After both parties agreed to the terms, Athena took out a glowing, silvery-white metal, roughly the size of half a human head.
Handing the amazon metal to Zod, Athena said, "Mr. Zod, this is the purest amazon metal. Even without adding other materials, this is enough for you to forge a divine artifact!"
To be honest, looking at the amazon metal in her hand, even Athena, as one of the Twelve Olympian Gods, couldn't help but feel a pang of regret.
Actually, this piece of amazon metal, if mixed with other materials, would be enough to forge two to three divine artifacts.
Even as Olympian Gods, none of them had many divine artifacts.
What's more, no god would ever complain about having too many divine artifacts.
"Hmph!"
Apollo couldn't help but let out a cold snort upon hearing this. Despite being the Sun God, his surroundings were now emanating a chilling aura.
When he had asked the God of Fire to forge the Sun Sword for him, his dear sister hadn't been so generous. Now, she was directly giving such a large piece to Zod.
This filled his heart with anger and jealousy.
Of course, the main reason was Zod himself. As someone with the divine authority of prophecy, he found that his prophetic abilities were completely ineffective on Zod.
Even when he tried to use his divine power to investigate the people or events around Zod, everything remained a blur.
The thought that Zod had now stolen a portion of the Sun's authority made him uneasy.
He had considered eliminating Zod, but he wasn't very confident in his own ability to do so. Moreover, he knew that if he were to start a war at this moment, the others would not help him.
Amidst a mix of complex emotions, he could only express his dissatisfaction with a cold snort.
Zod, however, paid no attention to this. He smiled as he took the metal from Athena's hand.
Then he said, "Thank you, Goddess of Wisdom, and all of you for your generosity. I will gladly accept it!"
As soon as the metal was in his hand, he immediately tried to inject a wisp of his Sun True Fire into it.
Instantly, he felt the nature of the metal change. It became compatible with the Sun True Fire within his body and even provided a significant amplification effect.
"As expected of a metal that can be used to forge divine artifacts. Such properties should be considered excellent!"
He casually stored it in his dimensional space.
At this moment, the God of Fire also took out several metal blocks of varying sizes and said to Zod:
"Mr. Zod, these are some precious metals I had left over from forging divine artifacts for the gods in the past. They are all materials that can adapt very well with amazon metal, so I'll give them to you as well!"
Zod was slightly taken aback by this. He hadn't expected such a gesture from the other party at all.
Zod had no reason to refuse the materials offered to him, so he immediately thanked him, "Then thank you, Lord God of Fire!"
Seeing that the gods had nothing more to say, Zod spoke, "Everyone, I wonder if there's anything else? If not, then I shall prepare to leave!"
Upon hearing this, all the gods, except Apollo, gently shook their heads.
After all, the main reason they had invited Zod this time was to deal with Darkseid, who might attack again at any unknown time.
Now that a cooperation had been reached, and considering he had just had a conflict with Apollo, they naturally had no intention of keeping him as a guest.
Athena also said, "Mr. Zod, there is nothing else. I just hope you don't forget our agreement, and I look forward to our next meeting."
At this, Hermes immediately teleported to his side and said, "Mr. Zod, I will see you out!"
As he spoke, he was about to activate his divine power.
But Zod stopped him at this moment, waving his hand casually, "No need for the trouble!"
As he finished speaking, a grey-white dimensional wall appeared, and Zod's figure instantly vanished before the gods.
Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love, said with a sigh, "Kryptonians are truly a mysterious race. I wonder what kind of existence created this race?"
Athena, however, gently shook her head: "His power does not come from his Kryptonian bloodline. There are other secrets about him that we do not know."
"I can feel a very special flame aura within his body, somewhat similar to the Sun True Fire that Apollo condenses with his divine power, yet also different."
Hephaestus, the God of Fire, also spoke up immediately after.
He was the God of Fire and Forging, so he was naturally most sensitive to the aura of flames. The Sun True Fire within Zod's body naturally attracted his attention.
Hera, the Queen of Heaven, also said, "If his strength continues to improve so rapidly in the coming time, then he might truly become our hope against Darkseid."
Apollo, who had been the only one silent, heard these words, and his handsome face almost twisted in anger!
Then, without waiting for the gods' reactions, he turned and left the temple directly.
Athena looked at his departing back and couldn't help but sigh in her heart, "The era of the gods has long passed, and Olympus has long lost its former glory. Arrogance will only lead to one's own destruction."
On the other side, Zod had returned to Earth!
He didn't immediately look for a place to forge, but instead planned to tell Diana, as she probably didn't know what had happened after his sudden disappearance.
Moreover, this matter involved the Olympian Gods, so he should definitely inform her.
Immediately, he located Diana's position and activated the dimensional wall.
When he appeared, Diana was staring blankly at an old-fashioned wristwatch in her hand—the one Steve had given her when he first left her.
"Diana!"
Hearing his voice, Diana suddenly snapped back to reality as if startled awake.
Then she immediately asked impatiently, "Mr. Zod, where did you go?"
At that moment, Zod didn't beat around the bush and directly told her everything that had happened, including the deal he had made with Athena.
"So, after the Ancient War, so many things happened among the gods!"
Diana's mood was somewhat complex.
"That's how things are. I have some urgent matters to attend to. Afterwards, I will have Fiora give you a Kryptonian token. With this token, you can use the spatial teleportation passage located in the Arctic to go to New Krypton anytime."
Upon hearing this, Diana's eyes lit up.
"Thank you, Mr. Zod."
She happened to have similar thoughts in her heart. After all, Fiora was one of her few friends after leaving Themyscira, an authentic friendship forged through punches and kicks.
"Alright then, I have things to do, so I'll be leaving now!"
With that, Zod didn't linger and immediately returned to Krypton.
After informing Fiora of the situation, he announced that he would be entering a period of secluded cultivation, and that she and Leto would handle general minor affairs in his stead.
"Yes, General!"
Having given his orders, Zod flew directly into the Sun, preparing to begin forging.
The refining of a destiny weapon in 'Shrouding the Heavens' differs somewhat from conventional forging. The entire process needs to be completed within the cultivator's body to truly integrate with them.
Therefore, Zod directly put the amazon metal and the other materials given by the God of Fire into his Bitter Sea.
Since he cultivated the Sun True Scripture, he didn't need to look for other flames.
Because the Sun True Fire within his body was the world's top divine flame, excellent for both forging and combat.
Once he advanced to the Immortal Platform realm, he would even be able to comprehend a heaven-defying divine ability, Great Sun Nirvana. Even if his physical body were shattered, he could use the True Fire to quickly recover and be reborn.
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