Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'-Chapter 1267 - 267: Empire Line: The Path to the [Spiritual Deer] Ending (62)

The roar of the explosion instantly reverberated throughout the Divine Country, causing the surrounding space to resonate intensely. The dimensions squirmed like living muscles, and the air was filled with a stifling and painful atmosphere.

This was not a typical Divine Country of the Primordial God Clan, but rather a Divine Country that was transformed post-ascension into an Apostle of Deities.

Distinguishing between innate and acquired Divine Countries is actually very simple. The Divine Country of the Primordial God Clan accompanies them from the moment of their birth as deities, staying by their side for life. This innate ability allows the Primordial God Clan to choose to abandon the Divine Country and escape when inflicted with fatal damage—although enemies capable of destroying a Divine Country usually wouldn't let them leave even if they self-destructed their divine realm.

This innate Divine Country is normal, natural, without any burden, and summoning the Divine Country to descend carries no pressure or consumption.

However, the Divine Country of Apostle Arthur was clearly acquired later.

Since it was acquired post-ascension, an Ascender like Arthur usually has to hide the Divine Country within their body, continually merging it with themselves. Over time, it replaces part of the body's functions and becomes part of the internal circulation system.

Although it's hard to say what difference there is between the gods of the Starry Abyss Divine Race and the deities as Earthlings understand them, given the vast cultural differences, one can hardly expect Earth's creator to come out and battle the Primordial Abyss Will, especially since Earth seemingly has no creator.

Earthlings' understanding of deities ranges from natural laws and universal principles to the incarnations of Heroic Spirits or the mighty creators of worlds. Despite some exaggerations, they sometimes speak of the power to destroy heavens and earth with just a thought.

Who knows how fragile their universe actually is.

But most of the 'gods' of Earth appear to be born from historical figures or natural phenomena actually witnessed by Earthlings, which is nearly the opposite of the Starry Abyss Divine Race.

Initially, the Starry Abyss Divine Race were entities without even life. Although Leoz and others may boast about their ages in the billions, in actuality, time holds no significance to the Starry Abyss Divine Race, like a rock that may dry out, erode, or be smashed, but will not die.

But not dying doesn't mean they don't fear pain. It doesn't mean they are not afraid, or that they are not hesitant in battle, and it certainly doesn't mean they can grow indefinitely. On the contrary, for most of the divine clan, their upper limit is also their lower limit.

A sudden blaze ignited within a castle distanced from the scorched battlefield, and moments later, the form of the First Apostle Arthur coalesced and fell heavily to the ground.

"These Descenders are actually just Spiritual Warriors disguised, each with rich experience, and they are growing stronger. Their growth rate is truly astounding..."

If this continues, even if the Divine Country isn't breached, sustaining its descent into the Border Abyss is an irreversible damage to an Apostle of Deities like Arthur.

Only in the Mass Abyss can the deities unleash themselves to fight uninhibitedly. This seems to be the Primordial Abyss Will's way of preventing the deeper Starry Abyss from rising and slaughtering the later civilizations, given that the universe above forms the first line of defense against external foes, with its large population also requiring more strong warriors as response.

Yet, regardless, Spiritual Warriors donning the mantle of Descenders and personally entering the fray was unheard of before. The Primordial Abyss, which never interfered with the internal matters of the Starry Abyss, now seems almost openly to be breaking norms, irrationally starting to intervene in the Starry Abyss affairs.

But compared to those increasingly troublesome Spiritual Warriors, what truly frightens Arthur is Leoz.

"—Leoz killed me once."

Arthur raised his hand over his neck, scanning left and right:

"The sword was taken by him too. His Strength is indeed considerable, definitely not something I can defeat alone. But at least the goal of this trip should have been achieved, the Poison Blood people of Ether only wanted to measure how strong Leoz is, not to enter a real fight with him here."

It's not just Martial Force; Leoz's nature is extremely decisive and ruthless. Even possessing some humanity doesn't deter him from adhering to his principles.

Hmm, adhering to principles? 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

No wonder he took the sword.

"Without that Demon Sword, it's already impossible for me to be a match for Leoz."

Arthur shook his head:

"The enemy's strength has greatly increased. It was already a tenacious creature almost impossible to kill, and now that Leoz has acquired that sword... By doing this, he completely negated his unwillingness to kill as a weak point."

If it truly is the case, Apostle Arthur very much doubts whether the Engineer Zhang Fulong can retreat unharmed.

He isn't worried about the other's death.

After all, Zhang Fulong is also a highly active Secret Councilor over the past five thousand years.

Zhang Fulong, a character whose personality changes unpredictably, blunt and outspoken, often talking to the air, claiming to be broadcasting to the citizens of the entire Secret Society, but in reality...

Well, in reality, he only had contact with this one.

Even so, during the War Beyond the Abyss era, Zhang Fulong's performance was praised by Redd Gold as 'far more magnificent than the previous Engineer'.

Zhang Fulong claims to be a personage from the Ether Civilization era, seemingly a template that Gaia specifically preserved from the river of history. Upon entering the Starry Abyss, the Secret experienced internal schisms, and the Council was near dissolution.

The Emperor faction, with Anpolo as the lead, remains loyal to Earth and Gaia, always believing that they must conquer and devour the Starry Abyss through Martial Force.