Chapter 253 - 253 250 Descending into the Otherworld
Chapter 253: Chapter 250: Descending into the Otherworld Chapter 253: Chapter 250: Descending into the Otherworld “We are Demon Gods.”
A female Demon God with a devilish figure and a devilish face spoke, “For something to make us Demon Gods feel uneasy, there must be a great danger looming.”
Her voice was sharp and grating, her mouth full of fine, sharp teeth, and she had several curved horns growing from her head.
Her face, mantis-like in shape, would appear exceedingly ugly by Human Clan standards.
But her figure had surprisingly striking curves that could catch one off guard.
Her waist was so slender it could hardly be grasped, yet she possessed large mounds of flesh on her chest, barely covered by a tiny piece of leather armor that concealed less than a third, and her buttocks were plump beyond measure.
Her legs were straight and long; her entire body was filled with a peculiar beauty.
“Do not worry, beautiful Papala Demon God.”
The Demon God who resembled a mountain of flesh burst into laughter, “I know that the Dark Prison Demon God and his ilk have been plotting recently, but let’s be honest, we have been at war with them for tens of thousands of years.
After so many battles without a victor, do they really think this time they can drive us out of this continent?
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Hahaha, perhaps this time they have even invited a few other Demon Gods to help, which is why we are feeling a bit of unease.
But no matter, can’t we also invite friends to aid us?”
As the fellow laughed heartily, his entire body of fat shook like waves, his belly bulging after each laugh, resembling a grotesque hybrid of a bloated frog and a hippopotamus.
However, the Female Demon God named Papala seemed utterly unconcerned, even revealing a hint of a smile on her grotesque face, “Nega, that being said, have you already thought about what price we’re going to pay to invite other Demon Gods to help us fight?”
“Haha, those prices are inconsequential.If they can help us defeat those damned foes and take over the continent, any price is worth it.”
After a while, the Demon Gods discussed among themselves and seemingly reached a satisfying conclusion.
Although it pained these selfish creatures to part with certain things, the pain was not unbearable.
Just as they felt they had settled matters and could relax, suddenly a thunderous boom resounded.
There was no sign of any disturbance reaching them, but the Demon Gods felt the entire hall shake violently.
“What’s happening?”
“Could it be that the Dark Prison Demon God and his lot have already attacked?”
The Demon Gods stood up one after another, their faces showing alarm as they looked outside.
However, there was no sign of enemies outside the palace.
Instead, every creature within the castle looked up at the sky with puzzled expressions, and then many of the weaker ones began to show terror on their faces.
The Dark Flame Demon Gods rose to their feet and gazed upwards outside.
What they saw made their hearts pound furiously.
“What is that?”
Papala Demon God could not help but shriek.
Among these Demon Gods, her strength was the weakest.
If not for the ambiguous relations she maintained with a few Demon Gods, she could never have attained such a high status and such an expansive territory.
But when danger approached, her instinct was to rely on the more powerful beings beside her.
High above the dark-red sky, a huge object roared downward, having already broken a crevice in the World Barrier, seemingly trying to squeeze through it.
“It looks like a fortress.”
“Indeed, a fortress—a War Fortress.
Has someone invaded?”
“One world’s mighty have initiated interdimensional warfare against us!”
The Demon Gods quickly realized what was happening.
Although they had never personally experienced full-scale interdimensional warfare, they had heard about such things from Demon Gods of other planes and quickly deduced the cause of this event.
“Quick, gather all the armies, summon all subordinates, prepare for battle.”
“How dare someone attack us?
Do they have a death wish?”
“Damn it, why do I feel like that fortress is precisely above our heads?
Are they forcing us to be the first to engage them in battle?”
As Papala Demon God cursed in anger, the other Demon Gods also noticed this, and their expressions grew even uglier.
The Dark System Demon Gods were the most chaotic; infighting and skirmishes were commonplace, even considered the norm.
Even though they resided in the same world as the Demon Gods from the other continents, they were clearly divided into different camps.
Now, they could only hope that the other continents’ Demon Gods would come to their aid quickly, out of respect for the fact this was a world war.
Otherwise, if they were defeated, they feared they would have to abandon their territories and even the continent they had inhabited for countless years.
Looking up at the massive War Fortress above them, the Dark Flame Demon God felt a touch of fear in his heart.
Ever since Papala had warned him, he then realized that the fortress was indeed directly above them, or more precisely, above his own castle.
In an instant, he had figured out the reason.
The fortress was coming for him.
Initially, his Divine Soul had exposed him, allowing the enemy to follow the connection between the Divine Soul and him to find the coordinates of this world, and consequently his own location.
That was why it had appeared so coincidentally above his castle.
However, he dared not speak of it.
If the other Demon Gods found out that it was he who had triggered this interdimensional war, even if they didn’t kill him, they would make him the least welcomed among them.
In a large-scale interdimensional war, this was very dangerous.
No independent being could survive for long, easily getting surrounded and blocked by powerful adversaries.
Without the aid of comrades, one could easily be doomed.
His mind raced with thoughts, and his savage, cunning nature led him to choose to conceal the truth.
He then shouted loudly, summoning all his subordinates to prepare for battle.
He knew that the first battle of this interdimensional war would take place in his own territory.
Even if they won the war in the end, his territory would become ruins, and his subordinates might be entirely wiped out.
Given this circumstance, he could no longer worry about the loss and decided to use his forces to the fullest potential to weaken the enemy’s strength and to ensure the other Demon Gods remembered his contributions.
Although these deeds would not be valued by the other Demon Gods, and they might even take pleasure in his misfortune, it didn’t matter.
As long as the other Demon Gods knew about his sacrifices, they wouldn’t suspect him.
Afterward, the Dark Flame Demon God called out to several other Demon Gods and flew into the sky.
They went to assess the specifics of the fortress.
If possible, they wanted to destroy the fortress, shatter it into pieces, torture to death all those who dared invade their world, and then devour those intruders’ souls.
If success was not feasible, they would also try to delay as much as possible, allowing other Demon Gods from different regions to notice the disturbance and rush over to assist.
An interdimensional war wouldn’t just threaten their continent by the enemy’s landing; once the enemy stabilized their foothold, they would quickly spread to other regions, eventually expanding the war to every corner of the world.
As these few Demon Gods ascended high into the sky, in the castle below and even farther places, countless lives were bustling about, responding to the call of the Demon Gods.
Fierce beings picked up their War Hammers, took up their weapons, and began to converge towards the direction of the castle.
Some of the beings had horns on their heads and scales on their bodies; these were Flame Demons of the same Race as the Dark Flame Demon God.
Others had wings on their backs and ferocious appearances; these were from the Winged Demon Clan.
And there were many other strange and bizarre Races, all of which were unsightly in appearance but physically powerful beings.
These were subordinates from the territories of other Demon Gods who, upon receiving the orders, also began to summon all their armies and strong fighters.
The commotion in the sky was great, with the War Fortress carrying the air of Otherworld Heavenly Dao trying to break through this world’s Heavenly Dao Barrier.
It was tantamount to a collision between two worlds, impossible not to draw attention.
At the moment when the castle struck the Upper Realm’s Boundary Barrier, a thunderous boom spread eerily to every corner of the world, allowing all lives in this world to hear it clearly, particularly those powerful beings who became restless.
In the distance, Demon Gods one after another stood up and hurried over to this side.
And countless powerful and terrifying Lords were also summoning their subordinates, preparing to face the unknown danger.
In just a short amount of time, the whole world was thrown into chaos; volcanoes that often erupted spewed out torrents of magma, the earth trembled, rivers ran in reverse, and countless lives were running around, not knowing what had happened, as if the apocalypse was upon them.
Even though those Demon Gods had sensed the rage of the Heavenly Dao and the trembling of the World Will, except for a very few, most of them could not comprehend what the World Will was attempting to communicate.
Thus, they could only set out in person, heading in the direction from whence the disturbance came, to see what had happened.
But this required Time.
Even though they were Demon Gods, crossing several continents and the vast Desert Ocean would still require continuous flight to reach the specific location.
Meanwhile, several particularly strong Demon Gods had already vaguely received messages from the World Will, suggesting that there was an invasion by outsiders.
This gave them pause.
They were Demon Gods; they were the invaders of other worlds.
When had it ever been the case that another world invaded theirs?
Could it be that a great Demon God from another world had come to subjugate all the lives in their world?
This was the disadvantage of a world without a World Master; those powerful Demon Gods could receive the World Will’s messages, but they were too vague.
Unless one of them stood out and crushed the resistance of all the other Demon Gods to become the World Master, they would only vaguely sense the messages conveyed by the World Will before achieving its recognition.
If not for their sufficient strength, which made the World Will consider them candidates for the role of World Master, they might not even be able to perceive these faint messages from the World Will.
High in the sky, as the Dark Flame Demon God and the others approached, they felt ever more intensely the World Will’s anger and the discordant breath of the outsiders.
The sight of the immense War Fortress, more than ten times larger than their castle, filled them with secret dread.