"Oh ho ho, I don't have the habit of letting a delicious meal already served on the table escape."

The female Demon God with curved horns and black hooves, whose body appeared fleeting and wave-like, suddenly had her blood-red eyes expand their black pupils, taking up the entire eye socket.

Her blood-colored eyes instantly transformed into pure black.

Buzz—!

As if suddenly falling from the human realm into hell, the small chapel and the entire street in front were suddenly enveloped by a black-and-red domain, like dried bloodstains.

In the chapel behind, those fortunate holy statues not yet parasitized simultaneously shed tears of blood at this moment.

At the same time, coldness, decay, fear, depression... all kinds of extreme negative emotions, like venomous snakes, desperately squeezed into human bodies through their pores.

However, before they went completely insane.

The hundreds of believers who had already run out of the church, about to be swallowed by the night, suddenly froze in place like insects sealed in amber.

Just like being trapped in a nightmare, though their consciousness was still clear, they had cognitive obstacles, and their bodies were completely immobilized.

Even more bizarre, some were in mid-stride but maintained their balance under the intervention of some strange Extraordinary Power.

Meanwhile.

"Uh..."

Including the Crowman officer at Official Knight Level, twenty armed personnel who had just displayed great Divine Power, easily exterminating a group of "Black-robed Nuns" Evil Spirits, suddenly felt a chill.

Soon, their necks were gripped by an invisible force and lifted into the air, even the old Dean who had just dodged a calamity wasn't spared.

"Ah... Ah..."

No matter how they fearfully struggled and their vocal cords screamed, they couldn't breathe a single breath of air.

Their faces turned blue-purple at a speed visible to the naked eye due to hypoxia.

"Hee hee hee..."

Relishing the despair permeating the air, the mischievous Demon God whose character dictated she would toy with her prey before killing it, let out an utterly joyful laugh.

Of course, this was just the beginning, far from the end.

To the Demon God, successfully entering the Material World was like a Gourmet King walking into a buffet, humans as such delicious meals to be taken at will!

Seeing this group of elite being crushed like insects in their first confrontation with the Demon God, marking an ugly end to the alliance's first defence test against the Demon God.

Roar—!

The Spiritual Wind suddenly arose, and a pure golden radiance like a warming sun descended, lighting up the sinister black-red domain.

Bloom bloom bloom...

A large patch of strange flowers and grasses suddenly grew from the autumn's chilling wind, blooming into their most vivid forms as soon as they emerged.

Red, white, pink, blue, purple... a riot of colors.

As if time had reversed to the flourishing summer, the eerie atmosphere originally dominating the area was instantly dispersed by more than half.

Thud thud thud...

The group of armed personnel, having no power to resist, fell to the ground gasping heavily.

As for the group of believers, having their nostrils twitch, were under the control of another power upon smelling the floral scent.

One by one, they resumed their steps, eyes vacant yet orderly jogged away from the street.

The Demon God, however, had no time to consider these "delicious meals", retreated half a step, showing a guarded expression for the first time.

Before her.

Within the central gold radiance countering and faintly suppressing the black-red domain, a supreme radiant light first appeared, then abruptly expanded into a platinum crown.

Then, a tall, imposing figure of light slowly emerged centered on the crown, transforming into a majestic monarch.

Though he didn't speak, a thunderous voice resonated in the spirit world of all living beings from his body:

"Samikina, Your Majesty, you've... come to the wrong place."

Though Aiven knew very well, three years of brief dormancy meant the recovery of opposing power would be considerably limited, he didn't slack off in the slightest.

Because he could only judge the identity from the appearance and nature of power, the particulars even the Eye of Profound Wisdom couldn't clearly discern, evidently suppressed by the strong Demon God's Personality.

Ranked 4th Demon God— "Samikina", no matter how downtrodden, was a formidable opponent.

He mastered leadership (ethics and botany studies) and passionately taught humans and other intelligent beings, fond of conspiracies.

This Demon God also mastered the Necromancy Realm and excelled in Soul Revival Technique and Summoning Skill; legend has it that placing a talisman with his emblem under a pillow allows one to converse with the dead in dreams.

That's why he has another name— "Necromancer Monarch".

Fully exercising one's powers would certainly aid in restoring the original strength, and for a Demon God overseeing the dead spirits, what means is faster and more convenient than creating death?

Understanding this makes his reckless actions unsurprising.

While speaking.

Pure golden dazzling domain had slowly begun pressing towards the opponent; at the boundary of gold and red, electric snakes and ghost claws clashed fiercely.

The secret struggle between the human monarch and the Demon Monarch began.

"Ha, in this Material World, I can go wherever I want! Have me return to that hopeless wretched place? Can you even do that?"

Although Sheffield is merely a relatively remote inland city, it has ultimately breached the territory of the world's strongest naval power.

While there is certainly the chaotic and evil nature of the Demon God at play, it is the power that Samikina itself possesses that gave Him the courage to act in Tulip.

Moreover, He clearly recognized Aiven's identity, speaking coldly:

"Grand Duke Galliot, is it? Though I haven't been in the Material World for long, I have heard of you.

However, I advise you not to meddle too much, otherwise the great 'Necromancer Monarch' Samikina doesn't mind taking a new taste in your Duchy, hahaha..."

The amount of power left is unknown, but that arrogance from its prime remains intact.

However.

To a rational Wizard, not a single word from the Demon God is to be believed, let alone signing any pact to restrain it.

Though it's unclear how Solomon succeeded at the time, he must have used some kind of conspiracy and the unique knowledge of the "Solomon School."

For Aiven, the best way to deal with these chaotic and evil forces is to send them all back to hell before they recover their strength, eliminating them!

Crunch!

Aiven suddenly exerted force, pushing the realm with faint thunder several meters forward, watching the slight change in the opponent's expression with a grin:

"Haha, just speaking boldly, not to mention you are not one of the [Supreme Four Pillars], even if one who descended merely three years ago from the [Supreme Four Pillars] were here, it's uncertain who would be the one escaping.

Let's make a deal, how about leaving Tulip's territory? Maybe I can spare you."

Saying words seemingly true yet false.

Aiven's eyes were tightly fixed on the Demon God opposite, who seemed overly composed, silently gripping the "Bronze Talisman" in his hand, originally belonging to "Feathered Serpent God Kukulkan's" [Life Divine Position].

Even Demigods possess only three points of [Divinity] at most.

For Aiven, who had completely adapted to the power of [Divine Creatures] in three years and gained massive [World's Favor] during moon landing.

Whenever he wishes, he can hold a godhood ceremony with "Father of Creation" under nearly ten million aboriginal devotees, and the "Bronze Talisman" accumulated over years of faith and essence for [Life Divine Position].

He can become a true Demigod—the God of Life!

But like Mennon Watt's choice back then, Aiven naturally has higher pursuits. Even if he cannot directly instantiate the [Life Tree], he will at least complete the [Secondary Creation: Crown of Miracles].

At that time, whether continuing to pursue the [Life Tree] or the [Path of the Gods], he will have more choices.

Either way.

In Aiven's hands, growing at an astounding rate, Kukulkan's wishful plans for reviving have already been doomed to failure.

Woo woo woo....

Crackle....

The void around them sometimes burst with joyous Lightning Spirits, sometimes wails and howls... the collision of life and death shows hardly any signs of smoke and fire, yet it is extremely perilous.

That golden realm steadily advanced towards the opponent, nearly closing in on Samikina's body.

"Hey, looks like I've won!"

The Demon God, apparently outclassed by Aiven in power, shrugged indifferently:

"This isn't all my power."

"Ha, who isn't?"

But Aiven soon realized something was amiss, in the black-red realm reduced to its utmost, the Demon God's figure suddenly flickered unsteadily like a poor signal.

Bang!

Then before the realm was completely suppressed, it suddenly exploded into a terrifying cloth ghost doll falling to the ground, surprisingly... it was just a one-time possession.

"When?"

Aiven frowned deeply, despite having the [Eye of Profound Wisdom], he couldn't detect any of the opponent's subtle actions throughout.

[Deception] is the basic ability of Demon Gods and many Lower Realm demons, these guys are much harder to deal with than those Evil Spirits which have obsession but no brain.

Only residual sounds lingered on the spot.

"The Radiance of the Extraordinary still shines, but the dawn of science is also approaching.

You'd better be careful not to accidentally let a certain or even certain countries seize the throne of the world's strongest nation, we'll meet again, hahaha...."

Aiven remained silent.

Indeed, chaotic and evil beings like the Demon Gods have no sense of honor or concern for reputations, already fled without a trace.

Perhaps since the moment He descended, what remained was just a possession.

But this trip wasn't entirely fruitless.

At least he learned that Demon Gods aren't a united front, filled with calculations and conspiracies, no need to worry about them banding together like those Evil Gods and Ancient Gods.

Moreover, for some unknown reason, Samikina revealed a crucial piece of information.

That is, the Demon Gods cooperating with the human kingdoms' officials, pushing "Weakening Compensation" through scientific means, are far from limited to just that one in Atlant Kingdom!

"Scientific Dawn? Will it ultimately bring hope or despair to humanity?"

As someone experienced, Aiven knows well, the tech explosion often accompanies... war!