Chapter 467: Cellular War

The world seemed to hold its breath at this moment. The entire Three Realms had never been so close to destruction!

But everyone opened their eyes, and nothing had happened.

Bai Xiaosheng’s expression subtly changed. He suddenly turned to gaze at the sleeping primordial demon god. The attack had landed, causing a wound, yet it hadn't killed him or anyone else. A terrifying thought began to sprout in his mind. For the first time, he showed disbelief, his expression drastically changing as he blurted out:

“Medusa! You’re insane!!”

A cool breeze swept by. The sleeping primordial demon god remained quiet, still slumbering, without any reaction.

At this very moment, the surrounding Heavenly Emperors, equally shrewd, realized what was happening, just like Bai Xiaosheng. How terrifying was the wisdom of the primordial demon god? In the last fleeting moment before succumbing to slumber, in a flash of lightning, she instantly grasped Bai Xiaosheng's entire plan. She immediately shut down all defensive mechanisms of her body and locked her inherent characteristic: Unspeakable Dread. This way, Bai Xiaosheng was utterly unable to use her to slaughter the gods at the Flat Peach Convention, instantaneously kill the three thousand great demon gods, and thereby execute his plan.

“Madwoman! She’s utterly mad!!” Bai Xiaosheng growled, his body trembling slightly, his eyes flickering with continuous unease.

Given Medusa's personality, it was hard to imagine she would make such a choice in that split second. This was equivalent to leaving her sleeping self vulnerable to attack. Without protection, any Heavenly Emperor could now find her core and kill the slumbering, defenceless primordial demon god! That was the primordial demon god!

She was the most ancient demon god, alive for over four thousand years, with an eternal lifespan, yet now she would casually expose her safety, giving others an easy chance to kill her!? Even the surrounding Heavenly Emperors found it incredible that Medusa, the primordial demon god, would make such a decisive choice in that final moment, shutting down all defenses for her sleeping self.

“Heheheheh...” Bai Xiaosheng laughed and cried, seemingly having miscalculated. “Miracles are not so easily created after all. As expected of Lord Demon God, who has endured endless ages, through eras of rise and fall. She is long accustomed to decisive action, and to think she reacted and made such a direct decision in just a few final seconds...”

“Your plan has failed,” Lin Hongfeng said, taking a deep breath, still feeling a lingering fear.

At this moment, Bai Xiaosheng and his group’s plan, though incredibly brilliant, had failed at the last moment, completely losing their opportunity. After all, to achieve such a feat – defeating the strong with the weak, a surprise attack of this magnitude – would be legendary! It would ensure that the entire Three Realms would recall this day with immense apprehension for centuries to come!

This point alone was enough to be proud of! However, Bai Xiaosheng's plan had completely failed. There was no other way to instantly release the three thousand great demon gods and kill all the Heavenly Emperors present, thereby creating a great terror in the Three Realms.

“But... have we truly failed?” Bai Xiaosheng’s eyes flickered with a mix of shock, anger, and desperation, as he grinned. “Killing you all and releasing the three thousand great demon gods... was indeed the best method. But since a completely defenceless primordial demon god is right before us, do we have any other choice? Of course, we kill her.”

“Previously, we had no way to kill a demon god. But if we kill her now, the death of the most ancient demon god, especially the supporter of the entire demon medicine system—who, in the demon world of demon medicine practitioners, is a pillar like the Mother Earth Blue Vine—once she dies, the entire demon medicine system, with its hundreds of millions of practitioners, will fall into panic and collapse, won't it? Losing their power? Fear? Despair? Perhaps the effect we're aiming for wouldn't be too bad either!”

“You!” The newly kindled joy on the Heavenly Emperors' faces gradually froze.

“Act!” As Bai Xiaosheng spoke, he and several other aberrations immediately moved, pouncing towards the vast, colossal demon god, intending to find the core of her true body within her immense form and kill her directly.

“Stop them quickly!” The Heavenly Emperors instantly grew anxious and once again took action.

The entire situation had flipped once more, plunging back into terrifyingly tense combat! Several aberrations darted through. Like hair-sized bacteria, they poured in through the skin, pushing aside unresponsive, dormant cells that resembled dense bubbles, navigating the labyrinthine interior in search of the hidden core.

Everything around them was moving at lightning speed; due to their extreme velocity, the surrounding cells continuously blurred into crimson afterimages.

“We lost them!” Many Heavenly Emperors began to roar. These aberrations, powered by the collective wishes of all living beings, possessed superior speed and strength. Furthermore, with their immortality, they moved through the organization of the 110,000 Heavenly Emperors. There were simply too many Heavenly Emperor cells, their auras chaotic, making it impossible to sense the aberrations' presence.

The demon god had never before unleashed her Unspeakable Dread. Previously, protected by Armin, no one could approach. Moreover, anyone who came near the sleeping primordial demon god would trigger Unspeakable Dread, instantly killing all living beings, with every cell burning with this fear. Who would dare approach? No one could approach then, but now, with her defensive mechanisms shut down, every single cell lay completely dormant before them, offering no resistance.

They darted through the crimson cells, engaging in a battle within the demon god's body that would determine the future fate of the entire Three Realms! Inside her arm, at the artery, individual Wizard Heavenly Emperor cells and layers of flesh wriggled, forming a crimson world. The ground became a surging river of crimson blood, its mighty waves flowing endlessly, a truly magnificent sight.

Various beings gathered along the banks of this vascular river. “We can only split up and search!”

“If the primordial demon god dies, the demon world is finished!”

“The world will also panic because of this, completely falling to their side. Once fear spreads, no one will be able to administer a stimulant to stabilize public morale. Sooner or later, they will rule!”

“They aren't killing regular cells because, after all, these are Heavenly Emperor cells. Even when dormant, their defensive power isn't low, requiring some effort to destroy. And there are far too many. Time is short, so they must be heading straight for the core!”

“Since we've lost track of them, we should also quickly search for the core, bring it out, and protect it...”

Boom!! Swarms of hair-like fleas, darting and leaping through the cellular gaps within the vast body of the demon god, continuously groped and searched for their enemies. This battle concerned the fate of the entire Three Realms.

Even beings like Lin Hongfeng and Sheila, from the Valkyrie Palace, directly charged into the primordial demon god's vast body, which resembled an immense continent of flesh and blood. Xu Zhi paused slightly, finding it amusing, and also entered Medusa's body.

He moved leisurely among the cells. The other Heavenly Emperor magnates had no time to observe the structures; they moved urgently, for the fate and future of the entire Three Realms hung in the balance! Xu Zhi, however, moved as if on a tour, meticulously studying the structure of her body. He saw wriggling bone cell organisms, hematopoietic cell organisms, raging rivers of crimson blood, and even reached the heart.

Thump! Thump! Standing before the cardiovascular system, Xu Zhi saw a colossal, vibrant, powerful heart. Pushing aside the heart cells, he entered the atrium, a constantly surging, vigorously moving expanse of thick, bright red fluid, like a crimson hot spring. “A spiritual spring? It seems quite suitable for a soak...”

He continued walking. “What a giant! Compared to Pangu's true form... this body truly resembles Pangu, doesn't it? Incredibly vast, one could even live inside her.” Xu Zhi was speechless, continuously observing. This was a rare opportunity to conduct such an in-situ inspection. “One hundred ten thousand is too vast; even a desperate search would make it hard to find.”

Had Medusa not thought of this? She was hidden very deeply, making it almost impossible to find her in a short time.

Rumble! In the distance, sounds of fighting seemed to erupt. It seemed some Heavenly Emperors had discovered their opponents and decided to risk their lives to pin them down, buying time. After all, with Bai Xiaosheng's group, only five remained after the death of the Time Worm. Pinning down one would reduce the enemy's chance of discovery by twenty percent.

Suddenly, the intelligent sub-brain gave a mechanical prompt: "Within the Three Realms sandbox, a being is attempting to spy on the Zerg Mother Queen."

Xu Zhi, who had been quietly standing nearby, paused in surprise. He checked the situation and chose to kill the being, erasing its memory. "Forced interruption, obliteration, and memory erasure have been performed as requested."

He hadn't expected that after Di Qi back then, someone else would be peeking again... “Dream God?”

Xu Zhi thought for a moment but didn't pay it much mind. This was due to its inherent nature. What was happening now was like a moth flying into a flame. Given the strength of a deity, it was impossible for it not to consider the Creation God, an unknowable existence who might sense things instinctively. Yet, it still proceeded, disregarding the bigger picture... “This is both the strength and weakness of the aberrations.” The reason Xu Zhi was so casual was that the Dream God would still revive. The collective wishes of all beings would still lead to its revival, as it would be difficult to erase the fear of it from mortals and all beings after this grand disturbance. But it would no longer be the previous Dream God. It would be a completely blank slate, without the memories of the previous generation of Dream God who had developed step by step. The one reborn would be another identical, new Dream God, remembering no one, nor its plans with Bai Xiaosheng.

“But a change has occurred over there. You’re out of time,” Xu Zhi mused, looking in that direction.