Nietzsche is Dead (Part 2)

  Nietzsche was clearly courting death, but his roar made Gare's heart tremble as if something had taken hold of him. Gare was the priest of Enlil in the temple, and Enlil was the main god worshipped by Hatti and Assyria, also the god that Gare had always believed in. And according to the old madman, this disaster was brought by Enlil, and this god was now above the clouds!

  Ge Lie couldn't believe his eyes, nor could he believe what he had just heard. The old madman flew into the sky and immediately countless lightning bolts were attracted to him, striking him down. A bright golden glow erupted from his body as the staff shot out a golden light that resembled a dense net, deflecting the lightning.

  Nietzsche is over 150 years old this year, and has been practicing magic for over 120 years. Although he has never been able to advance to the ninth level of magic, his magical powers are incredibly dense and powerful. With a reckless abandon that disregards his own life, he unleashes them all at once, making it impossible for the wind, rain, and thunder to harm him. As he flies into the clouds, the massive lightning serpents flashing in the rolling black clouds pose the greatest threat to him.

  At this moment, Ge Lie suddenly widened his eyes and discovered an incredible thing. The most violent gusts of wind and thunder in the cloud layer seemed to be manipulated by someone, and they actually avoided Nietzsche's figure one after another.

  Nietzsche flew towards the plateau of Syria, rudely waving his staff, thousands of golden silk-like light bands fluttered, violently tearing open the dark clouds with lightning, as if to poke a hole in the sky curtain and forcibly split open a path, wanting to pull out the gods on the cloud ends!

  "Enril, you despicable, cowardly pig! Why don't you dare to face a mere mortal? Are you afraid? The clouds in the sky are trembling, is it you who's shaking before me?" Nietzsche seemed to be searching for something in the sky, but having found nothing, he suddenly burst into a torrent of abuse.

  Ge Lie's body trembled involuntarily again, and even the staff in his hand was slightly shaking. He had never heard of anyone daring to curse the gods like this before. But Nietzsche continued to scold with abandon, not caring at all. By doing so, he was seeking death, but also wanted the gods above the clouds to take action personally.

  A stern voice finally came from the air: "You madman, how dare you offend me like this! Do you really think I don't dare to kill you? Poor mortal, you don't understand the secrets of the gods!"

  Gale instinctively wanted to kneel down, this voice had an indescribable oppressive feeling in his soul, although he had never heard it before, but in an instant he naturally knew that the speaker was the god Enlil whom he had always believed in, this feeling was unspeakable.

  The old madman burst out laughing: "Enlil, the great god worshipped by countless people, you've finally been scolded out by me!... Come on, come on, let's see if I can hurt you. I hope you won't dodge or be afraid."

  The old madman flew towards the source of the sound, laughing maniacally and unleashing his strongest attack. He threw out the staff in his hand, which exploded into a dazzling golden light in mid-air, almost tearing apart all the dark clouds covering Douke Town. In that instant, Song Lie seemed to see someone standing at the edge of the clouds... no, it should be said that he saw a god.

  Nietzsche finally saw the divine spirit and launched his strongest blow in life at the divine spirit on the cloud, without even using a staff, regardless of whether he would fall from the sky. Song Lie also saw the faint shadow of the divine spirit, but only for an instant, followed by countless thick lightning bolts gathering from all directions, accompanied by thunderous thunder.

  In an instant, everything became unclear and inaudible. The sky turned into a sea of Nietzsche, which burst into flames, shining brightly like the sun for a moment before vanishing into thin air.

  Very soon, everything returned to normal, the torn dark clouds gathered again, and the flood and heavy rain continued to wreak havoc. The Azure Boat suddenly shook violently, and Galen almost lost control of his magic in the midst of the great shock, and he quickly regained his composure and waved his staff to regain control of the artifact.

  "Oh, great Enlil, I swear on my life to worship you, yet I'm fortunate enough to see you in such a state... Is this disaster really brought by you? Have you gone mad?!... Nietzsche, is this how you die?! No one can save you from the wrath of the gods." Song Lie turned his staff and the Azure Boat headed towards the direction of Syria City-State, cutting through the waves as he let out a series of sighs in his heart, turning back to take one last look at the already submerged town of Du Ke.

  He saw another strange scene, a crystal clear thing flew out of the water, it was a divine stone. These were not divine stones from the mountain mines, but were mined by the miners in Du Ke Town, some of which had not been handed over to the city-state, and some of which were privately stored by people. The temple in Du Ke Town still had a large amount of divine stones hidden, all of which were now being lifted into the clouds by a mysterious power.

  Do the gods above also need divine stones? Human wealth should be meaningless to them, but Galen was well aware that the role of divine stones was not just an expensive medium of exchange, it was also a conduit for casting divine spells. If the power of the divine spell was too strong, it would even damage the divine stone. Does the god use divine stone to make up for the consumption of power when casting divine spells?

  On the way back, the turbulent torrent couldn't stop a level 8 great magician driving the Azure Boat, but Ge Lie still concentrated all his magical power and didn't dare to relax even a bit, as if he was on guard against something terrifying.

  The azure boat floated along the waves for two hundred miles, and suddenly arrived at the foot of Xuya City. At this time, Xuya City, surrounded by high city walls, had become a huge isolated island in the floodwaters. The floodwaters were spreading from the northeast, flooding the fields on all sides, and were about to reach the base of the wall. All the city gates had been closed, and earth-filled sacks had been urgently piled up inside the gates to prevent the floodwaters from pouring in.

  Gale's staff flew up the city wall with a boat full of people, then beckoned to retrieve the Azure Boat. The artifact returned to its original size of over one foot, and the Azure Water Heart was still intact, but the four divine stones inlaid on both sides were now riddled with cracks, turning into powder as soon as they were removed.

  Xiao Mo and his assistant had been anxiously waiting on the eastern city tower, seeing Ge Lie return safely, they hastily went forward to say: "Noble great divine master, you've finally returned! In just half a day, the flood has already swallowed up half of the wilderness of Xuya City-State, our city is also surrounded by the great waters...... Look, the water is still continuously rising!"

  His voice almost made me cry, if Ge Lie didn't come back, I'm afraid even the thought of jumping over the city wall would have occurred. But Ge Lie didn't have time to say too much nonsense, and immediately ordered: "Gather all the divine masters in the city!"

  "Divine Artisans?" replied Hwairiet. "They lead everyone in prayer to Enlil the Great God within the temple."

  Ge Lie couldn't explain anything, and could only say in a deep voice: "It's too late for prayers, gather quickly and lay out the largest divine array possible... Xiao Mozhou, you take people to bring out all the divine stones stored in the Sya Temple, including those in the City-State Treasury, and place them around the city walls in a circle. Hualeite, go and set up an array along the city wall, even the simplest protective divine array will do, just put those divine stones in positions where they can be activated."

  Xiao Mo stared blankly and exclaimed: "All the divine stones of the Xiaoya City-State?"

  Hua Lai also exclaimed inexplicably: "Even if a ring-shaped divine defense formation is arranged along the city wall, it's impossible to activate such a powerful divine array, let alone retreat from the flood?"

  Ge Lie waved his hand: "I didn't think of fully activating the power of this large array at all, even if only a tenth of it is activated, tell all the divine technique masters to conserve their magical powers, just ensure that all the divine stones are in a state of being activated by magic and integrated with the divine technique array. ... Hurry up and do it, this is an order! Let Kosman take charge of the divine technique array."

  Just then, Raphael panted and climbed up the city wall, shouting: "Respected teacher, Cosman is gone. He took his family away with the high-level flight scroll in his hand and that flying artifact. Before leaving, he left a message saying that he would return to the imperial capital to report the disaster here and apply for relief."

  Xiao Mo stamped his foot and said, "Reporting the disaster and applying for relief should be done by Song Lie and me ordering people to go. How can he privately go to Wangdu? It's clear that he is escaping with his family! ... I saw him trying to predict the outcome of the flood in the temple yesterday, does he think the city-state will be destroyed by the flood?"

  "How can he use prophecy magic? And still try to predict such a big event? What a shameless..."

  Ge Lie didn't waste any more time, waving his hand to interrupt everyone's conversation. He rushed towards his youngest disciple, Rafael, and said: "I'm sending you to the imperial capital to report on the disaster and request aid from nearby city-states. Take these three scrolls with you. Use the white scroll to chase after Kosman, don't ask him a single question, use the golden scroll to kill him directly, then head to the nearest city-state and make your way back to the imperial capital."

  He drew out of his sleeve two small, exquisite divine art scrolls, one white and one gold, each less than three inches long, along with another high-level air divine art scroll that he had not used before, and handed them to Raphael. Then, with a stern face, he said to Xiao Mo: "The High Priest Kaosman of the Temple of Syah has been ordered by me to be directly killed for abandoning his post and fleeing in the face of crisis. Spread this news throughout the city."

  After finishing this speech, the great wizard seemed to be very tired and walked down the city wall with his staff. Xiao Mo shouted behind him: "Great Wizard, where are you going?"

  "Respected teacher, Cosman has escaped. Who will preside over the grand magic array on the city wall?" Hawlett also shouted.

  "Gu Laite, you are already the strongest divine magician here besides me. You take charge of the grand array, no need to force out too much power, just meet my requirements... Governor, send all the divine magicians up onto the city wall. I will be alone in the temple praying to Enriel the Great God, and no one is allowed to disturb me."

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