Chapter 644: Changing Equipment

Among these two mythical armaments, 'Divine Will' could not be tested.

In the hands of an ordinary deity, this item was no stronger than other mythical armaments. But in Li Mochen's hands, pointing its muzzle at any main god-level deity would make their heart race and hair stand on end. Even the wolf Fenrir was in a state of bristling fur.

The key was that its bullets were extremely precious; currently, Anthony could only forge one every three months.

It itself could be considered a mythical armament, and at the level of a mid-grade mythical armament, its power was very great, yet it could fully bear Li Mochen's powers—fate, death, annihilation, destruction, lightning, light speed, and so on.

Only after using this bullet could it be considered a complete 'Divine Will'. But if only ordinary magical bullets were used, 'Divine Will' was merely a high-grade mythical armament close to the level of 'Heavenly Fate Sword'.

However, the 'Zhou Tian Star Sword Formation' did not have this problem. Li Mochen ultimately named this set of sword formations the 'Zhou Tian Thunderfire Stellar Sword Formation', derived from the original world's research on 'immortal formations' and 'Zhou Tian Stars', but combined with Western magic formations, giving rise to new variations.

After all, it would be a pity to leave the 'thunderfire' power contained in those forty spear blanks unused; their materials were also more compatible with thunder and fire. Especially the Titan runes within, which could not be washed away. So thunder and fire were also the foundation of this sword formation.

Thus, Li Mochen had spent much merit and time over the past six months to elevate his own 'thunder' and 'fire' to the ultimate level, and planned to continuously climb toward the 'pseudo-truth' rank in the following period.

The powers of fate and time became increasingly difficult to advance as one progressed. In contrast, cultivating and comprehending these two natural forces progressed faster.

After completing this sword formation, Li Mochen found his 'Power Angel' Fenrir as a sparring partner.

This wolf had been suppressing his desire to challenge Li Mochen and gain freedom. When Li Mochen actively invited a duel, Fenrir agreed without hesitation.

Then, in less than ten minutes, Fenrir was battered and bruised by the tens of thousands of 'Zhou Tian Thunderfire Stellar Sword Qi', sustaining at least a thousand sword wounds all over his body.

Although the wounds were not deep, they all contained residual thunder, fire, and stellar power, preventing rapid healing.

Where did you get this set of mythical armaments?

After the brief battle, Fenrir licked his wounds in dissatisfaction: 'It's indeed interesting. I need to think it over carefully for a while.'

Within this so-called 'sword formation', there were thirty-six high-grade mythical armaments, five ultimate-grade ones, and the rest were at mid-grade.

Logically, such a large number of mythical armaments would be difficult for anyone to control with ease.

But this sword formation had its own set of methods and logic for operation and use, requiring little mental effort from the user. Moreover, its sword paths were ever-changing, making it hard to track their trajectories. When attacking, it was like mercury pouring onto the ground, penetrating every gap.

In short, Fenrir could defend the east but not the west; barely covering the top, the bottom would be breached. Their lethality was also formidable.

Individually, they were nothing special. Even the five main swords, with high-grade 'fate', ultimate 'thunder', ultimate 'fire', ultimate 'star', ultimate 'piercing', ultimate 'inevitable severance', etc., seemed ordinary to Fenrir at the pseudo-god-king level.

But when the total of 401 swords were combined, it became terrifying.

In terms of 'fire' alone, even Fenrir, who wielded the pseudo-truth-level 'fire' divine authority, could not contend with it.

And the combined power of thunder and stars was even more frightening. Fenrir felt that in terms of sheer lethality, it might surpass Thor's hammer Mjolnir.

At least in terms of quantity, no mythical armament in the Bright World could compare.

Half an hour later, Fenrir, fully recovered with Li Mochen's help, challenged Li Mochen again, only to lose even more miserably this time.

Li Mochen's use of the sword formation was still unfamiliar, but as the battle with Fenrir continued, his control over the formation grew more adept, spawning more variations.

After all, he was a veteran of countless battles; how could he easily let Fenrir see through the composition and operation of this sword formation?

Additionally, the formation's power was gradually increasing as his ability to coordinate and unify all the swords rapidly improved.

Thus, after seven consecutive bouts, Fenrir decisively refused Li Mochen's invitations to spar.

The wounds Li Mochen inflicted on him were getting deeper and more painful.

His attempt to substitute offense for defense also failed; the sword formation was both offensive and defensive. Li Mochen not only used stellar and sword qi power to neutralize attacks but also incorporated the concepts of 'energy absorption', 'energy circulation', and 'energy conservation'.

Fenrir could tell at a glance that the formation must have incorporated the bones of one of Jörmungandr's offspring, along with similar mythical materials to enhance this ability.

Li Mochen had indeed integrated the 'Mandala Bracelet' into the core main sword, but his achievements in this area were limited. These three conceptual divine authorities could only serve as support.

You need to give me time to think again. There are too many variations; I'm completely confused. I need at least a month to figure it out.

Then Fenrir thoughtfully offered advice: 'This sword formation of yours is strong, but it's still not enough to contend with Odin's Gungnir or Zeus's Thunderfire Spear. It's still lacking. The ultimate solution is to incorporate the source essences of thunder, fire, stars, and metal.'

Li Mochen smiled bitterly. He had been in this world for too short a time and had no way to obtain these things.

The only two portions of source essence he had were obtained from Gaia and Hyperion, and in very small amounts.

There was also a decent portion of darkness source essence, but he would have to wait nine years before exchanging it with Nyx.

'These things were quite abundant in the mythical age, but the ones I found before were all integrated into my claws and fangs.'

Fenrir waved his claws and bared his teeth.

"But in this age, it's hard to find World Source Matter. Hmm, Stardust! I was once sealed on 'Langwei Island,' drifting in the outer realms, and I saw a mass of Stardust. That stuff can only form in the outer layers of the world. I don't know if anyone took it, and I've nearly forgotten its location. But the outer realm is vast, thousands of times larger than the main material plane, so even gods find it hard to locate."

It forcibly tore open the void with its claws and leaped in with agile grace. Li Mochen's heart stirred with ripples, and without hesitation, he followed Fenrir's steps into the outer realm of the starry sky.

Fenrir couldn't pinpoint the location. It searched the star domain for a long time without success. Li Mochen couldn't bear to watch any longer. After roughly figuring out the possible location, he used a Wish spell, consuming thirteen million strands of merit, and found the Stardust's whereabouts himself.

"See! This is fate; it was meant to be yours."

Fenrir had nearly given up earlier, but Li Mochen found it on his own after setting aside the wolf.

"There's quite a bit. It should be enough to push the 'Stardust' law of your five main swords close to the Truth level. A bit more would be better—they'd become a set of pseudo-Truth-level mythical armaments."

Fenrir was both delighted and regretful, then continued offering advice: "There's no way to improve the material for now, but you can still work on absorbing divine power and attacks. You should have told me earlier. Jormungandr has shed a lot of skin over the years and never used it. Those things are far better than his useless offspring. Especially in recent years—they themselves are powerful mythical armaments. I'll talk to him; he'll give them to you."

It was fixated on revenge against Odin and Tyr, so it wished Li Mochen could challenge Odin head-on right now.

Li Mochen was both regretful and pleasantly surprised. Regretful that if these swords were infused with Jormungandr's serpent skin, the entire sword formation would undergo a transformative change. Surprised that these skins could still be of help.

Beyond the sword formation, Li Mochen also needed to forge a sword case or a set of scabbards to house them for daily nurturing. Jormungandr's serpent skins would be just right.

As promised, Fenrir retrieved Jormungandr's shed skins for Li Mochen. To the World Serpent, these discarded skins were worthless. When it came to energy absorption and conversion, nothing was better than its own body.

After that, Li Mochen spent about three full months in his forge. With the help of Anthony, Consul, and others, he designed the formation diagram based on the materials and then personally refined it.

He ultimately chose a 'sword case' over scabbards. The latter were too scattered to fully utilize all the capabilities of the serpent skins.

The completed 'sword case' was terrifyingly powerful. It could absorb seventy percent of the force from one full-power strike by Fenrir, and store up to twenty such strikes within the case.

No matter how much pseudo-Truth power accumulated, it was still pseudo-Truth. But when the quantity reached a certain level, it could still threaten powerful beings like Zeus and Odin.

Crucially, it could also absorb the power of Zeus and Odin.

Unfortunately, it couldn't be tested. Li Mochen didn't know how much the sword case could absorb and store in a battle against Odin.

But without a doubt, this 'Zhou Tian Thunder Fire Star Core Sword Formation' had been forged into an extremely terrifying mythical armament.

By this point, Li Mochen was confident he could face any god-king head-on in the outer realm battlefield.

On the third day after the sword case was completed, Avalon fell. The British pantheon, including Victoria, was mostly slaughtered within a day and night, with only a few subordinate gods escaping.

Unexpectedly, the one who ultimately conquered Britain was not Odin and his Aesir, but Nyx, the Night Goddess. After the battle, the British monarchy was abolished. In the country's civilian population, military, and hunter groups, priests of Eris began forcibly promoting the faith of 'Eris, Goddess of Freedom, Strife, War, and Thunder.'

The latter had not only reached for war but also coveted thunder.

Not long ago, Li Mochen learned from the Magic Goddess that Eris had long coveted the authority of war and thunder but was always thwarted by Gaia and Athena. Yet over the past centuries, she had been making preparations.

Now, Gaia had no time to attend to other matters.

Reinhard Heydrich reported to Li Mochen: "Many in the Old World secretly cooperated, even facilitated this. The Lord of Light likely acquiesced. After Nyx and Eris joined forces to take Avalon, they didn't strike at the Protestants; they coexist peacefully. I think this is a good strategy—Avalon falling into Nyx's hands is better than Odin's control."

"So Avalon was sold out by them? And what about Odin's reaction?"

Originally, he could have known the internal affairs of the Aesir without relying on this god of intelligence, but things had changed since Baldr's death.

He hadn't contacted Loki or Forseti for over half a year. He wondered if his teacher, Eisten, was safe.

"We don't know yet."

Reinhard smiled bitterly: "As far as I know, Odin's recent focus is more internal. He's hunting for Baldr's killer. My two years of effort in Asgard have been destroyed. He seems to have targeted Apollo and Mithras, and believes there was an insider close to Baldr who could freely enter and leave the 'Bifröst cruiser.' But he hasn't acted yet, lacking solid evidence."

Li Mochen was slightly surprised. He thought Odin would first go after Uriel. Had that true culprit's disguise been seen through?

But this was none of his concern for now, as long as his planted agents within the Aesir weren't exposed.

"However, from what I've gathered, the Beast Empire's army is currently gathering in the South Seas. Their next target is likely Malaysia or Indonesia."

Li Mochen sighed, knowing that the days of quiet cultivation were gone.

To ensure Australia's future peace and the stability of his faith, he would have to clash with the Aesir again in the South Seas.

Fortunately, Bismarck, Eliza, and others were exceptionally talented. During his seclusion in cultivation, both the Fate Pantheon and the 'Sunrise-Light Demon' Alliance had made significant progress.

By now, his six 'Divine Will Warrior Legions' were fully staffed and had undergone at least five months of training. The 'Divine Wing Knight Order' had also completed its fourth legion.

The Australian government forces, church, and 'Sunrise-Light Demon' Alliance had completed rearmament, and their warship numbers had greatly increased over the past six months.

The newly built battleships and aircraft carriers were still on the slipways due to long construction cycles, but in destroyers alone, they had added forty-seven new vessels.