Scorching streams of energy and frigid void corruption clashed violently across the shattered land, Space twisted violently, accompanied by an unending shriek.
The earth groaned beneath divine might.
Hard rock shattered and vaporized like brittle crackers.
Smoke and dust obscured the sky, only to be swept clear time and again by the violent shockwaves at the center of the battle.
Ian Hernandez, God of Hot Sand and Earth, descended from the sky.
He too was a low-ranking deity, yet he possessed a legitimate divine portfolio.
The Sarranid Sultanate was a land of scorching sands and also one of Ian's important regions of faith.
Some Crescent People believed in Ian.
When Salia-Na's divine will could not be bestowed, He was the first to notice the divine power fluctuations emitted when the Dragon Cult Leader fought within the Golden Unfallen Imperial City.
He had also been observing in secret all along.
Though the Dragon Cult Leader possessed only a false divine portfolio, Its combat power was exceedingly formidable.
Ian did not wish to rashly offend It either.
However, if the Dragon Cult Leader posed a deadly threat to the demigods of the Golden Unfallen Imperial City, He would decisively intervene to stop It.
To prevent the situation from worsening further.
Later, after seeing the Dragon Cult Leader leave the city, Ian continued watching in secret.
Until It encountered Ake, and the evil aura of an Outer God suddenly surged forth.
Outer Gods from unknown realms were like vermin, brimming with evil corruption.
The power from the Outland was fundamentally at odds with the divine power of this realm.
In theory, all Outer Gods were enemies of this realm's deities.
Allowing them to corrupt the Prime Material Plane would eventually destroy the foundations of the realm.
Ian descended from the sky, carrying countless