Chapter 157: Furious Underworld God

Underworld · Glazed Mountain.

In the eerie God Temple, where the soul fire never extinguishes, an ancient undead dragon lurks in the darkness, its massive head resting beside the God Throne.

Within its large skull, the ethereal blue soul fire flickers quietly, imposing boundless pressure! Yet, no matter how immense its pressure is, it cannot overshadow the authority of the owner sitting on the Underworld God’s throne beside it.

Underworld God Sawyer sits high on the throne, overlooking the temple.

Beneath the throne, the bone dragon coils around pillars. Followers gather, high-ranking lords and summoners of the Underworld assemble, the hall is bustling.

“Great Underworld God, the Fifth Plague has gathered at the Zi Hua plane. Should we launch an attack on the Taylor Dynasty?”

Demigod Duke excitedly reports.

Ever since the great Underworld God began the leaflet tactics.

In just half a day, the Source Essence coming from the Virtual Divine Spark nearly matched his total earnings of the past year. How could he not be thrilled?

The Underworld God is wise.

From the start of ruling the Underworld, he understood his strengths and weaknesses.

Strength, of course, comes from the endless army resources in the Underworld.

But the weakness is also evident. These troops are scattered forces, needing summoners, magicians, and even the Underworld lords to unify and govern in order to release their potential.

For this, he set up the Underworld Pantheon with the Virtual Divine Spark and the Source Essence as top rewards.

To obtain eternal life and enjoy Source Essence resources, one must join his Underworld Pantheon, fight for him, and pledge allegiance!

Through this system, he has enlisted countless talents from the Underworld and even throughout the multiverse.

He generously shares one ten-thousandth of the gathered Source Essence with his subordinates, forming a mutual benefit collective in the Underworld Pantheon.

Now, under the amplification of the Dark Web, the Underworld Pantheon exhibits astonishing power.

Vast waves of Source Essence flow towards the Underworld God like a stormy tide. Even distributing just one ten-thousandth feels like a gushing river to these followers, exciting everyone! At this moment, the Underworld God’s subordinates can exert utmost combat power.

Some tirelessly distribute leaflets; others monitor the Dark Web, reviewing and screening users.

“Attack! But remember, not to kill, for all those humans shall one day be our flock!” the Underworld God said faintly.

“Yes!” Demigod Duke responded, immediately issuing orders among the [Underworld God Followers].

“Great Underworld God, the Heretics’ Newbie Village has been built, only the instance teleportation array is still under construction,” reported another high-ranking lord stepping forward.

“Very good, El Ro, I entrust the Heretics’ Newbie Village to you!” The Underworld God nodded with satisfaction.

“El Ro will not fail you!”

A serving god stepped forward and quickly left the temple.

It turns out, with the wild expansion of the Dark Web, various multiversal gods have been manipulating spirits to log into the Dark Web, causing chaos, trying to destroy the Underworld God from within.

This is one of the few means to resist without directly offending the Underworld God.

One must admit, the resistance from the gods is quite effective.

They crazily attack instance teleportation arrays, destroy Newbie Village infrastructures, preach zone officials, even civilians, greatly hindering the Underworld God’s strategy.

Forcing the Underworld God to temporarily hold off expanding the Fifth Plague’s territory.

However, though he no longer focuses the Fifth Plague’s power on territorial expansion, he scatters them deep into enemy lines.

This is, of course, learned from the Internet God’s tactics of dealing with them! Deploy endless Fifth Plague behind enemy lines, employ human wit, execute guerilla warfare, especially targeting farmlands and disrupting facilities. Time would force the enemy to surrender without a fight.

After all, every intelligent being needs to eat.

As for the gods’ destruction? The Underworld God pondered briefly and devised a countermeasure.

He partitioned the [Underworld God Followers] to isolate the gods’ retaliation.

Thus, the Heretics’ Newbie Village was established.

In other words, all new users are sent to new Newbie Villages, centralized supervision on one hand and centralized release on non-preaching areas on the other.

So even if someone tries to sabotage, the damage is minimal.

“Underworld God, urgent news from the Shadow Hall. Multiple planes show signs of the Internet God’s subordinates distributing leaflets!”

A demigod suddenly exclaimed.

As soon as the voice fell, a ripple of commotion spread through the hall.

The Underworld God’s followers exchanged glances, many showing a hint of uncertainty in their eyes.

Although the Dark Web is advancing rapidly, they all know it is ultimately a mimicry of the Internet by the Underworld God!

The Internet God is the true pioneer of the Internet! As soon as he exerts power, can the Dark Web still seize it from him?

Many subordinates started doubting in their hearts.

“Heh, the Internet God does have some insight!” The Underworld God sneered.

“Underworld God, should we launch a counter-attack on the Internet God to exhaust him?”

The siren-originated demigod Alberta stepped forward to suggest.

“No need. The Internet won’t become a major force. The gods won’t allow it to spread! Compared to the Dark Web, the Internet is like the glaring sun, absolutely blocking it is hard, but suppressing it to a limited number isn’t!”

The Underworld God was full of arrogance.

“No, the Internet doesn’t even have the soil for survival because we have the Dark Web as an alternative. Those cowardly and timid humans wouldn’t dare log onto the Internet, defying the gods’ ban!”

With this statement, the Underworld God’s servants and the lords in the temple glanced at each other, finding joy in the other’s eyes.

“The Underworld God speaks truly!”

“Indeed, to the gods, our Dark Web is the real weapon of mass destruction! The Internet is merely a fish in the water, guaranteed to get caught with a fork!”

“That’s right, the gods won’t let the Internet spread. They’ll just send their dogs to search house to house! In this scenario, who dares go online?”

“From this perspective, the Dark Web is the true Internet!”

“Indeed! With the authority over souls, what information can’t be copied? The laughable Internet, just a section for music, still needs the Goddess of Music to cooperate, it’s like building with dirt and rubble, utterly ridiculous!”

Listening to his subordinates’ flattery, the Underworld God couldn’t help but laugh loudly.

The Internet God is truly his lucky star!

Without his appearance, how could he have created the Dark Web?

How could the current sweeping force across the multiverse have emerged? “Underworld God, something’s wrong, the Internet updated…” The god Bazzel, designated to monitor the Internet, suddenly exclaimed.

“Shut up! What’s wrong with updating? An update is an update, why make a fuss?”

Already floating with complacency from his subordinates’ praise, the Underworld God Sawyer scolded.

“Forgive me, Underworld God!”

The god Bazzel trembled all over, immediately falling to the ground, too frightened, quivering like chaff.

Those demigods and servants may seem prominent, but within the Underworld Pantheon, their life and death are but a word from the Underworld God!

“Let me guess? The Internet update should relate to the Contract, say, prohibiting soul recording of Internet content, am I right?”

The Underworld God asked proudly.

Although his actions are radical, it doesn’t indicate he is foolish.

Regarding the Internet God’s response, frankly, he had outlined a dozen responses and prepared all countermeasures.

It’s not that he’s particularly smart; it’s that long years have endowed him with profound experience!

There’s nothing new under the sun.

So many things can be easily guessed.

An old thief never dies!

“Correct!” Trembling, god Bazzel answered.

“The Underworld God has great insight!”

“The Underworld God is far-sighted!”

“Haha, every move of the Internet God is within the great Underworld God’s predictions. No matter how cunning he is, he can’t escape the Underworld God’s palm!”

“Compared to the great Underworld God, the Internet God is just a flickering light, weak and pitiful.”

In the Underworld Temple, a group of subordinates showering praise! Right now, the Underworld God’s power isn’t just rising; it’s rolling larger and larger. Who wouldn’t want to cling to the Underworld God’s leg?

“Since the Contract is made, the rest would be adjustments, like opening more magic knowledge; adding new quirky sections; reducing Source Essence consumption, extending user login duration; am I right?”

The Underworld God smiled smugly, casually dictating strategies.

After the voice fell, god Bazzel remained silent for a long time.

“Why aren’t you speaking?” The Underworld God frowned.

“Da-da-da!”

The sound of teeth trembling from fear echoed faintly under the hall, impossible to escape everyone’s ears.

“Answer me!”

The Underworld God’s brow furrowed, sensing something amiss.

“Report to the great… Underworld God, the Internet updated… soul deployment functions.”

God Bazzel trembled as he gritted his teeth, reporting the Internet’s updated content.

“Oh, so it was…” The Underworld God’s eyes widened: “What did you just say?”

At the same time, he manipulated a spirit to log into the Internet to check. The ensuing content made him open his eyes wide, murderous intent spreading!

“Ah! Damn it! Why didn’t you say it earlier? Huh? What’s your intention? Die!”

The Internet’s updated content left the Underworld God Sawyer raging furiously, roaring in hysterical anger!

God Bazzel begged for his life in terror! But his trembling plea hadn’t fully left his lips before it abruptly ceased.

He instantly lost his breath, like a dead dog, lying prostrate in the temple.

In the Underworld, a noble god enough to intimidate many high-ranking lords died so pitifully.

The hall’s subordinates were stupefied, each shaking in fear as a terrifying thought echoed in all their minds.

Is—Divine Spark authority unique? Why does the Internet God have the authority over soul deployment? Could he be eroding the Underworld God’s authority?