Chapter 699 - 698: A War That Has Gone Sour- Still Not Enough

In their cooperation with Heaven, Hell had not prepared for double dealings.

Lilith had not deceived Li Jing.

Hell had no prior knowledge that the origin of the Star Nebula Great World’s issue was the World Guardian involving the will of the world. They merely thought it was an invasion by the God Clan who didn’t belong to Star Nebula Great World.

Otherwise, they would never have cooperated with Heaven.

After all, the existence of Hell Demons is vastly different from the Holy God Clan.

At their core.

They can’t even be considered as part of the God Clan.

Those with a God Pattern among the demons could be counted on one hand.

Even Lilith, who administers original sin, actually doesn’t possess a God Pattern.

Compared to the God Clan, who possess all kinds of God Powers.

Demons are more like the primal existences.

They were born with their own mission, spreading darkness and chaos at all levels in the world.

From a certain perspective.

The existence of demons is a part of the world’s balance.

Where there is light.

There must be darkness.

They are an indispensable element of order.

Of course.

This does not mean that Hell would not have any impact on the Star Nebula Great World with the imminent revival of Spiritual Qi.

There is a saying in the West.

When Hell is deserted, the devils are in the world of humans.

Compared to the God Clan’s extreme conditions and limitations for coming down, as long as malice exists in the world, the will of the demons can descend into the Great World easily at any time, utilizing malice as their cradle.

If there’s no one to restrain them.

The harm that demons can cause to the Great World might be much worse than the effects of the mighty God Clan who rely on faith to "survive"...

But as long as they are restrained, demons are much more obedient than the God Clan.

Greed is a part of a demon’s nature.

At the same time, the survival instinct of demons is second to none...

Hell is a truly peculiar place.

There is no such thing as clans here.

All there is, is the rule of survival of the fittest.

Bullying and even killing the weak is a common hobby among the demons.

In such a harsh environment.

Without a survival instinct, the weaker demons would have no chance to grow.

The stronger demons wouldn’t go easy on anyone. If they aren’t satisfied, the only fate awaiting the weak is death.

In such circumstances, the demons are relatively easy to "manage".

To put it bluntly.

All demons are bullies who only pick on the weak, even the demon king Satan and Lilith, who interacted with Li Jing, are not exceptions.

Facing such a "tough character" as the World Guardian, even if they have no choice, they absolutely wouldn’t choose to become adversaries.

The demons understand well that one can only have a future if they are alive.

In short.

As long as you are strong enough, you can easily control a demon.

Otherwise.

You may be betrayed at any time.

Just like Heaven now.

As mentioned earlier, Hell didn’t have a backup plan to jointly resist the intruder with Heaven.

However, in reality.

They are constantly prepared to betray Heaven...

The moment Lilith received Li Jing’s "approval", she hadn’t even left yet, Hell and Heaven were instantaneously linked, and countless demons poured into Heaven, all shouting and cheering.

Lilith herself chose to leave temporarily after this.

Li Jing chose to stay behind.

Hell and Heaven are now completely overlapped.

Being in Hell is like being in Heaven, there’s no difference.

This war won’t end just like that.

No matter what.

Heaven is a vast Divine Field.

The central force of Heaven could be anywhere, and they must have backup plans.

In a divine battle, precision is essential.

If you strike, you must strike hard.

If you can’t bring it down completely, countless problems and even risks will be left behind.

Even with the addition of the Hell Demons.

To completely bring down Heaven, Li Jing estimated it would take at least a month.

After all, it’s not that simple to conquer a world.

Especially a world like Heaven where anyone can become a soldier...

...

In the blink of an eye.

Over half a month had passed.

During this half month period, the flames of war had swept across most of Heaven.

The overall situation of the battlefield is still very one-sided.

However, with the massive depletion of the ground forces, Heaven’s resistance is getting stronger.

More and more beings with God Positions and considerable power began to participate in the war.

They were very clever.

They avoided direct conflict with Supreme God Clan and Ancestor God level beings as much as possible. Instead, they adopted guerilla tactics against scattered allied forces, achieving substantial military exploits.

As the main force of the allied army, the Supreme God Clan suffered significant losses in this half month.

The forces of Heaven, hiding in the rear, suffered comparatively fewer losses.

The Hell Demons weren’t so lucky.

Although the demons mostly held the principle of following behind the main forces of the Supreme God Clan to scavenge, sweeping through areas that had been ravaged by the Supreme God Clan, their large numbers and relative weakness made them the primary targets of Heaven.

As a result, this war became intriguing...

For half a month.

Li Jing, as a bystander, enjoyed the meticulous service of more than ten succubus maids arranged by Lilith in her lair.

Of course, he wouldn’t degenerate because of this.

Using the eyes of the five Spirit Weapons who were on the front lines, he had a good grasp of the situation.

From the moment the demons joined in.

The war has become more and more intriguing.

Rather than saying Heaven is mounting a counterattack due to the intensifying war, it’s more accurate to say that they’re trying to weaken Hell’s strength as much as possible.

It has to be said.

This is a clever approach.

No matter how you look at it, Heaven has already given up "treatment".

This is understandable.

The betrayal of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse exposed Li Jing’s identity as the World Guardian.

From that very moment.

Resistance has essentially lost its meaning.

Aside from the Supreme God Clan’s overwhelming strength, the participation of the World Guardian dictated Heaven’s ultimate fate in the war.

However, Heaven couldn’t submit like Hell did.

There were many factors involved.

But the main reason was that the faith of Heaven wouldn’t allow them to surrender.

For Heaven.

They could lose anything but their faith cannot collapse.

Accepting a war they are bound to lose in order to protect Heaven is the road they must take.

To ensure the perpetuation of their faith.

At least they needed to give an impression of a vigorous struggle.

This meant the majority of Heaven’s forces would have to be sacrificed.

Simply put.

From the moment that Li Jing’s true identity as the World Guardian was exposed, the nature of this war completely changed.

Heaven is no longer considering how to win, but how to save as much of itself as possible.

Under this premise.

The opportunity to weaken Hell that shares the same "root" with Heaven is what they’d like to see.

After the war, their Divine Domain will definitely have to fall into complete decline.

At that time, they will not have the power to confront Hell.

If the threat of Hell still exists, the Divine Domain’s hope to fully recover over time is wishful thinking.

Only if they deliver a sufficient blow to Hell will they have the chance to catch their breath in the future after the war.

In this regard.

Hell and Heaven also have a silent consensus.

To stab Heaven in the back, they are always ready and serious about it.

However, they understand the balance of Heaven and Hell sharing weal and woe needs to be maintained. Once the balance is tilted, the consequences are unpredictable.

Therefore, from the beginning of Hell’s participation in the war, most of the participating devils are destined to become sacrifices. Only a small portion of devils will survive and benefit from the war.

All these things.

The participating devils and angels would not know or realize that everything is controlled by the upper echelons of both sides.

As for Li Jing.

He did not see through everything from the start, but gradually comprehended things as he observed the war situation.

Understanding the tricks within gave Li Jing some experience.

Thus, while he tacitly allowed Heaven to continue their struggle, he turned a blind eye to Hell’s "little calculations" that were somewhat insincere towards him.

...

That evening.

Li Jing was comfortably lying on the rooftop of Lilith’s mansion. A succubus dressed as a maid was sitting next to him, obediently peeling a spirit fruit that looked like a grape and feeding it to him.

He swallowed the spirit fruit effortlessly, and with a turn of his head, spat out the seed.

Just at that moment.

A puff of black smoke emerged where the seed landed.

A sheep-horned demon, over two and a half meters tall with a sturdy build, appeared.

Seeing the seed had "coincidentally" fallen next to his feet, the sheep-horned demon glanced down, then looked up at Li Jing, who was gazing at Heaven and showing no interest. He bowed and saluted.

"Satan, Lord of Hell, pays his respects to the World Watcher."

Li Jing gave a sideways glance and said.

"I’ve been in Hell for more than ten days now. As the Lord of Hell, you’ve finally deigned to see me?"

Satan fell silent and bowed, saying,.

"I beg your pardon, Watcher. It’s not that I didn’t want to see you, but..."

Before Satan could finish, Li Jing sneered.

"Save it, I’m not interested in your excuses."

He waved his hand at the succubus maid who was serving him.

She understood and quietly left.

Li Jing sat up and casually glanced at Satan.

"Are you here to simply represent Hell, or do you have a message from Jehovah?"

Faced with this question, Satan fell silent again, then forced a smile.

"You are correct, Watcher. I am here on behalf of Jehovah, primarily to ascertain your stance."

"My stance?"

Li Jing tilted his head.

"The war in their Divine Domain has been going on for more than ten days, with more than half of their power diminished. Jehovah is considering a ceasefire."

Satan murmured.

"They realized that you were not striving for the destruction of their Divine Domain, but rather for balance. For the sake of future order, their Divine Domain is willing to cooperate unconditionally. They hope to stop..."

Before he could finish, Li Jing said calmly.

"A ceasefire now is impossible. I owe an explanation to my people. Over these past ten plus days, their Divine Domain has indeed suffered significant losses, but my people haven’t achieved the expected results."

"Putting aside my obligation to my people, the current situation hasn’t reached the point of loss I wish their Divine Domain to have. Strictly speaking, their Divine Domain has lost nothing significant since they haven’t even popped out a Supreme rank being. After all, with the uniqueness of their Divine Domain, they can have as many Combat Angels as they want."

After saying this, Li Jing continued.

"Tell Jehovah not to play these cunning little tricks with me. I can understand his strategy of preserving himself, but now it’s far from enough. If they want a truce, they should prepare for the sacrifice of their real core pillars. Or, he could step forward like Zeus of the Zeus God Clan to ensure the continuation of the clan, sacrificing himself."

Satan didn’t respond, just nodded in understanding and vanished into a wisp of black smoke.

Seeing this, Li Jing snorted contemptuously.

As for the situation.

He saw it clearly.

To be honest, he looked down on Jehovah.

His resistance for the continuation of his faith can be understood.

But essentially.

His biggest goal is to preserve himself.

In comparison.

Although the choice made by Zeus seemed misguided, it was much nobler.

The same goes for Satan.

Not only did he come to see him just now, he had not participated in the war at all in the past ten days.

He.

Is very afraid of death.

Even though he had a direct connection with Jehovah, if he participated in the war, the other side would not hesitate to use all their power to kill him.

Looking back at it.

Under the understanding with the Divine Domain of Heaven, Satan also didn’t want Hell to sacrifice too much.

Because of this, he chose to come and see Li Jing, to ask for his stance.

After all, if the war continues, the Divine Domain of Heaven is bound to suffer more losses, and Hell would need to make further sacrifices to maintain the balance.

Up to this point.

The Hell, which chose to submit without hesitation, could be considered as a "traitor" both publicly and secretly.

If it wasn’t for the fact that Li Jing wasn’t aiming to destroy the Divine Domain of Heaven, Hell, or anticipate that several Divine Fields would be missing after this incident, he would have wiped out these two domains himself.

As for how the Divine Domain of Heaven is.

Hell’s allegiance to him didn’t come with the slightest sincerity.

Moreover, in reality.

If it wasn’t for the constant inflow of profits, Li Jing even had the ability to accelerate the end of this war.

The core of the Divine Domain of Heaven, the Holy Mountain.

Its precise location had been determined several days ago.

Jehovah was not on the Holy Mountain.

He treasured his life very much.

Knowing that he would most likely be targeted, he chose to avoid the Holy Mountain.

Most of his top-level angels under his command were still naively thinking he was at the Holy Mountain, concentrating their power to defend it.

To some extent.

These top-level angels represented Jehovah’s line of sacrifice.

As long as Li Jing broke through the Holy Mountain, the losses of the Divine Domain of Heaven would reach its limit. If it went any further, the Divine Domain of Heaven would likely come to an end, and ending the war would be an inevitable choice for him.

The reason Li Jing didn’t do so.

On one hand, he wanted to collect more Essence Sources out of his personal interests.

On the other hand, if all those top-level angels were killed, Hell would have to sacrifice equivalent strong ones as well.

This.

Is not feasible.

After all, he couldn’t allow Satan to pick out some sacrificial lambs to kill.

To reasonably have these sacrifices die in the war would be extremely difficult.

Satan himself might not be willing to do so.

If the war were to end in this way, the process would be extremely complicated.

Looking up at Heaven, Li Jing took a deep breath and got up.

Right at that moment.

A black light fell from the sky, landing beside him.

Following this.

Lilith appeared, full of injuries and in a very miserable state.

Upon seeing this, Li Jing was slightly surprised and revealed a bit of a gloating smile.

"Did you meet a worthy opponent?"

"..."

Lilith remained silent, then asked with a sullen face.

"Has that scoundrel Satan been here yet?"

Li Jing nodded.

Receiving affirmation, several blue veins popped out on Lilith’s forehead, but she quickly calmed down and exhaled deeply.