A deep and solemn rumble of thunder roared, suddenly echoing across the sky like the low growl of a giant dragon.
High above, rolling thunderclouds churned endlessly, like a vast ocean stirred by a gigantic hand... violent yet suffocating.
Purple lightning flashed repeatedly within the clouds.
Curved bolts shaped like silver serpents swiftly followed the direction of the wind, winding downward and stretching into the boundless abyssal canyon.
Viktor's entire body was surrounded by violent purple lightning.
Electric arcs moved across his body like shining fish swimming through the sea, darting swiftly over him.
Standing beneath the raging thunder, his eyes burst with dazzling purple light, like a thunder god who controlled lightning itself.
Bolts of lightning struck the rock walls on both sides of the canyon, blasting fragments of stone that scattered everywhere.
Accompanied by an equally furious storm, the lightning rolled through the sky as if being guided, extending countless branching forks.
[Mega-Billion Voltage]
The surrounding area was instantly engulfed by tens of thousands of lightning bolts. Thick streaks of lightning seemed ready to swallow everything whole.
Lightning slanted down from the sky, like a beam of daylight piercing through the heavy black clouds and appearing before everyone's eyes.
A massive barrier of lightning was formed, tightly surrounding the entire canyon.
Within it, chaotic electric charges collided with each other, bursting into dense sparks like countless stars.
Under the blinding flashes, people could only vaguely make out Viktor's flowing black coat through the lightning.
He seemed submerged within the thunder's radiance, controlling even more chaotic lightning.
Everyone around raised their shocked faces.
Eyes wide open, mouths agape, they stared blankly at the vague black figure floating high in the sky.
Even Gwen sensed the surrounding chaos. She lifted her head and stared blankly at Viktor above.
The ministers looked at one another in fear, shrinking tightly into their wide robes.
The thunder outside the carriage made them deeply uneasy.
Perhaps in the future, whenever they encountered a thunderstorm, they would recall this terrifying and shocking scene before them.
Suddenly, the black monster twisting nearby rose upright once again.
However, the knights had not even recovered from their shock.
The feral demi-humans swung their claws and their tough weapons.
They crushed the black blood that had just risen into fragments.
Seeing this scene, the ministers felt immense relief.
Fortunately, inside this carriage, there were still these demi-human guards.
The excellence they displayed far surpassed those knights by more than just a small margin.
If they had not cleared away these monsters in time, these diplomats might have died here already.
They had no desire to die here for no clear reason.
But after thinking it over, the ministers suddenly felt something was wrong.
If that was the case… did they have to thank Viktor after all?
Suddenly, from the dark sky above, a terrifying low roar sounded.
The enormous black corruption once again fell into chaos and madness.
Its huge, foul-smelling body swayed constantly. Flesh wriggled in the sky as if alive.
Chunks of flesh bulged outward and then sank back down in irregular patterns.
At some unknown moment, chaotic demonic sounds began surging above the canyon, returning with waves of furious noise.
Layer after layer of hollow sound waves surged outward, causing the surrounding space to tremble irregularly.
It seemed as if everything in the sky above the canyon might shatter.
Yet every time a thunderous boom rang out, the violent shockwaves surged.
The filthy monster's body would undergo another violent fluctuation.
Its body suddenly began expanding at high speed. The flesh seemed to squeeze its tentacles until they disappeared.
A massive blood-filled mouth split open from the torn flesh, revealing sharp teeth, while chaotic eyeballs crawled out from blood holes blasted open by lightning.
Sticky blood tangled together, forming chaotic and blasphemous corruption.
From the center of the giant mouth, long and sharp poisonous tongues constantly shot out, stabbing viciously into the surrounding writhing black flesh.
The horrifying pain caused the enormous mass of flesh to release chaotic shrieks.
Broken remnants of tentacles were pulled into the abyss-like mouth, producing dull and sticky chewing sounds.
Eyeballs were pierced by the chaotic tentacles, bursting into even thicker clouds of frenzied gore.
Layer after layer of sharp teeth snapped constantly, making cracking collision sounds as they greedily tried to devour everything before them.
Faced with this disgusting and foul scene, the ministers and knights only glanced at it once.
The next second, their vision went black.
It was as if their minds had completely lost reason, their spirits undergoing a massive upheaval.
That insane, corrupted scene could not be erased. Only the twisted flesh bodies seemed burned into their hearts.
Their faces were almost completely out of control. Their features twisted together into horrifying expressions.
The knights were hardly any different from the ministers.
Even the silver armor on their bodies seemed to turn into giant mouths of flesh wrapping around them.
One knight stepped backward two steps, then fell into the carriage in panic.
At that moment, within the hearts of countless people, an extremely chaotic thought rose at the same time...
Evil intent.
'This was all Viktor's fault!'
'Something this terrifying, and he didn't warn us in advance!'
'Now we're all going to die!'
The ministers' minds were twisting rapidly.
They even began forming an extremely malicious thought in their hearts... why not let everyone here go to hell together and be buried with them?
'Or let them… let those demi-humans…'
Let the princess die in their place.
Such evil thoughts should never have appeared in their hearts.
But even those knights who claimed to represent justice had their minds twisted as well.
Seeing that the demi-human team performed far better than them, their sense of honor completely collapsed, sinking into endless rage.
Why?
Why could these lowly demi-humans be more outstanding than us noble knights?
Malice rose within their hearts.
Right now. Right here.
Kill these more outstanding demi-humans inside this floating carriage.
Once evil thoughts arise, they can no longer be easily erased.
Likewise, after seeing that twisted black flesh.
Even the demi-humans could not avoid its influence.
They felt a sharp headache, as if some strange force was twisting their thoughts.
However...
Just as their eyes gradually became as chaotic as the ministers and knights.
Within their cat-like and dog-like pupils, a jet-black crow totem suddenly appeared.
Instantly, the crow totem seemed to awaken, flapping its black wings as if it wanted to fly from the depths of their eyes into their heavy hearts.
After a brief moment of dizziness, the demi-humans' eyes gradually cleared from chaos.
The awakened demi-humans did not know what had happened. Holding their heads, they cautiously looked around.
Because they could clearly feel it.
The knights around them were releasing hidden malice toward them.
"What's going on?"
"They're… not right."
Like animals, demi-humans were extremely sensitive to the good and evil intentions of others.
And this obvious, overflowing malice made them deeply uncomfortable.
At that moment, from the ministers and knights, streams of black aura began to leak out.
It was the physical manifestation of their evil thoughts.
The aura slowly passed through the top of the carriage and flew toward the writhing corrupted flesh in the sky.
The filthy flesh opened a mouth-like organ and devoured all of that malice.
Suddenly, that twisted flesh emitted a bright, pure white holy light.
Under the white holy radiance, even the black twisted flesh was illuminated until it looked pure and spotless.
It even seemed to carry a sacred aura.
The entire writhing mass of flesh began to surge violently, and the surrounding pressure turned sharp, like holy swords floating in the air.
At this moment, no one could understand.
Why could such a blasphemous monster shine with such brilliant light?
The next second, it gave everyone the answer.
Along with that sacred aura, dazzling holy light descended from the sky like golden rain.
It pierced through the dense clouds and shone directly upon the monster's radiant body.
The vast dark clouds seemed to ignite with sacred brightness.
Even the purple-black lightning within them was illuminated, transforming into dazzling golden lightning.
Suddenly, the disgusting tens of thousands of tentacles of the cultists began twisting together.
A golden skeletal framework of wings gradually formed, accompanied by the nauseating writhing of the tentacles.
At this moment, the faith and souls of tens of thousands of cultists seemed to be drawn out from the monster's body.
Tens of thousands of twisting half-body phantoms struggled within the sea of flesh before gradually merging into one.
They formed a pair of golden glowing flesh wings that perfectly covered the plain skeletal frame.
And it was not over yet.
That entire black tumor-like body now seemed to be reshaped by the sacred light.
The writhing flesh produced horrifying grinding sounds.
Knotted blood vessels all snapped apart, then instantly reorganized again.
The massive outline of flesh seemed to be reshaped, like a holy angel with wings of light.
Every flap of its flesh wings scattered fragments of broken flesh intertwined together.
Those knights and ministers with malicious intentions suddenly felt dizzy, as the corruption in their hearts was blown away like dust in a violent wind.
Shame quickly filled their consciousness, and both knights and ministers began to regret their weakness.
But at that moment, Viktor's voice sounded playfully, "What hypocritical and disgusting justice."
And this... was the [Followers of the Goddess].
At this moment, their angel-like appearance of justice was the hypocritical justice Viktor knew well.
[Justice Form]
They twisted the goddess's justice, actively creating chaotic evil, pushing people into obsessive extremes.
Those believers who claimed to represent justice personally created evil, then carried out so-called purification.
As if such actions could draw the goddess's gaze back to them.
But…
The dark clouds churned again, blocking the divine light descending from the sky.
Purple lightning rolled like a swarm of mad serpents. It formed a striking contrast with the angel shining with holy light.
"Illusions are destined to remain illusions."
Viktor dispersed the dark clouds around him, and the light gradually spread outward.
The blazing purple lightning turned into ferocious beasts, smashing their furious heads through the sky.
Lightning exploded in all directions, turning into a vast ocean of insane arrows that covered the entire canyon.
Glowing lightning spread outward, transforming into giant serpents surging through space, tearing everything apart.
This was the most terrifying power of the Calamity of Thunder, emerging behind Viktor.
The ultimate skill of the Thunder Calamity.
[Brilliant Flash Thunder Arrow]
Amid the sky filled with lightning, Viktor faced the angel in its holy form and spoke calmly.
"Look up."
"The flashing death star has already foretold your end."