Chapter 390

Chapter 390: So You Think You Can Do It? Wow, Are You Serious?

"Pal!"

"You traitor!"

"So you’ve been in cahoots with those from the Endless Ether all along!"

"Backstabber!"

Baimeng buried herself beneath the "Ancient God Fragments." This substance, rumored to be formed from shattered remnants of Ancient Gods, could conceal a deity’s presence—even from core councilors.

But despite her massive Divine Body, she dared not charge out now.

Because…

*I’m strong, but not strong enough.*

*Not yet strong enough to face another core councilor plus several Endless Ether invaders.*

She narrowed her eyes at Pal—at the terrifying fangs jutting from his jaw, and at the ether deity beside him who shared his formidable Divine Body.

Their Divine Bodies, especially Pal’s, were imposing; slightly larger than hers, with superior magic power.

That’s why Pal held the Tenth Seat, outranking Baimeng.

"But…"

"This situation is maddening!"

Baimeng’s gaze shifted to Pal’s side, where the Chaos Council’s forty-fourth seat—Deep Diver Shaks—lay broken.

Though only the forty-fourth seat, his power rivaled core councilors in the Ether Sea’s depths.

Yet for that very reason, Shaks wandered the border between the Chaos Swamp Realm and Endless Ether, distant from the Chaos Council’s power core.

He dwelled on the fringes of Endless Ether, indifferent to the Chaos Swamp Realm’s affairs, rarely even encountering the Fantasy Tree of Subspace.

So many demon gods, especially Border Demon God Pal, branded him an Endless Ether spy—a claim many Chaos Demon Gods echoed.

Only Baimeng dismissed the rumors, letting Shaks join the border patrol.

Ironically…

When Endless Ether invaded, this "spy" Shaks resisted fiercely. Meanwhile, Pal—his accuser—gleefully allied with ether deities after Barbatos ordered the border opened!

Now Pal had rallied his Endless Ether brethren to ambush Shaks, nearly finishing him.

As Shaks’s nominal "boss," Baimeng stood powerless.

Her enhanced strength could match Pal one-on-one.

Even if Pal brought several Endless Ether Tyrants against her, they couldn’t defeat her—she’d escape unharmed.

But Shaks was crippled.

Protecting him in battle would make him dead weight.

Victory was impossible.

Worse, the Giant God’s mark flickered, Hunger gnawing at her. Though the mark usually spared her suicidal fights, starving remained agony!

Moreover, Baimeng was a fiery little girl. She felt awful after all the betrayals and seeing her brothers get bullied.

"Pal!"

"I wish I could eat you alive!"

Baimeng felt both hatred and a need for this "piece of trash among gods."

It was really hard to hold back these feelings.

But just then, she spotted another uninvited guest.

"Giant God!?"

"Him again? This guy…"

"Eh?"

"He’s looking this way."

"How… how did he find me!?"

Baimeng thought she had hidden perfectly. The Ancient God Fragments should have blocked her divine power.

But the Giant God noticed her right away…

"How sharp!"

"But… what did he want?"

Baimeng saw the Giant God was "staring" at her.

She met his hollow calcite eyes and stared back, but after a while, she still couldn’t tell why.

Finally, she could only think of one idea.

"The Giant God…

is taunting me!"

"Yes!"

"He must be mocking me for hiding in the sand, too scared to save my brothers."

"He must be laughing at me for always running away, even after getting the power he gave."

"He must be sneering at me…"

"Damn it!"

Baimeng cursed in her Soul.

"Giant God!"

"What do you know!?"

"Pal is a strong demon god, plus he has five Tyrants who are almost as strong as him!"

"And we’re on his home ground, at the edge of the Ether Sea!"

"We’re outnumbered and in a bad spot; how can we fight!?"

"You try it yourself then!"

However, at that moment, Baimeng noticed…

"Thud…"

The Giant God was indeed advancing slowly.

"Were you actually charging in!?"

—-

While Trilobite signaled Baimeng and she assumed the "Giant God" was mocking her, the true troublemaker—that "scum among deities" Pal—was simultaneously gauging his surroundings.

"Heh…"

"Sounds approaching."

"Seems that fool Baimeng finally lost her composure."

"Obsessing over trivial notions like ‘bonds’ and ‘friendship’—unimaginable how such an infantile demon god became a core councilor."

Pal sneered, glancing at the ether deities beside him.

Truthfully, Pal identified more as an ether deity than a Chaos Demon God; he had originally been oppressed by Barbatos and Baimeng within the Chaos Swamp Realm, living in constant unease.

Driven by fury, he’d allied with the "Abyss" from the Endless Ether.

In subsequent years, Pal amassed vast resources through "nurturing threats to strengthen himself" and "inviting wolves into the fold"—plundering Bubble World energy while splitting the spoils equally.

When the Chaos Council repeatedly triggered the "Time of the End" to harvest all Bubble World resources, Pal felt genuine distress.

This development severely hampered his business!

Yet the Giant God’s emergence created new opportunities.

Barbatos himself had been humiliated by the Giant God, forced to open borders and rally deities from both the Endless Ether and the Primal Wilderness against this common foe.

As divine scum, Pal lacked the nerve to confront the Giant God directly.

But exploiting this crisis to gather resources and crush those who opposed him? That he dared—and then some!

"Shaks lies neutralized here."

"Now we await that imbecile Baimeng’s arrival."

"Alone, she stands no chance against us five!"

"Hahaha…"

Right on cue…

"Thud… thud… thud…"

Heavy footsteps thundered closer!

"Baimeng! Fool! You’ve come at last!"

"Roooar—!"

Pal whirled around, giant jaws gaping to reveal glistening saber teeth!

But abruptly, the Chaos Demon God’s expression froze.

"You’re not Baimeng!?"

"Who are you!?"