Chapter 74: 「Slaughter」

Chumen silently dispelled Salinger's dream and withdrew from it.

Both Salinger and the God of Honor felt a momentary trance, as if they had discovered something, yet they could never grasp that feeling.

This is the power of "Illusion Dream"; even if the Evernight Goddess or the Dragon of Imagination were to do it after becoming a god, they might not necessarily be able to do better than Chumen.

Having moved away from the Underworld battlefield, Chumen used the connection between dreams to call out to Sasriel: "3462, come out to clean up the mess!"

Sasriel, who was far away in the Creator Kingdom stabilizing the hearts of the believers, shuddered, feeling torn between laughter and tears at this "harassment call."

However, the Ancient Sun God, who had already obtained the Characteristic from the Dragon of Imagination, walked out of the Chaos Sea; He also heard Chumen's call.

With a single stride, He arrived in the Spirit World and saw those two Ancient Gods conceptualizing themselves in the depths of the Spirit World, constantly eroding each other.

The battle between the two had become entirely conceptual, more like two natural phenomena colliding.

The arrival of the Ancient Sun God was naturally perceived by the two combatants; the Giant King and the Ancestor of the Phoenixes quickly separated, each wary of the Ancient Sun God.

"Where is that dragon?" Ormir and Grejary thought of the Dragon of Imagination at the first moment.

But the next instant, He also discovered that the City of Miracles, which represented the entire Dragon Race, had already fallen into the Creator Kingdom.

And the aura of the Dragon of Imagination had been completely isolated, unable to be sensed by them.

Did that dragon die?

A sense of fear even rose in the hearts of Ormir and Grejary; the eight Ancient Gods had been fighting for a thousand years without rest, and now only the three of them remained? There was even one who had shut themselves away in the Abyss!

"Sun! This is my battlefield!" Ormir's voice was low; Twilight was wary of the Sun, and Grejary was the same, extremely wary of the third party that had appeared in the war.

"Naturally, my ally." The Ancient Sun God did not interfere in this battle, only nodding gently, as if He could not see the wariness in the eyes of the two Ancient Gods.

"I am also waiting for the appearance of the final victor."

But the dialogue between the two caused a certain kind of madness to explode in Grejary's bronze eyes, which seemed to hide countless illusory portals.

"Ormir!" Grejary's sharp voice resounded through the Spirit World, "You traitor! You betrayed Lilith, and now you want to betray the era of the Ancient Gods as well?!"

Although the eight Ancient Gods fought incessantly, compared to the Ancient Sun God, their factions were closer.

Facing Grejary's questioning, Ormir remained silent, directly transforming into Twilight; within the twilight was a large red sword sacrificed to by the Giant army, flickering with the light of Iron and Blood.

Although the Ancient Sun God did not make a move, merely standing here brought unimaginable pressure to Ormir; He had to ensure that the gap between him and his "collaborator" remained within an acceptable range!

Otherwise, the consequence would inevitably be Him being eaten by the "collaborator"!

In this instant, there was a desperate intent within the twilight, and his power surged violently!

"Screech!" The Ancestor of the Phoenixes also went mad under these circumstances; a portal appeared before her claws, and she reached out, grabbing something.

The Ancient Sun God's expression turned solemn as He looked at the golden color in the claws of the Ancestor of the Phoenixes, sensing the power contained within.

"Ormir! Die!"

The space around the Ancestor of the Phoenixes suddenly virtualized, turning into countless illusory portals, all of which were wide open.

A dim, illusory radiance flashed across the golden statue in the claws of the Ancestor of the Phoenixes, and a massive amount of illusory tide surged out from all the portals.

It was not the true dark-colored river water, but an illusory tide mixed with gray-white mist.

Although the "River of Eternal Darkness" had already seeped out a tributary, even the Ancestor of the Phoenixes could not apply the true river water on a large scale.

These illusory tides were the aura diffused from the true river, rolling in, almost crazily trying to drown the twilight.

Even the true river deep in the Underworld stirred with a strange resonance, as if it had sensed the existence of Ormir and the sword in his hand.

Its tributary seemed to suddenly break free from the restraint of the gray-white mist for a moment, entering a high-tide state, with the river water rising more than ten times higher than before!

Boom!

The illusory river water surged over; the burning pale white flames on Grejary's body also expanded, and her bronze eyes erupted with light, shrouding the entire Underworld.

All of this was too sudden; Ormir had absolutely no preparation for dealing with the "River of Eternal Darkness"!

The Underworld is located in the depths of the Spirit World, and the "River of Eternal Darkness" was the result of Grejary's thousand years of research; no one could have predicted that kind of power!

The twilight stalled for a moment, then began to flee like a madman.

The river deep in the Underworld filled Ormir with fear; he must never fall into the river, for that would be absolute death and eternal silence!

But this was Grejary's desperate final strike; how could she let Ormir escape so easily?

Bang!

Countless illusory portals closed instantly; Grejary even abandoned control of the Underworld space, letting the void shatter and space overlap, trapping Ormir for an instant.

The twilight solidified.

Ssh!

The golden statue in Grejary's claws flew up and pierced directly into Ormir's right hand, which was holding the great sword.

"Ah!" Ormir's arm was inevitably restrained by the golden statue, and there was even an immensely powerful force of aggregation attracting Ormir!

The Ancient Sun God, watching this battle from afar, frowned; the level suppression of the "River of Eternal Darkness" was too powerful.

"Ormir should not die here." Chumen's voice reached Him through Sasriel.

The sunlight in the Ancient Sun God's eyes dimmed slightly as He made a prophecy.

"'Sefirah Castle' has strengthened the Seal."

Hum!

Almost simultaneously, the gray-white mist covering the illusory river water surged violently, directly imprisoning the dark river water of the tributary; the aura it emitted also shrank instantly, and the force of aggregation for adjacent Pathways correspondingly weakened.

Ormir's state improved under these circumstances.

"Get away from me!" Ormir's single eye was already a blood-stained twilight.

His other hand raised the strange great sword where twilight and Iron and Blood were intertwined, and he slashed down fiercely.

"Slaughter!"

This time, it was aimed at Ormir himself!

A flash of blood light passed; Ormir severed his own arm, transforming it into a shield carrying the Dawn, blocking the illusory tide for a split second, while he himself rapidly decayed and disappeared from the Underworld.

"Screech!" The Ancestor of the Phoenixes cried out in unwillingness, but her state was no better than the Giant King's.

The true "River of Eternal Darkness" has already begun to erode His body!

"Get lost!" The Phoenix did not even have time to clear away the remnants of the Giant in the Underworld, directly "Opening the Door" to return to the altar in the deepest part of the Underworld.

Bang!

All the illusory portals also closed completely, and that illusory river water shrank back into the depths of the Underworld.