Make Azeroth breathtaking

Varian stared blankly at the scene before him. Just a second ago, there was a huge monster there, but a second later, he found himself back in the vast universe. Beside him, Gene's Devouring Wolf was still in a firing stance, seemingly wondering where the enemy he had been fighting had gone.

"Your Majesty, all the enemies we were fighting have suddenly vanished! And then, 'players' appeared on our ship!"

Just as Varian was filled with questions, Grand Varian's communication screen suddenly lit up, and his adjutant's face appeared, giving him the latest report.

"Disappeared?"

"Yes, without any warning, without any energy fluctuations, it just vanished suddenly—Your Majesty Varian, did you kill Sargeras?"

"No, we haven't figured out how things have developed yet."

"Then, please allow us..."

Before Varian's adjutant could finish speaking, the entire universe began to shake violently. One by one, the stars in the background went out into darkness, and the swirling planets were turned into large chunks of meteorites by the spreading waves. The star at the center of the universe, forged from pain and torment, even showed signs of introversion—all of this seemed to indicate that the lifespan of this crudely made universe was coming to an end.

But the next moment, under everyone's watchful eyes, the star once again burst forth with dazzling brilliance. A colossal demon god, with three heads and six arms, nearly the size of the star, stepping upon flames, emerged from it. Behind him, magnificent structures took shape and rapidly spread across half of the galaxy.

"what is this?"

Before Varian could even scan this strange, clearly hostile entity, the parameters of the Great Varian's energy detection device went off the charts in an extremely rare manner. At the same time, this colossal being slowly raised an arm and opened it towards the fleet.

"!!!"

The next moment, a surging torrent of white heat tore through the air and scorched into the allied fleet.

——————————————Loss dividing line————————————————————

"Cough cough cough-"

Old D coughed as he propped himself up from the steel ship floor, feeling unwell all over. Beside him, several other players with similar experiences were rolling on the ground, looking to be in bad shape as well.

"How did we suddenly end up on a ship?"

"What about our role?"

"What was that just now? I felt like I couldn't breathe."

"That must be the BOSS's attack... or maybe this is a scene transition?"

As they discussed, they steadied themselves against their surroundings and looked around—yes, they were now on an allied warship. What appeared on the screen caused their minds to go blank for a fleeting moment.

"What is this thing? It's so big!"

—————————————Tannis—————————————————————

"The losses are heavy..."

Tannis stared at the damage figures displayed on the screen and let out a wail of despair—because the Allied forces' tactics had always been to use autonomous warships as the vanguard and manned warships as the backbone, the attack from the Tri-Demon God had not caused much casualties. However... the autonomous warships were mostly destroyed, and the manned warships that were affected also suffered various damages!

"what is that?"

Ignoring the Great Repairman who was howling about his property, Iggy looked at the Trinity Demon God standing in the folded area that looked like a star palace—the light that had just struck her had not affected her, but had directly destroyed two of her reading pointers.

"It's obvious! This is the root of all evil formed by the combination of those three things! I never expected Diablo to pull this stunt!"

Sitting inside Iggy's magical machine, Li Min stared at the distant objects, gritting her teeth.

"Wait a minute? This thing doesn't look like Diablo at all!"

"To be precise, it should be called the source of despair and annihilation—even the source of all evil cannot describe it. The source of all evil wants all things to fall into depravity, but at least the fallen things can still think, still have expectations, still have fears. But this one... all I see is true emptiness. It pursues 'emptiness'—an emptiness where nothing exists."

"Then why doesn't it attack us first? We're clearly the closest to it."

"because...."

Isendra, sitting in Tennys's New Gransen, paused for a moment.

"What despair hates most is hope and dreams."

87. Warriors who shattered the void

What did the 'Great Expansion' look like in the early days of the universe?

On Earth, physicists have simulated it many times with various conjectures and theories, and built all sorts of models. However, no physicist dares to guarantee that the theory they support is absolutely accurate. Even the most influential Big Bang theory in the physics community still has some shortcomings that are not enough to fully prove it, not to mention other more obscure and niche theories.

Now, in this universe, if a physicist happens to be here, aboard a warship, a combat robot, or even a fighter jet near the center of the war, and has the opportunity to witness all the changes, they would be overjoyed beyond measure. As the demon kings from the three worlds relinquished their control over the universe and merged into one to prepare for the final battle, the oppressive universe began to spread wildly, and countless scenes that could only be seen in theories or models were presented to the world. Undoubtedly, if all this data could be recorded, even just for reference, it would greatly benefit the development of human cosmology.

However, the humans currently active in this universe have no intention of appreciating this rare spectacle. Or rather, the greatest 'spectacle' in the universe right now is not the scene of the universe's great expansion at all—the three demon kings, at least the size of stars, entrenched in the very center of the battlefield, are slowly moving their fingers and stretching their muscles. Although their movements look incredibly comfortable, each movement brings about a turbulence that affects almost half of the universe. After launching several attacks on the distant fleet, the merged demon god finally focused its attention on the 'ants' around it!

"boom!!!"

This was the 'sound in the vacuum' caused by a destructive ray several kilometers wide sweeping across the void. Anything touched by this destructive ray—whether it was a planet, debris, or anything else—was instantly torn to pieces and then fragmented into the dark void.

"Tear!"

This is a scene of harmonics spreading from the combined demon's mouth. The harmonics, visible even to the naked eye, easily 'folded' space, causing everything it passed through to be folded along with it. However, after folding, space returned to its original state, while the folded objects retained their original form forever...

"Bear!!!"

This is a phenomenon of several supernatural flames churning in the universe. These dark red, greedy, blood-like flames devour and burn everything they touch without hindrance, making themselves even more incandescent. Wherever they burn, only the word "annihilation" remains.

"There's no way to get close!!!"

Tanis piloted Neo Gransen, struggling to maneuver through wave after wave of chaotic attacks, and doing her best to stabilize the spacetime around her using Neo Gransen's ability to manipulate gravity fields, lest she be swept away to some strange place by the spatial storms that were practically everywhere on the battlefield. Sitting in the co-pilot's seat—or rather, the guest seat—of this giant robot, Isendra continuously guided the power of arcane energy to prevent the chaotic energy from damaging Neo Gransen itself too much.

"Help! Help! Help! This place is a complete mess—ahhh!!"

Iggy's still-energetic voice rang out through the communicator, but the next second it was replaced by a scream—a distorted light gently drifted past her 'side,' creating a series of spatial ripples. Had Li Min, sitting inside her magical robot, not intervened to divert some of the power, Iggy might have already escaped or experienced something far worse...

"...This thing feels like a bottomless void...From a psionic perspective, there's absolutely nothing there...But it definitely exists! Is this what they call a 'void'?"

Kerrigan, who was directing the psionic battle aboard the Hyperion, had her eyes closed. Her entire body was covered by the surge of psionic energy, and the resulting psionic effect made Zeratul retreat. However, even if this Xel'Naga fully unleashed her power, she could only barely keep the Hyperion from being destroyed by the surrounding chaos. If she took another step forward, she really couldn't do it.

"......"

Just as everyone was trying to fly around in this area and attempt to 'rub' it in various ways to cause damage, an indistinguishable whispering sound swept over their minds and gradually grew louder. The sound was so noisy and so disturbing that Tannis had to push her mind shielding device to its limit to barely filter it out!

"It is the voice of the soul."

Iggy's voice came through the communicator. The moment he heard these voices, this sorcerer, who had dealt with souls for many years, recognized their true nature.

"Souls? The souls of those Earthlings who were brought here? What are they saying?"

Garrosh, controlling Getter Robo, wielded his battle axe as he traversed the chaotic universe, hoping to use the machine's unparalleled mobility to get close to the Combined Demon Lord. However, so far, he had not made any significant progress.

"I can't really explain what they're saying—after all, I've only read some books about Earth and don't really understand life on Earth. But in my personal opinion, to use an Earthly term, these words are just collective negativity... Ugh!!!"

Another light projectile swept past Iggy's mech, causing the entire mage's machine to shake again. Looking at the parameters displayed on his screen, Iggy was extremely anxious—at the current rate, his mech might not be able to hold out until the fleet arrived!

"You...cannot...have any hope."

Suddenly, the chaotic attacks ceased, and the battlefield star field returned to silence within seconds as if nothing had happened. A deep and ethereal voice rang in everyone's ears—piercing through eardrums and reaching the soul!

"Getter Aura Ray!!!"

The one who responded to the sound was Garrosh, who had been holding back his anger for a long time. Without hesitation, the orcish warlord pushed the control stick in front of him to its limit and unleashed a bright white holy beam of energy surrounded by plasma. Although, in terms of proportion, this holy beam was at most a hair on the fused demon king, there was no doubt that, given the nature of the three demons combined, even such a 'small' beam of holy light was enough to incinerate part of its body!

only....

"What???"

Seeing the beam of holy light pierce through the combined demon king's body on the screen, even the battle-hardened Garrosh was stunned. He had challenged beings that could etherealize themselves to avoid attacks before. In fact, from the undead to the void and even elemental creatures, etherealizing themselves to hide in another plane to avoid harm was their routine operation. However, he knew very well that no matter what kind of etherealization it was, it was essentially a 'phase shift', and phase shift required energy. But this thing in front of him showed no energy fluctuations at all when he dodged its attacks!

"Watch me!!"

On the other side, Iggy, who was seething with anger, raised his robot wrist, casually aimed, and blasted a dimensional bomb. This projectile, capable of causing minor dimensional tremor damage, teleported to the side of the Combined Demon King in the blink of an eye, and then exploded into a ball of white-hot flames!

"...No way?"

The moment the dimensional bomb exploded, Iggy knew the outcome—it caused no damage, and his attack was ineffective!

".....courage?"

Just as the others were about to do something, the three-in-one demon god suddenly raised one of its hands and pulled it forcefully into the air! With just this pull, the warriors, including Varian, Garrosh, and even Kerrigan and Li-Ming, suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness, as if the fused demon god in front of them was not a fusion of fragments of something they had defeated before, but some kind of invincible being!

"How boring! Is this the only pathetic trick you can pull?"

However, this feeling came and went quickly. In the instant the sense of powerlessness subsided, the hearts of the most hot-tempered warriors were filled with rage—undoubtedly, the combined demon god's attack had little effect and was extremely insulting!

“Calm down, Varian. He’s trying to unsettle you. With your temperaments, you should have been able to control your anger long ago.”

Illidan's calm voice rang out through the communicator, and the three Demon Lords, united in the distance, seemed to have heard the Demon Hunter's words. They turned their heads slightly and looked in Illidan's direction, their eyes blazing with flames. As the flames surged, Sargeras' bronze face began to replace his previously featureless face.

“Demon Hunter, a vast emptiness lurks within you, though you conceal it well—but you have never obtained what you truly desire.”

"I have it."

Illidan lowered his head and spoke in a hoarse voice.

Even if it was just—something that wasn't even a fragment? Do you really think you got the love you wanted?

The merged demon god burst into maniacal laughter, and with its laughter, the surrounding space trembled once more. However, it did not continue to attack Illidan, but instead rotated its head, revealing itself to be... the likeness of Amon?

"Kerrigan, my successor, do you really believe the universe will become what you and your foolish mortal friend hope for? You can't deceive your own heart—you've long understood that something like Mengsk is the main theme, the universe is essentially a war game... and you, foolishly, refused to become the mastermind..."

"shut up."

Kerrigan stretched out her hand, her eyes flashing with spiritual light, and unleashed a storm of psionic energy. However, this storm passed through the combined form of the three demons without causing the slightest ripple.

"And you... Nephalem, do you really think you've brought hope? Or rather, do you really believe there is still hope?"

As soon as Amon finished speaking, Diablo's face replaced that of the fallen Xel'Naga. The Dark Lord who had guided the fusion laughed mockingly and uttered a series of blasphemous words that were beyond description, even in their viciousness.

"Hope will always be there."

"Then let me see what your hopes are? Is it courage, friendship, responsibility, or love? All of these will ultimately amount to nothingness..."

As he spoke words that sounded like he had the victory in his grasp, the combined demon god turned his face back to a blank expression and opened his hands, outlining an extremely intricate magic circle on his body. Just looking at this magic circle, everyone—even Illidan, who had the strongest will—felt that something was being drawn to them, something was stirring within them—or rather, that they were falling into an invisible abyss of the soul!

Just as everyone was struggling against the attraction, dozens of beams of light, representing a leap, suddenly lit up behind the battlefield! Under this radiance, the allied elite fleet successfully entered the arena!

"useless."

Without even seeing what the combined demon god did, the light of the magic circle successfully shone on the ships. Visibly, the warships that were maneuvering, setting up formations, or calibrating their main guns stopped one after another. Undoubtedly, the crew members had been affected!

"ended."

Looking at the crowd around him, frozen in place by his power, a fleeting sense of satisfaction flashed through the turbid soul of the merged demon king, but it was followed by an even deeper emptiness—it craved more, it wanted to drag more along! And these souls would be the steps it took to reach even more!

However....

"Charge!!"

"For Azeroth!!"