Chapter 12 Total Annihilation! Heavenly Judgment: Inferior Low-Quality Dimension of Douluo Continent
The annihilation of the explorers did not end the scene in the sky.
Instead, as if to make everyone more clearly aware of the horror of this world, the scene suddenly changed.
Rumble!
The distant sky exploded.
The divine fire burned down half the sky, and the blazing flames dyed the clouds a scarlet infernal color.
A gigantic bird with a wingspan of unknown thousands of miles swept across the sky, each flap of its wings stirring up a world-destroying gale.
On the ground, a ferocious beast resembling a giant tiger with wings on its back tore through the sky, its claws shattering the space wherever they passed.
Even more striking is a towering iron rod that pierces the clouds, stirring up the winds and clouds across the sky.
"I despise the human race, and today I will show you my blood."
A chilling voice echoed throughout the heavens and earth.
It was a giant bird opening its mouth.
With a flap of its wings, it swept across countless mountains and rivers and arrived at a giant city on a plain.
This city had a huge population, with stone walls reaching tens of feet high, and neat houses and crisscrossing streets within the city.
At this moment, the people in the city could see the demonic bird that blotted out the sky on the horizon.
Terrified screams and cries blended together.
What is that?
"The Sky-Devouring Sparrow! It's an ancient demonic bird recorded in ancient human sacrificial texts!"
"Heavens! What wrong has our tribe committed?"
"Run! No, we can't escape... Gods, save us..."
Pleading, despair, collapse.
The Sky-Devouring Sparrow hovered above the city, its cold eyes looking down at the humans struggling like ants below, without a trace of pity.
It simply opened its gaping maw, which resembled an abyss.
Buzz—
A terrifying suction force erupted.
Dark light erupted from its mouth, instantly transforming into a black vortex that covered the entire city.
"No--!"
"Mother!"
"Child, hold on tight to me!"
Like a mountain torrent sweeping back, like a sea overturning.
The entire city, all its buildings, streets, livestock... and tens of millions of people, all rose uncontrollably into the sky.
Then.
Puff puff puff puff—
A series of explosions rang out.
The figure that flew into the bird's beak was crushed and vaporized the moment it made contact, like a snowflake thrown into a furnace, turning into a blood-red mist that was then sucked into the swallowing bird's belly.
Tens of millions of lives lost.
Just a few breaths.
A once bustling metropolis has been reduced to a lifeless, empty shell.
The Sky-Devouring Sparrow closed its beak contentedly, its Adam's apple bobbing slightly. The weariness in its eyes lessened, but a hint of disdain remained.
"The blood of humans is ultimately a bit mixed... It took so much to barely fill me up."
...
The Douluo Continent was utterly silent.
On the street, people looked up, mouths agape, unable to utter a sound.
Across the continent, hundreds of millions of people stared at the hellish scene in the sky.
A chilling current of despair, known as "World Destruction," surged from the soles of everyone's feet, freezing their limbs and bones, and rushing straight to the top of their heads.
"This...this is the Perfect World?"
Someone murmured as if in a dream, their voice hoarse.
"One gulp... swallowed up a city..."
One of the Soul Saints felt his legs go weak and had to lean against the wall to stand up. His crotch was soaked, but he was completely unaware of it.
"Could there really be such terrifying soul beasts in this world?"
An old Soul Master wept bitterly, his faith crumbling.
He dedicated his life to cultivation, believing that the titled Douluo was the pinnacle of humanity, but compared to such an existence, he was not even worth a speck of dust.
Terror, fear of colossal creatures, apocalyptic horror.
This direct and overwhelming terror shattered the last illusions in the hearts of everyone on the Douluo Continent.
This is not an opportunity.
This is hell.
It is an abyss.
It is a forbidden place where even a mortal would be terrified if they peeked into it.
...
In front of the Papal Palace in Wuhun City.
"Heh...heh..."
Bibi Dong gasped for breath like a broken bellows, unable to hold on any longer. Her legs gave way, and she collapsed to the ground.
In her purple eyes, all her former nobility, coldness, and ambition had vanished, leaving only boundless terror and bewilderment.
What did she see?
A demonic bird that can devour tens of millions of people in one gulp.
What Rakshasa God Trial, what unification of the continent—in the face of such absolute power, they are like laughable bubbles.
Qian Daoliu felt ice-cold all over, as if he had fallen into a cave of eternal ice.
He clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug deep into his palms, and blood seeped out between his fingers, but he felt no pain.
"No wonder the gods wanted us mortals to be the first to test things out..."
His voice was hoarse, tinged with self-mockery.
"This is no lower world...this is a slaughterhouse where we don't even qualify as prey!"
...
Starry Sky Forest, Core Area.
Di Tian's enormous dragon body coiled beside the Lake of Life, his golden dragon eyes fixed on the Devouring Sky Sparrow in the sky.
As a soul beast god in Douluo Continent, he has always been one of the pinnacle beings.
But at this moment, a sense of powerlessness rose in his heart.
Compared to its own nearly 100-meter-long dragon body, and the Sky-Swallowing Sparrow's wingspan of tens of thousands of feet, comparable to a mountain range.
There's simply no comparison.
"Perhaps only during His Majesty's prime, maybe..."
Di Tian whispered, his voice filled with uncertainty and deep apprehension.
He felt that even if the Dragon God were alive, the outcome of the battle against such an ancient and ferocious bird would be uncertain.
...
Shrek Academy, inside the campus.
Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and the others, who had just been gloating over Chrysanthemum Douluo's tragic death, froze.
"Gurgle..."
Someone swallowed hard.
"How is this possible?"
Yu Xiaogang's eyes were bloodshot as he clutched his thinning hair. "How could there be such a huge soul beast?! Such immense power?! If this soul beast were to appear in our world..."
He dared not think any further.
A warm liquid gushed uncontrollably from his crotch, soaking the fabric and leaving a puddle on the floor.
He was so scared he peed his pants.
But at this moment, no one looks down on them.
Everyone was gripped by fear, their legs trembling and their faces pale.
Flander adjusted his askew crystal glasses, his voice trembling: "That...that soul beast, how strong was it? A hundred thousand years? A million years? Or...had it reached the level of a god?"
No one answered.
But everyone had their own answer—if such a being were to descend, aside from the legendary, ethereal gods personally descending to the mortal realm, probably no power could withstand it.
Just then—
On the celestial canvas, that grand voice resounded once more, its contents like the most biting satire and the coldest judgment:
[Survival time in this exploration was too short; overall performance assessment: extremely poor.]
[The spiritual energy concentration in this plane is detected to be scarce, the level of life is low, and the level of civilization development is underdeveloped. Overall assessment: Lowest-grade inferior plane.]
Lowest grade! Inferior dimension!
These words, like a red-hot branding iron, burned fiercely into the hearts of all living beings on the Douluo Continent.
Like a resounding slap, it left those high and mighty Soul Masters and Title Douluos with burning cheeks and dizzy heads.
Their proud Soul Master system and their treasured Martial Soul inheritance... were only considered "the lowest grade and the worst quality" in Tianmu's evaluation?
Countless people blushed, wanting to refute, but when they thought of the scene of the Devouring Sparrow destroying the city, all their words choked in their throats, turning into bitterness and deeper despair.
Yes, compared to that kind of world, what is Douluo Continent?
[end of the chapter]