Aton plummeted from the sky, utterly spent.
Seeing the once-dazzling Sun God fall onto the yellow sands, hundreds of millions of humans erupted in cheers.
However, Aton had ultimately been one of the top ancient Gods of the past.
At the brink of death, he suddenly grabbed a large handful of sand and let it slowly trickle through his fingers.
The godslaying power stopped. The nearly collapsing Sun Wheel trembled faintly, and its condition seemed to have solidified.
"Huh?" Mo Qiong stared at him.
Tai Feng, whose ambush had failed, took the opportunity to pull away and come before Aton, taking the Holy Shield first.
He then altered his bodily structure, changing from the flesh-and-blood body he loved into a silver-like metal body.
This change also unintentionally interrupted the otherwise unsolvable Snake Venom. The venom's corrosion temporarily stopped as well.
However, the few heads infected by the Snake Venom were already beyond saving. No matter what form they took, they remained necrotic.
Any part killed by the venom would remain eternally poisoned. It was absolutely incurable.
Tai Feng picked up the shield, then steeled himself and took over the Unavoidable Spear. Like Aton, he wrapped his hand in an energy glove a foot thick to isolate it. As long as he continued supplying energy, he could hold the spear without directly touching it.
Although these Contained Objects were of no use against Mo Qiong, they were still better than nothing.
At this point, only he remained, with barely any hope of survival.
Mo Qiong ignored him and instead asked Kelon what Aton was doing.
"Status Delay. This is one of his life-saving traits. It can delay any negative status for a period of time, including death. However, using it at this point cannot change anything," Kelon said.
Aton's laws were