Chapter 248 - 200: All Deities Fall, the Emperor Race Stirs

"This monster!!! This monster!!!"

"It actually ate Jelinek!!!"

"Is this the time to be talking about that? A monster like this is beyond our ability to handle."

"It can even influence the Mana Will... That’s simply incomprehensible, unimaginable."

"Let’s run! Flee into the Star Sea! It’s better than waiting here to die!"

The three Insect Deities were overcome with panic.

It was all because the power and presence Lince displayed had far exceeded their expectations.

Rather than wait in their Divine Kingdoms to be killed, it was better to venture deep into the vast Star Sea. At least that way, they might survive.

Thus, the three Insect Deities made their decision with incredible speed.

They abandoned everything.

Transforming into three different streaks of light, they shot out into the blackness of space.

However, seeing the three streaks of light shooting toward the starry sky, the five-thousand-kilometer Flame Giant Dragon merely glanced over with indifference.

Then, the Giant Dragon’s head seemed to dip into a rippling patch of Space.

The next moment.

With a bloodcurdling scream, another Insect Deity died.

Meanwhile, Lince’s Dragon Claws were not idle.

His two massive Dragon Claws plunged into the void, simultaneously seizing the Divine Kingdoms hidden in Subspace under the Law of Mana!

In an instant, two vibrant Divine Kingdoms were crushed.

All the Prayerers, along with the Demigods, were incinerated into ash by the terrifying flames.

’When killing Deities, you must not only destroy their physical bodies but also their Divine Kingdoms.’

’Otherwise, these guys can quickly revive within their Divine Kingdoms.’

Knowing this full well, Lince naturally wouldn’t give them any chance to do so.

On the other hand, in the process of devouring and destroying the Divine Kingdoms, Lince also used his Fiery Sun Divinity to refine the souls of a vast number of Prayerers.

The souls of these Insect People Prayerers transformed into the purest Divine Power Crystals, which were all being absorbed by Lince’s body.

The sensation was as refreshing as drinking an ice-cold soda on a hot summer day.

Four Divine Kingdoms, the accumulation of countless years.

Now, they all became Lince’s spoils of war.

Meanwhile, upon the Deities’ deaths, the pure Soul Power left in their Divine Formats was also being refined and digested by Lince’s Fiery Sun.

In just a moment, three of the four Insect Deities were already dead.

The last Insect Deity looked back from the far reaches of the Star Sea, his eyes filled with deep despair.

’There’s no escape!’

’Lince’s Space Divine Power is too strong!’

’As far as the eye can see, he can block our path with just a single thought.’

’There’s nowhere to hide, nowhere to run.’

"To think that we, who are so skilled at scheming, who have lived for over ten thousand years and survived countless crises, would bring about such a disaster with a single mistake."

"How truly pathetic and laughable."

The Celestial Beetle Insect Deity murmured in despair.

At the same time, he suddenly unfurled his Elemental Divine Body.

Suddenly.

A colossal figure, nearly fifty thousand meters tall, appeared in the Star Sea.

But fifty kilometers was laughable compared to five thousand kilometers.

(Author’s note: I’ve taken the advice. From now on, I’ll use kilometers instead of thousands of meters.)

Even the Insect Deity himself found it somewhat pathetic and laughable.

Finally, when the Giant Dragon’s head appeared out of the void in front of him, the Insect Deity looked up at the massive dragon head, gave a bitter smile, and closed his eyes, waiting for death.

Yes.

The Insect Deity had lost all will to fight Lince.

The gap between them was simply too vast.

A futile struggle would only make his title as a Deity seem even more ridiculous.

Faced with the Insect Deity who had been delivered right to his mouth, Lince’s eyes hesitated for a moment.

But in the end, he opened his massive maw, giving the Insect Deity a dignified end.

’Be it man or god.’

’When you make the wrong choice, you must pay the price.’

And now, it was time for these four Deities to pay that price.

As for leaving one of the Deities alive as a subordinate to watch over Green Saturn, Lince felt it was completely unnecessary.

Green Saturn might be Low Demon, but it didn’t lack Saint Tier beings.

It especially didn’t lack those at the Saint Tier Peak.

Later, if Lince wished, he could also elevate a new god in a short amount of time.

’Of course, considering this world only has four slots for Deities...’

Lince had his own plans.

’The four Deity slots on Green Saturn...’

’One can be given to the native Insect People, and the other three can be filled by certain beings from the Oakland Continent.’

After all, the Oakland Continent and the Karte Continent were Lince’s main bases.

Cultivating more Deities from these two worlds would be more beneficial to Lince.

’As for myself?’

’The Ancient Dragon Race doesn’t need to undergo Ascension to Divinity like traditional Deities.’

’Therefore, at this stage, I just need to wait for the opportune moment to naturally advance by following the power of my Bloodline.’

And this time, Lince’s gains were immense.

The pure Power from four Divine Kingdoms and four Weak Divine Power Deities, refined by his Fiery Sun Divinity, gave Lince a strong sense of fullness for the first time.

At the same time, Lince could also clearly feel that this refined, pure Spiritual Power was accelerating the fusion between his physical body and his Divinity.

But this time, Lince didn’t have the help of the True Game.

To digest this Power, he would have to rely on himself, growing stronger bit by bit over time.

He couldn’t rely on the help of ’others’ to grow his own Power forever.

Therefore, Lince was calm about this change.

And as for how to accelerate the digestion of this Power, Lince now had a clear understanding.

’My Fiery Sun Divinity has the Power to refine all things.’

’And the Fiery Sun Divinity corresponds to the ’Sun’s’ position in the Material Interface.’

’Therefore, once I’ve dealt with all worldly matters...’

’...meaning after I’ve handled the affairs of the Oakland and Karte Continents, I will need to travel through space and slumber in or near the Sun.’

Only then could his growth as an Ancient Giant Dragon be maximized and accelerated.

And so.

After complete silence fell upon space, Lince’s figure reappeared just outside Green Saturn’s orbit.

He looked down upon the planet of Green Saturn, also paying attention to the changes in Mana’s Rule Net.

He felt an unprecedented sense of peace.

Meanwhile, great chaos had already erupted on Green Saturn.

The fall of the four native Deities caused waves of turbulent light to ripple through the Mana Will’s Law Network.

These fluctuations were like a ’wail of sorrow’.

And after the wail, a terrifying, blood-red Rain began to fall across the globe of Green Saturn.

This was a warning from the Mana Will to the living beings of the mortal world’s ecosystem.

The world of the Insect People had witnessed such a scene a thousand years ago.

Therefore, the Strong Persons among the Insect People knew all too well what the blood Rain meant.

Moreover, this blood Rain was so heavy, and its range was incredibly vast.

So, the moment the blood-red rainwater began to pour down, none were more delighted than the Emperor Race of the Insect Race Empire.

「At this moment.」

In the Imperial Capital of the Insect Race Empire, atop the tallest imperial spire, the Insect Emperor and his siblings were gazing at the terrifying blood Rain falling from the sky.

"This!!!"

"A Deity has fallen!!!"

"Hahaha!!! I knew it, I knew it! Those damned bastards must have picked a fight they couldn’t win this time."

"Elder Brother, what do you think? Just as I expected, right!"

A young Insect Person from among the Spider-Men laughed maniacally.

The other male and female Spider-Men around him also showed joy on their faces.

However, the Insect Emperor merely sighed in response.

"Although our great vengeance has been achieved, judging by the intensity of this blood Rain, the Deities from the Exotic Star have likely killed all four of those old geezers."

"With such brutality, I don’t know what the future holds for our Taven Empire."

When the Spider-Man Emperor said this, his brother beside him scoffed.

"Brutality? What’s so brutal about it? Aren’t wars between civilizations and Races a matter of life and death?"

"Besides, what do you mean, ’the future of the Taven Empire’? When have ’the Taven Race’ ever truly owned this nation?"

"We’re just Puppets! A bunch of prisoners!"

"What? Are you suddenly worried about the so-called future of the Empire now, Elder Brother?"

Beside the young Spider-Man, an Elder also spoke up in agreement.

"Taiyi has a point. Emperor Race? It’s laughable."

"After our ancestor fell, the Taven Race received the so-called title of ’Emperor Race’ after the unification of the Races, but that was just a choice they made to better rule the mortal world."

"What are we? Nothing but a bunch of Puppets!"

"Back when our ancestor was alive, although our Taven Race’s Kingdom only occupied the largest region of the Central Continent, we were considered the absolute Overlords of the mortal world."

"Ruling the entire mortal world seems like a great privilege, but what have we become? Prisoners?"

The Emperor looked at his young brother and then at the clan’s Elder.

Then he gave a helpless smile.

"What you’ve said isn’t wrong."

"But, faced with the possibility that all the Deities of our world have fallen, even if we don’t consider the entire civilization of the Empire’s Insect People, where does that leave the Taven Race?"

"In the end, we might still just be puppet prisoners, or even worse."

After the Spider-Man Emperor spoke, the young man at his side fell silent for a moment but then quickly said:

"In any case, our race’s great vengeance has finally been served."

"Besides, considering what happened to our ancestor and how we became the puppet Emperor Race, I think that if we take the initiative to contact the ones in power from the Alien Civilization, our situation might not be any worse than it is now."

"And with the Taven Race, as the ’Emperor Race,’ stepping forward, the Alien Civilization can avoid many unnecessary losses in their war for the mortal world."

"All things considered, I believe our race’s situation definitely won’t be worse than before."

Hearing this, most of the surrounding Spider-Men nodded lightly.

Faced with this scene, the Spider-Man Emperor gave a wistful smile.

"Very well."

"Since everyone thinks so, then let it be."

"I’ve been a pathetic Insect Emperor for too many years. I don’t want to do this anymore."

"Since you have a plan, Taiyi, I’ll leave the matter of contacting the Alien Civilization to you."

"It’s settled then. I’m going to check on the ministers. I imagine the looks on their faces right now must be priceless."

With that, the Spider-Man Emperor suddenly leaped from the high tower, transforming into a streak of elemental light and entering the Imperial council hall on the middle level of the spire.

He left only the young, spider-like Insect Person standing there, completely dumbfounded.