"My God... what kind of monsters are these..."
As the demonic tide drew closer, the soldiers finally began to vaguely make out its appearance.
Writhing dark red flesh... tentacles thicker than a tree... sharp mouthparts dripping with mucus... and those scarlet eyes filled with greed and savagery.
"food..."
"Eat them..."
The chilling growl grew closer and clearer.
At this moment, the current supreme commander of Zhenyuan Pass, a peak demigod powerhouse, finally arrived.
He looked at the monsters that were about to besiege the city, his face suddenly darkened, and he roared in fury:
"What's going on? Where's the early warning array? Where are the patrol troops? Why did you only notice us when these monsters were almost at the gates of Zhenyuan Pass? Why didn't you wait until you were dead before you came to yell at us?!"
"My lord, please forgive us. The number of powerful mages is simply too small. The support we requested from the Empire has yet to arrive, and the magic arrays outside the city have been damaged for a long time. As for patrols, it was our dereliction of duty..."
The adjutants shook their heads with bitter smiles, not daring to say more, and simply pleaded guilty.
"Forget it, we can deal with these things later. Right now, the most important thing is to stop these monsters' attacks. Once Zhenyuan Pass is breached, the entire empire will be in grave danger."
The demigod looked at the expressions on their faces and sighed with a headache.
Too many powerful individuals perished in the chaos of the demons, including the mighty mages. Without their protection, and with the Abyss suppressed, the imperial high command lost its focus and failed to send additional personnel, rendering these precious magical arrays left over from the glorious era useless.
The patrol team was even worse; they were all sons of imperial nobles who paid lip service to his orders but disobeyed them, let alone properly completing their daily tasks.
Shaking his head violently, the demigod-level expert forced himself to stay alert and gave the order:
"Pass down the order to prepare for battle. Where are the enchanted cannons and magic crystal arrows? Why haven't they been brought up yet? Also, have we sent someone to the Pantheon to request reinforcements?"
He had experienced the final battle in the abyss decades ago. Although he was just a soldier maintaining stability in a rear city and did not personally go to the battlefield, he still knew clearly that only gods could possibly deal with these monsters.
"This...I've already sent someone to inform the lord."
"The temple responded that they suddenly lost contact with all the gods a few days ago and are trying to communicate with them."
The adjutants exchanged glances and replied helplessly.
They dared not say that the logistics officer in charge of military supplies had held a lavish banquet and party last night, and was still dead drunk and had not gotten out of bed.
"Damn it, a bunch of useless trash, parasites on the empire! I'll kill them all with my own hands!"
The demigod-level expert was furious.
At this moment, a demigod-level abyssal beast suddenly broke away from the main force and charged to the foot of the city wall, its mountain-sized palm slamming down on the wall.
Bang! Bang!
Fortunately, it was designed by Anubis himself and completed by the dwarf team when it was built, so its quality was excellent and it was not easily destroyed.
"Damn it! Quickly set up defenses, I'll go lure it away!"
Seeing this, the demigod-level expert, no longer able to vent his anger, hurriedly gave an order and, gritting his teeth, flew up himself.
"Damn monster, your opponent is me, die!"
He roared and swung his sword down from the air with both hands, attempting to repel his opponent.
However, his opponent was the Abyssal Terror Beast, a demigod creature with the strongest physical strength.
Don't be fooled by how these guys were treated like cannon fodder when they fought Jiang Yan earlier, dying in droves with a single sword strike. That's because their opponent was an angel who had undergone multiple enhancements!
In terms of combat power alone, these abyssal beasts are far stronger than dragons of the same rank.
puff!
The powerful strike only penetrated three meters before being locked in place by the opponent's writhing muscles, unable to advance any further.
"not good!"
The demigod was startled and prepared to abandon his sword and retreat.
But it was too late. The enormous hand moved like lightning, instantly shattering the protective divine power and swallowing it whole.
The empire's last remaining outstanding general was thus sacrificed in vain.
This was the norm in the battles between the myriad realms and the abyss in past eras.
"Weak...food...roar!"
The abyssal beast grinned, revealing a ferocious smile tinged with blood, and roared towards Zhenyuan Pass.
thud...
Instantly, countless soldiers were so frightened that they retreated in panic.
"My God... that was a demigod... eaten in one bite. This kind of monster... impossible... we can't possibly be its match, no one can defeat them..."
"Run...run fast!"
The guards, who were already devoid of fighting spirit, collapsed in morale upon seeing this scene and abandoned the pass, fleeing in disarray.
Only a few soldiers with some backbone remained, but due to insufficient supplies, they were outnumbered and outgunned, and were wiped out in less than half an hour.
A strange demigod in command stood atop Zhenyuan Pass, looking somewhat bewildered at the soldiers fleeing frantically from the city.
It had participated in the attack decades ago, and back then, let alone entering the city, just getting within ten kilometers cost the lives of hundreds of millions of its comrades. Now, it's so easy.
"A truly intoxicating aura of fear..."
It commanded dozens of abyssal monsters to inscribe strange runes. Instantly, more distorted passages opened up from the space, and an endless army poured out from them, rushing towards the vast land.
Countless people cried out and hid in the newly built temple, trying to beg for the gods' protection.
But it didn't work.
Even if all the gods were imprisoned in the Holy Realm by Jiang Yan, given their personalities, they would never descend to face the abyss for the sake of a few mere mortals.
Those who could have protected them had long been captured and killed over the decades. Many of them were even betrayed by their own informants for a small bounty.
Several clawed demons excitedly rushed into the temple, tearing apart everything in their path.
The people being driven away screamed, pushed, and were terrified.
Finally, he suffered a mental breakdown and, in a frenzy, rushed onto the altar and toppled the statues one by one, just like he had stormed into the Church of Holy Light decades ago.
The same scene is being repeated in various places.
The demonic tide expanded wildly with unstoppable force, covering almost the entire plane in just half a month.
Although various empires attempted to organize troops to resist after discovering this,
But they were soon overwhelmed by the endless army of the abyss.
It should be noted that even at its peak, Holy Spirit City, with the help of countless fearless warriors and a massive undead army, could only barely resist by relying on the defensive capabilities of Zhenyuan Pass to limit the number and area of the Abyss army's attack.
Moreover, we are now digging our own graves.
Civilization was destroyed, the earth was devoured, and even the sun, moon, and stars were shrouded in demonic energy, dimming their light.
However, amidst the boundless tide of demons, a few scattered points of light still managed to survive.
They were ragged and reeked of the stench of the sewers, but their faces shone with a devout and holy light.
All the abyssal monsters seemed to automatically avoid them as if they couldn't see them.
Holding aloft books of well-worn, yellowed scriptures, they stumbled out from all directions, from every dark and filthy corner, and gathered together, shouting excitedly:
"The Holy Lord will protect every devout believer; He is not an evil god... He is not an evil god!"
"He is the only true God in the world!"
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