Published: March 2, 2025
Silence, complete silence...
As the celestial god's words left his mouth, the three-party talks immediately fell into a dead silence.
After a long while, Lin Haifeng finally spoke.
“Celestial god... did the earth's will agree to this decision of yours...”
“Hehe, what do you think?”
Everything was left unsaid, and it was Lin Haifeng's turn to feel tangled up.
He couldn't understand why the earth's will would support such a self-harming decision by the celestial god, but that didn’t prevent him from realizing that this situation had become troublesome.
So he turned to Wen Yu and said, “I think…”
“You think we should lift the ban and then slap ourselves in the face, right?”
Wen Yu's tone grew increasingly somber.
“You think this is for the greater good, right?”
“You think we should swallow back the waste we just expelled, right?”
Lin Haifeng really wanted to say yes! Because he knew what the optimal way to handle this situation was...
It was compromise...
But compromise would only lead to a second compromise; Wen Yu knew this all too well.
So Wen Yu calmly spoke.
“Actually, I originally wanted to drive all the forces belonging to you out of the Layered Battlefield, but Lin Haifeng stopped me. Now I realize that my decision back then was indeed the right one…”
“To be honest, I didn’t expect the earth's will to make such a drastic decision and react so intensely. But it doesn’t matter anymore; this has instead revealed the current stance of the earth's will… Actually, I don’t have any anger to direct at you because you’re just a puppet; you're too low-tier, and talking to you feels like a waste of breath!”
“Now, remember my words, and relay them verbatim to your master!”
“He doesn’t care when the level restraint is broken, and I don’t care either. On the contrary, I think the progress of the level restraint is way too slow! Didn't he ally with the spirit of the demon lord? You tell him that if he wants to follow the spirit of the demon lord, there's no way in hell! Once the tenth-level level restraint is broken, I will definitely appear before him first, and then it will be his time to die! He doesn’t care whether this world lives or dies, and I care even less. Isn’t it all just a matter of who is more ruthless? Come on, I’ll take this game!”
“And you, celestial god, from today onwards, you will understand what a huge price you will pay for angering me! Don’t you want to drive the mutated beasts to the Layered Battlefield? Then come on, do you want to see if I can slaughter all of them? I want to see just how scared they are of death!”
“Let’s see who is more ruthless!”
“Cling…”
The communicator was hung up by Wen Yu. Lin Haifeng wanted to persuade the celestial god a few more words, but he didn’t expect the celestial god to also decisively disconnect the communication device.
Only Lin Haifeng remained, sitting alone in his office. He stared blankly at the ceiling, and after a while, he shivered heavily...
This day had changed...
...
“Prepare for war!”
After hanging up the communicator, Wen Yu's eyes emitted a chilling light, a radiance that even made the one-eyed man and Victor pause.
At the same time, the words "prepare for war" instantly spread throughout every corner of the Layered Battlefield via mental connection. Countless soul puppets hidden across the Layered Battlefield suddenly looked up, as if they sensed Wen Yu's determination.
The earth's will had betrayed this world first... So what else did Wen Yu have to worry about? Just as he had said, it was merely a comparison of who was more ruthless!
All along, Wen Yu had wanted to preserve the strength of the entire world, hoping to find a glimmer of hope in this war between two worlds... However, now that those he wanted to save had betrayed him... what meaning did it all hold?
It meant nothing at all...
Once he let go of all these things, Wen Yu instantly felt a sense of lightness.
Resisting the demonic disaster? No need anymore... with the earth's will betraying them first, the traitors led by him and the celestial god, centered around the mutated beasts, would certainly mess things up. This defense line couldn't hold no matter what!