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Brahma’s eyes filled with concern as he realized the craftiness of the Outer God.

She had used special items called Floor Skipping Tickets to climb higher and higher through the worlds. The ninth, the eighth, the seventh, the sixth, the fifth...

She left behind a giant Dominion that spread automatically while absorbing the Essence of Heaven and Earth. It made everyone believe she was still fighting them, spreading further confusion.

This strange black and ghostly fog spawned countless "copies" of herself that emerged from radiant stars.

In every world, as the gods waited in ambush, they found only this giant fog attacking them endlessly.

The strongest gods managed to survive, but the weakest ones were rapidly crushed.

"Damn it! Where is she?!" Zhulong demanded. "Where is she right now?!"

In the second world, the great leader of the Heavenly Dragons looked visibly concerned as he received reports that Maria had emerged on Floor 88.

"How many floor skipping items does she have?!"

As he screamed, a giant crack tore open in space.

A mass of black fog with countless crimson eyes crying black tears emerged.

Zhulong’s giant dragon face twisted in panic.

"NOW! ACTIVATE THE FORMATION!"

Unlike the others, he was ready.

The very second the fog appeared; they activated the special formation.

The Ten Heavens unified.

Millions of celestial rivers of energy converged at once.

All the dragons of the Heavenly Dragon Palace roared as their power surged and gathered into a massive formation.

A potent seal!

Space warped and distorted, forming a massive cube that encased the Outer God invading their Tenfold Realm.

The ten dragons before her roared in unison, compressing their power around her and constantly attempting to suppress her.

Ten giant spikes pierced her true body.

"TEN HEAVENLY DRAGON SPIKES OF VOID SEALING!"

Every dragon converted part of their Draconic Divine Soul into a giant spike that pierced the Outer Goddess’s body, completely subduing her.

The entity struggled, squirmed, and screamed with fury, warping reality with her rage, but she was contained.

"We did it...!" Zhulong muttered, gasping for air. "Many died, but we managed to do it!"

"Truly?!"

"Oh, thank the heavens!"

"What was that thing anyway?!"

"So that is the power of an Outer God! How terrifying!"

"We have to quickly cleanse the other worlds of the dominion she left behind, or we risk—"

FLAAASH!

However, in that moment, a bright golden light surged from the Outer God’s body.

Her sealed body remained trapped, but the light pierced a giant hole through her chest.

Dozens of figures suddenly emerged from that hole.

"...?!"

Zhulong’s eyes widened.

In the heat of the moment, he had completely forgotten she was not alone.

He calmed down almost immediately.

"Even if she brings them out from an inner realm or something, they cannot escape our supreme formation! We are fine, we are—"

From the hole in her chest, countless powerful entities poured forth.

Among them were three giant dragons of immense power, shocking Zhulong.

There was also a massive serpent of chaos.

Dozens of titans and primordial beings appeared.

A vampire transformed into a giant bat-like monstrosity.

A normal-looking human with a missing arm swung his hand upward.

Two red-haired vampire ladies shone like twin scarlet stars.

Two blonde elves emanated the breath of life and nature itself, creating hundreds of divine spirit trees with their very essence.

Three supreme wielders of oceanic spirit magic combined their power and unleashed it against the seal.

A trio of explosive female fighters punched the barrier, releasing endless explosions.

A single young man emanated the aura of all elements from his body.

With his spear, he struck at the small crack formed by everyone’s efforts.

And then...

Crack...

"N-No...! This is...!"

CRACK...!

Zhulong poured all his power into the seal, but it was futile.

Too late.

BOOOMMM!!!

The formation exploded. The stakes used to seal the Outer God were instantly consumed by her soul, causing a devastating backlash on all ten divine dragon gods.

"AAAAACK!"

Zhulong and the other heavenly dragons screamed in agony as their bodies were riddled with countless swords.

"W-What’s happening?!"

"AAAACK!"

"My body! My bodyyyyy!"

"GYAAAAAHH!"

It was as if the entity had infiltrated their souls by devouring the stakes. Her swords now pierced them from the inside out.

An utterly terrifying technique.

"You shouldn’t underestimate an Outer God, you know? Never let them get ahold of even the smallest piece of your souls~"

Her voice echoed through their minds, seductive rather than monstrous.

As her words rang out, the dragons began to lose their sanity. They screamed in horror, some laughed in pain while making horrible expressions with their dragon faces.

"HAHAHAAHA!"

"GYAAAAAHH!"

"MY HEAD! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!"

"DAMN IT! DAMN IT ALL!" Zhulong roared, barely keeping himself from going insane. He summoned dozens of portals as all the gods the Outer Goddess had ignored rushed through them.

True Immortals, Buddhas, and Deities charged toward the Outer Goddess and her army of strange beings from the lower floors.

"I guess we could skip to the next floor, but why even bother?"

The Outer Goddess’s voice echoed through heaven and earth.

The lower realms shook. The high skies warped into countless colors, burned, then turned dark like the void.

Her very words carried immense power.

Clad in a dress made of void and countless stars, she revealed her magnificent beauty. Everyone who gazed upon her went mad.

The gods stopped their charge, clutching their heads and screaming.

They began crying black tears.

"AAAAAHHHHHH!"

By carelessly gazing upon the true form of an Outer God at full power, they could not resist the madness. The being quickly infested their minds and souls.

They screamed, vomited black miasma, and cried tears of miasmic void as nightmares tormented them.

The Outer God’s allies seemed completely immune to this effect, shocking Zhulong even more. They did not look nearly as incredible as she did.

They seemed ordinary compared to her!

"E-Even if we are wounded, do not falter! Attack!"

Commanding his wounded allies, the dragons roared and unleashed countless dragon breaths against her.

However, three giant dragons emerged and blocked the ten breath attacks with their own.

Ten against three!

Even Zhulong thought they were fools.

And yet...

BOOOMMM!!!

"Nngh?!"

To their shock, their combined breath attack was instantly overwhelmed. The three dragons—one covered in white and black with golden and black armor, another made of black and red crystals, and a snake-like dragon with a ghostly tail—rushed toward the Heavenly Dragons.

They were part of the Outer God’s family: her husband, the Dragon King Lucifer, and his two children, Nyx and Thanatos. The three dragons clashed against the lesser foes, tearing them apart before turning their fury on the ten heavenly dragons.

"How dare you!"

"You think you can face our seniors?!"

"Face us, fake dragons!"

A trio of serpentine dragons roared. A green, a red, and a blue dragon charged at Lucifer, Nyx, and Thanatos. All three were still new to the Council of Ten.

Unleashing all their power, they were instantly defeated.

Lucifer did it with ease. He summoned a pair of scythes that cleaved through all three of them, killing them instantly.

Meanwhile, his two dragon children clashed against Zhulong, pushing back the red-scaled dragon.

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