An invasion from the Abyss? I, a demonic cultivator, laughed.

Chapter 422 God’s arrival
"boom!!!"

A deafening roar reverberated throughout the entire world, and an intense light appeared in the field like an artificial sun, engulfing everything in the world.

Within the core beam of the main cannon, the aura of the lizard envoy was also rapidly weakening!
The intense light came and went quickly. When the light disappeared, a large hole had been blasted into the altar, and a charred body appeared in mid-air.

"Done?"

Everyone looked ahead nervously. Although the battle was dangerous, everything was going according to Shia's plan.

Of the entire floating gunship, only the main cannon could inflict devastating damage on that divine envoy. The preceding setup was based on the certainty that the lizard divine envoy would no longer allow the altar to be destroyed and would have to rely on himself to block this attack, thus weakening him in advance!
"The series of battles, coupled with the subsequent forced breakthrough, depleted his energy to at least one-third."

"And the attacks launched by Zoltan and his flank guns were by no means useless!"

"Under these circumstances, even if the racial talents modified by the extraterrestrial demons are incredibly strong, they still wouldn't be able to withstand a single blow from the main cannon enhanced by the super magic crystal, right?"

Amidst the expectant gazes of the crowd, the charred body in mid-air plummeted downwards as if it had lost all its strength!

Instantly, cheers erupted from the floating gunboats, while the nobles and royalty watching from the altar in the distance stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

The divine messenger was defeated?

The divine messenger, whom they considered omnipotent and whom even the strongest swordsman in the palace couldn't withstand, was actually defeated?

The group of nobles looked at each other in bewilderment, then their faces showed fear. They were clearly thinking of the nightmarish moment when the entire royal city was engulfed in riots after being surrounded by the rebel army.

Their rule was based entirely on divine authority, and if that authority collapsed, their status as an upper class would vanish.

The civilians watching this scene through the broadcast had different thoughts: some were excited, some celebrated, while others were shocked, doubtful, or even refused to accept it.

Indeed, even among ordinary people, not everyone supports the rebels. Some have come to regard this bloody oppression as normal, seeking a moment of excitement from the deaths and suffering of their compatriots.

Of course, there was more shock and disbelief than anything else. Even Cang Kai had never thought of confronting a god head-on. In everyone's mind, a god was an invincible being. But now, this invincible myth had been shattered!
In order to prevent the psionic cannon from damaging the altar, the lizard envoy exhausted all its energy to form a shield. In this situation, the power of the cannon with a radius of twenty meters would be entirely borne by it.

This level of energy output was something it couldn't even withstand in its prime, let alone now. So when its energy was exhausted, its body inevitably began to burn in the extreme light and heat.

Now, as the light fades, there is no trace of life left in that charred body. Even if it still has a breath left, it is powerless to resist anymore.

Shea breathed a sigh of relief, but did not relax at all. She immediately cast a spell to pour coolant into the core, preparing to fire a second time.

The mission can only be considered complete when the altar is completely destroyed and the ritual is finished.

The psionic cannon is recharged, and sections of psionic light are illuminating it. It is about to fill a layer, and the psionic cannon, compressed to its limit, will completely destroy the altar!

However, before the psionic cannon could finish charging, a beam of light suddenly shot out from the altar and pierced the sky!

The next instant, a massive spatial rift opened up from the void!

Shia's expression changed drastically. She changed her hand seals one after another, and before the energy was fully charged, she interrupted the output of spiritual power and forced the cannon to fire!
The surging energy burst forth from the autonomous cannon, but at that moment, a cold snort rang out from the void.

The voice was filled with rage. Everyone felt as if a heavy hammer had smashed into their brains. Ordinary people didn't even have time to utter a sound before their souls were destroyed. Warrior-level experts knelt on the ground with a wail, blood flowing from their seven orifices, and soon died.

Even the four King-level Awakened Ones felt their spiritual energy become disordered under that sound!
"not good!"

Once she recovered, Shia instantly realized what was happening, but it was too late. The main power contained in that voice was like a spear condensed into a line, accurately hitting the main cannon of the floating gunship!

If even the overflowing power is so terrifying, what about the power at the center? The spiritual energy in the main cannon seemed to have gone out of control and became wildly turbulent. Before Shia could use her magic to regain control, the spiritual energy, which had been compressed to the extreme, had already gone out of control. With a loud bang, the violent spiritual energy instantly erupted in all directions!

"boom!"

The forward half of the floating gunboat, where the main gun was located, was almost instantly blasted to pieces by the violent power, and the rear half was also damaged beyond recognition by the shrapnel from the explosion. It was like a giant with its body severed and riddled with holes, howling as it fell downwards.

Amidst the thick smoke, Shia, protected by her Blood Crystal Shield, burst out of the explosion. She was swirling in the air, tossed about by the massive blast wave. Even with the power of the Blood Crystal protecting her, she was still shaken so badly by the explosion that blood trickled from the corner of her mouth. Just as she managed to regain her footing, she saw clumps of shattered flesh and blood whizzing past her.

Xia stood there, stunned.

She looked down and saw that the people responsible for powering the main guns were blown to pieces, their flesh and blood reduced to mere fragments, even those of general rank were no exception; those in other positions were not spared either. The explosion destroyed the entire hull of the floating gunboat, and those high-strength alloys that were close by instantly turned into high-pressure, high-speed metal jets, while those further away were reduced to incredibly destructive shrapnel under the impact, as if a super-large fragmentation bomb had been released backward. Even those in the rear half of the ship were blown to pieces.

These people were invited onto the ship by her own honor, but now, not even a single intact body can be found.

The hellish scene made Shia's hands tremble uncontrollably. She angrily raised her head, but when she looked into the pair of cold eyes in the void, it was as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her. All her anger was extinguished, replaced by a chilling fear from the depths of her soul.

"This is not in accordance with the rules."

All the angry words were stuck in his throat, leaving only a dry protest.

"This is the punishment for your violation of the hunting honor," the figure in the void said coldly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the figure pointed, and the altar beside him instantly erupted with intense life energy. This life energy condensed into a beam and surged toward a certain spot below the fallen gunboat.

"Sia!"

Zoltan's worried shouts came from afar. Shia turned her head and saw the [Shadow] that had accompanied her since childhood flying towards her with a concerned expression. But just then, a dark shadow appeared behind Zoltan.

Shea's eyes widened suddenly.

"Be careful!!!"

However, before the warning could be transmitted, a scaly arm emerged from behind and pierced Zoltan's heart.

Zoltan turned around in disbelief, only to meet the indifferent gaze of the lizard messenger.

"puff."

The lizard envoy flicked his hand lightly, as if throwing away a piece of trash, and flung Zoltan's body toward the ground.

Shia's eyes instantly turned red, and the blood crystal power around her became frenzied upon sensing her emotions. She roared and charged towards the lizard messenger, the blood crystal power surging out continuously and transforming into sharp blades.

However, the lizard god merely raised his hand playfully, and in the next instant, an unparalleled power surged forth, shattering all the blood crystals surrounding Shia in a flash.

Her body flew backward like a kite with a broken string. Without any words, she understood that the divine messenger had obtained 100% of its power unsealed. Moreover, due to the influx of massive life energy, its power even exceeded its peak.

Cang Kai's words flashed through her mind: "I want to remind you that when the gods descend, we will only have one path left: to become playthings."

"How can the rule-followers possibly defeat the rule-makers?" "I see."

Xia's face was full of bitterness. She felt as if every bone in her body was broken. A deep sense of despair and exhaustion welled up from the bottom of her heart, as if dragging her consciousness into boundless darkness.

For some reason, in the final moments before her consciousness faded into darkness, the first thing she thought of was that mysterious voice of unknown origin.

"drag!"

"If I had listened to him back then, would things be different?"

"boom!"

Shia's body plunged into the dense forest, disappearing like a pebble thrown into a lake.

The lizard messenger looked at her indifferently, not in a hurry to pursue her. Instead, he turned to the pair of indifferent eyes in the sky, knelt down in mid-air, and pressed his head tightly against his knees.

"Your subordinate has failed in his duties, and I beg the divine deity to punish him!"

The eyes in the void watched indifferently as the divine messenger, who was powerful and arrogant in front of ordinary people, couldn't help but tremble.

After a long while, the voice of the gods was heard resounding throughout the sky.

"The ceremony continues."

"The sacred hunting ritual must not be disrupted by anyone."

"I hope this time you can show me something interesting."

The lizard messenger's face lit up with ecstatic joy, and he hurriedly said, "Yes! If this time we cannot satisfy the divine being, I am willing to sacrifice my body and soul to atone for my sins!"

The extraterrestrial demon did not reply; instead, the crack in the void gradually closed. When the last crack closed, the aura that had shaken everyone in the arena finally disappeared.

The lizard envoy let out a long breath, then looked at the spot where Shia had fallen, a sinister glint in his yellow-green vertical pupils.

"This lowly creature has brought shame upon the gods."

"It would be too easy for you to die like this."

With a cold laugh, it transformed into a streak of light and rushed towards the spot where Shia had fallen.

As it disappeared into the dense forest, the sky returned to calm.

Everyone stood there stunned, unable to recover for a long time.

What just happened, though it took a long time to describe, was actually only two or three seconds long, but it was enough to shock everyone.

From the moment the divine messenger was killed to the moment the god descended, displaying incredible power and instantly reversing the tide of battle, the situation changed so quickly that no one had time to react.

"Pfft!"

The king suddenly knelt down, trembling, and cried out, "Holy Hunter! Eternal God! I am bathed in your glory and grateful for your favor!"

His voice ignited the firewood in the dry pyre, and prayers rose and fell above the altar. Everyone knelt down, chanting prayers with faces full of worship and fervor.

Not only near the altar, but throughout every city of the capital, in every street and alley, all who witnessed this miracle were overwhelmed by the power of the gods. They knelt on the ground, their flames of resistance completely extinguished, and all the pain of oppression ultimately transformed into a thirst for bloody slaughter.

They have given up on pursuing a stable life and instead accepted the fact that they could die at any time, and have begun to seek excitement amidst anxiety and pain.

Even those who still harbored rebellious intentions dared not reveal them in the slightest.

The candle that the rebels lit with their lives was extinguished just like that.

"So this is what the world deep in the abyss looks like?"

"No matter how unwilling or how much resistance one may feel, in the end, one can only choose to deceive oneself in the face of absolute power."

"If we don't do this, we'll probably be completely destroyed by endless despair."

Looking at the crowd of people praying fervently before him, Chu Xiu, who was observing from the void, couldn't help but sigh softly.

He even had a feeling that even those nobles and royalty probably harbored the treasonous thought of killing gods deep in their hearts, otherwise Cang Kai's rebel army would not have been able to attack the capital so easily.

Chu Xiu also understood why the government was reacting so strongly to Blue Star's continuous sinking into the abyss.

At great depths, the density of powerful abyssal creatures is so high that a coveted planet like Earth would inevitably attract attention.

"Will Earth then become a playground for higher beings seeking thrills?"

Letting out a long breath, Chu Xiu forced himself to shift his attention to the current situation.

Although the turn of events was beyond his expectations, in some ways it was developing in a direction that was in his favor.

The sudden appearance of the God of Hunting and his rule-breaking actions certainly raised the difficulty of passing the trial to an unbelievable level, but they also objectively extended the lifespan of this hunt.

Otherwise, if the altar had been destroyed by Shia's cannon, by the time Chu Xiu arrived, these four Awakened Ones would have already escaped and returned.

"and."

Chu Xiu looked at the altar whose top had been blasted through.

At this moment, a faint spiritual energy was emanating from it.

Meanwhile, his mind was secretly absorbing this overflowing spiritual energy, and at this moment it had formed an illusory spiritual body!

However, that previous blast caused a small amount of energy sealed in the altar, specifically for the use of descending consciousness, to leak out!
"Although this spiritual energy is still pitifully little, at least it allows me to do something."

It has to be said that Chu Xiu had been holding back his anger for a long time, watching from the sidelines without being able to do anything.

After a moment's thought, his consciousness followed the direction where Shia was.

(End of this chapter)