In an instant!
The entire world abruptly plunged into boundless, deathly silence!
The fierce winds that had just swept across ten thousand miles of territory suddenly stopped. The murderous forces colliding in midair froze in place, and every roar and rumble between heaven and earth vanished. The chilling killing intent that had blanketed the sky and frozen Divine Souls seemed locked behind an invisible barrier, utterly suspended beneath the heavens. Even the air ceased to move.
Across the sky, the thirty thousand troops of the Dwarf Race Iron Army, arrayed in dense, orderly ranks, fell utterly silent.
Every Lowgod, every Midgod, and even the two mighty Dwarf Race Highgods who sat firmly upon the central command platform, overseeing the entire battle, were affected without exception.
Their pupils abruptly shrank to pinpoints, their thoughts stopped completely, and their rugged faces filled with utter astonishment and bone-deep disbelief they simply could not accept.
Boundless silence shrouded the battlefield in layers. Only after a long while did broken, stammering cries struggle out from among the dwarves, each laden with profound shock and uncontrollable fear.
"H-how... how is that possible?!"
"That was a twofold killing assault unleashed by all thirty thousand of us together, combining soul power and material divine power!"
"A Race-Annihilating Strike forged from the entire army's blood essence, divine power, and Divine Soul origins was actually stopped by a mere human, all on his own?!"
Upon the central command platform, the two Dwarf Race Highgods, who had always lorded over their domain with boundless arrogance, trembled violently. Their divine might, normally as steady as a mountain and oppressive across ten thousand miles, surged chaotically beyond their control, while the metallic divine light surrounding them flickered.
The contempt, arrogance, and disdain so plainly written on their faces just moments earlier shattered and