Chapter 1009

Boom~~~

The pearl exploded.

In the instant it exploded, the Night Goddess's face turned pale.

Clearly, using this forbidden object came at a heavy cost to her!

After the pearl exploded, terrifying energy sprayed out—under this energy, even a Supreme of the Third Tier would be gravely wounded, possibly killed outright!

Seeing this, many Third Tier Supreme beings changed expression.

They had never imagined the Night Goddess had so many hidden cards!

Besides the two drops of Fourth Tier divine power, she even possessed such a terrifying forbidden object!

With so many Supremes here, if this Fourth Tier deity had not arrived, they could have stopped the Night Goddess's breakthrough.

But under full effort, the Night Goddess might drag several Supremes down with her!

"To harm this one? Not enough!"

On the Fourth Tier deity's hand, Fourth Tier power surged.

This terrifying forbidden object, when fully detonated, could shatter even one layer of the Abyss—but that Fourth Tier deity merely reached out a hand.

The energy tide from the forbidden object's explosion was extinguished by his grip alone!

"So this is the Fourth Tier—unfazed even by forbidden objects."

The surrounding Supremes all drew in a sharp breath.

The might and ruthlessness of the Fourth Tier were deeply etched into their hearts!

But this forbidden object was never meant to kill the enemy!

Before the Night Goddess, a pitch-black hole had already appeared.

This forbidden object was meant for escape!

On the Continent of Gods, there existed a mysterious discipline dedicated to studying matters related to deities.

In today's Heavenly Realm, most deities were once human.

To deities, the entire world is constructed upon various laws and rules; everything leaves traces, and the world's operation follows its own patterns.

Yet even to deities, many things remain mysterious.

For example—forbidden objects!

The instant the pitch-black hole appeared, the Night Goddess sensed that the spatial lockdown around her had been briefly shattered.

That meant she now had two choices.

The first choice: open a faith channel and return to her divine realm.

The second choice: enter this pitch-black hole!

Her divine realm had long since fled far away—if she returned now, even a Fourth Tier deity chasing after her would need time to catch up, meaning she still had a brief window to make one final gamble!

Yet without hesitation, the Night Goddess chose the second hole!

"The Orb of Misfortune will seek my one thread of survival—my one thread of survival lies right here!"

The Night Goddess plunged straight in!

The pearl she used was, in fact, a forbidden object called the Orb of Misfortune.

Though named "Misfortune," it was in truth a life-saving artifact.

Even the Night Goddess did not understand the Orb of Misfortune's mechanism, but it could briefly free her from confinement and transport her to the place with the greatest chance of survival.

Of course, "greatest chance" did not mean she would survive.

If her survival probability was below 1%, and the maximum was 0.99%, her chance of living was still tiny!

The Night Goddess did not know that if Empress Tina had not prayed, or if Empress Tina had received the Flame Lord's response even slightly later, the Orb of Misfortune's passage would have led only to her divine realm.

Now, even if she returned to her divine realm, it would not be safe—unless she abandoned her breakthrough and went into hiding, she had only a slim chance of surviving the Fourth Tier deity's pursuit.

Being targeted by a Fourth Tier deity who had been openly defied—even if the Night Goddess abandoned her breakthrough, the Fourth Tier deity would continue hunting her to preserve his dignity!

But after Empress Tina prayed to the Flame Lord, this pitch-black passage led to a place infinitely distant from here.

That place was the Elven Divine Realm!

Her thread of survival!

"Trying to escape?"

Far away, seeing the Night Goddess vanish into the passage, the Fourth Tier deity snorted.

He took one step and stood before the passage opened by the Orb of Misfortune.

At this moment, the passage was rapidly closing.

The Fourth Tier deity's power surged—he thrust both hands against the passage, then plunged himself inside.

But less than a second after entering, he emerged again.

"This is a broken-point passage!"

The Fourth Tier deity muttered to himself.

The next instant, including him, all the Supremes sensed again the rule-level tremor created by the Night Goddess.

The Night Goddess had not abandoned her breakthrough.

Yet her current location was now infinitely distant from here.

"She hasn't given up!"

The surrounding Supremes glanced at each other, wondering whether to continue the pursuit.

All the Supremes' attention was, in fact, fixed on this Fourth Tier deity.

"That place is the Elven Divine Realm!"

The Fourth Tier deity sensed for one second, then finally calculated the Night Goddess's location.

Then he waved his hand and opened a passage, dashing straight in.

"The Elven Divine Realm? Let's go see."

A large number of Divine Lords also set out.

They quickly opened faith passages, left this place, and raced toward the Elven Divine Realm at top speed.

"Lord Tianfeng, the Eternal Night Goddess has gone to the Elven Divine Realm—remember, the Flame Lord originally killed four gods there. Should we follow?"

After these Divine Lords departed, Lord Tianlong asked with concern.

Lord Tianfeng said, "Of course we go—don't you see Lord Lanxu and the others have already gone? We won't provoke the Flame Lord, so what's to fear? But I find it strange: why would the Eternal Night Goddess head for the Elven Divine Realm? If the Flame Lord is truly there, could he possibly be helping her?"

"We'll know when we get there. Let's go—through the Sun as a transit point, we can arrive quickly."

Lord Tianlong said.

The two of them also swiftly departed, heading for the Elven Divine Realm.

For Divine Lords at the peak of the third tier, the Heavenly Realm is vast, yet not truly vast—they possess vast quantities of Divine Stones; even without a Sacred Spirit in the Elven Divine Realm, they can reach it swiftly through spatial gates!

"Where will this passage lead?"

At this moment, the Eternal Night Goddess flew rapidly through the passage.

Soon, light appeared ahead of her.

She plunged out.

Then…

She crashed straight into a man's arms.

"Ah~"

The Eternal Night Goddess cried out in surprise.

Heaven!

She was a peak third-tier Goddess.

When traveling via faith passages, such a thing had never happened before.

Normally, after opening a faith passage, one's gaze had already descended—it was impossible for this to occur.

But the passage of the Orb of Misfortune was too bizarre; this passage seemed to be a discontinuity passage.

Before stepping out, she had no idea where it led, nor could her gaze be cast ahead.

This caused her to crash directly into the man's arms!

A strong male scent reached her, and on his body, she felt a warm, captivating aura.

That aura made the Eternal Night Goddess, who had just endured fierce battle and nearly perished, involuntarily lapse into daze.

It seemed, here was her harbor.

Immediately, the Eternal Night Goddess snapped back to awareness.