In the Netherworld.
This was a plane that was almost as vast as the Main World.
The sky was slightly lit up, having concentrated shadows and darkness that concealed many secrets.
Everyday, there would be large amounts of souls from the Main World. They might enter the Netherworld through the current of the Netherworld's rivers, be promoted to a God Nation after getting judged by the Death God, wander within the Netherworld until they vanished, or go deep into the Netherworld seeking for a new chance at life.
Of course, this had completely changed after the arrival of the Nine Tier Purgatory.
If it was said that Death God Hess had built a God Nation in the Netherworld in order to just increase one more check for the souls, the Nine Tier Purgatory's table manners were even more unsightly.
It unreasonably snatched souls and produced vast numbers of frightening Evil Demons through origin power and the Evil Demon Placenta. These demons would then invade other planes, sowing seeds of fear and violence before bringing back more souls to form a vicious cycle.
"It's been four years. This mistake must be corrected!"
In front of the Nine Tier Purgatory, numerous portals emerged and imposing figures stepped out from them.
Merely looking at them from afar, the incomparable brilliance from them could be felt.
They were the incarnations of their respective Gods, the strongest fighting power currently.
The true bodies of the Gods would only remain in their God Nations, as that was the safest place. With a God Nation's aid, even Gods that had just been promoted would be able to resist the siege of the senior Gods.
And the incarnations of the Gods were the strongest Legend, 'Saint'!
At the moment, the Saints stood in a line, shoulder to shoulder. The ripples they emitted even caused the Netherworld to tremble slightly.
Storm God Holland!
Mother Earth Goddess Meria!
Sky God Wieman!
Harvest Goddess Willa!
Death God Hess!
…
Aside from Sun God Ramon, almost all of the Nine Pillar Gods had presented their Saint incarnations.
"Let's begin!" shouted the Gods. Their powers gushed out and transformed into a portal.
Group by group, armies that were already fully armed in their God Nations silently came into the Netherworld. They were in neat rows and wore superior armor, numbering over a million.
The atmosphere was slightly heavy.
It was clear that no matter how elite the God Nations' soldiers were, they were only cannon fodder.
Their only purpose was to eliminate as many Evil Demons as possible in order to open up the road deep into the Nine Tier Purgatory for the real elites. Then they would kill the source of Evil Demons, Great Evil God Apophis, with a blow!
"Hess, are you clear on the situation of the Purgatory?
Storm God Holland had an image of an old man wearing a white robe, his long beard fluttering with the wind. It seemed that there was lingering gale around his body. At the moment, he was looking at the black-robed Death God.
The Death God's aura was clearly a level weaker than the other Saints due to the heavy injuries he had suffered before.
However, as the master of the land, Hess was the one that would contribute the most.
Behind him were legions of death knights. There were at least fifty thousand of them, and they were the entire accumulation of the Death God Nation over the uncountable years. He had sent out all of them.
There was no choice!
If this cancerous tumor, the Nine Tier Purgatory, was not removed, it would continuously fight with the Death God Nation for souls and eventually drown the Death God Nation with the help of the innumerable Evil Demons!
"I have spent a large amount of power, and many sacred spirits have died, before I managed to clearly look into the situation of the Nine Tier Purgatory… First, this Purgatory has already merged with the Netherworld, and destroying it will be equivalent to destroying the Netherworld. And with the unique nature of the Netherworld, destroying it will also be the end of the whole world… Thus, we need to carry out the beheading strategy!"
Death God Hess waved his hands, and a beehive-like map emerged.
"The Purgatory has a total of nine tiers. Every tier has an incalculable number of Evil Demons. Moreover, in the Purgatory, their abilities are enhanced, very similar to the unique nature of the God Nations. After killing and swallowing many prey, there are already large Evil Demons that are similar to a True God in the first eight tiers of Purgatory! Although they aren't Gods, they're no different from a True God here!"
The eight True Gods were operating their God Nations personally. With the unlimited amount of Evil Demons, unless the Gods worked together and paid a heavy price, they would not be able to break through.
"The first tier of Purgatory is the Scorching Hot Purgatory. It has terrifyingly high temperature, and there will often be fireballs falling from the skies. The one guarding the place is an Evil Demon grand duke named Desmond. It's a strange Evil Demon with three heads. Every head has a unique ability!
"The second tier is the Ice Purgatory. It is extremely cold, and normal people won't be able to survive in that environment. Frost Evil Demon Queen Colimony is guarding it. She has strong reproductive abilities, and many of the Frost Evil Demons are her offspring…
"Next is the third tier, the Poison Purgatory…"
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"Within the Nine Tier Purgatory, it is prohibited to use any portals and teleportation spells. If we want to enter the depths of the Nine Tier Purgatory to confront Apophis, we'll need to fight through the first eight tiers!"
The person that understood you best was usually your enemy.
As the sworn enemy of the Purgatory, the Death God had used the four years to constantly ponder about how to get rid of it. At the moment, he suggested a perfect plan.
"Agreed!"
"Agreed!"
The Gods' incarnations, the Saints, nodded. Their voices gathered and echoed throughout the whole Netherworld. "With the will of every God, the glory of every God, and the determination of every God, the Purgatory shall no longer exist in this world!"
"Aw Aw!"
At this moment, all of the Nine Tier Purgatory roared. Many True God-like sturdy figures appeared, resisting the waves of power.
And large amounts of Evil Demons roared sinisterly, as if they were anticipating the arrival of the war.
Kill! Kill!
Looking at the scene unfold, the mind of the incarnation of Death God Hess was wild.
As one of the only two Nine Pillar Gods that had confronted Apophis, he had previously sensed origin power and also knew the world's greed for it. He was even clearer that the higher level power was his future hope!
As long as he had that power, he would be able to promote endlessly, and there would be a possibility of even exceeding the power of Sun God Ramon!
He gave his all to attack the Nine Tier Purgatory this time to destroy that cancerous tumor and, more importantly, obtain that power!
Because of this, even if all of the God Nations' people were eliminated, and even if their true bodies were activated, it would be worth it!
…
"Hmm?"
Main World, the Stan Duchy.
Fang Yuan was slightly shocked, his face revealing a solemn expression. "It's beginning? The Gods' attack on the Purgatory?"
As the Master of the Nine Tier Purgatory, he was naturally closely connected to it.
Just then, the army of the Gods had already entered the Scorching Hot Purgatory. With their crushing force, they had defeated the large Evil Demon army and was currently besieging the Evil Demon grand duke, Desmond.
"These Evil Demon grand dukes are pets of the Purgatory. Their levels are as high as Legends. With the addition support of the Purgatory, they can compare with a Deity or even a True God. Of course, they'll definitely meet a terrible end after getting besieged. However, even if they die, nothing much will happen. As long as the Purgatory still exists, there'll be unlimited amounts of Evil Demons appearing, and a new duke will eventually be born."
Simply put, the first eight tiers of Purgatory were the same as the Gods' cannon fodder army, their purpose to exhaust the Gods.
He would be the one making a profit if a duke's death could take away the incarnation of a Nine Pillar Gods and a large amount of soldiers.
Moments later, Fang Yuan could feel the fall of the Evil Demon grand duke and the alarm of the Ice Purgatory, but did not take it to heart.
"However, compared to the epic war below, this noble revolt is nothing…"
He focused in front of him.
With three Legends and the support of the Disaster Halo, the private soldiers of the rebelling nobles were retreating in defeat even though they had the numerical advantage.
Pope Garrett was in a very strange state currently. He rarely attacked, but his face was filled with worry.
Did he sense the change in the God Nation? Too bad… Even in a battlefield with success within grasp, such negligence is fatal!
Fang Yuan's vision froze as he looked at a human figure.
This was the person overlooked by the nobles from the start, the champion in the martial arts competition, Jaffa.
After the start of the rebellion, he had retreated and hid at a side. He was lucky that the fight did not spread to him.
Currently, he had unknowingly moved behind Pope of Death Garrett.
I hope this is successful!
Garrett felt the turbulence from the God Nation and could not help thinking about it.
But when he was distracted, a viper hidden in the dark immediately bared its fangs.
"Shadow Move!"
"Single Kill!"
Jaffa was like a shadow, appearing and disappearing unpredictably. When he had appeared again, he was already in front of Garrett. The black dagger in his hands stabbed out like a viper's fangs!
"Assassin!" Garrett was shocked. "It's a Legend assassin!"
A person of such great ability had purposely concealed their presence, and even Garrett himself did not discover it.
Under the situation where he was caught off guard, the artifact on his head, the Pope's Crown, suddenly emitted a brilliance and formed a protective layer.
This was left by the True God to the Pope as the proof of authority. It was enough to resist any Legend's attack!
Thus, Garret was very confident, even thinking about how to counterattack.
"You!"
At the moment, accompanying the shout, a blood red light appeared suddenly on the assassin's body. It had the power of divinity and broke through the protection instantly. The dagger stabbed into Garrett's chest.
The dagger that was cursed with poison destroyed all of the Pope's life force in an instant. He could only mutter a sentence before dying, "This is… a false God's power!"
The blood red light continued to burn, turning Garrett's corpse into a pool of blood that stained the Pope's golden crown.
"Lord Jay… your devoted follower offers you the key to the Death God Nation!"
The assassin cackled crazily as the blood red light on his body became more and more glaring.
Suddenly, a brilliance descended and wrapped up the Pope's gold crown before instantly vanishing.