Chapter 994

In the high sky, on the floating war fortress, inside the exquisite small tower, Miwu and Huanwu stood at the window, watching the barbarian gods jumping and cheering in the square outside.

"Really, this intense feeling of guilt in my heart." Miwu's body trembled slightly, his facial muscles twitching violently: "Helping these Pangu humans, helping these barbarian gods... really, it's too guilty."

"But, it feels so good, so happy." Huanwu's body also trembled slightly, his facial muscles likewise spasming violently.

This time, the many divine spirits of the Wisdom Gods joined forces; their conspiracies and schemes could kill how many divine spirits? Thinking of those exalted figures seated on thrones, high and mighty, about to fall bloodied into dust, this joy is indescribable.

Inside their bodies, it felt as if electric currents were constantly flowing, their souls violently surging.

Miwu and Huanwu even almost fainted from extreme joy and happiness in their hearts. So happy, so pleasurable, they truly wished to see the wonderful sight of the gods falling from the clouds sooner.

So crazy, so unbelievable, they actually would kneel at a human's feet, actually obey that human's orders, and help him scheme against those lofty gods!

Ah, at the observation outpost, all they could scheme against were the younger generations of the various god clans.

But once that terrifying human grows up, he might become a disaster-level figure, and perhaps have the chance to bring crazy disaster to those old-timers!

Miwu's and Huanwu's faces flushed, their breathing turning scorching hot.

Those great, noble, sacred, majestic, inviolable, unsurpassable great beings—if Miwu and Huanwu's conspiracies and schemes could ultimately cause destruction upon them...

"A great achievement..." Miwu murmured lowly: "When I was young, I once was whipped thirty thousand lashes after a minor plot was exposed, leaving me to nurse wounds in bed for two years."

"The god king who once ordered my whipping and punishment, my elder, I can't wait to see him killed by Wu Tie." Miwu laughed until his facial muscles twisted into a knot.

"The noble blood, driven mad by our wisdom, flows wildly—this is the ultimate achievement of our Wisdom Gods." Huanwu also laughed like a fool: "If, because of what we've done today, we can cause a few of those great, ancient god clans to perish, my life would be how glorious!"

The two let out a "kekeke" sly laugh, glanced at each other, lightly nodded, and said in unison: "Keep striving—before the great goal is achieved, you must not die too early."

In the boundless void, the crystal stone celestial body ceased its rotation, hovering at a fixed point.

Inside the hall, Xuanwu and the five great leaders had grim faces; the atmosphere within the hall was low and oppressive.

Masses of the five great god clans gathered inside the hall, each holding their breath, silent.

After a long, long while, Youzu let out a faint cold chuckle: "Chiji, greatest war god of the young generation of the barbarian gods, please give us an explanation... why would the offerings dedicated to our gods be intercepted midway?"

His stature burly, clad in heavy armor, face cold and stern, Chiji roared in a deep, muffled voice: "Could it be that I intercepted the offerings?"

Xuanwu heavily slapped the armrest of the crystal stone throne; the huge sound wave overturned dozens of nearby Heavenly Crystal Gods, and the hall instantly fell into chaos.

Xuanwu bellowed loudly; seven-colored divine light flashed rapidly in the crystal stone's eyes, a terrifying sharp aura condensed into visible divine light, striking straight at Chiji's chest: "We have verified—only those of royal bloodline have the qualification to intercept the offerings midway... and now, the only royal bloodline wandering Mu Dalu is Wutou."

"Chi huo, give us an explanation; is this a conspiracy of your Barbarian God tribe?" Xu po, shrouded in a layer of black mist, spoke up in time, his gloomy voice like strands of yin wind drifting uncertainly within the hall: "Perhaps we should join forces and seize you, along with all members of the Barbarian God tribe."

With a booming 'Boom', Chi huo stomped heavily and snatched up the oddly shaped heavy sword leaning against the throne.

The heavy sword spewing cold light lightly swung, an arc of light sliced apart the unusually sharp divine light condensed by Xuanwu. Chi huo roared loudly: "I'll go find Wutou to get a clear answer…… Besides, please don't say he's my brother…… Hmph, my bloodline is nobler than his. My ancestors were once supreme beings who came close to the 'Immortal' realm."

"And Wutou…… he and his lineage are merely fortunate upstarts." Chi huo roared violently: "So don't call him my brother; whoever dares say that again, I'll chop off his head."

Chi huo planted the heavy sword in his hand heavily into the ground.

With a clang, the sword blade sank three feet into the stone floor. The hall's floor was paved with seven‑colored crystal stone, extremely hard, and further reinforced with the divine arts of the Crystal God tribe; ordinary people could hardly damage it at all.

Seeing Chi huo easily pierce the crystal floor three feet deep with a single sword, Xuanwu's aggressive eyes flashed with divine light, and his sharp, oppressive aura instantly lessened by a third.

Yizun's body spewed magma, spouting fierce flames from his mouth, he growled in a deep, hollow voice: "No, no, no, Chi huo, you cannot go…… If you bring people down there, how will you and Wutou cooperate?"

Yizun turned his head, stared at Xuanwu and asked: "Chi huo already possesses the strength of a God‑King; how much does it cost to send one God‑King and a large number of divine spirits into Mu Dalu? How long would a second transmission take?"

Xuanwu said in a cold, stern voice: "The human race on Mu Dalu, relying on Mu Dalu itself, has formed a natural suppression against us gods…… Sending down a God‑King‑level being puts our war star at great risk."

Moreover, for a God‑King‑level entity to break through Mu Dalu's heavenly barrier consumes an astronomical amount of energy. If Chi huo descends, we would likely need three standard orbital cycles to store enough energy to send down a second God‑King.

Yizun shook his head, and viscous high‑temperature magma continually welled up from his seven orifices.

"That settles it, Chi huo; you must stay here, you cannot descend…… Otherwise, if all this is a conspiracy between you and Wutou, once you bring the Barbarian God tribe down here, we will completely lose our agreement with you."

"If, I mean, if you and Wutou down there digest those offerings, letting your Barbarian God tribe's strength surge…… what do you intend to do?" Yizun's eyes spewed high‑temperature flames as he asked Chi huo word by word: "Do you want to monopolize the observation outpost?"

Chi huo gripped the hilt of the heavy sword, stared straight at Yizun, and said in a low voice: "Are you doubting me?"

Youzuo laughed at the side: "No, no, no, we believe you are our good brother and good partner, but the Pangu human race has a saying that makes perfect sense…… As the saying goes, 'When in a melon patch, avoid the plum tree,' Prince Chi huo is not suited to descend."

"Not only Prince Chi huo, none of us five is fit to descend." Youzuo said softly: "We cannot overestimate our moral standing, can we? If any one of us descended, we would inevitably want to monopolize all the offerings, wouldn't that be the principle?"

Chi huo fell silent.

Xu po gave a cold laugh.

Yizun lightly clapped, and fire sparks scattered throughout the hall.

Xuanwu said in a deep voice: "Then how should we handle this matter? Wutou's actions are a provocation against us, a provocation against all of us…… we must punish him severely."

Youzuo said softly: "Then let us dispatch the five‑tribe allied forces to capture Wutou."

Youzuo looked toward Sheng rong sitting in a corner aside and said calmly: "The commander of the five‑tribe allied forces will be Prince Sheng rong. With Prince Sheng rong alone commanding the Wu tribe allied forces to capture Wutou, we can all be at ease."

Sheng rong, his whole body wrapped in faint white light, with three pairs of large, splendid wings glittering behind him, stared blankly, then rose and gave a slight bow to Youzuo and the other five: "Those who dare offend the gods' glory will surely be punished…… I hope the scale of the five‑tribe allied forces can be as large as possible."

"Why?" Chi huo barked irritably.

"Don't forget, what pretext did Wutou use to descend?" Sheng rong said calmly: "It was the lowly slaves we sent into reincarnation, who sneaked into the human race and dared to betray the gods."

"Wutou went to deal with those reckless traitors…… but now it seems perhaps just an excuse…… a pretext that lets Wutou openly and legitimately descend to Mu Dalu…… So the question is, over all these years, how many people have we sent to Mu Dalu? What if they all defected to Wutou?"

Sheng rong spread his hands and sighed lightly: "Wutou brought over six thousand close followers down here, but how many rebels might there be on Mu Dalu? Sixty thousand? Six hundred thousand? Or even more?"

The wings on Sheng rong's back fluttered a few times; he gave a wry smile: "I descended to Mu Dalu to capture Wutou, not to go to my death."

After an hour, in a crystal hall, countless elite god‑tribe warriors stood packed on a massive divine formation spanning a hundred li in diameter.

The Ice Spirit God tribe, the Molten Giant God tribe, the Dark Soul God tribe, and the Crystal God tribe each dispatched thirty thousand elite warriors.

Because of suspicion toward Wutou, the Barbarian God tribe—fearing they might defect on the battlefield—Youzuo and the others sent only ten thousand of their people, but they also appointed ten royal‑born commanders to oversee every move of the allied forces.

As commander of the allied forces, Sheng rong is surrounded by three thousand Light God tribe warriors as his personal guard. This strength can ensure his safety in Mu Dalu, but if he dares to act recklessly, the five‑tribe allied forces could tear him and those three thousand guards to shreds.

Aside from the five major god tribes and the Light God tribe, hundreds of other god tribes each sent a royal‑bloodline member wearing a full set of heavenly artifacts, leading hundreds of their people to descend together.

These royal bloodlines possess strength around the seventh to eighth heaven of the Divine Manifest realm; they descend with the true form of their heavenly artifacts, and when fully activated, the artifacts can grant them Venerable‑level power in a short time—equivalent to sending hundreds of Venerable‑level combatants to Mu Dalu.

Such strength is more than enough to completely suppress Wutou.

"Travel carefully, everyone." Xuanwu's body transformed into a height of thousands of zhang, hands on his hips, looking down from above upon the densely packed, strangely shaped gods standing in the divine formation: "Your mission is to capture Wutou and reclaim the offerings he has stolen."

"We do not want you to do anything out of the ordinary or bizarre." Xu po's chilling, shuddering voice echoed through the hall: "If you truly act in a way unbefitting your station, then the other tribespeople left at the observation outpost will suffer because of you."

Xuan Wu laughed brightly: "This descent consumes enormous resources, especially since you, Holy Rong, basically possess power close to that of a God King, so after this descent we can only retrieve you after three standard orbital cycles."

"This is not a short period of time." You Zu said gently: "I hope you all remember that Mu Dalu is extremely hostile to us gods; the more powerful the divine spirit that descends, the greater the unpredictable danger…… For everyone's safety, I also hope you stay law-abiding; as long as you capture Wu Tou and his group back, that will be enough."

Holy Rong bowed toward the Five Great Leaders: "Your Highnesses, rest assured, I will restrain them and will not do anything out of line. After all, our interests are united."

You Zu nodded satisfactorily: "Exactly, our interests ultimately remain united…… Acts like Wu Tou's must be punished."

The massive crystal star body began flashing with blinding light; from core to surface, layer after layer of piercing divine light kept igniting, the high-frequency flashes almost blinded everyone present, forcing them to tightly shut their eyes.

The massive star body trembled slightly, piles of divine soul crystals blazing, strands of rich human divine soul undulations entwining around Holy Rong and the others.

This is the most important segment of the gods' true bodies descending.

Above Mu Dalu lies a terrifying seal set up by an ancient human great power who poured heart and blood into it; without these human divine soul auras as cover, any gods daring to descend will suffer a dreadful attack.

An extremely long crystal spur protruded from the crystal star body; the crystal spur, tens of thousands of zhang in length, trembled slightly and finally locked onto the coordinates of the Wu Tie altar.

"There will be some error, unavoidable given the vast distance," Xuan Wu waved his hand: "Furthermore, the more people, the greater the error, which is also unavoidable. But I believe you can find Wu Tou… after all, I have already given you the precise coordinates of that altar."

In the divine formation, a flash of light, and the vast host of divinities vanished without a trace.

On the long crystal spur, a seven-colored divine light burst forth, the divine light hundreds of li thick and millions of li long, like a straight arrow shooting toward the massive Mu Dalu.

This descent was magnificent; as the divine light emerged, the massive crystal star body instantly turned dim and lightless, the entire body plunging into darkness.

"Activate the auxiliary furnace quickly, Mu Dalu's attack is imminent…… prepare to evade, be careful, prepare to evade!"

Above Mu Dalu, vast strange light shimmered, accompanied by a low dragon's roar, a bolt of thunder thousands of li thick burst forth from Mu Dalu's airspace, crossing the void to crash into the pitch-black crystal star body.

The crystal star body weakly drifted in the void, struggling to change its orientation.

Even though they dodged quickly, the lightning still grazed the crystal star body lightly. With a tremendous crash, countless sparks burst within the crystal star body, innumerable divinities inside collapsed to the ground, each bruised and swollen, in a sorry state.

"Wu Tou…… you damned thing!" Xuan Wu's furious roar echoed through the void.