As the battle continued, Leon's aura grew stronger and stronger. And as his aura intensified, an invisible majesty slowly emerged from him, radiating outward into the surroundings.
Though those legendary experts were weaker than him, they were old veterans who had lived anywhere from a thousand to three or four thousand years, and their knowledge far surpassed his. Seeing this scene, they all recognized what was happening and began to wonder aloud.
"Is that... divine might? Demigods have divine might too?"
"Of course demigods have it, but it shouldn't be this strong."
"It's far too strong. Divine might at this level is absolutely not something a demigod could possess. Even ordinary deities wouldn't have it... As I recall, only the descent of a deity with at least moderate divine power would carry such majesty."
"Eh? You've seen a deity like that?"
"I traveled the outer realms for several hundred years in my youth, and happened to witness the War Pantheon attacking a divine kingdom once. Judging by his divine might right now, something is very wrong." The white-haired old priest said, "This doesn't look like someone breaking through from the peak of legend into demigodhood. It looks more like he's directly ascending to godhood."
"Ascending directly to godhood?!" The legendary experts all cried out in alarm. There was no small distance between a demigod and a true god. If one could ascend directly to godhood, that would save at least several thousand years, with an immensely broad future ahead—a freshly minted, first-rate thigh well worth hugging!
The old priest shook his head without saying anything, but beneath the confusion in his eyes lay a trace of worry and even greater anticipation.
There were some things he did not say aloud.
Indeed, direct ascension to godhood could produce such intense divine