And this happened to every single Weird God.
It was just that some suffered more severe declines in their auras, becoming extremely weakened, while others only weakened slightly, with no effect on their strength.
The Authority of Fear was actually this terrifying!
Every Weird God that had experienced it once now treated it as a grave threat. None of them dared to be careless, each using their own powers.
Some released toxins.
Some proliferated.
Some controlled water.
Some summoned corpses and bones.
Some released cursed viruses.
There were even Weird Gods who possessed the powers of time and space.
Looking at it this way, aside from time, space, and conceptual powers, its abilities were nothing special.
What right did they have to look down on the former Lord of Fear, now the Lord of Weird!
Atases grumbled inwardly.
But the Weird Gods did not see it that way.
Basically, every Weird God could influence the emotions of other living beings to some extent. To Weird Gods like them, authorities related to emotions were considered the lowest level of authority.
Water, proliferation, time, and space, on the other hand, contained the fundamental laws governing the world.
That was why such authorities ranked a level higher.
Of course, a higher-ranking authority did not necessarily mean greater strength. What mattered was whether one could fully unleash its power, or even exceed one's limits.
Only by completely integrating and thoroughly mastering one's authority and abilities, even developing one's own understanding of them, could one greatly increase their offensive power.
A higher-level authority merely meant that its upper limit was higher.
And Atases had clearly mastered fear thoroughly. It had even incorporated its own insights into it, turning the Authority of Fear into something remarkably versatile.
At first, they had not taken the Authority of