Chapter 81: I've Caused a Great Disaster

Mr. Lu Xun once said that since ancient times, distinguishing heroes by strength has been a man's romance.

This saying applies not only to humans but also to the little Void Demons.

They were curious: which was stronger, the strongest Demon God the Village Head spoke of, or the Void Demon Sacrificial Lord the Village Head mentioned not long ago as the strongest in the current age, since both had glorious deeds?

The Demon God, needless to say, ended the Ten-Thousand-Year Demon God War with a single hand and saved the Void Demon Realm.

As for the Sacrificial Lord, setting aside his crossing the world's most terrifying Ancient Desolate Mountains alone in his youth, after reaching adulthood he challenged the various Void Demon powers single-handedly, defeating all peers without equal; he even annihilated one of the major powers in the current Void Demon Realm single-handedly, challenged the strongest foundation of that power across a realm level, not only remained undefeated but slew him.

Finally, treading upon countless corpses, sweeping away all obstacles, he became the strongest Void Demon in the current Void Demon Realm; the Void Demon Hall he founded rose at the fastest speed, becoming one of the three major powers in the Void Demon Realm, its ferocious name spreading throughout the Void Demon Realm.

Ten years ago, the Sacrificial Lord opened inter-realm campaigns, launching campaigns into other realms to expand the name of the Void Demons.

His ambition was great; he wanted not only to be the strongest in the current Void Demon Realm but also to become the most glorious name in the history of the Void Demon Realm, leaving his name to be praised for a hundred generations!

"Who is stronger, who is weaker?"

The Village Head was slightly startled, then smiled, patted the little Void Demon's head, and said without hesitation.

"Of course the Sacrificial Lord is stronger; the Sacrificial Lord is hailed as the most powerful Void Demon in history, and that is no empty talk."

The Demon God is merely a legend circulating in the Void Demon Realm, just like the mythological stories circulated among the common people; it belongs to fiction, does not exist, and is used to coax children.

But the Sacrificial Lord is the real deal.

One is fictional, one is the real deal; who is stronger and who is weaker is clear at a glance; moreover... their village lies within the ruling scope of the Void Demon Hall; counting it, they are all people of the Void Demon Hall; as people of the Void Demon Hall, how could they say someone else is stronger?

The Village Head, taking it for granted, told the children that the Sacrificial Lord is stronger, stronger than the Demon God, and casually flattered the Sacrificial Lord.

The words had barely fallen.

The boundless, vast plain trembled; this realm of heaven and earth emitted a tremendous roar, as if the heavens were trembling and the earth was terrified.

"What is happening?"

The Village Head's face changed; the villagers rushed out of their houses, stopped their work, and were in panic.

This world has no concept of earthquakes.

"Look inside the mountains," a villager noticed something unusual.

In the rugged mountain ranges adjacent to the village, where the gullies and ridges stretched like an old dragon, Jin Guang shot up to the sky, a mighty aura surged, and birds and beasts in the mountains, like startled birds, flew out of the mountain ranges in dense swarms.

Then this continuous, towering mountain range shook violently.

Boom!

A tremendous roar came from the depths of the mountain range, its momentum grand, shaking heaven and earth, terrifying the world.

The Void Demons of the village trembled in fear, looking at each other in horror, feeling their souls grow cold; including the Village Head, many Void Demons directly knelt on the ground, shivering and trembling constantly, their eyes filled with extreme terror.

That was an overwhelming, supreme might that made all living beings want to bow and worship, coming from the depths of the mountain range.

They understood that this must have been caused by some powerful Void Demon; perhaps he was fighting someone, or perhaps he was angry; in any case, they understood that there was definitely some great terror in the mountain range creating such might.

It's just...

How terrifying a Void Demon would it take to accomplish this?

Could it be the Sacrificial Lord?

That was every villager's thought; in this vast region, only the Sacrificial Lord of the Void Demon Hall could create such earth-shattering momentum.

Suddenly!

From the depths of the continuous, towering mountain range, a roar that shook heaven and earth rang out; a sacred aura surged throughout the vast, grand mountain range.

Even standing outside the mountain range, without entering it, one could still see clearly: from the depths of the mountain range, boundless divine radiance spewed forth, shooting up to the nine heavens, piercing the firmament; auspicious clouds surged, like the brilliance of the creation of heaven and earth, constantly blooming, supremely holy, shaking the eight directions and ten lands.

"Hand! Hand!! Hand!!!"

The Village Head's wrinkled old face, his expression of terror so extreme that the wrinkles smoothed out, his pupils dilated infinitely; there had never been a single minute or second in his life more fearful than this moment.

He saw clearly.

The boundless light from the depths of the mountain range was emitted by a gigantic, enormous hand.

The hand was holy, its entire body covered in golden divine radiance, shining with vast holiness; it grew with the wind, expanding from a hand the size of a human's, doubling in size with every breath, becoming enormous: ten zhang, a hundred zhang... ten thousand zhang!!

"Amitabha."

At this moment, all the Void Demons in this vast region heard a Buddhist sound.

The next second!

A thunderous boom, shaking heaven and earth, its momentum terrifying gods and ghosts; where the great hand passed, Higashio Dashan collapsed, piercing gold and cracking stone; whatever hard mountain rock, whatever towering Shanfeng, all shattered.

Watching this hand, as if a sleeping god had awakened, striking out, breaking through the clouds, cracking the earth, piercing the ten thousand great mountains, the Village Head went mad, his feet growing cold all the way to his head, his soul turning icy.

"Hand of the Demon God!"

He screamed in terror.

It was too similar; this great hand looked exactly like the one he had just told the little Void Demons about, the strongest Demon God annihilating the Demon God War with a single hand.

The same overwhelming power and might.

The most crucial point: this hand was truly like a god, so holy that it made people want to bow and worship, as if seeing the god who created heaven and earth; feeling as if one were about to be converted; this was something no Void Demon could accomplish; only the legendary Demon God, known by the name of god, could do it!!

"Could it be that the strongest Demon God truly exists in the world, not a legend, but real?! I... I..."

The Village Head knelt on the ground, his head touching the earth, his whole body shaking like a sieve, sweat constantly beading on his forehead, his back already soaked.

Just now he had told the little Void Demons the story of the Demon God, just answered that the strongest Demon God was weaker than the Sacrificial Lord, that the Sacrificial Lord was stronger, and then the great hand appeared; the timing was incredibly coincidental, the difference in time less than a second...

Just then.

Boom!!!

The great hand pierced through the continuous mountain range, burst out, directly attacking the distance, and was still expanding infinitely, instantly stretching into the sky, blocking the sun and moon, covering the vast heavens.

This was a sight that would make even a god tremble.

Looking up from the earth, a magnificent great hand, emitting light like all the gods and Buddhas of the ten directions, stretched across the sky; looking down from beyond the heavens, it was even more shocking: the great hand covered the earth, giving the impression that the hand held the power of life and death over this realm of heaven and earth.

"Village Head, look quickly, look quickly!"

The little Void Demons excitedly tugged at the Village Head's sleeves, their eyes full of admiration, shouting excitedly.

The village elder trembled, lifting his head with extreme caution.

In an instant!

He forgot to breathe; his heart felt as if it had stopped beating, his mind frozen in terror at that very moment. He wanted to scream aloud, yet could not, feeling as though a giant hand of a god were strangling his throat.

The giant hand was heading toward the location of the Void Demon Hall, and at this very moment... the Sacrificial Master was inside the Void Demon Hall!!

"I... I..." the village elder stammered again, repeating "I" over and over, yet never managing to finish a single sentence.

It was not that he did not want to say it, but rather that he truly dared not utter those words: "I have caused a great calamity!"

It was too coincidental, impossibly coincidental: he had just told the story of the most powerful Demon God annihilating the Demon God War with a single hand, then claimed the Sacrificial Master was stronger than the Demon God, and now a god-like giant hand appeared across the sky, heading toward the Sacrificial Master.

How could such a coincidence exist in the world?

It is impossible.

He now believed that he had caused a great calamity: by belittling the most powerful Demon God and elevating the Sacrificial Master, he had provoked the Demon God's pettiness, causing him to seek to intimidate the Sacrificial Master, even to kill him, so that the world would clearly understand that he must not be profaned.