Chapter 2674

The semi-fluid that resembled black mud surged wildly, cracking the black mountain peak from the inside and rapidly eroding it into slag.

Soul, standing on the 'black mud', held its arms high, its manic laughter carrying far away. It had been subservient for too long, and now it was finally its turn to strike back.

"Descend upon the world, God from the ancient times."

As soon as Soul finished speaking, the black mud beneath its feet stopped surging. Black tree roots as thick as arms probed out, and after intertwining together, their tips pierced into the surrounding air.

Dozens of meters away, Su Xiao had not made a move the entire time. It wasn't that he didn't want to, but a transparent barrier was blocking his path, and this barrier shrouded both Soul and the black mud inside.

There was no need to try; Su Xiao knew this barrier couldn't be cut. Unless he had the ability to slice the Dark Prison in two with one slash, he couldn't destroy this thing at all.

Boom, boom...

The roaring sounds continued incessantly. Amu was using the Dragon Heart Axe to hack at the transparent barrier ahead. After hacking a few times, it discovered that the transparent barrier didn't even show much fluctuation. This was a Seventh-Tier world; even if it hadn't been in contact with the civilizations of other worlds, the world tier was set here, and the Dark Prison was also a part of this world. Destroying the Dark Prison was extremely difficult.

Inside the barrier, the black mud had stopped surging, and the huge vortex in the sky had also stilled. Dark red lightning streaked across, but it was silent.

One black tree root after another either pierced into the air or into the mud. After they occupied the area, they formed a small mountain.

Crack—a bolt of dark red lightning struck down, heading straight for this 'small mountain' below. Just as it struck to within a hundred meters of the ground, it was blocked by the barrier.

After a loud noise, the world went quiet. This silence lasted for a few seconds before countless bolts of dark red lightning struck down.

Inside the barrier, Soul looked up at the sky. At this moment, it was no longer a Specter. As the Old God gradually resurrected, it was transforming into an Old God believer; its physical body was being constructed, and its soul was undergoing some kind of change.

The mania and fanaticism on Soul's face disappeared. It looked at the sky with a heart-palpitating gaze. Its appearance just now was both to vent the pent-up frustration in its heart and to perform for the Old God about to be resurrected. Soul could utilize so many people; of course, it wouldn't be stupid.

In Soul's terrified gaze, the dark red lightning striking from the sky subsided. The world's rejection phase had passed. Soul collected world power precisely to survive this phase.

As soon as the dark red lightning stopped, the small mountain constructed of black tree roots below became active again. The dull-colored tree roots intertwined to form a wide chair several meters high. A figure wrapped in an exoskeleton was sitting on it—it was Gouki.

Except for his left eye, Gouki's entire body was wrapped in an exoskeleton. His left pupil was gradually becoming dim and lusterless. Before his vision went completely pitch-black, Gouki looked at Su Xiao in the distance, his gaze expressing: 'Kuku Lin, cut off my head.'

Gouki did not fear dying in battle. Even if he were to be beheaded or hacked into ten thousand pieces, he didn't care. Only this kind of ending was acceptable to him.

"Ah!!"

The exoskeleton on the lower half of Gouki's face cracked. From this roar, one could tell how unwilling he was. From a long time ago, Gouki had been considering a question: even if Dark Demons were monsters, didn't they have the right to survive?

Crack, crack—

The exoskeleton all over Gouki's body cracked. His pupils began to shatter, and finally, his entire body was stretched and shattered.

Although Gouki's body was shattered, his life force gathered together, and this life force transformed from bright red to pitch-black.

The dull-colored flesh grew at a speed visible to the naked eye. First, it constructed a humanoid figure about four meters tall, followed by the construction of the internal skeleton. When the flesh and internal skeleton stabilized, the external skeleton began to be constructed.

In just over ten seconds, a figure nearly four meters tall sat on the divine throne formed by the intertwining black tree roots. The Old God had resurrected.

On this Old God's chest was an exoskeleton resembling ribs, and on its back were bone spurs nearly a meter long. At the elbows, curved bones also protruded, just like bone blades the length of a palm.

At the head position, there was an exoskeleton skull for protection. Around the eye sockets was black flesh, and those eyes were pitch-black. At the very center of the pitch-black were blood-red rays of light. Just seeing these eyes would make one feel fear. For an Old God, fear was the source.

The Old God sat on the divine throne, and black tree roots as thick as fingers coiled toward it, finally connecting to its back through the divine throne.

"Welcome back to taking over the world."

Soul knelt on one knee but did not lower its head. Sometimes, being too humble would not yield rewards.

The Old God looked down at Soul, its gaze devoid of any emotion. It raised its hand, seemingly pondering whether to destroy this servant or grant it a reward.

Finally, the Old God lowered its hand, and several black tree roots coiled around Soul.

Soul's body trembled, its pupils shaking violently. A highly erosive energy poured into its body; this was the reward it received.

The Old God shifted its gaze, first seeing Douglas, who had broken free from the exoskeleton's restraints. It only glanced at him and then ignored him. There was no hostility in that gaze, just as humans couldn't be enemies with ants. In the Old God's eyes, Douglas was an ant.

The Old God looked at Su Xiao, Xiang Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, and Ta Balde, ignoring them all after a glance.

But a moment later, the Old God's gaze returned, re-examining Su Xiao. That gaze seemed somewhat puzzled. After examining him for a moment, it recognized that Su Xiao was a Law-Breaker. In the era of Law-Breakers, it had been to the Void. Although it hadn't fought a Law-Breaker, it knew they were not to be trifled with.

The Old God looked at its own arm. In this world, the limit it could reach was not high, but resurrection was the starting point. It still had much to do before it could return to the Meteorite Star. It had never forgotten the God of the Underworld who had nearly caused its complete demise.

Hum—

A transparent crystal the size of a fist appeared in front of the Old God. The rib-like exoskeleton on its chest opened, and part of the flesh turned into black tentacles, wrapping around this crystal and pulling it into its chest. The black tentacles turned back into flesh, and the exoskeleton closed again. What the Old God had taken into its chest was the world's core.

As soon as the Old God took the World Core as its own, the huge barrier around it disappeared. The world power Soul had collected had been exhausted.

Soul climbed up from the ground. Its face under the hood was pale, its eyes pitch-black; it had transformed into an Old God believer.

"It's over."

Soul's tone was relaxed. The moment the Old God took the World Core as its own, it knew everything was over.

Or rather, it couldn't even imagine how it could be defeated. Now, let alone killing the Old God, even wanting to hurt the Old God would require shattering the World Core first. This was no longer confronting a person or an existence, but being an enemy of the entire world. Even if hundreds of Dark Demons with the same strength as Gouki besieged it, it would be impossible to break the 'Formation Barrier' formed by the World Core.

Even if the Watcher Guild sent out all its hunters, plus all the Dark Demons and Specters, and the two sides joined forces, they couldn't destroy the 'Formation Barrier'. This was an ability only a very few high-ranking gods possessed. To use this ability, one must possess the World Core.

"Soul!"

A loud shout came. Hearing this somewhat familiar voice, Soul shifted its gaze and saw Douglas.

Deep blue electric arcs surged on Douglas's body. At this moment, the veins on his neck were bulging; he was extremely angry.

"I'll spare your life, get lost quickly..."

Soul hadn't finished speaking when it sensed something was wrong. At some point, the sky had become blinding, and blue electric light was gathering in the sky.

"All of you, must be buried with Gouki!"

The bare-chested Douglas had deep blue energy inside him, making his flesh nearly transparent. At this moment, his aura became particularly terrifying.

Boom!

A pillar of lightning nearly fifty meters thick fell vertically from above, instantly engulfing the Old God and Soul, and wrapping around the small mountain beneath them.

Seeing this lightning pillar, the feathers at the corner of Baha's eyes twitched. If it had taken this hit, it might have evaporated within 2 seconds. Even Amu couldn't withstand it. Douglas was trying to take them down with him.

The lightning spread. Seeing this, Su Xiao rushed toward the rear. After rushing forward for about a kilometer, he finally exited the range affected by the lightning.

"Ah!!"

Douglas stretched his arms out, his ten fingers like claws, roaring in pain. His body cracked like porcelain, and it seemed that in the next moment, he would be blown apart by the energy within him. The lightning pillar in the distance continued to pour down; even from over ten kilometers away, one could see this scene connecting the sky and the earth.

The lightning pillar lasted for a full 5 minutes before thinning and finally dissipating. Douglas fell to his knees with a thud. His entire body was covered in cracks, and blue smoke drifted out from within them.

Douglas lifted his head with some difficulty and looked at the small mountain formed by the intertwining black tree roots.

Suddenly, Douglas's eyes widened, filled with disbelief, because the Old God was still sitting on the divine throne, and Soul nearby was also unscathed. A layer of angular barrier glowed, soon fading into the air, protecting the small mountain composed of black tree roots inside.

If one looked down from above, they would find that around the black tree roots, a giant crater two kilometers in diameter had appeared, with electric light still surging inside.

"How... is this possible."

Douglas had only finished half his sentence when a black ray as thick as a millstone headed straight for him. He tried his best to dodge, but his condition was poor, and the incoming black ray was extremely fast.

With a sizzle, Douglas's body from the abdomen down disappeared. He had nearly been killed instantly.

On the dull-colored divine throne, the Old God raised its arm and pointed at Xiang Bubu Wang, who was a kilometer away. Xiang Bubu Wang shuddered instinctively and instantly merged into the environment.

The Old God's hand paused, then turned to point at Ta Balde. A black ray flew out from its fingertip.

There was no whistling of energy, no explosion, and no terrifying power. Ta Balde, a kilometer away, stepped back half a step. A hole the size of a bowl appeared on his chest. There were no bloodstains at the edges of the hole, only sparks flashing.

Through the temporary team function, Su Xiao could see that Ta Balde's health had suddenly dropped by 81%. Not to mention the other party's own strength, just the bloated full-body armor on him, which was augmented by numerous thoughts, had the defensive power of a Saint Spirit-level +13 heavy armor. This armor was like paper under the Old God's attack.