Amid the cries of alarm, the divine power in that god's body was draining away at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Save me! Hurry, save me!"
The god tried to struggle, but he could not break free at all. In fact, because his divine power was being devoured, his appearance also began to age rapidly.
All of a god's strength and long life came from divine power.
Thus, having his divine power devoured naturally meant that his strength and lifespan were vanishing.
When the surrounding gods saw this, not only did they fail to step forward and help, they actually fled even farther away.
After all, this was the first time the gods had ever seen something so eerie. It could directly devour divine power—for a god, that was no different from death itself.
"This... what the hell is that thing? It can actually devour divine power."
"N-no idea. This is too terrifying. It doesn't just absorb divine power—those vines can directly pierce through a god's body. I've lived for over a hundred thousand years, but I've never heard of vines like these."
The God of Tides and the God of Gray Mist looked at the wretched state of the god ahead and could not help trembling.
"Ah!"
Just then, a miserable howl came from ahead.
It turned out that the god had already been sucked dry, and the vines actually flung him straight onto the ground.
With a thud, the god's shriveled body smashed heavily into the earth.
Although he was still alive and able to breathe, his skin was wrinkled, his hair white, and he had completely become an old man like a candle guttering in the wind.
At this moment, forget fighting—even getting up on his own was beyond him.
When the others saw how