Chapter 428
by fanqienovelChapter 428: The Fall of Far Reaching Star
“Destroyed—!”
“Roared! Hooo—!”
Monsters massive as mountains of flesh crawled forward slowly; their bulbous bodies rumbled like moving peaks!
These creatures bellowed deep and high-pitched cries while trampling cities painstakingly built by mortals, crushing them into crater-like ruins.
Many villages were stomped into sunken basins beneath the monsters’ feet.
Rivers diverted under their tread, pooling in depressions to form sorrowful lakes that drowned mortal toil and memories.
Such was the cruelty of deities toward humankind.
Often, they wrought cataclysmic destruction without intent—merely through existence.
Mortals understood this well.
Unlike dramatic scenes in movies and dramas, none knelt weeping over lost homes.
Far Reaching Star—this world birthed by the Giant God—had endured endless trials: divine wars and violent earthquakes from routine expansions of the Ether Holy Tree.
Its people possessed tempered hearts, forged resilient.
Disasters demanded swift action, not panic or lamentation.
Hesitation meant greater loss for individuals and communities alike.
Towns embraced prefabricated designs for rapid rebuilding, with debris clearance factored into planning.
Many structures stood mobile.
Like now…
“Boom! Boom! Boom…”
Crab-like buildings wrenched mechanical legs from foundations, scrambling toward the Ether Holy Tree along evacuation routes.
Though altered by the Giant God’s “reverse modification,” the tree retained its core function: space-folding.
Mobile homes and public buildings retreated village by village into the Ether Holy Tree’s layered dimensions, sheltering within folded voids.
Yet safety within proved illusory this time.
The Gluttonous Breed of Vast Dragon Clan had come.
Jaws gaping, they chomped down upon the Ether Holy Tree.
“Buzz—Buzz—Buzz—!”
Alarms blared.
Villages that had just settled now plunged deeper into the holy tree’s roots, funneling through pipe networks toward inner branches.
But Far Reaching Star’s people moved without their earlier calm.
“Boom—!”
A narrow, hardened maw sheared through an Ether Holy Tree section, snapping it clean.
“Boom—Boom—Boom—!”
The giant tree was torn apart, sending violent tremors that made the mobile homes unstable.
People above swayed unsteadily.
"Mom!"
"Those bastards are destroying the Holy Tree!"
"They’re blaspheming the Giant God!"
"I want to stop them!"
A child around ten years old shouted angrily, tears welling in their eyes.
For the Far Reaching Star people, losing homes meant little; the ground beneath their feet was home.
But the Ether Holy Tree was the world’s foundation, the Giant God’s divine gift to its inhabitants!
Damage to the Ether Holy Tree meant…
"What blasphemy!"
"Yeah, let’s go together!"
"Get me the explosive gun!"
The child’s thirteen brothers and sisters sprang into action.
Blessed by the Giant God, Far Reaching Star people had intense fertility and high birth rates; pregnancies were short. Though lifespans stayed the same, children grew rapidly.
Pet cats often got pregnant alongside their owners, birthing together, with kids reaching sexual maturity by age five.
Of course, not all thirteen siblings were natural births—eight grew accelerated in culture dishes.
And…
"Right, kids! Count me in too!"
Their mother appeared, tying her long hair into a ponytail.
Eyes blazing, she stood fierce.
"Yes, younger sister! I’ll join!"
"Elder sister’s mobile fortress is nearly here—she’ll fight too!"
…
The mother rallied her twelve siblings and their nearly three hundred offspring!
This family had no elders left; they’d all become Damage Controllers or Purifiers, entering "good gods’" bodies to live out their days.
Most mothers and descendants here would follow that same path.
In this huge family, the oldest was just fourteen.
Truly, after the Giant God’s "blessing," Far Reaching Star people could hardly be called the same species as ordinary mortals.
Their values and behaviors had transformed completely.
As this three-hundred-strong clan readied to unite with others for battle—
"Boom…"
"Boom!"
A huge vibration echoed across the mobile fortresses.
The heavy armor gave everyone a sense of security.
They were the Giant God’s angels of death—the formidable Chosen Ones warriors!
One held a chaotic demon beaten black and blue.
It appeared to be the horned demon commander.
"Everyone! Stay calm!"
"You’re the Giant God’s precious assets. He treasures you."
"Don’t throw your lives away here. Preserve yourselves to better serve the Giant God!"
"Fighting evil gods is our duty!"
"Move!"
"Up we go!"
The Chosen Ones warriors calmed the crowd and hauled the demon toward the Ether Holy Tree.
"Take positions! Hide!"
Suddenly, the demon being dragged spoke weakly.
"You…"
"Seeking death?!"
"In the Vast Dragon God’s furnace, you’ll find no escape!"
"You’ll dissolve into ash!"
The demon lifted its head as the Vast Dragon God’s giant jaws drew near.
"No, we won’t,"
a Chosen Warrior replied, shaking his head.
"The Giant God granted us—and the sacred Ether Holy Tree—greater power!"
"With His blessing, we mortals can kill gods!"
"I spared you to witness this!"
"See mortal strength and divine helplessness!"
"The era of gods trampling mortals is gone!"
"We mortals have grown our own fangs!"
"Watch!"
The Chosen Warrior locked eyes with the demon, glimpsing something deep within its chaotic gaze before hurling it to safety.
Just then, the Vast Dragon God’s jaws engulfed the Chosen Ones warriors.
"Boom—!"
It swallowed them whole, missing the crippled demon.
"Ha ha ha!"
"Foolish mortals, daring to defy gods!"
"That almighty Furnace of the Gods will digest you!"
"You’ll…"
"Uh…"
The demon’s jeers died mid-sentence.
From its severed legs upward, its body crumbled to ash—like spent furnace residue or mosquito-coil dust—scattering on the wind.
Yet divine light pierced through its fading eyes.
Shock and terror froze on its face as if witnessing something even demon gods couldn’t grasp—something that horrified them.
Its disbelief was justified.
For the Vast Dragon God, after devouring the Ether Holy Tree and Chosen Ones warriors, truly…