The mist covering all of Mount of Gods surged toward the elephant's trunk and was inhaled into its body.
The party immediately halted and stood on guard.
But the mist that interfered with vision and perception was gradually thinning. The mist of Mount of Gods...
Was dispersing.
The radiance released from the riven sky illuminated the entirety of Mount of Gods.
Like a siphon, the giant elephant drew back into its body the mist it had released over countless years.
The innumerable monsters on Mount of Gods were completely exposed beneath that blazing radiance.
Only the highest peak leading to the "Heavenly Court" remained shrouded in heavy mist, showing no signs of clearing.
The Giant Whale extended half its body from its nest. The opening on its back replaced the elephant, inhaling and exhaling mist.
The cries of the Giant Whale and the giant elephant echoed across Mount of Gods. Apart from them, every magical beast on the mountain lowered its body and no longer dared make the slightest sound.
The human party also stopped on the road down the mountain, cautiously observing the changes on Mount of Gods.
"The ritual is about to end, and it is also about to begin," Principal Arte said with certainty, raising her head.
The radiance pouring from the riven sky carried exactly the same aura as the final light they had seen when leaving the "Heavenly Court."
Behind that light lay the "Heavenly Court," the gods, and the divine ritual that was about to spread across the entire world!
An anomaly appeared in the sky.
The preliminary ritual carried out by Hermes had successfully pried at the entire world. The divine ritual had officially begun!
From this moment onward, every duelist incorporated into the rules would become a participant in the ritual, and