Chaos erupted. All Four Overgod Planes descended into chaos, with battles everywhere and Deities racing to provide reinforcements everywhere. At this critical juncture, the Deities of the Hall of the Gods guarding the Teleportation Arrays fled at once. If they did not run, the powerhouses using the arrays might kill them!
As for whether they offended the Hall of the Gods, who would care about that when treasures were at stake?
Some were probably thinking that once they obtained a treasure, the first thing they would do was destroy the Hall of the Gods. Quite a few harbored such thoughts. After all, during the hundreds of thousands of years the Hall of the Gods had existed, who in the Infernal Realm had not been overshadowed by it? Many powerhouses had long been seething with anger; it was only the Hall of the Gods' strength in numbers that made it difficult to strike.
As time passed and the ends of the pillars of light stretching between heaven and earth converged toward their centers, the fighting grew ever more brutal. Powerhouses also appeared on the outskirts of the Hall of the Gods' territory, heading toward the four pillars of light.
Lei Ding and the other three of the Four Divine Beasts could only split up, each leading a portion of the Deity legions to defend his own lair. On the outermost perimeter, Lei Si naturally organized the ordinary Deities of the Hall of the Gods into a defensive force. Without breaking through the first defensive line Lei Si had established, no one could even reach the Hall of the Gods' Deity legions. Behind those legions stood the Hall's elders, and only behind them were the Four Divine Beasts. Anyone hoping to advance without paying a price would probably fail to get past