Dawn of a New Era-Chapter 448 - 422: Impact

For twenty years, in preparation for a possible interdimensional war, major human countries have focused not only on domestic defense but primarily on deterring deities from other worlds.

Among these, nuclear bombs are currently the most powerful and only deterrent weapon humanity possesses.

Before nuclear bombs existed, no other weapon could compare to them, including atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs.

Theoretically, the most powerful hydrogen bomb has no limit on its yield; with enough materials, one could even create a bomb capable of destroying the entire Solar System!

1.5 billion tons of yield is certainly not the maximum yield for a hydrogen bomb humanity can produce at present.

However, to avoid attracting more attention to Earth, in accordance with a treaty signed by various nuclear powers, all nuclear tests in other worlds must be reported to the United Nations, with yields below one million tons and only detonated underground.

This time, the detonation of the 1.5 billion-ton yield super hydrogen bomb might not be the first time it appeared in another world, but it is undoubtedly the first in this vast area.

Within the massive mushroom cloud connecting heaven and earth, countless bolts of lightning dance like electric serpents, occasionally interspersed with strange glows.

Due to the involvement of Original Force and the higher atmospheric pressure of other worlds compared to Earth, the nuclear bomb’s power here far exceeds that on Earth.

It becomes extremely terrifying.

Minutes later, when the storm gradually subsides, nearby deities cautiously direct their attention to this place, their eyelids twitching violently, their expressions harboring a trace of fear and suspicion.

The Domain of Faith, previously belonging almost entirely to the God of Hunting and shielding deities’ sights, has now vanished without a trace.

The land has turned to lava, with a huge crater at the center, inside which white-hot magma still boils, a sense of destruction pervading.

All of the God of Hunting’s followers have likely been annihilated along with their Divine Souls.

The air seems to carry a chilling wind; it was once the faith, prayers, and desires of countless followers, now transformed into bitter hatred, displaying the resentments and curses of countless followers within the gusts.

All nearby deities retreat rapidly at the sight of this scene, not daring to touch even a bit, knowing well that the God of Hunting is finished.

Deities rely on faith to become divine, yet are equally bound by it, unable to struggle free. Such large-scale followers’ instantaneous death creates a backlash of faith that can lead to the God of Hunting’s downfall.

These deities were not entirely unaware of the God of Hunting’s recent madness; several were secretly tempted, eager to try.

But, on the one hand, spatial passages are hard to find, and even when found, they often stray far from their earthly realms.

On the other hand, feeling hesitant, unable to decide on risking a gamble.

Now witnessing the potential fate of the God of Hunting, all deities quietly dismiss their thoughts.

The other world isn’t harmless, allowing them to take whatever they please.

It’s a world where many powerful deities have fallen. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Although Original Force is in decline now, causing all deities’ powers to wane with some unluckily losing divine status, at least they’re still alive, still immortal; once dead, everything is lost.

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Pingzhou.

The God of Hunting floats above the spatial passage.

Numerous shells scream towards them, disintegrated by a moon-silver force over ten kilometers away.

With the dense Original Force from the passage, their power receives immense liberation.

Deities are naturally not creatures showing themselves through a strong body; from the moment they become divine, they possess all kinds of divine abilities: flying through heaven, burrowing underground, walking over seas and through fire, with certain levels of energy immunity.

Of course, manipulating Original Force to incite storms, summon lightning, and burn all things is also nothing difficult.

But these aren’t considered terrifying; merely basic or inherent abilities of deities.

The most terrifying is the divine power refined from faith through Divine Fire.

It is their true strength.

With divine power, they can do anything, words becoming law.

Without divine power, even a True God wouldn’t be much stronger than a Demigod.

Using the spatial passage connecting to Tam World, they communicate with their avatar still in Tam World, gradually disintegrating it to greatly restore divine power, though after continuous attacks these past few days, they’re nearly unable to hold on.

They’ve tried to shatter the human forces encircling them.

But quickly retreated when faced with nuclear bombs.

Rationally, they know the best option is to turn and flee from Earth, enduring all losses, including the fall of divine status.

But reason is one thing; the actual choice is another. Now they’re like a gambler desperate to overturn their losses, regain everything with interest.

Today, all afternoon, they’ve felt incredibly restless, uneasy, as if something bad is about to happen.

If they were somewhere quiet, they could ponder deeply and sense the guidance in the dark, to probe the crisis’s whereabouts. However, an hour ago, human attacks began to intensify, with shells continuously raining down.

They wish to evade, leave the spatial passage locked by human artillery but also fear the shells may conceal nuclear bombs, along with a possible appearance of human aircraft above.

Since Dongning was obliterated by nuclear bombs.

They dared not be careless again.

At this moment, they suddenly lost focus as a shell exploded not far away, the massive air wave pushed their towering twenty-meter body five or six meters, yet they were entirely unperturbed.

In terror and panic they discovered that a majority of the faith lines connected to their divine status had instantly severed, causing the already precarious divine status to start an uncontrollable collapse, and in a moment fall to Weak Divine Power.

However, this was just the beginning.

Weak Divine Power couldn’t be maintained, disintegrating within less than a second, and this time the divine status disappeared entirely, transformed entirely into divine power.

Misfortune never comes alone. The worst is that gusts of chilly wind like bone-penetrating tumors blow in through the spatial passage. Countless resentful curses, in mere moments of contact, corroded, degenerated their Divine Soul, blurring and dulling thinking, seemingly drawing them deep into the abyss.

"No!" they roared in agony.

Due to divine status disintegration, temporarily abundant divine power emanates a terrifying wave of energy, instantly turning the already bomb-ravaged ruin surrounding and the shells in the air to fine sand.

Unfortunately, divine power proved useless against the pervasive backlash of faith.

In this moment, they finally felt the fear of death,

"No, this is Earth, not Tam World, faith backlash won’t drag me into the abyss."

Immediately they stomped heavily, a sonic boom echoed as they rushed forth, frantically crashing through a building and vanishing into the distance.

As for the followers here, they can’t afford to care anymore.

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ps: Alas, two updates tomorrow, continue eating shit!