The first to bear the brunt was Ao Zhan!
Black mist burning with oily green flames instantly swallowed the God's Chosen One, while the Soul Guards empowered by authority plunged into it without hesitation.
The Howling Celestial Hound, still in the form of a blood-colored storm, tried to stop it all, but even after fighting with all its might, it only managed to block half the assault.
Just as Eternal Night had said before, the gap between the two was truly enormous.
The terrifying strength of a one-man army, bolstered by countless Talent Abilities and supported by powerful weapons and equipment...
If Eternal Night wanted to end the battle quickly, there was simply no way for the people present to stop it.
Unless...
A god intervened.
"Hahaha... cough, cough, I figured it out! I figured it out!!"
Jin Guoxun, tucked under Pan Xiaoxiao's arm, looked like a child who had woken up the next morning to find New Year's money hidden beneath his pillow. Holding three copper coins, he cried excitedly:
"I restored the divination that got scrambled earlier!"
"Water and fire remain unfulfilled; success falls short at the final step!"
"That bastard Eternal Night won't become a god. It's dead for sure!!"
That string of words was like a tiny splash rising amid raging tides, completely drowned out by the noisy fighting all around them.
Aside from Pan Xiaoxiao, who was closest to him, none of the other God's Chosen Ones noticed what Jin Guoxun had said.
They did not even have the spare time to glance in his direction.
Yet this seemingly insignificant series of divinatory declarations stirred an enormous wave in the ever-flowing Fate River within that ethereal void—a wave that could not be ignored!
Three gazes noticed this change at the same time and made their