Chapter 467
The Tribulations of Attaining Enlightenment
Black feathers scattered, and wisps of black energy flowed into their bodies.
"Ah ah ah ah ah--"
The piercing roar caused tremors in the air.
Typhon, the hundred-headed dragon of ten thousand demons, and Nidhogg, the black dragon of destruction and the beast that devours the World Tree, both legendary figures of immense renown, were now howling in agony as they crashed to the ground, rolling and struggling.
Every move they made destroyed this vast city.
Skyscrapers look like grains of sand in comparison to them.
Fortunately, it didn't last long.
The two beasts slowly came to a stop, blood mixed with sweat dripping from their scales. For mythical creatures of their caliber, sweating was an incredible thing, which showed how cruelly Lucifer had tortured them.
And that's not all.
The two beasts exchanged a glance.
They could sense that the wisps of black lines still lingered within their bodies, lying dormant, devouring, waiting for the day they would suddenly erupt when they made their move.
This is Lucifer's warning to them.
The two beasts exchanged a glance, stood up without saying a word, and were about to leave for the universe when a deep voice echoed from underground.
"Don't rush off, aren't you going to wait for me?"
Typhon froze, that familiar voice…
As the big boss of the Greek pantheon, it is very familiar with many of the gods in the Greek pantheon, not to mention this voice.
A dark glint flashed in Typhon's eyes.
One of the reasons it was conceived by the mother goddess Gaia was that Gaia was oppressed by Zeus at the time, and her son, the second generation of god-king Cronus, was suppressed by Zeus, thus suppressing Gaia's power.
And so it was created.
So, in a sense, the Cronus before him was his half-brother, though whether the other party would acknowledge it was another matter.
The colossal and imposing giant Cronus, who had crawled out from beneath Washington, was now looking at Typhon with an equally enigmatic expression.
The two half-brothers looked at each other in bewilderment.
Nidhogg, standing to the side, remained silent, quietly taking a few steps back, his massive dragon head curiously observing the two giants.
Let's eat melon seeds!
“My dear brother, you know we are all children of the same mother, and now we serve the same cause. I think we can cooperate,” Kronos said first.
Typhon sneered, and more than 60% of the hundred dragon heads showed disdain. "Stop pretending, Kronos. We all know that we are just tools of our mother. Why pretend to be brothers here?"
Upon hearing this, Cronus's expression softened.
It's right, Gaia gave birth to them only to be tools.
Gaia was initially born to the second generation of gods, including Cronus, due to Uranus's constant oppression. However, she later supported Zeus against Cronus. After Cronus's defeat, she turned to support the second generation of gods and even gave birth to Typhon to fight against Zeus.
The whole thing bounces left and right.
But in reality, it was all just to maintain her own status and power.
They are all tools.
This is also one of the main reasons why Cronus was able to devour Gaia without mercy after being summoned hundreds of years ago.
"Alright, it seems you have your own ideas. However, since we're all serving Lucifer, I hope we won't hold each other back later, or else..." Kronos sneered.
Typhon scoffed: "You're the one who became God-King by exploiting loopholes in your genitals. Don't drag us down. Oh, by the way, do you still have the strength of a God-King? Hmm? A God-King who was pushed off the throne?"
Typhon immediately launched a fierce attack on Cronus's weak points.
The way Cronus became king of the gods has long been criticized by many gods in the Greek pantheon. Many second-generation gods believe that Cronus, the youngest of the second-generation gods, is unworthy and was only forced to accept the title because of Gaia's strong support. Now Typhon brings this up again...
!!!
Kronos's pupils trembled, and the life force of the surrounding land began to wither rapidly. Trees died, the earth cracked, and not a trace of green could be seen on the entire land.
even--
hum! ! !
A violent roar came from underground. The next second, a black scythe rabbit skin was released and flew out of the ground. It then continued to grow larger and fell into the hands of Kronos.
That was its divine artifact, the legendary artifact used to sever the patriarchal symbol of Uranus, the first half-primordial god and king of the sky.
Now that it has fallen into His hands, the full power of the divine artifact is displayed, and the power of harvest and time begins to flow around it.
Combined with his tall and imposing physique with perfect proportions, he certainly exudes an aura of power.
Despite possessing such power, He did not retaliate, but simply endured it!
"Let's go."
Cronus gripped his scythe, said coldly, glanced at Nidhogg who had been secretly watching him, and with a jolt, flew straight into the sky.
Typhon grinned and flew up as well.
Only Nidhogg remained, still thinking about the melon it had just eaten.
Son kills father, mother gives birth to brother, tool...
Tsk, it feels just like the Norse pantheon—savage, bloody, and chaotic.
Nidhogg pursed its lips, then flapped its wings and flew straight into the sky.
All three left Washington.
All that was left was a scene of utter devastation.
After he leaves.
In Washington, at the now defunct headquarters of the agency.
Damian stood with Robert in the ruins, looking up at the sky with an extremely gloomy expression.
Damn, what's going on?
How did so many ancient gods and evil beasts suddenly appear!
Look at all this!
Cronus, the second-generation king of the Greek pantheon; Typhon, the king of all demons who nearly defeated Zeus and wiped out all the third-generation gods of the Greek pantheon; and Nidhogg, the leader of the three great beasts who gnawed down the World Tree and eroded the entire Norse pantheon.
Which one is the weaker party?
How did these guys even appear? No, how are they still alive?!
Aside from Kronos, who's been locked up down there, how could those two still exist...?
Is the sacred covenant a sham?
Oh no.
They are not demons...
Damian's eyes flashed with realization. It felt that it had guessed part of the truth. The sudden appearance of these three big guys must be the work of some demon king in hell.
But what happens then?
Kronos has escaped, the Bureau's biggest secret is gone, and the greatest power I could utilize is gone. "Forget it, let's go to the lab first. The Thing, maybe if we get the Thing, there's still a chance. In any case, improving my strength will increase my chances of survival."
Yes, it no longer thinks about dominating or anything like that. Today's events were just too terrifying. It felt that its small arms and legs were completely out of place in such a grand war.
Let's protect ourselves first.
It had a premonition that something dangerous was about to happen.
Damian led the controlled Robert step by step into a half-ruined laboratory. Soon, Damian came out, and Robert was nowhere to be seen.
His eyes changed drastically, becoming extremely sinister.
It walked step by step toward the collapsed White House building, intending to try to do something big.
Inside the collapsed White House building.
The vast majority of people died.
But the commander-in-chief did not die. He gripped a gun handle tightly and miraculously survived. A boulder fell beside him, narrowly missing him.
"so far so good……"
The president was secretly rejoicing when he heard a sound coming from the corner. Before he could react, Damian pounced over and touched the president.
next second.
The Grand Commander shuddered, a flicker of confusion crossing his eyes before being replaced by malice.
"Hehe, the position of the Great Leader of a human nation will definitely be very useful from now on." The Great Leader said, but his tone was completely like Damian's.
In the laboratory just now, it saw the strange creature that had just escaped its cage.
A cellular-level parasitic mimicry species.
It comes from outer space and belongs to extraterrestrials.
It is incompatible with the extraordinary systems on Earth.
Fortunately, Damian managed to merge with it successfully, thanks to years of research on it by humans and his own unique status as a descendant of a demon king.
Although... it doesn't even know whether it's a freak or Damian.
But in any case, it finally gained the ability to protect itself.
The Thing's abilities are quite unique. It can assimilate and replicate itself simply by touching living beings, making it extremely infectious. It also has a strong ability to manipulate cells, allowing it to transform into different combat forms for different organisms. It possesses powerful fission survival and extreme environmental adaptability. And most importantly, it has no soul and is unaffected by many extraordinary systems on Earth!
But not enough.
Damian was only thinking about survival, and the Thing prioritized reproduction and survival. The combination of these two factors resulted in a new type of Thing that blended the traits of the Demon King's descendant and the Thing, demonstrating an extreme desire for survival.
Next, it needs to increase its chances of survival!
The Great Commander (The Thing) handed the fragment of the Spear of Longinus to Damian (The Thing himself), and then the two parted ways.
The president awaited the arrival of the army and the remaining government officials.
Damian left and headed to other places, constantly coming into contact with new people and undergoing infection and assimilation. These new people then came into contact with others, continuously increasing his chances of survival.
It was this behavior that caused its numbers to begin to grow exponentially.
It even began to affect the Kano Group, and consequently, the national fortune collected by the dojo...
Perhaps this is also part of the tribulations in the path to enlightenment.
……
in the universe.
Three figures simultaneously broke through the atmosphere and entered space.
As soon as they entered space, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief. Their bodies began to grow again, and their power expanded, just as it had been compressed on Earth.
"Over the years, Earth has become increasingly unsuitable for our survival," Kronos remarked.
"Heh, well, those guys took some land with them when they left," Typhon said with a sneer.
It refers to the chief gods such as Zeus and Odin.
As it had been living in Hell all along, it shouldn't have known about these later events, but unfortunately there was Lucifer, who would come to see it and Nidhogg from time to time and sometimes talk about these things, so it learned about them.
For example, these pantheons and god-kings fought against God many times. They initially had the upper hand but gradually lost. In the final battle, they even joined forces but failed and could only barely survive.
In this situation, they naturally chose to run away.
With such a freak as God existing in this vast world, it's impossible for Earth to remain. It can only venture into the universe to search for other extraterrestrial planets.
Before leaving, they each took only a portion of their elite troops and trusted confidants, as well as a core territory of their respective pantheon, such as Mount Olympus, Valhalla, and so on.
It is the loss of these core territories that has caused the Earth to gradually shrink to the point that even the will of the world has to limit its power.
It wasn't until I left Earth and entered the universe that I no longer felt that stifling feeling of being unable to unleash my full potential.
Upon hearing this, Cronus was taken aback. He was not very clear about these things. He had been defeated too quickly back then, and after eating the mother goddess Gaia, he was dragged to the bottom of the earth and sealed away. He did not have time to understand these things.
Now I hear...
"I didn't expect them all to have run away, and to an alien planet no less. It seems God is really pushing us hard..." Kronos sighed. This also solved a mystery that had been shrouded in mystery for Him. When Louis asked Him about this, He didn't know how to answer, but now He finally knew.
It's important to understand that Earth is the core of the present world, a land of abundance. Otherwise, it wouldn't be able to correspond to the vast hell, allowing the world's will to be primarily concentrated here. Moreover, other places lack a strong supernatural environment. If they left here, their losses would be far greater than what we see.
"Alright, enough talk. The new god is right there. As Lucifer said, let's go and destroy him!" Typhon said, and a blazing light flashed across all the hundred dragon heads.
It had heard Lucifer say that the new gods possess divinity, so it was destined to be its stage from now on!
It is the king of all demons, the nemesis of all gods!!
Nidhogg, standing nearby, curled its lip but didn't refute it. Its power was a continuous, large-scale negative buff, which was indeed inferior to this guy's.
Forget it, I'll play support for now. As time goes by, I'll show you who's the boss.
Just as Nidhogg was preparing to deploy the Erosion Domain.
Cronus stepped forward and took the lead.
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"Don't stop me. I have some old grudges to settle with the new god—no, which cunning swindler." Kronos's eyes flashed, and his tone was unusually gritted.
He is not a fool.
It was simply because they had no other choice but to trust Louis.
Louis's two consecutive breaches of faith were enough to make it clear to Him that this guy was trying to exploit a loophole! He had no intention of fulfilling the agreement at all!
Although I didn't have good intentions either, I haven't done it yet, so I'll just round it off...
You liar!
My treasure, my life-giving bottle, my...
If Lucifer hadn't found Him and released Him at the cost of dealing with the new gods, He would probably still be waiting in the underworld with only a sliver of hope!
Cronus gritted his teeth in hatred. (End of Chapter)