Published: February 11, 2025
This is somewhat frightening.
The speed of the Holy Father had already left the posthumous child and the Cloud Summit coalition feeling desperate. Now, the sudden appearance of this black light, which was even faster than the Holy Father, was naturally terrifying.
Many people turned their gaze toward the direction from which the black light came, but there was nothing there except for the ruined city.
So everyone shifted their focus back to the Holy Father in the sky, who was shrouded in the obviously unfriendly black light.
There was an uproar at the Temple of Dawn; could it be that something had happened to the invincible Holy Father in their hearts?
The black light enveloped the Holy Father, but it didn’t prevent people from seeing what was inside. Those with keen eyesight noticed that around the Holy Father was a layer of watery substance encasing him, blocking the black light from getting through. The black light transformed into countless thin strands, wrapping around the watery substance.
Through the strands of black light, one could see the Holy Father was incredibly calm, even displaying an inexplicable excitement.
“It’s the light of divine punishment!”
Rong Zhi, the oldest among the giants, suddenly exclaimed, prompting many in the temple who had some seniority and age to recall a legend about the posthumous child.
The term “legend” had been mentioned multiple times during this war—Holy Light Tubes, the Dawn Divine Armory, the peak flowers, and those powerful iron chains that could penetrate walls.
These were all prepared by the Temple of Dawn for this battle; they would never use such items in their ordinary battles. Many of the manufacturing methods had been lost, and every use meant one less available. This time, all were exhausted in the siege.
But did the Temple of Dawn not have legends?
Of course, they did!
The Brown Bone Law Pearl is one, but now, apart from Ye Zhongming, no one else could use it.
So, besides this legendary treasure of the almighty god, were there any others?
The answer is yes.
Previously, the Temple of Dawn had attacked beneath the city walls, and there had been ninth-level experts accompanying them, but why had they never breached the Royal City?
Perhaps in the past, the posthumous child also had ninth-level overlords, or a significant number of eighth-level experts defending the Royal City, which is why it had never fallen. But what about special circumstances?
The Temple of Dawn had maintained an absolute lead in strength for so many years, with the inheritance of ninth-level experts remaining unbroken. Had they never found a chance to exploit a weakness in the posthumous child?
So, how did the posthumous child evade calamity during such times?
After years of sedimentation, even if it hadn’t become a secret, few knew about it.
At the Temple of Dawn, it had also become a seemingly true yet false legend.
This legend is the light of divine punishment that Rong Zhi spoke of, or rather, divine punishment.
These two terms might seem commonplace, but they indeed represent something extraordinary.
According to the records of the Temple of Dawn, the Royal City of the posthumous child had an ultimate means of defense, which was divine punishment, possessing extraordinary power to deal with ninth-level beings.
However, where divine punishment specifically came from and what emitted it, the Temple of Dawn did not know. Only the ninth-level expert who had endured the attack of divine punishment reminded later generations to be very careful, not to enter the Royal City of the posthumous child recklessly.
The occurrences of divine punishment were too rare, almost only that one time. The posthumous child would never activate it unless absolutely necessary and in dire circumstances.
Thus, not only was the Temple of Dawn puzzled about divine punishment, but even the posthumous child themselves had heard little about it.
Especially in recent centuries, the posthumous child had weakened rapidly, with hostilities and attacks between various tribes, and internal conflicts in the Royal City were not peaceful either. For the last remaining resources, they fought fiercely, which made many pieces of information less fluid, and the kings did not unite, only wary of each other.