The war at the front inevitably became known, and the entire Primordial World shook as if struck by an earthquake!
The powerful expedition fleet had been annihilated, while the Ant King was as mighty as a god.
And the Devouring Ants were notorious for their bloodlust and greed.
Wooo—
For a time, wails rose from countless continents. All living beings wept, and the entire world was shrouded in heavy sorrow. Every moment, the Devouring Ants continued their advance.
Every day brought news of another continent being conquered by the Devouring Ants. Blood flooded entire vast continents, and the Devouring Ants accepted no surrender. They devoured everything.
Every living creature on a continent was eaten clean, after which the queens produced an endless stream of soldiers.
Wherever the Devouring Ants passed, not a single living creature survived. Their pitch-black army covered the sky and sun as it rapidly seized land, creating more and more lifeless Death Deserts.
From the outside world, Jiang Ping could clearly see that in just three days, 50% of the continents had turned into Death Deserts. Even more than half the oceans had been occupied by the Ant Race.
"Damn, the Devouring Ants are way too ruthless. Consuming so many resources has broken the entire world's natural cycle!"
Jiang Ping could not help but sigh.
Every world possessed the power of self-circulation, but what the Devouring Ants were doing now was like pulling the firewood from beneath the cauldron. For the sake of reproduction and battle, they were destroying the world's potential. This was the devil's path!
"Huh?"
Jiang Ping turned his surprised gaze toward a continent that was about to be destroyed.
"Great Creation God, You created the world and forged the sun and stars. Now the cruel Devouring Ants are destroying the Myriad Races. Your most devout believers beg You to send down Divine Punishment and destroy them!"
Before a giant statue as white as jade, hundreds of thousands of people knelt in worship. Their fingers were tightly interlocked as they praised the Creation God and offered their most devout prayers.
At the outskirts of the crowd, tens of thousands of ferocious beasts could not help but kneel as well, praising the Lord of All Things.
On the battlefield tens of thousands of meters away, the Devouring Ants were constantly attacking cities and seizing territory. Even the most elite defenders could not stop them and could only buy time. Some soldiers were so desperate that they took their own lives!
Jiang Ping's expression turned solemn in the outside world. "The Power of Faith is truly mysterious. It can actually cross two worlds and be received by me."
Faced with the urgent threat of death at any moment, quite a few of those praying to him became fanatical believers in a short time.
Yet although he had received their pleas for help, Jiang Ping did not intend to act and destroy the Devouring Ants. Everything in the Primordial World had been created by him. Dragons, the Human Race, and the Devouring Ants were all equal. In his eyes, none of the Myriad Races was nobler than another.
Even though he favored the Human Race somewhat, he had not acted directly. He had merely given them seeds.
Their eventual development was also in their own hands. If the Human Race was still exterminated after receiving Divine Revelation, he would not intervene.
The Myriad Races were about to be exterminated, but the Devouring Ants had also reached this point only by lurking and developing step by step. Who knew of the Ant Queen's loneliness after lurking underground in darkness for hundreds of thousands of years?
Why should he act now and destroy the Devouring Ants' accumulation of millions of years?
To him, the Myriad Races were all no different! From the moment he first created this world, Jiang Ping had already prepared himself.
The Heavenly Dao was heartless, treating all things as straw dogs.
Jiang Ping suddenly thought of this sentence. Were his actions not exactly the same as the Heavenly Dao's? Or rather, he himself was the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World!
Ah!
Countless screams rang out across the continent. The Devouring Ants that had breached the city slaughtered their way into the crowds. Countless living beings were killed by the Devouring Ants, then transported to the rear for the Ant Queen to devour!
"O God, why do You not reveal Yourself? Are we not devout enough?"
A bishop coughed up blood and unwillingly stretched out his right hand to touch the divine statue. Behind him, a Soldier Ant coldly raised its scythe.
In less than half a day, not a trace of life remained on that continent. Every living creature had been slaughtered. Even the vegetation was devoured by the Ant Queen, while the precious ores buried in the earth were excavated. Another Death Desert had appeared in the world...
News of continents falling continued to arrive. In just a few days, Alliance Leader Jingshan's hair and beard had turned completely white. The only good news was that Gai Feng, the Human Race's strongest expert, had rushed to join the alliance immediately after hearing that the Devouring Ants had reappeared in the world.
Over the past few days, they had gathered the wisest people in the world, drawn upon the accumulated knowledge of the Myriad Races, and relied on the information left behind by Sea King Lu Fei. The possible location of the Spear of Destiny had been narrowed down again and again.
"This is the last place! If it is not here either, then we can only make another deduction from countless ancient books!" the grand scholar said in a low voice as he looked into the depths of the sea.
Jingshan opened his tired eyes and gritted his teeth. "Salvage it!"
This was their only hope! With the strength of the Myriad Races, they could contend with the Devouring Ants. However, the Ant King was too terrifying! His appearance had directly shattered the balance of the world!
The others aboard the warship also looked hopelessly at the sea. The continents ahead were constantly being occupied. Did they still have time to search for the Spear of Destiny?
"The divine artifact should emerge!" A resolute voice shattered the silence. Everyone turned and saw a middle-aged man with a firm, determined face.
His aura was not powerful, yet no one dared underestimate him, because he was Gai Feng, the peerless expert who had remained invincible throughout the world for fifty years!
Soon, relics from sunken ships in the deep sea were continuously salvaged. Although there were many rare treasures among them, even ancient artifacts, no one felt the slightest joy.
Suddenly, a battered wooden box riddled with holes and constantly leaking seawater was brought up.
"It's so rotten. Even if there was anything good inside, it would have decayed," a warrior muttered.
Unexpectedly, Gai Feng took a great stride forward. He reached out with both hands and gently caressed the rotten wooden box as though he were touching his most beloved lover.
"Could it be?"
Everyone looked on excitedly, while Gai Feng could barely contain the surging emotions in his heart. Trembling, he reached out and opened the rotten wooden box.
The box had originally been made from precious wood, but after soaking in the deep sea for ten thousand years, it had long since decayed. Gai Feng's right hand passed through ashes and wood chips, finally touching the object inside!
The instant his fingertips touched it, Gai Feng knew. This was the God-bestowed Treasure they had searched for so long, the inherited weapon of the Human Race—the Spear of Destiny!
Gai Feng tightly gripped the spear and excitedly raised the ash-covered weapon high with his right hand. "The Human Race is saved! The Myriad Races are saved! The world is saved!"
The voice of this peerless expert, who had encountered countless life-and-death crises throughout his life, trembled. Everyone aboard the ship stopped breathing, and even the soldiers salvaging the wreckage halted in their tracks. Countless pairs of eyes stared blankly at the spear in Gai Feng's hand.
With his left hand, he wiped away the ashes. Under the sunlight, its silver radiance was exceptionally dazzling, making everyone sigh at its beauty and holiness.
Clang!
A piercing spear cry resounded through heaven and earth, shooting straight into the clouds and shaking away all the ashes covering its shaft. That cry seemed to be its declaration to the world!
It had not decayed after millions of years, and after spending tens of thousands of years in the depths of the sea, it had not gained a single scratch. It was as if time had no effect on it.
"Six feet long, entirely silver, material unknown, indestructible, Nothing Unbreakable! That's right, it is the legendary divine artifact, the Spear of Destiny!"
The grand scholar dropped to both knees and tremblingly held up the spear with both hands. This divine artifact, missing for ten thousand years, had finally appeared!
After careful verification by the scholars, everyone finally put down the heavy stone in their hearts.
"The Human Race is finally saved. I am certainly not the last king!" Jingshan raised his head of white hair, clear tears flowing from his eyes.
"The Spear of Destiny bears the spiritual imprints of many Human Kings. Only one recognized by it can obtain the inheritance of the nine generations of Human Kings!" Gai Feng suddenly spoke out.
Everyone hurriedly asked whether he had gained the divine artifact's recognition. The corners of Gai Feng's mouth could not help but rise, but he then frowned. "Absorbing the Human King inheritance will take at least three days!"
Everyone was shocked. The battle situation was already perilous. Countless continents had been devoured, and the Ant Queen was continuously producing elite Soldier Ants. By now, 80% of the world had been occupied by the Devouring Ants. Where could they find another three days?
Alliance Leader Jingshan waved his hand. "Contact the leaders of the Myriad Races, as well as the front-line grand marshal. At all costs, stop the Devouring Ants' advance! I will head to the battlefield immediately and personally oversee the battle!"
With that, he fiercely swept his imperial robe and strode away. Alliance Leader Jingshan's eyes were incomparably resolute. The most terrifying thing was that they had no chance of victory, but so long as there was A Thread of Vitality, it could change the future.
This battle would determine the fate of the Human Race, the fate of the Myriad Races, and the fate of the world. Gai Feng could even vaguely sense the fortune of the entire world continuously flowing toward him. The realm that had stagnated for fifty years had begun to loosen!
What's more, finding the long-lost divine artifact This time might also mean the world was helping them!
"Those who follow the Dao gain much aid; those who lose the Dao gain little aid. The Ant King has cut himself off from heaven and earth. Ultimately, he will not gain the world!" Gai Feng looked toward the distant battlefield.
Inside a dark palace several million kilometers away, the Ant King suddenly opened his eyes and coldly looked toward the location of the Spear of Destiny.
"Interesting. Could the Spear of Destiny have appeared?"
"A battle that will decide the world? I'm really looking forward to it."
Jiang Ping lay sprawled on the sofa like Ge You, gulping down Happy Water.
Should I adjust the time and save this battle for tomorrow? After all, this is the final showdown. It's almost the end. This was Jiang Ping's truest thought.
Just listen to that—how heartless the Heavenly Dao was!
PS: Everyone, guess who the Primordial World will belong to. Everything was actually destined long ago.
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