Chapter 164: Let There Be Light [Double Chapter]

If the teleportation array is the ultimate force projection, then the magic shield is the most extravagant 3D defense system.

Its creation didn’t come from a single stroke of genius, but from countless magicians gradually improving the basic elemental shield.

This is a complex system.

Therefore, every activation not only consumes astonishing magic power but also requires a long activation time.

In a world where gods roam, a single breath can change the tide of battle!

The Sparda battle is the best example.

So closing the magic shield now is undoubtedly a huge crisis for Willis.

Doesn’t Yu Sheng’an know how dangerous this is? He knows.

But he has no choice!

He can’t allow the Underworld God’s demoralizing words to continue.

Because he knows you should never test human nature.

Counting down the first two seconds was already enough.

So Yu Sheng’an counterattacked.

He deliberately withdrew the magic shield, not only resolving the dilemma of the Quever Archmages but performing an empty city tactic.

It was a clever move! He wanted to see if the Underworld God dared to enter.

Little did he know, his counterattack stirred complex emotions in the hearts of the Quever Archmages.

—Regardless of whether the Internet God wins or loses, his move left a way out for everyone, giving the Quever Archmages an exit.

Victory aside, if defeated, the Quever Archmages have a reason to say they followed the Underworld God’s orders by opening the magic shield during the countdown.

Even if the Underworld God is unwilling to admit it, he must, or his reputation will be ruined! From then on, forget about any peace deals.

Thinking of this, even though they are not optimistic about the Internet God, the Quever Archmages felt a touch of gratitude.

Of course, most people couldn’t think this deeply.

They were completely shocked by Ajef’s arrogant words! Willis fell silent, and the Underworld God’s group was left speechless.

For them, the disappearance of the Willis City magic shield should have been a good thing.

But now no one thinks it’s a good thing.

Ajef’s unusual words actually made the Underworld Gods uneasy.

The Underworld God, on his towering chariot, furrowed his brows.

Does this mean the Quever Archmages have surrendered?

Or is it a provocation by the Internet God? Demigod Duke, seeing the Underworld God’s dilemma, stepped forward and offered advice: “Underworld God, the Fifth Calamity is immortal. Whatever trick the Internet God is playing, just send a corps to probe.”

The Underworld God’s brow relaxed: “Approved!”

Yes, whether it’s a conspiracy or an open plot, a probe will clear things up. With the Fifth Calamity’s low cost of error, why guess? “Whoo—”

A powerful, earth-shaking attack horn sounded in the Underworld God’s camp.

The Fifth Calamity column advanced with the horn, marching slowly toward Willis City. Despite their disordered steps, their sheer number shook the earth.

The sudden movement of the Undead Army caused a stir in Willis City! Countless people instinctively looked towards the city walls, knowing Ajef, who ordered the shield down, was there!

The Quever Archmages couldn’t sit still anymore.

All eyes were on Yu Sheng’an.

With all eyes on him, Yu Sheng’an took a deep breath, preparing another psychological tactic to buy time against the advancing Fifth Calamity!

Unexpectedly, at this moment, he raised his brow and chuckled, “Underworld God, your home has been raided, yet you’re in the mood for war here? Impressive, impressive!”

As soon as the words fell.

Above Willis, virtual screens appeared, spreading like a frozen ocean, with Willis City as the shore and extending towards the sea’s center.

The heart tactic Yu Sheng’an used to resolve the siege of the Five Prime Gods reappeared!

“Is that…”

“The God of War?”

“No, there’s also the Sea God, Earth Mother!”

The Quever Archmages looked up at the sky. The scene on the virtual screen there made their scalps tingle! It clearly showed the War, Earth, Life, and Sea Gods attacking the Underworld God’s preaching area! “It’s illusion! Fifth Calamity, full assault!”

The Underworld God’s calm voice steadied the Underworld army while ordering a full assault!

On his towering chariot, invisible to the soldiers, the Underworld God widened his eyes, hands trembling!

Because he knew this wasn’t illusion?

His previous allies coordinated their attack on his preaching area while he gathered forces in the Kewell Empire.

Their speed was too fast!

A four-against-one attack swallowed countless preaching areas almost instantly! At this critical moment, the Underworld God gritted his teeth, deciding to fully attack the Kewell Empire.

Now it’s too late for defense. Better to trade those preaching areas for the Kewell Empire. Once victorious over the Internet God, he could slowly deal with those traitors later!

“Haha, at death’s door and still stubborn? Don’t you gods have the Dark Web? Why not ask family or friends, even log off to see for yourselves!”

Yu Sheng’an’s mocking voice drowned out all other noise.

As the words fell!

The Underworld God’s heart sank to the bottom.

He considered cutting off their connection, but it was pointless.

Because doing so would mean… logging off?

“No!”

“My home is under attack!”

“I must return!”

In an instant, the orderly Underworld column fell into chaos, countless undead shrieking in fear.

But more undead froze, their soul fire extinguished in their skulls—players logged off.

“Damn it!” The Underworld God roared in anger. He stared at Willis City, envisioning Yu Sheng’an on the walls, smiling smugly, and ultimately bellowed, “Retreat!”

“Caw—”

The sound of retreat echoed on the battlefield.

Before the remaining Fifth Calamity could respond, another “whoo—” attack horn sounded.

This sound left the barely trained players dumbfounded.

Some retreated hastily, some charged recklessly, others stood in place indecisively! The huge undead formation turned to chaos, resembling an ant nest stirred, everywhere yet no longer terrifying.

“What’s happening?” The Underworld God exclaimed.

“That’s not our sound, this… the Goddess of Music must be behind this!”

The Underworld Gods were shocked.

However, they were experienced and quickly caught on to what happened.

Each looked as pale as death.

The God of Music was insignificant before, ignored.

Now, with just a change in horn sound, they were in trouble.

Before the Underworld God could issue commands via the Dark Web, a cold voice came from the sky.

“God said, Let there be light!”

With a teasing, strange tone, it spread from the heavens, echoing for miles!

Countless people looked up, surprised, only to see nothing but endless white filling the world.

It was light! The world was suddenly bright!

Countless people instinctively covered their eyes, even turning away.

But it couldn’t hide the piercing light.

Each felt their eyes blood-red.

As the light dimmed, the scene outside Willis City left everyone breathless in terror!

The world was no longer the same.

History, a cycle, repeated the scene at Twit City on the Quever border.

Within miles of Willis, the ground liquefied, lava roiled, fields and forests burned, and the Fifth Calamity standing on it was pulverized! The hot waves scorched mage robes, triggering magic armor to release shields!

A gust of wind blew white powder into Willis City, resembling a desert city on the edge of a dust storm.

Further away, countless undead retreated in terror.

“Bastard, die!”

A figure lunged from the Undead Army toward Yu Sheng’an in the sky, the unmistakable Underworld God Sawyer!

“God bless Quever, attack! Attack! Attack!”

Archmage Dundar’s roar came from the Willis City wall!

—No matter how brainless, he knew which side he should stand on.

Not siding now would mean facing the Internet God’s judgment after the war.

The liquefied land cooled rapidly under the archmage’s power, sealing the ground with ice, paving the way for Quever’s mages and soldiers.

“For the Empire!”

“God bless Quever!”

“Kill—”

At that moment, all fear vanished from the Quever soldiers’ hearts, replaced by courage!

Countless magicians, soldiers, and elemental puppets leapt off the walls like a flood, spilling down like rivers, swallowing the land! Across the hills, the charging masses formed a wedge, penetrating the undead army! At the same time, in the sky, the Underworld God with dragon scale armor surged into Yu Sheng’an’s light field.

“Roar!”

A furious roar cracked the sky, sounding like a dragon.

No! This was actually a dragon’s voice.

The Underworld God in the light field suddenly expanded and stretched, transforming into a massive ancient dark dragon! This was the Underworld Authority—Soul Substitution! Through the Underworld Authority, swap with another soul temporarily to gain its abilities!

The more complete the soul, the better the power replication.

The stronger the soul, the longer the swap, consuming vast Source Essence, even exponentially.

Importantly, only one soul can be swapped at a time, sealing the original soul’s power, except Divine Spark power.

In other words, Yu Sheng’an now faced an ancient dark dragon wielding Unseen Divine Spark!

“Boom!”

The ancient dark dragon charged into the sound barrier, generating endless white air fog.

The sonic barrier, a death vortex of attack and defense, activated, tearing fiercely with the dragon’s collision.

Unexpectedly, the ancient dark dragon was instantly covered in scales, fiercely confronting the vortex, with metallic tremors ringing.

This scene made Yu Sheng’an’s pupils dilate!

His death vortex could even shred the God of War’s limb, albeit just a divine projection.

But the Underworld God now is also a divine projection!

Is this the dragon’s power? Or the Underworld God’s?

“Get out!”

Yu Sheng’an cursed, his voice a power.

“Get out” became endless mechanical waves, crashing into the ancient dark dragon, stopping it ten meters away!

“Roar!”

The dragon roared, dark breath spewing out, turning into a bloody miasma, enveloping the sound barrier, seeping in.

“Sizzle, sizzle…”

Yu Sheng’an’s chasing light sphere appeared above him, shining on the dragon’s breath like boiling oil on snow, making sizzling sounds.

“Roar!”

The ancient dark dragon spewed again, its huge form growing bigger with the wind.

Now the dragon seemed like a dough kneaded by invisible forces, forming a hundred-meter titan.

—An ancient Titan of the old gods!

But compared to the solid ancient dark dragon, the massive titan appeared illusory, like a mirage.

Clearly, the Underworld God only obtained a fragment of the Titan soul.

Otherwise it wouldn’t be so illusory.

But still, it was terrifying enough.

Ancient Titans, rumored to be born from stellar cores, naturally wielded plane-controlling powers!

Driving mountains, inverting worlds, like dragon breath, was innate.

In extreme cases, they could merge with planes, incarnating as a plane, grabbing stars.

“Internet God, you will pay for your arrogance!”

The Titan transformed Underworld God roared, suddenly abandoning Yu Sheng’an to rush towards Willis City!

Turning into a dragon to attack Yu Sheng’an was less about rage and more to delay Fifth Calamity’s withdrawal!

His Fifth Calamity, indeed, claimed to be immortal and infinitely revivable.

But resurrection needed resources.

Yu Sheng’an was too ruthless!

Willing to waste vast Source Essence to destroy his fodder.

Initially using Fifth Calamity to drain the Internet God’s Source Essence was an Underworld God strategy, delighted to watch.

Yet this wasn’t then; the sudden backstabbing of the Four Prime Gods turned the situation!

In small and medium planes, divine powers are restricted, relying on subordinate forces to fight.

So his Fifth Calamity couldn’t be all destroyed here!

Otherwise, by the time he had enough undead remains for players, his preaching areas would be gone!

—He knew the Four Prime Gods’ power better than anyone.

Once preaching areas fell, his Fifth Calamity would collapse without a fight.

Now his main forces had withdrawn, so it was time for revenge on the Kewell Empire.

If he suffered, the Internet God shouldn’t be well either! “Damn it!”

Yu Sheng’an was shocked! On the city wall, Ajef’s divine projection suddenly opened its eyes, preparing to deploy the sonic shield!

“Buzz!”

A blood-colored shield suddenly appeared over the city.

“Boom!”

Simultaneously, the hundred-meter titan crashed into the shield, and a torrent of violent energy and shockwaves rocked the world!

But the blood-colored shield stood tall!

This scene stunned the Underworld God! It left Yu Sheng’an amazed, his God’s Perspective quickly pinpointing the shield’s source!

In the Quever Palace, the 11th ruler of the Kewell Empire, Kesan, sliced his palm and pressed it on the throne armrest.

—Using the Quever royal bloodline, he activated the powerful magical array set up by Emperor Kewell at the Empire’s founding! The Kewell Empire has four pillars: Archmage Dundar, Archmage Zimor, Archmage Besse, and Quever’s monarch Kesan.

They form the Empire’s highest authority—the Pillar Council.

But Kesan always had low presence, hardly involved in ruling, yet enjoyed imperial tribute.

Now Yu Sheng’an finally understood why.

“Open for me!”

The Underworld God roared!

Endless Source Essence burned, leveraging Titan’s power, compressing plane air pressure to crush Willis City!

“Get out!”

Yu Sheng’an roared.

A sonic barrier suddenly enveloped the blood-colored shield. As the Titan charged, the shattered sound barrier created a fearsome vortex, slicing the Titan’s body.

However, this attack couldn’t break the dark dragon body, let alone affect the Titan.

The death vortex couldn’t penetrate the Titan’s defense but effectively drained the Underworld God’s momentum, reducing the shield’s pressure.

Moreover, the soul substitution wasn’t permanent!

The Underworld God couldn’t waste time here.

In a stalemate, his bloodshot eyes turned to Willis City’s magician, lifting his right hand sinisterly.

“Undead Transformation!”

A terrifying spell descended! The Underworld God laughed maniacally! If Willis can’t be destroyed, then he’d destroy their population base!