Cyric had ascended to Greater Power in a single leap, leaving all the watching Gods with envy on their faces.
Unfortunately, there was only one such opportunity.
Still, this made all the Gods realize that a deity's power could be inherited by absorbing their godhead and divine portfolio!
Or rather, they could increase their own power by plundering the godheads and divine portfolios of other deities!
Although a few deities had suspected this before, none had actually tried it.
Now, Cyric had risen straight to the top before the eyes of every deity.
This sent some less-than-pleasant thoughts flashing through every deity's mind!
An inexplicable change came over the atmosphere of the entire battlefield at that moment.
However, none of the deities knew that Cyric's success had not come so easily.
First, Cyric had risked his life serving as the War Overlord's subordinate deity for many years, during which he had repeatedly attempted to absorb the War Overlord's divine power, which contained his mad will.
This had considerably increased Cyric's compatibility with the War Overlord's divine power.
Even so, although Cyric had now successfully absorbed the War Overlord's godhead and divine portfolio, he had not gained all of the War Overlord's power and had only barely advanced to Greater Power.
Moreover, the moment his advancement succeeded, Cyric's reason had been completely suppressed. In terms of madness, he even surpassed the War Overlord.
The instant his advancement succeeded, Cyric involuntarily attacked the two Ancient Gods nearest to him!
Although Cyric had only just reached Greater Power, his strength was not necessarily much greater than the Goddess of Magic's.
Still, this was his true body, and the two Ancient Gods were not in very good condition either.
Thus, faced with Cyric's frenzied assault, the two still somewhat bewildered Ancient Gods were immediately