In less than a quarter of an hour, the once bustling and prosperous God Realm, filled with countless gods, had been reduced to ruins. Of the thousands upon thousands of deities who had been there, only a little over twenty remained standing before the God Realm Hub.
Everyone struggled to their feet, standing upon the shattered divine earth, their bodies trembling as they looked at the densely scattered fragments of gods below and the land of the God Realm continuously collapsing into chaos. Fear coiled around every heart like a venomous snake.
All the Elemental Gods and Original Sin Gods had been injured. The divine flames the Fire God had been so proud of were like a mere candle flame before Heavenly Punishment's world-destroying fire. Half his sleeve had been burned away, and his arm was covered in charred wounds. One of the Greed God's legs was already gone, golden divine blood constantly spilling from the wound without any way to stop it.
Murong Huai stood at the forefront, gripping the hilt of the Immortal Lord Nine-Arrival Sword at his waist so tightly that his knuckles turned white. He raised his head and looked at the nine colossal dragons that blotted out the sky. His heart pounded as though it were about to leap from his chest. He could feel all nine heads of the God of Heavenly Punishment staring at them, their gazes like those of a hunter watching a flock of lambs awaiting slaughter—devoid of emotion, containing only a pure desire for destruction.
"Roar..."
Sure enough, Austin Griffin let out a low roar. His main head lifted slightly, and a gray-black wave of energy pressed down from the sky. Before it even reached them, many deities felt the divine power throughout their bodies freeze. Then, a tremendous force