Chapter 346: The Underworld Alliance Declares War!
Of course, so-called burning away a god's personal history wasn't as simple as igniting a piece of paper.
The more powerful the god, the harder it was to burn their history, especially for chief gods, who could sense it and resist.
Thus, the ones mainly being burned were the lower-ranking gods.
As for higher-ranking gods, their histories were being burned in a more concealed manner.
It was like a lush forest where currently, the undergrowth around the large trees was mainly what was burning.
Outside the forest, and high above it, there was still no visible sign of the fire breaking out within, as the dense canopy of leaves concealed it completely.
By the time the source of the fire could be clearly seen from the outside, the blaze had already spread extensively inside, making it extremely difficult to extinguish.
Underworld.
The rulers of the various hells all wore grim expressions.
The sudden attacks on their respective Pantheons had initially been quite successful, but then a bizarre situation unfolded.
"What exactly is happening?"
"Why are they spontaneously combusting?"
"And then, their very existence vanishes from this world?"
They watched the images before them with caution as their vanguard forces, one after another, turned into torches before the flames contracted into a thread of light and disappeared.
"It seems that this strange ability clearly doesn't work well on those below the rank of high gods."
"Moreover, the Evil Dragon Legion we created hasn't been effective either."
Among the dispatched vanguard forces were the replicated Evil Dragon Legion, which did not spontaneously combust.
If not for this bizarre combustion, this wave of attacks would have at least taken over half the world of the mythic space.
"Furthermore, all passages connecting the various hells and the Underworld to the human world have been forcibly sealed."
"Even Great Red has intervened. It could be said that the Underworld is temporarily cut off from the human world."
"To be precise, it's our side that has been cut off from the human world."
"Sirzechs and his faction still retain their own passages."
This seems to be out of concern that they might go mad and destroy the human world.
Therefore, if they want to reach the human world, there are two methods.
One is to seize the passages guarded by Sirzechs' forces, and the other is to capture the spaces invaded by various Pantheons and use those spaces to access the human world.
"We must quickly seize the human world."
"Otherwise, those guys might carry out large-scale interference in the human world just to eliminate our existence."
"In that case, let's deploy that one."
Hades made this decision.
Originally, in his view, this thing should have been used for the invasion of other worlds, but now it seems it can only be used first to suppress the gods on their own side.
To invade other worlds, of course, they must first clean up their own world. He's not foolish enough to fight on two fronts.
So, let the Apocalypse Beast Emperor make its move.
This thing has already been painstakingly unsealed and, with the assistance of the Dragon Eater, successfully controlled.
The process was quite perilous—they almost let Rizevim mess it up, causing 666 to rampage and destroy them first.
The reason it almost went wrong was simple: they had a falling out with Rizevim.
In the end, of course, Hades' side emerged victorious.
And from the beginning, Hades had intended to eliminate Rizevim. That guy was truly nothing but trash—reckless trash, a highly unstable factor, and ultimately not aligned with Hades' path.
So, in the end, they eliminated him, though not without paying a certain price. Overall, however, it was a gain.
Now, what about the situation in other worlds?
They have also sent agents to infiltrate and investigate. The other world is indeed powerful—arguably even slightly stronger than this one.
But this slight advantage only applies to before Beast Emperor 666 was controlled.
That doesn't mean they've surpassed the other world just by controlling Beast Emperor 666. Rather, by controlling Beast Emperor 666, combined with the technology obtained from Rizevim and the hidden Mother of Devils, they have successfully created an even more terrifying army.
Their strength has exploded exponentially.
Especially with the Mother of Devils—they really have to thank Rizevim for that.
Why refer to it as a "thing"? Because, somehow, it has turned into a mere lump of flesh...
Then, through research on this flesh and the synthesis of various monsters, they have created an incredible army of demonic monsters.
The weakest of these monsters are at the level of High-Class Devils.
And now, they have cultivated over 100,000 individuals.
Among them, one individual infused with the genes of Beast Emperor 666 has truly grown to a strength not inferior to Beast Emperor 666 itself.
Of course, to cultivate an individual capable of bearing Beast Emperor 666's genes, countless failed specimens were produced.
"Hmm? Interesting."
A subordinate came to report that a guest had arrived, offering assistance and providing convenient passage.
As this guest entered—
"Kṣitigarbha?"
"Have you betrayed Buddhism as well?"
Kṣitigarbha's arrival was quite unexpected.
Currently, many of the invading Pantheons' spaces were receiving substantial support from Buddhism; otherwise, they would have been captured long ago.
However, when Kṣitigarbha subsequently declared that he had come as a representative of Buddhism, the situation took on a deeper meaning.
After their conversation, it became clear that this was under Arjuna's directive—to seek revenge against King Solomon on behalf of his father, Indra.
King Solomon was the primary culprit behind the devastating defeat of their vanguard forces.
He had inherited the position of the God of the Bible, become the alliance leader in the conference of gods, and enhanced the power of the deities through the Divine Artifact System, thereby repelling the Evil Dragon army.
Thus, Buddhism now intended to provide the Underworld alliance with convenient passage.
The Underworld could use Buddhist realms as stepping stones, leveraging the support channels between Buddhism and numerous Pantheons to invade various mythological spaces.
After all, the original invasion routes had either been destroyed or sealed off.
...
Evie Etoulde World.
"Not yet?"
"Wait a bit longer. If the gate master is on the other side, startling them too much could lead to destruction, and that would be troublesome."
So, they needed to wait until the opposing army had largely advanced to this side.
Of course, they also needed to suffer several crushing defeats to deceive and lull the enemy into complacency.
Once the enemy's main forces were no longer stationed at the gate, they could bare their fangs.