I Reborn as a God Within a Statue, And You Ask Me to Enslave All Gods?-Chapter 74 --2-Star Ancient God

Not long after the ice troll located the Millennial Eagle, it had already set its sights on Annasi.

After all, Annasi had caused such a huge disturbance—too many spellbeasts that had previously offered tribute to the ice troll had been wiped out, severely disrupting the order it had established!

Thus, it was both to maintain order and to make it known that no challenger could threaten its status.

It would never allow the existence of anything within its domain that it could neither understand nor control!

This time, the ice troll had made ample preparations, aiming to take down Annasi in one decisive strike while also capturing and erasing the spellbeasts lurking in the area!

Moreover, it had summoned nearly all the spellbeasts near Black Iron, clearly intending to intimidate others as well!

"Even after making all these preparations and even bringing out the Gilded Eagle Feather, which had once gained great renown in ancient times, its true body still isn’t making a move."

This was something the ice troll hadn’t expected.

Although the Gilded Eagle Feather contained the terrifying power of a spellbeast from ancient times, it could only enhance one of its offspring from tier-5 to tier-6 for a limited duration when activated using a blood pool.

Even though a tier-6 spellbeast was already an extremely formidable force, the ice troll had assumed that the Millennial Eagle itself would personally engage in the battle.

Ideally, it hoped that the Millennial Eagle and Annasi’s spellbeast would fight to the point of mutual destruction, allowing it to reap the benefits. Perhaps it could even devour both of them and ascend to tier-6, replacing the Millennial Eagle entirely!

However, the Millennial Eagle was as cunning as ever. Even though Annasi posed a direct threat to its interests, it still relied on other forces to act on its behalf, stubbornly refusing to engage personally.

The ice troll found this extremely frustrating—how could the Millennial Eagle, after living for so many years, become such a coward?

Yet that was the reality, and there was nothing it could do about it.

The Millennial Eagle had enough trump cards to rely on—mixing the Gilded Eagle Feather with the blood of other spellbeasts allowed it to forcibly raise its offspring to tier-6 strength.

Although the offspring would inevitably die regardless of the outcome.

This alone demonstrated how ruthless and cautious the Millennial Eagle was.

Even if it meant sacrificing one of its own offspring.

Even if it meant wasting the precious Gilded Eagle Feather.

It still refused to act personally.

It was absurdly cautious!

Utterly unnecessary!

Far less satisfying than charging in directly for a decisive battle!

"This time, we’ve caught them off guard. Annasi’s mysterious spellbeast is surely unprepared. Capturing Annasi is already a foregone conclusion. I wonder how much profit our Trollridge will gain from this?"

The ice troll quickly shifted its focus to the potential rewards of the situation.

After all, the Lonehawk Ridge and the tier-3 and tier-4 spellbeasts were the ones doing most of the work in this operation.

"The Annasi Village has a much larger population than other villages. Even if we take just one-tenth, it’ll still be a significant number. Some can be eaten raw, others can be made into cured meat—I’ve heard that cured meat has quite a delicious flavor!"

Meanwhile...

"What exactly are those spellbeasts doing?"

At this moment, Ethan stood on a small mountain on the outskirts of the village, gazing toward a distant valley with furrowed brows.

The sight of spellbeasts gathering in the valley, especially the blood pool, filled him with an ominous feeling.

As an Infernal Envoy, he was naturally difficult to detect. Moreover, the distance between the mountain and the valley was considerable, so he had yet to be discovered.

"The stench of blood is overwhelming—especially near a village. These spellbeasts must be plotting against the great Deus Initium..."

Hearing Ethan’s words, a chilling glint flashed through Mia’s eyes.

How powerful was Deus Initium?

For these spellbeasts to scheme against him—it was nothing short of suicidal!

After all, she had personally witnessed Deus Initium annihilate spellbeasts and Aberrations alike.

Most of these spellbeasts were only tier-3 or tier-4—if they thought they could pose a threat to Deus Initium, it was laughable!

"Should we report this to Deus Initium immediately?" Ethan turned his head toward Mia.

Although he believed Deus Initium was already aware of the situation.

"If even we have noticed this anomaly, how could Deus Initium not be aware?"

"If Deus Initium hasn’t reacted, that means these spellbeasts pose no real threat. There’s no need to trouble Deus Initium over such a minor matter—we should simply continue monitoring them and focus on our own tasks."

Mia spoke with conviction.

Ethan found her reasoning sound and nodded in agreement.

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, ten days had passed.

Inside the divine statue, Owen’s eyes, radiating a faint golden light, slowly opened, and two beams of awe-inspiring divine power shot forth, like twin golden suns, illuminating the Divine Space in dazzling splendor.

Under this radiant glow, the Divine Space suddenly began to expand—nearly doubling in size!

It now covered an area equivalent to one hundred football fields, stretching as far as the eye could see, vast and boundless.

As the Divine Space stabilized, Owen’s soul form, nearly tangible, became wreathed in brilliant golden light, exuding an aura of immortality.

His soul had undergone yet another qualitative transformation!

Compared to before, he had grown nearly six times stronger!

As his soul strengthened, his control over magic also surged exponentially!

Feeling the surging power within himself, Owen sensed his combat strength skyrocketing!

"Even a tier-6 peak spellbeast would tremble before me!"

Sensing the overflowing magic within him, Owen had a clear realization—after advancing to a 2-star Ancient God, his combat strength was enough to crush any tier-6 peak spellbeast, bringing him terrifyingly close to a quasi-tier-7 level!

As for quasi-tier-7 human awakeners, Owen had little knowledge of them. However, as long as they were within his domain, with his overwhelming and ever-evolving god skills, even a tier-7 human awakener would fall!

At the same time, after advancing to 2-star Ancient God, he made another discovery—he seemed to have become more attuned to the world itself.

Previously obscure mysteries suddenly became clear, as if the consciousness of this world was offering him guidance!

Although it was only basic knowledge, it signified that he had truly taken the first steps toward omniscience as a deity!

Owen was highly satisfied with this.

Upon becoming a god, every ascension brought exponential growth—a feat unimaginable to human awakeners!

Furthermore, for humans and spellbeasts, leveling up was no easy feat. But as a god, he faced virtually no bottlenecks—so long as he had enough divine points and devotees, ascension was effortless!

For most humans and spellbeasts, each major rank-up—especially after tier-5—required decades, or could even be an unattainable lifelong goal.

Yet, from the moment he arrived in this world to attaining such terrifying combat strength, only seven months had passed.

Of course, he knew he was an exception.

Other gods in this world—most were still at 1-star Ancient God with painfully slow progress.

Even among the most powerful 1-star Ancient Gods, only a handful had successfully ascended.

"The domain continues to expand, and I’ve discovered some interesting places..."

Sensing the growth of his domain, a satisfied smile spread across Owen’s face.

Now that he was a 2-star Ancient God, previously distant locations like the Fallen Lands had also fallen within his domain, expanding its reach tenfold!

Satisfied, Owen turned his attention to his Personal Information Panel.

[Personal Information]

Name: Owen

Divine Name: Deus Initium

Divine Throne: Guardian Deity of the Town

Godhood Rank: 2-star Ancient God (Can ascend to 2-star Peak Ancient God with 150,000 divine points)

Divine Points: 11,530

Spice Points: 126,420 (1,000 spice points = 1 divine point)

God Skills: ...[Missionary Ascension (500 divine points)], Flame of Wrath (300 divine points), Rain Summoning (300 divine points), Divine Fog (300 divine points), Tier-4 Infernal Artifact (300 divine points), Strengthen Undead (300 divine points), Mountain Shaker (300 divine points), Seal Spell (300 divine points), Earth Elemental Power (300 divine points), Heaven’s Veil (500 divine points), Radiance of All (500 divine points)