Four hundred and seventy-two death-related spells were released all at once in the optimal combination, condensing into tens of thousands of dark green-black death mist fingers with razor-sharp tips. They shot straight into Hermes's brow, sank inside, and vanished.
Half of Hermes's head caved into his chest. His body jolted violently and arched backward.
"Fifteenth Divine Spell Sequence, Eternal Death."
Next, Suye pointed one hundred times in a single breath, pouring who knew how many billions of death spells into Hermes's body.
The light in Hermes's eyes faded completely.
His body floated in midair, the golden radiance around him dimming as his skin cracked.
The Hecatoncheires watched Suye from afar, his entire body prickling with fear. Even a chief god should have been thoroughly dead after enduring so many death spells, right?
Suye clenched the World Tree Staff in his left hand and raised his right hand, pointing his index finger from afar at Hermes's brow.
"Sixteenth Divine Spell Sequence, Soul Summoning!"
The soul revived, the spirit returned, memories reconstructed, remnant souls condensed, consciousness persisted between life and death...
More than three hundred resurrection spells took effect simultaneously. Radiant light rolled backward from every direction, golden light flowed in reverse, and everything converged upon Hermes's true body.
The cracked divine body slowly healed. His withered skin regained its color, the dim divine radiance gradually brightened, and starlight seemed to dance in Hermes's eyes.
Suye cast Soul Summoning three times in succession, and the aura around Hermes surged.
Until Suye's right index finger pressed down heavily once more.
"Fifteenth Divine Spell Sequence, Eternal Death."
Another hundred rounds of death mist fingers stabbed into Hermes's brow.
The light in Hermes's eyes faded once more.
His body cracked again.
His skin withered again.
The Hecatoncheires wore unconcealed terror as he looked at Suye