Chapter 547: Why did it turn out like this?
Nancy was born as an exceptional talent, containing a massive power of Ghost God within her from birth. As a child, she couldn't control this overwhelming power, and the erratic energy caused ominous disturbances around her.
As she grew, this power gradually released until she broke through to the Transcendent Tier, where Nancy finally gained control over the power she possessed.
At this moment, Nancy's aura climbed in intense increments.
Black dragons, woven from the power of Ghost God, danced and swirled around her.
Layers of dark purple energy armor enveloped her petite body.
For a moment, Nancy appeared much taller.
From a distance, she resembled a purple-black Valkyrie with the dense power of Ghost God shrouding her, distorting space and spreading a terrifying oppressive aura like waves.
"Ghost God Transformation"!
It was a powerful skill that Nancy innately awakened, leveraging the power of Ghost God within her to unleash a damage potential several times, or even tens of times greater than usual.
She had never used this technique against an enemy before, due to its high cost.
Only after advancing to the Second Tier of Transcendent did Nancy have the resource to initiate "Ghost God Transformation," which under normal circumstances, she could only maintain for about thirty to fifty seconds.
But at this time,
The entire old Royal Capital became a part of her territory, an incredibly profound force surged from the void, endlessly pouring into Nancy's body.
This was not the rudimentary "World Tree Array."
The "World Tree Array" amplified a person's all attributes like speed, strength, stamina, source power, and spiritual power.
Though the power surged, it often became difficult to control, akin to a child swinging a two-meter-long weapon.
Yet, similar aspects existed between this and Nancy's "Ghost God Transformation."
Meanwhile, the enhancement through telekinesis improved her realm.
Nancy's aura relentlessly ascended, starting from the initial entry of the Second Transcendent Tier, quickly moving to Basic Period, Middle Period, Late Period, to the Peak of Second Tier...
The gap between each small realm was at least several times in energy level.
Space twisted even more, and the unrestrained dissemination of her aura shocked even the Pope.
He was well aware of the "World Tree Array." If the "World Tree" itself triggered the array, the effect would be stronger.
But no matter how strong, it merely amplified combat power, not like realm ascensions that skyrocketed as if on drugs!
Moreover, as a former member of the Royal Family, the Pope knew the "World Tree Array" had its limits—an impressive increase for a First Tier Transcendent, perhaps several times or tens of times, but for a Second Tier Transcendent, achieving a multiple increase in combat power would require a top-notch array.
Nancy, not considering realm but merely combat power, had far exceeded an increase of tens of times!
Despite the space being distorted, a few black dragons calmly circled around, showing no signs of losing control due to the surge of power.
Around Nancy, cries of Ghost God resonated, and numerous shadowy figures faintly visible within her domain expanded rapidly from a range of one kilometer to several kilometers.
It hung in the air like a purplish moon.
The Pope's domain covering dozens of kilometers was shattered into pieces under the impact of Nancy's Ghost God Domain.
"How is this possible!"
The Pope, sent flying back over ten kilometers, steadied himself, the scepter trembling slightly. The collapsing domain quickly stabilized, and he raised his scepter again, pointing forward.
Countless meteors fell, obscuring half of the sky, thunderously crashing towards Nancy.
The purple-black dragons around Nancy flew out, grew dozens of times larger against the storm, and fully engulfed a huge meteor.
Crunch!
Both at full power, the commotion was much greater than before.
The Pope waved various large spells down like map cannons, and even the dark creatures, driven by instinct, fled in all directions, obliterated by the aftermath.
Nancy, wielding a forty-meter-long great sword, unleashed terrifying purple sword lights like basic attacks, not knowing how many "Ghost Slashes" she delivered in a second.
The earth was cleaved into trenches hundreds or thousands of meters wide.
The entire old Royal Capital was left riddled with holes.
As Nancy's "Ghost God Domain" breached the Pope's territory, purple phantom shades of Ghost Gods wailed. Suddenly, as the Pope moved forward, stepping oddly with his right foot on top of his left, he staggered and appeared dazed for a moment.
Seizing the opportunity, Nancy used "Instant Step" to move forward, releasing all her well-practiced Combat Skills like "Ghost Slash," "Sky Breaking Slash," "Instant Movement Continuous Stabbing" in an instant, slicing the Pope into hundreds of pieces.
Large chunks were the size of basketballs, small ones only as big as fingernails, with many more utterly annihilated.
Countless pieces of flesh floated in the air, then in the next moment, turned into deep red flames, merging together.
The fireball transformed swiftly, revealing a figure that no longer appeared blurry.
He looked like an ordinary middle-aged uncle with sparse hair and an ugly complexion.
His eyes were firmly fixed on Nancy.
...
"Is that the Pope of the Doomsday Cult? Not very impressive-looking."
Tang Yu had been keeping an eye on the battle above.
Previously,
after seriously injuring the First Bishop, he hadn't continued to expend a large amount of telekinetic energy to manipulate the power of the World.
Instead, he chose to enhance the power of Eileen and the others, allowing them to briefly advance to the Second Tier and even possess a small part of the Second Tier's "Blood Rebirth" and "Energy Transformation" power.
It was simply more cost-effective.
Tang Yu was not careless; he was very clear about his purpose. He just needed to delay for another thirty or so minutes until the preparations for the World Tree's relocation were complete, rather than confronting the Alien Race and the Divine Sect.
Slaughtering a Transcendent of the Second Tier or higher was too taxing.
Fighting a Third Tier Transcendent like the First Bishop, even the "suppression" wasn't enough to completely subdue him. Tang Yu knew that, even with all his trump cards, it would be very difficult to kill the opponent.
Destroying the Pope was even more impossible.
Given that, there was no need to waste energy. Maintaining the current situation was actually better.
Eileen, Kong, and Tylon, with the enhancement of the power of the World, were enough to contend with the wounded First Bishop.
Nancy and the Pope were also evenly matched; half of the Royal Capital had already collapsed.
Both were injured.
The Pope was slashed into pieces by Nancy several times,
and Nancy was blown up by the Pope several times as well,
but for both of them, such injuries were minor, with little impact on their Origin.
The Pope was a Third Tier Transcendent, capable of true Blood Rebirth; being slashed into chunks like that numerous times wouldn't affect his combat power in the slightest.
It was the same for Nancy, who, with the support of the power of the World, soared in realm. Her Origin Power also increased significantly, and even her "Ghost God Transformation," which originally could only last around thirty to fifty seconds, could now be maintained for much longer.
If unobstructed, the two could fight for ten days and nights without a winner.
However,
Tang Yu stroked his chin and looked towards the other side of the World Tree's battleground that belonged to Nancy.
It was riddled with countless spatial rifts; as the two fought through these rifts, he couldn't help but doubt whether the old Royal Capital could withstand their fighting for ten days and nights.
Most likely not.
He just needed it to hold on for another thirty minutes or so to satisfy his demands.
That's what he thought.
He felt the problem wasn't significant.
However,
as time passed, Nancy's combat power grew stronger and stronger, and gradually, she overwhelmed the Pope and beat him fiercely.
From the initial one serious injury every one or two minutes, to now, a one-sided beating, Tang Yu watched as Nancy, in a series of moves, turned the Pope into a cloud of dust.
She blasted him apart three times in ten seconds.
Energy Transformation wasn't even enough anymore!
The Pope was completely baffled.
You've advanced from the early stages of the Second Tier to the Peak of the Second Tier in such a short time, which is already over the top.
But for a mere Second Tier Peak to press him, an old Third Tier Transcendent, in the air and beat him mercilessly, isn't that... far too excessive?!
At least give some consideration to him, an old man of thousands of years!
Looking again, the First Bishop was in an even worse state, his aura dejected, being thrashed by a few First Tier Transcendents... oh, now early Second Tier Transcendents.
Why did it turn out this way?
Clearly following the trail of the "strongest weapon," and clearly possessing overwhelming power, why did it turn out this way?