Chapter 454 - 454: The plan!

The thought of letting Derik fight alone against six demigod level foes in the mixed domain kept haunting these new gods since they blame themselves for the current situation of things. When they agreed to break the Beyond's seal and siphon as much mana as possible into this empire, they never expected the Beyond to make a bold appearance like this. They were yet to recover from the horrors and nightmares their death brought to them so when they were face to face with the person responsible for their death, they were paralyzed. None of them could explain how Derik could push away his fears and fight in such a condition, all they knew was that the people below have seen their cowardly acts and they could already feel a good number of their power of faith which they were receiving from the mortals below vanish.

Who could they blame for this?

No one but themselves!

For that reason, they wouldn't dare act against the humans below for lacking faith in them.

"We have to do something," Spinx said as she ruffled her blue hair while she thought of a way to help.

The other had the same thought but the realm is the absolute power of a true god that cannot be invaded easily by even a true god, talk less of them who are still in the gold realm. Now there are two realms combined, the hopes of invading the realm were instantly destroyed, leaving them with no choice but to observe from a distance...

"There is something we can do… something only us can do!" Ahika said with a dejected look on his face.

He knew if they had helped Derik earlier, there may be no need for him to summon his domain since they would be able to kill off the spirit materialization of the beyond quite easily. Now they have failed in that aspect, the least they can do is carry out the original plan while the beyond is still distracted. If they can make good use of this chance, they can use the authority bestowed upon them as god candidates of this world to call forth the mana in this world. While it may take a lot of effort without Derik, they should be able to accomplish the original task.

"I guess we have no choice but to finish this without Derik" Cyrus had the same thought as Ahika and seeing how everyone nodded in agreement, they decided to begin.

Appearing around the massive black sphere in the sky, where the beyond and Derik were doing battle, the six new gods began muttering some unknown words as they reached for the sky with their hands. The earth began to tremble and spatial tears began to appear all around them but what was most shocking was the amount of concentration they were putting into this.

Slowly the ground began to split and from it, a light blue breeze began escaping into the world! At first, the people were terrified but as the mana filled the environment, these people began to feel comfortable. It felt as if their minds became clear and their senses enhanced. They felt like the world around them has changed and something stolen from them was beginning to return.

The seal placed by the beyond was slowly weakening and the world around them kept changing as the amount of mana entering the world kept increasing. The old gods who had returned to their various empires couldn't help but enjoy the refreshing feeling this change was bringing. It continued up to the point where they began to question why they even agreed to go against the new gods in the first place. What they were doing was beneficial to all of them so there was no legit reason for them to try and stop them. They silently prayed that this feeling would never end but some prayers can never be answered.

"Let the fun begin!" Cyrus said as his face was covered in sweat. The other members of the new gods were in a similar condition so no one thought much about it.

Hearing Cyrus declare the beginning of the second phase of their plan, they couldn't help but feel excited. The seal used to contain all the mana in this world was placed by the beyond so it's not something they can completely shatter at this level. The best they can do is to damage it at so many spots leaving it with enough gaps and space for mana to flow out. While this is a good thing it also means the amount of mana escaping through the holes is limited. Leaving such a small amount of mana to circulate across the entire planet will greatly affect their plans because cultivation will be close to impossible due to the little quantity of mana. But if they are able to horde all that mana for themselves, the mana density in the empire will be double what it used to be in the past. Thereby doubling their cultivation speed!

"Come here!" Cyrus growled as he and the new gods began redirecting the path on which the mana was flowing.

All across the world, everyone could see the light blue breeze moving towards the Pelgas empire, robbing them of the comfortable feeling these people once felt. Back at the empire, those beneath watched as the new gods kept performing strange movements which looked like an ancient dance. Even though they couldn't tell what this was for, they could feel the mana density around them increase continuously.

"Blink! Clovis!" Cyrus growled as the mana around the empire had become so thick the entire environment was light blue which in normal circ.u.mstances will make vision difficult but in this case it made people see even clearer.

With Derik's absence, they were lacking a member who would seal all the mana gathered within the territories of the empire. Anyone of them breaking their concentration now meant that all the mana they have struggled to gather will disperse and that's not something they were willing to allow. Thankfully they still had their successors!