In the Inner World, not all places are connected to the reality world.
The entire center of the Inner World is an incomparably vast continent. A single mountain range on this continent might be larger than the entire Earth.
Five suns and seven moons revolve around this continent according to a set pattern, just barely allowing every part of the continent to see the sun during the day and the moon at night.
The existence of such a place is extremely unscientific. Physicists would spit blood upon seeing it, but the Inner World is not a scientific place to begin with.
This is the gathering place for all delusions, a mysterious place where all sorts of bizarre phenomena converge.
Beyond the main continent lie countless star systems of varying sizes. Without exception, these star systems are all home to civilizations composed of intelligent life.
These star systems constitute the starry sky visible from the Inner World's main continent. Beyond these star systems lies an endless, blurry gray mist!
This boundless gray mist is the same mist layer seen on Earth.
The mist layer is immense, and what is related to Earth is only a part of it.
Each small patch of mist represents a world being eroded by the Inner World. Once the erosion is complete, that world will be pulled into the Inner World, becoming a tiny speck of stardust.
As a Star Realm God, Lovis paid a great price to reach the mist layer connected to Earth.
Upon finding the area corresponding to Sihai City, Lovis discovered several wandering demons and saw a dazzlingly white being in the distance.
Lovis was an old rune expert, far more proficient in various rituals than the Pure White Lord.
With the guidance of the rune book, he had some confidence in claiming the ritual for himself and thereby descending into reality.
However, he could not rush. He had to choose the right time. Star Realm Gods of the demon lineage were all battle fanatics. Lovis might not be able to defeat the Pure White Lord in a direct confrontation, so he had to pick his moment to strike.
Lovis, cloaked in a gray robe, secretly observed the progress of the ritual from afar. As starlight arrived, a blurry rift opened and rapidly expanded.
The Pure White Lord, Claury, was a tall white demon. Every inch of his skin was white, and he wore pure white armor.
Behind him stood a group of demons of various forms, all clad in white garments.
Claury did not rush to step through. The passage was still too fragile. It would be better to enter once it was sufficiently large, and doing so would also allow him to bring more subordinates.
He had some understanding of the situation on the other side and did not wish to venture into that world alone.
Worlds eroded by the Inner World would eventually become part of the Inner World.
If the Pure White Lord could make demons the dominant force in that world before then, the new world would become part of the Abyss, and he would receive commendations from his superiors.
Seeing that the rift had expanded sufficiently, Claury extended his foot towards it.
But just then, a fist the size of a sandbag suddenly struck his cheek, sending him flying hundreds of meters.
Claury looked closely and saw a mysterious Star Realm God cloaked in gray, concealing himself.
"Who are you?"
Lovis grinned foolishly and began to take over the ritual. Claury's subordinates tried to stop Lovis, but due to the vast difference in their power, they could not pose any threat to Lovis.
Claury roared in anger and shouted at Lovis. A pure white energy pillar shot from his mouth, but the pillar suddenly bent in mid-air and struck Claury himself.
It was then that Claury realized that his surroundings were already covered in a dense array of rune formations!
Countless rune formations were interconnected, segmenting the area around Claury into an independent world, from which he could not break free for the time being.
Lovis also encountered some difficulties. The ritual involved six hundred and sixty-six wandering souls and six hundred and sixty-six humans. This was a ritual exclusive to demons.
Although Lovis could decipher its mysteries, it would take time. The rune formations surrounding Claury were the result of Lovis's years of effort. They could trap Claury for a while, but keeping him confined indefinitely... would be difficult.
But Lovis had no choice but to succeed. He had already offended these demons, and even if he returned to the Pale Forest, he would likely not live in peace.
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Brockley stood atop a tower, his expression grim and terrifying as he observed the chaotic scene before him.
The mess before him was enough to indicate that the attackers were well-prepared, and had even calculated the timing of the assault.
Moreover, the attackers had at least five True Sequence individuals, a large number of superhumans, and monsters. The demon side was already at a disadvantage in terms of strength.
Given the current situation, no matter how Brockley planned, their defeat was already sealed.
The only way to break the deadlock was to fight a battle of attrition, forcing the humans to be busy saving people and have no time to interfere with the ritual, allowing the Pure White Lord to descend smoothly. Only then could they turn the tide and achieve victory.
So, he took out the magical conch shell again and blew it with all his might.
Upon hearing the sound of the conch, the mosquitoes and tentacle monsters, which had been fighting defensively, abandoned their containment personnel and demon hunters and scattered in all directions.
Their mission now was not to resist invasion, but to break through the encirclement and slaughter all humans they saw indiscriminately!
With over ten thousand tentacle monsters and mosquitoes in total, such a vast number, once dispersed, would be enough to slaughter the entire city. Brockley did not believe the Hunter Association could turn a blind eye to these creatures.
The Hunter Association also had countermeasures for the anomalous behavior of the mosquitoes and tentacle monsters.
Gigantic mechs descended from trucks. In one hand, they held a gun barrel that could be used as a cannon, and in the other, a terrifyingly spinning chainsaw blade.
The gigantic mechs fired rapidly at the tentacle monsters and mosquitoes. Each shot eliminated a monster. Their agility far surpassed the large-scale gigantic mechs that Wenwen had seen before.
As far as Wenwen knew, controlling a gigantic mech placed a huge burden on the pilot, which was why it previously required three people to operate it together, leading to the mech's inflexibility and other drawbacks.
But now, with only one person piloting the gigantic mech, its movements were much more agile, allowing it to contend with some monsters head-on. However, Wenwen did not know how the Hunter Association had solved the problem of the pilot's burden.
And on the rooftop outside the automobile manufacturing plant, there were several four-person teams.
Each four-person team consisted of a sniper and three assistants armed with assault rifles. Each of them had a long saber at their waist, a significant difference from ordinary assistants.