Chapter 439
by fanqienovelChapter 439: The First Impact of New Themis
“Damn it!”
“What is that?!”
“Hurry! Sound the alarm, those things are charging into ‘New Themis’!”
“Three, five…”
“Too many!”
“Damn, even the Ether Dragon couldn’t stop them—it scattered!”
“They’re coming straight at us!”
“We’re finished!”
…
The Soul Network buzzed with anxious, frantic, even hysterical messages.
Fear spread like a virus, raging wildly through the network.
Except for the Chosen Warriors, nearly all New Themis people were panicking to some degree.
Some kept their rationality, while others screamed hysterically as if the world were ending.
Soon, the entire New Themis system would collapse.
“Calm down!”
“Great Giant God! Grant the weak courage and strength!”
“Hum…”
…
Sulya’s usually gentle voice grew urgent and stern.
Her divine technique swept through the agile network, cleansing fear, steadying minds, and lifting the New Themis people’s morale.
But the situation worsened.
“Phew…”
“This fear won’t end!”
The First Living Saint realized that no matter how she used her divine technique, strange fear kept bubbling up like a spring, tainting the whole network.
This meant one thing—the fear wasn’t just rumors exaggerating some terror. It came from deep within every soul.
The true source was the Will of the World.
Or rather, the current "Holy Tree’s Will," Miss Themis.
【Ugh… oh…】
【So fierce…】
【So scary…】
【Bad guys, where are you…】
If Trilobite opened the System and checked the "Allied Species" option, he would see Miss Themis curled up like a quail, hiding under the Holy Tree that was her true form, trembling in fear.
Of course, this wasn’t the first time she had shaken like a quail.
But this time, no one could blame her for being scared.
Her "species" was being suppressed.
A group of raging Vast Dragon Gods charged toward her.
Their beaks, able to break the law substance, glinted with terrifying brightness; their huge size made all the Holy Tree’s defenses useless.
Whether traps buried under the Ether Sea or those stretching into the void, none could harm their thick flesh.
Some creatures were even bigger than a main trunk of her "Holy Tree World"!
They crashed through, easily breaking the Ether Dragon’s magical and divine body defenses.
Dragon breath only left burned marks on their skin; though the air stank of burnt "divine flesh," they ignored it and kept rampaging.
When the Ether Dragon’s sharp teeth bit their thick legs, they pushed forward. Some Vast Dragon Gods had chunks of flesh torn from their legs, blood and meat flying, but nothing stopped them.
They were crazed.
Miss Themis felt helpless, just watching them charge at her…
【Ah—!】
She screamed in despair.
“Tsk…”
First Living Saint Sulya bit her lip hard.
She had never seen such massive, strong, and "fearless" deities like the Vast Dragon Gods.
“The main force just left to join the Star-Eater Plutonium Dragons for the ‘Demonstration Plan.’”
“But even if the main force came back…”
Sulya saw the rampaging Vast Dragon Gods and the Ether Dragon scattered by one hit; she thought that even if the main fleet returned with the Star-Eater Plutonium Dragons, it would be pointless.
In a head-on fight, not getting crushed instantly would be lucky.
Yes, even the power in "First New Themis" couldn’t stop these terrifying deities.
“Is Themis going to be destroyed again?!”
“Am I really this weak as the ‘First Living Saint’?”
She remembered the Second and Fourth Living Saints tearing through the Ether Sea, taking down core councilor-level deities, and felt a pang of disappointment.
But this wasn’t the time to think about that!
The Vast Dragon Gods were almost here!
“Boom… boom… boom…”
As they got close to "First New Themis," suddenly…
“Roar—!”
“Ugh—!”
These seemingly invincible "mountains of flesh" let out terrified howls.
It was as if something dreadful hid within the First New Themis.
Sulya couldn’t comprehend the Vast Dragon Gods’ cries.
But Miss Themis caught some meaning.
【Dragon tongue or dialect!】
【They were saying… they smell a demon god!】
【Demon god? What was that!】
Miss Themis relaxed considerably and sniffed her own scent.
【Besides that villain’s lingering smell…】
【Nothing unusual here…】
Yet regardless of this "scent," the Vast Dragon Gods’ terror remained real.
"Rawr!"
They shrieked, veering sharply around the Themis Holy Tree.
Indeed, Themis herself remained unharmed.
Those dreadful Vast Dragon Gods scattered like startled birds, avoiding even a single leaf of the Themis Holy Tree.
Finally…
"Rumble…"
They retreated into the distance.
The violently churning Sea of Ether, once heaving with colossal waves, gradually stilled.
All panic dissolved, replaced by post-crisis relief.
【So… so wonderful!】
【That villain truly remembered me.】
【But… why leave this… whatever scent on me!】
【Marking ownership!?】
【I’m… I’m certainly not his! Hmph!】
…
Had Trilobite observed the Allied Species now, he might’ve witnessed a new dynamic illustration—Miss Themis resembling a village childhood friend, shyly twisting her skirt hem with sparkling, bashful eyes.
Her rosy lips parted slightly as she mumbled to herself.
Pale calves shifted restlessly beneath her skirt, disturbing the water’s surface.
Petite toes curled and uncurled rhythmically…
Sadly, Trilobite had no leisure to admire Miss Themis’s exquisitely maiden-like illustration.
His forelimbs planted firmly on the anthrax-killed Flat Kenyichthyosaur, he gazed afar.
In the nearby sea, an immense back slowly arched upward, its asymmetrical caudal fin heaving enormous sprays.
"Ooo… oooh—!"
A prolonged draconic cry echoed!
"My!"
"If it isn’t Mrs. Big Fish Dragon!"
"Good day, ma’am!"
—-
"We… we survived!"
"Great is the Giant God!"
Sulya wiped cold sweat from her brow.
Yet she soon noticed something peculiar.
"What’s that…"
A colossal sphere emitting "sacred energy" floated upon the Ether Sea; outward-radiating power dyed it gold!