139: Chapter 139 Golden Demigod (Eighth Reincarnation) and the Abyss Flesh Council
The clamoring of MacDonald, the God of Thunder, was nothing more than the buzzing of a fly in Su Chen's consciousness.
He didn't even bother to spare a single glance.
The jealousy of an ant could not shake a deity in the slightest.
With the birth of Golden Behemoth Nora, the concentration of Law in the entire Divine Domain was forcibly raised to an unprecedented peak by the presence of this demigod-level creature.
The world was celebrating, ascending.
As the creator and Dominator of all this, the [Thunder Godhead Crystal] within Su Chen's body, which had long been compressed to its limit, finally reached the critical point where quantitative change triggers qualitative change.
The Bottleneck he had been deliberately suppressing all this time burst open at this moment!
Su Chen no longer held back.
He released the final shred of restraint on the surging power within him.
"Hum—"
A tremor originating from the Soul level occurred as the Godhead crystal floating at the core of his consciousness erupted with billions of rays of blinding light.
The next moment.
Rumble—!!!
The layer of clouds above the Divine Domain, which had been shattered by Nora's roar, was completely torn apart by an even more terrifying force! An endless sea of purple lightning replaced the sky, turning into a giant funnel vortex connecting heaven and earth, as the firmament poured downward!
That was not rain.
That was a celestial river of lightning purely manifested from Law, pouring madly and destructively down toward Su Chen's divine body!
This was the baptism of ascension.
It was also a torture of destruction and Rebirth.
"Crack... Crackle..."
Bathed in the lightning, fine, spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the surface of Su Chen's divine body.
The cracks rapidly expanded and deepened.
Golden divine blood mixed with purple lightning plasma spurted from the fissures, only to be instantly evaporated by higher-level energy.
His body was crumbling inch by inch!
Every bone and every inch of flesh was ground into powder under the scouring of this violent lightning Law.
But at the end of destruction lies new life.
Those shattered particles of his divine body did not dissipate; instead, under a supreme will, they began a higher-dimensional reorganization using lightning as bone and divine fire as blood!
Skin, muscle, bone, meridians... everything was being reshaped.
With each reorganization, his divine body became more indestructible and more flawless.
The original skin peeled away inch by inch, and the newborn skin was crystal clear, as if cast from the purest golden divine metal, with countless fine Law runes flowing slowly beneath it, forming an immortal divine map.
Time lost its meaning.
When the last wisp of purple lightning submerged into his forehead like a submissive pet.
The thunder throughout the Divine Domain came to a sudden halt.
The world fell into an absolute deathly silence.
Su Chen slowly opened his eyes.
What kind of eyes were those!
Burning in the sockets were no longer pupils, but two infinitely concentrated golden suns! Just a gaze caused the space in front of him to ripple, and the strings of Law trembled for it.
A line of cold System prompts appeared before his eyes.
[Congratulations! Ascension successful!]
[Current Rank: 8th Rank Golden Demigod!]
Only two final steps remained from the true position of a deity.
"Power..."
Su Chen whispered, his voice triggering a resonance of Law within the Divine Domain.
He could feel endless power surging in his divine body like a roaring galaxy.
In his perception, the world appeared with unprecedented clarity. He could "see" the weaving and veins of every strand of Law and "hear" the breathing and heartbeat of space itself.
He slowly raised his hand and clenched his fist.
"Crack—"
It wasn't the crisp sound of knuckles.
It was the space in his palm, unable to withstand that restrained Divine Power, letting out an overwhelmed wail as pitch-black, irregular cracks were pinched out of it.
As soon as the spatial cracks appeared, they were quickly repaired by the Laws of the Divine Domain.
But Su Chen's simple action of clenching his fist had already exceeded the endurance limit of this world.
"Since I've made a Breakthrough..."
His gaze pierced through the Void Realm, landing on that blood-colored land engulfed in war and occupied by endless demons.
"Then I'll use the Abyss to test my hand."
Su Chen's will turned into a cold command, his voice flat but carrying an unquestionable majesty.
He raised a finger and lightly tapped the void.
Reality was torn apart.
A spatial rift so huge it blotted out the sun burst open before him. On the other end of the rift was a crimson sky, the stench of sulfur mixed with charred corpses, and the shrill shrieks and wails of billions of demons.
That was the Abyss Front!
Golden Behemoth Nora felt the Dominator's will.
Its mountain-like head turned slightly, and its two golden lightning storm eyes locked onto the portal leading to Hell.
Without the slightest hesitation.
This world-destroying behemoth born for war took a step with its giant feet, which were enough to crush continents, and walked heavily and steadily into that blood-colored world belonging to demons.
...
Meanwhile.
Deep within the Abyss.
This was a Domain where even light could not reach, the ultimate sedimentation site of all chaos and evil.
Inside a giant hall built from countless twisted, squirming pieces of flesh.
Twelve massive shadows emitting terrifying auras were "sitting" around a giant round table also made of living flesh.
The table itself was a living organism; beneath the surface, countless pained faces were screaming silently, and thick blood pulsed slowly through the veins in the tabletop.
This was the location of the Abyss [Flesh Council].
These twelve shadows were the twelve high-ranking Demon Archdukes who ruled over countless layers of the Abyss and had lived through long ages.
At this moment, the Demon Archdukes, who were usually chaotic and constantly at war with each other, had fallen into a strange silence.
The oppressive atmosphere made the thick air around them feel as if it were about to solidify into blood clots.
They had already sensed that genocidal threat from another Divine Domain, one sufficient to make the entire Abyss tremble.
The Zerg Swarm.
That endless, constantly devouring, and constantly evolving terrifying race.
"In a one-on-one fight, none of us is a match for that newly risen Zerg Dominator."
A raspy voice spoke, like dry bones rubbing against each other.
The speaker was the Speaker of the Council, an ancient Abyss Archduke with the largest physique, who had existed for over ten thousand years.
"His legions are devouring our world at an unprecedented speed. If this continues, the Abyss... will be erased."
"Then what should we do?!"
An ill-tempered Demon Archduke roared, his voice causing the entire Flesh Hall to vibrate.
"We simply cannot stop that Dominator's behemoth weapon!"
The Speaker's voice remained steady, yet it carried a bone-chilling coldness and determination.
"Therefore, we must activate that forbidden ritual."
As soon as these words were spoken, the massive bodies of the other eleven Demon Archdukes showed visible tremors.
"You mean..."
An incredulous voice rang out.
"Flesh Fusion?"
Within the hall, deathly silence descended once more.
"Exactly."
In the Speaker's eyes, an uncontrollable madness and greed flickered.
"Sacrifice all the vassal races under our command, and fuse their billions of flesh and Souls, along with a portion of our Origin, into a... monster that can rival the Zerg behemoth."
He looked around at all the council members, his voice becoming low and provocative.
"For survival, any price is worth paying."