Chapter 493: Wishing Everyone a Happy New Year and All the Best
Some Gods who were not particularly strong but were inherently timid were frightened by King Ghidorah's brutal appearance when he swallowed Susanoo just now!
So, many God began to sneak towards the Teleportation Magic Array within the Pantheon—
Clearly, they didn't want to get involved in this conflict. Anyway, as God, they had plenty of time. At worst, they could find a remote, uninhabited Planet and hide for a few hundred years. Once the matters here in the Pantheon had a result, they would come out again—
Kane watched their figures without stopping them, merely letting out cold laughs.
Anubis, whose gaze flickered and who blustered despite his inner cowardice, saw that Kane completely ignored him. Some God nearby cast strange gazes at him. As the self-proclaimed new God King of the Pantheon, he couldn't help but cry out in exasperation. He suddenly transformed into a black mist and disappeared from before his throne, reappearing before Kane, gripping a long-bladed war scythe in both hands and slashing down at Kane's head!
"Whoosh!"
Just as Anubis made his move, something crashed through the roof of the Pantheon, creating a Hole. From the side, a crimson light flew out, leaping high and smashing a great staff down towards the back of the head of Anubis.
"Clang!"
Anubis suddenly felt wind behind his head. Caught off guard, his jackal head was directly shattered by that crimson light's strike.
"Thud!" Anubis's corpse fell directly onto the Great Hall. Then, a golden scale phantom flickered over Anubis's headless corpse.
As a white feather on one side of the scale shattered, Anubis's figure reformed on the other side of the scale. However, the resurrected Anubis had an extremely unpleasant complexion! After his resurrection, he didn't look at the culprit who had launched the sneak attack on him, but instead looked at a white-robed Elder not far away.
The crimson light zipped over to Kane's side, condensing into a figure standing beside him, carrying a golden great staff as thick as a bowl on his shoulder. The person who arrived was none other than Frank.
"Huh! This Werewolf has some strength! He actually managed to take a hit from me!"
Seeing that his strike hadn't killed Anubis, Frank, who had undergone ascetic cultivation beside the Boss for two and a half years and prided himself on his greatly increased strength, scratched his head and muttered.
Kane glanced at him, shaking his head. "That's not a Werewolf. That's Anubis, the Egyptian God of Death!"
"Anubis!?" Frank clicked his tongue in wonder, sizing up Anubis. "I've heard of you. Didn't expect to see a Compatriot from Earth here!"
Anubis felt a surge of anger from Frank's offensive gaze. He felt as if Frank wasn't looking at a God, but rather a strange object.
However, having just experienced Frank's fierce strike, his head was still throbbing faintly!
Anubis looked around. The allies who had just supported his election as Lord of the Pantheon had not offered any assistance when he faced a life-and-death crisis.
This couldn't help but make Anubis feel a chill in his heart. He took a deep look at Frank and Kane, then turned and intended to leave.
At this moment, the Pantheon suddenly became chaotic again. The Gods who had just sneaked away all returned to the Hall with ashen faces.
"What's going on?"
A God completely enveloped in white light spoke up and demanded.
"Lord of Dawn! The Gods of Olympus have destroyed all the Teleportation Magic Arrays in the Pantheon!"
Before that God could finish speaking, a large number of gold-armored soldiers carrying spears and short swords surged into the Pantheon. These elites of the Olympian soldiers lined up, pointing their spears at the Gods of the Pantheon.
Leading them was a Goddess in hunting attire, holding a longbow, looking heroic and spirited. Standing beside her was none other than Diana, who had visited Zeus three years ago! Now, this Goddess was also in full body armor, holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, having adopted a combat stance! "Artemis! Hera, what is the meaning of this from your Olympian Pantheon?"
The Lord of Dawn, clad in white robes, looked towards the center of the Pantheon, at the God King throne that originally belonged to Zeus. A beautiful, lazy woman had been observing this farce with cold laughs from beginning to end.
Hearing the Lord of Dawn's question, this powerful Goddess, famous for her jealousy in Olympian Mythology and whose strength was comparable to Zeus, lazily stretched. "What meaning? Weren't you New Gods planning to use this opportunity to expel us old guys from Earth?"
Upon hearing Hera's words, the Lord of Dawn's body stiffened, which was rare for him. Then he narrowed his eyes. "Hera, I hope you haven't been instigated by certain people. The reason we chose Anubis to be the new God King was purely for the sake of the overall situation!
Moreover, Anubis promised that once he became Lord of the Pantheon, he would definitely help you find the Killer of Zeus!"
"Anubis? He's just trash that you're using however you please! I don't care who killed Zeus either!" Hera waved her hand dismissively, completely disregarding the black smoke that was rising from Anubis's jackal head, clearly indicating he was furious.
"That's no longer important!" Hera slowly rose from the throne. "For the future peace of the Pantheon, I hope everyone can make some sacrifices today!"
"Hera! What exactly do you want to do? Do you think you can challenge so many Gods with just these Soldiers—"
The Lord of Dawn looked at Hera somewhat nervously. That's right, this meeting of the Pantheon was a power grab, a struggle between the Earth Faction and other factions.
The initiator was him, the Lord of Dawn, who ruled over a dozen Habitable Planets and possessed strength comparable to a Sky Father—
He had many supporters. As for Anubis, just as Hera said, this idiot was precisely the shield he pushed forward to test the Earth Deities.
He just hadn't expected their scheme to be seen through by Hera.
The Lord of Dawn looked at Hera, then at Hades, King of the Underworld, who had transformed into human form and stood beside her. At the same time, he was startled and turned his gaze towards Kane, who was chatting with Frank.
"You're working together!"
Hera did not deny the Lord of Dawn's accusation, merely looking at him with mockery in her eyes.
Seeing Hera tacitly agree, the Lord of Dawn's complexion immediately darkened.
"Without Zeus, Olympus's strength is far weaker than before, but the strength of these outsiders is truly terrifying. At worst, Susanoo was still a Deity possessing powerful divine power!"
"However, the current situation has only two possible results."
"Either, either we unite and use the excuse of colluding with hell devils to kill the Olympian Pantheon and these outsiders together!"
"Or, we wait here for death."
The Lord of Dawn understood Hera's confidence. A cold light flashed in his eyes. He sent a mental message to his many allies: "Everyone, don't worry. Currently, the number of Earth Deities in the Pantheon is less than one-tenth, and they are not all united with Hera. If we join forces, we definitely won't suffer losses!"
"Once we succeed, I will also fulfill my promise. The distribution of interests on the Continent of Gods and those Lands of Faith will be according to our previously agreed-upon agreement."
"Boss Kane, why is it taking so long with just these people?"
Frank and Kane ignored the Lord of Dawn's little actions. Frank took a cigar from Kane, lit it, and in the slightly aromatic smoke, he narrowed his eyes. His appearance clearly showed he didn't take these Gods seriously.
"These Gods don't have much strength, but gathering them took a lot of time!" Kane said in a deep voice. "The star banner source souls for the Thunder Department, Fire Department, and Water Department that the Boss wants are easy to handle. The divine ranks of many Gods here are a good match! Over the past two years, I've tried killing a batch and refined several star banners. The effect is not bad!"
"The heavenly cycle star banner source souls for the Plague Department can be refined from the souls of those hell devils, but the star source souls for the Star Department... I've searched for two and a half years, and there are no more than four Gods in the entire Pantheon born from starlight!"
Kane shook his head slightly, his gaze sweeping over the Lord of Dawn. A Sky Father born from a star could indeed be refined into a main Fire Department banner! "How are things on the Boss's side?"
Frank puffed on his cigar, the smoke curling around him. "We're still searching for the things. The flow of time isn't quite the same between the two sides..."
"An Ancient God, an Old Monk, and a God of Mount Tai have appeared over there and are discussing the Dao with the Boss! But it looks like they've been physically persuaded by the Boss and have completely opened up that World, allowing us to search for that thing!"
(end of chapter)