"My Lord!" Archbishop Barney was already kneeling on the ground, paying his respects toward the figure.
The one who had appeared was naturally the Earth God. Having learned from the God of War's previous experience, the Earth God feared that the Zerg might make some move that would affect the divine consciousness within the statue of the Space Earth Temple, so He descended personally.
During the Desecration Bug attack, the God of War had been unable to descend because the divine consciousness inside the Space War God Temple's statue had been damaged. That was why He had needed to ask Lord Arthur for help.
With a wave of the Earth God's hand, terrifying divine power surged forth, and every Zerg between the Space Gate and the Space Earth Temple was covered in a layer of rock.
This was no enhancement of rock armor, but petrification. Although the icy shells had resisted the Earth God's petrification, the Ice Silkworm Emperor was not here. Moreover, with the Earth God descended within the range of the Space Earth Temple, it was like casting petrification within His own small world, greatly enhancing its power.
Thus, the icy shells could not hold out for long. The rock covering the Zerg continuously seeped inward from the outside, turning them into stone from within and without.
After casting petrification, the Earth God believed that this strike had destroyed all the icy-shell Bug Tide that had entered God's Great World. Though more icy-shell Bug Tide continued pouring in, He would need to wait for a greater number of them before launching His next attack.
What the Earth God had not expected was that the petrified Zerg had not stopped moving completely. Even with their entire bodies turned to stone, they continued sliding forward.
The Space Temples had arranged