nucmednet Chapter 339 Dictator finally appears! Two true gods clash?
Chapter 339 Dictator finally appears! Two true gods clash?
Chapter 339 Dictator finally appears! Two true gods clash?
The universe is so vast and boundless, magnificent and eternal.
The starry sky, stretching for billions of miles, seems to have no end, with countless stars twinkling throughout.
Beyond Gilgamesh's planet, there are countless planets and inhabited planets scattered throughout the starry sky.
This added a touch of liveliness to the desolate starry sky, and made Gilgamesh no longer seem so lonely.
However, at this moment, as the giant hand with its gnarled branches pressed down, hundreds of planets shattered, causing the starry sky to tremble violently and creating a storm of turbulent time and space, as if the moment of world destruction had arrived.
Especially around the giant palm of the tree-man, in places that were otherwise empty or only had broken stones, countless blood-red tree-men instantly sprouted, like pillars. In the middle of each pillar was a terrifying human face, either crying or laughing, flying around everywhere, extremely bizarre.
Hundreds of kilometers away from the giant palm of the tree-man, a planet that was fortunate enough to escape being scratched also grew strangely shaped, withered trees, adding to the desolate and lonely atmosphere of the already barren planet.
With a "whoosh," an extremely peculiar and powerful force instantly teleported everyone except Shafa back to Gilgamesh.
Even their respective Protoss warships were moved back.
Even the strongest beings on earth, such as Patriarch Heimdall and Emperor Shalatu, were powerless to resist.
Only Xiafa remained, with his insignificant human body, facing alone the giant hands of the tree-men that blotted out the universe.
The space around Xia Fa had long been sealed off, and time had stopped flowing. The feeling he had when facing the Silver Cleaners returned once again, and it was even more powerful, more bizarre, and more difficult to defend against than the Silver Cleaners had been.
The giant treant's hand was quite sophisticated; not only did it crush planets devoid of life, but it also killed only Shafa, teleporting everyone else back to Gilgamesh.
"【Crimson Demon Tree】————"
Xiafa had considered the possibility of retaliation from the Outer God, the Crimson Tree, but he always felt that since he was currently on Gilgamesh and would later return to Kaligi, as long as he was careful, the Crimson Tree would not dare to directly enter the real world and attack him.
But now, facing the colossal, sky-covering hands of the tree-man, he realized that he had underestimated the bottom line of these gods who had chosen to side with the Cleaners.
As the giant treant hand of the Crimson Demon Tree drew ever closer to Xiafa, an atmosphere of despair permeated the air. It seemed that human strength could not withstand it; it appeared that without becoming a god, there was only the fate of being slaughtered.
Inside the atmosphere of Gilgamesh, Emperor Sharatul was furious, Patriarch Heimdall was enraged, and even the usually composed Patriarch Osius was extremely indignant.
But no one could do anything about it.
Because this is an Outer God, and one who has lived for nearly 30,000 years without losing control or going mad, with a seniority almost as long as that of the True Gods!
It's easy to imagine how powerful it is.
Although Xia Fa was also unable to move, he felt an unprecedented sense of peace within himself.
thump!
thump!
thump!
Inside his chest, his first and second hearts, like the sun, began to pound violently, as if a scorching, fierce flame was about to erupt from them.
This is different from the Silver Cleanser incident. Although the Silver Cleanser's status was suppressed to below that of an Outer God in the Old Forge, he was still unable to move.
But at that time, he hadn't signed the fifth overlord-level secret contract, and the burning sensation in his heart meridian had also dried up.
And now-
Seeing that the giant treant hand of the [Crimson Demon Tree] had approached to within a hundred miles, Xia Fa clenched his fists, preparing to recklessly draw out the [Ancient Treasure - Rhine Blade of Calamity].
He wasn't going to risk his life, but rather to use himself as bait to try and save his own life!
Although the Crimson Tree is an Outer God, it can't be killed with only one hand reaching into the real world!
Although taking out the [Ancient Treasure - Rhine Blade of Calamity] would expose his identity as someone who had signed five overlord-level secret contracts, and would attract endless pursuit from the fake Nine Great Gods and the Golden Cleansers, Xia Fa couldn't care less about that.
Later is later; if we don't act now, we'll lose our lives.
At worst, I can give up on [Eternal Critical Strike], absorb and contain [Eternal Secret], and hide away in my own little world for now.
Just as Xia Fa made up his mind, a strange scene suddenly appeared.
Suddenly, the giant palm of the tree-man, which was only a dozen kilometers away and seemed to be just a moment away, stopped inexplicably.
The pause didn't seem like the Crimson Tree had given up; rather, it seemed as if the Outer God had been greatly affected and was no longer able to attack Shafa.
However, neither Shafa himself nor the guests in the atmosphere of Gilgamesh sensed any divine power.
In this situation, either a true god deliberately concealed their aura, or—it was an outer god or a secondary god who possessed one of the strongest of the dozens of [Proofs of Eternity] who secretly intervened!
That's right. If one possesses one of the strongest dozens of "Proofs of Eternity," then even a god can briefly cause such an effect, but the price to pay is extremely high.
"snort--!"
A cold snort emanated from the star spirit rift, stretching for billions of miles, carrying a strong warning and threat. Undoubtedly, it came from the Outer God, the Crimson Demon Tree.
Immediately afterward, seemingly fearing that continuing in this manner might lead to some negative consequences, or perhaps realizing that someone was secretly interfering and that this surprise attack could only end in vain, the Crimson Demon Tree withdrew its giant treant hand.
Outside Gilgamesh, the void that once filled the planet is now a desolate wasteland, littered with rubble and metal fragments, as well as high-temperature plasma from the cooling Earth's core, as if meteorites and magma have suddenly filled the sky.
Just before the Crimson Demon Tree withdrew its palm, a tender green leaf sprouted from a branch in its palm. The leaf flashed and burst forth with a strange and powerful force, which instantly spread to the surrounding area.
At this moment, outside Gilgamesh, time reversed, space converged, and the hundreds of shattered planets instantly reformed, as if they had never been broken at all.
Only the reality corrupted by Him, those strange tree-people, and the planets that have grown withered trees, seem irreversible and beyond redemption.
"You will clean up the pollution of reality as the price for letting you off the hook."
The Crimson Tree left behind these words, and Xiu's voice sounded like two rough pieces of wood rubbing against each other. Immediately afterward, the Star Spirit Crack closed completely like a zipper being pulled up, and disappeared.
Within the atmosphere of Gilgamesh, countless figures rushed out and immediately surrounded Shafa.
"Great-grandson, are you alright?"
The first to rush over was Holy Emperor Sharatu, his face filled with worry and concern as he asked questions.
Solrock and Folnir followed closely behind, immediately joining in as well.
"Xia Fa, are you hurt? Damn it, this is outrageous!"
"Master, you—"
Before Xia Fa could answer, Patriarch Heimdall and the others had already flown over. They disregarded their dignity and status and, like old women, began to ask him questions with great concern.
"Quick, quick, check if your mind has been corrupted!"
"Has this Crimson Demon Tree gone mad? It dared to approach the real world and even attacked you! When I get back, I must report this to Lord Absolute Defense!"
"Hmm, his condition is quite stable, thankfully. Don't worry, Shafa, even I can't swallow this insult. Your Gilgamesh family's revered 'Paradox Joker' will certainly not let him off easily!"
Although he had just experienced the second greatest danger of his life—the first being when he was targeted by the golden cleaner wielding a halberd in the city of the giant jaw beast—Xia Fa felt a surge of warmth in his heart as he faced everyone's undisguised concern.
Clearly, everyone has seen with their own eyes that he has been targeted by the powerful and veteran Outer God, the Crimson Demon Tree—essentially, they have become enemies.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. Just now—"
After quickly using his spiritual intuition to check his entire body and confirming that there were no problems and that he had not been affected by any methods planted by the Crimson Demon Tree, Xia Fa reassured everyone.
However, Xia Fa was genuinely puzzled as to why the Crimson Demon Tree stopped, or rather, who stopped it.
Everyone was quite puzzled and there was a lot of discussion.
"Perhaps His unauthorized approach to the real world was discovered by one of the nine righteous gods, which is why he had to stop."
"I also think it's possible."
"Haha, our Xia Fa family head is a Heavenly Mandate Holy Spirit. He has access to far more god-level beings than we do. Perhaps some being He knows helped Him?"
"That makes sense — in short, Xia Fa, you're really lucky to be alive. You'll have to thank them properly in the future."
"I'm getting angrier and angrier the more I think about it. Is this Crimson Demon Tree really that shameless? His subordinates caused trouble, and he was killed because he couldn't defeat Xiafa. Yet he still has the nerve to seek revenge, and he's doing it all by using his divine form to fight a mortal!"
"Don't worry, the Nine Great Gods will definitely punish Him. To dare to approach the real world without the permission of the Nine Great Gods is just asking for trouble."
"Yes, and they still have the nerve to say they let us go and allowed us to clean up the pollution He has caused to the real world? Would He dare to kill tens of thousands of us?"
Seeing that Xia Fa was alright, everyone gathered around him, discussing the matter, and couldn't help but feel indignant.
However, many astute individuals, their eyes flashing, remained silent, realizing that something extremely amiss.
First, at the grand banquet of the Gilgamesh family patriarch, the Fearful Witch King, the patriarch of the Brief Church, personally led the Scarlet Agents to cause trouble.
Now, the Crimson Demon Tree dares to attack Shafa recklessly, regardless of the consequences, as soon as Shafa leaves the atmosphere of Gilgamesh.
It's important to understand that both the Gilgamesh family itself and Gilgamesh Planet, this super-large life-bearing planet, are protected and blessed by the righteous god, the Paradox Joker!
In the past, the Crimson Tree wouldn't have dared to make a move near Gilgamesh, let alone the head of the Gilgamesh family deliberately going to the Protoss Realm.
But now, not only did he take action, but seeing that his sneak attack had failed, he even openly and subtly warned and threatened Xia Fa, the new head of the family.
Everyone couldn't help but speculate: Could it be that the two true gods, [Paradox Joker] and [Temporary Reality], have really started fighting?
Is it because the Crimson Demon Tree has the support of the righteous god, Brief Reality, that it dares to act so recklessly?
Or perhaps, the Gilgamesh family has lost power and no longer enjoys the favor of the Paradox Joker?
Of course, everyone kept these speculations to themselves and dared not utter a single word about them.
Xia Fa could tell what some people were thinking just by looking at their expressions.
These people included secret traders or owners of gold-mining guilds, high-ranking nobles who controlled a life-bearing planet, and leaders of various extraordinary organizations. Without exception, they were all shrewd and capable individuals.
"They probably think it's a battle between [Temporary Reality] and [Paradox Joker], ha—"
Of all those present, only Xia Fa understood that the reason why the Crimson Demon Tree dared to be so audacious was simply because he thought the Paradox Clown was fake and that the fake Nine True Gods had long since stopped interfering in affairs.
Since they are fake Nine Gods, and since the Golden Cleansers, who will awaken a year later, will be wiping out all the extraordinary beings in the universe anyway, the Crimson Tree naturally assumed that the fake Paradox Joker wouldn't interfere when it took action on its own.
Gods and Outer Gods simply dare not approach the real world, not that they cannot.
In fact, if one doesn't care about the real-world pollution caused by the spillover of supernatural power, all the minor gods, outer gods, and beings of equal status in the entire Protoss Realm can freely roam the real world.
Therefore, the Crimson Demon Tree's attack would not cause any loss to Him, so He naturally chose to take action.
"Could it be that He wants to steal the [Eternal Plunder] from me? I wonder if He knows about the [Secret of Eternity] —"
Xia Fa couldn't believe that this Outer God called the "Crimson Demon Tree" would be so loyal and righteous as to seek revenge for the Crimson Agent.
So, this is the only explanation.
Without much thought, he raised his head again and looked at the guests.
"Everyone."
Xia Fa remained calm and continued, "I apologize for the fright you all caused. Rest assured, I will definitely report this matter to Lord Paradox Clown and seek justice. As for the fright you suffered, my Gilgamesh family will hold a banquet to compensate you in the future. I hope you will do me the honor of attending."
Seeing that Xia Fa showed no signs of having just survived a life-or-death ordeal, but rather seemed to have just come from seeing off guests on Gilgamesh, everyone couldn't help but feel more admiration for him.
A heart pounding with thunderous fury yet a face as calm as a still lake – this is the demeanor of the head of a divinely favored family that everyone has come to know!
No wonder Emperor Sharatu fully supports Xiafa as the head of the family.
The guests immediately exchanged pleasantries with Xia Fa, offered each other a few words of comfort, and then boarded the Protoss warship.
"Xia Fa, you wait. I will definitely get the Supreme Law Enforcer to give you justice in this matter!"
Just before Patriarch Heimdall boarded the Protoss warship, he made sure to emphasize it again, seemingly because he was truly enraged.
"Alright, I'll wait. I also believe that the Supreme Law Lord wouldn't ignore something like this!"
Xia Fa didn't forget to continue his act, after all, the vast majority of people in the universe, including patriarchs, popes and emperors, still didn't know about the Cleaners, let alone the truth or falsehood of the Nine Great Gods.
Therefore, what he just said was also a pretense of not knowing these secrets, and a pretense of believing that he could really get justice, so as not to arouse suspicion from the fake Nine Great Gods and the Golden Cleansers.
As the guests boarded their respective Protoss warships, one after another, the Protoss warships started up, their hulls enveloped in a hazy starlight, crashing into the Protoss rift and departing in turn.
As Xia Fa looked at the silhouettes of those ships, the anger he had been suppressing finally began to overflow.
"【Crimson Demon Tree】————"
Just now, if it weren't for some unknown being intervening and stopping the Crimson Demon Tree, things would have been truly terrible.
Although he wouldn't have died even without that unknown being, he was forced to use the [Ancient Treasure: Rhine Blade of Calamity].
That would invite endless trouble, and there would be no peace whatsoever.
Therefore, this grudge must be avenged, for whatever reason.
A mere Outer God dares to attack me? He's got a death wish!
Xia Fa had been wondering where to find the "Eternal Tokens" after the "Eternal Critical Strike".
After all, the Gate of Ancient Mithril is not easy to pass through. Under normal circumstances, the [Proof of Eternity] only appears once every few hundred or thousands of years. By the time it appears again, it will be too late.
To say that you're going to the Protoss Realm to hunt down Outer Gods and Outer Gods doesn't make sense either. With the Cleaners about to launch a full-scale attack on all extraordinary beings in the universe, any Outer God or Outer God or unknown being of equal rank who hasn't sided with the Cleaners will be considered an ally from now on.
Now, he has finally found a target to hunt and plunder—the Crimson Demon Tree.
"Having survived since the dawn of extraordinary power, for a full 30,000 years without going mad or losing control, this [Crimson Demon Tree] might possess one or two of the strongest [Proofs of Eternity]—"
Perfect timing! Once I become an Outer God, I'll settle all my old and new scores with this [Crimson Demon Tree]!
Perhaps, we don't need to wait for an Outer God; a Subordinate God will suffice. At most, after becoming a Subordinate God, signing a few more Overlord-level secret contracts should be enough to kill this thing.
"Let's go back, Shafa. Let's stay on our planet Gilgamesh and discuss a plan."
At this moment, Sharatul put his arm around his shoulder, his tone carrying a mixture of relief and emotion: "I really don't know what's wrong with the nine great gods. In the past 30,000 years, apart from those deep-seated hatreds, it's really rare for outer gods to personally deal with humans—"
Xia Fa nodded slightly, indicating that he also wanted to go back and rest.
Perfect timing, I've rested enough. Tomorrow I'll use the ultra-long-distance teleportation array to return to Caligi.
After today, there will only be three days left until the release of [Eternal Critical Strike] —
But just then, a voice that Xia Fa was extremely familiar with rang out through his spiritual intuition.
The voice clearly came from a young man, languid yet possessing a kingly majesty, as if he had seen through everything in the world.
"Xia Fa, are you there?"
Xia Fa was taken aback. Why did this guy, like the "Paradox Clown," also like to ask such questions?
If this world didn't lack the internet, he would have suspected that these two had been chatting online too much.
Without hesitation, Xia Fa immediately replied with a smile, guided by her spiritual intuition, "Yes, what's up? You've finally decided to leave seclusion, Dick Tudor?"
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