Bottomless Abyss, the 136th level of the Molten Core.
It was a level of the Abyss that was filled with volcanic lava and poisonous volcanic ash.
The ruler of this level of the Abyss was a Descender from the Nightmare Civilization. The current Molten Lord, Garrett, was an Abyss Lord who was equivalent to a mid-level Divine Power. In the Molten Core, his strength was comparable to that of a great Divine Power.
The Giant God's Crystal Wall could only accommodate five great Divine Powers, but those like the Abyss Lord, who were temporarily blessed by the Will of the Abyss in their own territory, were not included.
Similarly, powerful lifeforms like the Hundred-Armed Giant, who did not have Godhood or Divine Title but had the combat power of a great Divine Power, were not included.
Of course, although such combat power was not included, there were not many of them.
In the center of the huge Molten Core lava lake, there was a red floating continent that was tens of thousands of square kilometers. The Molten Lord's palace was built in the center of this floating continent. It looked like a huge Balrog's head, with two huge demon horns burning with raging flames that pierced into the dark sky.
As the only ruler's palace in the Molten Core level, no other powerful demons dared to step into it except for the Molten Lord's many Balrogs and other fire-type demon subordinates. But today, hundreds of powerful demons from different levels of the Abyss gathered here at the same time.
In the palace, demons were dancing wildly. The Molten Lord, who was burning with green flames, sat on the lava throne and looked down. Not far away, there was another equally tall white bone throne. Sitting on it was another Abyss Lord among the Nightmare Descenders — the Lord of Poison.
A human-shaped demon made of green crystals sat there. A circle of dark green poisonous halo bloomed along the throne. No other demons dared to approach within a dozen meters of the throne.
Two Abyss Lords, forty to fifty Lords of the Abyss, and the remaining hundreds of top-level demons or superior demons. Their combined strength was comparable to a powerful God System.
When it was almost time and there were no more demons coming, the Molten Lord stood up as the host. He looked like an enlarged version of a Balrog. Endless lava flowed from his body to his feet and then into his body. His loud voice made the palace tremble slightly.
"According to the news from the outpost base, unusual movements have been detected between the human race and the insect race. The God of Magic, the head of the human descenders in the main world, had been promoted to a great divine power five hundred years ago. The God of Fear, Vidus, the head of the insect race, had reached level 14 three hundred years ago. The spirit descenders have all descended on the elemental plane. Although we don't know their current strength, they shouldn't be too weak."
He paused for a moment before continuing.
"Overall, the humans are the strongest. With one greater divine power and twelve mid-level divine powers, they already have the qualifications to conquer the entire crystal wall system. They are our greatest enemy, and we must stop them."
The Nightmare Children didn't say anything. They just looked at him and waited for him to continue.
The Molten Lord glanced at the Lord of Deadly Poison and continued.
"The commander of our outpost base has already contacted the insect race and the spirit realm. We have already reached a preliminary cooperation agreement. The insect race will instigate the God of Justice and Sun to launch an all-out war against the Darkness God System. We and the spirit race will take advantage of their chaotic battle to ambush the Darkness God System. With the combined strength of the three sides, we will defeat this greatest threat in one fell swoop."
At this moment, a Nightmare Child asked,
"According to what I know, the Darkness God System has tens of billions of high-quality believers. They built the Underdark so that not even a drop of water can trickle through. In the past few hundred years, twelve mid-level divine powers have been born, and who knows how much divine power they have accumulated. We are demons, and our strength will be weakened when we enter the main material plane. It's the same for the spirit race. I feel that even if we attack together, we might not be able to break through the Darkness God Kingdom."
The Molten Lord nodded.
"You're right. With the Darkness God System's strength, we might not be able to do anything. However, we don't need to completely destroy the Darkness God System. We just need to greatly weaken them."
At this moment, the Poison Lord, who had been silent all this while, spoke.
"We will take advantage of the fact that the human gods are besieging the Darkness God Kingdom to open the door to the Underdark from the bottomless abyss and plunder the believers of the Darkness God System. As long as we plunder too many people, the Darkness God System will naturally decline, and we will become stronger. We will be able to give birth to more abyss lords. In the long run, the enemy will be weaker, and we will become stronger. When the time comes, we will rely on the bottomless abyss. Even if the Darkness God System survives the crisis, we won't be afraid."
Actually, there was one thing that he did not say. If he plundered enough souls, he might be recognized by the will of the abyss and become an extremely powerful Child of the Abyss. That would be a terrifying existence that was comparable to a great divine power even if he left the abyss territory.
He glanced at the Molten Lord, and the Molten Lord looked back at the same time. He did not expose his thoughts because he had the same thoughts.
The Child of the Abyss was not the only one. There could be several at the same time.
For example, the bottomless abyss of the Toril multiverse had three demon princes, the Demon Lord Demogorgon, the Darkness Lord Glazte, and the Undead Emperor Orcas. Usually, they were called Demon Lords to distinguish themselves from other demon lords.
Intelligent creatures were all selfish. It was normal for them to seek some benefits for themselves on the basis that it did not affect the overall situation.
Coincidentally, when the Descenders of Nightmares gathered in the Molten Core to discuss how to deal with the Darkness God System, the leader of the Insectoid Gods, the God of Fear, Vidus, was also receiving many Insectoid True Gods and Demigods in his God Kingdom. Those below the level of Demigod were not qualified to participate in this operation, but they would be sent a message to be cannon fodder when the operation was about to start.
Vidus, who had been stuck at the threshold of a great divine power for hundreds of years, was particularly attentive to this operation. Even though he knew that many of his fellow clansmen might fall in this battle, he still pushed forward with all his might without hesitation.
Even if his friends died, he would not die. As long as he could advance to become a great divine power, the lives of his kind had nothing to do with him.
The other Insectoids could basically see through Vidus' thoughts, but they also had dreams of advancing to become a great divine power. There was a limited number of great divine powers in this crystal wall system. If they did not start a war, how could they have the chance?
As for who would die in the end, it would depend on their own methods.
The Nightmares and the Insectoids had made a lot of preparations for this war. There were no less than twenty to thirty Insectoid True Gods who had deliberately joined the four great divine powers on the surface. Even the Orc God System, which was in the bitter cold north, was no exception. In their plan, the five great divine powers would not be able to stay out of this war. No matter what method they used, they had to drag them all down.
On the contrary, the Spirit Race was not very interested in this plan. Although the commander of the Spirit Race's outpost base had promised that their people would participate in the war, many Descenders of the Spirit Race in the four elemental planes and the Chaos Plane were not interested in this. When the Insectoids and the Nightmares were busy with their plans, not only did they not have any gatherings, but they also did not have many discussions.
The plan of the Insectoids and the Nightmares did not attract the attention of the Darkness God System. For hundreds of years, they had been suppressed by the gods on the surface. They basically did not have any power on the surface. Their actions were hidden and naturally could not be detected, let alone the actions of the demons in the abyss.
However, the Darkness God System had been in a state of suppression for hundreds of years. They had never let down their guard against the surface.
Half of Lin Xiao's twenty god incarnations were stationed in the God's Kingdom all year round. The remaining five god incarnations were patrolling the various levels of the Underdark all year round. In addition to the many god incarnations, the entire Underdark was tightly controlled. Even a True God's incarnation would find it difficult to sneak in.
Time passed unknowingly. The Insectoids' True Gods who were hiding in the four main god systems kept stirring up trouble in front of the four main god systems. They advocated the theory that the Darkness God System was a threat.
The God of Justice, who had always seen the Darkness God System as a thorn in his side, finally made up his mind after countless incitements. He contacted the God of Sun and the God of Chaos to start a war with the Darkness God System!
The surface allied forces that were gathered near the passages between the surface and the Underdark received the oracle from the priests of the various gods. They officially entered the underground passages and attacked the Underdark. At the entrance of the underground passages, the Underdark's Crypt Empire's fortress and the Crypt Army in the Underdark started a full-scale war. Suddenly, the entire Underdark's first layer of the Underdark started a war with dozens of passages.
The news quickly spread to the Darkness God System. Lin Xiao immediately gathered all the gods of the god system to gather in the God Palace. He loudly announced that the surface gods were despicable to start a war without declaring war. He also gave the oracle for full mobilization.
The huge Crypt Empire and the various races in the Underdark had been in a semi-war for the past few hundred years. Soon, they mobilized a huge army and sent it to various fortresses. The masters of various races also went to various places to kill the masters of the surface who sneaked into the Underdark to cause trouble.
Before the rules were completely broken, the True Gods couldn't attack the mortals. Even if the patrolling True God incarnations discovered the masters of the surface races who used various teleportation spells to sneak into the underground, they could only inform their believers to send masters from the mortal world to kill them.
Fortunately, the fifth generation of Crypt Men had a strong foundation. In addition, with the magic net that covered the entire Underdark, with the Crypt Men's population of more than twenty billion, a large number of Crypt Men warriors and mages were born. There were also tens of millions of Cave Giants who were almost all soldiers.
With a large enough population and devout faith, as well as enough clergy such as priests and sacred warriors, the combination of the two could easily form a large scale mixed army. In a situation where they were familiar with the terrain, they could easily deal with the masters of the surface who sneaked in.
Therefore, although they were facing an all-out war with nearly a thousand True Gods led by the four Great Divine Powers of the surface, Lin Xiao and the other gods of the god system didn't panic too much.
In fact, in terms of the power of the mortal world, the Darkness God System, which had more than twenty billion fifth generation Crypt Men and nearly ten million Cave Giants, could be said to be omnipotent. They could directly confront all the races of the surface. The reason why they didn't counterattack before was mainly because they had too few True Gods.
The entire god system only had a few dozen True Gods, but the four Great Divine Powers of the surface could directly mobilize nearly a thousand True Gods. Even if they were all weak Divine Powers, they could still kill them.
Therefore, Lin Xiao had been relying on the terrain of the Underdark for the past five hundred years. He was waiting, waiting for his Divine Power to reach the limit that the crystal wall system could accommodate, or for his real body to return. Either would do.
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