Spellcasting Gods

But before he could even enjoy his joy for a few seconds, a burst of scorching flames suddenly erupted from beneath his feet, instantly turning him to ashes.

Staring at the black, lumpy carbonized material, Icarette said in a slow and deliberate tone, "I'm sorry, your sacrifice failed. As I mentioned earlier, this is not a battle in the ordinary sense, but a battle to abandon fear, overcome death, and surpass one's own limits. If you fail to meet the standard, then I will use the essence of flames to cleanse your filthy soul."

"Fuck! You make it sound so easy! Fear is a strong emotion that comes from the bottom of a person's heart! How can you just abandon it like that!" Another young man in his early twenties finally couldn't help but burst out.

Like all guys who break down in desperate circumstances, after seeing no hope of survival, he simply started cursing, since he was going to die anyway.

However, Icarette didn't seem particularly angry upon hearing this. She calmly explained, "You're right. Fear is a powerful emotion that originates from within, especially when facing death. Fear can be amplified infinitely, and only those who truly transcend themselves can discard it in a short time. I admire the spiritual elevation that occurs when humanity conquers itself, and I firmly believe that it is the most beautiful sight in the world. That's why I established this standard for sacrifice. If you are unwilling to make the sacrifice, I won't force you. You can turn around and leave, but don't expect to get the key to leave from me."

"But I didn't come here voluntarily! It was that book! That damned ancient book forcibly teleported us all here!" the young man argued loudly.

Discovering that the powerful monster before him was not as fierce and cruel as he had imagined, and was actually quite reasonable, his subconscious will to survive suddenly surged, and he tried to persuade the monster to let him go with his words.

"I'm sorry, human, that book wasn't written by me. It was written over 1,500 years ago by an interesting human who wanted to use this kind of sacrifice to obtain the power of fire in order to help his country defeat its enemies. But a contract is a contract. The moment you read the first letter of the first page of the book, the contract was activated, and no one can change it, not even me..."

While Icarus was talking to the young man, Mansa quickly picked up the ancient book that had fallen to the ground and frantically flipped through it, desperately trying to find a way to resolve the current crisis.

But as she was flipping through the book, she suddenly noticed a crumpled piece of paper tucked inside, which hadn't burned despite the extremely high ambient temperature.

Suddenly, she remembered something she had said not long ago: ancient books are protected by magical power, so even if they are thrown into a fire, they will not be set on fire.

By the same token, is this note with the urgent phone number also protected by magical power?

For a moment, Zhang Cheng's meaningful words kept echoing in the girl's mind. Finally, with a try-it-out attitude, she turned on the driver's phone, which had been overheating, and dialed the number as quickly as possible.

Even though there was no signal, incredibly the call actually went through!

A familiar voice came from the other end of the phone: "My God! You finally called. Don't say anything, just keep the signal on, I'll be there right away."

"Hey?! What do you mean! Do you know where I am?" Mansa was so excited that she was almost incoherent.

next second...

boom! boom! boom!

With a piercing sound, the thick black fog that shrouded the sky was suddenly torn apart by a tremendous force!

Then everyone saw a black opening appear out of thin air, and an Asian man in a casual suit, carrying a black cane, walked out. He was none other than Zhang Cheng, who had been waiting all night without sleep…

Chapter 0662 The Spirit of Fire

"A fragmented world? No, that's not right. The energy here is very stable, unlike the chaotic and disordered fragmented worlds. It must have been forcibly cut off from the main world by someone..."

After successfully completing the teleportation, Zhang Cheng's first task was to survey the surrounding environment and sense the magical power permeating the air.

As for Icarus, which stands atop the crater, it was simply and spectacularly ignored.

the reason is simple!

As a spirit with a single attack attribute, no matter how powerful it is, it is ineffective against an alchemist. The alchemist can transform it into other forms of matter or energy in no time, so there is no need to worry too much.

However, if it were someone who could use two or more attributes to launch an attack at the same time, the difficulty of the conversion would increase exponentially, making it absolutely impossible to complete in a short period of time.

Without a doubt, in this world filled with fire and lava, the proportion of magical energy is no different from that of the normal world, except that the proportion of fire element is very high.

Moreover, the area is not large, at most half the size of the island of Ireland. It is firmly isolated from the outside world by a powerful magical seal. Even with the power Zhang Cheng currently possesses, it took a lot of effort to barely open a temporary passage.

If he hadn't confirmed his location beforehand, he wouldn't even have been able to detect the existence of this world.

"A human wizard?" A hint of surprise appeared on Icarette's ferocious face.

As a fire spirit who has lived for countless years, he has seen all kinds of people, but this is the first time he has seen a user of supernatural power.

Of course, it's not that he hates super wizards, but the seal surrounding the boundary prevents any life form with supernatural powers from entering unless they break through the barrier set up by the gods.

"Hello, powerful fire elemental being. If you don't mind, could you tell me which god imprisoned you? Is he currently in a deep sleep, or is he already dead?" Zhang Cheng didn't waste any time and went straight to the question that concerned him most.

With the countdown to his direct confrontation with the gods underway, he was eager to gather more intelligence and information in order to prepare for the eventuality.

Icarus was undoubtedly very sensitive to magical energy. He could sense the immense power contained within the seemingly unremarkable human body before him, and suddenly burst into laughter: "Hahahaha! Beat me! Beat me, and I'll tell you everything!"

“Simple and direct! I’m starting to like you a little. Alright, as you wish.” Zhang Cheng bowed politely, raised the supreme authority disguised as a modern cane, and instantly transformed the flames within several kilometers into bone-chilling ice.

The ambient temperature suddenly dropped from 60 or 70 degrees Celsius to minus 20 or 30 degrees Celsius!

"That's right! That's it! Come on! With the attitude of killing me! Let me enjoy the long-lost passion of battle!" Icarette roared as she plunged headfirst into the icy pile of ice, detonating the scorching magma hidden beneath the earth's crust.

boom!

Accompanied by a deafening roar!

The ice frozen on the ground shattered instantly, and the entire crater was torn apart by a violent earthquake, turning everything into a dazzling fiery red.

As for the survivors standing on the crater, apart from Mansa who was caught by Zhang Cheng, the rest all fell into the scorching flames and burned alive.

"My God! You...you are a powerful wizard?" The girl clung tightly to his neck and waist, screaming excitedly.

"Shh! Keep quiet, beautiful. I need to concentrate now, otherwise it will be difficult to defeat a fire elemental overlord in this environment." After saying that, Zhang Cheng began to try to merge his soul with this burning world, using the characteristics of the magical soul to draw more energy to form a wide-range attack spell.

After all, elemental life forms have two well-known characteristics: one is purity, and the other is that their core energy is far greater than the external matter or semi-matter they form.

To inflict maximum damage on them and deny them any opportunity to draw power from their surroundings, the only way is to find their core and deliver a fatal blow.

Generally speaking, the core is hidden inside the outer form. Especially for a powerful individual like Icarus, whose outer form is almost solidified, a spell with low power cannot even break through the defense.

Using alchemical power to continuously transform flames into water and ice to block his opponent's attacks, Zhang Cheng quickly absorbed enough energy through the Soul of Magic. He then used his divinity to transform this energy into the attributes he desired, and finally raised his supreme authority to shoot a white beam of light straight ahead.

puff!

The instant the beam of light made contact with Icarus's body!

The monster, whose entire body was enveloped in blazing flames, was frozen in place. Tiny particles, like crystal dust, filled the air as its body fell from a great height like a statue, crashing onto a rock with a thud and scattering into countless shards of frost.

At its very core, there was a benevolent crystal, resembling a ruby, which flew into the magma and began frantically absorbing the surrounding fire elemental energy.

Before long, a new form slowly materialized.

It goes without saying that this crystal is the true core of Icarus, a special substance born from the high temperature and pressure environment deep within the Earth's core, and almost nothing can destroy it.

Zhang Cheng did not press his advantage, but simply waited with a smile for his opponent to recover.

After about ten minutes, Icarette finally stabilized her external form and exclaimed happily, "A perfect strike! I can hardly believe that, apart from gods, there are mortals in the world who can instantly create such a terrifyingly low temperature through magic, to the point that even the Eternal Flame has been extinguished."

"Thank you for the compliment! However, there's one thing I must correct: it was 'almost killed you,' not 'actually killed you.' To be honest, I wasn't confident I could destroy your core," Zhang Cheng replied meaningfully.

"Yes! I was born from the first light and heat of the world! Many mortals believe this to be the sun. But in reality, I came from the core of a planet, and initially lacked self-awareness until the Creator awakened me from the chaos clock, bestowing upon me wisdom and knowledge. For this, I am grateful. But those later gods clearly did not like my attitude towards the Creator, so they banished and imprisoned me and my children..."

Icarette clearly knew what the human before her wanted to know, and proactively began to recount everything she knew.

Unfortunately, it had already been banished long before the gods rebelled, and it had no idea what was actually happening on Earth. It only learned bits and pieces about the changes in the outside world through the unfortunate creature summoned by that book.

Chapter 0663 Classification of Gods

As Zhang Cheng listened silently to Icarus recount the era when most humans were still barbaric and uncivilized, and could only survive by relying on the gods, he suddenly learned a lot of valuable information that he had never been able to access before.

One of the most important points is about the classification of the power levels of the gods!

In simple terms, they can be roughly divided into three categories. The first category consists of the earliest gods born in the primitive mythological systems of various parts of the world. They were basically created by the creator himself and possessed unimaginable power. They could change the landscape and environment with a wave of their hand, and even create offspring similar to themselves through reproduction, namely second-generation and third-generation gods. The most typical examples are Gaia, the earth mother goddess, and Uranus, the sky god in Greek mythology.

The second category consists of the descendants of the gods originally created by the Creator. Although they also possess great power, they are not like their parents, able to form an extremely close connection with the world. Occasionally, some unlucky individuals are even killed by powerful mortal heroes.

As for the third type, they are not gods in a strict sense, but special life forms with incredible power. As a result, they are worshipped by mortals and gradually develop an inseparable connection with a certain country or ethnic group, thereby mastering some supernatural fields that they are familiar with.

The first two are primordial deities. Their power and abilities are fixed from birth and will not change much, nor will they be affected by the number of believers.

But the last type, like the gods of Faerûn, will have their power fluctuate depending on the number of humans closely connected to them. When the people or nations that worship these gods expand and conquer vast territories, they will naturally become incredibly powerful, even able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the second type of gods, or even surpass and kill them. But if the people or nations decline, they will quickly enter a period of decline, or even fall into eternal slumber, until one day people begin to call their names again and offer their devout faith.

Undoubtedly, most of the myths of the Maya, Inca, and Aztecs active in the Americas, as well as the countless gods worshipped by African natives, belong to this category.

This means that Zhang Cheng's real enemies are only the first and second types of gods.

The first generation of gods, especially those mentioned by the Creator and possessing life forms comparable to the Titans—the supreme beings of the Azeroth universe—are the true threat.

The reason is simple: these gods, like Icarus, have a strong connection to the entire Earth, or rather, they represent certain objective laws of this planet, such as the sky, the earth, life, death, and so on.

Take Gaia, the earth goddess in Greek mythology who gave birth to countless gods, for example. If she were killed, the earth's tectonic plates might move violently, or even cause the continental shelf to collapse, resulting in the extinction of hundreds of millions of humans and animals.

In addition, many of the first gods actually used different names, and many early gods in myths and legends are actually the same person.

This means that the number of gods, especially those created by the Creator, is not as many as one might imagine; on the contrary, it is extremely rare, so rare that one could count them on two hands.

Furthermore, these gods are extremely difficult to kill, and one must not act rashly before mastering the method to destroy them.

After considering all of this, Zhang Cheng nodded slightly and asked in a slightly amused tone, "Having been imprisoned in this prison for tens of thousands of years, didn't you ever think about escaping?"

“Do you think I would stay here and let those gods rebel if I could escape? No! I will lead my children and the Creator to cast those damned traitors into the abyss.” Icarus was clearly a die-hard follower of the Creator, and she immediately showed great anger when the topic of the plotted rebellion came up.

Under its emotional influence, this place, which had almost been transformed into a world resembling a fire elemental world, suddenly erupted with a large amount of scorching magma.

"What if I could help you leave?" Zhang Cheng asked tentatively, his words carrying a deeper meaning.

“You?” A glint of fire flashed in Icarette’s eyes.

Clearly, it remembered the teleportation spell that had just torn the seal apart. If it could have torn the seal a little bigger, it might have been able to get through.

“That’s right! By the way, I’m trying to break the seals that the gods have hidden in various places, so that the Creator can return to our world.” Zhang Cheng calmly revealed his trump card.

It goes without saying that he had his eye on the powerful spirit before him, as well as the vast army of fire elementals, and intended to recruit them to his own cause.

“What proof do you have?” Icarette asked bluntly.

As the first life awakened in this world, he was not like most elemental beings who were keen on destruction and ruin. Instead, he was full of wisdom. In addition, having seen the human nature of being good at disguise and deception, he would never easily trust a guy he had only known for less than half an hour.

“I think this should prove it!” Zhang Cheng casually took the parchment scroll out of his pocket.

moment!

An extremely ancient hieroglyphic script has emerged on this paper!

Upon seeing the words, Icarette's expression froze, and flames erupted from her entire body to reflect her intense emotions.

Several minutes passed before it spoke in a slightly trembling voice: "So that's how it is! You are a child created by the Creator! You are her messenger to avenge those rebellious gods! I am willing to follow your command and obey your orders..."

“Very good! But the problem is that you are too weak to contend with true gods. So I have decided to bestow upon you a new power, a more powerful one, enough to kill gods. Its name is—Fel Energy!”

The words had barely left his mouth!

Zhang Cheng inserted the end of the Supreme Authority directly into Icarette's chest, continuously injecting green evil energy into the core from the end.

In the blink of an eye!

The originally white, blazing flames were tinged with a faint green, and the ruby-like crystals began to change rapidly.

Soon, amidst the chaotic and distorted power, the intelligence in the fire spirit's eyes gradually disappeared, replaced by ferocity and tyranny.