War Engines!
In the observation room…
"Wait, how does Chu Hao have so many soldiers?"
A mentor was stunned by the scene before him, unable to speak!
On the screen, a dwarf city with tens of thousands of inhabitants on a planet shared with gnomes and other races was being destroyed within just a few hours by the endless waves of demons from the Endless Abyss!
A city with dozens of different workshops, complete walls, firearms, and steel defenses, was utterly powerless before the tide of demons!
None of the demons even exceeded the Legendary rank!
On the screen, a dwarf holding a broken gun knelt beside the corpse of a gnome, pulling its hand and facing the angel statue in the city, crying and praying.
Around him, soldiers fought the last struggle against the demons!
Every explosive blast represented a dwarf and several demons dying together.
Every self-destruction of a war machine represented the final defiance of a gnome!
But beyond the walls behind the dwarf, on the endlessly expanding black earth, higher-ranked demons were descending one after another!
Whether his prayers worked or not, the city would, in the visible future, fall under the demons' rule!
In the city center, the face of the holy angel statue gradually became stained with the blood and flesh of its citizens, somehow giving the statue… a trace of anger and pity!
It stood in the city center, watching its city… dragged into the abyss!
Such a tragic scene invoked a strange sense of pity among some mentors.
But quickly, those accustomed to such scenes dismissed it.
After all, with their stronger divine realms, they had witnessed far crueler events!
Gods would not weep for mortals…
"How did he do this? Chu Hao actually brought out so many soldiers at once!"
A mentor switched to another screen showing an elf city under attack.
Although the environments and races were completely different, the attacks they faced were the same.
Endless demons, radiating terror, were gradually destroying their homes!
Moreover, more and more screens showed the number of cities under attack increasing.
Matching the growth of the "black points"…
Exactly the same!
Faced with this, Wang Zhi remained silent.
He immediately focused his will, checking Chu Hao's location.
He wanted to know what was happening inside the Endless Abyss, how it could produce such terrifying numbers of soldiers!
But the next moment, he froze.
His screen was completely dark!
Only an eye hidden in the darkness looked coldly back at him!
He could no longer see inside Chu Hao's Endless Abyss!
Not just him—every curious mentor realized that, even with the school system's help, they could not see any scene within Chu Hao's divine realm!
A thick layer of dimensional crystal walls around the Abyss blocked all observation!
Such a scene was something no mentor had anticipated!
"Wait, our vision is blocked… could it be…"
"Chu Hao has already ascended to a minor god, completely shielding his Soul Sea?"
Only upon becoming a minor god and truly ascending to the divine throne could one achieve this.
Since the divine realm is hidden deep within each person's Soul Sea, mentors usually could use the school system to inspect each graduate's divine realm without obstruction.
But now…
A thick darkness covered Chu Hao's Endless Abyss, making it impossible to see inside no matter how hard they tried!
This made every mentor believe, in that instant, that Chu Hao had transcended mortality and joined the ranks of gods.
But…
"No, Chu Hao hasn't ascended yet!"
Wang Zhi said firmly, noticing Chu Hao's anomaly earlier than the other mentors.
"He's merely using the rules, some form of dark rule, to protect his divine realm from being perceived!"
"He's preparing a defense!"
"Defense?"
Hearing this, the other mentors were stunned.
"Isn't he supposed to be in the attack phase?"
"Yeah? He seems to have the upper hand now!"
All the mentors were puzzled.
Indeed, what exactly was Chu Hao defending against…
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In the principal's office…
Bai Chen stared at the assessment world, taking in everything.
As the first alternate of the Supreme God, her strength was unquestionable.
Although the war spanned galaxies and worlds, observing everything in this world was effortless for her.
Suddenly, a series of scenes appeared, causing her pupils to flicker.
"Finally, is it time?"
On the screen, a bloodied orc warrior held a female orc soldier whose body was partially infected by Abyssal creatures, kneeling before an angel portrait, weeping helplessly!
"Great angels, please save her!"
The female orc's body was growing tail-like worm structures!
Although only half of her body appeared infected, her abdomen and internal organs were rapidly mutating!
Even the blood she vomited turned into tiny worms, screaming to survive in the sunlight…
"Angels, please save me."
In another scene, a lizardman warrior knelt before a different angel portrait, praying.
"Angels, please cleanse this evil!"
In yet another, an elf made the same prayer gestures.
"Angels…" "Angels…" "Angels…"
Finally, countless prayers, countless pleas, converged into faith and flowed to an unspeakable place!
These voices stirred the sleeping powerful beings!
Faced with the threat of the demon army, after countless cities were reduced to flames, the assessment world…
Awakened!
Rumble!
"The angels' messengers have finally returned with divine decree…"
"The most loyal servants will awaken first, purging all corruption from this world!"
"Then, under the guidance of our shared Lord…"
"Awaken and return!"
"..."
The long-sealed dragon nests reopened, dragons appeared again, roaring in the sky!
The World Tree of the elves bloomed once more, its pollen swirling, and treants uprooted themselves!
In an orc canyon, a beast opened its eyes, sensing the stench of corrupted souls!
In a dwarf and gnome world's abandoned laboratory, long-sealed war machines were reactivated!
…
On all thirteen planets, the mythic creatures and ancient technologies that had long slumbered were awakened by the footsteps of the Abyssal demons!
But none of this was the main point…
Chu Hao lifted his head, his gaze turning to the fourteenth planet, a pristine white world!
On that planet, a pair of eyes peered through the endless darkness, looking toward a corner of the Endless Abyss…