The battle in the sky grew increasingly fierce, and the heavens had already shattered into fragmented shards.
Ning Busan really couldn't stand to watch any longer. “Hey, you two, stop fighting! If you keep going, the sky is literally going to collapse!”
In response, they fought even harder.
Ning Busan rolled up his sleeves.
Fine, fine, fine. Since neither of them would listen to reason, they couldn't blame him for getting rough.
Ning Busan established a rule of “Sky Ban.” Instantly, the two figures above plummeted at the same time, shifting from their combat forms back into human shapes.
But that wasn't enough.
Ning Busan snapped his fingers and smiled playfully. “Now, shake hands.”
Under the power of the rules, Demogor and Lucifer's hands were forced together, holding each other's hands uncontrollably.
Demogor flew into a rage, trying desperately to shake off Lucifer's hand. “Don't touch me!”
Lucifer looked equally disgusted. “Then let go already!”
Ning Busan curled his lips. “Until you two genuinely accept each other from the bottom of your hearts, there's no way to let go.”
Did they really think he couldn't handle two bickering elementary schoolers?
However, Ning Busan's plan backfired.
Upon realizing they truly couldn't separate, a flash of murderous intent flickered in both Demogor and Lucifer's eyes. Their very first instinct was to chop off the other's arm.
Ning Busan: “...”
He was tired. Just let the world end.
“Stop messing around, let's talk business,” Ning Busan said slowly. “I plan to repair the barrier of the Landia Continent.”
Lucifer's expression shifted. “You're not planning to go to the Ruins Beyond the Boundary again, are you?”
“...Depends on the situation,” Ning Busan said. “If it can be repaired from within the Landia Continent, then there's no need to go to the Ruins Beyond the Boundary.”
Lucifer said, “I'll go with you.”
Demogor immediately followed, “Me too.”
Ning Busan shook his head. “No, I need you two to do something for me.”
Lucifer and Demogor said, “Name it.”
Ning Busan pondered for a moment before speaking, “The xenos also come from the Ruins Beyond the Boundary. They are the physical manifestation of the will of chaos.”
“Regardless of whether I can fully repair the barrier of the Landia Continent, they will definitely retaliate.”
“I want to ask you to gather all the forces you can to help humanity fight the xenos as much as possible. This is not just about the survival of humanity, but the survival of the entire Landia Continent.”
“Helping them is helping yourselves.”
Lucifer and Demogor replied, “No problem, leave it to us!”
Leo reminded him, “Louis, your godhead is still incomplete.”
Ning Busan said helplessly, “The barrier of the Landia Continent is already on the verge of collapse. Even if my godhead is incomplete, I have no choice but to force myself to do it now.”
He couldn't absorb that final card for the time being.
Suppressing the divinity of the Silver-Crowned God was already exhausting enough. Once he absorbed the final godhead fragment, not only would the Silver-Crowned God's divinity reach perfection, but his rationality would also fully awaken.
When the time came to fight for control over the body, there was no telling how chaotic his sea of consciousness would become.
Leo chuckled. “Then... I wish you a triumphant return!”
“I will.” Ning Busan paused, then looked at Demogor and Lucifer again. “You two will cooperate and get along well, right?”
Demogor and Lucifer nodded with smiles.
Once Ning Busan left, Demogor and Lucifer glanced at each other and their expressions instantly turned cold.
Demogor turned his head away. “I'm going to throw up!”
Lucifer turned his head in the opposite direction. “You think I don't find it disgusting?”
Leo silently activated a memory crystal, attempting to record the scene of the two of them getting along.
The next second, two fists the size of sandbags flew straight at his face.
Demogor and Lucifer roared, “Who permitted you to record this?”
Leo shrieked, “Brothers! I was wrong! Don't hit my face!!!”
Lobao sat in a tree, swinging his legs as he shook his head. “What a bunch of troublesome adults!”
...
The edge of the Landia Continent.
At the beginning of creation, to protect the Landia Continent from being eroded by chaos, the Silver-Crowned God had written an ironclad law into the rules—chaos must not cross the boundary.
Thus, the barrier was formed.
Although this law was as inviolable as gravity, maintaining it required a continuous expenditure of divine power.
After the fall of the Silver-Crowned God, the remaining divine power was gradually depleted. This caused issues in the barrier's operation, giving the xenos an opportunity to strike.
To this day, Ning Busan still did not know why the Silver-Crowned God had fallen, nor why he had split his own will into humanity, divinity, and rationality.
But Ning Busan knew that there was another terrifying existence in the Ruins Beyond the Boundary.
The fall of the Silver-Crowned God might be related to that existence, but that being must have also been severely injured. Consequently, it could only dispatch xenos to wear down the barrier's divine power rather than showing up in person.
What Ning Busan had to do now was inject divine power to fully complete the law of “chaos must not cross the boundary.”
The Crown of the Divine King appeared atop Ning Busan's head, its silver divine glow circulating amidst the endless starry void.
Ning Busan reached out, his fingertips touching the barrier that spanned across the sky.
Its surface was currently covered in cobweb-like cracks, with wisps of chaotic gray mist seeping through the crevices.
But as Ning Busan began to channel his divine power, he froze slightly.
He felt the presence of two other divine powers.
They belonged to the God of Light and the God of Darkness.
Tracing back the timeline of these two divine powers, his brow furrowed deeply.
After the Silver-Crowned God disappeared, it was the God of Darkness who had used her own divine power to keep the barrier running.
Yet at a certain point in time, the God of Darkness's divine power had abruptly cut off, replaced by the God of Light's divine power.
It seemed there were still many things he didn't know about the relationship between the God of Light and the God of Darkness.
After that, ten thousand years ago, the seven godhead fragments of the Silver-Crowned God entered the mortal realm, indirectly stabilizing the barrier.
Ning Busan composed himself, clearing his mind of stray thoughts as he formed one silver rune after another.
The moment the runes touched the cracks, the fractures began to heal at a visible rate.
Just as the first crack was about to close completely, the entire barrier shook violently.
Ning Busan abruptly looked up to see an upheaval in the Ruins Beyond the Boundary. Countless grotesque and terrifying xenos were slamming into the barrier at an astonishing speed, each possessing strength close to that of a pseudo-god.
“Boom—”
The cracks ruptured once more, expanding even wider than before.
At the same time, Ning Busan felt a damp, icy gaze.
The existence within the Ruins Beyond the Boundary had indeed begun its retaliation.
Ning Busan took a deep breath. His left hand continued to form runes while his right hand drew a silver arc to strike down the incoming xenos.
He had to accomplish two tasks simultaneously: continue repairing the barrier while fending off the xenos.
As each crack was mended, the divine power within Ning Busan's body drained rapidly, and the glow on the silver crown began to dim.
Gritting his teeth, fine beads of sweat broke out on his forehead as his divine power surged out like a torrential tide.
Finally, as the last crack was sealed, Ning Busan stood before the fully restored barrier and let out a long sigh of relief.
That damp, icy gaze still lingered.
Even through the barrier, Ning Busan could clearly feel it.
Last time, he had almost been stabbed to death, but this time, he was the ultimate winner.
Ning Busan went out of his way to throw a taunt before leaving: “Come on in if you have the guts!”
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