Wizard starting from shoeing donkeys Chapter 1620 - 560: Chaotic Battle (Part 2)

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Dragan Empire.

Buried deep underground, hundreds of meters below a shadowy ancient woodland, an enormous divine form rested in secrecy. Its sealed eyelids appeared to quiver just a bit.

From that form, a translucent specter ascended, face grave, and whispered:

"Yet another local creature rising to demigod status?"

"Such a nuisance..."

The specter disappeared in a flash from its spot, and over the remnants of the floating city, a towering presence materialized.

"Eh? This seems like..." As the outline sharpened into view, it turned out to be the God of Hunting, Luen.

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Within a certain utterly dark ocean depths, a huge clam parted its shells a touch, releasing the phantom of a girl in black robes.

"Does this world hold yet another local being attempting ascension?"

"Odd... apart from that previous human emperor, nobody ought to reach this stage so swiftly..."

"Oh, that location—it's heading toward what they call the Federation?"

Right away, the phantom of the Nether Sea Goddess Hela dissolved into the waters and reappeared above the floating city ruins, right beside the God of Hunting, Luen.

Comparable events unfolded in various spots across the globe.

Following the Nether Sea Goddess Hela's arrival, a massive snake bearing three tormented human visages on its throat also showed up...

Moments later, yet another entity arrived—a grand male god adorned with a jeweled crown and shining golden plate armor, boasting many extra limbs.

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In mere moments, the immense phantoms hovering over the floating city swelled to seven in number.

This sight made the expressions of the Federation's epic powerhouses, who were debating Rein's reasons for ascending at this spot, shift dramatically!

"Fall back! All of you, hurry to the negative first level!" Sword Saint Terrio bellowed.

A single divine avatar would let them clash and possibly triumph. Two would allow a battle, though success seemed unlikely.

Three would render victory all but unattainable.

Now, facing seven evil god avatars in total... fleeing was their sole option!

While the Federation's Dawn experts retreated in haste, the divine avatars spared them only a brief look, showing no interest or pursuit. Instead, they rapidly shared their thoughts:

"A formidable barrier witch formation blocks this place; even we can't breach it straight on," pondered the God of Hunting Luen.

"Indeed, judging by its look, it hails from one of this world's lost ancient societies," the Evil God Grek replied solemnly.

"Regardless, we have to halt that local creature's rise."

"Some robust humans linger nearby; consume..."

"Ignore those insects. Even mighty insects remain insects. Our task is to prevent the mightiest insect from evolving."

The Nether Sea Goddess Hela sensed that the brief aura felt strangely recognizable.

So, under the stunned gazes of the Federation's Dawn experts, the enormous divine avatars stepped into the floating city sequentially.

Once on the second level, they ignored the jail's fissure and instead shattered the metallic surface of the negative second level, pressing further down.

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Right then, Rein's ascension hit its pivotal stage.

Inside his mental sea, the core akin to a splitting atomic reactor now throbbed vigorously like a beating heart.

Each throb sent minuscule tricolor crystalline bits swirling through the fissures over and over.

"Oh? It wrapped up in a blink!" Rein's forehead creased in joy.

Actually, he had picked the floating city ruins to slow down the evil gods' swift approach, but the whole ascension went far more seamlessly than expected.

Thanks to the system's aid, what should have lasted around ten minutes finished off in no time.

This left Rein with plenty of leeway and assurance to tackle whatever came next.

"Eh? That inner summons from afar feels like..."

Abruptly, Rein directed his gaze to a remote spot, face filled with confusion.

From that way, he detected a summons as though echoing from emptiness.

Yet before it could persist for seconds, the abrupt rupture of the overhead metal layer cut him off!

"At last... they've arrived!"

Rein shifted his attention to the freshly entered divine avatars, a faint grin playing on his lips.

In sharp opposition,

the instant she spotted Rein, the lovely visage of the Nether Sea Goddess Hela turned rigid.

The youth grinning before her was far too known!

"You! The desecrator!"

She had never imagined the ascender would be Rein!

"You!" The God of Hunting Luen's face twisted into an ugly scowl.

During the Temrael clash in the Dragan Empire, his avatar had fallen to this very youth, turning him into a joke among these gods.

He considered it a profound disgrace.

Yet astonishingly, this youth had now breached the demigod threshold they feared above all.

"How did your rise happen so quickly!" The Evil God Grek's gaze tightened as he uttered.

"Likely some hidden method, but it won't save him. Right now, his form hasn't completed its shift. Our combined avatar might will suffice to annihilate him!"

The God of Hunting Luen declared in a voice dripping with ice!

As the evil gods geared up to strike, all at once, the Nether Sea Goddess Hela lifted her sight aside and noted:

"Hold on, something's stirring that way."

With a loud crash, an odd goblin wreathed in dark mist erupted from beneath.