Spellcasting Gods

Fortunately, Pollack was no pushover either. He quickly regained his footing, wielded his green greatsword burning with fel flames, and engaged in a fierce battle with his opponent.

Watching these incredibly boring fights, Zhang Cheng sighed slightly, then smashed the Holy Tomb, which was protected by a powerful magical seal, with a single punch, and retrieved an exquisite coffin made of an unknown metal.

Just as he was about to lift the lid, remove the heart that had crashed inside, and end this farce, a male angel clad in golden armor suddenly descended from the sky.

Unlike the other archangels, this guy's body contained an astonishing amount of energy, almost ten times the sum of all the archangels present. Every step he took caused the entire heavenly world to tremble.

Gazing at this suddenly appearing "powerful enemy," Zhang Cheng probed with interest: "Are you Michael? The legendary vice-ruler of Heaven, the Lord of Light, and also the only archangel who survived the ancient war?"

“That’s right! Michael is the name given to me by human believers, but I prefer to be called by another name—Magal.” The current supreme leader of the Heavenly forces responded politely.

He seemed completely unconcerned about the demon army wreaking havoc and slaughtering throughout the city, his eyes fixed intently on the metal pipes.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, dear McGar. If you don’t mind, could you give me a few seconds to take the things out of here?” Zhang Cheng asked, gently poking the metal coffin with his finger.

As someone with extremely keen senses, he was certain that if he had even the slightest intention to open the coffin, the other party would immediately seize the opportunity to launch a fierce and relentless attack.

Of course, if the real body were to descend, Zhang Cheng would not care at all about a mere archangel who survived from ancient times.

The problem is that it's not the real body that's descending, but merely a projection of consciousness. The power it can mobilize is only the fel energy drawn from the massive metal body when it's activated.

Based on his current strength, he can only unleash his full power once at most. After that, his body will become useless scrap metal due to energy depletion.

McGar undoubtedly sensed this as well, and shook his head with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I cannot allow you to do that. Although Jehovah was the supreme master of Heaven a long time ago, his remains are still very important to me. Besides, I'm very curious, who exactly are you? How were you able to unify Hell in such a short time?"

"If I tell you the answer, would you choose to embrace the darkness and become the commander of my fallen angel legion?" A faint glint flashed in Zhang Cheng's eyes as he rapidly gathered energy to prepare for a fatal blow.

"Hahahaha! You just said that I am the vice-ruler of Heaven, the Lord of Light. The very nature of my power dictates that I cannot betray Heaven. So please don't waste your breath. Let us decide the fate of Heaven and Hell with our power." As he spoke, a blinding light burst forth from McGar's body, and he moved forward slowly with elegant steps.

The passage of tens of thousands of years has endowed him with power and combat skills beyond the imagination of ordinary mortals, so he is confident in killing this seemingly powerful enemy before him, just like the great demons who have tried to invade Heaven and been killed over the past few thousand years.

"I admire your confidence! But you'll never understand the immense chasm that separates us. Even if you destroy this body now, it's no big deal for me, but if you fail, Heaven will perish. It's been said that the strong, and those who are strong, have a chance to try again even if they fail, while for the weak, failure is tantamount to annihilation. Now, let me see the level of your so-called Vice-King of Heaven."

The words had barely left his mouth!

Zhang Cheng's body moved like a streak of light, traversing space and distance at an incredible speed, and crashed heavily into his opponent.

Because his entire body is made of sturdy and highly resistant magical metal, his weight is terrifying. So, the inertia generated by his initial kinetic energy alone is enough to crush and grind most living creatures to pieces.

boom!

After a loud bang, McGar's body turned into countless balls of light, which then quickly reformed.

Clearly, this purely physical attack meant nothing to him.

“Particleization? I should say, as expected of the Lord of Light…” Zhang Cheng pushed aside a collapsed wall, slowly stood up from the ruins, and an expression of interest appeared on his face.

“Thank you for your compliment! In fact, I myself was born from the first ray of light, so in Heaven I am light, and light is me. There is no power that can kill me,” McGar replied meaningfully.

"That sounds a bit tough. But that's okay, I like challenges." As he spoke, Zhang Cheng looked up at the sun hanging in the sky.

To be precise, it was a burning energy ball created with divine power and faith.

McGar's expression changed drastically, and he demanded sharply, "What do you want to do?"

"What am I going to do? Of course, I'm going to destroy the sun of Heaven, so that you, the Lord of Light, will lose your greatest support." Zhang Cheng sneered, raising his right hand and hurling a high-pressure fireball of fel energy, formed from half of his body's energy.

Whoosh!

Under the force of the immense impact, the fireball traced a straight line through the sky and struck its target precisely.

next second!

Boom!

The stable space at the top of Heaven was torn apart by a terrifying energy explosion, revealing large passages leading to the distorted void.

Many angels who were flying in the sky on their wings were sucked in on the spot. Hundreds of them disappeared without a trace before they could even scream.

No one knows where they went, or whether they are alive or dead.

In contrast, McGar's condition wasn't much better, as he was spitting out mouthfuls of golden holy blood.

It goes without saying that the damage from that attack was far more lethal than anyone had imagined...

Chapter 0948 Well done

"Cough cough cough..."

"Lord McGar, you're injured!"

"You vile demon! How dare you harm the symbol of light and justice!"

……

As the former viceroy of the Kingdom of Heaven and now the supreme ruler, Magalh is essentially in the same position as Jehovah in the eyes of the archangel.

After all, most of the older generation of angels had died or been killed in ancient times, and the angels in Heaven now are a new generation born from the Lake of Life.

Although they had heard many stories and tales about the past, they had never witnessed firsthand the incredible power of Jehovah, who created heaven from nothing. However, they had seen Mahal repeatedly slay demons from hell and lead heaven to victory after victory.

Therefore, in the eyes of the angels, he is the symbol of invincibility, the last hope and pillar of the entire heaven.

If even he fails, it means that Heaven will face its final judgment.

Because of the loss of the sun, the entire heaven was plunged into darkness, with only a few wisps of starlight or some other luminous object in the distorted void providing a meager amount of illumination.

McGar, clutching his bleeding mouth and nose, suppressed his inner rage and shouted, "How do you know about the close connection between the sun and me?"

"No, I actually don't know anything. I'm just trying my luck. After all, according to normal logical reasoning, since you are the embodiment of light, the first thing I need to do is destroy the light source, and the sun in heaven happens to be the greatest light source. It's very simple and easy to understand, isn't it?" Zhang Cheng replied with a half-smile, stroking his chin.

Only now did he finally understand why the Burning Legion had repeatedly failed in its invasion of Azeroth, yet the Dark Titans remained completely unconcerned.

For Sargeras, there was no opponent on the planet Azeroth who could match him. No matter if he failed once, twice, three times, or four times, he could calmly start over.

As the attacker, no matter how many times you fail, as long as you succeed once more, it means you have won the final victory.

However, for the Azerothian alliance, which was on the defensive, no matter how many times they won, a single defeat meant losing everything.

Similarly, if Zhang Cheng, who only appears as a projection of consciousness, fails once or twice in launching a full-scale invasion of Heaven, it won't matter much. But if McGar fails even once, he will lose the chance to make a comeback.

Unfortunately, Magal didn't seem to understand this. He shoved away the young angel who was helping him, raised the sword made entirely of high-energy photons, and said coldly, "I admit I was careless just now! But your good luck ends here! You may be the smartest and most cunning demon in Hell in recent millennia, but you will still die by my sword."

"Heh, naive. It seems that in the thousands of years since Jehovah's death, you haven't made any progress at all. You don't understand what the power that keeps the whole of Heaven running is. You're too obsessed with your little tricks as the Lord of Light, thus neglecting the study of the soul and faith. Otherwise, you wouldn't have said such ignorant things. Forget it, what's the use of talking so much nonsense to a dying man? Let me send you on your way."

As he spoke, Zhang Cheng detached one of his arms, used alchemical powers to reshape it into the shape of a warhammer, and finally infused it with fel energy.

moment!

The massive hammerhead suddenly burst into flames of scorching green fire, accompanied by a wailing sound, continuously devouring the souls of the fallen angels and demons around it.

Without a doubt, this is not an ordinary weapon or a magical weapon, but an evil weapon that, upon impact, infuses the agony of tens of thousands of souls before their death into the deepest recesses of the enemy's body.

Upon seeing this, McGar's golden pupils suddenly contracted, his eyes filled with vigilance. After hesitating for a moment, he transformed into a ball of light and rushed out.

"Commendable courage! Taste the hammer of pain!" Zhang Cheng sneered as he swung his warhammer to smash the ball of light.

next second...

boom!

"Aaaaaaahh ...

With a scream of extreme pain, McGar was forced back into human form, kneeling on one knee, clutching his chest, his expression twisted to the extreme.

He simply couldn't believe that his steely will had crumbled after just one encounter.

pain!

despair!

death!

Ideas diametrically opposed to those of heaven kept echoing in my mind!

"Oh dear! What a poor little thing! Great and evil master, if you don't mind, could you spare his life? I think with some training, this guy could become one of us." Reines wagged his tail, his tone full of sarcasm, having successfully dealt with his opponent.

"No, you're wrong. He can't possibly fall. Because if he did, it would mean death. I'm not talking about physical death, but the death of his soul. As a life born from a ray of light, that light is his soul, his core, his faith. Once the light disappears, his personality disappears too, and in its place will be a completely different life. Do you understand?" Zhang Cheng corrected, lifting his heavy warhammer.

Although it may sound unbelievable, it is an undeniable fact.

Jehovah used the first ray of light from the fusion of heaven to create the first angel, Magal, and used him as a model to create several archangels, commanding them to assist him in ruling over thousands of angels.

However, this design has a fatal flaw: once the sun in the sky, formed from divine power and faith, is destroyed, the Lord of Light will lose the source of his power and become a candle that burns itself out.

Once the energy stored in his body is exhausted, he will disappear from the world as if he had never existed, leaving not even a corpse behind.

"Die, demon! I am the eternal guardian of Heaven! No one can destroy it!"

Driven by intense anger, fear, and despair, Magalh charged forward like a madman, brandishing his lightsaber.

With each collision with the Hammer of Pain, the expression on his face became more ferocious, and his golden wings, which radiated golden light, faded more and more due to the rapid loss of energy.

Finally, in the instant his energy was about to run out, he chose to burn his own soul, cleaving the massive metal body in two with overwhelming force, disappearing from the world forever.

Feeling the melancholy light in the air, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but smile and exclaim, "Well done! My dear McGar, you've made this otherwise boring war much more interesting."

Chapter 0949 Destroying Paradise

“My dear master, you seem to need help, don’t you?” Reines leaned closer and gently stroked the spot where the massive body had been severed at the waist.

It must be said that Magalh's final blow was worthy of his title as Lord of Light. Even his steel body, which was reinforced with countless protective magic spells, could not withstand it in the slightest. If it had been anyone else, they would probably have met their demise.

Unfortunately, Zhang Cheng only used a consciousness projection, so no matter how much damage this body was damaged, it would not have the slightest impact on his original body.

He didn't even care about the extent of his physical damage. He raised his only still-movable arm and pointed to the metal coffin discarded in the corner: "Open that for me!"

"As you wish!"

Without saying a word, Reines went straight over and dragged the heavy metal coffin back.

But just as she was about to say something, Zhang Cheng grabbed the coffin and crushed it with his strong metal hand, pulling out a golden sphere the size of an adult's fist. The surging energy emanating from it immediately made the surrounding demons feel extremely uncomfortable.

As the succubus queen, Reines retreated at lightning speed without a word, screaming and cursing, "Ahhhhhhh!!!! Damn it! What the hell is that thing?"

"Hehe, this is the heart left behind by the true master of Heaven. Look how strong, how beautiful, how tenacious it is. Even after thousands of years, it still retains enough energy to destroy a city," Zhang Cheng commented meaningfully.

"Master, should I take it back?" Adam appeared silently beside him at some point, asking expressionlessly.

Zhang Cheng smiled and shook his head: "No, no need. Let's just detonate it here. Heaven prides itself on being the Kingdom of Light, so let it be destroyed in endless, intense light. I'll give you one hour to retreat. After one hour, this place, which the angels regard as their highest faith, will be gone forever. As for the rest, you can clean it up slowly."

“You are truly a generous and merciful demon king! I think all the demons in Hell will be grateful for your decision. I believe that after you have completely conquered Heaven, there will definitely be an astonishingly large legion of fallen angels in Hell.” Ashima bowed deeply.

The so-called gradual cleanup is actually just waiting until the last resistance is defeated, allowing the demons to slaughter the inhabitants of Heaven with impunity, venting their anger, desires, tyranny, and all sorts of evil thoughts.