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.

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  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.

  “You’re asking me? I can’t answer you!” said the God of Sky with a gentle sigh. Then he said, “I’m only sure of one thing: If we lose this time, the world is really going to be destroyed.”

  “Then we absolutely can’t lose.”

  “Easier said than done!”

  The Master God of the Natural God System, the God of Sky, might be an ancient-looking elderly with great majesty to outsiders, but before his wife, he was completely void of his sense of dignity.

  This couple met each other since the ancient times. They were married even before they were both sealed as gods. For countless years, they helped each other in difficult times, relied on each other as they lived and walked hand-in-hand to the present day. They were the most ideal couple that was the envy of the other gods.

  When they combined forces, they could unleash a combat power that was far more forceful than two great Divine Powers put together. Before he became a greater Divine Power, even the God of Light was unwilling to provoke them.

  All this time, they had felt that, so long as they did not carelessly court death, by virtue of their combined forces as husband and wife, they could safely pull through any form of danger. But today, they no longer had that confidence.

  “How many demons have been born since ancient times? Do you have any recollections?” on the other side, the God of Heroes, who was also galloping, asked the God of Protection. “I remember that you have counted.”

  “That’s right. A total of 24.”

  “Twenty-four, that’s quite a handful.”

  “There are more than 24 great Divine Powers in the world today.”

  “But the others may not necessarily work as hard as we do!”

  “I will do my best,” said the God of Protection, whose voice came from beneath his visor, thus explaining the metallic echo. “It’s either victory or death. Today is the day where I put the Way of Protection to practice.”

  “Don’t make things sound so unlucky. I don’t think the situation is that bad.”

  “I’m just making clear my attitude about it.”

  “This attitude of yours is simply too pessimistic!”

  “Weren’t you just as pessimistic as I was just now?”

  “I was pessimistic about the possibility of not being able to win this battle. But the thought of dying in the battle over there has never crossed my mind,” the God of Heroes, who was so handsome that he easily passed as an idol, spoke. “If I can’t win the fight, I just have to retreat. This world is full of people in need of the help of heroes. I have to keep myself intact so that I can help more people.”

  He paused for a moment, then advised, “You should do likewise. There are many things that need to be guarded and are worth guarding. You should not think of dying so casually!”

  “I’m different from you. For me, this is something major. I absolutely can’t retreat from it,” said the God of Protection. He was silent for a moment, then he said, “Of course, if it’s not impossible, I will choose to abdicate voluntarily and let the Holy Spirits take over. This is also how I will avoid putting myself in danger.”

  The God of Heroes was silent for a long time. Then he sighed deeply and advised no further.

  Between the gods, there was no need to argue most of the time. Everyone merely acted according to their own ideas. Even if one god was able to silence another god by means of verbal argument, there was nothing the former could do nothing to change the mind of the latter.

  In the end, he could only mutter in a low voice, “I hope the other great Divine Powers will put in more effort, and not simply turn up without doing anything……”

  “I will purposely save some strength,” said the “Holy Hammer,” a great Divine Power of the Dwarf God System, to the Master God of the pygmies. “We ought to get the human gods to take the lead and be right at the frontline in this battle.”

  “That’s right! They were the ones who stirred up all this trouble!” the Master God of the pygmies nodded and said, “They were the ones who started the war previously, and they were also the ones who caused trouble after the war. The great enchantment of the Main Plane has thus been destroyed, and we don’t even know how much more trouble awaits us! Because of this, the God of Light even went to challenge the Master of Order—all these years, His Majesty, the Master of Order, has managed this world so well, what else is there for the God of Light to harbor such dissatisfaction for! And when he could not win against the Master of Order, he even summoned Chaos…… I’ve never seen such a brazen man!”

  The Master God of the pygmies clearly held a deep resentment for the God of Light and could not help growling.

  The Holy Hammer, whom the dwarf gods respectfully addressed him as the “Grand Elder,” stroked his long beard as he laughed bitterly and sighed inwardly.

  His view was similar to that of the Master God of the pygmies. And it was believed that more than half of the gods also had the same thoughts. But they could complain all they want, it would make no difference to the matter. The God of Light had become a greater Divine Power, and the foundation of long-lasting prosperity and strength of the humans had been laid. Dwarves or pygmies, they could only bow their heads in modesty as they pinned their hopes in the future.

  And…… in the future…… would there really be hope?

  Cybele, who created the Dwarf Race, came to mind. He recalled the piece of information that Goddess Gaia had secretly sent to him.

  Perhaps, there was still hope……

  The premise was to win the battle at hand.

  If the world was destroyed, then there would not be any “future,” let alone “hope!”

  At this moment, great Divine Powers from all places were heading to the battlefield of the Abyss. Though they all had their different standpoints, all of them unanimously shared a common thought.

  They had to win this battle. They had to defeat the demons and Chaos. It was for themselves, for their followers and people, and for this world. They had to win the “future!”


  Chapter 956: A War of Annihilation of Demons Beyond Common Sense (Part 1)

  On the Negative Plane of the Great Circulation, at the judicial court of the dead in hell.

  All the judges and patrols had dropped all their work and assembled at the edge bordering hell and the Abyss. They had organized themselves into troops that looked so neat and orderly that they seemed to be works illustrated with the use of drawing tools. They were silent and motionless as they gazed at the roiling and boiling Abyss.

  Numerous devils inside it were roaring. Countless words were collapsing. With that huge amorphous subject consistently climbing up, the entire Abyss was gradually melding into one.

  In the midst of this process, countless devils died. Their bodies melted away and became a part of this newborn Abyss. There were also a few lucky survivors who absorbed a huge amount of energy and evolved into more powerful and frightening forms.

  They were still a little dazed at the moment, but it would not be long before they regained consciousness. By that time, under the lead of the demons, they would launch crazy attacks in every place they could reach. Then they would attack, damage and destroy everything.

  And hell, which had prevented them from invading the Main Plane for such a long time, would be the thorn in their flesh. It would certainly encounter an extremely ferocious attack.

  So all combat forces of hell had assembled to prepare for this great battle.

  Every blade was polished till it was bright, shiny and reflected the murderous intention on the faces of the soldiers. Every spear pointed forward with its tip flashing cold, dense light. The powerful spellcasters closed their eyes and wasted no time in preparing to cast their spells. The high and lofty Hell Kings had taken off their usual attires and changed into their military uniforms. Armed with weapons, they stood amongst the army of soldiers as well.

  There was no need for mobilization, and also no need for impassioned slogans. For these courageous soldiers who bravely fought in the shadows to ensure that good and evil of this world would have their own rewards, everything that was happening was simply a matter of course.

  Guarding and defending Earth, as well as punishing evil, gave meaning to their lives.

  Perhaps after this battle, they would all fall, and hell would become history. Perhaps today would mark the end of all the hard work and struggle they put up for such a long time. But right at this very moment, their lives would be completely radiating with resplendent brilliance, like the meteor shower that tore through the night sky, leaving a most magnificent brilliance.

  Earl Palin was among the army of hell. Watching the roiling and boiling Abyss, his heart was cold with murderous intent and blazing with the spirit of war.

  He knew that he might die in this battle, but he was not afraid.

  Everyone would ultimately have to die. Besides, he had already lived through an extra cycle as compared to the rest, what else was there to be afraid of?

  Dying on such a battlefield was not that bad an ending after all.

  At that moment, from the middle of the boiling Abyss, he saw a ball of blazing, black flames rising up. It was quickly spreading upwards towards the opening of the Abyss.

  The aura of that flame was crazy and fiery. It was filled with a fervent sentiment of extreme hostility. And this was none other than the famous demon who was known as the “Belligerent Pigg.”

  The Belligerent Pigg was the former God of War. He constantly created clones of himself and madly participated in every war that could be observed. Finally, he fell into a state of madness. Attracted by the Origin of Destruction, he became a demon.

  This demon was considered to be a relatively enthusiastic one among all the demons. Although it had also fallen into a deep sleep like the rest of the demons, it still continued to develop its base of followers and went on advocating war. It even had a clear doctrine—everything in the world would eventually perish, and war was the best way to guide them to this end.

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  Because it was eager in responding to sacrifices, at least a good half of the demons’ followers on the Main Plane were its followers.

  Now that Chaos had awakened, the demons were collectively waking up as well. It was time for them to go on a rampage to wreak havoc, and of course, Chaos would be at the front.

  And beyond the Abyss, a huge jellyfish that was shining with a brilliant light was flying towards the Abyss while going against the chaotic, evil aura that was spewing out in a violent manner. From the momentum of its movement, the jellyfish seemed to be intending to use its body to plug the Abyss and keep all the demons locked within the Abyss.

  Earl Palin knew this jellyfish. It was another god that he had believed in, His Majesty, the Void Mask.

  His Majesty, the Void Mask, was completely different from the usual gods. He was a powerful god who showed much indifference. He had no desire for belief and status, but he was eager to do good and obtain benefits for the toiling masses—he was not like a god. Instead, he was more like a saint.

  From Earl Palin’s point of view, he seemed more like an unrestrained and unfettered embodiment of goodness.

  When the gods were battling for supreme hegemony, he scrupulously remained neutral, even though his power clearly gave him a decisive position. He only focused on helping the refugees who had been displaced out of their countries because they had given up on the intention of war. He firmly prevented the damaging effects of war from expanding and prevented the massacring of civilians by armies, a situation that was commonly seen in previous wars.

  And then the new overlord emerged, that was, the God of Light stepped up the ladder of ranks to become a greater Divine Power. When the God of Light destroyed the great enchantment of the Main Plane with his immeasurable great power, it was also the Void Mask who stepped forth to protect all the living creatures in the Ancient Forest by blocking the attack of a greater Divine Power, the God of Light.

  Now, it was still he who charged up to the forefront when the world’s scariest evil awoke with the plan to attack. And he did it all to shelter the people of this world from all harm.

  “The other clone of mine may not be strong, but it has great foresight!”

  Earl Palin sighed to himself and could not help smiling.

  He felt extremely honored to be able to fight alongside such a prestigious god.

  Under the watchful eyes of the Hell Gods, Sui Xiong and the demon, who looked just like a black fireball, collided heavily into each other.

  There was no explosion or whatsoever. All Sui Xiong did was to suddenly spread out his body. Then that huge body of his became something like a large cloth used to wrap clothing and enveloped the demon, whose appearance resembled a fireball.

  Then, his body suddenly shrank, twisted and was wrung into the shape of a fried dough twist.

  Though the void space was equipped with sound insulation, almost all the witnesses felt that they heard the sounds of a demon being crushed and the ferocious roars of a demon at its dying moment.

  That roar was comprised of three percent despair, three percent anger, three percent reluctance and the remaining 91 percent was complete confusion.

  Perhaps it could even be assigned a line that went, “What is going on? Where am I? Why is this happening……?”

  But it did not matter how confused it felt. Because it was about to die very soon, and it was going to be a very thorough death.

  The God of War, who had been galloping, suddenly froze in his tracks. His eyes widened in surprise as he cried out loud, “Pigg is dead?!”

  His figure appeared in the Pantheon temple, and he shouted, “Pigg is dead! He was killed by Auscar!”

  There was an uproar among the gods. The most terrifying thing about demons was their immortality—because they themselves were the embodiment of “destruction,” so there was no way they could be destroyed. Without this unique characteristic, many gods would have been brave enough to challenge the demons.

  Since ancient times, no demon had ever been destroyed. At most, they were sealed. Yet surprisingly, a demon was destroyed today. And this demon was the “Belligerent Pigg,” who was considered to be one of the extremely powerful demons amongst the horde.

  This fellow stirred up trouble on more than one occasion. And more than once, he had been under the siege of the gods. The direst situation he had gotten himself into, was the time where four great Divine Powers had combined forces and battered him so badly that he was frightened out of his wits. But even so, they were unable to kill him.

  At that time, the four great Divine Powers had completely crushed Pigg’s body and burnt him into nothing but dust and ashes. By right, he should be dead for sure. But in less than a period of a few hundred years, that fellow was resurrected in the Abyss, and once again, he was out to stir up trouble.

  And it was after that time, the gods finally affirmed the immortality of the demons. They banished all intentions of destroying these demons and changed the course of action to sealing them instead.

  However, as the embodiment of “destruction,” the demons were perpetually spreading an aura that led all living creatures to destruction. Regardless of how strong the seals were, there was no way they could sustain for long as they were being subjected to the erosion of this aura. These seals would be slowly damaged after all.

  With everyone racking their brains, the only solution they could come up with was to engage the help of a greater Divine Power. But the greater Divine Power they approached, refused to help. So the gods were greatly frustrated over what they should do with the demons. They were at their wits’ end.

  But today, there was a twist of events.

  The Void Mask, Auscar, had actually destroyed a demon!

  For a moment, all gods’ attention was captured. Compared to the battle of greater Divine Powers, which no one could really understand, it was much more practical to study how the Void Mask destroyed a demon.

  So with the exception of a few gods who were still reluctant to give up on the greater Divine Powers, thus leaving their clones near the Wheel of Order to watch the battle, the rest of the gods were all investing almost all their energy into studying the battle on how Sui Xiong fought against the demons.

  They missed that particular scene where Sui Xiong destroyed Pigg. But they definitely should not miss any of the following scenes.

  Sure enough, things happened just as how the gods had speculated. It was not long after where another demon died in Sui Xiong’s hands.

  That was a demon that was silver-gray all over, looking just like rusting metal. Its name was “Aging Tajik.” It was originally from the Mechanical Realm and was a powerful demigod. It had fought against another powerful demigod, “Sharp Roar,” in the Mechanical Realm, where they vied for the position of king of the Mechanical Realm. It lost the battle and was seriously injured. At that time, it did not fall into depravity just because it had suffered defeat. Later on, when “Sharp Roar” expressed its disinterest in becoming a god of the Mechanical Realm but refused to give up that position, and even drove out Aging Tajik after leaving it heavily injured, Tajik gave in to depravity and became a demon.

  After Tajik became a demon, he once went back to the Mechanical Realm to stir up trouble. He fought a vicious battle against the two evil gods, “Sharp Roar” and the “Ancient Steel-Melting Dragon,” while he was there. That great battle caused the entire Mechanical Realm to meet with a major natural disaster. Up till the present day, the Mechanical Realm had never been able to restore its former state of prosperity. And Tajik was also heavily wounded in that battle. Together with the God of Wind (who had since fallen) who had subsequently rushed over, they kept the two evil gods secured under a seal and threw them into the Abyss.

  Sui Xiong, being a person full of curiosity, had also gathered intelligence about the 24 demons. Thus, he had quite a good understanding of “Aging Tajik.” The most bizarre power of this demon was that just by establishing contact with the “time” it stole from its enemies, it could make them become so unbearably old that they might even simply die of old age.

  The great power of time was indisputable. Even an undying god would be reduced into a weakened state if a large amount of time was stolen from it. The God of Wind, who had been close to becoming a great Divine Power was hit by a heavy blow in that battle. To avoid an utter annihilation, he chose to put himself through the self-splitting process, thus becoming the few different Gods of Wind of the present day.

  Sui Xiong was recollecting the information about Tajik in his mind, but his leg never stopped moving. He headed straight at Tajik.

  Spreading out his tentacles, he paid no heed to the many areas on his body that were cut by those sharp pricks and trenchant edges on Tajik’s body. He also did not care about the areas that were beginning to wither and grow old because they had come into contact with Tajik. He simply focused on entangling himself firmly to Tajik.

  Then his body became a huge millstone that dragged Tajik in. Then the grinding sound of metal was heard. It sounded so piercing, like how acidic vinegar was to the teeth. And Tajik was ground into shattered pieces of metal.

  Of course, all these shattered pieces were swallowed up by Sui Xiong. Not a speck of dust was left.

  When the final fragments also disappeared in Sui Xiong’s mouth, the four Gods of Wind from the North, South, East and West, appeared at the same time. They all wore delighted expressions on their faces. Then involuntarily, they went close to each other. And then, with the presence of a green light, they merged and became a beauty with long, emerald hair and long legs, and who was filled with vitality.

  Once the third-highest official of the Natural God System, the God of Wind, who was close to becoming a great Divine Power, was resurrected.

  Chapter 957: A War of Annihilation of Demons Beyond Common Sense (Part 2）


  Back in the year that the God of Wind fell, it was because he did not fully recover from the serious injury in the battle against “Aging Tajik,” and had fallen into a predicament of constant aging. In order to avoid a fall due to aging, he divided himself into four and became four Gods of Wind, one in each of the four directions of North, South, East and West. Yet even so, the core of “wind” was still constantly aging and collapsing. It became food for the demon to grow and strengthen itself.

  Time passed by day after day. The demon went on becoming stronger while the four Gods of Wind was still unable to show any further improvement because the core part was damaged. The plan to get the God of Wind to “first self-split to avoid the attack, and when the four Gods of Wind became stronger, they would merge again to directly step up to the level of a great Divine Power,” became nothing more than a stillborn baby. There was no way it could be executed.

  But now, Tajik was destroyed by Sui Xiong. The power that had been eroding the core of the “wind” disappeared. The former God of Wind got ready his means and immediately launched the plan to re-merge the four Gods of Wind of the North, South, East and West, so that he could recover his complete self as the “God of Wind.”

  This God of Wind was the successor of the previous God of Wind back in those days. He was also a fusion of the four Gods of Wind from the four main directions. He had all the abilities and memories of the previous God of Wind, as well as those of the four Gods of Wind. Upon rebirth, he had returned to a level that was close to a great Divine Power.

  Not only that, he was continually getting stronger. Under the watchful eyes of the gods, he had broken through the limit of a mid-level Divine Power and stepped up to the level of a great Divine Power.

  The four Gods of Wind had accumulated much over the years, so of course, everything would not be in vain. Though most of Tajik’s power was swallowed up by Sui Xiong, and the amount that could be returned to the God of Wind was only about 20 to 30 percent, the God of Wind was originally just a minute distance away from becoming a great Divine Power. With that amount of power returned to him, he immediately broke through the limit to become the new great Divine Power.

  At first, the gods were startled. But they were quick to see the light and understood what was going on. So those gods who once suffered losses in the battles they fought against the demons instantly felt high-spirited. They all looked hopefully at Sui Xiong, who was charging towards the Abyss. They looked forward to him destroying the demons that had wounded them so that they could recover from their wounds, and even hope for further progression.

  Sui Xiong did not disappoint them and successively killed four demons in one go.

  These four demons were all renowned figures like “Belligerent Pigg” and “Aging Tajik.” Considered to be active members of the horde of demons, they often ventured out to stir up trouble. In the past, they recklessly and rampantly brought grave disaster to the whole world. Yet there was no one who could do anything to stop them. But now, they finally ushered in their own hour of doom. One after the other, they were crushed and swallowed by Sui Xiong. Their immortality that once left all the other gods so helplessly at their wits’ end was rendered completely ineffective.

  “Auscar, how did you do that?” asked Javier, the God of Pleasure. He could not hold back his curiosity and borrowed the spiritual channel among the allies to ask.

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  Sui Xiong smiled and made no reply.

  He could not possibly give an explanation like, “Actually, I’m a great devil skilled at swallowing souls. After I have swallowed these fellows, their souls will not be able to escape from my stomach because I have devoured them……”

  That would tarnish his image!

  In fact, Sui Xiong himself had not expected such an outcome. When he was up against “Belligerent Pigg,” he only felt that the demons were extremely difficult to deal with as they were undying and indestructible. From all the means he knew, there was nothing that could really destroy them, so he intended to try using the power of his soul to launch an attack. After he defeated the demon, he realized that he could indeed “eat” the soul of the other party. And not only that, he realized that after he had eaten away a part of the soul, the soul of the demon did not show the slightest sign of recovery.

  This was a little strange. Since ancient times, the demons had been undying and indestructible. The gods had exhausted all possible means, but they had not been able to truly exterminate the demons. Regardless of how they were beaten, how they were wrecked, they would always recover rapidly. Even if they had been completely destroyed, they would still be resurrected in the Abyss. Therefore, it was concluded that the demons could not be destroyed, they could only be sealed.

  By right, soul attacks were not actually considered a rare means. In the past, among the gods who had fought against the demons, the number who knew how to launch soul attacks was definitely not in the minority. There was quite a substantial number of gods who actually made use of such a means. But it did not have any additional effect and it was not any more effective when compared to other forms of attacks.

  So why did Sui Xiong’s attack work so effectively?

  Sui Xiong did not understand.

  However, he could always figure out the reason behind it in the future. The most important thing to do at present was to fight the battle and claim victory. That was all.

  So he decisively executed a means that he had not used for a long time. Without inhibitions, he tore and devoured the souls of the demons. If he merely relied on the ordinary means of contact, his “eating” speed would be much too slow. So he simply grabbed the demon, crushed it up and directly swallowed it—in fact, this was all just so that he could devour Pigg’s soul more efficiently.

  After eating Pigg’s soul, Sui Xiong instantaneously felt a great boost in his spirits. He felt as though he had eaten a legendary Great Power of the Dragon and Tiger Pill. His entire being was filled with strength. His back was no longer tired, and he no longer felt weak in the knees. He could carry two buckets full of pure water up five floors without panting…… So subsequently, when he had to confront the other demons, he naturally chose this method.

  That was all.

  But such things should never be said out loud. If everyone knew that the Void Mask, Auscar, was a great devil who could swallow the souls of demons, who knew what kind of looks they would cast in Sui Xiong’s direction!

  Sui Xiong might be someone who did not know much of the ways of the humane world, but he was no fool!

  So he merely smiled and pretended to be mysterious!

  In truth, it was simply because he could not think of a reasonable explanation. That was all.

  Since ancient times, the demons had been undying and indestructible. They could be defeated but never destroyed. No matter what kind of special performances Sui Xiong had put up in the past, it was still difficult to come up with a reasonable explanation for the matter on how he managed to destroy the demons.

  Naturally, Sui Xiong would know the answers. So other than putting up a mysterious front that showed that “this is my secret,” he really could not think of any good answer.

  It was like those humorous stories on the Internet. The commoners would consult the Zen master for enlightenment on some teachings, but the Zen master would smile without replying. The commoner would persist and ask, “Master, I really grasp no understanding of what you mean, can you enlighten me?” As a result, the Zen master flew into a rage and gave the commoner a good beating…… Smiling could be because he was sure of all the answers and thus pretended to be mysterious. And of course, it could also be because he was trying to cover up his embarrassment, thus pretending to be mysterious.

  Sui Xiong belonged to the latter.

  But all of this was hidden behind his smile. Javier might be a knowledgeable and well-informed God of Pleasure, but he knew very little about things like criminal investigation. Therefore, he was unable to spot any clues from Sui Xiong’s expression. This was how Sui Xiong managed to fool Javier.

  Of course, even a criminal investigation expert would not be of much use. In this whole wide world, there probably would not be a single criminal investigation expert with the ability to study the expressions and psychological state of a jellyfish’s face. Even the head of national intelligence of the Republic of Northwest, Easter, who was once an ace spy, would not be able to accomplish such a feat.

  So Sui Xiong simply covered up this matter with a mysterious smile. Javier even helped him to explain to the other gods, saying, “This is one of Auscar’s ultimate tricks that he has never told us about.”

  Right, an ultimate trick. This was an ultimate trick that he had kept a secret. This was simply a fabulous excuse!

  Sui Xiong was secretly amused by this thought as he quickened his pace and charged towards the ensuing demons that were approaching him in succession. Once again, his expression became serious.

  This battle where he was going to meet the demons and Chaos head-on, had just begun.

  Chapter 958: A War of Annihilation of Demons Beyond Common Sense (Part 3)

  Sui Xiong was moving at a very high speed, and the speed at which he fought against the demons was also very fast.

  This was determined by the way he fought. He did not want to fight a slow battle against the demons at all. He simply gathered all his strength and burst out all his might in one breath. With his strong tentacles, he wrapped the demons firmly in his grasp and dragged them to him. Then he spread out his body and devoured them all.

  This was a very crude method and caused him many injuries that he could have avoided in the first place. But it proved to be very effective.

  The demons were powerful, but this was never because of their strength. Speaking purely in terms of brute force, there were not many among the demons who were truly herculean. And there was only one who could fight Sui Xiong, who was only such a big and unreasonable monster by virtue of its brute force.

  This was one of the veteran demons, and its name was “Herculean Hagrid.”

  This demon was quite a tragic character. He was originally a valiant general from a certain world who led an army on an expedition to another world to colonize more land for its own race. When he just won a crucial war and was about to take the opportunity of his victory to expand the exploits of the war, he heard the news that there was a rise in rebellion back at home. So he brought a few elite warriors along with him and rushed back as quickly as he could. But he was still a step too late. The former king that valued him was already killed by the prince who staged the rebellion. Herculean Hagrid was detained with charges of rebellion because he had brought soldiers back to the capital without first obtaining permission. His entire family was killed while he himself was publicly executed via cruel means. He died in an extremely tragic way.

  After death, this valiant general could not find reconciliation to the fate he suffered and eventually became a powerful demigod in the underworld. But at that time, he had also been polluted by the atmosphere filled with resentment that was omnipresent in the underworld and became an evil monster.

  Later, a large number of his dead souls returned to their hometown and slaughtered the entire world. When he was about to attack and conquer the capital, he found out that the prince leading the soldiers to the very last moment of the battle was actually a descendent of his bloodline!

  It turned out that, back then, during the manhunt for all members of its family, an officer who sympathized with its plight had switched his son with his son. This secret was kept hidden for decades. It was only after that officer reached an old age before he found an opportunity to tell this story—so the demon did not know the truth at all.

  His son had waged a war against the king in the name of revenge for his father. This son had combined forces with many aristocrats who wished to gain more power, and eventually, they won this war and established a new dynasty.

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  In other words, the country that these avengers had returned to destroy was not one of its enemies, but a country that was established by his descendants.

  That revenge, in truth, had long been completed.

  Learning about everything was extremely despairing. Herculean Hagrid crazily cursed and swore about everything in the world as though it had gone mad, and eventually, it degenerated into a demon. He became one of the most powerful demons among all its own kind and it was crowned as the “herculean” one.

  The intelligence of the 24 demons was not considered especially confidential. After all, the birth of every demon was a big deal in its own right. And after every demon was born, it would be followed by an outburst of war where gods would lay sieges on it and eventually drive it or throw it into the Abyss. This was why Sui Xiong could collect information that was quite detailed, including their appearances and abilities, as well as the backgrounds of the individual demons.

  Honestly speaking, most of these demons had pretty sad stories behind them. For example, that demon that Sui Xiong had just chomped and crunched away in one mouthful, who resembled a figure with countless clusters of crystals, the one who was ceaselessly moaning and screaming away, was actually a princess of a country. She was an extremely powerful mage who had lived years in isolation to focus on exploring the higher realms of magic spells. There was one particular time where she accomplished some progress in her research and came out of seclusion for a break, she found out that her motherland had been blazed to destruction by war and all her family and friends were dead. The princess was anguished and set her mind to invent a spell that could undo and salvage all this.

  She spent more than a thousand years studying about this, and finally, after becoming a Demigod Master, she invented a spell that could turn wishes into reality—the Ultimate Wish spell.

  However, the result of using the Ultimate Wish spell could only change all the historical records in the world and obtain a surficial written record of a “change of history.” That was all it could do.

  The princess refused to give up. She used the Ultimate Wish spell over and over again but was simply unable to obtain the result she wanted. As a result, she ended up exhausting all her power and died of desperation. Subsequently, from the pile of skeletons, she was reborn as the demon that the gods named “Isabelle of Regrets.”

  Of course, Sui Xiong knew her story. But this did not make him merciful when he came to face this demon.

  No matter how tragic their pasts were, after becoming demons, they were already existences that would bring disasters to the whole world. Sui Xiong was clear about the limits of what he was able to do. He had no means of saving them and free them of the shackles of such ill fates. But at least, he could relieve them from such endless pain and despair so that they could obtain eternal peace.

  He did not find this justifiable. But in this world, was there really any justice to speak of?

  The valiant general had felt great agony, but when he fought in countless battles, did not those people who died under his sword feel pain as well?

  The princess had felt that she was in pain, but for the civilians who were poor and distressed, who died of hunger and cold, did they not work hard all year round to contribute wealth to their country and provide resources for her studies?

  Not to mention that in the process of rampantly wreaking havoc and destruction, the worlds that these demons destroyed, as well as the living creatures they killed, did they all not suffer as well?

  “So, don’t complain about how much pain you are in. You all are not innocent at all!” Sui Xiong coldly muttered to himself.

  Waving his tentacles, he beat back the demon that possessed amazing power, whose entire body was like a rock that radiated a cold, greenish-gray light, but was now clearly nothing more than a skeleton.

  “Herculean Hagrid complain no more. Let me put an end to your agony!”

  The huge jellyfish flew towards the huge skeleton that was so powerful that it definitely made a worthy opponent. This time, Sui Xiong had equipped himself well with knowledge about the strengths and weaknesses of his opponent. When this demon that had such amazing brute force waved a huge club that was made of a world, Sui Xiong’s body suddenly split into two to allow that huge club to skim through from the middle. The upper and lower halves of his body were like a pair of covers that closed in on Hagrid.

  Though a few minutes later, he was thrown off by Hagrid by means of its brute force, Sui Xiong was not the least daunted. Because he had already swallowed a number of this demon’s souls.

  After a few rounds of such battling, the powerful demon was finally unable to gather enough strength to shake off Sui Xiong, who had been latching himself to it. Then like slime out on a hunt for prey, Sui Xiong finished off the final portion of the demon’s soul by swallowing it.

  Its soul was much stronger than all the other demons’ souls. It was so strong that after Sui Xiong had completely finished it off, his body was filled with an explosive force.

  And at this time, the other great Divine Powers had finally rushed their way over to the battlefield to take part in this war against the demons and Chaos, as well as to protect the world.

  Though by this time, there were only a few left from the 24 demons, Sui Xiong did not feel that they had come too late.

  Because he knew that these demons, though extremely strong and powerful, were practically lacking in rationality, and they behaved somewhat foolishly. The enemies that they were about to face, upon comparison, were the truly powerful and fearsome ones.

  And he also knew that, even though the great Divine Powers had already arrived as soon as they could, the help they could render was, in truth, not any kind of great help.

  The number of great Divine Powers was not small, but this was a figure that was once a greater Divine Power, a scary demon that could pollute and kill the God of Conspiracy with a mere touch. Those who could truly fight a battle with it would probably only be Sui Xiong and a few others.