The Theuses fell silent once more.
Perhaps these gods truly were invincible. Mortals could not kill them. Even if they painstakingly found Blackstone capable of harming them, the gods could still slowly revive.
And their revival would only grow faster and faster.
After an unknown amount of time, someone suddenly raised a hand. "I have an idea..."
Everyone turned to look.
"Do you remember how, when we fought the gods before, some of our companions died at their hands?"
"...Of course we remember. Those killed by gods cannot return."
These Theus clones had died an unknown number of times. Every time, they could revive again.
But... there was one exception.
Being killed directly by a god.
This caused quite a stir. The clones' greatest safeguard was gone, nearly causing panic.
But the clones soon discovered that avoiding direct death at a god's hands was actually quite simple.
First, the clones could not become Transcendents, so they had little need to go to the battlefield. The chance of being killed was greatly reduced.
Second, the definition of "directly killed" was rather strict. For example, if a god punched down and crushed a Theus in a room to death through a wall, that did not count as being "directly killed."
The fist had to strike their body directly for it to count.
And since the clones only needed a thought to return, even if the fist really came down, they had time to return on the spot.
Because it was so easy to avoid, the clones soon stopped caring about it.
"Do you remember? The one who killed our companion was the Sea God. At that time, it needed more than ten days to revive, but after killing our companion, its revival time stretched to over three months."
"Do you think it