Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 874 The First Manifestation of the Persepolis Gods!

Shenyan screamed in agony as Hussein's Blood Ancestor True Form's blood claws struck his eyes directly.

The curse power previously reserved in his body erupted instantly. Two advanced geometric curse spells with the same structure combined and complemented each other in his body and exploded in an instant, causing damage ten times greater in an instant.

Therefore, this is the blood curse that kills with a single strike.

This is the second-circle blood curse invented by Hussein. At this moment, under the influence of the curse energy that burst forth in an instant, God Eye's body began to dissipate and disintegrate.

Hussein and Locke both looked at that divine eye.

Although they didn't know how this guy came down from the crater, could they kill him this time?
A patch of darkness appeared inside the pupil of the divine eye, as if torn apart by cursed energy, and soon this darkness was about to cover his entire radiant eye.

His pupils, suspended in mid-air, swirled and released divine light outwards; in fact, it was Ling Hong bursting forth from within him through light and shadow.

The darkness formed by the power of the curse is corrupting the spiritual essence within the God's Eye. This spiritual essence can only be released through light and shadow, manifesting as golden radiance.

"Ah... Wizard!"

The golden light within the divine eye was spinning rapidly, just like a person blinking.

"wizard!"

"The wizards who killed me! How dare you deceive me!"

Countless spiritual energy burst forth from his eyes.

Hussein sneered, "This guy... actually thinks he can use me. Little does he know, I hate being used the most. Besides, although that Book of Gods sounds good, even if I get it, I will have no chance against the Blood Demon Palace of the Pale Pilgrimage."

"I still need to invest excessive resources in it."

Hussein said, "I have basically no interest in it."

Locke stretched out his palm, and a primordial fire appeared in his palm. He used the primordial fire to intercept a portion of the spiritual energy that was shooting out from the pupil of the divine eye.

"This guy... keeps spewing out spiritual energy. Is it possible for a normal life form to spew out that much spiritual energy?"

Locke sensed something was wrong.

At the same time, the inside of the divine eye's pupil was almost completely filled with darkness, which resulted in his eyeball being empty, leaving only darkness.

Hussein frowned, staring into the boundless darkness deep within the pupil of that divine eye.

"Dead? No, that's not right..."

A spark suddenly surged deep within the divine eye's pupil, like a flint striking and sliding. Though it was only for a moment, a certain spark still flashed briefly within the divine eye.

"what!"

The spark emerged from within the pupil of the divine eye, then transformed into a powerful energy that surged towards Hussein, Locke, and the Wind Giantess.

In an instant, at the very center of the boundless darkness within the pupil of the divine eye, a spark of unparalleled brilliance appeared, a spark whose brilliance defies description.

The moment that spark appeared, the Divine Eye, which had completely lost all signs of life, miraculously broke free from death and regained life.

"what……"

The divine eye seemed extremely tired, panting heavily, and the pupil inside still retained a sense of fear and immense exhaustion.

Hussein's expression changed slightly.

"The immortal spark of divinity?"

"Locke, that's right, this guy is definitely a member of some god race in the endless void. Only those gods possess the immortal spark of divinity. This guy is indeed a false god among the gods in the endless void!"

Locke's gaze also became cautious.

The term "false god" is used by wizarding civilizations, but in the endless void, these false gods are regarded as powerful beings in various worlds.

Yes.

The term "God above God" is a name that gods like to use.

Only divine beings capable of dimensional movement and civilization expansion within the endless void can call themselves a divine race and consider themselves superior to individual divine beings within a single plane.

Moreover, the gods must be false gods, not genuine gods with divine status.

But which god race is it?

Different races of gods represent different types of gods, and their methods also differ.

Hussein said, “Something’s not right. How could the gods not have divinity? But if they did have divinity, they would surely be able to distribute divine arts to their followers and have priests and churches.”

"But if he is not a false god, why does he possess the immortal spark of divinity?"

"If it weren't for that immortal spark of divinity, he would be dead by now."

……

In the Golden Crown Mountain Library, Locke's clone told the Ackerman troll wizard about the characteristics of the seemingly divine life form he had encountered.

Locke paid Old Bluehead 10,000 magic stones as a consultation fee, while Wizard Ackerman, after a brief moment of thought, concluded: "There are three main divine races in the endless void."

“Besides these, there are some minor god races that appear occasionally. But there are only three god races that form a complete system. I think the one you encountered should be the Sower God Race, also known as the Persepolis God Race.”

Wizard Ackerman became serious and said to Locke, "The Persepolis gods, each possess the power and essence of a sun ring. They are extremely dangerous in the endless void. Their mission is to travel to various planes in the endless void and plant seeds of gods and divine realms. They are skilled at creating higher planes."

"The three great divine races all possess the immortal spark of divinity."

"But only the Persepolis gods have the ability to create higher planes."

"Based on your description, I believe that being is likely a member of the Persepolis gods."

Locke's expression changed slightly.

"A solar-level object?"

The Ackerman troll wizard nodded and said, "Yes. The Persepolis gods are extremely dangerous. If it really is them, you should stop developing that plane as soon as possible and arrange for a return journey."

"Of course, the Persepolis gods usually operate in groups of one or a small number of individuals. They will manage a higher plane in a certain place as a divine realm, and pretend to be the creator of that plane, sowing the seeds of the divine system in that region and cultivating an environment that can give birth to the Persepolis gods."

"During the Void Wars, this race killed many of our wizards, and we also killed many of their gods. We are in an absolute hostile relationship with them. According to wizarding law, any wizard who sees this race can immediately declare war."

Locke began to think.

"There shouldn't be any need to retreat immediately."

If it truly is the complete Persepolis pantheon, a being of the Sun Ring level, then I will definitely have to retreat.

After all, I'm traversing vast distances of time to gain benefits, not to die.

The problem is, no matter how you look at it, that divine eye is only at the second-ring level, far from reaching the starting point of the sun ring existence of the Persepolis gods. Moreover, it now only has one eye left.

Locke, as if struck by a thought, asked Ackerman, "Old Blue, let me ask you a question. How many characteristics does a complete Persepolis pantheon possess?"

Wizard Ackerman glanced at Locke and said, "Adult Persepolis gods possess at least seven characteristics."

"The seven most basic characteristics are: divine status, divine fire, divine name, divine office, divine magic, divine power, and divine realm."

"Among them, divinity is the most important. Divinity is the person of God."

“Young Persepolis gods generally only have four characteristics: divine fire, divine name, divine power, and divine status. They do not have the divine office, divine realm, and divine magic that represent their maturity.”

Locke instantly realized where the problem lay.

Whether they are adult or juvenile Persepolis gods, they all possess divinity.

But that divine eye doesn't exist!
That means that the divine eye was not a complete Persepolis god!
……

In the Three Holes World, Locke's true form told Hussein his conjectures.

Before them, the divine eye, freed from its death, glared at Locke and Hussein with malice.

"How dare you deceive me?"

The next moment, Locke manipulated the Second Ring Sea Sands, transforming it into a bolt of lightning that pierced through his eyeballs.

His eyes plunged into darkness again, and he nearly died, but each time he was about to die completely, a divine spark of immortality would flash in the deepest part of his eyes.

It was like two flints suddenly rubbing together in the depths of darkness and igniting.

The flames illuminated the darkness and drove away death.

The Divine Eye will rise from the dead again, but each time he is resurrected, he will be panting heavily.

Each time he revives, a specific spiritual energy will shoot out from his eyeballs. This spiritual energy is projected by light and shadow, turning into a golden afterimage, which is then intercepted by Locke.

With a glance at Locke and Hussein, God Eye knew that he would not get away with this. He could only use the last trace of divine immortality within him to absorb a power of the world—the principle of the sky. The principle of the sky then entered his divine fire.

Immediately afterwards, the principle of the plane that had previously avoided Locke and Hussein, upon encountering the immortal spark of divinity, was like diesel fuel meeting an internal combustion engine; the two finally began to operate in a civilized manner!

It's no longer the primitive man wielding his big stick.

Instantly, the principles of the sky transformed into divine power, and then a celestial gate opened, allowing the divine eye to escape into it.

Locke witnessed this scene.

"Hmm? It's just a specific world principle of medium scale, but it can undergo a qualitative change the moment it touches the immortal spark of the divinity of the Persepolis gods."

"Is this the power of the Void Gods?"

That world's principles are fundamentally weak.

What is powerful is the immortal spark of divinity of the Persepolis gods.

But the god before them didn't even have a godhood, divine office, divine arts, or any other characteristics. He was like an incomplete being. It was hard to imagine what kind of incredible power would be generated if the same world power were to come into contact with godhood, divine office, and other such things.

Hussein attempted to pursue them into the heavens, but failed. Instead, the Persepolis gods suddenly closed the gates to the heavens, resulting in Hussein losing a finger in the heavens.

Hussein, however, did not care. He chanted a spell, and his missing finger grew back.

At the same time, he chanted the incantation again, directly beginning to curse himself.

He intended to curse the severed limb he had deliberately left in the heavens by cursing his own bloodline, a monstrous blood curse that Hussein had performed to curse that finger into a monster.

This way, the monster can move around in the celestial realm.

But the next moment, Hussein was dumbfounded.

"That god is really quite capable."

Locke asked, "What's wrong?"

Hussein said, “He fused a principle of the world with his own divine name, giving that principle of the world some inexplicable power. Then, using that principle of the world, he destroyed my severed finger before I could curse it into a monster with independent will. That was the severed limb of the Blood Ancestor’s true body. This world should not have any power that could break through its defenses, not even the so-called principle of the world.”

"But the principles of the world become powerful simply by combining with his divine name, without any reason."

The wind giant standing to the side could no longer understand anything.

The situation changed too quickly, even beyond her comprehension. She only saw Locke and Hussein engage in a series of battles with that extremely evil eye, which repeatedly brought the eye to its death. However, the evil eye was resurrected from its death twice, which was chilling.

Locke asked Hussein, "Now I understand why the Eye of God wanted to use me to kill the Wolf Giant. If the Wolf Giant dies, the Law of Death will be regained to him."

"Then what will happen? With the principle of death combined with his divine name and divine fire, he will probably be even more difficult to kill."

Hussein also found the situation very difficult.

Although Divine Eye is cunning, he is indeed not strong.

The tricky part is that he's really too difficult to kill.

Hussein said to Locke, "The Persepolis gods... as far as I know, their greatest strength lies in their divine realm, pantheon, divine office, and divine status... This god race likes to form factions, and when they make a move, they can do it with an entire pantheon."

"Their divine status endowed them with many extraordinary divine powers."

"The Persepolis gods before us only possess a divine name and a divine fire. It's easy to imagine that if we encountered the complete Persepolis gods, our situation would be even more difficult."

Locke said, "Otherwise, the wizarding civilization would have wiped out this hostile civilization long ago. The fact that they still exist means that this civilization truly possesses great power."

“Hussein, I am now quite certain that this Persepolis god is dead, and only his divine name remains.”

"Divinity is restored through the three planes."

Hussein asked, "Why are you so sure?"

Locke used the name potion method to collect the spiritual energy sprayed from the divine eye, and then refined it into drops of crystal liquid.

“Look, this is the spiritual essence I obtained from him. A normal living organism couldn’t possibly have so much spiritual essence. Unless… he is just a name.”

"He may not be a true member of the Persepolis gods, but just a name of a member of that gods."

“Since a complete adult Persepolis god would have seven characteristics, I would venture to guess that either the god clan was wiped out by six characteristics, leaving only one, or the god clan was split into seven, and what we are encountering now is its divine characteristic—the divine name.”

Locke placed two drops of Linghong onto his own palm and Hussein's palm respectively.

Immediately, both of them passed through this spiritual barrier and obtained their corresponding names.

[The God of Persepolis: Fitzgerald, Lord of the Wanderers!]

(End of this chapter)