos, in the process of merging and controlling power!"
"Armory Barracks - Khanpa, the Templar Legion is awakening!"
"The Star of Insight—Amon, is here to divine and predict!"
"Life Centre - Spornak, in active intensive care!"
"Abandoned borehole - Andumari, under error risk assessment!"
"We, the Seventy-Two Pillars, have been summoned by His grace and obey His commands! To annihilate the foreign enemies and restore order to the Heavenly Kingdom!"
At the same time, a vast and eerie low roar emanated from these fleshy tendrils, and the eerie blinking eyeballs shot out Magic Beam from all directions, like a meteor shower from the heavens.
Boom boom boom boom!
Samael and Zeus, who were under the concentrated fire, immediately called for their partner to dodge and break free from the entanglement of the tentacles.
The Tides of Chaos!
Hammer of Storms!
Instantly, Tiamat and Typhon unleashed their combined power, completely dissolving the thousands of Magic Beam that bombarded them. The waving beard, along with the violent surge of the Sea of Imaginary Numbers, instantly disintegrated and shattered.
Even the Mother of Origin's furious strike, after breaking through the Fleshbeard Forest, gradually weakened, only causing faint ripples in the band of light hanging before Marduk.
Moreover, before Zeus and Samael could make a move, the beards regenerated at an astonishing speed, and the eyes above them darted about, radiating a chilling malice.
Stare! Disdain!
Open your eyes! Blink!
Tears welling in my eyes! My gaze is downcast!
Side-eyed! Crooked eyes!
One after another, powers containing various negative emotions, as well as curses such as weakness, aging, decay, paralysis, and sluggishness, pulsed and overlapped, forming a bizarre and strange magical field.
The time for awakening has arrived! Incineration Style: Flauros!
The time for drifting has come! Incineration Style - Forneus!
The moment of crossroads has arrived! Incineration Style: Barbatos!
The long-awaited moment has arrived! Incineration Style - Baal!
In an instant, the various tentacles that covered the abandoned divine kingdom gathered their magical power, concentrated their energies, and unleashed their divine might.
Heaven's Mandate - Dispel!
Authoritarianism and repression!
For a moment, Samael and Zeus felt their bodies become heavy and the flow of ether became sluggish. Their expressions changed slightly, and they struck to shatter the entangling net that was closing in on them.
Amazing! Heavenly Eye! The time for rebirth has arrived!
Looking up! Looking down! The time for pioneering has arrived!
Compassionate eyes! Soothing eyes! The time of destiny has arrived!
But then, the new leaders in charge of coordinating the operation from those tentacles— Haphaestus, Amon, the Star of Perception, and Sobenac, the Institute of Life —unleashed their powers to suppress the four visitors with a bombardment.
Under such a relentless onslaught, even though the four deities who descended upon this place continuously destroyed the besieging creatures, they seemed inexhaustible, rapidly depleting the enemy's magical power.
Gate of Heaven, on the throne that draws in countless rays of light, God taps rhythmically on the hand adorned with ten rings, his gaze filled with coldness and arrogance.
In the radiant courtyard, seventy-two marble pillars, engraved with twisted divine patterns, flickered on and off. Under the shimmering light and shadow, the phantom of a temple built of fragrant wood and marble became increasingly clear.
The exterior walls are inlaid with wooden decorative paintings made of cypress, palm, mahogany and other wood species; the fences are decorated with gorgeous carvings and gilded patterns; the 48 gilded bronze pillars supporting the structure... Every brick and tile in the temple is extremely luxurious.
Solomon's First Temple! The Seventy-Two Demon Pillars!
It seems that after Marduk helped the Jews establish their state and was revered as an idol, in the process of absorbing faith and integrating divinity, his strength not only increased further, but he also seemed to have completely eliminated the concept of a single God and eliminated his weakness of being restrained by the saltwater divinity of the Origin Goddess Tiamat.
No wonder this guy dared to swagger into the Sea of Imaginary Numbers; he must be fearless!
Samael, exhausted from dealing with the Seventy-Two Demon Pillars, cursed under his breath.
Even more troublesome was that, in order to defeat Seferu, the Greek Gods and the Mesopotamian reinforcements were nearly exhausted.
Even if the remaining gods offered Great Sacrifice without reservation, it was like squeezing oil from a stone, and it was far from enough to restore them to their peak condition.
Now, they are trapped in this desolate divine kingdom, unable to move forward, and will sooner or later be worn down by the endless regeneration and relentless battles of the Seventy-Two Demon Pillars.
At the very moment when the four gods were entangled by the seventy-two Demon Pillar, God, with a sidelong glance and a disdainful look, seemed to have grown tired of this farce. He parted his hands slightly and sang a sinister laugh.
"Know my great deeds, my ideals, and the true meaning of my coming! The gods will eventually burn out, and all life will be a thing of the past! This planet will be rebuilt beneath my feet, becoming a stairway for me to ascend to God! Praise be to my name, Jehovah! — The Time of Judgment has come, and with this, all evil will be corrected!"
In an instant, the ring of billions of rays of light in the void converged into one, transforming into a torrent that annihilated everything, washing over the four deities on the field.
I am the Thunderbolt that Tears the Stars!!
The Abyss of Purgatory!
Anti-Genesis!
Space-Time Annihilation!
At the same time, the four deities, sensing an impending alarm, instinctively unleashed their strongest divine power.
The divine Divine Authority of Sky and Thunderbolt, the Divine Authority of Earth and Abyss, Divine Authority of Creation and Destruction, and the Divine Authority of Space-Time Annihilation immediately surged and swept around, then violently collided with the light band unleashed by Marduk.
In an instant, with a deafening roar that could have shattered the entire abandoned divine kingdom, boundless destructive power surged through the chaos, forming a fierce storm that dispersed the turbulent currents of the void.
The Sea of Imaginary Numbers, stretching for billions of miles, was suddenly torn apart by an endless chasm. The surging Tides of Chaos surged violently, and thunderous explosions echoed continuously in the ears of the gods.
Puff puff puff puff!
As the smoke dissipated, muffled groans escaped from the mouths of the four deities, and streaks of blood seeped from their mouths and noses.
"If this is all you ants can do, then put an end to this boring game as soon as possible, and burn away like straw! Hahahaha!"
God, seated on his throne, looked down with disdain, laughing arrogantly. He paused briefly with his outstretched arms before lowering them, his divine body bathed in a band of blazing white light, his magic once more abundant.
"Zeus!"
Samael's eyes flashed with a sinister light as he fiercely wiped the blood from the corner of his lips and roared in divine language.
Without hesitation, the Wise King of Gods beside him steered Typhon ahead.
Jade Eyes! Drunken Eyes! The time for crossing the road has come!
Sleeping Eyes! All-Seeing Eyes! The Time of Resurrection has come!
At the same time, the Seventy-Two Demon Pillars resumed their activities, their Magic Beam spreading out in all directions.
"Tear apart the sky! Shatter the stars!"
As Zeus raised his Thunderbolt Scepter and swept across the islands of the gods, he summoned divine power to bombard several unique individuals among the Demon Pillar.
At that very moment, Typhon's several heads roared ferociously, opening their massive maws to tear apart and devour some floating islands along with the Demon Pillar that had sprung up on them.