Abyss Layer 92 had once been a lightless expanse of darkness.
Now it was blindingly bright.
The battle formation of Heaven Country's ten-million-strong Judgment army shone like a giant sun, burning the Abyss's dense fog into nothingness.
Twelve True Gods stood at the bow of the Main Warship.
"Divine Sanction! Full-area bombardment!"
At a wave from the leading True God, the main cannons of hundreds of frigates fired in unison.
Pure white High-Dimensional Energy Beams rained down on the endless Abyss below, leaving no corner untouched.
The Birdmen were desperate now.
The Resurrection Furnace had been stolen, the High Priest's projection had been shattered, and the Causal Line they had followed led straight to this wretched place.
Their thinking was simple: anything breathing in this area had to die.
The depths of the Abyss fell silent for two seconds.
Then a colossal mouth with no visible edge appeared out of nowhere.
"Who dares disturb my slumber?"
A terrifying surge of Devouring Law erupted. Thousands of beams of divine light struck the mouth without so much as a splash and were swallowed whole.
Even several frigates at the front were torn apart with a teeth-grating shriek of twisting metal. Tens of thousands of Angel Soldiers plunged with them straight into the black hole.
The Gluttony Monarch had awakened.
The twelve True Gods grew furious rather than afraid.
"You dare devour Heaven Country's warships? Heretic, die!"
The angelic army above and the Demon God Retinue below slammed into each other and descended into a savage melee.
The shockwaves from colliding laws ground everything nearby to dust.
Thirty thousand kilometers from the main battlefield, in a remote fracture of the Void, a black Interdimensional Gate opened silently.
More than a hundred thousand figures poked their heads through.
"Holy shit. Now that's a sight."