Chapter 147

"Roar!" Tuoba Hong let out a cry that sounded almost beastly. Behind him, the ninety-nine-foot-tall, featureless phantom of a Golden-Armored Divine General emerged. The Golden-Armored Divine General held a sword in its right hand and a shield in its left, its dark red eyes—each the size of an infant’s fist—flickering like candlelight. A faint divine aura swept across the surroundings, casting a heavy, oppressive sense of dread upon all who felt it. Zhao Xuan retreated several hundred meters away. The technique Tuoba Hong was employing was the Tianshen Cult’s notorious "God-Calling Art." The Lord of Tianshu Peak had once described this method to Zhao Xuan in great detail. Just as the Daoist Sect worships the Three Pure Ones and the Immortals, and the Buddhist Sect worships the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats, the Tianshen Cult worships a multitude of divine beings. However, while the gods and Buddhas of the Daoist and Buddhist sects never manifest before the public—existing only in legend—the core believers of the Tianshen Cult, like Tuoba Hong, would brazenly channel the power of their gods to turn the tide of battle or flee for their lives. Before calling upon the god, Tuoba Hong’s aura had been on par with Xie Lingyun’s. Now, having summoned the deity, he was seven parts stronger than even Xie Lingyun, who could manifest divine intent and possessed the strength of a Grandmaster Realm expert.