Chapter 149: Crushing the Battlefield

The Fission Beasts below let out low growls, a display of instinctive awe.

"You Humans—how truly despicable," the opponent spoke coldly, actually using human speech. "To minimize your losses, you've started deploying these disgusting things again."

Seeing the opposing god appear, Yang Fan’s consciousness also descended along the coordinates.

Golden light erupted as a hundred-zhang-tall golden giant slowly materialized from the Void Realm, standing tall above the army and looking down upon the entire battlefield.

The Fission Beast Demigod looked up, staring fixedly at Yang Fan with cold eyes.

"Having fought to this point, you should understand that my divine kingdom isn't so easily invaded. Continuing this will only lead to mutual destruction."

"Retreat. From now on, we shall mind our own business."

"Retreat?" Yang Fan chuckled, his tone carrying undisguised mockery.

"You're dreaming. Since I've invaded your divine kingdom, my goal is naturally only one thing: the divine kingdom core."

"Do you really want to fight to the death?" A fierce light flashed in the Fission Beast Demigod's eyes.

The next moment, the mountain range behind him suddenly shook. Billowing dust and smoke soared into the sky as countless Fission Beasts poured out from the mountains like a black tide.

Dense and packed, they were boundless.

One billion, two billion, three billion…

In just a short moment, the number of Fission Beasts had exceeded ten billion!

Among them, the number of Ranked Fission Beasts was staggering. They stood at the front, acting as "generals" to perform basic coordination and command.

Under their control, the beast swarms that should have been chaotic actually maintained a crude but effective Formation.

The Fission Beasts roared in unison, baring their teeth and claws at Yang Fan's army of believers.

Above in the sky, thousands of Yao Beasts in the Qi Refining Realm hovered. Their auras were linked, faintly forming a Formation that condensed the energy of the entire battlefield into one.

"Human god, why do you think your army was able to advance here so smoothly?" the Fission Beast Demigod spoke slowly.

"That's because I was luring you in deep. If I let my believers go all out now, your army wouldn't even have time to retreat, and your divine kingdom would surely suffer heavy casualties."

"I'm already giving you Face by being willing to come forward and negotiate."

"You are strong, but I am not weak either. There's no need for us to fight to this extent. Developing our own divine kingdoms is the right path. What do you think of my proposal?"

The Fission Beast Demigod stared at Yang Fan, waiting for his response.

At the demigod level, it wasn't uncommon to discover each other's divine kingdom coordinates.

But "discovery" did not equate to "starting a war."

Unless one side possessed absolute crushing power, or teamed up with others of their race for a collective encirclement, or gambled everything on a single throw.

Otherwise, no demigod would easily risk the majority of their divine kingdom's foundation to fight a war that might end in mutual destruction.

He had been observing in secret since the beginning of Yang Fan's invasion. Since Yang Fan was the only demigod invading, he appeared now to try and make Yang Fan back down.

War was never the goal; resources were. The development of the divine kingdom was the goal of all gods.

Doing something despite knowing it's impossible isn't courage, it's madness. And a "madman" wouldn't make it to the level of a demigod.

The Fission Beast Demigod was convinced of this, as this wasn't the first time someone had invaded his divine kingdom.

His race's reproductive ability was staggering. As long as resources were sufficient, the supply of soldiers was nearly infinite. Most previous invaders would choose to retreat after seeing this.

Although the other party had exposed their divine kingdom coordinates, he had never counter-attacked. After all, neither could do anything to the other, or rather, they weren't willing to fight to the death.

Attacking another's divine kingdom on their home turf naturally required a greater price.

However, Yang Fan only shook his head slightly. "Soldiers are valued for their quality, not their quantity. So what if you have ten billion believers? You might not even be able to handle the army before you, yet you want to negotiate terms with me? You're not qualified."

As he spoke, Yang Fan nodded slightly to Yang San.

Yang San understood instantly and took a sudden step forward.

"Deploy the Great Ten Palaces Yama Array!!!"

Boom!

The world shook, and Yin Qi surged.

Five Yama Phantoms slowly emerged from the Void Realm, hanging high in the sky like judges walking out from the depths of Hell.

An invisible pressure instantly enveloped the battlefield. Those low-rank Fission Beasts collapsed to the ground on the spot, trembling all over, not even daring to move.

Unlike the Goblins, the individual combat power of the Fission Beasts was too weak. Advancing all the way here, Yang Fan's believers hadn't even had a chance to deploy this Formation.

Now, facing these ten billion creatures, it was the perfect time to show them the true power of a C-rank Array at the grandmaster realm!

Seeing this, the Fission Beast Demigod's expression gradually became solemn.

"Do you really want to fight to the death?" he asked in a low voice.

"The fish will die, but the net might not break!" Yang Fan laughed loudly, his voice vibrating through the world.

"All troops, charge!!"

As his voice fell, the battle instantly erupted.

Before those low-rank Fission Beasts could even touch the edge of the Ten Palaces Yama Array, they were blown away by the surging waves of Yin and Evil Qi within the Formation. They were swept back in swathes, flesh and blood flying, like dust kicked up by a storm.

It's true that many ants can bite an elephant to death, but only if they can cause continuous damage to the elephant.

Under the enhancement of the Ten Palaces Yama Array, these unranked Fission Beasts were merely throwing their lives away.

Yang San stood at the rear, his expression extremely relaxed.

This divine kingdom had long been devoured by the Fission Beasts; forests and vegetation had all vanished. All that remained was a bare and empty battlefield.

With no cover or complex terrain, this was the perfect battlefield for the Ten Palaces Yama Array.

Compared to those cunning Goblins who were good at ambushes, these Fission Beasts that relied only on numbers were much easier to deal with.

Watching his believers being slaughtered on a massive scale, the Fission Beast Demigod did not act. He only gave Yang Fan a deep look before his consciousness slowly dissipated from the sky.

At the same time, deep within the divine kingdom, a Divine Oracle suddenly descended.

"All contaminated believers, drive them into the Sea of Blood immediately! Use the power of the Sea of Blood to purify their bodies and return them to their flesh and blood Origin! Then, convert that flesh and blood Origin back into new believers!"

"All believers, heed my command! Shrink the defensive lines! Block the enemy layer by layer, using the divine kingdom core as the boundary!"

"All Ranked creatures, go all out to split and reproduce!"

"I will deploy more Blood Food! Drown all invaders with numbers!!"

The Divine Oracle echoed, and the entire divine kingdom thoroughly entered a full-scale wartime state.

"If ten billion isn't enough…" the Fission Beast Demigod murmured in a raspy voice, "then twenty billion, thirty billion, or even a hundred billion!"

"If you want to swallow my divine kingdom, let's see if you have the ability."

In his eyes, there was killing intent, madness, and a hint of irrepressible fear.

Since becoming a demigod, he had experienced twelve divine kingdom invasions. This time, the opponent was the strongest and the most "insane."

He knew very well that this was a true divine kingdom crisis. If he didn't exhaust all resources to improve his believers' combat power, his future might very well end here.