Chapter 371: The Gods Fight Over Territory

That was a continent.

Across the entire world.

Countless people turned icy cold from head to toe.

This wasn't some tiny black dot at all—the black dot was bigger than Earth!

Due to the immense distance, separated by countless starry realms, it appeared from afar as a small black dot shrouded in dark radiance, unremarkable to behold.

As it drew nearer, the black dot slowly expanded.

The continent was enormous.

At least twice the size of Earth—it was nothing less than a vast landmass.

Is this the "tiny black dot" that both past and future fought over? To fight over a continent?

So humans fight for territory like this, but gods fight for territory like this? Truly, they're "fighting for territory"!

Many turned pale with terror, their minds already picturing what was to come.

Such a massive continent—twice Earth's size—slamming into Earth like this…

You could imagine it.

It would be like a meteor striking Earth.

Except this meteor was larger than Earth itself; at the moment of impact, Earth would shatter, this blue planet cracking from its surface down to its core, then splitting apart, disintegrating like an egg smashed onto the ground, reduced to fragments.

Magma from Earth's core would erupt, the land would collapse, Wang Yang would overturn and boil away.

As for humans, animals, plants—all life—would be instantly annihilated the instant the continent struck; no ordinary person could survive.

Hss!

Ashiya Ushi, Ashiya Musume, and the Demon Lord all acted at once.

Countless talismans etched with white-gold patterns bloomed like silver flowers on iron trees, like ten thousand lanterns bursting into light, as if a rain of radiance exploded—numbering a million—filling this starry expanse.

At this moment,

the starry sky above Earth was breathtakingly beautiful—a brilliance no one would ever forget.

The night sky.

A myriad of talismans scattered like stars, sprinkled across the heavens, each glowing like a star, adorning the sky, brilliant with countless constellations, weaving into rivers of silver that hung across the cosmos.

Roar!

The Demon Lord and others unleashed one divine-demonic weapon after another, each expanding infinitely, blazing with demonic light like radiant stars.

The starry sky painted a dazzling night scene: "countless stars dotting, great stars bursting forth."

"We act too!"

The Star Demon Clan's immortal-demons, just emerging from the Eternal Star Realm's portal, spoke even as they moved, unleashing a sky-covering net that swept toward this starry expanse.

The other immortal-demons, divine-demons, and those from other worlds exchanged glances—and instantly revealed their abilities to bind and trap the stars.

The Primordial Realm's gods had noticed them; after their initial battles, they would come to settle accounts. Their only chance at redemption was now: to act, to block the black dot continent, to protect Earth, and hope the gods might show mercy for this act.

For this reason, they unleashed their full power, pulling out every last ounce of strength, casting their strongest protective arts.

The arts erupted.

In a few breaths,

the black dot continent pierced through layer upon layer of starry realms, crossing infinite distances, crashing out from the void.

One corner emerged from the void, appearing in Earth's starry sky.

A million divine talismans, divine-demonic weapons, and protective arts radiated light brighter than a god's sun—this starry expanse, the void, and the surrounding stars were all illuminated, becoming a blazing starry realm.

Blinding, blazing.

Weaving into a great sun-net, blocking the path before the stars, trying to halt the black dot continent crashing down from the void.

Boom!!!!

The sun-net collided with the continent's corner; the shockwave was unparalleled, spreading through this starry realm.

Stars touched by it instantly turned to dust.

Centered on the void where the continent lay, the shockwave swept outward, annihilating entire clusters of stars and great celestial bodies—this starry realm became a starless void.

The void resembled glass, its center shattered by a hole, from which a disc far larger than the hole strained to squeeze through.

The glass cracked, jagged fissures spreading from the hole.

The void warped under pressure, terrifying to behold, making one's heart tremble—as if the void might burst at any moment under the black dot continent's pressure.

"No good!"

The Star Demon Clan's immortal-demons' pupils shrank.

The combined force of nearly twenty divine-demons and immortal-demons—the sun-net—bulged outward toward the void, being crushed and stretched to the brink of rupture by the continent.

The million divine talismans exploded one after another, like stars detonating; the divine-demonic weapons and protective arts fared no better—cracking, shattering, breaking apart.

"What exactly is this?"

Some immortal-demons sweat from their foreheads, eyes filled with horror.

That continent was no ordinary landmass; even after colliding with the combined sun-net of countless immortal-demons and divine-demons, it remained unscathed, instead denting the net and pushing it to the edge of collapse.

A sliver of the continent's aura leaked out.

All across the globe, among gods, demons, immortals, and all living things—a shiver ran through them.

This aura was profoundly strange, brimming with darkness, ill omen, hatred, rage, and other negative emotions—it was pure death itself.

The divine-demons trembled with dread.

The continent the gods fought over was clearly not merely about "claiming territory"—this continent was flawed.

But now was no time to ponder such things; countless humans, gods, and demons were gripped by terror.

The sun-net could not hold much longer—if this continent crashed down, even if they escaped back to their original worlds, the passage between their worlds and this one was now open, no longer sealed.

When the time comes and the continent crashes down, its aura will spill out and inevitably flood into their world.

When that moment arrives, they still won't be able to escape the fate of death, and will even drag their own world into destruction along with them.

They regretted it.

Had they known it would turn out like this, they might as well have sealed off the passage and never come out. Now look — not only have they offended the gods, they've dragged their own world to its death.

The next second.

After holding for about a second, the Great Sun Divine Net shattered.

A corner of the small black-dot continent burst out, its terrifying, ominous aura surging and spreading. It seemed to be affected by something within the continent itself, so the aura didn't spread too far or too wide beyond it.

The gods and demons immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

If the aura had spread out, humanity would have been wiped out even without the continent crashing into Earth.

Then, whether it was because the Great Sun Divine Net had served as a buffer, or because the gods of the original battlefield had long since taken the force into account, the small black-dot continent crashed out, half its body emerging from the void.

Its foremost corner happened to press against Earth's firmament, but did not actually make contact with Earth.

The small black-dot continent was thus wedged in the void.

This scene was utterly spectacular — in this stretch of starry sky, a continent had half-emerged from the void, pressed against Earth and stuck there.

It had stopped!

Countless people on Earth cheered, their tightly suspended hearts suddenly letting go, exhaling a long breath of relief.

"Hey, hey, that couldn't be…"

Suddenly, someone cried out in shock, a trembling finger pointing at the continent pressing against Earth's atmosphere, only three thousand meters above sea level.

The gods, demons, immortals, and devils were also shaken, their expressions changing sharply.

Earlier, when the continent came crashing down, they were busy blocking it, busy worrying — they had no spare energy to pay attention to the continent itself, only knowing it was no simple thing.

Now, having calmed down and looked, countless people, gods, and demons were awestruck as if beholding immortals.

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