Chapter 541

Chapter 541: The Retreat of the Abyss

"Cough cough cough…"

"Damn it! Damn it!"

The roar of the Abyss echoed again in the "Abyssal Sea."

But this time, almost all the Ether Usurpers and Ether subordinates who responded to the Abyss’s call and came to join felt it—the Abyss was not only angry but also weak.

Perhaps earlier, some sensitive Ether Usurpers sensed the Abyss’s weakness; however, they also knew this weakness could be relieved, or at least hidden.

Yet this time, the Abyss didn’t even have the strength to mask it.

The terrible weakness was laid bare before the summoned "vassals."

The Abyss knew this as well.

"My Divine Body…"

"What was wrong?!"

"Even if I consumed a bit too much earlier…"

"It shouldn’t have weakened like this!"

"Roar—cough—!"

The angry and weak roar echoed again in the Abyssal Sea.

At this moment, the more rational course of action for the Abyss would have been to give up all outward activities, negotiate with the Mother of Ether and the "Chaotic Forces," and focus on addressing internal issues.

Unfortunately, the Abyss had little concept of "rationality."

"No way!"

"This matter… I couldn’t… cough cough… swallow it!"

"I had to launch a new assault!"

"I still had… many… uh… cough cough…"

In terms of the "cards" in hand, the Abyss indeed had many; after all, the Endless Ether was a vast world, far larger than the Chaos Swamp Realm. Even the "Abyssal Sea," which the Abyss could fully control and dominate, was only a small part of the entire "Endless Ether."

The deities hidden within the Endless Ether were countless.

Among them, there were certainly formidable beings like the "Dreaming Shore Dragons," who could stand shoulder to shoulder with core councilors and even "core councilors."

They could all serve as the "cards" in the Abyss’s hand.

Of course, the premise had to be—the price was right!

Yet in its current weak state, how could the Abyss afford the cost of "playing cards"?

"So, I could only…"

"Zzz…"

It spread its Divine Body along the bottom of the Endless Ether, wriggling and beginning a new round of actions.

—-

"What was going on!?"

"The sky suddenly brightened!?"

"No, wait… the thing above our heads… was gone!?"

"The Abyss… the Abyss was retreating!?"

…

The sudden movements of the Abyss left some "Microscopic Things" lurking beneath its Divine Body confused and surprised. They had been tirelessly digging day and night.

"Boom—Boom—Boom—!"

The Microscopic Dragon-class working ships crawled out from the "City of Dimensions" and the "ether net paths," slowly extending their observation equipment at the bow and gently swaying upward.

"Whoosh—!"

"Hiss—!"

However, only the swiftly flowing ether streams passed through the "comprehensive observation tentacles."

The "Abyssal Carpet," which had once loomed over them, gnawing at and moving like the foolish old man moving a mountain, had disappeared!

Some brave Chosen Warriors even crawled out from the net paths to gaze into the ether.

"Indeed… it was all gone!"

"That’s right! The Abyssal Carpet had vanished!"

"Victory! This was at least a partial victory!"

Whether they were the Saraph people who buried their souls in the Microscopic Dragon-class working ships or the Chosen Warriors and technicians stationed in the City of Dimensions, they all cheered.

The long, silent, endless gnawing and digging finally bore fruit at that moment!

The gigantic mountain that the Giant God’s "Great Plan" needed to move—the Abyss—began to shrink!

"Alright, everyone!"

"The matter was far from over."

However, the leader of the "Abyss Burrowing" plan, the Fifth Living Saint Sylvia, remained rational.

"The Microscopic Dragon-class equipped with detection devices would stay to monitor and measure the ether environment and surrounding conditions."

"I believed the Giant God absolutely would not let things end like that."

"Everyone else, returned to your posts."

"Members of all departments and teams, gathered here for a meeting!"

"What? Where was I!?"

"Your Living Saint was at the forefront of the Abyss’s collapse!"

Albert Drake’s avatar slowly crawled out of the "ether net path," raising her Divine Body upward.

Not far ahead of her was the retreating Abyss.

"Boom—Boom—Boom—!"

That Abyss, as endless as a cliff, was continuously crumbling; the collapsing Divine Body of the Abyss turned into liquid and slowly flowed into the "solid" Abyss.

The formerly worn and dilapidated Abyss was immediately repaired.

A large number of hollow cavities, gnawed out by the Microscopic Dragon, quickly filled with reabsorbed tissue.

Of course, the Bottom of the Ether Sea wasn’t entirely clean; remnants of the Abyss slowly withered and fell in the isolated depths, turning into divine corpses.

They lay like unsightly purple scars scattered across the Ancient God Fragments—some here, some there.

"Recovering part of your Divine Body to cover existing losses?"

"Truly a case of patching one hole by digging another."

"But…"

Sylvia turned and gazed at the vast emptiness of the Bottom of the Ether Sea behind her.

"Regardless, the Abyss’s territory has indeed shrunk."

"Our work isn’t finished, but we’ve made progress."

"Now, the Giant God…"

As Sylvia considered the Giant God’s next move…

"Hiss…"

"Whoosh…"

The etheric current abruptly shifted direction.

Floating with the current came tiny golden specks, darting joyfully through the Sea of Ether left behind after the Abyss vanished.

They radiated "sacred" energy, bearing the Giant God’s aura yet mingled with the Ether Sea’s unique essence!

"Zing—!"

Spotting the Abyss’s remnants, they swam eagerly toward them, tiny tails wagging as they burrowed inside.

Soon, the Abyss’s remains visibly shrank.

A small, follicle-like entity slowly swelled above the Ancient God Fragments.

"Is this the Giant God’s plan?"

"But…"

"If there are only this few, it’s insufficient."

After the Abyss retreated, deities had to occupy the "void" left behind. Only then could its return be prevented—and the ether deities and Chaos Demon Gods cooperating with the Giant God forces in the Great Plan would gain a stable foundation.

—-

"Hmm…"

"To let ancient cup animals reproduce freely, the current nutrients are still inadequate?"

Trilobite listened to Themis’s words and nodded slowly.

By then, an hour had already passed.

He shifted back into the head of the Saber-toothed Beautiful Nodosaurus.

"Well, that’s actually easy to fix."