240: Chapter 240 Your Gods Can't Come

Gu Yuan's eyes flickered with a near-maniacal fanaticism and cruelty:

"Activate the 'World-Extinguishing Star Array'! Drain all the leyline energy and the vitality of the civilians from the one hundred and eight peripheral cities across the globe. Use them as sacrifices to forcibly tear open a second high-dimensional star gate above the Imperial Capital!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the representatives from various sectors and some low-to-mid-level officers who had been forcibly gathered on the outskirts of the square to listen turned pale instantly, struck with absolute horror.

"You're insane! You're going to massacre billions of innocent civilians! This is a crime against humanity!" A hot-tempered general from the Northern Military Region pulled out his sidearm in a fit of rage, pointing it at Gu Yuan on the high platform and roaring.

"Against humanity? Heh..."

Gu Yuan spared him a contemptuous glance, not even bothering to lift a finger himself. A Star Praetorian standing beside him coldly raised a hand, and a dark red death ray instantly pierced through the general's brow, vaporizing him on the spot!

"The weak don't even have the right to become sacrifices. Only those of us standing at the top of the pyramid are worthy of representing humanity in its ascent to high dimensions!"

Gu Yuan waved his hand, ruthlessly issuing the order for a massacre:

"Kill all dissenters on the spot! Activate the formation!"

Just as the blood-colored formation in the center of the altar was about to begin its operation, at the very critical moment when the fate of the entire Earth was about to plunge into eternal damnation—

Rumble—!!!

From the southern horizon of the Imperial Capital, a terrifying explosion suddenly erupted, sounding as if it would shatter the entire vault of heaven!

Then, before everyone's shocked eyes, the Imperial Capital's 'Sighing Shield'—claimed to be able to withstand a tenth-tier Forbidden Curse—was actually torn open from the outside, creating a massive ten-thousand-meter-long rift!

"To hell with your Star Council! To hell with your high-dimensional gods!!!"

"You pack of old dogs with one foot in the grave, you want to trade the lives of my Southern District people for your immortality? Have you asked the blade in my hand first?!!!"

A roar as violent as thunder, laced with an endless, iron-blooded killing intent, came rolling through that ten-thousand-meter rift!

In the next second, military transport ships and heavy magic-guided bombers blotted out the sun, pouring through the rift like a black steel Tidal Surge! On the deck of the flagship at the very front, the Southern District Commander-in-Chief, Lei Zhentian, was wreathed in blinding crimson battle qi. Holding a thirty-meter-long lightning blade, he looked like a wrathful Vajra!

Beside him, Jiang City Military Department Li Zhenhai, Li Zhenhai, was surrounded by the terrifying aura of a Level 100 God of Slaughter. His gaze was so cold it seemed capable of freezing space itself.

"The three main legions of the Southern District! All forces, charge!"

"Mince these beast-hearted old bastards into pieces and feed them to the dogs!!!"

With Lei Zhentian' order, hundreds of thousands of Southern District iron troops descended from the sky without hesitation, pouncing on the Star Guard in the square like tigers coming down a mountain!

"Enemy attack! It's the Southern District rebels!"

"You seek death! Mere mortal armies dare to assault the Pantheon?!"

Though the Twelve Elders of the Star Council were surprised, they did not panic. Gu Yuan snorted coldly: "Activate the 'Star God Defense Network'! Deploy the 'Divine Punishment Puppets' and crush these death-seeking ants!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Around the square, hundreds of twenty-meter-tall heavy mechanical puppets burst from the ground. They shimmered with the light of high-dimensional technology, each possessing terrifying strength comparable to an eighth-tier powerhouse. Above in the sky, a deep blue high-dimensional shield instantly expanded, intercepting all the magic-guided artillery fire from the Southern District army!

"Damn it! We can't break through that shield! Their puppets are too strong!"

Though the Southern District soldiers were unafraid of death, they instantly suffered massive casualties in the face of such dimension-crushing technology. With a casual swing of a Divine Punishment Puppet's arm, dozens of Southern District soldiers were blasted into a bloody mist.

"Old Li! Follow me! Let's dismantle those scrap heaps!"

Lei Zhentian' eyes were nearly splitting from rage. He and Li Zhenhai charged recklessly into the enemy ranks. The two Level 100 powerhouses joined forces, forcibly holding back the attacks of three Divine Punishment Puppets. But as more and more puppets closed in, the two generals gradually fell into a bitter struggle, their bodies covered in wounds.

"Hahaha! Lei Zhentian, Li Zhenhai! You are truly beyond foolish!"

Standing on the high platform, Gu Yuan watched the Southern District army struggling below and let out a cruel, wild laugh:

"Mortals are but mortals. In the face of divine technology, your bravery is nothing more than a mantis trying to stop a chariot! Once I activate the World-Extinguishing Star Array, all of you will become the nourishment for the gods' descent!"

Looking at the world-extinguishing altar slowly glowing with blood-red light and the Southern District warriors falling all around them, a trace of despair flashed in the eyes of Lei Zhentian and Li Zhenhai.

Could it be that this really couldn't be stopped? Was humanity truly destined to perish at the hands of these traitors?

Just as Gu Yuan was about to press the final activation button of the formation—

Hum————!!!!!

The entire vault of heaven over the Imperial Capital suddenly trembled violently! It wasn't a common vibration, but rather the entire space itself letting out a wail as if it were under an unbearable burden!

The sky suddenly went dark.

It wasn't because of storm clouds, but because a terrifying shadow—so vast it blotted out the sun and even covered the entire Pantheon square—had performed a spatial jump without any warning and slammed directly over the head of the Imperial Capital!

Everyone subconsciously looked up.

The moment they saw what was above them, whether it was the arrogant Gu Yuan, the struggling Lei Zhentian, or the tens of thousands of Star Guard, everyone's breath hitched instantly, and their pupils constricted to the limit!

It was an ultra-gigantic war fortress emitting a nine-colored divine radiance, its base firing deep-blue star gate engines! It looked like a palace belonging to a true god, carrying a supreme majesty that crushed all things as it hovered ten thousand meters in the air!

And on the bridge extending from the very front of that fortress...

A young man in a black trench coat was resting one foot on the railing. Behind him stood four figures whose auras were terrifying to the extreme.

The young man lowered his head slightly, his crimson-gold eyes flashing with a cold killing intent that made the very world change color. He picked up a megaphone, and his voice boomed like a divine punishment from the nine heavens, exploding in the minds of every Star Council member:

"Sorry, you old dogs."

"Your gods aren't coming."

"So, I had to come personally..."

"To send you to hell!!!"