Duality of Shadows-Chapter 1001: Not Happy At All

The whale gathered everyone on that island, where all the deities living in that world were currently present.

Before that, the Formation God had sent out a call to all the deities, but obviously, none of them believed that this figure could actually help save the wisps — much less defeat the queen.

Everyone had witnessed the queen’s unbeatable power — she had needed just one move to kill half of the deities there. Then he said a few words that everyone found ridiculous: "We’ll gather all the wisps from the nine islands in a single day. Then I’ll deal with her."

Everyone heard the message, and some responded mockingly. Alm and Bruno didn’t care and made a proposal. Only four days had passed, and the queen hadn’t made another move yet. So they asked everyone to go to one of the islands and gather the wisps from there.

The whale made it clear he’d handle everything alone. The deities had no reason to refuse; even if he didn’t accomplish much, gathering the wisps together wasn’t a bad idea since it allowed them to hide more of them.

But now...

The whale headed to the island region where nearly a billion wisps had been gathered by the deities. Most of them were mindless wisps. Only about ten thousand lived in villages and were self-aware.

When the whale arrived, nearly a thousand deities turned toward him, holding their breath. The shock was clear in their eyes.

They had all felt the changes in the environment during his fight. The Formation God had sealed the area but allowed everyone to use their senses to follow the events through the runes.

These deities were fully aware... if the whale wanted to, he could kill them just as easily and quickly as that hateful woman had.

Rehvka scoffed at their expressions. "Hmph... gonna obey master now? He’s been pretty patient with you idiots."

A human woman stepped forward, smiling slightly. "Sorry, we’ve lived too long and seen all kinds of arrogant people."

"Since you’re cooperating, let’s get this done quickly." The whale didn’t care and spoke bluntly.

He waved his hand, and a spatial force began pulling all the wisps into his internal universe. In five minutes, they had all disappeared. The nine-star tree and the internal universe’s inhabitants were already working to receive them.

Then the whale’s tattoos pulsed as he turned to the Formation God. The dark elf nodded and began summoning various colorful runes around him, constructing a complex and grand formation.

"Let’s head to the next one. We’ve got a lot to do," the whale said dryly. The deities, still a bit confused, watched as the formation engulfed everything around them.

The elf paused and looked at the whale, who made a gesture with his tattoos. Suddenly, the 777 energies of that island trembled in sync. The entire place seemed to vibrate, startling the deities.

In an instant, endless energies flowed into the formation. The runes pulsed like stars, absorbing the power and gaining an intimidating capacity.

*Whoosh!*

Time and space twisted with a violent sound. In seconds, the elf huffed, and the formation disappeared. The deities found themselves in a completely new environment.

"Get to work, gather everyone quickly," Rehvka commanded flatly, snapping them out of their stupor.

The deities took a deep breath and nodded, moving in all directions. They were transported to another island in seconds. The distance between the islands was immense; it would normally take days to cross the ocean and reach another, even for them who knew the place well. Even a month wasn’t enough to visit them all.

The whale’s words about resolving everything in a single day — something utterly ridiculous — now seemed legitimate.

Alm and Bruno activated their celestial souls, quickly scanning the entire island. It didn’t take long to find the queen’s deities.

These deities acted together to be more efficient, as they couldn’t use their own cultivation or Daos. Together, they could wield the queen’s power to easily capture the wisps. Fortunately, they didn’t harm them; they merely kept them confined in a massive golden cage while hunting other wisps across the island.

The whale’s allies and the Formation God were stored in his inventory. In seconds, he leaped into the sky and shot toward the enemies.

This time, he would be more efficient too. The whale used his celestial soul alongside Rehvka, who was already able to use a bit of his Dao to cloak them. The two moved together after leaving the elf in a nearby region to prepare the trap.

The duo approached the enormous golden cage, where nearly ten thousand wisps were already confined.

Around it, a hundred of the queen’s deities guarded the area. After establishing the prison, the rest had gone off in search of more wisps across the island.

*Slash!*

A sharp sound suddenly echoed. All the guards abruptly turned, only to see a deity being split cleanly in half, blood splattering everywhere.

"What the fuck...!"

Someone muttered before being cut down as well. Everyone’s eyes widened; two had been killed like insects, and no one could see the enemy.

"Call the others! Those bastards are attacking again!" one deity roared but was sliced in half right after.

Immediately, the rest activated the summons. All of the queen’s deities on the island received the call and moved toward the location.

Alm and Bruno had come up with this plan because, in the past, the deities had fought on the islands against invaders, trying to save as many wisps as possible.

Stealth attacks weren’t unusual, so when the initial strikes happened without revealing the attacker, the first reaction was to assume it was local deities defending the place. The queen had already warned them this might happen.

Rehvka was clinging to the whale’s neck on his back, focused on using her Dao. Meanwhile, he wielded a black saber, moving carefully and taking down the deities one by one, slowly giving time for the others to arrive.

After a few minutes, large groups of them began to show up. Seeing the bloody scene, they activated their full golden power to track the culprit together. But... he kept acting like a ghost, killing a new target every ten seconds.

"There must be several of them! We need more reinforcements! Tell everyone to come back immediately and abandon those—!"

The head of the speaker exploded mid-sentence. Even so, the others roared and sent out the highest-priority signal.

The whale was luring them in, scaring them but without showing much power. These deities were unaware of the local energies’ nature. Since they could only use the queen’s power, they assumed the local deities, who had lived there for millions of years and mastered those energies, were responsible.

Soon after, when everyone had finally gathered...

Those tasked with trapping the wisps realized too late that they had walked into a trap. The situation had reversed. Now they were the ones trapped inside a cage of colorful runes.

Alm and Bruno finally went all out. They had no trouble wiping them all out. They had tested the elementals before but found it unnecessary. Even against thousands of deities, the enemies were nothing more than ants crushed under their feet.

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These deities relied solely on the queen’s power to fight, and that power came from her crown. But the whale was the pillar of primordial chaos—her power was useless against him. As a result, they were all slaughtered without a chance to react.

In the end, their souls were placed in the inventory. The allied deities, using all their power to control the energies of the place, managed to move quickly across the island and gather the wisps.

The wisps were very obedient and pure. The smarter ones only needed instructions from the deities and immediately followed orders. The unintelligent ones had to be moved manually using powers, which took more time.

The whale also helped after quickly eliminating everyone. Three hours later, all the wisps on the island had been gathered. The previous process was repeated, and they moved on to the next islands.

By the end of the fifth day in the World of the Higher Heavens, the nine islands had been visited, the wisps gathered, and the thousands of deities allied with the queen had been killed.

Despite that, Alm and Bruno weren’t the least bit happy...

The queen wasn’t foolish. She knew they had invaded the place, and now, after they had exterminated all her important soldiers, she still hadn’t made a move? She must have realized her subordinates had been wiped out.

’She’s completely immersed in the Primordial Column. The fact that we killed her soldiers is a significant problem for her. If she hasn’t come yet, it means she’s discovered something much bigger. We need to act quickly—there’s no time to waste,’ Alm said seriously.

Their objective was to destroy the nine Primordial Columns, but they knew this could only be done at the right moment. If they destroyed them one by one prematurely, the queen would unleash all her power to stop them.

As for them trying to eliminate her deities, it was predictable for her. They expected her to intervene to save them and had remained prepared for that possibility.

Inside that place, they had found a way to face her. With the manifestation active, they possessed terrifying capabilities. Their elementals were problematic, and they could still use elemental calamity through the system.

However, it was necessary to use this strategically, as she was powerful enough to counterattack. If she appeared, they could either escape or even injure her with a surprise move.

The plan was to save the wisps as quickly as possible, ensuring that the queen wouldn’t be able to capture any in the end. Then, on the final day, they would destroy all the Primordial Columns at once.

The whale took a deep breath. ’We have to use this now,’ Bruno said seriously.

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