Chapter 720 God Of Gluttony
The Battle of the Orion Shelter changed drastically when the Army of Devils joined.
Due to the restriction in strength on Jundra, not many Ancient Gods had joined the battle this time around. After all, it didn't really matter whether there would be 1000 Ancient Gods with restricted strength or 1000 ordinary Gods with the same strength.
That was what everyone believed to be the case. Unfortunately, there was a big difference in combat experience and mastery of the power of an ordinary God and Ancient Gods possessed.
The Devils were old veterans, who had fought in the first Great War where they battled Divine Gods head-on. In comparison, the leaders of the dozen races were toys and greenhorns without actual foundation.
Maybe some of them were talented and experienced in combat, but only a few had the capability to struggle against Infernal Devils, whose combat power was high enough to battle Primordials, Ancients, and Divine Gods.
Because the perpetrators underestimated Nial and his Army of Devils grossly, it was only obvious that the tide of the battle changed the moment Nial awoke.
Hundreds of thousands of Originals were killed in the first minute of the Devil Army's appearance, and millions were bound to follow the example in the next minutes.
Angels were ripped apart like paper, and Heligav were flung around like pebbles. Nobody seemed to have a chance against the Devils, not even with the reinforcement and support of the Primordial Angel's Holy Power.
The Devils wreaked havoc in the ranks of their opponents, while darkness shot out of the ground. The entire plateau was covered in the darkness that shot into the sky.
Everything in its way was shrouded and devoured without the ability to resist the tremendous force that infiltrated every nook and cranny of their enemies.
Encompassed by darkness, the corpses were swallowed whole.
At the same time, something appeared high above the Orion Shelter.
A huge bloody-red moon manifested out of nowhere. It hovered high above the darkness-shrouded being that had appeared a thousand meters above the Orion Shelter.
The being's dark energy was similar to the energy used by the Devils, yet, it was much more refined and stronger.
Silver liquid-like currents revolved around the being raising its right hand. A suctioning force pulled the crimson moonlight of the Blood Eclipse Moon toward the being's right hand, while the silver liquid currents spread across the reinforced dark energy.
Pure Chaos, created from the Vengeance of Chaos, merged with the Crimson Moonlight of the Blood Eclipse Moon, reinforcing each other drastically.
Crimson Chaos came into existence in the form of a helix with a crimson and a silver strand. It revolved around the darkness-shrouded being for a few seconds before it was infused into the reinforced dark energy that covered the being.
The moment crimson chaos fused with reinforced dark energy, the presence around the being changed. The sound of a wildly pounding heart resounded and with every heartbeat, the tension in the perpetrators increased drastically.
Not even the Primordial Angel could shrug off the presence of the unknown being. Her attention was pulled toward the unknown being and she flinched with every heartbeat that reached her.
She swallowed her saliva and felt it increasingly more difficult to keep her Divinity fully unleashed. The hand holding the wand began to tremble and the constant influx of holy power spread across the battlefield wavered.
Her mind turned unstable, and so did her release of holy power.
'What is going on?? Who the hell is that even?!?'
The Primordial Angel could instinctively tell that the unknown being was not a Devil. It was something else, someone else.
However, it took her groggy mind a while to piece the clues together. Her eyes narrowed and she swallowed her saliva once again after the unknown being finished fusing the crimson chaos with his reinforced dark energy.
The crimson chaos spread through the reinforced dark energy just like veins and they strengthened his dark energy and body drastically.
But none of that seemed to mind the unknown being as a grimace of darkness formed on its face.
It slowly opened its mouth and spoke for the first time.
"Until now, I wasn't able to greet my guests properly. I've slept a little bit long and left you by yourself. Looks like I have to apologize for being a bad host," The being said slowly and calmly, barely loud enough for everyone to hear.
"But don't worry. As an apology for being a bad host…I shall kill the lot of you without too much pain."
"..."
Nial's voice was eerily calm. It was almost as if he didn't feel any emotions and that he was incapable of conveying emotions because of that.
"But I still need to punish you."
He added, his voice feeling chilly and a little different compared to a moment before.
"Insects are not allowed to even think about touching my land and my people. Yet, the lot of you actually dared to attack my land and to kill. Seems like you guys were quite brave during my absence…or should I call it stupid?"
Clearing his throat, the unknown being's right hand flicked high into the air. The Blood Eclipse Moon began to shine brightly while darkness covered the sky.
In an instant, the entire sky was covered fully in needles created from reinforced dark energy.
"As punishment for your grave sins, I shall devour you, and use your own powers to obliterate everyone you learned to love!!"
The darkness needles expanded in size. Crimson Chaos covered the darkness needles' tips and they began to rotate wildly.
Silence encompassed the entire battlefield in an instant. The darkness shooting out of the ground had already devoured the dead and it was slowly encroaching on the remaining perpetrators, ready to pull them into the eternal abyss.
"So just die knowing that your decision to attack me was the cause of your race's end and the death of the people you love!"
A moment later, millions of darkness needles hailed to the ground.
And with that, the harvest of the God of Gluttony began.