Chapter 734: A 【Void】 Internal...Chaos on Par with a Divine War

A 【Void】 Internal... Chaos on Par with a Divine War

Time retreats a brief moment, back to the height of the 【Void】 civil war.

【Deceit】 and 【Fate】 had both fought in earnest, and 【Chaos】 was a dab hand at stirring up trouble, so under the three gods' "efforts," the void collapsed completely.

This reality-contradicting reverse side was once again frozen, shattered, and falling, collapsing toward the endless 【Void】; if this continued, the entire cosmos would shatter from the imbalance between reality and void, and reality itself would collapse toward pure 【Existence】 just as the void was doing now.

When that time came, apart from the lofty 【Them】, the cosmos would be swept clean, leaving only two "colors"—black and white.

And this outcome was absolutely not what They wanted.

This commotion was truly too great; its scale was already on par with a divine war, and the watching gods had not expected 【Void】 to truly fight when it said it would, so now no god could sit still.

One after another, They descended around the battlefield, channeling divine power to desperately hold back the void's disintegration.

But not every god was striving to salvage the situation—at least one of Them had seized the chaos to slip into the battle, attempting to accelerate the cosmos's "Annihilation"!

But what this god had not expected was that the two 【Void】s, who had just been locked in a fierce fight, simultaneously ceased their battle the instant He joined the fray, then turned their spears toward Him!

Faced with two sovereigns of an age, this god dared not be careless and immediately paid a price to flee.

But to prevent Him from causing trouble again, 【Death】 outside the battlefield could only heave a long sigh, draw out His scythe—imbued with countless divine essences—and stand guard at the outermost perimeter.

At this moment, a pair of eyes filled with chaotic white miasma among the gods let out a snicker at the three in the center of the battle.

"【Void】 does play a fine game, but isn't the method you used to keep 【Annihilation】 away from 【Void】 a bit too underhanded?

If communication among the gods were always like this, what peace could the cosmos ever speak of?"

The battle at the void's center did not pause because of that snicker; instead, the fluctuations grew even more intense. Both 【Void】s were employing every means at their disposal, though one of them, while fighting, still had the leisure to respond to the mockery from the outside.

Naturally, the way He responded was also with mockery.

"Heh~

How amusing—a stinking mouth still wants peace? Just shut that stinking mouth of yours, and the cosmos will be at peace.

Not just at peace, but quiet."

"......" 【Foolishness】's eye twitched slightly, then He sneered again. "Give it up. You cannot rouse my anger, and I will not annihilate my own brain the way 【Annihilation】 did. I will not involve myself in your fight, and you shouldn't try to test me while you're at it."

"Heh, you think 【Void】 is targeting you?"

The laughing voice from within the battle rang out again, but soon another, icy voice followed.

"You're worthy?

If 【Void】 wants to strike you, no reason is needed."

As He spoke, a terrifying strand of 【Fate】 power actually split off from the violently colliding 【Void】 force and shot toward 【Foolishness】 watching from the outside!

【Fate】!

He suddenly broke away from the battle and charged at 【Foolishness】, who had displeased Him.

As for what exactly caused this displeasure, no one knew, but this move truly made 【Foolishness】 grow solemn.

He saw the attack was no probe, so He instantly deconstructed the opponent's divine power and countered with equal force. Two strands of 【Fate】 power of equal might collided head-on, detonating with a roar that nearly blasted the fragile void the gods were holding together to smithereens.

Seeing the other deconstruct His power, 【Fate】's expression grew colder, while 【Foolishness】, seeing 【Fate】 unwilling to back down, furrowed His brow.

"Foolish, manic, absurd.

It is you who wish to drive the age toward the destined, yet now your anger is burning away that very destiny.

Don't let the divine name 【Fate】 become a laughingstock; there are already more than enough fools in this world."

"......"

This was undoubtedly an indiscriminate AoE attack, but in the current situation, no one was going to argue the point.

All the gods knew you cannot argue with 【Foolishness】, just as you cannot reason with 【Deceit】.

But these words clearly roused even greater fury in 【Fate】. He ceased his assault on his fellow god and turned all his attention to this second god of 【Chaos】.

It seemed 【Void】 was about to declare war on 【Chaos】, and at this critical juncture, 【Deceit】 appeared. He manifested behind 【Fate】, facing 【Foolishness】 and pointing as He spoke:

"Who is the fool here?

You don't actually think that just because 【Chaos】 has three gods, it truly has three shares of combat power, do you?"

As He spoke, His gaze swept over 【Chaos】, who had once fought alongside Him, and 【Silence】, who had stayed far away and never uttered a word from start to finish.

The meaning in that mocking gaze was obvious: 【Void】 has two, and you have only one—how dare you?

【Foolishness】 fell uncharacteristically silent. Indeed, if 【Void】 stopped fighting each other, then in the current unfolding of events, He had inexplicably become the prey instead.

He furrowed His brow, sensing things were starting to go wrong, but what He did not expect was that worse was yet to come.

"【Void】 doesn't need two shares of combat power either—our business isn't finished yet!"

【Fate】 did not appreciate the favor. He snorted coldly and charged straight at 【Foolishness】, but 【Deceit】, not trusting Him to go alone, considerately followed behind.

【Foolishness】 stood ready for battle, not daring to be careless in the slightest. But just as He tried to use deconstructive power to block the two gods' attack, the entire 【Void】 offensive suddenly collapsed on its own!

"!!!"

"Boom—"

The gods' expressions changed drastically, because They clearly saw that the moment 【Deceit】 coordinated with 【Fate】 to attack, this 【Void】's avatar once again used a "deceit" to fool all the gods—and His fellow god as well. With a terrifying blast of 【Deceit】 divine power, He grievously wounded 【Fate】, who belonged to the same 【Void】, mid-charge!

【Deceit】 had succeeded!

And in that very instant, 【Fate】's eyes widened abruptly. He felt His authority leaving His body, felt someone encroaching on His divine essence. Though the process was brief, but!

In that fleeting moment, three streams of 【Fate】 light surged from the chaotic battle into the sky, then shot off like meteors toward three different directions!

The gods sensed what that power was, and one by one, with solemn expressions, They looked toward the center of the battle, inwardly raising 【Deceit】's threat level again and again!

When... did He gain such a powerful ability to steal authority?

Those three strands of 【Fate】 power concerning the determination of faith were clearly the result of 【Deceit】 stealing 【Fate】's authority with a single strike in full view of everyone. But why was this unheard-of, unseen ability not written into the 【Covenant】 when it was established?

This avatar of 【Void】 had actually been hiding a hand in front of all the gods?

Hidden until now before being discovered?

Is that possible?

Impossible!

But if the other party is 【Deception】......

Then it's hard to say!

So the gods were all startled, and even 【Foolishness】 furrowed his brow.

This scene truly exceeded the gods' imagination. According to their understanding of the struggle for Authority, for any one 【God】 to use another God's Authority, they must study and thoroughly comprehend that Authority, and only then could they unleash part of its power.

And this also meant that mastering a new Authority required a vast amount of time — time beyond anything human imagination could fathom.

Even 【Foolishness】 and 【Truth】, the fastest among them at mastering Authority, could probably not suddenly use each other's Authority to do anything in such a rapidly shifting battlefield.

But now, 【Deception】 had done it.

In that case, who would still dare approach Him?

If He launched another war, and used someone else's Authority in battle to do something......

Then the consequences would be something the gods dared not imagine.

So they fell silent and retreated, gradually distancing themselves from the center of the battlefield, and together summoned 【Covenant】, calling down 【Justice (Order)】 within 【Covenant】, to put a stop to this "civil war" that was about to purge the cosmos.

This wasn't because the gods had lost their nerve and didn't dare fight — they simply knew that as long as 【Deception】 didn't wish to self-destruct, then under the shelter of 【Covenant】, even if they joined forces they could not erase Him.

This deity from 【Void】 had already exploited the greatest loophole in the cosmos during this age of 【Void】!

"You summon Me here — for what matter?"

The grand voice of 【Order】 rang out across the cosmos, guiding everything beneath this fragile void toward balance and order. But just then, a voice so cold it was like the full sweep of a cold wave directly overpowered the voice of 【Order】, speaking word by word:

"This is none of your affair!

Today, 【Void】 shall leave only one!"

"Boom—"

The worst situation had appeared — 【Fate】 had lost control from rage.

The gods all changed color; only 【Deception】 remained unmoved, even letting out a laugh.

"Heh~

You still want to fight?

Too bad, I'm tired today. Another day."