Chapter 681: Destroying the Demon Cult Alliance, Annihilation (II)

After heavily wounding a late-stage mythical deity of an alien race, and with the command of the Divine Three-Eyed Clan's king of gods, Chen Chu encountered no further obstructions while crossing the edge of another divine region belonging to an alien deity.

His intrusion into the Alliance of Gods right after his breakthrough into the mythical level was not without purpose.

As the human race expanded outward, temporary passages connecting to the Blue Planet frequently appeared near the Expansion Division. Over the years, members of the demon cults had infiltrated the Blue Planet through these rifts.

Given Chen Chu’s performance in Abyssal War City, coupled with his astonishingly rapid breakthrough into the mythical level, he had already become the Purgatory Clan’s primary assassination target.

In such circumstances, not only was he at risk—his family, Zhang Xiaolan and Chen Hu, would also be targeted by both the Purgatory Clan and the demon cults.

Although Chen Chu was confident the Federation would assign people to protect them, the best way to handle an assassination threat was to eliminate its source.

If he eradicated the Demon Cult Alliance and slaughtered those evil gods, he would no longer need to worry about his family’s safety on the Blue Planet, at least in the short term.

With this thought, Chen Chu's gaze grew even colder. Before long, an immense black mountain range stretched across his vision, spanning over three thousand kilometers in width and extending for more than eight thousand kilometers.

This vast mountain range was composed of towering peaks, each reaching several thousand to tens of thousands of meters high. The terrain was covered in grayish-brown vegetation, with black mist seeping from the gaps between tree branches, forming a vast, ten-thousand-meter-high sea of darkness that loomed like a celestial curtain.

Due to prolonged exposure to the corrupting black energy, even the mountains’ rock formations had turned black. Shadows flickered ominously within the forests, creating an eerie atmosphere.

Boom!

The black sky covering the region trembled as a streak of golden light tore across the heavens like a sword, cutting through the dark mist and surging toward the heart of the Shadow Divine Region.

Instantly, Ellenhill, the God of Shadows, was alarmed.

"Who dares trespass?!"

A thunderous voice resounded as the black mist in the distance churned violently. A massive shadow, spanning several hundred meters tall, coalesced, exuding an overwhelming late-stage mythical pressure.

As one of the older cult gods, Ellenhill possessed immense power, already nearing the peak of the mythical level.

At the same time, the black mist below surged as countless shadowy figures shot into the sky, appearing across a hundred-kilometer radius atop several of the towering peaks emerging from the dark sea of clouds.

These shadowy figures, shrouded in black robes, radiated a formidable aura. Among them, over ten had reached the Ninth Heavenly Realm, more than forty stood at the Eighth, and the Seventh Realm assassins numbered in the hundreds—all elites of the Shadow Cult.

Above the sea of dark clouds, golden flames burned around Chen Chu, forming a thousand-meter-long fire dragon. The immense heat radiating from his body continuously incinerated the rolling waves of black mist surging toward him.

"Of course it's someone who wants to kill you." Gazing at the towering black silhouette in the distance, Chen Chu’s voice remained calm. "A few months ago, your cultists invaded the southern battlefield of East Xia and slaughtered more than a dozen of my comrades. Today, I am here to avenge them.

"Ellenhill, God of Shadows—die."

Boom!

A surge of dazzling golden flames erupted from Chen Chu’s body. He burned like a stellar sun, radiating boundless heat and light that condensed into a three-thousand-meter-wide golden fireball.

The transcendent energy within a radius of several hundred kilometers was thrown into chaos, converging toward him in a frenzy. The golden sun's flames grew into an even more intense inferno, emitting an annihilating heat.

In the blink of an eye, the rolling black mist was completely incinerated, creating a vacuum region spanning over thirty kilometers.

"Impossible!" Ellenhill’s expression changed drastically.

Despite being the master of his divine region, he suddenly found himself unable to control the transcendent energy surrounding Chen Chu. Worse still, the power of the heaven and earth he had refined was being suppressed by an even greater force.

Roar!

The boundless black mist churned violently as an enormous demonic shadow dragon, stretching over ten thousand meters long, erupted from the darkness. Gathering the power of the heaven and earth, it roared as it lunged toward Chen Chu.

Boom!

The moment the demonic dragon neared the golden sun, an explosion of endless flames erupted. The detonation sent golden fire surging in all directions, illuminating the entire world.

Caught in this overwhelming force, the demonic dragon, condensed from the law of shadow, was instantly obliterated. The ensuing golden shockwave incinerated the black mist sea within a hundred-kilometer radius.

Amid the devastating explosion, Ellenhill let out a muffled groan before his face darkened, transforming into a shadow and vanishing. His enraged roar echoed across the heavens.

"Retreat!"

At the exact moment Ellenhill disappeared, a halberd, entwined with crackling thunderbolts, materialized out of thin air. Its strike shattered space within a kilometer radius, radiating an awe-inspiring destructive force.

Chen Chu's gaze turned cold as he watched Ellenhill vanish using the law of shadow. In the next instant, he transformed into a bolt of blue lightning, streaking across more than a hundred kilometers in a flash and appearing atop a towering mountain.

Instantly, the elite Shadow Cultists on the mountain peak turned pale with horror.

"Shit!"

"Dodge!"

From a distance, a thunderbolt halberd, spanning a thousand meters long, descended from the sky and crashed onto the mountain.

Boom!

The entire peak collapsed. Blinding arcs of thunderbolts enveloped half the sky, while surging lightning reduced countless Shadow Assassins to ashes.

As massive boulders tumbled and dust filled the air, Chen Chu had already transformed into a streak of lightning, flashing across several dozen kilometers to another mountain peak.

With his Heaven-Stepping Divine Movement, combined with the law of lightning, Chen Chu’s speed had reached an indescribable level.

"Save me, my god!"

"Run!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Under the devastating Divine Thousand-Tribulation Lightning, these so-called high-ranking demon cultists were no different from ants. Within moments, they were vaporized by blinding blue lightning.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Chu had rampaged across hundreds of kilometers, bringing down four towering mountains and obliterating the Shadow Cult’s elite forces. The lingering shockwaves shook the heavens and earth, with the deafening echoes of destruction reverberating endlessly.

Suddenly, a silent black shadow emerged behind Chen Chu—none other than the God of Shadows himself. A black dagger, one meter long, shot toward Chen Chu.

Wherever the black dagger passed, there was no fluctuation, no killing intent, no presence—it was as if it did not exist.

As the God of Shadows, Ellenhill had reached the peak of stealth and assassination.

With absolute silence, the black assassination blade erased the blue thunderbolts surrounding Chen Chu without triggering any energy reaction. The level of terror this weapon inspired was immeasurable.

However, when the dagger reached within three meters of Chen Chu, it suddenly stopped, blocked by an invisible force field. Golden ripples spread out from the dagger’s tip.

Ellenhill's expression twisted in shock. The Shadow Thorn had the power to erase all material and energy. It had once penetrated even the protective laws of a peak mythical-level deity.

Chen Chu, still shrouded in crackling thunderbolts, slowly turned his head, his gaze icy.

Boom!

Before Chen Chu could even act, Ellenhill’s form suddenly exploded, scattering into shadows in an attempt to escape.

Failing an assassination meant fleeing—this was the true nature of an assassin. As the God of Shadows, Ellenhill could merge into any shadows within his divine region, bypassing all material barriers.

"Where do you think you're going?" Chen Chu’s cold voice rang out as his black-gold pupils flickered into existence. In an instant, his perception of the world shifted into a monochrome of black and white, revealing the near-invisible black threads woven throughout the heavens and earth.

Far ahead, a black streak darted at blinding speed between the threads, already appearing hundreds of kilometers away—its speed rivaling that of a heavenly-king-level powerhouse.

Locking onto the God of Shadows, Chen Chu transformed into a streak of blue lightning, plunging into the sea of clouds. In the blink of an eye, he reappeared on the ground. Combining the Heaven-Stepping Divine Movement, he flickered through the terrain like lightning, appearing at the base of a towering mountain.

His halberd radiated dazzling golden light.

Boom!

A golden sun, spanning a kilometer in diameter, erupted upon impact. The moment it struck the ground, the earth for several kilometers shattered, sending torrents of lava and golden flames surging into the sky. The ensuing shockwave of destruction reduced the surrounding forest, spanning dozens of kilometers, to ashes.

Under the overwhelming flames of a high-level law, the dark energy permeating the land was completely vaporized. From within the inferno, a shattered true form was blasted out, spewing blood as it hurtled through the air.

"How could you possibly perceive me when I am one with the shadows?!" Ellenhill roared in disbelief as his figure vanished once more, slipping through a spatial rift.

Boom!

The moment the God of Shadows disappeared, the space where he had stood shattered. Chen Chu, unfazed, calmly retracted his halberd.

"The law of shadow is indeed troublesome, especially within your own divine region."

Watching Ellenhill, who refused to engage him directly, Chen Chu's black-gold pupils flickered to life. Lowering his gaze toward the ground, he saw dark veins appear before his eyes—manifestations of the law of shadow, intricately fused with the divine region itself.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

With flames and thunderbolts surging around him, Chen Chu moved across the land at rapid speeds—dozens of times the speed of sound. Wherever he passed, towering mountains, thousands to tens of thousands of meters tall, exploded and crumbled. Like an apocalyptic demon god, he annihilated everything in his path.

As the mountains collapsed and the land burned, countless boulders melted into lava under the blazing might of the Great Heavenly Sun Flames. The sequence chains of the law of shadow, which had been refining and binding this land, were shattered one after another, and the entire divine region trembled violently.

Feeling the turbulence within his own divine power, Ellenhill, who had been desperately evading, felt his vision redden with rage.

Yet, as a god who had survived the Era of Darkness, he knew that if this continued, he was doomed. In a direct confrontation, he couldn’t withstand even one of Chen Chu’s attacks. If his divine region was destroyed, death was inevitable.

More than fear, what filled his heart was disbelief.

Even a peak mythical-level deity shouldn’t be able to wield divine law power so recklessly, burning through their power to annihilate an entire divine region as though their energy was limitless. Yet Chen Chu showed no hesitation, not only unleashing destruction but precisely locating the fusion points between the law of shadow and the divine region.

"Ahh!" A roar of rage tore from Ellenhill as he rushed toward the crumbling edge of his divine region, transforming into a streak of black light and fleeing into the shadows of the forest beyond.

The instant Ellenhill escaped, however, far in the distance, Chen Chu's gaze snapped toward him.

"I was waiting for you to leave."

A calm voice resonated through the heavens. In that moment, high above the sky, a pair of colossal black-gold pupils appeared. Under their gaze, the land fractured, space collapsed, and Ellenhill’s true form was shredded into countless fragments.

Before he could burn his law origin to recover, gray chains emerged from the void, instantly ensnaring him. Gray flames burned along their lengths, radiating a horrifying aura of death.

"No!!" As Chen Chu relentlessly burned his origin power to fuel the death law, Ellenhill’s divine soul was erased at a terrifying speed. Simultaneously, the abundant life force contained within his law-condensed true form was completely consumed, defined and extinguished by death itself.

Boom!

Above the sky, a Blood Moon appeared—only to fall and perish moments later.