Chapter 526

Chapter 526: The First Demon God’s Brilliant Scheme

"Hello, colleagues and Secondary Gods!"

"I am… the Outer Predator, the spokesperson for Barbatos’ will."

Not far from the Bubble World, which had been conquered by chaos, a group of Secondary Chaos Demon Gods gathered together.

These fellows had one thing in common—they were very weak.

The term "Secondary" in Secondary Chaos Demon Gods showed the gap between them and the main demon gods.

Their strength was weaker than core councilors, back-row councilors, and even the lowest rank.

Stronger core councilors might not even consider them as subordinate officials.

As a result, the secondary demon gods often had to take on roles like "mercenaries," working temporarily for some core councilors.

Of course, the nice way to say it was "mercenaries," a more neutral term was "temporary workers," but a harsher term was "rags" or "cannon fodder."

However, today, they got a chance they never expected!

Because a "divine envoy" of Barbatos—the Outer Predator—appeared before them.

Ever since Gimmerly gained the authority of the void, the "Outer Predator," closely linked to the Fantasy Tree of Subspace and surviving in the Chaos Swamp Realm, had been constantly favored by Barbatos.

He couldn’t avoid using them.

They were among the last groups that could "soar" in the void and whom Barbatos could trust.

As for the Outer Gods from the Void…

Who knew if their intelligence included any side jobs for Gimmerly?

Barbatos had always suspected that Gimmerly had a way to evade or bypass the "Chaos Mark," but he had no proof.

Trusting the Outer Gods from the Void at this time…

How foolish would that be?

So, Outer Predators spread their broad wing membranes and came to serve Barbatos under generous terms.

They took risks and worked hard to gather intelligence for the First Demon God.

Naturally, there were many casualties, but they got some results, truly doing their best.

Now, Barbatos gave them an even more glorious task—domination!

Though it was just dominating a group of weak gods.

"I am sent by the First Demon God to supervise you!"

"From now on, I will be your best big brother!"

"If there are any problems, I will kindly tell you!"

He looked down at the gods standing on the lower "branches" of the Fantasy Tree, his gaze serious.

"Excuse me…"

"What is our task this time…"

"Is Barbatos’ promise real?"

A daring deity asked a question.

But perhaps due to fear and uncertainty, the voice was not loud.

"Not strong enough!"

"I can’t hear anything!"

"With such a small voice, you want to be the subordinate official of the First Demon God!?"

"In the ‘Divine Cluster,’ if the Outer Predator says he can’t hear, then he can’t hear!"

This was the true function Barbatos granted the Outer Predator.

To better dominate and recruit the weak gods at the lower levels, Barbatos set up the "Divine Cluster" to enlist more deities of etheric worm level to serve him.

He even created a higher organization called the "Chaos Lower Council," with a total of 500 seats.

Although this "Chaos Lower Council" was just a show, aside from having "Chaos Council" in its name, it had no real tie to the true "Chaos Council."

But in an era when the Chaos Council kept losing members and was falling apart, it was hard to say what the "Chaos Lower Council" would become.

Some deities believed this was Barbatos’s start to gradually replace the "Chaos Council," which was full of fights, backstabbing, and low efficiency.

The members of the so-called "Divine Cluster" were basically the "alternate council members" of the "Chaos Lower Council."

In short, it was a bright future.

This was Barbatos’s "bait" for these so-called "secondary demon gods," who were really "weak gods."

At the same time, it was a reward for the Outer Predators.

The Outer Predators were not very strong.

Often, they were barely stronger than those "weak gods."

Barbatos valued them only for their limited ability to soar in the void.

They had never tasted being "masters."

This time, Barbatos gave them what they wanted, making a "reward" just for them.

To hold back and weaken the Chaos Council, draw in many secondary demon gods to join them, and win over the Outer Predators; Barbatos’s plan was both smart and useful—a triple win, showing good skill.

It seemed that if it didn’t involve the Giant God, Barbatos’s mind still worked fine.

However…

His real reason for doing this was still tied to the Giant God.

When the asking deity almost roared the question again, the Outer Predator nodded in satisfaction.

As if the earlier "pretending not to hear" let him feel the joy of power.

"Good! Very spirited!"

"Now I’ll tell you!"

"Our goal is the shattered world of Valaharl!"

"Even though the Bubble World was breached, the Giant God still hides many secret weapons there."

"The secondary gods Barbatos sent to scout ahead have already been killed."

"This showed that the individual ‘Secondary Gods’ could no longer achieve the goal of the First Demon God—killing the living saint hidden there and annihilating all the followers of the Giant God!"

When the words reached this point, the eyes of the lesser demon gods brightened.

Now we understood.

Wasn’t it just slaughtering mortals?

This was what we loved to do most.

The Secondary Gods often vented their anger on mortals because they faced rejection and disdain within the "deity realm."

Before the Giant God descended and organized the mortals, some of the most shocking slaughters in the mortal world were committed by the Secondary Gods.

It was like a young person who felt frustrated at work taking out their anger on a telephone pole or a pile of sand.

"Very good!"

"Now, let’s set off!"

"I will guide you through the void, and you just need to follow me, using magic and violence to cleanse every mortal you see!"

"Whether they float in the void, roam in the ether, or hide in the primordial, you must root them out and kill them one by one!"

"Let their wails echo throughout the ruins of the Bubble World!"

"If you find and capture the living saint, you must torture her mercilessly, making her screams reach the skies!"

"This was the First Demon God’s revenge on the Giant God!"

"Now, be ready to…"

The words were cut off.

Because an extremely unpleasant smell drifted through the void…

"Hiss…"

"Whoosh…"

Some gray and black particles surged toward them, carried by the scorching Void Energy.

"Zizz…"

They struck the Outer Predator’s face, producing a sizzling sound of burning.

—-

Thousands of miles away, at the core of the Chaos Council, Barbatos looked at the bald patch of the Fantasy Tree of Subspace and silently nodded.

Hatred and wicked plans brewed within his heart.

"Giant God!"

"You dare to destroy the Fantasy Tree of Subspace!"

"And you did it during a meeting!"

"You… think highly of yourself, don’t you!"

As the council convened and victory was unilaterally declared, the Fantasy Tree of Subspace collapsed…

The losses of the Chaotic Forces were one thing.

On the other hand…

No doubt the First Demon God’s face had been fiercely slapped.

Barbatos instantly felt his face burning, throbbing painfully as though struck.

Thus, his vengeance against the Giant God grew increasingly unhinged.

"Though a Secondary God couldn’t handle the living saint, that operation revealed her location and the gathering place of the Giant God’s spawn!"

"This time, I’ll deploy more Secondary Gods!"

"Infiltrate and slaughter every last one!"

"And Giant God, you’d never expect—"

"However you damage the Chaotic Forces, I’ll exploit the Chaos Council’s nature to turn losses into gains!"

Currently, the Chaos Council—especially its Core Council—had but one defining trait: the "Giant God Association" and Barbatos himself.

Of course, Barbatos remained unaware of this.

What he knew were "scheming," "factionalism," and "feigned obedience."

Worse, Barbatos couldn’t punish duplicitous figures like Lady Xidi and Gimmerly, relying instead on "loyalists" like Barbatos and Magaxia to oppose them.

"Now I’ve got the perfect excuse to assign Xidi and Gimmerly!"

"Send them off planting trees!"

"To rebuild the Chaotic Forces!"

"They can’t possibly scheme while doing manual labor!"

"Thus I temporarily remove two opponents."

"Watch closely, Giant God!"

"Your victories shall serve my ends!"

"And all you’ve cultivated will soon crumble…"

As Barbatos savored his triumph…

"Hiss…"

"Whoosh…"

Distant crackling noises abruptly reached him.

"What’s that?"

His consciousness ascended through the Fantasy Tree of Subspace, borrowing senses from passing Outer Gods to scan the horizon.

"What!?"

Far west, countless "primordial particles" seemed massed together, swirling upward.

Yet he quickly realized his error.

"Primordial particles don’t coalesce into blackness!"

"Those resemble decayed fragments of the Fantasy Tree of Subspace."

"But how…?"

This mystery could wait.

A graver matter demanded attention.

"Wait!"

"That’s the western sector."

"Near Valaharl!?"

"Isn’t that… where I dispatched the Outer Predator to rally the Secondary Chaos Gods?!"