The seductive ramblings vanished instantly.
However, on the surface of the sea, those enormous figures finally revealed their true forms.
They swam slowly, stirring up the murky seawater, their massive bodies blocking out the sunlight and casting deep, dark shadows.
The enormous monster stared at the island with venomous eyes, then suddenly opened its blood-red maw.
They began to demonstrate their respective methods.
A jet of dark green liquid shot out like an arrow, carrying a nauseating stench, flying directly into the crowd!
The mountain of flesh, covered in eyes and with countless tentacles thrashing about, resembled a giant net that descended upon the island!
The hearts that had just been put at ease were once again in their throats.
However, just as the acid and tentacles were about to fall...
A bell, seemingly from ancient times, rang out simultaneously from all the mountain god temples.
That golden light, which had only dispelled the murmurs, suddenly intensified and soared into the sky!
The light intertwined and merged in mid-air, instantly creating an enormous golden light shield, like an inverted glass bowl, which completely protected the entire Immortal Islands below.
The dark green acid splashed onto the light shield, producing a series of piercing corrosive sounds, but it could only create a few ripples before sliding down helplessly.
The enormous tentacles slammed into the light shield with a muffled thud, but were all repelled by a flexible yet powerful force!
The attack was blocked!
The fishermen, who had just been in a panic, stopped abruptly in their tracks.
The fear on their faces faded, and they felt a surge of relief.
"It's blocked! It really is blocked!"
"Mountain Goddess! It's the Mountain Goddess manifesting her power!"
"Waaaaah, we're saved! We're really saved!"
Countless people wept with joy and collapsed to the ground.
Some people realized what was happening and immediately began to kowtow frantically towards the direction of the mountain god temple, their foreheads pressed against the hard sand and stones, their expressions extremely devout.
One of the men who had been running wildly now stood up straight, his face glowing.
“I knew it all along! The Mountain Goddess is merciful, how could she possibly abandon us!”
The people next to him cast disdainful glances, thinking to themselves, "You ran faster than anyone else just now."
However, before they could celebrate for long, the sight on the sea froze everyone's smiles on their faces.
One, two, ten...
More and more enormous monsters emerged from the surging waves, densely packed together, almost filling the entire sea area.
A monster with the body of a crab but with countless human arms.
There are evil spirits that resemble mountains of white bones, formed from the skeleton of a giant whale.
They surged forward like a pack of enraged hyenas.
They began attacking the golden light shield in the most savage way.
"Thump!"
The barnacle giant holding the white bone slammed its massive leg bone against the light barrier with all its might.
The light shield shook violently, letting out a groan of unbearable strain.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
One after another!
More monsters joined the rampage, wielding sharp bone spikes, heavy claws, and slippery tentacles...
Thousands upon thousands of attacks rained down on the same point on the light shield like a storm!
The color of the light shield visibly dimmed.
The people, who were just immersed in joy, are now on edge again.
"Can this...can it hold up?"
"There are too many evil spirits outside! Is the Mountain Goddess's divine power enough?"
"The tsunami is coming soon too, we're doomed!"
"Oh no, the protective barrier looks like it's about to break!"
Amidst this chaos and despair, the figure of Old Lady Gongsun stood like a pillar of stability.
She was already kneeling at the front of the temple entrance, her back ramrod straight.
Despite the deafening cries behind her and the teetering light barrier, she kept her eyes closed, her hands clasped together, and her lips moving silently.
There was no fear on that face.
There was only a near-mad certainty.
It was as if, in her eyes, the apocalyptic scene before her, capable of destroying the world, was merely an insignificant prelude to the descent of the gods.
finally.
"Snap—"
A crisp cracking sound resonated in everyone's heart.
A tiny crack appeared on the golden light shield.
Then came the second, the third...
The cracks spread rapidly like a spider web across the entire light shield!
Just as the light shield was about to completely collapse, and everyone closed their eyes to await death.
On the Immortal Island, countless mountain god temples of all sizes suddenly burst forth with an unprecedentedly dazzling golden light!
This time, however, it was no longer a halo, but a solid, water-like golden pillar of light!
Dozens of beams of light shot into the sky, piercing through the clouds and converging at the highest point of the firmament!
All streams converge!
Endless golden light compressed and condensed there.
An unimaginably vast outline slowly emerged.
A towering golden phantom slowly took shape at the center of the light.
Its mere outline was enough to obscure the sun, making even the towering tsunami seem somewhat insignificant.
Immediately afterwards, the sounds of dragons roaring and phoenixes singing rang out around the phantom, and the phantoms of a dragon and a phoenix spiraled upwards, circling the figure with unparalleled majesty.
In the sky, translucent golden lotus flowers began to fall, pure, compassionate, and with a calming power.
Against this sacred and vast backdrop, the golden phantom of the deity finally solidified completely.
She slowly opened her golden eyes, which seemed to look down upon all living beings.
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