Mage Manual-Chapter 1457 - 1063: Hell’s Void Wings

"Sure enough, the people here didn’t escape. They couldn’t move so much property in time. After all, ’Wind Erosion’ is considered a top force in the first layer of Hell. Not only do they have thirteen Demigods, but they also have a defensive alliance with the largest Rain Demon Clan. They thought they had the power to resist... but in the end, they were all wiped out."

On the vast Gobi, the fierce wind howled through the honeycomb-like stone pits and castle-like hills, creating a mournful, ghostly wail. Without protective shielding, this layer of wind sound alone is enough to confuse the mind, destroy reason, and drown one in their own terror.

Almost all Demigod outposts in Hell are large territories formed by the amalgamation of multiple Magic Temples, but Demigods don’t need to live in such large areas. So, they unanimously transform the surrounding environment into a permanently effective ’cursed landscape.’

’Wild’ and ’Gobi,’ these seemingly ordinary terrains not only hide dangers but also allow the Demigods in the outpost to immediately notice any uninvited guests in the territory. In addition, Ash also saw lakes filled with murky black liquid and fields full of bones, a forest of skeletons, clearly filled with malice toward outsiders.

At the center of the Wind Erosion Gobi, there is a fortress carved out of a gigantic rock formation.

In the center of the fortress stands an extremely tall and long cross spear, with the surrounding occasionally emitting the breaking sound of spear thrusts; above the fortress rises a statue of a flying eagle with wings spread wide, its cries even louder than the howling wails outside; on the fortress walls, there is a row of lightning-shaped deep blue carvings. Just a glance made Ash’s skin crawl, and a few more seconds could shatter one’s eyes with lightning!

Just from the naturally occurring phenomena, it’s clear that these three Wonders are much more formidable than ’Overturn’!

Death Mad casually waved, and the scattered Knowledge Gems on the ground swarmed into the refining bottle in Ash’s hand.

Ash estimated the number, "Isn’t this a bit too much?"

"Because it’s not only the thirteen Demigods but also the entire Rain Demon Clan’s Crystal Cores," Death Mad said. "Like Demigods, when Demigod creatures die, they also leave behind Crystal Cores similar to Knowledge Gems, but only the Alchemist Supreme can refine the Crystal Core into Knowledge Essence. Other Alchemists at most can use the Crystal Core to enhance their magic power... see, like this."

Death Mad kicked the ground with his toe, grabbing the engraved Magic Wand embedded with six Crystal Cores, and flicked all the Crystal Cores out with a light touch of his finger, "Doesn’t the Mage and Magic Wand have a feel of ancient Epic? However, most of these Demigods are relics from the Prehistoric Era, and during their time, magic wands were indeed common equipment for Mages."

"During the extinguished epochs, Technique Spirits couldn’t be fed with gold or silver, the land was filled with magical beasts, and a small mistake in the Holy Domain of a Legendary might cause an ecological disaster over an entire region, perhaps just because Mages wanted to experiment with a Miracle... For this group of ancient Demigods, Hell might feel closer to their past than the Six Nations."

"And the price is that all beings become the Divine Lord’s playthings," Ash sighed, "But even without a Divine Lord, mortals are still the playthings of other Mages, so comparatively, there might be some progress, right?"

Death Mad chuckled softly, "Have you ever heard of Vishi praising the civilization of your era?"

Ash was startled.

"The Prehistoric Era was darker than you imagine, and also more magnificent," Death Mad said. "The reason is simple — during that time, Divine Beings were born in reality."

"Almost every top political power, force, and organization was established based on Divine Beings, using Wonders to enhance the development level of an entire region... You must be associating it with the impact of the Gospel Divine Being on the Kingdom of Gospel, yet that’s not comprehensive because the Gospel had many permissions locked by the All-knowing Weaver, and its effect on promoting productivity is very small."

"Very small?" Ash almost doubted his hearing. "Now, the whole Kingdom of Gospel is established under the comprehensive plan of the Gospel System, achieving theoretically the highest production efficiency with the lowest internal consumption. Doesn’t that prove its productivity?"

"Let me give you an example," Death Mad said. "A group of Necromancers who believe in Hagen Dazs, relying on the Divine Being ’Corpse Ghost,’ created a Necromancy Kingdom where all physical activities require no manpower. Infinite Corpse Ghosts perform all repetitive work imaginable... Do you still think the Gospel Divine Being has productivity?"

Ash closed his mouth. The Gospel System at most allows people to achieve correct results with the least effort, but the Corpse Ghost system allows people to step directly into an era of great material abundance. The former still requires self-exploitation, but the latter is everyone exploiting the dead together, how can cheating compete with getting something for free?

Could Harvey be true, the seventeenth century is the century of Necromancy?

"The six nations established in 1668, there was no longer any birth of natural gods in the world," Death Mad said quietly. "Except for the brief rise of a Divine Era in the Kingdom of Senluo, the other five nations have yet to reach the average level of Prehistoric civilization... and perhaps they never will, as mortals cannot transcend the Divine Beings."

Ash silently nodded, although a romanticist who had received nine years of compulsory education like him should not agree with such claims that humanity cannot overcome Divine Beings. But if you view the Divine Beings as resources, it suddenly becomes clear.