"While hyenas revel, they must beware the pride of lions behind them."
Still standing on the Ship of Fools with the lantern in hand, Tang Qi spoke those words as if telling a fable.
Then, the Dream Labyrinth that had shrouded the battlefield—something that had originally not existed—suddenly became real at that moment. It existed.
At the same time, in a spacetime infinitely far from the battlefield.
There was a vast, boundless universe, seemingly forever filled with thunder and forever enshrouded by an incomparably majestic Divinity Aura.
At its absolute center stood an enormous mountain that seemed to have formed after the firmament fell. Towering and immense, it was filled with incredible miracles, with palaces fit only for gods scattered across it.
Above clouds dyed golden, a scene of Divine Miracle was unfolding.
An army!
An army composed purely of gods was slowly assembling.
They too possessed all manner of indescribable forms. They belonged to the Chaotic Neutral faction, and when they revealed their divine forms, they would uncontrollably release deadly, terrifying divine radiation. If they stood together without restraint, they would harm the entire universe.
Thus, without prior agreement, they chose convenient racial forms suited to their "leader's" tastes. They chose to appear human.
Some were fierce, muscular men; some were graceful, tall women; some were obedient, adorable children... Yet even so, terrifying Divinity Aura still leaked from them. Though most were weak gods, they were completely different from the weak gods who had ambushed Vinadel.
They were far more powerful.
Not to mention that two Powerful Deities stood among them.
Behind them were Divine Kingdoms obscured by hazy curtains.
Tang Qi's gaze could pierce through those curtains, and he saw countless Extraordinary Monsters and Divine Beings.
Even exhausting all of Tang Qi's occult knowledge, he could not identify