"What's going on?"
The Soul-Devouring Beast was startled. It immediately sensed the immense change in the world around it and looked up, only to find that the sky had somehow become covered in dark clouds. It stared...
Endless dark clouds churned, as if a giant dragon were turning over.
Deep in the void, a gigantic black hole had appeared. Countless bolts of lightning churned within it, as though a Thunder God dwelled in its depths, roaring and rumbling.
An aura that made countless living beings tremble with fear emanated from the black hole.
The hundred-thousand-strong Evil Demon army had clearly sensed this terrifying aura too. They were all trembling with fear, as if faced with imminent destruction. This was the might of Heaven—an irresistible force.
"Fuck!"
The Soul-Devouring Beast immediately recognized what it was and cursed aloud. "That's Heavenly Punishment! What's going on? Why is there Heavenly Punishment here? Which idiot triggered it? Does he have a death wish?!"
"If you want to die, fine, but don't drag everyone else down with you!"
It was terrified beyond measure. No one knew better than it how terrifying Heavenly Punishment was.
Even a divine beast had only a slim chance of surviving an encounter with Heavenly Punishment.
Some members of the Soul-Devouring Beast clan had suffered Heavenly Punishment before, struck dead by the lightning of the nine heavens, leaving not even a trace of their bones.
The problem was, it had committed countless atrocities and slaughtered countless people, devouring one planet after another, yet it had never encountered Heavenly Punishment.
That was because, to the universe, death was commonplace. Countless lives perished every day, and the lives the Soul-Devouring Beast had taken were just a drop in the ocean.
Only those who did something that violated the universe's taboos would face Heavenly