Chapter 310: A Single Palm

That message, which appeared out of nowhere in the depths of its mind, was like ice water poured over its head, instantly freezing the Light-Chaser's pleasantly calculating thoughts.

Before it could comprehend the source and meaning of this information, and before it could fully suppress that absurd and terrifying conjecture—

Boom!!!!

A deafening roar suddenly exploded from the sky!

It was not sound, but the lament of the entire world!

The Light-Chaser instinctively looked up in terror; a flash of terrifying oppressive force made its pure body of light tremble violently from extreme fear.

This Holy Radiance World, where it resided and which was shrouded in eternal brilliance, had just undergone a violent tremor that made souls quake, utterly without warning.

Above the firmament, the sacred barrier woven from countless divine laws, which had protected the Holy Radiance civilization for countless ages, was now emitting a piercing, strained sound of distortion!

Visible ripples spread wildly across the surface of the barrier, as if an invisible and irresistible giant hand were brutally squeezing the entire world from the outside!

The world barrier beneath the shield also fluctuated violently, seemingly suffering immense damage.

"Which madman is this?! Which high-ranking deity has gone insane and dares to damage the world's origin?!" This was the Light-Chaser's instinctive first reaction.

It simply could not, and absolutely refused to, consider the possibility of an external enemy invading.

How powerful was the Holy Radiance civilization?

They ruled countless worlds; their powerful high-ranking deities were beyond number, and their supreme God of Gods stood as one of the great existences at the pinnacle of the endless void!

Who would dare to invade? Who could invade?

But after this instinctive reaction, it could not help but recall the message that had suddenly appeared in its thoughts moments ago.

A terrifying conjecture it had desperately denied bit into its core once more like a venomous snake.

"No! Absolutely impossible! I must be delirious and imagining things—even the God of Gods could not, across the endless void, merely due to a trivial act of perception—" It flashed frantically, trying to dispel this idea capable of collapsing its beliefs with firm denial.

"No, your deduction is quite correct."

That message appeared in its mind once again, out of nowhere.

It was plain and indifferent, yet carried the certainty of a verdict.

And this time, perhaps because it had once again linked its thoughts to the other party's mental activity, further strengthening some mysterious connection—

Hum!!!

A terrifying power, indescribable, incomprehensible, and surpassing all its cognitive boundaries, suddenly descended as if ignoring all rules of spacetime and dimensional barriers!

It was as if the weight of the entire endless void had landed squarely and without any trickery upon the Holy Radiance world cluster!

The force borne by the outermost sacred barrier intensified instantly; offering almost no resistance, it shattered like glass in an instant!

The world barrier beneath the sacred shield also twisted instantly, seeming on the verge of crumbling at any moment.

"Enemy attack!!!"

A shrill divine sense alarm, filled with endless terror, instantly swept through the core region of the entire Holy Radiance civilization!

Figures of majesty, who usually dwelt hidden within their respective divine kingdoms, now rose into the sky like a disturbed swarm of bees, carrying surging divine power and emotions of shock mixed with rage.

Their numbers were so great, and their divine might so immense, that any known invader would have been reduced to ash in an instant.

However, the moment these once-powerful deities appeared at the edge of the world and felt the force exerted upon the world barrier, the anger on their faces was swiftly replaced by disbelief and bone-chilling horror!

That power—brutal, vast, and filled with an absolute sense of "domination" they could not comprehend!

"Presumptuous!"

A cold snort containing shock and rage exploded like a thunderbolt of creation, instantly smoothing out part of the world's tremors.

In the excited and devout gaze of the Light-Chaser, the supreme ruler of the Holy Radiance civilization, the God of Gods, finally appeared!

His figure was shrouded in endless holy radiance; his momentum was so strong that all the agitated deities involuntarily calmed down.

At this moment, all living beings bowed in respect, rekindling the fire of hope in their hearts.

As long as the God of Gods was present, the Holy Radiance civilization was invincible!

However, at this moment, the face of the God of Gods showed not the slightest trace of his usual indifference or majesty, only an unprecedented gravity.

His gaze pierced through the world barrier, looking toward the source of that power.

Those present instinctively followed his line of sight; the next moment, all the deities, including the Light-Chaser who was nearly unable to maintain its form, witnessed a sight they would never forget for eternity, something they dared not even imagine in their nightmares—outside the world cluster, in the nothingness, a hand had appeared at some unknown time!

A hand so huge that it caused thought itself to stall!

It appeared slightly illusory, as if a contradictory composite woven from energy, matter, laws, and even concepts themselves, impossible to define its composition with any known knowledge.

Yet its form was unmistakably that of a human hand!

And its size—

The region ruled by the Holy Radiance civilization was a massive world cluster composed of countless plane clusters.

Yet before this slowly reaching hand, the entire world cluster was as insignificant as a few specks of dust in the palm of a giant!

"Bind!"

The God of Gods let out a roar that shook the universe, forming a profound divine seal with both hands that represented the supreme authority of the Holy Radiance civilization!

In an instant, countless plane clusters, demi-planes, and even certain powerful divine kingdoms surrounding the Holy Radiance world were summoned and appeared out of nowhere!

Their lights merged into one, their powers interlinked, then rapidly twisted and deformed, transforming into countless thick, massive chains flashing with the brilliance of stars extinguishing.

This was the God of Gods' strongest binding divine art, sufficient to restrain existences of the same level and suppress all rebels!

Every chain of light represented a world that had been refined and sacrificed!

Dense chains entangled the slowly descending hand, wrapping it so tightly that not even air could pass through.

Crack—crack-crack—snap!!!

However, under the gaze of countless deities whose pupils suddenly contracted, these chains, which contained the full power and laws of a world, were as fragile as a child's toys before that giant hand.

They could not even slow the giant hand in the slightest; upon contact, they broke and shattered one after another, blooming in the void as brief fireworks of destruction.

The shattering of every chain meant the complete annihilation of a world.

Ignoring this seemingly heroic yet futile resistance, the giant hand continued to close slowly with a despairing plainness, reaching out to grasp the Holy Radiance world cluster.

"Impossible!!"

The God of Gods let out a roar of extreme shock and fury; the divine power surrounding Him erupted with unprecedented intensity, transforming into a brilliant figure of light vaster than the entire Holy Radiance World Cluster, its radiance bright enough to illuminate several nearby star fields!

This figure of light gathered all the power of the God of Gods along with the will and faith of the entire Holy Radiance civilization, carrying the might to destroy heaven and earth as it crashed headlong toward that giant hand!

The terrifying explosion of power blinded the senses of everyone present; for the first time since its birth, the Light-Chaser experienced the sensation of being "dazzled."

Since its birth, it had constantly heard hymns praising the God of Gods, so the Light-Chaser subconsciously refused to believe the God of Gods could be defeated.

Yet whether it was the information that suddenly appeared in its mind or the God of Gods' performance just now, both gave it an instinctive feeling of impending doom.

Soon, the God of Gods in the sky let out a shriek that left every deity present stunned:

"Why—we are both clearly Level Nine?! Impossible!!!"

He perceived that the other party's level of power was indeed on the same realm as his own, but the control over that power, that fundamental gap in "quality," was as vast as the distance between heaven and the abyss!

The next second, amidst an indescribable thunderous crash, the colossal divine figure of the God of Gods, condensed from the power of civilization, shattered like a crystal sculpture struck by an iron hammer!

Countless beams of holy light scattered and dissipated, like a grand funeral.

That giant hand easily crushed the Holy Radiance civilization's strongest resistance, then slightly curled its five fingers, casually gripping the entire Holy Radiance World Cluster in its palm as if picking up a few pebbles by a stream.

Deep within the void, at a distance from the Holy Radiance World Cluster so vast it transcended any concept of space-time, where even the threads of causality appeared blurred.

A young wizard clad in a simple gray robe, looking no different from an ordinary person, slowly withdrew his outstretched right hand.

He lowered his head, watching his palm with keen interest.

There, a "landscape" shrunk by hundreds of millions of times was slowly rotating—it was precisely the Holy Radiance World Cluster.

Inside, countless radiant deities were like flies trapped in amber, futilely ramming against that invisible barrier, emitting waves of despair and fear.

Among them, a particularly bright ball of light, constantly trying to hide yet finding no escape, stood out conspicuously.

The young wizard's lips curved into a faint smile, as if he had merely completed a trivial matter.

He casually crumpled the "miniature landscape" in his palm; the colossal world cluster capable of making countless civilizations tremble compressed silently amidst wails, shrinking into a marble-sized sphere that still flickered with struggling points of light inside.

Then, as if tasting a snack of acceptable flavor, he casually tossed this "small ball," containing countless worlds and deities, into his mouth.

"My lord—?"

Behind him, a wizard whose aura was as obscure as the abyss spoke up cautiously.

In the depths of his eyes, a trace of shock that had not fully subsided still lingered.

Although this was not the first time witnessing it, observing such mighty power still made one's heart sway.

"It is nothing." The young wizard waved his hand, his tone as flat as if he had just brushed away a speck of dust, "A somewhat ignorant little insect was sniffing around from far away, so I dealt with it casually. Let us continue; these enemies before us are more stubborn than expected and deserve a slightly more serious approach."

Behind him, the boundless wizard army, silent as iron, immediately reined in all mental fluctuations caused by the earlier interlude across the void upon hearing this.

The torrent of destruction surged forward once again.