Chapter 158: The Demise of the Internet God

“Huff… Huff…”

The furious panting of losing a prey echoed heavily inside the Great Hall, cold, and chilling to the heart.

The ever-burning soul flames couldn’t bring the Underworld Gods the slightest warmth.

They stood trembling in the Underworld Shrine, appearing calm but were deeply terrified inside.

The Underworld God, Sawyer, sat high on the divine seat, clutching the armrests, eyes bloodshot, staring viciously at the subordinate gods below, speaking cruelly:

“The authority of a Divine Spark is unique. Why does the Internet God possess this ability? Did one of you betray me?”

These words shocked the Underworld Gods colorless.

Indeed, the soul casting image ability belongs to underworld authority. How could the Internet God possibly grasp it? Yet he has! This can only mean one thing—underworld authority has been leaked.

Who leaked it?

Certainly not the Underworld God.

Then it must be the demigods and servants holding parts of the virtual underworld divine spark!

Thinking of this, the previously sympathetic Underworld Gods became wary of each other, glancing at the corpse of the servant god Bazel, suddenly gaining some insight.

No wonder the Underworld God went berserk and killed! It was because Bazel grasped the ‘Binding’ authority.

Too bad, a mistake was made! Otherwise, the Internet soul casting function would vanish, and the Underworld God wouldn’t question the gods.

“Underworld God, you know me. If I were to rebel, I would not be standing here!”

“Great Underworld God, Duke swore lifetime loyalty to you, I would never rebel, this matter has nothing to do with me.”

“Underworld God, if I have rebellious intentions, may I vanish instantly!”

“Underworld God, you know, my authority is only soul transformation, I could never betray the master!”

The Underworld Gods shouted loudly, pleading their innocence.

The Underworld God Sawyer stared hard at the gods, breath quickening. After a while, he clenched his teeth, a sudden thought struck his heart.

“Crack!”

An ear-piercing sound resounded in the Great Hall.

All the virtual divine sparks of the Underworld Gods suddenly disintegrated.

“Underworld God, save…save…”

“No…”

Two demigods instantly aged, looking at the Underworld God with terror and pleading, but before new virtual divine sparks arrived, they lost all vitality and perished! Even the undead have lifespan limits.

They were the earliest followers of the Underworld God, their life span long exhausted, virtual divine sparks gave them illusory eternal life.

Now, the Underworld God, to ‘test’ who is betraying, disintegrated their virtual divine sparks given to the Internet God.

Without the support of virtual divine sparks, the later-joining gods were weak but barely maintained life.

The two oldest veterans, however, were tragic, their lifespan long exhausted, naturally dying instantly.

For a time, the hall was as quiet as a drop of a pin!

Watching the oldest two demigods suddenly die pathetically in the shrine, the Underworld Gods felt a chill all over, more saddened and terrified.

In the Underworld, they were high and mighty gods, countless high lords trembling at their feet;

In the multiverse, their status was even higher than some weaker gods.

Yet, who would have thought their lives were in the Underworld God’s whim! Truly:

Rising powerfully, falling abruptly! “Snap!”

Another cracking noise made the Underworld Gods shiver like scared rabbits.

Barely gathering courage to look, they saw the Underworld God snap the divine seat’s armrest in rage, disbelief on his face.

“No, impossible! How can the Internet God master underworld authority?”

The Underworld God, Sawyer, looked incredulous! Along with retrieving virtual authority, the Internet soul casting function did not disappear.

What does this mean? Unimaginable! For his dark web over the Internet, the greatest advantage was—secrecy.

Promoting the network in his preaching area would surely face suppression.

The Internet, displaying content via a virtual screen, easily exposed users.

The dark web was different, projected into the soul, if not mentioned, how would others know? At most, the person’s expression looked dazed.

Given alternatives, choosing the lesser of two evils.

One easily exposed; one hidden in the soul; which to choose, do you need to ask?

Now the Internet has this feature too, putting both back on the same starting line!

No, the dark web will even be at a disadvantage.

Because the Internet still has a virtual screen feature, this will be the greatest advantage in legal preaching areas.

“Ha-ha-ha…”

The Underworld God, Sawyer, grit his teeth, already at the peak of his anger.

“Duke!”

“Here!”

Demigod Duke rolled and crawled out from the crowd, prostrating under the Underworld Shrine.

“Terminate all invasion plans, gather the Fifth Calamity, split the forces, one to the Dofi Sub-Dimension, one to the Kewell Empire!” The Underworld God ordered angrily.

“Yes!” Duke responded with horror.

“Bennett!”

“Here.”

“Gather all undead corps from all dimensions, except for necessary garrison troops, all to attack the Kewell Empire!”

“I shall not disgrace the mission!”

“Owen!”

“Here!”

“…”

Even in fury, the Underworld God issued commands calmly.

Originally he planned to expand the preaching area, amass a massive Fifth Calamity, and slowly wear down the Internet God.

Now he changed his mind.

The Internet God’s retaliation even made him fearful! He had an intuition.

If the Internet God continued to develop, it would cause endless troubles!

So he decided, even if severely wounded, he would completely destroy the foundations of the Internet God and kill him in the cradle.

Absolutely no breathing space for the Internet God.

Without the preaching area, let’s see how you, Internet God, fight against me!

At that time, the Underworld pantheon, this war group fighting for thousands of years, frantically operated under the Underworld God’s will again.

The deployed Fifth Calamity quickly summoned back to the rear.

The originally aggressive undead corps rapidly recalled, taking a defensive stance.

The assembly of the Fifth Calamity and undead corps couldn’t be hidden from the multiverse gods.

Seeing this, the multiverse gods didn’t relax but became more nervous.

Now the Underworld God is powerful, clearly in full advantage, why suddenly withdraw troops?

Was it their backstage interference taking effect?

Or was the Underworld God concentrating forces to defeat them one by one? Thinking of the latter, the multiverse gods became more tense and fearful.

They seized the rare breathing moment, adjusted troops, restructured power, even lobbying alliances everywhere for warmth.

Under the Underworld God’s pressure, the usually scattered multiverse gods subtly formed several groups.

For a time, dark clouds gathered, like a storm brewing.