After resting for a while and recovering some strength, Sora and the women all sighed with endless emotion, having survived a disaster. This battle had been too perilous.
Perhaps it was to be expected of the legendary hero god, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven. Sun Wukong's strength far surpassed any enemy Sora and the women had ever encountered before. Not only that, but he had even summoned his two junior brothers from the myths, Marshal of the Canopy Zhu Ganglie and the Curtain-Lifting General Deep Sand God!
Putting the Deep Sand God aside for a moment, it was unexpected that the unassuming Zhu Ganglie was actually a hidden super boss! If it weren't for the little girl saving everyone at the critical moment, the final winner of this battle might not have been them!
However, although this battle was incredibly difficult, as the final winners, the rewards were also incredibly rich and unimaginable!
Weng!!!!!
The space trembled. To the astonishment and surprise of the women, three divine cores appeared in mid-air, and a primitive and powerful divine might instantly spread out.
A strange glint flashed in his eyes, and a wicked arc formed on Sora's lips.
According to the normal rules, since they had ganged up and besieged the gods, even if they successfully slew the three gods Sun Wukong, Zhu Ganglie, and the Deep Sand God, they would not have been able to obtain their divine cores and authorities. However, who could blame him for having a thing going on with Pandora?!
Tsk tsk tsk, seeing how helpful Pandora was, Sora decided that he would definitely reward her well when they next met!
With a strange excitement in their hearts, Sora and the women all walked forward, surrounding the three divine cores.
The three divine cores were gold, silver, and black, and around each divine core, there were a varying number of authority runes slowly rotating.
"Is this the divine core of Sun Wukong and the others? It looks so powerful!"
Swallowing hard, Ena couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
Erica and Liliana nodded in complete agreement. Even the goddesses Athena and Metis, and the Campione Cult Leader Luo Hao, had a strange light dancing in their eyes. Having personally experienced the previous battle, everyone present knew just how powerful the forces they represented were!
The golden divine core had a total of seven authority runes rotating around it, and the divine might it emitted was the strongest. Without a doubt, this was the divine core of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun Wukong!
The authorities Sun Wukong possessed were [Fiery-Eyes Golden-Gaze], [Jindouyun], [Adamantine Undead Body], [Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends Divine Curse], [Samadhi True Fire], [Monkey God Summoning], and [Wuji Clone Technique]. Although it was three short of the ten authorities Sora had usurped from Verethragna, there was no doubt that Sun Wukong's power was far greater than Verethragna's!
The silver divine core had only three authority runes rotating around it. One rune was densely engraved with many profound incantations, another was imprinted with a heavenly soldier clad in armor and holding a spear, and the last rune was like a purple star with a sword-shaped mark on it.
This was the divine core of Marshal of the Canopy, Zhu Ganglie!
Although it only had three authorities, the divine might it emitted was incredibly powerful. The [Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits Divine Curse] was a sorcery-type authority even more powerful than Sun Wukong's [Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends Divine Curse]. [Heavenly Soldier Summoning] could theoretically summon a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals (well, only in theory), and the final [Purple Star Sword] was an ultimate authority that had nearly annihilated Sora and all the women!
Overall, although Zhu Ganglie had fewer authorities, their quality was high. Each one possessed world-shaking power.
The final black divine core naturally belonged to the Deep Sand God. Although it also emitted an incredibly powerful aura, it was a notch below the divine cores of Sun Wukong and Zhu Ganglie.
Around the black divine core, there were also only three authority runes slowly rotating. One was imprinted with a coiling, flying water dragon, which was the Deep Sand God's [Rain-Calling and Dragon-Summoning]. Another was imprinted with an ice-blue shield, the [Demonic Cold Divine Ice] authority. The last one was ink-black and emanated a sinister ghostly aura, imprinted with a ferocious evil ghost, which was the [Ghostly Asura] authority the Deep Sand God possessed when he was a god of evil ghosts.
Although a bit inferior to Sun Wukong's and Zhu Ganglie's, these three authorities were actually very powerful. It was just that the Deep Sand God was rather unlucky; he was severely weakened after being shattered by Sora's sword, and then Athena's authorities happened to counter him perfectly. This fellow quietly faded away before he had a chance to show his true power, so he didn't leave much of an impression.
"My King, quickly merge with all these divine cores!"
Erica's voice was filled with endless excitement.
The girl couldn't imagine how terrifyingly strong Sora would become after merging with these divine cores and obtaining the powers and authorities of the Great Sage and the others!
The other women also had looks of excitement and anticipation. Although the battle had been incredibly perilous, they now felt it was all worth it.
"Merge? Why would I merge with them?"
To their utter surprise, Sora had an expression that said, "Have you all misunderstood something?" as he asked Erica.
"Eh?!!!!!!"
For a moment, they couldn't react. Not just Erica and the girls, but even Athena, Metis, and the Cult Leader were confused.
Hadn't Sora said before that he had to obtain the divine cores and authorities of Sun Wukong and the others? Now that he had finally gotten them, why wasn't he absorbing and merging with them? Had his brain been damaged during the fight?!
"Hehehe... It seems you all really have misunderstood something. Although my goal was indeed to obtain their divine cores and authorities, I never said they were for myself."
With a light laugh, Sora spoke as he waved his hand. To the astonishment of the women, the three divine cores flew towards Erica, Liliana, and Ena, flashing before disappearing between their eyebrows.
Sora had actually given the incredibly precious divine cores of the three gods—Sun Wukong, Zhu Ganglie, and the Deep Sand God—to Erica, Liliana, and Ena!
Stunned, the entire scene fell deathly silent. The women were lost in a state of daze, unable to recover for a long time.
Nodding in satisfaction, this was the effect Sora wanted. From the very beginning, he had done it all for his three beautiful and capable knight girls, not for himself.
He already had Verethragna's authorities, which were more than enough. These divine cores and authorities were much more significant for the three girls.
The three girls had dedicated their bodies and souls to him. Every time he saw them battered and bruised from fighting gods and demon kings for his sake, Sora's heart ached. He had long wanted them to become Campiones as well.
The number was just right, one for each of the three girls. Sun Wukong's divine core merged into Erica's body, Zhu Ganglie's into Liliana's, and finally, the Deep Sand God's into Ena's.
Sora had also given careful consideration to this distribution.
As his first knight and his first woman in this world, Erica had always had the ambition to become the head of his harem in this world, and Sora had acknowledged her ambition because she had the disposition and qualifications for it!
To become the head of the harem, one must be able to suppress the other women in all aspects. Powerful strength was indispensable for Erica, so Sora bestowed upon her the strongest divine core, Sun Wukong's.
Although Zhu Ganglie's authorities were few, each one was immensely powerful. This perfectly compensated for Liliana's long-standing weakness in terms of power, so Zhu Ganglie's divine core was the most suitable for her.
The Deep Sand God's divine core was given to Ena. Although it was weaker than Sun Wukong's and Zhu Ganglie's, Ena herself had two other powerful abilities. One was the [Storm] authority controlled through the divine sword Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi, and the other was the ability of a [Spirit Medium] as a Hime-Miko.
Now that she had become a Campione, Ena would surely be able to fully develop and use these two powers!
From now on, he would have three beautiful, demon-king-level knights! The entire Earth would probably be shaken soon, making countless people envious and hateful. Just thinking about it was endlessly exciting!
"So, Erica, I told you I'd give you a surprise. Are you shocked?"
Looking at the three girls who still hadn't recovered, Sora lifted Erica's chin with a wicked smile...