Devouring World Dragon

Chapter 173 The Second... Creation

The attack from Michael failed to kill the serpent's will incarnation. Moreover, Michael's appearance was not intended to eliminate the shadow, but to trap it within this mortal body and delay its call for help from its true form. And as it turned out, Michael did indeed succeed.

The shadowy figure failed to awaken the serpent immediately, and the gods seized the opportunity, causing all the gods to leave this world. Although the shadowy figure did not understand the gods' purpose, it remained intensely uneasy. This unease did not disappear with Michael's vanishing; instead, it intensified as the gods' actions were completed.

Why would it do that?
Despite its astonishing intelligence, the shadowy figure could not comprehend the thoughts of God.

"What exactly is that guy trying to do? Does it think it can overcome this gamble, which is decided by both sides, on its own?"

The gamble between God and Demon was jointly constructed by both sides. In the past, the Great Serpent and the Omniscient and Omnipotent One made a wager, wagering the Serpent's freedom, on whether humanity would choose the Serpent's path or the God's path. However, with the Omniscient and Omnipotent One now eternally residing in the past, this wager has evolved into a struggle for God's survival. After all, once the Serpent is free, it will not be easily satisfied and will surely devour God whole.

The problem is that the price God has to pay for forcibly attacking the shadow and breaking the bet is not so easy to bear. The shadow can even feel the backlash God is suffering without even seeing it.

However, even so, the god of the heavens above remained unmoved, merely looking down at the monster below.

Beneath the heavens, the monster stretched out its body. Its enormous body was majestic and boundless, so grand and vast that even when it was just coiling, it could reach the sky.

"That guy is definitely planning something."

Above the monster's head, the dark figure residing within the body of a woman named "Jeanne" looked up at the distant sky, its eyes turning cold and sharp, and spoke softly.

However, its vigilance failed to attract the attention of the giant serpent; the arrogant and conceited monster never cared about such things.

"Roar!!!!"

The monster, its eyes bloodshot and turning red, suddenly roared, raised its head, and pounced straight towards the sky without hesitation. From the sky, an infinitely large hand descended.

Everything was just like the previous clashes, just like the struggles of that time. That time, God triumphed, and this time…

"madness!"

Accompanied by immense spiritual power, the air vibrated with a deep and ferocious sound—the voice of the great serpent.

The crimson, upright snake eyes were filled with deep greed and violence. The abyss, large enough to devour the world, had opened, containing only endless darkness. The sharp fangs, like giant pillars supporting the sky, then began to bite fiercely!

“BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!”

In an instant, the sky shook and the earth trembled, and stars fell like rain.

"what!"

The cries of pain from the gods came from the heavens above.

The hand that once held up the entire universe was now swallowed whole by the monster, and golden divine blood rained down on the world like a torrential downpour.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……"

Accompanying the gods' screams was the monster's howl. The monster, which shook the world, drank the gods' blood and swallowed their severed limbs, and its stomach, which had been hungry for ten thousand years, seemed to be satisfied.

but……

"Not enough! Not ...

A violent roar echoed through the heavens and the earth. The monster that had drunk the divine blood began to visibly swell, and at the same time, its hunger grew ever stronger.

"That's far from enough! This is far from enough to satisfy me!"

With a deep voice, the snake's upright eyes were devoid of emotion, filled only with deep ferocity. Gazing at the sky, the greed in its pupils grew even more intense, a burning desire as intense as the one it had once felt when it fed on gods.

Snakes are the most greedy creatures in the world. Even swallowing prey that is many times larger than themselves is far from satisfying them, hence the saying "a snake swallowing an elephant." This is also true for large snakes.

It possessed an insatiable hunger and boundless greed, though this desire was suppressed before the power of the gods. However, this didn't mean the desire ceased to exist; it yearned to fill its belly, to devour everything in the world it could consume—the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, and even the gods themselves. Now, it was the gods who broke the bet first. Since the gods broke the agreement, even if the monster swallowed the gods, it wouldn't be considered a breach of contract.

"Roar!!!!"

Roaring once more, the magnificent and vast monster raised its head, ready to devour the world completely.

But in an instant, a loud voice rang out.

"still."

As this sound rang out, the shattered heavens, the torn clouds, the scattered stars, and the proud and awe-inspiring monster all fell into stillness. God created the entire world, and the entire world naturally obeyed God's command.

Do you think this will work on me?!

However, accompanied by an arrogant roar, without even a moment's delay, the violent monster once again turned from stillness and swallowed the entire Seven Heavens Realm whole.

However, the serpent was not delighted; instead, it became more vigilant than ever before, for it had not eaten what it desired. The god had escaped, but that was impossible; where could the god have escaped to?

"Naturally useless, but a little time will suffice."

In the void, only a lingering sound remained.

On the back of the giant serpent, the silent woman suddenly realized something was wrong. She was most sensitive to fate and could sense the impending danger.

"Father! God is..."

The woman hurriedly opened her mouth, but it was too late, for the serpent had already sensed the presence of the god...

God does not exist in this time and space.

……

In the infinite darkness there is no light, nor is there that illusory spirit. The omniscient and omnipotent one has erased all omniscient and omnipotent beings in all time and space, and even at the very beginning of all this, the illusory spirit cannot be found.

The throne remains empty; no god resides here.

However, something that shouldn't have happened appeared at this starting point...

Gazing into the void before me, there were no boundaries of time and space, no life or death, only chaos.

"It's been so long."

God sighs. Does God sigh? No, God doesn't sigh; only humans sigh.

The god became more and more like a human, so its power weakened, but this was not the reason for its failure, but rather because the monster was becoming stronger and stronger.

Even though God is no longer omniscient and omnipotent, He still knows many things, including the hidden power within that monster. It is almost impossible to defeat that power, and the possibility of winning the bet has been ruled out by the future.

The future has already revealed the outcome: humanity has chosen the path of the serpent, abandoning the gods, and the gods will ultimately be devoured by the serpent.

Everything seems inevitable, at least on the surface, but is there really no chance to salvage it? Not necessarily. If the predetermined future is unchangeable, then let the future be reshaped.

Facing the void, God spoke.

"The second...creation."

Accompanied by that vast and magnificent sound, a singularity of infinite density suddenly appeared in the void...

(End of this chapter)