Chapter 420 - 61: The Isolated God, Dramatic Surrender

"They’re all here!"

"To think the four strongest beings on the continent have all allied together!"

Beside the Giant Serpent God Kukudar, a blue crab stared in shock at the nine Ancient Deities who had appeared together, exclaiming in a loud voice.

"Hmph. In the end, it’s only because they’ve seen my Lord’s power that they’ve banded together."

"But compared to my Lord, these creatures are nothing but ants, just like mortals. Right, my Lord?"

A being shaped like a giant isopod spoke to the massive Giant Serpent God before it with fawning sycophancy.

At this moment, the other Deities had already withdrawn from the battlefield of the Ancient Deities.

They were escorting the Starships in their retreat, moving ever farther from this region of the Star Sea.

Thus, only two of the Ancient Deities—those who had pledged allegiance to Kukudar the moment they saw him upon entering the Star Sea—remained.

As for the other Ancient Deities, they were either dead or had been severely wounded and transported back to the Star Empire by the Empire Alliance Army.

"Ants? They can hardly be called ants."

"Also, don’t call me ’master.’ I am no one’s master."

"You need to understand that even if you had a master, you would be subordinates of the Dragon God."

"As for me, I am merely a frie... let’s say a little brother, acknowledged by the Dragon God, the mighty Nidhogg."

"In any case, think whatever you want. I’m just helping Nidhogg subjugate the big guys on your planet."

Kukudar’s gaze was calm as he watched the nine Ancient Deities in the distant Star Sea.

But deep down, he was filled with excitement.

’I originally thought there wouldn’t be many beings like me in the entire Star Sea.’

’Finding Lince, the Dragon God, was already a stroke of immense luck.’

’But now, barely a century later, I’ve found a planet with so many Ancient Deities.’

To be honest, Kukudar didn’t want to engage in excessive slaughter.

After all, every one of these Ancient Deities had decent growth Potential.

’With so many beings of the same standing, my life probably won’t be boring from now on.’

’But, in the end, it all depends on whether these guys are smart enough.’

The Kukudar of today was not the same Kukudar of a hundred years ago.

Under the tutelage of the seven Player Deities, he had already mastered a great deal of knowledge.

He even learned about Blue Star, that weak yet miraculous world.

’The True Game?’

Kukudar was also very curious about its nature.

But it was merely curiosity.

After all, he now knew that the so-called True Game was already almost completely under the control of his ’good big bro,’ the Dragon God.

As for his seven relatively weak teachers, once he learned of the True Game’s unique properties, he knew their future achievements would be anything but simple.

For instance, among the seven Players, the ’Logical Genius’ Fan Junfeng had achieved the level of Powerful Divine Power over a decade ago.

And to think, none of these seven Player Deities had spent more than five hundred years since their Ascension to Divinity!

’To achieve Powerful Divine Power in just five hundred years?’

With Kukudar’s current knowledge, he knew that such a growth rate was terrifying in any world.

Not to mention, his seven teachers had all once been weak, ordinary members of the Human Race.

Furthermore, Kukudar also knew that these seven teachers of his all controlled secondary permissions for the ’True Game.’

In his teachers’ own words, the authority they controlled was second only to the Dragon God’s.

At the same time, this also made them direct subordinates of the Dragon God.

As for the growth path of his ’good big bro,’ the Dragon God, that was even more terrifying.

Everything Kukudar had learned had long since overturned his original understanding of the world.

’The Dragon God, who possesses something as terrifying as the True Game, and the Players... and even the Star Empire, blessed by the Dragon God’s protection, will surely become the greatest existence in this Star Sea.’

’And I, Kukudar, will finally no longer have to worry about losing such a stable, second home.’

The only thing Kukudar worried about now was that his own strength wouldn’t be able to keep up with the Dragon God’s growth.

Therefore, for the past century, Kukudar had been diligently studying and seeking out anything that could accelerate his growth.

Just like the current Barbaric Star.

Unless absolutely necessary, Kukudar had no desire to devour or kill these Ancient Deities.

But if these beings were truly foolish and incorrigibly stubborn...

...then he wouldn’t hold back.

After all, Ancient Deities were the best catalyst for accelerating his growth.

This reminded Kukudar of his ancient memories of growing up on his home planet.

Those memories were from a long, long time ago.

Perhaps tens of thousands, or even millions of years ago, but Kukudar knew with clarity.

As fellow Ancient Giant Beasts, the Ancient Deities were undoubtedly a rare and valuable source of sustenance.

Therefore, in the previous suppression campaigns, whenever Kukudar discovered an Ancient Deity that had injured or even killed mortals of the Star Empire...

...he had struck a lethal blow without hesitation.

To that end, of the five Ancient Deities he had suppressed since entering this region of the Star Sea, two had already been killed and devoured by him.

’I’m even thinking that, if possible, I should get one or two of these Ancient Deities for my ’good big bro’ to snack on.’

’Now, a total of nine Ancient Deities have appeared.’

’Aside from ’Tree Stump’ and ’Frost Giant,’ who will be treated a bit more leniently because their mortal Clans are cooperating with the Empire Alliance Army...’

’...as for the other seven, if their minds aren’t flexible enough, I don’t mind killing one or two.’

In the last hundred years, Kukudar hadn’t actually grown that much.