Devouring World Dragon

Chapter 172 The Second Clash Between God and Demon

On the sea next to Easter Island.

On a fishing boat that could barely hold a few people, several natives spoke in a strange language as they tried to tighten the fishing net. Their bodies were covered with tree sap of different colors as decoration.

Surrounded by the endless ocean on all sides, Easter Island was the only landmass in the eyes of these natives, as even the nearest land was tens of thousands of kilometers away, and they had no idea of ​​the existence of other worlds. The small land area meant that they had only a small population, with a maximum of only about 50,000 people on the entire island at its peak, and their lives consisted mainly of fishing and the like.

"I work at sunrise and rest at sunset; what use is the emperor's power to me?"

Just like this ancient Far Eastern ballad, it was an extremely simple, otherworldly place, but on this day, their world changed...

"Rumble..."

A deep, resounding roar came from beneath the sea. The suppressed sound made the natives uneasy. Based on past experience, they thought it was the sound of the tide, but they quickly dismissed that idea, because the sound was so loud and deep, as if it came from the deepest part of the ocean, thousands of miles away.

The sea level began to rise, not just in a small area, but across the entire sea area, rising so rapidly that it could only be faintly felt by gazing at the subtly changing horizon.

"Chirp, chirp..."

The natives began to panic; even the most experienced elders had never seen anything like it.

Suddenly, a young native on the ship screamed, for not far away, their homeland—Easter Island—was being swallowed by the sea right before their eyes.

The once seemingly insurmountable mountains on the island now appear beneath them, forcing them to bow their heads to see the sacred peaks gradually being swallowed by the sea. Just how much has the sea risen? Ten meters? A hundred meters? Or even a thousand meters? Will it rise to the heavens?
With their pitiful and limited understanding, they simply could not comprehend it, for they had never seen such a mad world.

As the seawater surged wildly, the deep, booming sound grew louder and louder, and the thing deep in the ocean was gradually approaching the surface.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Amidst a deafening roar as if the heavens and earth were being created, waves hundreds of feet high surged across the sea. From beneath the water, something enormous, far beyond the imagination of the natives, gradually emerged from the surface.

Even though its surface is covered with various seabed deposits and even some fragments of coral reefs, one can still vaguely see its enormous size and vastness. From the deepest part of the sea that can be seen from below, to the end where the sky and the sea meet, it stretches endlessly, as if it leads all the way to the end of the world.

Is it a mountain? No, mountains aren't that grand.

The sheer size of that thing far exceeded the limits of what words could describe. Its width, its depth, and its length were invisible, just as humans on the earth could not describe the appearance of the land. All that could be seen was its vast, endless volume.

Is this a new continent?

The natives didn't know, they couldn't even comprehend the concept of a continent; they only knew that this thing was much larger than the "world" they once thought it was.

"Wow wow..."

The fishing boat rose with the rapidly rising sea, but the natives sitting on it felt only deep fear and trembling. Overwhelmed by the unknown, they began to gesticulate wildly and scream uncontrollably.

Above that "new world" lies a deep canyon, far deeper than any other canyon in the world. As this "new world" gradually emerges from the sea, billions of tons of seawater flow down through the canyon, forming a magnificent river that surpasses any other river in the world.

As the river receded, the simple fishing boats could not withstand the impact of the massive flood and disintegrated instantly, swallowing the many natives up by the surging sea.

In the final moments of his life, as the young native fell into the sea, he unconsciously opened his eyes for a moment… Only by entering the sea could he truly grasp the immense size of this thing, so immense, indescribably immense, as vast as the ocean floor itself…

But... looking at the canyon and the new world, the young native had a fleeting illusion: why... did the shapes look a bit like animal scales...?

An absurd thought flashed through his mind, and then he lost consciousness...

……

Such scenes occur in various parts of the world. When a colossal monster awakens from its slumber underground, even the slightest twitch of its body is far more powerful than any earthquake.

The continental shelf, which later generations regarded as the Eurasian continent, was crumbling at its foundation, because the earth was originally the dust on this monster, and the ocean was the accumulated water on it. When this monster awoke, this dust naturally collapsed along with it.

Earthquakes are merely minor collisions between continental plates, but this monster threatens to shatter the entire continental plate. On an island in Greece.

A great god shrouded in darkness stood on the ground, looking up at the monster's body that had emerged from the sea before him.

Even just the end of its body, its tail alone, occupies an incredibly vast space. Its continuous body, even if only a small part is occasionally revealed, fills the entire Mediterranean Sea. From the far north of Northern Europe to the south of Africa, the entire Europe can see the enormous body of this monster.

"What a huge monster."

The seven angels of creation, formerly known as "Uriel," raised their heads in praise, though that was his former name.

In this world, many gods have been disrupted and reshaped by the omniscient and omnipotent being of the past. Many angels were originally gods, while some gods came to the human world after realizing their past lives and rebuilt the world in their memories. Uriel was originally burdened with the name of the so-called "fallen angel" and came to the mortal world with Metatron.

Uriel, or rather Hades, the god of the underworld, was quite surprised by his extraordinary encounter. Even with his vast knowledge, he had never imagined that such a powerful deity existed. He believed that perhaps only the most ancient primordial gods possessed such power, capable of bringing so many gods into their own world.

"The One God, the Supreme God, the Creator God—could a deity possess such power, with all three powers combined in one? It's incredibly powerful... Unfortunately, I don't remember anything about it after that."

Looking at the monster before him, Hades felt only regret.

He actually found this adventure quite interesting, but he was, after all, a shadow, the shadow of the god projected into this world.

Despite sharing the same origin, appearance, name, and divine power, they are ultimately different. The true Hades is the lord of the underworld, who rules over the death of all things; how could he be a god who shares the power of death with the gods of other pantheons? The world inhabited by the true Hades is a world entirely supported by Mount Olympus, and the vastness of the ocean is almost endless; how could the narrow Aegean Sea compare to it?

But at this moment, the master of this world has already given the order to leave. He is a guest, a supporting character who came to this world at the invitation of the master. How can a supporting character in a play steal the spotlight from the protagonist? Even the playwright Euripides would be furious at such a Greek drama.

"But Jehovah...heh, interesting, is it really Jehovah?"

When Hades mentioned "Jehovah," he pondered and repeated it several times, finally a cryptic smile playing on his lips. The god who controlled death seemed to have sensed something unknown.

Then, as the expulsion deadline arrived, this Greek god vanished from the world.

Kunlun Mountain, with its snow-capped peaks year-round, is said by ordinary people to be inhabited by immortals. However, they do not know that this Kunlun is not the Kunlun of the past. The Kunlun where the immortals reside is not on earth, but in the heavens. And on the Kunlun Immortal Mountain in the heavens, there is a celestial palace that no immortal can enter.

Within that celestial palace, a goddess whose face was obscured rested quietly beside a tree, and beside her lay a magnificent, enormous bronze mirror. Reflected in the mirror was an incredible creature…

She was covered in scales, feathers, shells, bones, branches, fruits, claws, hooves, flowers, wings, membranous wings, tentacles, spikes, hands, feet, eyes, mouth, ears, tongue, nose, tentacles, leaves, roots... Countless parts belonging to countless species piled up to form this boundless giant elephant. All of this shaped this being who was once the "Supreme Mother" and the mother goddess of mankind. And her lower body, which was covered by her clothes, revealed a snake tail covered with scales.

Ancient legend says, "In ancient times there was a woman named Nuwa, with a human body and a snake's tail, who could transform seventy times a day..."

India, the source of the Ganges River.

A solemn deity sits on a lotus throne, dressed in a king's robe and with four arms. He is meditating with his eyes closed. In the halo behind his head, countless worlds and countless gods can be vaguely seen, including peddlers, emperors and generals, encompassing everything and giving rise to billions of living beings.

After a long while, its figure gradually disappeared. But before it disappeared, a new god, with the name "Omniscient and Omnipotent," vaguely appeared in the halo behind its head...

Legend has it that Vishnu can manifest in countless forms, so much so that all the gods, earth gods, immortals, heroes, emperors, warriors, farmers, merchants, and even the Trinity in Hindu mythology are merely Vishnu's own self-entertainment.

……

With the words of the gods, the countless gods were banished from this world once again. At this moment, only one god and one demon remain in the world. The world of the past has long been destroyed by the monster's actions.

But for God, this is not important. The first step of His plan has been completed. As long as the whole plan can be completed, any cost can be made up for.

"God of insects, you really dare to do this?"

The enormous snake raised its head, and above it stood a seemingly frail woman who spoke through gritted teeth.

(End of this chapter)