Don't Mess with That Dragon-Chapter 703 - 091 Road

The mist of history is thick and layered.

Even the mighty ones who survived from that era may not be able to fully account for everything that happened in history.

But some aspects can be confirmed,

that in that long era of darkness where the Divine did not reveal themselves, there were certainly some powerful Divines who had secretly laid traps early on.

Those events that once shocked the entire continent were not as simple as they appeared on the surface.

"Divine, Holy Cross, Seven Kingdoms, these old undying ones are truly troublesome..."

Thinking of these, Austin couldn’t help but sigh.

The more he knew, the clearer he understood how deep the waters of this world were, and even a year ago, he couldn’t determine how much of what the cheap ally Beast God said was true or false.

Because of this, he only retained a tenth of trust in Beast God’s words, and if something were to happen in the future that overturned all his previous speculations, Austin wouldn’t doubt it at all.

Keeping some suspicions deep in his heart, Austin no longer tangled with matters concerning the Holy Cross Organization.

Some things, delving into them might not have much significance,

it’s better to focus on what’s in front of you.

For instance,

one of the Sacred Artifacts inherited from the Seven Kingdoms:

Thorny Crown!

Void trembles,

Within the sliced space, the sealed Thorny Crown continuously radiates golden brilliance, its immense power incessantly striking the spatial cage crafted by Austin using the Space Law.

"Such rich power of faith, could it be that the Seven Sages had some connection with the Divine back then?"

Under the impact of the vast power of faith, the spatial cage trembled and was on the verge of collapse.

Austin scrutinized the Thorny Crown closely, his gaze filled with contemplation.

Bruno was merely a small steward of the Holy Cross Organization in the south, unaware of the true high-level secrets within the organization, but he knew certain things related to this Thorny Crown, of course, due to his mission.

According to the legends,

after the Seven Sages established the Seven Kingdoms, they left each of their descendants an immensely powerful Sacred Artifact, and it was the existence of these Sacred Artifacts within the kingdoms that enabled the Seven Kingdoms to continue their legacy from the initial rise of the Human Race eight thousand years ago to the present day.

The Thorny Crown was one such inheritance Sacred Artifact from one of the kingdoms.

However,

during a royal upheaval a thousand years ago, the kingdom’s Sacred Artifact was lost and ended up in the hands of the Frandy Duchy, which then continued to rise, eventually becoming a major duchy in the southern part of the Central Earth World.

This time, the higher-ups of the Holy Cross Organization ordered Bruno to retrieve this Sacred Artifact from the Frandy Duchy’s hands, in preparation for the impending great change.

Therefore, in order to make King Frandy willingly hand over the Sacred Artifact, Bruno made an agreement with King Rufus; their organization would dispatch a force to fend off the Beastman army’s attacks for Frandy Duchy, restoring their territory, while the Thorny Crown would be handed to them as compensation.

Facing the dire situation, King Rufus had no choice but to agree to this deal.

As a result, the Thorny Crown eventually fell into Bruno’s hands, and during the previous great battle, he hoped to overturn the tide of the war with its rising power.

Unfortunately,

Bruno did not expect Austin, who was hidden behind the Blue Dragon Kingdom, to intervene personally. He also didn’t anticipate that Austin’s strength was so incomprehensibly formidable, turning both Bruno and the Sacred Thorny Crown into his spoils of war.

"Such power of faith should have been sealed by the Divine, so what is going on with this Thorny Crown? How can it gather such powerful faith power and even wield power of authority with it?"

Austin carefully examined the Thorny Crown in front of him, as if trying to discern a blossom from it.

In fact,

after the colossal Destruction of the Gods war three thousand years ago, the war between Arcane Mages and the Divine thoroughly destroyed the Multi-universe System, even causing the Time River to collapse immensely. To preserve the last foundation of the Multi-universe, many incomprehensible beings used the residual fragments to create the Cradle known as Seta Continent and thereafter sealed the power of time.

With the power of time lost, legendary Epics could no longer ascend to fulfillment again.

This also meant,

the path was severed!

Starting from the Bronze Tier, all the way through cultivating to Legendary tier, the path beyond reaching a higher level had been entirely severed.

Those who reached Legendary tier could further cultivate and comprehend other Law Powers, mastering more Laws to enhance their own strength, or they could continue down one Law path, surpassing perfection, evolving into a new realm of Extreme Dao.

But regardless of the choice, whether a mage or a warrior,

there remains one unavoidable issue, which is that without the power of time, controlling time is already impossible, and the Epic Level has become a historical legend.

Moreover, this world can no longer endure the power of the Epic Level!

However, recognizing the reality of the severed road, Austin also discovered another pathway.

That is the path of faith power.

The orthodox path of epics mastering the power of time was severed, but Austin discovered that the power of faith did not seem to encounter the same fate, and even the great war of Destruction of the Gods had little impact on the power of faith.

This indeed left Austin feeling very surprised.

According to Beast God, after that war of Destruction of the Gods, the path of the Arcane Mage was completely erased from the Multi-universe, so why was there no issue with the cultivation system of the Divine, who were also participants in the war?

This perhaps involves more secrets,

but those are not for Austin to explore now.

Back then, due to Beast God’s activities in the shadows, Austin acquired the power of faith, which then continuously transformed automatically, eventually coincidentally combining with Dream Power, forming a faith-dream network led by Austin.

Through that faith-enhanced dream network, Austin was able to sense the thoughts of each of his believers and bestow "Divine Gift," empowering the faithful.

The stronger the faith of the believers, the stronger the connected faith-dream network, and the greater the power that can be bestowed.

This feeling,

is akin to the Divine’s believers — similar to the Divine Magic System.

Giving Austin a sense, as if he is gradually transforming towards the Divine direction...

Whether this change is good or bad remains unknown for the time being.

But for using the power of faith, Austin already has some ideas.

If he could acquire knowledge or abilities similar to converting faith power into power of authority, or methods for refining faith power from this Thorny Crown, that would be perfect.