Chapter 651: Harvest

"Hmm?"

When everything of Amon's remains was reflected in Li Mochen's eyes, he let out a soft exclamation, his heart filled with astonishment and wonder. Li Mochen hadn't expected to have such an additional gain here.

But at this moment, Li Mochen dared not delay any further.

Just as he observed with his divine power, the monster was already reviving. Countless karmic sins naturally coalesced around Amon's residual spirit and bones, then extended its massive body in all directions.

Yet before it could truly 'resurrect', Li Mochen's Kunlun Mirror had briefly frozen time around it and simultaneously opened five spatial windows near Amon's corpse.

With the surge of demonic tides and a flicker of light and shadow, the mass of 'Time' source matter, two pseudo-truth-level mythical armaments, some mythical materials left by Amon, and the things gestating inside Amon's divine remains were all grasped by Li Mochen into his hands.

This was his tactic for retrieving these artifacts. Li Mochen knew he could not afford to tangle with this monster. In this place of gathered evil karma, even with his advanced 'Eternity', advanced 'Infinity', and pseudo-truth-level 'Vitality', he would eventually be worn down to death.

If Amon's relics were so easy to retrieve, they would have long fallen into the hands of the Lord of Radiance or some divine king.

After all, the source matter of Time was a temptation hard for any divine king to resist. Moreover, Amon possessed two pseudo-truth-level mythical armaments.

But even the likes of Odin and the Lord of Radiance, if they fought this monster here, would eventually be ground down to the point of exhaustion.

And if the entanglement lasted long enough, it might even stimulate the monster to develop true intelligence, allowing Amon to be reborn—a true Son of the Abyss, an embodiment of the world's evil. Essentially different from gods like Angra Mainyu. The latter were ultimately gods, not demons born from the evil lands of the abyss.

So the only feasible method was to strike with a single fatal blow at the moment of contact, then grab the items and leave before the monster recovered.

This was precisely what Li Mochen could do. In terms of instantaneous burst power and lethality, even Zeus, who wielded truth-level thunderfire, was only slightly superior. But while Zeus's power was greater, it was also more chaotic and disorderly; He could severely wound the monster but could not truly kill it.

In this regard, only the Lord of Radiance could surpass him. But in this darkest place of the world, where all evil karma gathered, the power of that Radiant Lord would be greatly suppressed.

Only Li Mochen, with his pseudo-truth-level Death and pseudo-truth-level Fate, boosted by the Meritorious Purple Qi, along with his numerous divine authorities and forbidden spells, could ensure a single fatal blow!

And the power of the 'Divine Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda' and the thirty million strands of meritorious qi could eliminate any accidents, ensuring his 'Longinus Holy Spear' would 100% kill the monster, while the Kunlun Mirror allowed him to ignore distance and time for a brief period.

After successfully retrieving the items, Li Mochen did not hesitate to use the Kunlun Mirror again to quickly withdraw from this region.

At this moment, the monster, which had struggled free from the temporal freeze, was surging its countless tentacles toward Li Mochen's direction.

Though it lacked intelligence and true thought, it instinctively had a strong desire to possess the things Li Mochen had taken.

But these tentacles ultimately failed to touch Li Mochen at all. Instead, ahead of Li Mochen, the figures of Hades and Angra Mainyu had already arrived.

Li Mochen also had no intention of engaging them in battle; in this place, he was naturally at a disadvantage.

As the two 'Longinus Holy Spears', imbued with Li Mochen's full power, shot out simultaneously, Li Mochen's figure flickered again, using the Kunlun Mirror to teleport directly behind the two.

He held nothing back, once again reducing his divine power by half, and did not intend to retrieve the two holy spears, seeking only maximum lethality to pin down Hades and Angra Mainyu.

The contract Li Mochen had made with Isis stipulated that unless force majeure occurred, he must return the two 'Longinus Holy Spears' intact after the Lord of Radiance stepped into the 'God Above Gods' position.

And in the current situation, Li Mochen considered it force majeure. After all, staying here a moment longer could mean being entangled by the monster behind or dying at the hands of the two powerful dark gods before him.

This was not the main material plane nor His divine kingdom. Li Mochen knew he could not retreat unscathed under such harsh conditions, after such great depletion, against the combined forces of these three powerful beings.

This tactic worked as he intended. Hades and Angra Mainyu had not expected him to hurl these two powerful mythical armaments with such a desperate momentum.

The forces of Fate and Time缠绕 on the spear shafts, along with the fifteen divine authorities related to combat and seven different forbidden spells, made both feel their scalps tingle. They had to go all out, gathering the dark power of this place to resist the two 'Longinus Holy Spears'.

Even so, they could not avoid the 'fate' of being injured. Fortunately, the injuries were not serious, only slightly worse than scratches.

But while they were fully occupied resisting the 'Longinus Holy Spears', Li Mochen had used the Kunlun Mirror three times in succession, his figure flickering continuously, almost reaching the edge of their divine perception.

The eyes of the two darkened slightly, and then they simultaneously began to burn divine power, causing their figures to flash rapidly through the sea of evil karma.

During this time, their travel speed even surpassed Li Mochen's with the Kunlun Mirror, continuously closing the distance.

Only when their divine power was depleted to over sixty percent did they have to slow down.

Thus, the three fell back into a mode of competing in travel speed and consuming magical power.

Li Mochen felt greatly relieved, knowing he had actually succeeded. Even if the two eventually caught up, he was still confident in escaping unscathed.

Moreover, his greatest goal had already been achieved.

The mass of 'Time' source matter had been thrown into the 'Divine Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda' the moment it was obtained, causing this divine artifact to undergo a tremendous change.

During this time, the 'Kunlun Mirror' in his hand also revealed a trace of longing.

But this was, after all, a mirror-image divine treasure refined by another, not the true main body of the 'Kunlun Mirror'. Li Mochen could never integrate this mass of 'Time' source matter into it.

During the chase among the three, the 'Divine Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda' had initially stabilized.

As Li Mochen expected, the pagoda's body now bore more mysterious patterns related to time. At the same time, it had given birth to, or rather restored, a new ability. Li Mochen could now directly manipulate time with this artifact.

It even far surpassed the 'Kunlun Mirror', possessing a stronger power of time—at the pseudo-truth level!

That substantial mass of Time source matter ultimately could not fully restore the 'Divine Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda' to the truth level. Yet even so, with its 'Ultimate' Fate, pseudo-truth-level 'Time' power, and truth-level foundation, this artifact was enough to exert combat power surpassing the 'Gungnir Holy Spear' and 'Thunderfire Spear'.

This was Li Mochen's true reliance, the reason he dared to abandon the more stable investment choice of Gaia, and despite knowing that the Radiant Mother Isis harbored ill intentions, still chose to join forces with her and the Lord of Radiance.

After sensing the changes in the Purple Gold Pagoda, Li Mochen couldn't help but curl his lips slightly, revealing a hint of pleasure and satisfaction.

Then he turned his divine sense to the other gains from Amon's divine remains.

The mythical materials that the Egyptian sun god had brought to the deepest abyss were mostly unusable. After thousands of years in the sea of evil karma, they had been polluted and assimilated by the purest darkness and negative forces there.

Similarly, the 'Holy Light Seal' was the same; now it might be more appropriate to call this pseudo-truth-level mythical armament the 'Dark Seal'.

The light it once displayed in Amon's hands, as dazzling and pure as it was, was now as dim and dark as it could be.

What comforted Li Mochen was that another mythical armament, called the 'Thebes Holy Shield', was in good condition. Although heavily polluted, it was not irredeemable.

It would only require some time for refinement and purification afterward.

This mythical armament was also extremely powerful. Among pseudo-truth-level artifacts, it might not match the 'Gungnir Holy Spear' or 'Thunderfire Spear', but it possessed truth-level 'Life' and pseudo-truth-level 'Defense' and pseudo-truth-level 'Earth'.

The original 'Amon' was merely a god of life, fertility, and harvest. Only after thousands of years of struggle against the Ennead did he gradually seize the authority of the sun, erode the faith of the Ennead, and even devour part of the first sun god 'Ra', becoming the supreme divine king of ancient Egypt.

In this process, the power of the 'Thebes Holy Shield' was instrumental. It was precisely because of its divine authorities of Life and Defense that this artifact withstood the pollution of the sea of evil karma.

Then there were the things gestating inside Amon's divine remains. Although Li Mochen had no use for them, he still regarded them with the same gaze as he would a supreme treasure.

But just then, a sudden change occurred ahead of Li Mochen.

Three dark spears wrapped in karmic fire shot out from the exit of the boundless sea of evil karma.

Without careful sensing, Li Mochen knew that 'Satan' had made his move.

This was both unexpected and reasonable.

He guessed that Satan probably hadn't expected him to truly succeed in retrieving Amon's relics from the depths of the evil sea amidst numerous difficulties and obstacles, forcing him to personally intervene and attempt to intercept him.

Even knowing that Li Mochen would soon join forces with Isis and the Lord of Radiance, even knowing it would affect their mutual trust, Satan still struck with utmost decisiveness and ruthlessness.

He was indeed the father of the Lord of Radiance and the husband of Isis, but all of Amon's legacy was undoubtedly something Satan was determined to obtain.

Before Li Mochen could react, a golden star appeared abruptly, shining in the boundless darkness. At the same time, three golden sword lights pierced through, shattering all three dark spears.

Li Mochen raised an eyebrow, then looked gratefully at Lucifer, who was guarding outside the sea of evil karma. Although this was what the latter had promised, Isis, Gaia, and the Aesir had also promised him non-aggression and even alliance.

This lord of hell was the only one among all the ancient deities he had dealt with who did not compromise on treaties and promises.

Next, a whip wrapped in karmic fire lashed out, but just as before, before the whip shadow could hit Li Mochen, a chain intercepted it mid-way.

That was the true 'Chain of Heaven'! When Lucifer was the Babylonian divine king Ishtar, he forged it to restrain the gods. After thousands of years of this one's fall into hell, this mythical armament had undergone new changes.

The two entangled, pulled, and clashed, causing minimal resistance for Li Mochen. He rode his sword, unleashing boundless sword qi with the 'Heavenly Fate Sword', not only shredding the countless black hands ahead but also effortlessly forcing the karmic fire that was burning and invading his body and mind to a hundred meters away, finally bursting out from the endless black mud.

Less than ten seconds after Li Mochen rushed out of the boundless sea of evil karma, Hades and Angra Mainyu also emerged from the black mud.

The two stared deeply at Li Mochen, a flash of frustration and helplessness in their eyes, then simultaneously turned into black lights and departed.

They had no intention of continuing the fight with Li Mochen, knowing it was futile. In the depths of the abyss, they still had a great advantage, but not like inside the boundless evil sea, where their power could be amplified almost endlessly.

Li Mochen also had no thought of keeping them; the key was that he couldn't. Unless he could kill both in one blow, he wouldn't waste his efforts.

After the two had gone far and Satan had finally retracted his whip, Li Mochen flashed again to Lucifer's side.

"How's it going? Did they succeed?"

"Let's talk about you first."

Lucifer asked instead of answering: "You should have succeeded. What about the thing I want?"

Without hesitation, Li Mochen tossed over the Dark Seal: "I did succeed, but it's not what you asked for."

"That makes no difference; in fact, it suits me better. You don't think I still have any interest in the authority of light and the sun, do you?"

Lucifer smiled self-deprecatingly as he took the seal, then his pupils contracted as he saw Li Mochen take something from his sleeve.

"Is this... source matter?"

It was a mixture of over a dozen types of source matter, including 'Darkness', 'Devouring', 'Pollution', 'Corruption', 'Sin', 'Slaughter', 'Destruction', 'Ruin', 'Pride', 'Envy', 'Wrath', 'Sloth', 'Greed', 'Gluttony', 'Lust', and so on.

Though each was not abundant, Lucifer's heart stirred.

He immediately understood that this must have been produced from Amon's divine remains; if the latter had successfully resurrected, these source matters would have formed a powerful mythical armament.

"You should still have some source matter on hand? Want to make a trade? This stuff is useless to me."

"I do have some, but—"

Lucifer was indeed tempted, but he hesitated for a moment. He did have some source matter, but the quantity was too small to exchange for what Li Mochen had.

"Wait a moment!"

Lucifer's divine sense spread, seemingly contacting someone from afar. After three minutes and twenty seconds, he perked up, reached out to catch a flying disc that came from afar, and took out a mass of platinum light. Then he grabbed into the void, retrieving a mass of earth-yellow source matter.

"This is Metal source matter and Earth source matter. They may not be what you want, but the quantity is comparable to what you have."

Li Mochen was indeed slightly disappointed; he had hoped for Astrology, Fate, or Time—things that could maximize his combat power.

Nevertheless, he unhesitatingly sent the black light mass toward Lucifer.

"Deal!"

This was because there wasn't much source matter left in this world, and few were willing to trade with him.

Lucifer exchanged with Li Mochen, overjoyed: "I heard that the dark source matter Typhon had is also in your hands?"

Originally, he had little desire for these dark source matters, but after obtaining these from Li Mochen, his interest surged. If he could also get that mass of dark source matter, along with the Dark Seal, he might forge an artifact close to the 'truth' level, with power even surpassing the Gungnir Holy Spear.

But Li Mochen shook his head slightly: "Trading is fine, as long as you can offer Fate source matter of equal value."

He was now eyeing the mass in Nyx's hands, waiting to obtain it to truly restore the 'Divine Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda's' Fate power to the truth level.

"What a pity—"

Lucifer was regretful but had no intention of forcing Li Mochen or seizing it by force, knowing he couldn't take it by force.

"But doing this will only make your enemies stronger."

"And mine as well?"

Li Mochen replied with a smile: "Tell me, what did I miss?"

At this moment, he was already integrating the two clumps of source matter into several of his mythical armaments.

Among them, the metallic source matter was integrated by Li Mochen into the 'Zhou Tian Thunder Fire Star Core Sword Formation' rather than into the Heavenly Mandate Sword.

Source matter is not something that can be integrated into just any mythical armament; for the latter, it is not a boon but a burden. Source matter carries the power of origin, the manifestation of the Great Dao and truth, and ordinary materials cannot bear it.

The metallic source matter previously integrated into the 'Heavenly Mandate Sword' had already reached the limit of this mythical armament; adding more would be harmful rather than beneficial. It would not strengthen the sword body but instead make it more fragile.

In comparison, the 'Zhou Tian Thunder Fire Star Core Sword Formation,' which comprises a total of four hundred and one swords, has a much greater capacity to accommodate.

The integration of this metallic source matter can greatly enhance the power of these swords, making them more fierce, sharper, and more durable.

As for the clump of 'Earth' source matter, it was integrated by Li Mochen into the 'Thebes Sacred Shield.' To his great surprise and delight, it happened to reach that level—the pseudo-truth-level 'Earth' within was elevated all at once to the truth level.

Li Mochen could hardly wait to thoroughly purify and refine it, for although his 'Zhou Tian Thunder Fire Star Core Sword Formation' integrates offense and defense, its defensive capability is ultimately far inferior to a specialized defensive artifact like the 'Thebes Sacred Shield.'

The key was the truth-level 'Life,' which could even allow him to confront those artifacts close to the truth level head-on in the outer domain.

"You haven't missed anything!"

Lucifer glanced up into the depths of the void: "As you can see, they have been in this state for an entire day. Gaia is far more powerful than we imagined, so much so that those fellows had to urgently add more Roots of Thorns. They were right—if they delayed any longer, Gaia would surely become a God Above Gods in just another year or two. She has been hiding her strength."