Chapter 375 Black Tide

Boom boom——

In the sky, storms and lightning collided, and lava blocked the river.

The loud vibrations spread hundreds of miles, making the mortals in Heliopolis pray to the gods more devoutly.

But in fact, the book in his hand turned quickly, and a large number of complicated words flashed in his eyes. Most of Thoth's energy was devoted to the complicated runes in front of him, and only a small part was still vigilant.

After all, he didn't trust his enemy so easily, and he wouldn't really give her a chance to slip away.

Whether the battle between the worlds can be won has no direct connection with surrendering to the outer gods. At least for Thoth, this is not the first option.

"This kind of ritual, life, soul... Unfortunately, Goddess Ra did not give me the authority of her life, otherwise I might be able to study the secrets myself."

"Well, not entirely. From the results shown by Isis, does she actually think that our souls, including those of the gods, are inherently in an 'imperfect' state?"

"The soul split into 'Ka' and 'Ba' is inherently flawed - no, she even thinks that the fact that gods have souls is a flaw in itself."

Although he had just come into contact with it, with the help of special divine power, Thoth still understood the principle of Isis's ritual.

This former goddess of life and magic seemed to have a very different cognition from ordinary people. She felt that the more aggregated and purer the things in the world, the more perfect they were, and the more scattered and messy they were, the inferior they were.

Only a complete and unified pure soul is a perfect soul, and only a god who unified spirit and flesh is a true god. In her opinion, if this step can be achieved, then the gods will no longer be limited by aging and death, but can obtain the true meaning of 'eternal life'.

This is a bold conjecture, and Thoth doesn't know whether it is right or wrong. Being in Hemenu, even as the god of wisdom, he doesn't know that the gods of Chaos are actually unified in this way. They don't have independent bodies and souls. Their divine bodies exist in a way that has both material and energy forms, and change in different states with the change of subjective will.

He also doesn't know that in the records of later Eastern mythology, their ancient practitioners also believed that the cultivation of the soul is to "refining all the yin residue and returning to pure yang", and the legendary immortals are no exception. They have the state of "gathering to form, dispersing to be invisible", and have two bodies of different natures at the same time.

Thoth only knows that his divine power vaguely tells him that this method may really be a right way to perfect himself, and Isis's ritual is based on this.

In her concept, the body is one, and the human torso and limbs are not connected by any medium, so the soul should also be one, and "Ka" and "Ba" should not be separated.

But since Hemenu's spirits were born like this, Isis had no way to merge the two into one. In addition, she was facing an impending life-and-death crisis, so she simply chose another path.

"If a person's body is injured, it can be healed, and so can an injured soul."

"But whether the injury can be recovered depends on the extent of the injury. Forcibly disconnecting the connection between 'Ba' and one's own 'Ka' is like a person tearing half of his body apart, which is an act that is sure to kill him. But if the person who did all this happened to have the power of [Life], the result might not be the same..."

The rune flashed in his eyes, and Thoth couldn't help but admire Isis's boldness.

Since the soul is naturally divided into two parts and cannot be integrated later, it can be directly eliminated with the help of external forces, and then a new, connected part will grow on the remaining part.

In this way, the new soul will be one, and it will have both the characteristics of 'Ka' and the ability of 'Ba'. In other words, it is the complete soul itself.

At this moment, Thoth felt that if the world had not faced external enemies, Isis would have chosen to betray again. With this discovery, she might have been able to obtain the divine office of the soul, and further improve the order of the world, so that the life of the entire world could complete the integration of the soul.

At that time, she would gain countless faiths and the favor of the world's will, and the existence of all spirits would be the source of her power.

If she could unify life and magic with the soul as the main body, and then devour the wisdom he mastered... then Isis might really be able to leap to the abyss above the true god and become as powerful as Ra.

Moreover, Ra's power is because the sun of the Hemenu world is naturally powerful. It was born as the supreme power of the reborn stars, light, fire, purification and other powers. And if Isis succeeds, she will create another divine power that is not inferior to the [sun] by splicing the powers by herself.

This miracle is simply unimaginable.

"Huh - I can't say for sure."

"After all, if it weren't for the catastrophe of death, who would choose to give up power and annihilate half of their soul?"

Shaking his head slightly, Thoth could only say that fate was such a coincidence.

If there had been no invasion from outside the domain, there would probably not have been this ritual of Isis. Even if she had further ideas, she would not have done something that could lead to death; but with the invasion from outside the domain, she invented this ritual, but she also had no chance of being promoted.

Indistinctly, it seemed as if fate was stabilizing everything, and all coincidences were destined.

"Whatever fate is, that is also a thing of the past."

"But judging from this ritual, if I also want to complete this step, I need the assistance of the power of life. But I don't know how much power is needed for the gods to complete this step, so I have to try my best to ensure that your remaining power is not depleted, is that right?"

With a calm expression, dozens of pages flew out of the book in Thoth's hand and then scattered into the surrounding void.

It seems to be an open conspiracy. Even if Isis completes the narration of the ritual, he still can't do anything to her, because once the outer gods attack his "Ka" in the source sea again, he will probably face the situation that Isis has faced before.

Although without her interference, the outer gods will most likely not target the gods again, but what if it happens, so he still has to leave a way out.

However, Thoth does not reject this, because his mission is to prevent Isis from interfering with the disaster caused by the nine pillars again, not to kill her personally.

Then he is doing very well now. The void is locked, and Thoth behaves openly.

You can not fight, but you don't go anywhere. Otherwise, instead of letting you use your remaining power to help the Outer Gods, I would rather consume it myself.

If I can't use it, then no one else can use it.

"Hmm~ It seems that you are still somewhat loyal to Ra, and Shu's death doesn't have such a big impact on you."

With a slightly raised eyebrow, Isis noticed the changes around her.

The movement of her hands slowed down temporarily, and she looked at the means of blocking the space.

Maybe it was Ra's help. After all, he mastered the power of [Endless Space]. This blockade looks extremely mysterious and difficult to break through again.

"So you want to stay here with me? Yes, this choice is at least "safe" enough."

"... Stay here quietly. The victory or defeat between the Outer Gods and my world is not decided by Shu after all."

"Don't think that I will be like you, wagging my tail and begging for surrender before others break through. I'm just making preparations in advance."

'After all, even if you win... no one wants to be like Shu, but rather hopes to live to see the fruits of victory. ’

He spoke lightly, but Isis understood the last sentence.

Thoth’s words at this moment actually more or less represented the views of other gods.

Although Shu was dead, they did not intend to betray Ra. Not to mention the battle between the worlds, at least they still had some hope of winning this game, so at this moment, the gods were at best preparing for the ‘just in case’.

Moreover, as Thoth said, victory or defeat was still unknown. But for Shu, he was definitely losing.

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Hu——

Ssssss…

Hermenu was far smaller than Chaos, but the ‘huge’ battle between the two gods could not affect the whole world.

However, fighting was not possible, but the power of the gods could be used.

On the earth, the sky changed all at once.

Along the Nile River basin, there was a heavy rain that could not be seen at a glance. The rain poured like a column, causing the river surface that had been sinking not long ago to rise again.

In the desert far from the river, there were no clouds, only sandstorms were raging and wild animals were howling.

Shasha...

Subtle noises came from the desert. Since the day when the sky changed, countless ants and beasts gradually gathered at the edge of the desert.

They gathered here but showed no signs of moving. Driven by hunger, they devoured each other, but seemed to be waiting for something, and their numbers only grew stronger.

Until this day, the heavy rain in the distance seemed to divide the world into two worlds of water and sand, and along the edge of this division, a cavalry was rushing here.

Ta-ta-ta...

"Huh... Stop——!"

At the command, more than a dozen riders stopped immediately.

At the front of the cavalry, the leader wore a white robe with gold ornaments and a turban wrapped around his long hair.

He was obviously of extraordinary status, and his every move proved his education.

In the past years, he should have seen a lot of the world. But now, looking at the dense "black spots" on the desert, a sense of tension from the blood still surged in my heart.

Perhaps it was the memory of the ancestors passed down in the blood, or perhaps it was because of people's subconscious fear of dense things. Even though they have always regarded the scarab as a sacred object, they know that it is not their enemy, but they can't hide the panic in their hearts.

"This... Your Majesty, this, is this the "army" given to us by God?"

The voice was a little unnatural, and the tall warrior in armor beside the leader subconsciously tightened the rope.

He asked himself that he was not afraid of death, and he had also charged forward on the battlefield before. But if he died by being eaten by thousands of insects, it would be too cruel.

This is not only in the physical sense, but such a death is also considered by them as the extinction of the soul.

"...Don't be afraid. This should be the army that God promised. It is the army that we can use to defeat the Egyptians."

"Of course, before that, we must first complete God's mission and kill those foreigners cursed by God."

Take a deep breath. Although Kash doesn't want to admit it, this may be his future soldiers.

But can soldiers composed of humans really fight with them? He doesn't know. But such an army is probably equally powerful.

Decades ago, Kash and his subjects, as well as the entire Nubian people, were directly defeated by Ramses II, the ruler of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt, who was in his prime.

The soldiers pressed on, and the pharaoh, who was regarded by the Egyptians as a god on earth, showed no mercy to them.

From then on, Nubia was forced to submit to the rule of the Egyptian Pharaoh, and even Ramses II personally sacrificed Nubia prisoners of war in the Abu Simbel Temple to demonstrate his achievements.

Hatred has been forged since then, but the gap in power cannot be smoothed away. Kash originally thought that his generation would have no chance of revenge. He only hoped that someone would inherit his name and his hatred in the future and then defeat Egypt in the name of Nubia.

But who knew that at this moment, the god Amun of Thebes actually sent an oracle and gave them a response.

The gods who had always preferred Egypt seemed to finally be tired of their incompetence. He made a promise to the Nubians that as long as all the mortals with sinful blood could be slaughtered, Nakash could continue to retain this indestructible army. Army until his death, and the gods will recognize Nubia's status and allow them to march into Upper and Lower Egypt and become the new pharaoh.

"This is our best chance."

Raising his long whip, Cash's expression became firm.

"The Egyptians occupy the most beautiful land along the Nile River, and are also the most favored by the gods. Even if all the tribes in the world unite, it will be difficult to defeat the Egyptian army."

"But this time is different. Not only will we defeat them militarily, but we will also win God's favor. As long as... we complete that mission."

"Walk--!"

Moving forward again, Cash took the lead, followed by the rest of the cavalry.

The black wave in front of them was getting closer and closer, and their faces became more and more ugly. But even Cash is willing to move forward, who dares to retreat?

Tread——

tread.

The horses stopped in front of the black tide, and the sound of "salsa" made people's spirits tense to the extreme.

Cash noticed that these little beings seemed to be aware of his arrival. They were looking at him and this visitor who exuded a special aura.

"Qiang——"

Pulling out the long sword from his waist, Cash stabilized his trembling arms.

The edge of his sword pointed towards the sky, and then slowly slid down towards the direction of the clouds.

"According to the order of the great god Amun, I will be the commander-in-chief of you. We will overcome the heavy rain and kill the source of all evil!"

"Now, line up!"

There was a bit of a broken sound, and Cash nervously looked at the black tide in front of him.

He didn't know whether his actions were useful, or whether they could understand his requirements, but he still tried his best to try what he could think of.

…

Salsa…

After looking at each other for a long time, just when the courage in Cash's heart was about to retreat, he saw that the vast black tide had finally changed.

The endless 'tide' divided into two parts, seeming to make way for the Nubian king who raised his sword.

"Hoo..."

Taking a breath, Cash finally let go of his worries.

He stepped forward on horseback, followed the road that the black tide had given way, and came to the center of the group of ant beasts.

"Now……"

"They're mine."

The sword in his hand seemed a little lighter, and Cash looked at the clouds in the distance.

God still protects him. With this invincible army, what else can stop him?

"The whole army——"

"forward!"

The sword pointed in the direction pointed by the oracle, and Cash assured the god that he would definitely kill everyone.