Chapter 955 (1/2)
Chapter 955: The Expedition of the Great Divine Powers
All this time, the Abyss had always been forbidden grounds for the gods. Most of the gods did not even dare to steal a peek into the Abyss. They feared that if they saw too much of it, they would be polluted by the chaotic aura of the Abyss.
But today, that aura of the Abyss was surging madly. It was like waves surging towards the Matter Plane of the Ring of the World. But there was one god standing in the front to block it, who was even turning the tables and launching a counterattack at the Abyss.
At the moment, Sui Xiong had become an extremely huge beast. Every tentacle that was spread out was big enough to envelop a relatively small world within. His body was glowing with a resplendent and brilliant light, as though he alone was able to withstand the torrents of chaotic evil coming from the Abyss.
At the moment, it was a scene of chaos inside the Pantheon temple. With more than one god screaming and crying aloud, the place was in a mess.
In the midst of this commotion, the God of Justice, Yorgaardman, stood out.
“In a fight against the demons, anyone below the level of a great Divine Power will simply be courting death. So all great Divine Powers who are willing to fight to protect the world, step forth! My brother, Auscar, has already charged all the way to the frontline. I’ll be there in a while. Who is willing to fight with us, follow me!”
With that, there was a flash of light and his figure disappeared. Without even leaving any power to sustain this clone for communicative purposes, he drew all the power he could and gathered everything into the huge, real body of a god. Then he flew off in the direction of the Abyss.
Following closely behind him, the God of War, Wenner, stepped forth as well. He laughed and said, “As the God of War, it would be a pity to miss a great battle with the demons!”
With another flash of light, his real body made a move and headed straight for the Abyss.
Following next, husband and wife, who were known as the famous great Divine Power couple, the God of Sky and Goddess Gaia, also took off. Driving a little boat formed by coalesced thunderbolts, they tore through the length of the sky and headed straight for the Abyss.
Then the other great Divine Powers took off as well. All of them were armed to the teeth and clad in armor as they rushed towards the Abyss.
In the God Kingdom of the Human Gods, the God of Protection got to his feet and said to the God of Light, “Your Majesty, this is a battle to protect the world, I can’t be absent.”
The God of Light nodded. Then he looked towards the God of Heroes, who was anxiously looking all around him like a cat on hot bricks, and calmly, he said, “You should go too. I can see that you are having a hard time trying to withhold yourself.”
The God of Heroes was overjoyed and laughed as he received his orders. Then he set off alongside the God of Protection.
After they had gone far, the God of Diplomacy, who was filled with doubts, asked, “Your Majesty, why did you ask them to go over? This is not what we planned…”
“The plan also has to change according to the actual situation,” the God of Light replied. “The Master of Order is truly a worthy master who has ruled this world for so many years. He ruined my plan just by locking the nest of the Dragon of Chaos in place. If my guess is right, after Chaos steps into the Matter Plane, the Master of Order will fully release all that aura of the Dragon of Chaos to get Chaos to move in that direction. To attract Chaos, he may even tear apart the Dragon of Chaos to produce an aura that is much more powerful than this mere blood.”
“No… it can’t be to such an extent! Haven’t they been old friends for many years? Wasn’t he the one who protected the Dragon of Chaos previously?” the God of Diplomacy asked in surprise.
“Who knows? Guessing the thoughts of others is a very boring thing to do. The human mind is the most difficult thing to fathom. The choice that the Master of Order made, though cold, is the most effective one. I have to admire him for that!” the God of Light said with a sneer. He might be speaking of “admiration,” but contempt was written all over his face. “What a pity this made him reveal his fear!”
“He would rather sacrifice the Dragon of Chaos to decipher and defeat my means. This shows that he did not have the confidence to win that battle of chaos that we have planned. In other words, the magnitude of his power—”
“—is nothing more than this!” exclaimed the God of Light. In this world, where time had been distorted, the God of Light let out a cold laugh of mockery. He wielded his warhammer and viciously smashed the Master of Order by swinging his warhammer down. “That powerful and invincible mask of yours, I’ll rid you of it today!”
Thunder surged. The space shattered and cracked. The “order” around the Wheel of Order collapsed with a loud crash. The distorted time and space instantly returned to normal. All that could be seen was the hammer that had broken through all obstacles, heavily crashing right before the Master of Order, as well as the fist that the Master of Order had raised to meet this hammer.
The next moment, a huge patch of void space completely transformed into turbulence. Everything was thrown into utter chaos.
In the midst of this chaos, the Master of Order staggered back several steps as he kept his eyes on the God of Light, who had retreated even more than he had. The God of Light had gone pale in the face, but he burst out laughing instead.
“You’re indeed much stronger than I expected, both in strength and will,” the Master of Order said calmly. “Perhaps it would be more appropriate for you to be in charge of the order of this world.”
“Then you should abdicate and step down. I think that I’m a good fit too.”
The Master of Order shook his head and said, “No way, I disagree with your rules.”
“In that case, I shall fight you till you bow to me!” the God of Light gave a cry of rage and charged forward again.
Within the Abyss, that amorphous subject had crept its way up a greater half of the Abyss. Many demons were roaring in a crazy manner, looking as though they were about to charge out any moment.
The so-called demons referred to the terrible things that took form because of extreme rage, resentment and other emotions that were attuned to the roots of “destruction.”
Before death, some were powerful gods or demigods, and some were Legendary Masters. There were even some who were mere mortals. But no matter how weak powers they had before death, so long as they had transformed into demons, they would become such terrors that even the gods would fear them.
There were two aspects of these demons that made them such terrors. The first was that they were things that existed on the basis of “destruction.” They were already the embodiment of destruction, so there was no way they could be further destroyed. Thus, they could only be sealed. The second was that they could corrode anything that came in contact with them, guiding and steering everything in the world towards destruction. Even the gods would be greatly corroded upon prolonged contact with them. Then these gods would also be destroyed.
These points deterred everyone from provoking these demons, who were existences that could not be killed. It was best to simply not establish any contact with them at all. Would there be any other enemy that could bring as much trouble as them?
Fortunately, almost all the demons were deeply asleep in the deepest region of the Abyss. And they hardly ever woke up. Otherwise, they would have long turned the world upside down.
“This world, I’m afraid, is going to be faced with imminent catastrophe soon!” the God of Sky suddenly said as he galloped towards the Abyss. “Chaos has awakened, and the demons are coming to attack. No matter what, it just feels like the world is about to come to an end.”
“The world is going to be destroyed because of them?” Goddess Gaia asked.