The upheaval in the Main Plane had also tangibly affected the Astral Plane. The deity who had suddenly died was proof.
After repeated battles, the deities had already depleted their divine power severely.
Especially those deities who already had few followers.
On top of that, the Main Plane had been sealed off, preventing faith power from reaching the Astral Plane.
Yet the deities caught up in the free-for-all in the Astral Plane had largely failed to notice this situation.
If not for the mysterious connection of exceptionally high divine rank between followers and deities, many deities would have died on the spot.
But when the number of a deity's followers in the Main Plane fell below the threshold...
Then the deities lost their final safeguard, which was why they suddenly died for no apparent reason.
As more and more faith power surged against the isolating barrier from within the Main Plane...
The barrier gradually reached its limit!
Pop!
With a soft sound, an enormous torrent of faith power rushed straight out of the barrier, surging toward Dunn.
Such violent energy fluctuations instantly brought the somewhat crazed gods back to their senses!
Even Cyric was jolted lucid for an instant by the fluctuations of such immense faith power. In that single instant, Cyric fled decisively without the slightest hesitation.
"Damn it, what's going on? My divine power has run dry, and my divine kingdom is on the verge of shattering. Why would I come out in my true body to target a greater power??"
A lesser power wailed in despair after noticing his own condition.
Hearing this, all the deities immediately scrambled to check their own conditions, especially those who had come in their true bodies!
That inspection sent the gods into an uproar.
Hardly any of the deities present were