There was a stunned silence from the god as Dao Ma retreated, in confusion and then it evolved to a dawning shock and horror when he saw golden threads begin to stitch their way across the gate of the Divine Kingdom.
“Who attacks my Divine Kingdom?!” he roared, as he realized that the Gate to his Divine Kingdom shut itself because it was an instinctive reaction to stop a growing web of invaders that surrounded it, if the gate had been open for a fraction of a second longer, they would have gotten access to it.
“You made it too easy.” The disappointed voice of Rowan sounded beside Dao Ma. Somehow he had appeared beside the god as he was staring at the gate of his Divine Kingdom in shock.
“how…how is this possible? This is… Aahhh… my world is being devoured!” Dao Ma cried out in horror.
Rowan tapped him on the shoulder, and the god looked at him with a growing rage and horror in his heart, Rowan pointed at the skies, “That shiny formation is not just to keep you inside this place, that’s just one of its function, the second most important one however, is to keep your senses locked on this battlefield, because while you are away… I can play.”
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On his conquest of the Cerulean Galaxy, Rowan knew he was not strong enough to consume this massive meal in one sitting, at least not in the time frame he gave himself, but if he could gain a foothold, he would be able to drain all the Divine Powers from this galaxy, piece by piece, and when his presence was detected it would be too late, and he would be far stronger.
This whole plan would not take a long time, only a couple of months, and for all the gods that were on the grim list that would be selected to be the first to fall, Dao Ma took the lead.
He was a peak Minor god who was on the verge of ascending to a Major God, and to avoid being sabotaged by other gods on his verge of ascension he isolated himself on the edges of the galaxy. His increased strength was factored as a risk, but Rowan found it acceptable, if the plan went awry, he had seen nothing that could block his escape if he wished to while using Astrolabe.
There were a total of 1,043 Minor Worlds and a single Major World in this galaxy; the bulk of the Minor Worlds were clustered around the center of the galaxy.
At the edges of the galaxy were 212 Minor Worlds and Dao Ma had claimed two of those worlds at the edges, because they were among the least important Minor Worlds in the galaxy, generally the levels of the worlds grew stronger when you got closer to the center of the galaxy, with the only Major World residing at the exact center.
The hardest task was to draw the god away from his Divine Kingdom which dwelled somewhere in the World of his choice, it was a good thing that an Ouroboros Serpent seemed to be a Siren’s call to any major power.
Dao Ma was successfully lured here and when he was encircled by the Formation, Rowan sent World Seeds to the remaining Minor Worlds at the edges of the galaxy.
With Dao Ma inside the Formation, he was not aware that drastic changes were happening outside his perception.
Rowan World Seeds were mature and when unleashed they could take over a planet in less than five minutes, such a great speed of corruption would leave any means of getting messages outside the planet to be ineffective.
Dao Ma had been cunning, even when Rowan had just seeded all those worlds he could not find the Divine Kingdom of the god, it had been cleverly hidden on a random Minor World that he had not been seen openly approached.
When he had opened the gate to his Divine Kingdom, Rowan had warned him to stop, not because he was afraid he would escape, instead it would make Rowan’s victory too easy, he wanted to use this god to farm his Berserker Aspect to the limits.
He had been receiving so many Attributes from seeding all these worlds and consuming the Tribulation Cloud that was filled with so many Attributes and power he was almost vibrating with his intense power growth.
The Divine Kingdom of Dao Ma could passively defend itself and hide from the attention of his World Seed but only for a short while. Since the Divine Kingdom of a Minor god was deeply connected to the world it resided in, it was only a matter of time before it would be found.
When Dao Ma opened the gate, the reverberation from that action was enough for the World Seed Rowan had planted on that Minor World where Dao Ma hid his Divine Kingdom to detect its location, and immediately massive golden tendrils surrounded the Divine Kingdom attempting to infiltrate it.
The gate snapping shut in front of Dao Ma was the instinctive response of his Divine Kingdom to protect itself, and Dao Ma’s action had destroyed any opportunity to stall Rowan’s advance.
“What did you do?” Dao Ma’s panicked cry was loud as he attempted to push Rowan back, but was surprised that Rowan barely moved.
Instead, Rowan quickly grabbed his hand and prevented him from retreating, “I’m taking it all.”
“Bastaar…”
Dao Ma’s curse was blocked by a heavy uppercut that snapped his crocodilian jaws together with so much force that pieces of his teeth were sent flying into the air, his feet left the ground about to be launched into space, but Rowan’s left hand dragged him down for another uppercut.
This second blow was far more powerful and Dao Ma’s neck was broken with a loud snap, this time Rowan allowed his body to leave the ground a bit and then he blasted thirty straight punches on the chest and stomach of Dao Ma in a tenth of a second.
The light, sounds, and heat generated from such rapid assault caused massive shockwaves to tear through their position straight into space, but the reverberations of this godly battle were hidden from the rest of the universe by the Formation.
Dao Ma’s body shook like a boneless fish in the air, Rowan opened his palm, Envy had been floating behind him, slid into his hand with a quiet purr, and his hand blurred delivering a thousand blows in three seconds.