Chapter 1563 - 196: Million vs 300_2

"Disengage balance combat protocol, load high-mobility combat program!" the Lady of Darkness commanded within the thought network.

The length of the Divine Power blade at the front of the war knife was cut in half, and the caliber of the Light Cannon was reduced as well. This gave them faster sprint speeds and quicker firing rates. With the massive strength boost recently absorbed from the Divine Status, they no longer needed to fight at full strength to defeat their opponents; now they needed to think about how to harvest Divine Status at a faster rate.

Speed, speed is paramount.

Kill, absorb; kill again, absorb again! The Golems repeated this process at the highest speed. The Gods of War surrounding them were still numerous, but since the battle began, they had not succeeded in killing any Golem, while they themselves had suffered heavy losses. Most importantly, all their Commanders had been wiped out!

Indeed, from the start, the Golems had targeted those who were issuing commands, starting from the strongest and highest-ranked, killing them one by one. Killing them also provided huge rewards for the Golems, allowing them to rapidly increase their Divine Status in a short time.

Now, like headless flies, the Gods of War completely didn’t know how to handle the situation.

"They’re starting to waver, hold on a bit longer!" bellowed the Lady of Darkness.

All the Golems increased their speed again; every second, hundreds of Gods of War were slain, their Divine Status absorbed. Despite the initially large numbers of the Legion of Gods of War, their numbers decreased rapidly at such a speed, casting immense fear upon them.

Eventually, fear spread and the first batch of Gods began to flee.

"Mars! Now is the time!" The Lady of Darkness, who had been prepared for not letting those Gods escape, immediately gave the order.

At this moment, Mars, already prepared, exploded ferociously! This was not due to an attack by a God of War, but it blasted open all the Divine Power Alloy Armor covering its surface and transported at the highest speed to the periphery of the battlefield.

"Space stabilization device, full power output!"

Mars, along with the floating armor around it, appeared simultaneously at the center of the battlefield, at the designated position by Lady of Darkness. Divine Text was filled on the large pieces of armor, Divine Power transformed into light flowing continuously among the armor. Mars had now unleashed all its Divine Power, forming a space stabilization device with an unprecedented coverage range. Within its large radius, no God of War could tear through space. To leave the battlefield, one could only do so by flying! And when it came to flying speed, except for a few speed-type Gods of War, most could not outpace the Golems.

Seeing the space being sealed off, the Gods of War, already without a Commander, immediately panicked. They abandoned their attack and started fleeing for their lives. With the defensive pressure gone, the speed of the Golems further increased!

Slay! Slay! Absorb the Divine Status that can be absorbed; if there isn’t enough time, leave it for Mars! Leave as many Gods of War as possible!

Mars truly felt terrified, for its Divine Status count was soaring rapidly, though it had once dreamed that such a day might come. Still, when that day abruptly arrived, it felt utterly surreal.

At this moment, the surrounding space was filled with drifting Divine Power. The Golems, after killing the Gods of War, only absorbed Divine Status, letting the Divine Power dissipate into the space around them. Mars, who lacked a source of Divine Power replenishment, naturally did not let it go to waste; it desperately absorbed all the Divine Power, then further expanded the range of the space stabilization, creating more opportunities for the Golems.

However, there were only three hundred Golems in total, and the opposing Gods of War were too numerous. No matter how efficiently they fought, they couldn’t stop so many desperate escaping Gods of War. Ultimately, large groups of Gods of War gradually escaped the range of space stabilization and immediately tore through space to flee.

"All units, return to base immediately, enter repair mode, the rest is up to you, heh." said the Lady of Darkness.

"Don’t worry, as an omnivore, I will clean this place up completely." Heh promised excitedly.

Mars’s armor restored, the little piglet on Mars’s surface opened its huge mouth.

At this time, the Golems had already reached underground and entered repair mode.

This battle inflicted severe damage on the Golems, whether it is humans, animals, or mechanical devices, long-duration work under extreme conditions will lead to damage, and Golems are no exception. This time, to combat such a vast number of Gods of War, both the core and the body constantly operated under extreme conditions, and enduring numerous Divine Power attacks inflicted great damage on the bodies. Darkness Maiden did not know if those Legions would come to their senses and immediately send another attack. Once they had a proper Commander and ceased fighting individually, it wouldn’t be so easy for the Golems to achieve victory. It was precisely for this reason that the Darkness Maiden requested all Golems to immediately enter the most vulnerable repair mode.

In repair mode, the core would completely detach from the body, enabling a thorough maintenance of the entire mechanism. This was also when the Golems were most vulnerable. Especially if the repair was only half complete when the enemy attacked, the combat effectiveness of the Golems might even be weaker than when they were injured.

This is also why the Darkness Maiden immediately requested to begin repairs.

According to battlefield statistics, the total number of Gods of War from this invasion exceeded one million four hundred thousand, and their intra-fighting casualties exceeded one hundred thousand. After the Golems entered the fray, they directly killed less than thirty thousand Gods of War, but over two hundred thousand Gods of War died from their own Magic bombardment during the melee!

At that time, almost all the Gods of War were shooting Divine Power at the Golems haphazardly, resulting in the calculative Golems not receiving fatal injuries. Instead, other nearby Gods of War in the airspace were unfortunately hit.

Whether or not they were directly annihilated by the Golems, these three hundred thirty thousand Divine Statuses were real. Apart from ten thousand Divine Statuses absorbed by Mars, the rest were evenly distributed among the Golems.

Even the Darkness Maiden herself had not expected such a harvest.

With these Divine Statuses, the Darkness Maiden knew it was time for a further upgrade.

However, it was not the Golems that needed upgrading, but the core species.

Initially, all members of the core species thought their purpose for creation was to combat the Dragon Clan. However, some members of the core species were confused, because according to the Golems’ sole recorded battle against the Dragon Clan, the Golems equipped with new type cores were simply bullying the Dragon Clan. With such immense combat strength, why wasn’t it used at the beginning of the fight against the Dragon Clan?

The previous upgrade of the Golems made everyone understand these Golems were not created to deal with the Dragon Clan from the beginning, but to deal with Gods!

The previous upgrade upgraded large ordinary Golems to normal height Golems, while also granting them the ability to absorb Divine Status and utilize Divine Power in battle. However, the human part of the core species did not change; although they also absorbed Divine Status, it felt of little use. During battles, they participated as cores, while their bodies hid in another dimension.

However, as Divine Status gradually increased, the technology originally sealed within the core began to unlock. This was far from the peak for the Golems; in fact, the Golems, including the core species could grow stronger through upgrades!

Giant named this entire process Divinization. By bombarding the core with sufficiently strong Divine Status, it triggers the birth of new self-growing Divine Statuses within the human core of the core species! And this self-growing Divine Status, as defined, does not require the absorption of external Divine Status to continuously strengthen!

The Darkness Maiden could hardly believe, had Giant’s research on Gods actually been so thorough initially? However, once she arrived in the Divine Realm, even that little bit of mystery the Darkness Maiden felt towards the Gods vanished. After all, the so-called Gods she currently saw were nothing more than a group of uncivilized beasts.

The Divinization program required some time, during which the Darkness Maiden dared not hastily initiate it, fearing an imminent attack from the enemy. However, she felt she had overestimated those Legions. Because no Legions appeared until the repair program was completed, and the piglet who had already cleaned up the battlefield, told the Darkness Maiden that these Legions had started to become cautious and probably wouldn’t send Gods of War to die in a short period.

Since that was the case, what was she waiting for? The Darkness Maiden decided to immediately initiate the Divinization program.