Starting with Growing Mushrooms-Chapter 174 - 138: Ascension to Divinity beneath the Apple Tree, Prelude to the Divine War

Chapter 174: Chapter 138: Ascension to Divinity beneath the Apple Tree, Prelude to the Divine War

"So tell me, where should I use the excess energy?"

"Why not expend it on something specific?"

Goliath’s lips curved into a slightly wild smile:

"Let’s conduct a small experiment. I’ll imbue the overflowing energy from the entire cycle onto apples."

He paused, his voice suddenly full of incredible majesty and divine radiance,

[I say, for the next three days, when apples leave the branch, they shall not fall to the ground but shall ascend into the sky.]

The Divine Word was spoken!

And thus it became reality.

An unprecedented, massive-scale divine miracle began to unfold across the earth!

Throughout the land, forests, and apple orchards, people witnessed a scene that would forever haunt them with terror.

Apples, after detaching from branches, began to slowly float upward, like little balloons, ascending into the sky.

"What is happening?"

"This world has gone mad!"

"Oh my God, how can apples fly up into the sky?"

Everyone was astonished.

A scholar studying gravity under an apple tree suddenly stared blankly at the sky:

Physics ceased to exist.

...

"Goliath, you! You!!"

"God spoke with golden words, and it came to pass; how can you do it as well?"

"No, you two are not of the same kind! Your types of [Divine Words] are different, is this the power of God? The true usage of the Divine Object?"

"Previously, had we been using it incorrectly?"

[Transmission][Shadow][Transformation], these three singular divine powers converged into an incomprehensible new divine power, perhaps involving a mysterious concept, causing Lilith’s heart to fill with uncontrollable fear.

As it’s said,

Fear stems from the unknown.

Now, Lilith was filled with fear of the unknown towards Goliath.

She suddenly realized that she might have never truly understood her apprentice, whom she had personally unearthed and nurtured.

"Hmph!"

Lilith, preserving her pride, snorted coldly,

"You had to borrow my transmission to spread your divine power throughout Hell to succeed to this extent, you better thank me, Lilith! I am your mentor!"

"I should indeed thank you."

Goliath understood that because of the transmission, his power could truly become the Demon God that steals everything on the earth.

He mastered the power of attribute transformation, combined it with transmission, creating a terrifying effect greater than the sum of its parts.

This allowed him to perform attribute transformations throughout Hell.

At this time, Lilith also suddenly came to her senses and became interested:

[I say, within a region of the Green Shade Territory, the power that makes apples float shall instantly vanish.]

The Divine Word was spoken!

And thus it happened.

In the region of Green Shade Territory, the people saw the floating apples suddenly fall, like a rain of apples.

Only in the Green Shade Territory within the entire Hell would there be no miracle of ascending apples!

Goliath saw this scene and felt speechless: "You’ve shut off the [Transmission] in that part of the Green Shade Territory, preventing my divine power from spreading there."

Like an internet God, she suddenly disconnected that area.

Lilith laughed heartily:

"I’m so happy! I’ve figured out how to use my power! Even though my [Transmission] can’t change any place, when transmitting your divine power, your divine power becomes mine!"

"Whatever divine power you use, I can interfere and block; the decision of your power lies in my hands!"

Goliath felt speechless.

But both of them were filled with excitement at discovering new things.

This power was too strong!

With the blessing of this power, he suddenly no longer feared the mysteries of God.

Because he knew exactly how powerful he had become!

His strength was not even in the same dimension as before.

Although the gap between every realm is as vast as heaven and earth,

Yet now, even if a fifth-level mortal hero appeared, his fourth-level Divine Spirit could wield the power of causality between heaven and earth and crush them with a single slap?

Furthermore.

This Demon King’s Body still had flaws.

With his magic energy transforming divine power, he forcibly refined them into a temporary unified body.

If he used the Heart of Fear to completely ignite this body and complete this great infernal work, his combat power would soar.

A realization gradually flashed through his eyes,

"I am the Demon God who steals causality on the entire earth."

"My power is invincible in this era."

"Let the game begin, God has no idea what he’s about to battle."

He lowered his gaze and smiled softly, his eyes cold,

"This body of mine, born out of fear of God, will one day return that fear to God."

...

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

In the sky above, a massive band of light stretched across the galaxy with no end in sight, the Milky Way, emitting brilliant starlight.

Above the starlight, there was a full moon.

On the full moon, there seemed to be the pattern of a laurel tree, but under the tree sat a brown shadow as if dominating heaven and earth.

"Time is up."

"A month of disastrous punishment is over, it’s time to destroy Hell."

The man slowly stood up; his arms seemed to stretch across the entire moon, and he stepped down from this nearest satellite, descending to Hell step by step.

He was falling into Hell.

...

Demon Capital.

In the suburbs, a bar identical to the one from the Green Shade Territory in years past was built, where Goliath sat in the same spot as before.

"Here, we meet as if for the first time; thus, it feels ceremonial. The first meeting is the opening Chapter of the epic as well as the epilogue of the epic."

Goliath, however, had long been waiting here.

This would be his third encounter with God in his life.

The first time, they conversed in the Green Shade Territory bar, discussing the meaning of Hell’s existence in fear.

The second time, with confidence, he probed, fought, and finally fled in fear like a dog.

The third time was before him, but his face was calm, with neither joy nor sorrow. As someone who truly mastered nature, even he didn’t know the extent of his strength.

"Every time I encountered God before, my heart was filled with fear."

"And now, it is time to personally shatter that fear."

Goliath sat down in the bar, with a table of drinks before him, looking at a dusty traveler in a cloak appearing at the bar door,

"Oh God, have a drink, for after this, I should never see you again."

He paused, looking at the guest, his expression full of calm, "Because you are about to die."

"In the distant future after your death, perhaps I’ll recall that bright afternoon under the apple tree when I awakened to godhood,

Then I will pick an apple under the tree and think of you: you are the most respected opponent of my life, an eternal memory in my long life."

He gently closed his eyes and poured wine for the opposite cup:

"Seeing the apple, I will remember you."

"I think, in the days after today, even if I meet more honorable and powerful various opponents, I will still think of your God Era."