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Ch. 338 The Black Panther God, Bast.
🕑 Added 2024-03-29 16:00:14 +0000 UTCAlthough Russell had not interacted with the Black Panther God, Bast before, he was not unfamiliar with her.
After all, she was the divine being who protected the superhero Black Panther.
However, he couldn't understand why the Black Panther God, Bast had projected her power from the distant African continent to spy on him.
Hadn't there been any plans for the Justice League to attack Wakanda?
Russell didn't waste time pondering this question.
Since the other party had already projected their power to spy on him, it wouldn't be right if he didn't reciprocate.
Without any hesitation, Russell decisively summoned his divine power and authority, tracing the location of the Black Panther God, Bast by following the power she had projected.
With the suppression of his rank, he quickly locked onto the location of the Black Panther God, Bast.
However, he didn't plan to teleport there himself; instead, he used his Skyfather-level power to forcibly establish contact with the Black Panther God, Bast.
Then, he forcefully entered Bast's divine realm with his divine consciousness.
Unlike his own divine realm, which was the City of Sin, Bast's divine realm was an African grassland in the midst of the night.
In terms of size, Bast's divine realm was even larger than the City of Sin.
But that was perfectly normal.
After all, Russell had only become a Skyfather-level being a little over a month ago.
Although during this month, the size of his divine realm had expanded quite a bit, with large, empty suburbs appearing, his time as a divine being was still relatively short.
For a divine being, especially a Skyfather-level one, one month was equivalent to just a minute.
Russell wasn't entirely sure when the Black Panther God, Bast had become a divine being, but one thing he was certain of was that her time as a divine being was longer than the history of Wakanda itself.
If Russell remembered correctly, Vibranium, in the form of a meteorite, had fallen to Wakanda millions of years ago.
At that time, Wakanda didn't have humans or nations, but the arrival of Vibranium had changed the environment and the flora and fauna around it.
It wasn't until the human era that the five tribes joined forces to establish Wakanda.
Even before the founding of Wakanda, the tribe where the ancestors of the superhero Black Panther resided had already begun to believe in the Black Panther God, Bast.
From this perspective, the Black Panther God, Bast had been a divine being for at least a few thousand years.
Although Russell didn't know exactly how the Black Panther God, Bast had become a divine being, he had a guess.
The Black Panther God, Bast likely began the path to becoming a divine being due to the fall of the Vibranium meteorite.
If his guess was correct, the pre-divine being version of the Black Panther God, Bast was just an ordinary black panther before the fall of the Vibranium meteorite. The fall of the Vibranium meteorite altered the surroundings, and perhaps Bast were affected by the Vibranium, resulting in mutations.
These mutations could include becoming more powerful or gaining sentience.
After generations of evolution, the Black Panther God, Bast was born.
Of course, when Bast first emerged, she was probably just a black panther, not a divine being.
However, leveraging the abilities evolved over generations, the Black Panther God, Bast completed a crucial evolution from an ordinary flesh-and-blood creature to a divine being.
Because the Black Panther God, Bast was not human, it was impossible for her to possess the knowledge of how humans' mages had achieved godhood.
If everything matched Russell's speculations, the Black Panther God, Bast likely spent a considerable amount of time becoming a divine being.
For example, a few thousand years, or even tens of thousands of years.
It was also possible that Wakanda ancestors began to believe in Bast, giving her enough divine belief to transform from an extraordinary black panther into the Black Panther God, Bast.
As for whether this was true, only the Black Panther God, Bast herself likely knew.
After his divine consciousness arrived in the divine realm, Russell didn't show any courtesy to the Black Panther God, Bast.
"Come out!"
Although he was currently only a divine consciousness in the Bast's divine realm, with a rank higher than Bast's, Russell could disregard the suppression of the divine realm and freely wield his authority.
His voice, amplified by his authority, spread throughout the entire Bast's divine realm in the blink of an eye.
Not only that, as his voice resonated, Bast's divine realm trembled violently as if experiencing an earthquake.
To be precise, not only the land shook, but the sky also trembled frantically.
As the intensity of the tremors increased, the African land in front of Russell, shrouded in darkness, began to show signs of complete rupture.
At this moment, a giant black panther emerged from the shadows and calmly appeared before him.
Without a doubt, this towering black panther, five to six meters in height, was the Black Panther God, Bast herself.
With the appearance of the Black Panther God, Bast, the shaking land and sky rapidly calmed down.
The cracks on the ground were repaired in the blink of an eye.
In their own divine realms, the gods, divine spirit, or divine being were the omnipotent beings, controlling everything.
Whether it was destruction or repair, for them, it was merely a matter of thought.
Of course, this also consumed divine power.
Even gods had to pay a price for using their abilities in their divine realms.
"It's not a good habit to pry into others without permission."
"If you don't want to engage in a divine battle with me, you better explain yourself."
Russell said calmly.
Although he was now in the Bast's divine realm, he did not hold the Black Panther God, Bast in high regard.
In terms of types of gods, he and the Black Panther God, Bast both ascended from mortal flesh.
However, the methods they used were different.
Russell ascended to the rank of Skyfather through the establishment of his divine realm.
On the other hand, the Black Panther God, Bast ascended by absorbing the belief of her followers and becoming a divine being through their faith.
These two methods were neither good nor bad. The determining factor of their strength was not the path to godhood, but the authority they currently possessed.
Russell hadn't been a deity for very long, but he had quite a few authorities.
Even before becoming a Skyfather-level being, he had awakened the sun divine power and gained related authorities.
In addition to the authorities in the domain of the sun, he now also had authorities in the domain of hell.
Although he wasn't entirely sure what authorities the Black Panther God, Bast possessed, judging from her form and divine realm, her authorities couldn't be too powerful.
After emerging from the shadows, the Black Panther God, Bast spoke.
Although the Black Panther God, Bast was just an ordinary black panther before becoming a divine being, learning human language was not difficult for her after becoming a divine being.
If she couldn't even do this after becoming a divine being, then she was too inferior.
"I have no intention of provoking you."
"It's just that the forces under your command are currently invading the kingdom of my believers."
"As the guardian of Wakanda, I want to know if this invasion was orchestrated by you?"
Invading Wakanda?
Upon hearing the words of the Black Panther God, Bast, Russell furrowed his brow slightly.
He didn't recall the Justice League having any plans to invade Wakanda, did they?
Although Vibranium in Wakanda was indeed a valuable resource, the Justice League had no particular need for it.
For ordinary people, Vibranium was indeed a precious resource.
But for Russell, who had already become a Skyfather-level being, Vibranium was just a minor matter; it wasn't worth orchestrating a plan for the Justice League to invade Wakanda and seize it.
Vibranium was undoubtedly resilient, but it was not invincible.
With sufficient strength, even Captain America's Vibranium shield could be shattered.
This was proven by Thanos in the cinematic universe.
"Is it because of this that you projected your power to spy on me?"
Russell asked in response to the Black Panther God, Bast.
"If this invasion was indeed arranged by you, I hope you can give me a suitable explanation."
"Your people have caused a lot of casualties in Wakanda. As a leader, you need to take responsibility for the actions of your subordinates!"
The tone of the Black Panther God, Bast became somewhat impolite.
Take responsibility?
Upon hearing the words of the Black Panther God, Bast, Russell smiled.
Ignoring the fact that he didn't know which of his subordinates invaded Wakanda, even if he did know, he wouldn't provide an explanation to the Black Panther God, Bast.
From a rank perspective, he was now one level higher than the Black Panther God, Bast.
The Black Panther God, Bast was just an lower divine being, while he was a Skyfather-level being.
A divine being of a lower rank voluntarily spied on him and asked him for an explanation. From the perspective of divine beings, this was undoubtedly a provocation.
The Black Panther God, Bast provoked him first and then asked him for an explanation regarding the invasion of the human world.
If he really gave an explanation to the Black Panther God, Bast, he could guarantee that his face as a newly ascended Skyfather-level being would be completely lost in no time.
Not to mention that it was possible that some of his subordinates had acted on their own to invade Wakanda, but that was a separate matter.
Invading Wakanda was an issue among humans.
Regardless of whether it was right or wrong, it was a matter of the human world.
And now, the Black Panther God, Bast had proactively projected her power to spy on him; this was not a matter of the human world anymore.
In a situation where both were divine being, this was a typical divine matter.
It was different from the human world; there were no laws or rules in the realm of the gods.
The world of gods was simple: the strong ruled.
Whoever had a higher rank, whoever had more power, was the one who set the rules.
The Black Panther God, Bast had proactively provoked him, and now she demanded an explanation regarding the invasion of the human world. In the standards of gods, this was undoubtedly a challenge.
After provoking first, the Black Panther God, Bast wanted him to give an explanation regarding the invasion of the human world. If he truly agreed, Russell could guarantee that his face as a newly ascended Skyfather-level being would be completely lost.
There was never a saying that higher-ranking divine being had to provide explanations to lower-ranking divine being.
"Do you want me to give you an explanation for my subordinates' actions?" Russell responded.
"No problem, I'll give you an explanation right now."
Upon hearing Russell's response, the Black Panther God, Bast was momentarily stunned.
She hadn't expected Russell, who had only recently become a divine being, to be so accommodating.
However, in the next moment, she understood what Russell's "explanation" meant.
Russell activated the purification authority of his sun divine power, and he radiated a dazzling golden light.
"What are you doing?"
Black Panther God, Bast exclaimed.
"Doing? You asked me to give you an explanation, didn't you!" Russell replied.
With that, Russell invoked the authority of his sun divine power and began to purify the Bast's divine realm. His entire being seemed to transform into the sun itself, emitting a blinding golden radiance.
As the radiance shone, the Bast's divine realm began to shake violently.
The ground started to collapse, and cracks appeared in the sky.
The Bast's divine realm was subjected to the overwhelming purification by Russell.
The night began to recede rapidly, and the grasslands started to burn.
"You..."
Realizing that Russell had attacked her divine realm without hesitation, the Black Panther God, Bast roared.
She then decisively invoked her divine power, intending to engage in a divine battle with Russell.
However, she had underestimated Russell, and overestimated herself.
Although her physical form was much larger than Russell's, physical size didn't matter in divine battles.
As long as a deity was not powerful enough and did not possess enough authority, their size didn't matter.
The Black Panther God, Bast exuded a mist-like divine power, but in the face of Russell's sun divine power, her divine power dissipated rapidly, disappearing as if it had never existed.
Sensing the overwhelming purification authority, the Black Panther God, Bast realized that she was in big trouble.
She projected her power to spy on Russell to gauge his strength, but she didn't expect that Russell would be one rank higher than her.
She had thought that Russell was just an lower divine being like herself.
But it turned out that Russell was a Skyfather-level being.
In fact, if she had been more alert, she would have realized something was amiss when Russell activated his authority and divine power to trace her and forcibly invaded her divine realm with his divine consciousness.
But unfortunately, the Black Panther God, Bast didn't catch on.
Perhaps it was because her path to godhood had been too easy, or perhaps she had never interacted with true human divine being, so she had no idea how difficult it was for humans to become divine being.
She didn't even know how powerful humans could become after ascending to godhood.
To put it bluntly, if a human could become a divine being, they would at least be Skyfather-level being.
As for why they weren't lower divine being-level like the Black Panther God, Bast, the reason was simple: humans could achieve that level of power without becoming divine being.
Diana and Kara were prime examples.
Although they were not divine being, in a fight against lower divine being, they could at least hold their own, if not win.
Discovering that her divine power was unable to withstand Russell's purification authority, the Black Panther God, Bast began to panic.
She had indeed been a divine being for a considerable amount of time, but her had never encountered an opponent like Russell.
Or perhaps, since becoming a divine being, she had never experienced a proper battle.
