Die, princess, the devil is mine!

The twin elves, in particular, felt this most deeply. They were devout believers in the goddess of nature and life, and it was truly heartbreaking to see the destroyed world, a world devoid of both nature and life.

Even the symptoms of pregnancy pale in comparison to the reaction to witnessing a world in ruins.

The thought that if Lynn hadn't appeared out of nowhere, the world of miracles would one day have become like this, made Shia and Sylvie instinctively move closer to their lovers.

"Is this the remnant of the Destruction God's faction you mentioned? Even the remnants possess the power to easily destroy the world of miracles. How strong must they have been at their peak...?"

Recently, when the time was right, Lynn explained the situation in the Demon Realm to them without revealing his dual identity as the Emperor.

Now his wives also know that not all demons are bad demons. It's hard to say that all those who guard the demon god's camp are good demons, but they can't be called "demons" even though their race name itself contains the word "demon".

As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend, but if that condition is met, then we can become friends.

As the current de facto rulers of the Divine World, Lynn's wives are taking a wait-and-see approach to the Guardian Demon God's faction. They can distinguish right from wrong, but the blood feud between the two worlds cannot be washed away with a simple statement like "we are not with those who caused the destruction."

If possible, they plan to try to make contact with the current high-ranking members of the Demon Realm after Lynn has helped them reach a sufficiently high level.

It's not like we're going to establish diplomatic relations with them right now; it won't happen that quickly. We're just getting to know each other so we can fight together sometime, maybe even get to fight the demon cubs under the command of the Destruction Demon God.

However, before they could even meet up, Lynn led them to the demon cubs of the Destruction Demon God's faction.

This bunch of brats are just too powerful. Apart from Lynn, you can't find another being in the entire world of miracles who can rival them.

The development of the Divine World is indeed severely inadequate. Even with Lynn's desperate efforts to elevate it, it is still far from being able to contend with the Demon Realm.

Fortunately, Lynn's own skills improved, making it easier for her to mentor them.

Before, when I leveled them up, I had to worry about enemy monsters escaping and the killing efficiency not being high enough, but now none of that is a problem.

He can seal off an entire world, leaving all demons with nowhere to escape. Now, as soon as he makes a move, hordes of demons will inevitably fall. His destructive power is comparable to that of a peak near-god, and his attack range surpasses that of a peak holy mage.

"I'll take you two up first, then you two wait over there and don't look this way."

As soon as Lynn finished speaking, he casually pointed to the shattered world below, and the power that Mocher and Mitchell had been trying to gather from the gods was extinguished. The power dissipated faster than a fart, as if the entire race's magical supply had caused him indigestion.

The demons trapped in the shattered world were terrified at the sight. They knew that although their combined power was not infinitely superimposed, the combined force was so great that even near-gods would not dare to directly confront it.

Currently, no near-gods directly face their terrifying power, but that's not because they dare not face it, but because there's no need for them to, nor do they care to.

Adults would be wary if they saw a child aiming a slingshot at them, but if an infant aimed a pacifier at them, no one would be afraid. They would even snatch the pacifier away and wait for the child to cry.

The weak's overestimation of their own strength is seen by the strong as a futile attempt to shake a tree. The strong might not even bother to look at you properly, and could just crush you with a flick of their wrist.

"It's not Illidan the Demon Emperor! If he were that powerful, we wouldn't have been able to escape back then! Just who is he?!"

The trapped demons communicate with each other using eye contact, and when necessary, they can also hold large meetings using the military's communication equipment. Given their current situation, they must hold a meeting to discuss it, because they absolutely cannot win in a direct confrontation.

The two princes had finally gathered enough power to shake a near-god or a boundary barrier, but it was destroyed before they could even fire a single shot.

It's not just that a spell was interrupted once, but that the key points of the combined force were extinguished.

The cunning enemy severed their connection, breaking the chain of power transmission, and they truly became lone demons fighting their own battles.

It's unclear whether the severed link can be repaired. Perhaps it can, but clearly the enemy hiding outside the world isn't going to give them that chance.

All that could be seen was a large crack suddenly appearing in the boundary wall above the empty dome, which could have prevented billions of demons from breaking through. However, no demon was able to take this opportunity to escape.

As the boundary wall cracked, a giant hand descended from the sky, smashing down upon the shattered world below.

The aura emanating from this giant hand stunned the demons into silence, rendering them unable to control their limbs, with only their two eyeballs able to dart around.

But what's the point? Just to make the expression on the face of someone dying more vivid?
The merciless hand of destruction will not waver because of any thoughts of the demons; it will only take away a large number of demon lives in an instant.

In order to completely cut off the escape hope of the remnants of the Destroyer God's camp, Lynn took out the "hero units" as soon as possible. As long as they did not have a powerful enough leader demon, the patched-up boundary wall that had been repaired for three years could lock them in place.

After their surging magical power was extinguished, Murcher and Mitchell quickly regained their composure and prepared for battle.

But in a shattered world without any protection or hiding places, no amount of seriousness can change the reality of a vast disparity in strength.

When that divine hand descended with world-destroying power, the two former princes, who had destroyed countless worlds in their lives, once again experienced a terror similar to that they felt when facing an invincible demon emperor.

However, the invincible Illidan Demon Emperor only brought them the fear of death, but the giant hand falling from above brought true despair.

That was an utter despair that was absolutely irresistible, impossible to escape, and impossible to survive.

"It's a true god! A true god has crossed over to take action! A true god has paid a great price to eliminate you and me with divine punishment!"

Faced with the imminent threat of death, Murcher and Mitchell finally came to their senses, but while their guesses were correct, they weren't entirely right, and it was too late.

“The cost of a true god crossing realms to attack is extremely high, almost unbearable, so such an attack can only happen once at most! Moreover, the divine power is reduced dramatically after crossing realms, and it cannot maintain the output capability of a god at all. At most, it is only slightly stronger than the full-force attack of a top-level near-god. Let's bring out our last trump card! As long as we can withstand this attack, we can survive…” The First Prince Mocher’s analysis was logical, reasonable, and well-founded, which convinced the demon.

They also relied on their extremely fast eye contact to exchange information before the catastrophe struck.

However, the real world is not like a movie or anime where time stops when the main characters are having internal monologues. While the exchange of glances between Mocher and Mitchell was indeed extremely fast, the massive hand that fell without any hindrance did not pause for a moment. Finally, just as Mocher was encouraging himself and his second brother with the word "survive," the merciless hand crushed everything.

In an instant, blood splattered everywhere, and flesh and bones turned to mush. The silent, shattered world was devoid of screams, thus diminishing the atmosphere of terror.

The final "come" disappeared into the shattered world, and the lives of the two demons ceased at that moment.

Their dying conversation didn't stop, because this isn't a movie or anime, and they weren't even the main characters...

But after their deaths, the world entered a state of "world pause" where everything was silent.

The powerful demons of the entire shattered world fell into a state of deathly silence. Initially, they were waiting for the life-saving magical artifacts on the two princes to take effect. In the last battle, they had used up all their treasures, but during the rest period, they naturally "replenished" a few items from their subordinate demons.

Moreover, no demon would believe that a prince, whose father was one of the longest-reigning demon dragon emperors in the history of the demon realm, would only have a bunch of dead objects as his trump card.

Even a powerful demon with some resources wouldn't be wiped out in one blow, let alone the two princes whose resources far exceed a little, and who are not newbies who have just entered the high-level realm like powerful demons.

But the demons waited and waited, but the prince who had been crushed into two puddles of mud did not "revive." Instead, they received a second slap in the face.

Not all demons are mindless; some powerful demons can think of the same things that Mocher can think of.

But when the second God-Slaying Hand descended from the sky, the demon warriors, who thought they had temporarily escaped annihilation, instantly exploded.

They knew the power of divine punishment; even the two princes who held secret trump cards were on the verge of death under it. But they also knew how rare divine punishment was.

Even the Demon King cannot arbitrarily attack the lower realm. Otherwise, there would be no disputes unique to the lower realm. Whenever a battle goes against them, the higher-ups would directly intervene and kill the opposing leader. How could the opposing side possibly fight back then?
If divine punishment can be used at will, then all wars in the lower realms will no longer be fought based on racial strength, but purely on background.

I'm with the Demon King, and your superior is just a mere chief god? Then kill yourself and leave the world to us, thank you.

Oh, you're with the God King? That's about the same as me. So what are you waiting for? Write your will, since it'll be a one-hit kill for both of us once the fight starts...

In reality, wars in the lower realms are far more farcical and simple than this, precisely because divine punishment can only serve as a deterrent; to actually use it would be a loss.

Because divine punishment at most punishes a mere mortal or demon, but the price is the long-term silence of gods or demons of the true god level or above.

It's not worth it to exchange God's long-term absence for one or a few worthless lives on earth.

Unless someone in the lower realm has truly committed an act that incurs divine and human (demon) wrath and must be punished—for example, someone single-handedly defeating the Demon Emperor and all seven Demon Kings, or someone invading their own base and threatening to destroy the entire world—it is only in situations like these that the upper realm might be forced to sacrifice the long-term combat power of a deity or demon god to forcibly eliminate the reckless enemy (demon) in the lower realm.

The eldest prince and the second prince are the leaders of the Yellow Spring Demon and Purgatory Demon races, respectively. Although they have not done anything earth-shattering and have only conquered some subordinate worlds that are not "bordering" the God Realm, their status is actually quite high. Sending divine punishment to them is a bit of a loss, but it is also very reasonable, because no one knows if they have offended a certain true god behind the scenes. Perhaps the god is seeking personal revenge?
but!

From any perspective, after the deaths of the two princes, none of the remaining followers of the Destruction God were worth eliminating with divine punishment, because it wouldn't be a matter of losing out, but a pure waste.

Do you really need a true god to destroy them? You could just summon any near-god and they'd all be killed in no time. Using a sledgehammer to crack a nut is already excessive, why bring out a dragon-slaying sword to crush a chick? Besides, one cut would render the sword unusable for many, many years. Is it even worth it?

Therefore, no demon could understand why a second divine punishment would descend from the dome. It was because the divine realm was overcrowded and unable to pay salaries, so they forced a group of them to retire.
Hehe, if the God Realm is so prosperous, how could it be defeated time and time again on the battlefield between gods and demons in the Upper Realm?

If they were so powerful, how could the demons have swallowed up countless subordinate worlds?

They didn't intervene when so many worlds were destroyed or conquered, but only acted when these sources of chaos became stray dogs. Do gods even have eggs? Are they numb from the pain?
However, no matter how shocked and incredulous the demons were, the descending God-Slaying Hand would not reason with any demon.

He only talks about physics.

To physically annihilate all the demons under one's control, exchanging their vile and sinful lives for the power to allow the beauty beside one's body to reach the realm of near-god.

The first wave of the God-Slaying Hand extinguished both hope and surprise.

The second wave of the God-Slaying Hand brought despair and suffocation.

The third wave of the God-Slaying Hand brought in a massive influx of "experience points".

The fourth wave of the God-Slaying Hand is the same as the third wave...

Under the horrified gaze of all the demon god's minions, the divine punishment, which was a once-in-a-millennium event, descended as if it were free.

The remnants of the demon race had all sorts of thoughts, revealing horrified expressions that were different in nature but ultimately converged on the same conclusion.

Unfortunately, the silent destruction of the world limited their abilities. Even if the forest of demons was vast and contained all sorts of bird-like demons, the fact that they could only watch helplessly as the demons waited to die meant that the diversity of demons could not be fully displayed.

Because under divine power, being unable to speak is merely an inherent attribute of the destroyed world. Other things, such as being unable to move, being unable to leave the soul, being unable to use treasures, and being unable to activate cheats, are the key reasons why they had to hold a collective funeral.

(End of this chapter)