Einhejar

The Abyss was responding to Isaiah.

The remains of gods, crowned with the title of Abyss Beasts, the ancient fierce beasts were slowly awakening after a thousand years of slumber. The red light in the darkness was their eyes, and the echoes in the Abyss were their roars.

They were restless.

A thousand years of slumber had not diminished their resentment and fury; on the contrary, it had greatly intensified them.

When they slept, the world was still in chaos, and when they awoke, it meant the end of the world's peace.

"What a terrible case of morning grumpiness," Isaiah said with a light laugh as he looked at the Abyss Beasts below. "You want to destroy the world?"

After connecting to the [Contract], Isaiah could clearly feel the chaotic and wild consciousness of these Abyss Beasts, like a storm carrying a rain of blood, capable of tearing him to shreds if he wasn't careful.

No wonder Diana hadn't released these guys in the end.

A [Contract] was mutual; it was like a leash. When you used the leash to guide others, you were also being guided by them. But most of the time, the initiative of the leash was in the hands of the Contractor, just as humans used leashes to control oxen and horses for their own use.

However, if one wanted to use this leash to restrain a more powerful beast, or even to restrain a storm... this rope could indeed do it, but the person holding the rope was different.

When the disparity in strength was too great, it was hard to say who held the initiative of this leash.

But...

Isaiah gently rubbed his newly acquired ring finger, his movements as skilled as if he were handling an old friend.

"Come on," Isaiah said. "Help me lock down the storm."

He activated the [Contract] again.

In an instant, an invisible restraint tightened around the necks of the newly awakened Abyss Beasts.

They all raised their heads and looked at the single human above the Abyss. The anger and resentment that had not dissipated in a thousand years poured towards Isaiah in an instant.

Just a lowly mortal! How dare you try to control a god!

Amidst the chaotic storm of thoughts, Isaiah could perceive such clear emotions.

"So, it's the consciousness of a dead god?" Isaiah muttered to himself. "That makes sense. When you were still alive, humans were indeed the weakest beings in this world."

The humiliation of being controlled by a human greatly amplified the Abyss Beasts' rage. One by one, they crawled out of the cracks in the Abyss walls, their massive and unnamable bodies breaking the chains that had bound them. The Abyss shook, and rocks shattered.

In a scene that resembled the end of days, they slightly lowered their bodies, clearly preparing to leap up, to completely leave the underground that had imprisoned them for a thousand years, and simultaneously kill that arrogant human.

And all these thoughts were seen clearly by Isaiah.

"What unruly creatures," Isaiah slowly raised his hand. "And you still can't see the situation. Now..."

"Boom!"

The Abyss Beasts surged upwards, charging towards Isaiah with unstoppable momentum.

Their ferocious and twisted, unnamable bodies rapidly approached the moonlight.

They wanted to return to the real world.

But Isaiah clenched his fist.

"...It's no longer your era."

A more powerful force exploded in the minds of the Abyss Beasts. The previously light restraint, the leash that felt so fragile it could snap at any moment, suddenly became unbreakable.

At the same time, a familiar yet unfamiliar power returned to their hearts.

They raised their heads and looked at Isaiah, who was now within reach, but it felt like looking at someone else.

In that instant, anger and resentment were replaced by fear.

After a thousand years, that fear caught up with them again, reminding them who they were and who the other party was.

That guy is still alive.

This thought magnified their fear, turning it into a storm that quickly consumed everything. They were like drowning people, struggling frantically and helplessly in the water, only to see a leash at the moment they were about to drown.

So they grabbed the leash and, once again, became beasts of burden.

By the time they came to their senses, the moonlight that had been within reach was now impossibly far away. They had returned to the Abyss once more.

And to the very bottom of the Abyss. In their line of sight, the forbidden Final Gate stood quietly.

But the snake's eye on the gate had opened.

To think they would attack the underground in this manner.

In a corner of the Abyss, He Wei Ni Ya was observing quietly.

Perhaps it was because He Wei Ni Ya, weakened by her severe injuries, was like a mortal, or perhaps because the presence of Isaiah and the Abyss Beasts was too strong, but no one noticed her. She was able to witness Isaiah's "battle" with the Abyss Beasts in its entirety.

Diana's worries were indeed valid. In the end, these Abyss Beasts posed no obstacle to Isaiah; he had truly reached the Final Gate.

Now, the only one who could stop him was the final Einhejar.

In other words...

He Wei Ni Ya looked towards the Final Gate.

Was the remnant of Visas behind that gate?

After much difficulty, they finally arrived before this gate.

The current battle was no longer something He Wei Ni Ya could interfere with, nor would she pray at the Well of Salvation as Diana wished. For now, she and Isaiah were on the same side. After all, only Isaiah had the potential to defeat Einhejar and open the Final Gate.

So, she just needed to... huh?

He Wei Ni Ya suddenly sensed something.

This was... Visas's power?

Why would Visas's power still be present in this place?

She bent down with difficulty and looked towards the ground, her pupils constricting slightly.

Because she saw Ai De Wen flash past.

The Planet Devourer—Einhejar had now fully awakened.

It should be said that it had awakened long ago, gaining consciousness when Isaiah began his assault on the Abyss Prison.

But it hadn't moved.

Because the survival of the Abyss Prison was irrelevant to it, and even these Abyss Beasts from underground were irrelevant to it.

Its sole duty was to guard this gate, killing any being that dared to approach it.

The changes in the outside world meant nothing to it; its concern was only this gate.

And for a thousand years, no one had ever been able to approach this gate.

Until today.

Einhejar's cold, single eye gazed at the Abyss Beasts that had fallen into the underground. The immense pressure exuded by the Demigod instinctively caused these ferocious Abyss Beasts to lower their bodies, trembling as if encountering a natural predator.

After all, they were at most merely dead Gods, while Einhejar was a true Demigod.

The difference in rank made them instinctively want to retreat, but at that moment, the reins binding them tightened sharply.

Kill it!

The command from Isaiah washed over their primal fear like a tidal wave, crushing it in an instant.

Beasts fitted with reins could not retreat, and under the Contract, they were not even permitted the right to fear.

So, they advanced one by one, baring their fangs at the Final Gate and its final guardian, countless mouths letting out roars.

This was a declaration of war.

Einhejar finally stopped merely watching. The serpentine body coiled around the gate began to move, tens of thousands of scales reflecting the red light of its pupils, dazzling and eerie.

With a "swish."

A flash of red light cut through the darkness. Its massive body tore through the air with a piercing shriek, like a drawn blade.

Its speed was so immense that the closest Abyss Beasts had no chance to react before being caught by its colossal form. Then, with a "boom," they erupted into raging flames, illuminating the darkness amidst their immense wails.

The remaining Abyss Beasts immediately retaliated, pouncing on Einhejar, but they failed to inflict any damage, turning into infernos like the previous ones, burning fiercely amid the shrieks.

The underground thus became a sea of fire, with all the Abyss Beasts that had fallen into this place instantly becoming fuel.

And Einhejar had done nothing; it had merely completed a simple emergence, reducing all challengers to ashes.

Amidst the raging flames, Einhejar raised its head, its single eye fixated on Isaiah above the abyss.

Clearly, it knew who the true challenger was.

"Is this the body of a Demigod?" Isaiah murmured softly after witnessing all this. "As expected, Gods are unaffected by any mortal means."

Gods are unaffected by mortal means.

This was the ironclad rule of this land, something everyone knew.

It was precisely because of this that the notion that "Mortals cannot defeat Gods" was branded into everyone's minds like a steel seal.

But Isaiah was not among them. Having acquired four of Visas's corpse parts, he already possessed the qualification for Godslaying.

And most of the Abyss Beasts also possessed this characteristic, as many of them had once been Gods themselves. Their instant annihilation just now was also because Isaiah had deliberately controlled them to sacrifice themselves, wanting to test Einhejar's physical strength.

Now, he could confirm that Einhejar was indeed a genuine Demigod, its body truly a divine form, possessing the characteristics of a God.

Then came the matter of strength.

Isaiah opened his hand, and the power of the Contract spread out like a spiderweb once more. More Abyss Beasts broke free from their chains, emerging from the rifts and staring intently at Einhejar in the sea of fire.

Previously, Isaiah had only treated them as puppets, not allowing them to unleash their true strength.

But now...

"Attack," Isaiah commanded.

One Abyss Beast, resembling a spider, suddenly spread its body. Countless silk-like strands sprayed out, pouring towards Einhejar and instantly ensnaring half of its body.

Then, a series of bone-chilling chewing sounds echoed from the underground.

Because what was being sprayed were not mere silk strands, but numerous slender tentacles, each resembling a silk strand and covered in countless mouths. These mouths opened and closed, continuously gnawing.

But they were not simply gnawing; their teeth possessed extreme corrosive properties. Under the high-frequency tearing, Einhejar's serpentine scales began to show signs of decay.

The ordeal wasn't over yet. Another Abyss Beast, appearing as a grotesque amalgamation of countless different creatures, launched its attack. It resembled a contorted, obese clown, struggling to roll its unsightly body while emitting a chilling shriek.

Beneath this shriek, the space around Einhejar began to distort rapidly, twisting into a multitude of monstrous faces.

These faces opened their massive mouths towards Einhejar. Instead of fangs, their mouths were filled with thousands of eyeballs, darting around before simultaneously snapping into focus on Einhejar.

Under the gaze of these eyes, Einhejar's scales began to bleed.

Then came the third, the fourth...

These creatures, which in ancient times were either gods or natural disasters, were about to attack the only Demigod present. Their attacks carried the characteristic of Godslaying; a direct hit would mean the demise of even a true god.

But a true god would not stand idly by, and neither would Einhejar.

It twisted its body once more, its myriad scales refracting flames, creating a dazzling vortex.

Or rather, a black hole.

A black hole capable of devouring the sun.

Boom boom boom boom boom!

A powerful gravitational force erupted from the "black hole." This force instantly snapped the grotesque spider silk and erased the distorted faces.

But this was not the end. The Abyss Beasts clinging to the walls were also affected by the gravity, being dragged from the walls one by one.

They struggled desperately, plunging their tentacles into the walls or shrinking their bodies, attempting to burrow into the cracks.

But it was all in vain.

It was as if celestial bodies had encountered a black hole; that immense power, transcending all else, rendered any resistance futile.

Thus, these calamitous Abyss Beasts were pulled from the walls like flies, one after another, sucked in, and then consumed by the true Abyss.

However, they did not vanish or die immediately. After all, Einhejar had not created a true black hole; they were merely adhered to Einhejar's divine body.

And Einhejar was a colossal, coiled serpent.

Then came a series of sounds: cracking bones and crushing flesh. The powerful Abyss Beasts were truly like beasts caught in a meat grinder, ground into bloody mist by Einhejar's immense divine form.

They struggled frantically, but to no avail, only able to watch as their bodies were pulverized.

Their potent life force prevented them from dying instantly, forcing them to endure this extreme pain, unable to even make a sound.

This was because their vocal organs had also been pulverized by Einhejar.

Several minutes later, Einhejar ceased its movements.

The black hole vanished, and the attacks targeting Einhejar also disappeared.

If Einhejar's serpentine scales weren't already covered in flesh and shattered bone, it would have seemed as if nothing had happened.

Einhejar continued to gaze silently at Isaiah.

It was like an ancient god in the deep sea, coldly observing a tiny boat that had strayed into its depths.