Chapter 919: The New Era’s God! (8k)
Dak, with an exceptionally acute sense for divinity, immediately noticed and informed those around him.
Soon after, everyone knew that there was a trace of divinity within the body of the Oil Snake.
Clearly, this was the first successful step, and a reminder to heighten their vigilance. However, the current situation seemed too good to be true.
The Oil Snake underwent transformation while in a deep sleep, regardless of any pain or side effects it might have experienced; it did not perceive any of it.
It did not dream; once asleep, it knew nothing, not even the passage of time.
Then, it became a god without realizing it!
Time quickly passed noon, from noon to one o’clock, then to two o’clock.
Professor Kazel maintained his pace, calmly controlling the progression of the ritual.
Among the three groups, some members had already grown restless, but they could still control themselves. The divine aura emanating from the Oil Snake grew increasingly intense. By now, no one worried about the failure of the god’s core casting. They were just uncertain about when it would be completed.
Until a certain moment after three o’clock.
The divine aura within the Oil Snake suddenly became tens of times more intense than before.
That overly dense aura surged towards the ceiling.
Professor Metia immediately acted, using the barrier to completely suppress the intense divine aura without letting it leak out.
Immediately afterward, everyone heightened their alertness to prepare for any potential loss of control.
However, their alertness was unnecessary—this was exactly what they had hoped for!
The final metamorphosis of the Oil Snake unfolded entirely during its deep sleep. Its originally massive body suddenly expanded by more than twice its size.
Although the outer skin appeared to remain unchanged, the Oil Snake’s massive body froze there.
But Dak observed that this was not because the Oil Snake had stopped moving.
Rather, it had shed the layer of skin that had expanded! The Oil Snake completed its entire molting process while in deep sleep.
After the molt ended, its body became larger than before, but smaller than the expanded skin.
It shrank inside the discarded snake skin, and new flesh gradually developed authority.
The so-called “divine authority” was actually the control over the world’s rules. Any creature wanting to forge a god’s core must understand at least one rule.
This rule could be fused with the soul, consciousness, or even the body.
As a giant reptile, and having forged its god’s core with the root divinity of the Abyss Snake, the Oil Snake likely understood a rule based on the Abyss Snake, fusing it with its body to form a divine body.
The current molting situation confirmed this guess. However, mastering a rule should not be so easy.
“Huh…”
Professor Kazel finally halted the progression of the ritual.
The Oil Snake did not lose control—after all, it remained asleep throughout, and even if it had fundamentally changed, it couldn’t immediately show it.
Its god’s core was also fully formed after the rule fused with its body.
Although the ceremony took longer than expected, it did not encounter insurmountable obstacles.
The entire ritual proceeded surprisingly smoothly.
While everyone was pleasantly surprised, they all felt that the reason for such smooth success might not be due to their thorough preparations, but rather something crucial about the Oil Snake itself.
Undoubtedly, it was an extremely unique individual!
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“In any case, we’ve succeeded, haven’t we?” Professor Jones showed relative openness at this moment.
Her words fell, and Professor Shylph’s face revealed a rare smile.
“Yes, indeed, we succeeded!”
“Yeah, so we should be happy and celebrate!” Professor Lily exclaimed, flying up.
Sighs of relief echoed. Yes!
They succeeded!
They successfully promoted the birth of a deity! But why did they feel no real sense of achievement?
Was it because the ritual was too simple?
Or perhaps because the Oil Snake remained asleep throughout, without any other displays of power besides the burst of divinity?
Maybe they were expecting some celestial phenomenon? In any case, there was none.
The aura of the newly-formed deity might be felt after awakening the Oil Snake.
Everyone regrouped afterward.
Professor Steven Harvey asked, “I see that the Oil Snake’s authority is integrated into its body, but I can’t tell what specific rule it has mastered. What about you?”
He said “you,” but he was actually watching Professor Kazel the whole time. Professor Kazel calmly replied, “Before waking it up and asking, I cannot know what rule it has mastered. However, the most common rule integrated into the body could be something like regeneration, immortality, or material change. Considering its path is that of the Abyss Snake, it might have mastered a related rule. Of course, I hope it is the latter.”
Although the Abyss Snake and the Pollutant might not belong to the same lineage, since both come from the Abyss, they share some commonality.
Professor Kazel naturally hoped that the Oil Snake could master a rule related to the Pollutant.
But when they discussed this, Earlganie, who had been standing still, suddenly spoke, “It masters a rule related to material change.”
After a brief silence, Professor Kazel asked, “How did you figure that out?”
Earlganie calmly stated, “Because just now, I comprehended the authority to control snakes.”
Professor Kazel exclaimed in surprise, “Did you awaken your fifth authority?”
“Yes.” Earlganie nodded slightly and said, “I call it the ‘Snake God.'”
“Wisdom Brain,” “Brain in a Jar,” “Chastity,” “Wisdom Sequence,” “Snake God.”
Of Earlganie’s five authorities, only three belonged to the Wisdom lineage, while the other two belonged to different lineages, confirming her status as a first-level deity.
Moreover, the possibility that her physical body was that of Athena, the Goddess of War and Wisdom, increased.
However…
“Can you control the Oil Snake with your authority?” Professor Shylph suddenly asked.
Everyone immediately looked at Earlganie, clearly hoping for a positive answer.
But Earlganie shook her head regretfully, “Not yet, it’s still a god. But the snakes from the Abyss should be within my control.”
“The ability to control those snakes from the Abyss is already a pleasant surprise. At least, we won’t worry about our safety when we’re trapped in a snake pit,” Professor Kazel said.
Of course, everyone knew that Earlganie’s Snake God authority was certainly not limited to this.
From her inability to control the Oil Snake but still being able to discern its authority, they could tell.
They didn’t delve further into Earlganie’s fifth authority and instead refocused on the Oil Snake.
“Even if it’s a material change authority, it has many possibilities. Which specific type does it master?” Professor Harvey asked again.
Earlganie said, “It seems to have a kind of elemental transformation ability. It can turn its body into the black oil it secretes.”
No matter how much they talked, practice is the ultimate truth.
After Earlganie explained the Oil Snake’s authority, the professors began discussing when to wake it up.
The Oil Snake was still asleep, and waking it up might lead to its initial irritability.
But if they wanted to use the Oil Snake’s power for rescue, they would have to face this.
The professors repositioned themselves, preparing for the challenge, and Aurora blew the Call Snake Flute, waking the Oil Snake from its slumber.
The Oil Snake’s awakening wasn’t violent.
It slowly emerged from the discarded snake skin, its eyes still deep and hidden, but not yet fully formed.
It was still somewhat confused, seemingly unaware of its newfound divinity.
As Aurora played the snake flute, the awakened Oil Snake, like a little snake in the past, displayed joy, rising and twisting happily.
Every night, after being awakened, it danced like this, as if reliving the past, feeling incredibly happy.
But today was different—
With each twist, the air trembled, and the uncontrollable divine aura mixed with the air, forming powerful wind blades and impacts.
In an instant, countless impacts were released, tearing through space and exploding!
After the “rules” and body perfectly fused, the Oil Snake’s physical abilities were enhanced to an almost terrifying degree.
This enormous increase made it temporarily unable to control its strength, causing strong destruction unconsciously.
Fortunately, everyone was prepared. Various barriers instantly lit up, shielding the divine aura and blocking the countless wind blades and impacts.
Aurora stood in the midst of everyone’s protection, calmly continuing to play the song she had played year after year.
Past and present intertwined in the melodious flute music.
Not only was the Oil Snake immersed in the memories, but even Dak and Professor Lily were infected by the memories, their faces showing reminiscence.
Thankfully, the Oil Snake released only the instinctual strength of its body. Although incredibly powerful, the professors could handle this level of power loss with ease.
Earlganie stood next to Aurora, her body also emitting a faint divine radiance.
The divine light gradually spread to Aurora’s body, merging with the Call Snake Flute in her hand.
Her newly awakened authority—the Snake God—transformed into an amplifying state, fully activated.
Suddenly, Aurora realized that her will could now perfectly transmit through the flute sound into the Oil Snake’s mind.
And then, in an instant, she synchronized with the Oil Snake’s mind!
Her bond with the Oil Snake instantly expanded.
At that moment, she felt as though she had become the Oil Snake, and the Oil Snake had become her!
Note: This is not a metaphor!
Dancing happily to the flute sound, the Oil Snake instinctively activated the rule power it had recently integrated into its body.
Black oil seeped out beneath its scales.
These black oils accumulated on its body, sliding down to form a mud pit.
Its massive body seemed to shrink continuously during the secretion of black oil, as if the entire body was turning into black oil.
But at a certain point, the “oil pool” on the ground stopped growing. Its body continued to shrink until it was completely submerged in black oil. Dak and others watched this scene with caution.
Aurora’s expression remained focused.
The black oil that completely engulfed the Oil Snake slid off, but a small figure appeared in the original spot.
It was a beautiful girl identical to Aurora except for her jet-black hair, red left eye, and blue right eye!
Her skin was pale, her physique weak, and her expression pitiful.
She clumsily danced in the black oil accumulation, with divine aura becoming increasingly intense!
“Mimicry!”
Dak’s face showed shock.
The professors were equally shocked.
But upon closer reflection, the situation made sense.
Having absorbed the power of the Abyss Snake, the Oil Snake should naturally possess the ability of the snakes from the Abyss.
Previously, it could not manifest mimicry, mainly due to differences in body structure.
Snakes from the Abyss had uncertain forms. Though reptilian, they possessed elemental traits, capable of changing their form like Ditto.
The Oil Snake lacked such traits, but now it had them!
The authority integrated into its body allowed it to “oilize,” and to some extent, assimilate surrounding objects into black oil!
It was like a “black oil version” of the Abyss Snake, evolving into a unique special individual!
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[It seems to have mastered the skill of automatically going to bed after sleepwalking. For now, let’s add eight thousand words! With last night’s four thousand, that’s twelve thousand in total! Write another ten thousand tonight to complete the bounty!
To the brothers who went to great lengths to squeeze out the moon tickets, a ninety-degree bow of gratitude!]
