Chapter 1552

Like falling into an ice cellar's dead silence.

At the moment of locking gazes with the Evil Eye, like Tuō ěr possessed by a War God, he actually started trembling.

Drop after drop of fresh blood fell from the wound onto the ground, shattering and evaporating.

A Fourth Stage intermediate already has extremely low odds of victory.

Upon seeing at least ten Fourth Stage intermediates behind the gate, his eyes were filled only with deep despair.

"Run!!!"

He almost lost any courage to resist.

Courage, honor, dignity.

In the face of death, it's not worth mentioning at all!

Facing a battle with absolutely no chance of victory, he only wants to flee!

After a mournful, extreme roar, he didn't even dare to flee together with Tài ěr, his huge body rapidly shrinking, he desperately fled in the opposite direction.

At the same time, Tài ěr, responsible for the second wave of assault, could only stiffen in place, stunned.

I don't know if it's betrayal by teammates or fear.

Tài ěr's lips trembled as he recalled their grand words when they arrived.

"Tuō ěr..!! ？"

The one closest to the Red Gate was like a lamb awaiting slaughter facing a beast; every cell in his body told him he had been locked on!

Under the extreme throbbing of his heart, he dared not move at all, only able to stare blankly as Tuoer's back fled backwards.

"Weak worm.."

Evil Eye and the many escapees snorted, mockingly watching the first to flee, Tuoer. Their expressions languid, high and mighty, they simply didn't care about Tai'er and the others' reactions.

"Buzz!"

"Whoosh--!"

In an instant, only seeing Evil Eye's eyes flash with purple light, an arm as thick as a baby's arm spanned kilometers, directly striking Tuoer's right leg.

"Boom!!"

The explosion vaporized.

With a casual strike, the intermediate Fourth Stage rule attack suddenly melted Tuoer's right leg, leg base and all.

"Ahhhh!!"

Accompanied by a heart-rending scream, Tuoer, now with only one leg, still dared not look back as he desperately flew.

His leg had completely vanished; that beam, like a dissolving rule, completely pierced his defense!

Can't beat him! It's absolutely impossible to win!

Let the rest go die; he still has hope to escape back to the teleportation gate!

Perhaps the scream aroused Zhang Tie's ferocity.

"Weak worm!?"

Looking at this group of escapees, they were clearly toying with them, even planning to massacre them.

Zhang Tie's eyes turned blood-red; with a roar he actually grew larger again, the rule power within him exploding to its peak, poised to attack the nearest Evil Eye.

"What the fuck!! Laozi will fight you guys to the death!"

His figure burst forth in a flash.

"Boom!!"

The earth shattered.

Under the tremendous recoil, Zhang Tie, who had been holding back another Fourth Stage elementary, suddenly retaliated.

As Zhang Tie's body blocked in front of him.

In Tai'er's eyes, Zhang Tie and Tuoer, whose appearances were somewhat similar, formed the starkest contrast.

A silver giant bear the size of a hundred meters now seemed to be the true bear god.

Damage shared!

Zhang Tie, bursting out in rage, instantly reached Evil Eye's front; a red rule force instantly blazed like fire.

Damn it!

Even if he dies, he can still take two down with him!

"Gao Tian!! Run!!"

Intending to hold these monsters himself, Zhang Tie roared, letting Gao Tian and the others seize the chance to escape! Every one that gets away counts! They can't all die here!

Watching Zhang Tie, who still had the courage to resist.

After Evil Eye's brief astonishment, the mockery in his heart intensified.

He didn't even bother to dodge; the tentacles around his eyeballs shot out like swords in an instant.

He realized this bear was actually foolish enough to try to stop him with mere flesh and blood?

It seems these worms have no idea how terrifying rank suppression is...

Behind the door, the remaining large numbers of high-level escapees also prepared to come out, completely unbothered.

In their eyes, the only Zhang Tie who still had the courage to fight desperately could never threaten Evil Eye.

"Ignorant.."

Tentacles flew wildly.

"Pfft-pfft!"

In an extremely short time, the seemingly soft tentacles instantly pierced Zhang Tie's body surface.

Clots of bloody, sweet-smelling gore instantly burst open.

Just the next second, a shrill scream suddenly rang out sharply from within the evil eye.

Pain!! Too painful!! The suffering he endured even reached his soul!!

It howled like an insect's chirp.

It no longer retained its former calm and arrogance.

Under the strange rebound attack, the evil eye at this moment seemed to burst, wilting and trembling.

The huge eyeball instantly trembled and shrieked in pain.

Just like a grape being blown up.

And while his attack injured Zhang Tie, the same degree of injury rebounded onto him!

"Ahhhhh!! My eye!! Damn worm! I want you to die ahhhhh!!"

The tentacles, like hands, instinctively protected themselves.

But due to his arrogance giving Zhang Tie a close‑range opportunity, he could no longer escape.

Bear hug!

"Boom!!"

A tremendous boom rang out; without waiting for the evil eye to react, Zhang Tie, forcefully withstanding the tentacle attack, had already rushed to its front.

As if to strangle the monster to death, Zhang Tie gave a feral laugh, his eyes full of madness, and fiercely grabbed a tentacle.

With a grab of his huge hand, he flung the evil eye down before him and smashed it heavily with the lingchi.

Damn it! Die, old man!

"Boom boom! Boom!!"

One blow after another, the spiked lingchi instantly smashed the evil eye's flesh to a bloody pulp. As an evil eye skilled in long‑range attack, its defense was not noteworthy.

At this point, he was utterly panicked, as if forgetting what to do.

"Ahhhhh!!"

"Save! Save me!!"

Again, like a lingchi scrape, it peeled flesh from the eyeball; in extreme pain, the huge eyeball resembling an evil god once more let out a miserable scream.

If this continues, he'll practically be blinded!

He can't hit, and he can't not hit!

He could feel that the worm had linked its life chain to his body; even if he could kill it, he would die too!

Listening to the evil eye's miserable scream.

Behind the door, they never imagined that the worms' counterattack could actually harm them; all the fugitives stood frozen.

Looking at the evil eye crying out for help, the second feathered serpent god that flew out was stunned for a full half‑second before hastily fluttering its wings.

"Damn it! This evil eye is trash—it can't even beat a single worm!"

Golden light flashed, and a shockwave like a golden blast suddenly slammed into Zhang Tie.

But during the attack, the feathered serpent god obviously dared not go all out.

He also realized that if he instantly killed that bear, he might himself run into trouble!

A light pillar suddenly erupted.

"Boom!!"

The violent shockwave instantly blasted Zhang Tie away.

Under the tremendous energy blast, the moment of contact shattered Xiong Hanzi's chest, revealing his stark white ribs.

The impact was greater than the damage.

After being blasted a full hundred meters away, Zhang Tie let out a bitter laugh, realizing his plan to swap opponents had been completely seen through.

Damn it, this group of fugitives is really too hard to kill!

If they don't kill him, no matter how desperately he fights, he can't trade blows!

Seeing the others still stunned in place, Zhang Tie's eyes showed grief, and after a roar he intended to go up again.

"Gao Tian! Run!"

I don't know why Gao Tian used to be so clever, but now he's foolishly still not knowing to run—Zhang Tie feels both angry and sad!

But just as he was about to charge up again, Gao Tian's shout suddenly rang out urgently:

"Brother Zhang! Let's run together!"

"Lin Dui told us to run!!!"

Everything happened too fast.

Without time to explain so much, Gao Tian grabbed a handful of Zhang Tie's hair, using all his strength to drag Zhang Tie desperately in the opposite direction.

Although he didn't know why Lin Dui ordered them to flee back to the valley, given the current situation, if they kept fighting it would be suicide!

Zhang Tie suddenly froze.

Run!? Going back now, we can't even buy time!? What about Lin Dui!?

Moreover, can they even escape!?

But Lin An's name seemed to have a kind of magic; accustomed to always obeying Lin An's orders, Zhang Tie instinctively complied, and was actually dragged away by Gao Tian to run.

In that subconscious moment, a glimmer of hope rose in his heart.

Perhaps... Lin Dui can teleport back!?

Everything happened too fast.

Upon hearing Gao Tian's shout to flee, Tai'er, who had been stiff in place, also seemed to have his last survival instinct triggered.

Only to see his whole body burst out a mass of blood light, he forcibly broke free of the lock and then also turned and ran.

Right!

Run back!

Run back to the teleport command there! They still have hope to escape!

At the same time, the situation suddenly changed.

Seeing everyone flee, another Ice-system Fourth Rank of Soviet Russia also panicked, canceled his own elemental transformation, and desperately tried to follow and charge out.

As the slowest to react, before he could even put away his ice wall, the Evil Eye that had just been freed locked onto him instantly.

"Damn it!! Damn it!!"

"You dare to hurt me! You dare to hurt a deity!"

In his rage, the Evil Eye suddenly condensed a death beam, poised to instantly kill the two slowest Tai Er.

However, before he could fire the beam, behind the door, a mid-level Fourth Rank giant wearing red War Armor suddenly pressed down on him.

"Let these bugs run."

"Let the remaining humans see how ridiculous their power is before us..."

Evil fire rose.

Like a demon sword war god walking out of hell, the sixty-meter-tall demon sword warrior was completely encased in armor.

Through the visor's slit, a pair of eyes like soul fire indifferently gazed at the fleeing Tai Er and others.

"These bugs are not important."

"What matters is... Lin An..."

"Follow the plan."

"Just chase and kill them; let them flee as miserably as possible."

As his words fell, the Evil Eye trembled all over, his bloody eye filled with resentment and anger.

However, the demon sword Fourth Rank in human form was obviously of much higher rank; upon hearing the other's command, he could only angrily retract the light pillar.

Watching the Tai Er and others flee like stray dogs, he gave a fierce grin, as if already seeing how terrified these bugs would be soon.

Run, now the power they've deployed frightens these bugs into trembling.

He was really curious: when the true god appears, will these bugs be scared to death?

"Those monsters... didn't catch up!?"

After the calamity, they survived.

In frantic flight, Tai Er, his whole body trembling, couldn't help but constantly look back.

Ron, who was running faster than him, also rushed straight to Gao Tian's side, his face deathly pale as he wanted to ask something.

"What to do!?"

"What to do!?"

If they run back now, can they still escape via teleport!? But if they escape by teleport, how will they deal with these monsters continuing to chase!?

Never having imagined that the hidden power among the fugitives could be so terrifying, compared to the distant Soviet Russia forces of Tai Er and others, Ron, belonging to North America, felt that everything was doomed!

Without a doubt, after these monsters appeared, North America is no longer tenable!

Even...

At full speed fleeing, Tuo Er, who had been the first to flee, already noticed that everyone had escaped behind him.

All that remained of him was one leg, and like a startled bird he accelerated again.

Damn it! He never dared to look back since he started fleeing.

"How did you also escape!? Haven't those monsters caught up!?"

Hearing Tuo Er's terrified question, the two Tai Er at the back instantly turned pale.

They could tell Tuo Er had become so frightened he was incoherent.

A feeling of indescribable shame and bitterness instantly filled their hearts.

Is this their war zone, the strong ones hailed as the new hope?

Although he was also afraid, at least he would not abandon his teammates.

Before Zhang Tie could even look at the timid Tuo Er and start cursing, Gao Tian, who was constantly watching the rear, bitterly spoke:

"No.."

"They didn't give up on coming to kill us."

"They want the human side to see how pitiful we are."

"They want to humiliate us, to let us know the gap!"

Tuo Er's expression froze upon hearing that.

Before he could realize what was happening.

Towering pressures suddenly erupted.

Only to see in midair, ten mid-level Fourth Rank fugitives fearlessly unleashed their true forms.

Like deities descending to earth, they brought the remaining fugitive army, flying arrogantly across the sky.

Dragons, Evil Eyes, Titans, Snake Gods..

Even more, like a lightning incarnation, mythological Zeus wielding a war hammer.

At this moment, it seemed as if the deities were destroying the world.

And they were but humble ants in the face of destruction.

"What is that!?"

"Lord Tai Er, how did they come back!?"

Around the valley, many Soviet Russia Third Ranks stared in shock at the black dots rapidly approaching their side.

Just a few seconds ago, they had only just received the order to fight after the nuclear explosion ended.

But now, they could only vaguely see their own Fourth Stage desperately rushing toward them, accelerating.

Moreover, behind Tai Er and the others, a blinding strange light suddenly appeared.

Moreover, in the eyes of many Third Stage Awakened Ones with heightened senses, they actually noticed Tuo Er fleeing behind Luo En, who at that moment looked as miserable as if missing a leg.

Before the entire Third Stage could strain to see what that was...

In an instant, the sky suddenly changed color; an indescribable vast pressure surged over them, covering sky and earth.

At the same moment, the spirit-energy bombers that had finished their bombardment exploded one after another in the air.

It was as if an invisible pair of giant hands swept everything away.

The speed at which both sides closed in was extremely fast.

In a short while, the large number of Third Stage at the front of the defense line were shocked to finally see what it was.

Fourth Stage..!

Covering sky and earth, up to a hundred Fourth Stage!

Tai Er and the others are being hunted!

One after another.

A large number of Third Stage Awakened One soldiers stared in disbelief at the Fourth Stage army flying in from the sky.

As these fugitives all revealed their true forms, they suddenly resembled a demonic divine legion, each Fourth Stage seeming like a monster from myth.

As if they occupied the entire world.

Under the unimaginable gathering of pressure, it caused people to feel fear.

Each was nearly a hundred meters in size; the entire fugitive army pressed forward like an impregnable giant wall.

The earth trembled, heaven and earth changed color.

Even space seemed to faintly twist.

The Awakened Ones' faces turned deathly pale as they watched the approaching 'divine spirit' army; an almost instinctual fear made each person freeze in place.

How could there be... so many!!

In their eyes, the Fourth Stage was already the ultimate existence, each one an indisputable top-tier powerhouse.

Looking across the globe, there are only a dozen or so!!

But now, they actually saw an entire legion's worth of Fourth Stage!!

Under such a tremendous disparity in strength, everyone felt their cognition overturned—this had already surpassed their imagination!!

Moreover.

When the distance had fully shrunk to the limit of visibility, they suddenly noticed that Tuo Er, who was considered invincible in their battle zone, now wore an expression of fear like a stray dog.

At the same time.

Among the many Fourth Stage fugitives, the Fourth Stage Overlord bearing a great sword looked expressionlessly at the valley.

His gaze swept past the defense line, past the Awakened One army composed of over two thousand Third Stage.

In his eyes, only Lin An in the valley existed.

Everything else, in his eyes, was no more than ants that could be killed with a breath.

"Feel fear, let these worms understand what true power is!"

"Lin An, he is indeed absorbing faith inside!"

At his command.

Behind the Demonic Sword Fourth Stage, one after another, forms varied, like gods walked out of myth, they gave a cruel smile.

Yes, they also sensed the anomaly of Lin An within the valley; of course, they also sensed that since their appearance, the fear in these humans' hearts.

How sweet...

Having long hidden in the dungeon, barely surviving, how long has it been since they last enjoyed this fear?

The next second, as the impatient Evil Eye demanded action,

a beam stretching several kilometers suddenly shot out before all humanity.

The target was precisely the slowest Ice-element Fourth Stage.

"Scream! Wail! Run, you worms!"

"Let me see how fast you can run!"

Whoosh—Boom!!

No time to dodge at all.

Blinding purple light, carrying corrosive rules, instantly shot toward Chai Kefu's back.

Feeling an attack impossible to block, Ice-element Fourth Stage Chai Kefu's face instantly turned deathly pale.

He had seen how terrifying this rule could be!

"Save me!! Tuo Er!! Tai Er!!"

He pleaded as if praying.

But in his plea, aside from Tai Er and Zhang Tie instinctively reaching back to pull him, Tuo Er seemed not to hear, merely continuing to accelerate without looking back.

Boom!!!

The explosion erupted instantly.

With a anguished cry, Chai Kefu, desperately trying to survive, had no choice but to transform into ice element to harden against this blow.

In an instant, the beam carrying corrosive rules instantly dissolved half of his chest.

A hollow, vanished.

Had he not been elementalized, thus lacking any physical weakness, this strike would have been enough to melt his five viscera and six bowels.

Ahhhh!!!

The pain of being dissolved alive made even this middle-aged man let out an anguished scream.

Perhaps the fugitives were already intent on massacring them, and this strike miraculously left him alive.

After returning to a slower elemental form, Chayev's face was filled with despair; the rule power inside him, after that casual blow, had dwindled to less than a tenth.

Another hit and he will definitely die!

Hearing the anguished cries of the Soviet Fourth Stage behind him.

Overtaking Tor in speed, Colonel Ron felt a bitter ache.

He silently clenched his fists; the immense helplessness and despair kept him from turning back.

Yes, he could actually run while dragging the other; his speed was the greatest, and even with the burden he could keep up with Tor.

But he didn't dare.

He knew these Fourth Stage monsters could easily kill them in an instant, leaving no chance to escape.

Now, just feigning pursuit from behind, they only wanted the humans to witness their miserable condition.

But...

Sorrow, rage, unwillingness—what could they do?!

He could only, while being toyed with by the opponent, flee as far as he could.

Lin An! I'm not afraid to fight—it's that the foes you've lured are too strong! Maybe I'll die here too!

In despair, Ron's former ambitions in his heart seemed to be shattered at this moment.

"Whoosh—boom!!"

One after another.

As the other Fourth Stage fugitives, like cats toying with mice, casually launched attacks.

Wave after wave of unstoppable rule attacks erupted like bombardment behind Tel and the others.

Aiming wide on purpose, watching Ron and the others flee in panic, these Fourth Stage "gods" all laughed loudly.

Such a scene reminded them of when they once controlled humanity.

Likewise, it was the same.

When these insignificant worms foolishly resisted them, nothing was more amusing than letting them see hope, then smashing them dead with a palm.

"Just fleeing is meaningless."

"Red Sheep, go eat them."

"Let these worms see that Fourth Stage beings before us are merely slightly stronger ants."

Leisurely pursuing from the Rear.

The Magic Sword Overlord, unlike the other excited Fourth Stages, merely furrowed his brow and issued a calm command.

They didn't care whether Tel and the others lived or died.

Even that somewhat strange silver bear was outside their notice.

With such force deployed, they wanted to kill Lin An with minimal loss, and first to destroy his faith absorption.

But.

Merely toying with the pursuit like this left him unsatisfied.

He could feel that the believers in the valley were now only fearful; amidst fear, their emotions turned to anger.

Clearly, this emotion was far from enough.

These worms still hadn't realized the true gap.

Ignorant, therefore unaware.

At a command, among the ten Fourth Stage intermediate fugitives, the two-legged monster called Red Sheep gave a feral grin and, like teleporting, appeared behind Tel and the others in an instant.

All that could be seen was him mockingly looking at the crowd who dared not turn their heads, swiftly choosing his target.

This ice-type one is about to die, and besides, it's not tasty.

That bear... forget it, he doesn't dare kill it either.

The remaining two worms: one too weak, the other too fast...

So...

Crimson Labyrinth!

"Hum!"

Before Tel could even sense with his trembling body, a Fourth Stage advanced appeared instantly behind him.

The next second, he, who had almost reached the front of the defense line, felt as if he had lost his momentum.

In an instant, a dizzying splash of red filled his vision.

When he came to from his shock, he found he had actually run to stand before Red Sheep.

No!! His position had been swapped!

At the brink of collapse, under the survival instinct, Tel desperately struggled against the rule power that bound him, trying to flee again.

Yet the struggle was futile.

All that could be seen was the Red Sheep, over a hundred meters tall, giving him a cruel smile, then its sturdy hoof casually stepped on his other leg.

With a slight exertion, it crushed his left leg into minced meat.

"Ahhhhhhh!!"

Hearing the humans' wonderful wails, the Red Sheep elegantly conjured a set of cutlery, then slowly leaned over to slice off Tel's left leg.

"Run, worm."

"If I catch you again, that'll be your other hand~"

"Hahaha!!"

A knife plunged down, the red sheep grinned, after stabbing the knife into Tor's left leg it tossed it into its mouth and savored it slowly.

The next second, Tor, whom he had deliberately let go, in his despair could only flee madly again.

With his flight ability deliberately sealed, Tor could only use his hands instead of his legs, crawling away as fast as a real worm.

He wants to live! He doesn't want to die!

Having completely lost the courage to resist.

Hearing the chewing sound from the red sheep's mouth, Tor felt only endless fear.

He regretted, regretting why he had come to rescue Lin An.

He feared, fearing why such an enemy of this level would appear!

He is a Fourth Stage! He should have stood at the pinnacle of humanity, not be as miserable as a worm!

Too strong!

The enemy is too strong!

However, before his mad resentment could arise, the red sheep that had eaten his left leg, seeing him crawl another kilometer, intensified its mocking gaze.

Poor worm, still can crawl quite well.

This time is..

Left hand..

Ahhhhh!!!

Tor, who had just desperately crawled out a kilometer, suddenly saw red before his eyes again.

When he saw that his desperate escape had been teleported back, his sanity instantly collapsed.

Don't!! Please spare me!!

Don't eat me anymore!! Don't ahhh!! Go eat them!! They're also fleeing ahhh!!

Collapsed screaming.

Unable to resist, unable to escape, no hope at all.

At this moment, Tor no longer cared about 'betraying' his companions. He only hated, hated why it was him who got eaten!

Even a Fourth Stage cannot withstand this fear!

Savoring the human Fourth Stage, Tor's collapsing emotions.

The red sheep nonchalantly waved the dining knife in its hand, smirking.

Don't worry, little worm.

You.... will all die...

Turn back!! Damn it!! Fight those monsters!!

Boom!!!

After stubbornly helping Gao Tian resist the monsters' attacks, Zhang Tie could bear it no longer, and in his fury wanted to turn back and fight desperately.

These monsters hardly attacked him, but whether Luo En or Tai Er, each person could only desperately flee like a worm under the other's slaughter.

Running means death, not running also means death!

Rather than being toyed with and killed, it's better to fight!

Zhang Brother! Stay calm!

Captain Lin definitely has a way!

Unlike Zhang Tie, who was about to be driven mad, Gao Tian urgently tried to dissuade him.

Although these monsters displayed unstoppable power, he didn't know what point there was in fleeing back to the valley! Even if teleported away, the monsters would hunt them down!

But he noticed, noticed that as the distance to the defense line grew closer—no! as the distance to the valley grew closer—the monsters' behavior also showed some signs.

These Fourth Stage escapees seem to be wary of something.

Although it seemed to be playing with them, their speed gradually slowed, and they hesitated to rush into the valley!

Moreover..

What's the point of slaughtering them!? There must be some reason for them to do this!

Lin An's name always works.

Zhang Tie's heart jolted violently; he gritted his teeth, deciding it was worth burying his head and continuing to fly wildly with Gao Tian.

Captain Lin!

Captain Lin!

Captain Lin might actually have a way!

At worst, he'll just fight desperately in the end!

Similarly, with half his body blown apart, the fastest Luo En looked deathly pale, his internal rule power nearly exhausted, feeling he too was about to collapse.

Just listening to Gao Tian's words, his heart felt no hope rise, only a bitter smile.

Lin An..

Still hoping for Lin An...?

This is.. ten intermediate Fourth Stage beings!

Not to mention these ten monsters, even the remaining Fourth Stage pressing down would be enough to sweep the world!

Even if Lin An were stronger, he still couldn't be a match.

Moreover, Lin An is now so weak that even he can't beat him!

Meaningless.. meaningless!!

Gao Tian! Let Lin An escape! Has he already escaped!? Prepare space teleport!

Escaping still offers hope, truly.. no way left!!

Incoherent speech.

Luo En's eyes were bloodshot as he stared at the valley; with only half his body left, he had never felt so helpless.

He didn't know why there was no spatial fluctuation coming from the valley now.

He also didn't know what Lin An was actually doing, or perhaps he had already fled.

He just wanted to say, let the people of Faction: Long An stop fantasizing. Don't think that their teleportation escape will also lure the enemy over.

Surviving is more important than anything. Escaping still leaves a bit of hope; not escaping leaves no hope at all!

"Colonel Luo En! Hold on!"

"These monsters are definitely wary of something!!"

Without time to explain further, Gao Tian spoke rapidly to comfort them, his eyes fixed tightly on the valley.

He didn't believe it, he didn't believe Lin An would let them die! He even more didn't believe there was no hope at all!

Even if the enemy had already become stronger than their limits!

Outside the defense line, large numbers of Soviet and Faction: Long An Third Rank Awakened Ones were all trembling as they watched Tel and others fleeing toward them.

Not only was it an uncontrollable fear, but more so, it was the grief and despair stemming from their human identity.

That... was their Fourth Stage...

But under the monsters' slaughter, whether it was Tel or Luo En, they could only flee in panic at this moment.

Under repeated mocking attacks, they were in a sorry state.

Such a huge power gap left them with only a feeling of their beliefs collapsing.

Even the Fourth Stage had no power to fight back; what use are we Third Rank?

This is basically a massacre, a divine punishment of gods upon ants?

"Lord Tel.. he's about to be eaten!!"

His lips trembled, unable to believe.

Large numbers of Soviet Third Rank all collapsed in their gaze as they watched Tel constantly wailing and begging for mercy.

As the target of that ram-headed monster, Tel now had only his right hand left; his whole body writhed like a maggot on the ground, desperate.

Once an invincible existence, hailed as the Soviet's new generation hope, the Northern Cold War God Tel, now looks so miserable and pitiful.

No matter how he begged or fled, under a casual attack from the enemy's monster, he was powerless to resist.

Such a huge disparity made them feel as if the heavens had collapsed.

Especially seeing these monsters about to charge over, they were even less able to block them.

In extreme despair, even many Third Rank Awakened Ones wanted to turn and flee.

Just as Gao Tian had judged.

"Bang!"

As the red ram tossed the half-eaten Human-Insect Tel like garbage before the defense line.

The originally vast pressing Fourth Stage army actually all stopped at once.

As if granted a great pardon.

Feeling the killing intent from behind cease.

Luo En and the others hurriedly accelerated into the defense line.

Amid the tense, panicked gazes of millions of Awakened Ones, only within the fleeing army did a Demon Sword Fourth Stage, like a demon god, slowly fly out, standing off before the defense line.

"Lin An, get out here!"

"How? Do you still want to rely on these ignorant insects to resist?"

His gaze was wary, yet his words carried a tone of mockery.

Looking at the valley, there was not the slightest reaction.

The Demon Sword Fourth Stage snorted coldly, intending only to utterly destroy these insects' confidence.

He could feel that the Faith Power gathered in the valley, although beginning to wane with their appearance, was far from being cut off.

Having learned from the Annihilators that Lin An seemed to have recovered his power, they naturally would not fail to prepare.

"Ignorant insects..."

"It seems you cannot possibly understand what true power is..."

Without Hesitation.

As the Demon Sword Fourth Stage indifferently looked down at the humans beneath his feet, the entire fleeing Fourth Stage actually seemed to unfold a ritual.

To summon a truly terrifying existence.

At the same time.

Inside the valley.

Large numbers of believers likewise turned pale as they gazed at the monster army above the valley.

Many survivors familiar with North American mythology instantly recognized that many of the monsters were figures from myth.

Unable to comprehend what this was or what it represented, many people had already collapsed on the ground, trembling all over.

They did not know how strong these monsters were.

They only knew that, in their eyes, those already considered powerful Third Rank Awakened Ones now all bore despair.

And the even stronger Fourth Stage were being slaughtered like insects.

The gap, too great.

So great that it seemed the opponent were deities, while they were insects that had provoked the deities.

If not for their cognition leaving them unable to grasp what all this meant, they would likely have completely collapsed, begging the monsters in the sky to spare them.

That, would be the true god?

By Lin An's side, Mo Ling stared fixedly at the gods filling the sky.

Compared to ignorant believers, she of course understood what these enemies meant.

"Lin An! I'll send you away!"

"I have a way to leave this world!"

Seeing Tai Er and others already desperately fleeing back, Mo Ling knew that relying on these Fourth Stage could no longer block the army of escapees outside.

She gripped Lin An tightly with her right hand, while her other hand prepared to smash her own head at any moment.

She didn't know if she could manage that step, but she had no choice but to do it.

However, facing the meaning revealed in Mo Ling's words—that there was a way to break the restriction and send him away—

Lin An merely glanced at Little Mo Ling with some surprise at this moment.

He could of course feel everyone's despair, could sense all of this.

But there was no choice; once the fish took the bait, one had to act.

In fact, he had long been ready to strike at any moment.

Does Little Mo Ling have a new ability?

After a flicker of strange color crossed his eyes, Lin An slightly shook his head, merely indicating to Mo Ling not to worry.

He calmly watched Tai Er desperately flying toward him, watched the Fourth Stage army facing off in the distance, as if pondering something.

At the same time.

Luo En and others who had just rushed into the valley froze upon hearing the Demonic Sword Fourth Stage's voice.

They couldn't understand why the opponent had pursued them here and then stopped.

In his words, it seemed to hint again that Lin An still intended to resist?!

Instinctively, Luo En lunged fastest to Lin An's front, noticing that the teleportation gate that was always open in the valley had been closed, and he completely collapsed, unable to help shouting:

"Lin An?! Where is the teleportation gate?!"

"Run! Why stay here?!"

If there was still a trace of hope in their hearts, it was the teleportation command in Lin An's hand.

But seeing Lin An, let alone having any preparation, or a backup plan.

At this very moment, Lin An seemed to have become an idiot, actually doing nothing!

In despair, collapse, grief and anger, various complex emotions, Luo En and others could no longer think.

Only seeing Luo En's voice trembling with a sob of collapse, staring fixedly at the still dazed Lin An, he shouted like a madman.

"Lin An! What the hell are you doing?! Do you want us all to die here?!"

"Haven't you seen those monsters?! They are Fourth Stage intermediate!! We can't beat them! We can't beat them!"

"These monsters have stopped! They surely intend to capture us alive and control us!"

No one is more collapsed than Luo En.

However, facing Luo En and others' questioning, Lin An shifted his gaze to the utterly miserable Tai Er and others, speaking softly:

"We can't escape."

"From the moment those silver-armored fanatics appeared, the space around here has been locked. Only entry, no exit."

"You haven't noticed?"

"Otherwise, why do you think they aren't in a hurry?"

As he spoke, Lin An smiled.

As his words fell, Tai Er and others shuddered violently, even the sealed wounds in their muscles splitting open in shock.

"We couldn't escape long ago!? Only entry, no exit!?"

"Are you tricking us to our deaths!? Are you in league with those monsters!?"

Instantly thinking that the escapees needed a vessel, and that Lin An deliberately sent them here and didn't flee himself, the biggest possibility was this.

Although absurd, even ridiculous.

But with emotions near collapse, Tai Er and others could only think of this.

Just as Lin An's strange expression was about to say something,

Outside the valley, the Demonic Sword's voice suddenly came.

"Lin An, do you think we don't know you've recovered your power?"

"Using yourself as bait, truly foolish courage..."

"Fourth Stage advanced, and yet you dare to impersonate a deity!?"

"Boom!!"

In an instant, with the valley as core, countless black iron chains sprang into being.

Like shielding the entire sky, endless blackness enveloped everyone's vision.

Only seen, above the gathering escapees, three flame-burning teleportation vortices suddenly appeared.

As massive Fourth Stage power poured in, it seemed as if some immensely terrifying existence was about to emerge from the vortex.

Hearing the Demonic Sword Fourth Stage's words, Tai Er and others, who had originally thought Lin An was deceiving them, suddenly opened their mouths in disbelief, staring at Lin An.

"What... what does this mean!?"

"Lin An Fourth Stage advanced!?"

"Bait!?"

"Is Lin An using himself as bait to deceive the escapees into coming to kill him!? Then the escapees discovered this!?"

"You're Fourth Stage advanced!? You haven't lost your power!?"

Amidst his shocked shout, Luo En felt as if the whole world were joking with him.

He only felt that he and the others had fallen into a vortex, like pawns on a chessboard, knowing nothing.

But no matter what, at this moment, both Tai Er and Luo En suddenly felt a glimmer of hope rise in their hearts.

If Lin An truly is a Fourth Stage high-level as the escapees said, then there might still be hope of resistance!

Even Zhang Tie, who had already prepared to fight to the death, now stared blankly at Lin An.

"Lin Dui!!"

"Are you a Fourth Stage high-level!? Then you could instantly kill this bunch of idiots!!"

Unlike what Tai Er and the others imagined, Lin An did not nod and admit it.

In an instant, amidst the sky that suddenly darkened, from those three vortices, three pairs of huge arms suddenly stretched out.

Like a deity descending to the world, in the central vortex, a being whose whole body radiated endless light suddenly emerged.

Holy chants rang out, and as the being of light emerged, one after another life forms like angels also flew out.

As if heaven had descended.

On the ground, masses of believers stared in shock at everything before them.

Everything happened too fast, beyond their imagination.

Looking at the being bathed in holy golden light, everyone actually felt in their hearts a soul-shaking majesty.

That was..

The supreme being of myth!

Heavenly Father!?

Many who were Catholic believers before the Apocalypse, survivors all trembled, unable to believe as they looked up at the deity above.

If it were previously similar to a deity's "monster" attacking, they could still barely understand it as a false god, a demon disguising as a deity to kill the god of Ling An.

Then now, upon seeing the unparalleled, exactly like a religious scene of heaven's descent, their faith instantly began to waver and collapse.

As heaven unfolded, many who originally belonged to Ling An's believers now actually knelt before the Heavenly Father.

Even Tai Er and the others, who were Fourth Stage, were now stunned and frozen.

The reason was simple.

They actually felt from these three escapees an unimaginable level of pressure.

That was..

Fourth Stage high-level!? Even the angels that flew out were Fourth Stage mid-level!?

Trembling, despair.

So, to them, the enemy that was already unstoppable was merely the opening act?

Fourth Stage mid-level, too, was merely the lowest form of existence!?

All their efforts were merely a probe by both sides, as ridiculous as a joke!?

The hope that had just ignited in their hearts instantly shattered.

Luo En could no longer bear this repeatedly despairing and collapsing fact.

At this moment, he only felt that he truly was like an ant, with no room for resistance.

"Is this the Apocalypse...!!?"

"Lin An! Is this the Apocalypse!!?"

"Why! Why am I already Fourth Stage, yet still trash!!"

No one knew how immense the collapse in Luo En and the others' hearts was.

What happened in these short few hours seemed to have destroyed all their beliefs, making them suddenly realize how laughable their previous thoughts were.

First came the billion-strong corpse tide, then a Fourth Stage melee, then an unstoppable high-level, and now, in their eyes, already a Fourth Stage high-level so strong it's unimaginable!

The unfolding heaven, whether this group of escapees were disguising as deities or not.

To them, such a level of being was already a deity!

In extreme despair, Tai Er had practically collapsed onto the ground as if waiting to die.

For some reason, a thought suddenly arose in his heart.

Apocalypse, it's never about grinding monsters to level up. The enemies that appear never follow a set pattern, gradually growing stronger.

Perhaps at some moment, they struggled to become Fourth Stage, thinking the enemy they'd face would only be a bit stronger, and desperate effort still offered hope.

But reality was, it directly crushed them in the most brutal way!

So what if Lin An is a Fourth Stage high-level?

Now there are over a hundred Fourth Stage mid-levels, and a full three Fourth Stage high-levels!

Meanwhile.

The "Heavenly Father" walking out of the vortex now also seemed to sense the despair of the whole scene.

A holy son, and a holy mother that Lin An had once seen in Soviet Russia.

As the majestic hymn filled the whole world, the heavenly father, existing like a true god, indifferently looked down upon the believers kneeling below.

Good, he could sense that the Faith Power belonging to Lin An was rapidly weakening, shifting to him.

"Lowly humans, in the face of a true deity, won't you kneel?!"

"God is merciful; God can allow you to tarnish His name and deceive these poor lambs."

"But, God's patience is also limited."

A single hand stretched out.

The escapee disguised as the Heavenly Father now merely indifferently overlooked Lin An, overlooked all humanity trembling under his "divine might".

The perfect one, an excellent vessel.

If possible, he wouldn't mind destroying Lin An after he absorbed the Faith Power, then converting Lin An into his divine servant.

Everything is over.

Given that they have deployed such top-tier power, even if Lin An dies, it would be enough to be proud of.

As a mere worm, forcing them to act personally—no wonder he is the perfect one.

However, that's all there is.

However, unlike what was imagined—Lin An would drastically change expression, realizing he had been seen through, and feeling hopeless.

All that could be seen was Lin An merely frowning and lifting his head, looking at the gods.

"You're destroying my absorption of faith?"

"What did the Annihilator tell you?"

"Heavenly Father" blinked slightly, looking at Lin An as if he had no idea of his current situation, and a surge of anger rose in his heart.

This damned worm isn't scared at all!

Do they still think we can't go all out?

Kneel!

Lin An!

God gives you one last chance! Hand over your soul, offer it to God to wash away your sins!

Insignificant mortal! You think you can defy God?

The divine might was vast; again, a huge amount of rule hymns erupted, and on the ground, the followers originally belonging to Ling An instantly had their faith broken layer by layer.

However, at this moment, facing the vast divine might, Lin An merely furrowed his brows, as if utterly undisturbed.

All that could be seen was him scanning the entire scene, not finding the presence he wanted to see.

The next second, Lin An shook his head, his gaze pitying as he looked toward Heavenly Father.

Actually, I still hope you come in greater numbers.

Didn't the Annihilator's dog tell you?

Me.

"Yes.."

"Who?"

The words fell.

All the fugitives, including the true god-level Heavenly Father at the Fourth Stage, instantly felt a strong unease rising from deep within their hearts.

That was..

"Boom!!!"

In an instant, an unstoppable force, like the world's destruction, suddenly erupted from within Lin An's body.

As if piercing the planet.

All that could be seen was Lin An, who existed like an ordinary person, now taking a step forward, as if stepping on an invisible staircase, walking toward them.

Each step's pressure surpassed the last, like swelling, becoming divine; almost the moment Lin An stepped into the air, a phantom stretching kilometers appeared suddenly behind him.

That was an ultimate bearing a death god's mask, like the embodiment of death.

"System reboot."

"Return!"

"Hum!"

Without waiting for everyone to stare in shock at the death god's appearance, in an instant, an energy pillar of millions of meters, seemingly endless, descended from the starry sky, the vast spirit energy like a galaxy, suddenly poured in!