Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal? Chapter 981: Uninvited Guests
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Poseidon watched the backs of these Middle Gods depart without stopping them.
These were originally enemies, targets that should have been eliminated.
But now was not the time to dwell on such matters.
The Canglan World was now facing a greater crisis. It needed not only Eve, Hades, and the others, but also the strength these Middle Gods could contribute.
"Your Excellency Li Qingran." Poseidon turned around, looking at Li Qingran, his face full of gravity. "After this, we may not be able to look after you. Find a safe place for yourself. What comes next will be even more troublesome than the threat posed by the Gold and Silver Dragon Kings."
Li Qingran looked up at the sky—those cracks were still expanding, chaotic void currents continuously spilling from the fissures. Even from thousands of miles away, she could clearly feel a discomforting aura of decay and icy cold.
"Your Excellency Poseidon." Li Qingran withdrew her gaze, a trace of worry involuntarily appearing in her eyes. "If beings from other worlds, similar to deities of your level, truly invade… how long can you hold out?"
Poseidon fell silent. Anyone could see the gravity on his face.
"If Eve, Hades, and I were at our peak, and with the protection of the World Barrier, we could hold out even against a siege from four or five worlds. We might even drive all those invaders out." He paused. "But now… three months would be difficult."At this moment, Poseidon felt a pang of regret.
He had been utterly shocked by Chen Huaian's terrifying combat power and hadn't imagined Chen Huaian could capture so many deities all at once.
So it wasn't until the World Barrier collapsed that he realized the severity of the mistake they had made…
They should have let His Excellency Chen Huaian corral those deities and absorb their power one by one, slowly.
That would have avoided the collapse of the Laws leading to breaches in the World Barrier. But it was too late for such thoughts now.
Hearing this, Li Qingran's heart also sank.
Three months.
Her Master was in the Sea of Chaos for who knew how long. If he didn't return within three months…
Wouldn't the Canglan Realm be finished?
Although she hadn't known Poseidon and the others for long, they had fought side by side.
Furthermore, after the worlds fused in the future, these deities might still be of help.
Therefore, she did not wish to see Poseidon, Eve, and the other deities fall in this calamity.
"Let me help you."
Li Qingran's gaze was firm.
"Right now, I am in the Canglan World, which makes me a member of it. I should contribute my share of strength."
"You…" Poseidon's expression turned strange.
Although Li Qingran was strong, there was still a considerable gap between her and them, and the gap between her and Chen Huaian was like the distance between heaven and earth.
The invaders of the Canglan World were all deity-level existences, the top powerhouses from other worlds.
What help could Li Qingran possibly offer?
If Li Qingran got injured, they would also have to bear Chen Huaian's wrath.
It was truly inadvisable.
He was just about to refuse.
Li Qingran continued, "These auspicious beast seniors by my side were revived by absorbing the Law power of the Canglan World. The power within them shares the same origin as the divine power of the Canglan Realm. Perhaps they can help you stabilize some of the escaping Laws, at least slow down the speed of the barrier's collapse."
"Kid, don't you look down on our Qingran!" The White Tiger said fiercely. "Looking down on Qingran is looking down on us! Let's see how many lives you have for This Venerable One to kill!"
"That's right, that's right!" The Azure Dragon and the qilin nodded in agreement.
Looking at these auspicious beasts with their ferocious, menacing expressions, Poseidon's legs went a little weak.
He quickly forced an awkward yet polite smile onto his face. "You all… uh, Your Excellencies, the Auspicious Beasts, wish to help? I naturally welcome it with open arms. However, your top priority should still be protecting the safety of Your Excellency Li Qingran."
"Hah, do we need you to tell us that?" The White Tiger glared, snorting coldly.
With things having reached this point, Poseidon could only nod gratefully. "Then I'll be counting on you all!"
With that, he turned around. The Sea God's Trident reformed in his hand. The violet-gold lightning, though not as bright as before, still held an imposing majesty.
He took a step forward, his figure solidifying before the World Barrier. Raising the trident high, a bolt of lightning shot from its tip, disappearing into one of the cracks in the sky.
The edges of that crack began to slowly heal.
But elsewhere, more cracks were appearing.
Poseidon gritted his teeth, divine power surging out madly.
Bolts of lightning shot from his hands, mending the World Barrier stitch by stitch, like patching up torn clothing.
From within the Divine Kingdom of Life, Eve urged her life force. Emerald-green light spread from the Divine Kingdom, covering those cracks. Green vines grew from the void, gluing the cracks together like adhesive.
Hades's Netherworld power surged from beneath the earth. Black mist filled the cracks in the ground, pulling the escaping Law power back to the earth.
The other deities were also straining with all their might at their respective posts.
But it wasn't enough.
Far from enough.
Too many deities had fallen.
The uncontrolled Law power ran rampant between heaven and earth like wild horses that had broken free from their reins.
They obeyed no one's commands, refused to be contained by any Divine Kingdom, and only wished to escape this world.
*BOOM—!*
Another deafening roar.
This time, it wasn't a crack appearing in the barrier, but something crashing into it from the outside.
Poseidon's head snapped up.
He saw it.
Outside the World Barrier, in that endless void, a pair of eyes was peering through a crack, gazing at the Canglan World.
Those eyes were crimson red, like two burning flames. Their pupils reflected the mountains, rivers, oceans, and lands of the Canglan World.
The gaze was greedy and frenzied, like a starving person seeing a lavish feast!
"They're here." Poseidon gnashed his teeth.
Looking at the creature's full appearance, the memory of the great war from ten thousand years ago, known as the Twilight of the Gods, involuntarily surfaced in his mind.
Back then, it was also this kind of creature that invaded the Canglan World.
They called themselves demons, hailing from the abyssal lands of the Twisting Nether. They had almost lost that war.
The owner of these eyes soon revealed its full form.
It was a giant beast covered in blazing crimson flames. Its body was even larger than the Silver Dragon King's, its limbs as thick as celestial pillars, its back covered in sharp bone spikes.
It stood amidst the chaotic void currents. Abyssal fel energy danced upon its body, scorching the surrounding space into nothingness.
Behind it, there were more pairs of eyes.
Some eyes held a metallic, cold light; others were impossible to see clearly, appearing only as twisted masses of light and shadow.
Different worlds, different civilizations, different top-tier existences.
They had all been drawn by the Law power escaping from the Canglan World.
Outside the Canglan World, that boundless starry sky was already packed full with various energy fluctuations.
A fleet composed entirely of machinery sailed from the depths of space. The hulls of the ships bore no traces of life, only the cold luster of metal and densely packed cannon muzzles.
In the dark sides of countless planets, twisted light and shadow squirmed in the void, their specific shapes indiscernible.
One could only feel vast mental powers emanating from them, seemingly scanning everything within the Canglan World.
And there were more.
More.
Poseidon looked at these uninvited guests, his eyes filled with despair, his palms slick with cold sweat.
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The Canglan World was finally going to end. Damn it!