你是一名专业的网络小说翻译专家,请将下列网络小说文本翻译成英文.在这个任务中,你将看到一段来自中文网络小说的句子,需要特别注意句子的动词时态和语态.你的任务是根据上下文，将这段句子翻译成英文,确保保留中文文本的原意,同时正确使用动词时态和虚拟语气.
上下文:在那悠远的过去，上古先民膜拜这种至尊，祭祀与礼敬它们，确实曾经得到过庇护。据传，即便到了现在，那些疆域无垠的古国依旧在祭天，还在进行某种古老的仪式，为神明献祭品，纵然漫长岁月过去了，这些古国背后依然可能还有上古神明的影子，恐怖而神秘。
文本:但凡敢称呼为神，必然可与太古凶兽一战，实力逆天，抬手间可灭几个超级大族，神威无法想象，根本难以对抗。
翻译:
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However, there were mortals that dared to call themselves Deities, and they had the strength to battle with ancient vicious beasts. They had strength that defied the heavens, and with a wave of their hands, they could exterminate huge clans with an unfathomable level of divine power; it was simply impossible to resist.
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