Global Game: Developing a Knight Clan-Chapter 201 - 168: The Giant Dragon’s Mighty Debut, a Demigod Projection Falls

Chapter 201: Chapter 168: The Giant Dragon’s Mighty Debut, a Demigod Projection Falls

"Don’t forget the restrictions on a Demigod’s descent into the mortal realm. Besides, one look at this guy and you can tell he’s from one of those alien civilizations that have been causing chaos on the continent."

"Descending on this world as an Alien Race from an Exotic Star, there’s no way he can unleash his full Power. Who knows, we might just witness the grand spectacle of a Demigod’s fall today!"

A High Tier Giant Demon among the crowd suddenly shouted.

The moment he spoke, the other Giant Demons caught on.

Their eyes lit up.

"That’s right! So what if he’s a Demigod? We’ll see just how much of his strength he can wield in the mortal realm!"

"This is a rare opportunity! If His Highness from the Governor’s family can slay a Demigod from an alien civilization, the achievement will be no less than that of wiping out the native survivors!"

"We’ll even earn some significant credit for it!"

"Haha, excellent! This is a rare stroke of luck!"

"Still, what I’m most curious about is how this battle between Demigods will end."

"..."

The Giant Demons’ shock and bewilderment slowly gave way to excitement.

What they didn’t know, however, was that the expression of the Giant Demon Demigod, in whom they had placed such high hopes, had already turned grim.

’This fluctuation in its Life Essence aura!’ 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

’An Ancient Species! It’s a being of the Ancient Species, there’s no doubt about it!’

What was an Ancient Species?

It was simply what different worlds called Ancient Life.

At the dawn of life in any world, some inexplicably powerful beings are always the first to be nurtured into existence.

The circumstances varied from world to world.

But relatively speaking, it was merely a matter of a higher or lower ecological niche.

It was like comparing the Human Race to rats and ants in a mundane world.

All are ordinary creatures, but humans can easily kill rats and ants.

Conversely, can rats and ants easily kill humans?

In a Demon World, under similar circumstances, the Tiers of various naturally powerful beings would be far greater than those of weaker Races.

If the difference was only a single life Level, the gap might not be that large; the disparity in strength would likely be contained within the same Tier.

However, in a comparison between a higher species and a lower one, a Tier Five of the higher species could very likely slay a Tier Six of the lower one. They were the kind who were truly invincible within their own Tier.

And the Ancient Species were, without a doubt, powerful life forms akin to Innate Deities!

These beings were indisputably Overlords in every world they appeared in.

In the Giant Demon World, before the Giant Demons came to rule, powerful beings of the Ancient Species had naturally existed as well.

But in the end, all these beings had perished.

They waged war against one another, generation after generation. Over thousands, tens of thousands, or even millions of years, they slowly faded into decline.

Or, for any number of reasons, they fell from their divine pedestals, besieged by the Overlord Race of a new era.

In short, the current Giant Demon World held no traces of the Ancient Species.

Any that remained were mostly fossilized remnants, which had become research material—or even powerful artifacts—for the Giant Demon Empire.

Because of this, the Giant Demon Empire had long possessed a clear understanding of the ’Source Essence’ that defined a Race’s life Level.

The Giant Demon Empire had even evaluated its own Race in the hierarchy of known life.

Giant Demons were classified as beings of upper-middle-Level Source Essence!

Thus, the instant the Giant Demon Demigod laid eyes on Lince, he immediately noticed that Lince’s aura only fluctuated at a mid-Tier Nine level.

But its Body Type, and the light of its Source Essence, were terrifying to behold!

’An Ancient Species!’

Although the Giant Demon Demigod had never seen one, he had studied the records.

The Giant Demon Demigod had no idea just how powerful an Ancient Life on the cusp of Saint Tier could be.

But he knew it wasn’t something any ordinary being would dare to face.

Ancient Life were born candidates for divinity.

They could achieve Ascension to Divinity without any external aid.

Faced with such a terrifying existence, even the Giant Demon Demigod’s expression turned grave.

’This is a problem.’

’If this alien civilization comes from a nascent world, one that happens to be filled with Ancient Life that has yet to achieve divinity, then the Empire might have no chance this time.’

’In a war fought in the mortal realm, the Empire would have no advantage. We might even be completely and easily destroyed.’

Faced with this situation, the Giant Demon Demigod could think of only one solution.

If the Empire was determined to hold onto this world, it would have to pay any price to have its Deities perform a Divine Descent.

The Deities would have to clash head-on with these Ancient Species, all while under immense suppression!

But this was a scenario the Empire Gods would never want to see.

’What is the status of a Deity? They struggled so hard for their Ascension to Divinity, only to be sent to fight un-ascended beings like cannon fodder, with a high risk of perishing?’

’What a joke!’

And so, the Giant Demon Demigod instantly reached a conclusion.

’The Empire is probably going to lose Karte World.’

’But... there might still be a chance. If the enemy truly comes from a nascent world of ancient beings, they probably don’t have many Deities of their own.’

’As long as this world’s Star Realm remains under the control of the Empire Gods, the Empire just needs to facilitate the birth of New Gods in this world as quickly as possible.’

’Then, the Empire can use the power of this world’s rules to suppress these un-ascended, foreign beings.’

’Then, using this world’s unique Underground City rules, we can create vast numbers of powerful Demons.’

’We can use them to launch a counterattack.’

’If the counterattack is successful, the Giant Demon Empire can even use the Underground Cities to rapidly cultivate native Giant Demon Professionals.’

’With this two-pronged approach, the Giant Demon Empire would still have a fighting chance.’

However, a world with Ancient Life... even if it had few Deities...

’Once they enter the Star Realm to confront our Empire Gods, can our Deities be certain of victory?’

At this thought, the Giant Demon Demigod’s expression became utterly grim.

’Has the Empire’s good luck finally run out?’

’It was one thing to encounter immense mortal resistance while conquering a weak world, but now we’re facing such a terrifying opponent in a world we’ve already secured?’

The Giant Demon Demigod’s thoughts were heavy.

But facing the Ancient Life before him, the Giant Demon Demigod had no intention of retreating.

Since the opportunity was here, he would be the one to test the might of this creature—this probable Ancient Species!

’With the Power of a Demigod’s projection,’ he thought, ’I refuse to believe I can’t defeat a mere Ancient Species that hasn’t even reached Saint Tier!’

But unfortunately for him, the very moment the thought formed...

...the terrifying Giant Dragon moved.

With no intention of communicating, Lince instantly sealed the Space of the entire sea region.

At the same time, directly in front of the Giant Demon Demigod...

...an unknown black dot appeared.

The next moment, a terrifying gravitational pull was born.

The Space surrounding the Giant Demon Demigod began to collapse violently inward!

"This Power—!"

"Break free! I am the Demigod Bu—"

The Giant Demon Demigod roared!

The instant he felt an invisible pressure trapping him, he tried to channel Power into his projected body regardless of the cost.

But perhaps the distance between his true self and his projection was too great, or perhaps the sealed Space prevented any external Power from entering.

And so, in the next instant, as the Demigod’s roar was cut short...

...the projection of the Giant Demon Demigod discovered that it had lost contact with its true body.

Without its main body’s control and transfer of Power, the Giant Demon Demigod instantly became a mere Puppet that could only fight on instinct.

His roar was cut short.

The next moment, before the terrified eyes of the countless Giant Demons, the Demigod’s projection was crushed by the sudden spatial collapse, completely unable to resist.

A gray mist filled the sky.

A light breeze blew past, and in an instant, the world was clear once more.

At that moment, staring at the empty sky, all the Giant Demons couldn’t help but shudder.

"This..."

"Impossible! How is this possible?!"

"Why didn’t His Lordship even have a chance to fight back?!"

"It may have been a projection, but that was still a Demigod!"

From a distance, countless Giant Demons watched in disbelief.

While screaming internally, the Giant Demons scattered and fled without a second thought.

The fastest among them was the Saint Tier Giant Governor.

Unfortunately for him, the streak of light he had become was effortlessly caught in the palm of a terrifying giant claw just an instant later.

And at that moment...

...Priest Kaven and Yide, the Coral Island City Lord, stared dumbfounded at the scene, as if waking from a long dream.