Chapter 1140: Sneak Attack by True Gods! Zhou Zhan's Suspicions and Guesses!

Chapter 1140: The Surprise Attack by the True Gods! Zhou Zhan's Distrust and Speculations!

"[Not much effort, Your Majesty. Only 1.63% of the energy from one subordinate True God crystal was consumed.]"

Zero explained.

Zhou Zhan gave a faint, quiet smile.

Then he turned to Bai Yun.

Seeing this, Bai Yun stepped forward voluntarily, her voice cold and clear:

"I will lead the troops now and lure the enemy's main force away from the crimson army!"

"Go."

"Be careful."

"The 93 advanced Crimson Empires are all positioned right at the heart of this crimson army."

"You wouldn't expect it to be an easy task to lure them all out."

"You could use the [Cosmic Emperor Ship] to lure them forth."

"I've examined their flight vehicles—they're at most at the level of True God Intermediate. They'll certainly not match the speed of the Cosmic Emperor Ship, which is rated True God Superior."

Zhou Zhan said.

The Cosmic Emperor Ship was the finest True God-class vessel aboard the Eternal Mother Ship!

Ranked just below the three primary Eternal Warships under the Master God tier and the Eternal Mother Ship itself.

It was equipped with a full complement of one hundred units aboard the Eternal Mother Ship, each capable of carrying a hundred million troops and a hundred million units of supplies, and boasting unparalleled speed—representing the pinnacle of all True God Superior-class spacecraft.

Using it to lure the higher-tier Crimson Empire forces, as long as one didn't become overconfident or careless, would be more than sufficient.

As for the Eternal Mother Ship—too large a target—and since Zhou Zhou regarded it as his most precious asset, he had no intention of deploying it at this moment.

"Please, Your Majesty, rest assured. I swear to uphold the utmost caution."

Bai Yun nodded firmly.

Then He said no more, leading the vast majority of the present generals and deities away from the Eternity Realm.

Soon.

Zhou Zhan saw a Cosmic Emperor vessel activating its invisibility mode, emerging silently from the [Wireless Realm Space] of the Eternal Mothership, and then approaching the edge of the Crimson Army without a sound.

When the vessel was only fifty to sixty thousand kilometers away from the Crimson Army, it suddenly halted.

At this point, the Crimson Army still hadn't detected the stealthy approach of the Cosmic Emperor vessel.

This wasn't because the vessel's anti-detection system could ignore the main-level reconnaissance capabilities of the Crimson Army's gods.

Rather, although the Cosmic Emperor vessel had come close to the Crimson Army, it remained within the anti-reconnaissance radar coverage of the Mothership. It was precisely thanks to this protection from the mothership that its very presence remained concealed.

After all...

After the Cosmic Emperor's vessel reached the edge of the Crimson Army, it opened its hatch, and then, one after another, a total of 194 True Gods—each a divine embodiment—flew out from within. Each immediately expanded their own world domains, enveloping the entire section of the Crimson Army ahead of them in their respective realms.

At that moment,

the Crimson Mist monsters finally realized they had been ambushed.

But it was too late.

With a unified surge, the True Gods led by Chixuan Tian, Yuan Chong, and Jika unleashed their most powerful attacks upon the creatures. A flood of celestial laws shimmered and enveloped the roughly thirty trillion mist-beings.

In an instant,

over ten trillion of the mist-monsters were obliterated outright. The remaining twenty trillion were left mostly grievously wounded.

This was the terrifying power of nearly two hundred True God-level forces united in combat.

Against the common soldiers, their destructiveness and lethality were nothing short of a dimensionally superior assault!

Even if these common soldiers numbered in the billions, they held absolutely no resistance against Bai Yun's 194 True Gods.

That is precisely why in warfare, it is strictly required that common soldiers fight common soldiers, common deities battle common deities, and True Gods face off against True Gods—

for any cross-tier engagement would inevitably result in catastrophic consequences, detrimental to all parties involved.

Among those three quadrillion mist-beings, there had originally been over a hundred Crimson True Gods and more than five thousand ordinary Crimson Deities.

Yet, under the sudden and unexpected ambush by the True Gods led by Bai Yun, no fewer than twenty of the Crimson True Gods perished, and over two thousand of the ordinary Crimson Deities were instantly slain!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom…

The vast surge of killing energy poured into every True God’s body, flooding their vessels like a torrential river.

Under the protective blessing of the Mythic-Class, Sole Sovereign Talent—Ten Sacred Blessings—War God Tris, a total of over twenty True Gods surged past their previous limits, ascending to the Mid-Level or even Upper-Level True God ranks.

These newly elevated True Gods, feeling the surge of their ascension, could not help but be filled with exhilaration and wonder.

They had originally intended merely to strike once before the war, using it as a pretext to provoke an engagement—never expecting that, by seizing this opportunity, they would actually ascend directly?

The other True Gods of the Prairielight Empire watched in envy as these newly broken through True Gods achieved their ascension.

"All True Gods, return to the Cosmic Emperor's Vessel!"

At that moment,

Bai Yun issued her command in a low, resonant voice.

The True Gods snapped back to awareness and instantly returned to the Cosmic Emperor's Vessel, piloting it swiftly to distance themselves from those crimson mist monsters.

At this point,

the countless mist creatures had already, in the very instant the True Gods intervened, pinpointed their exact locations.

They gazed upon the half-dead crimson mist monsters and the fallen crimson mist deities, and instantly erupted in fury. Then, they led an army of a hundred billion soldiers, over a thousand crimson True Gods, and more than five million crimson deities, boarding their crimson warships, and charging straight toward the Cosmic Emperor's Vessel.

And then, even more infuriating and humiliating things occurred.

For they discovered that their own crimson warships, in speed, were vastly outmatched by this sudden apparition and ambusher!

They could only trail behind, watching the rear of the enemy’s vessels, unable to close in and annihilate them.

And as they still clung to the desperate hope of retreating, this invading spacecraft returned—once more—firing a devastating volley of divine beams from afar!

Though they managed to deflect most of the enemy’s divine assaults through timely defenses, they still suffered the loss of over 20 billion crimson soldiers, more than 800 crimson deities, and three crimson true gods.

At this, the crimson realms erupted in fury.

They had originally intended to spare them—only to find that these wretches had once again come charging in, attacking them?

Who could bear such treachery?

Thus, they pressed forward once more.

And then they saw this audacious vessel, once again flying far away, pulling them into a vast distance, forcing them to retreat in bitter, reluctant despair.

…

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!!!!"

Among the crimson tide, the leading true god-level crimson deity roared with furious rage—yet also with a profound sense of helplessness and despair.

Their highest-ranking vessel was no more than a superior god-level craft. It paled in comparison to the true god-tier ships of their adversaries.

Taking a deep, shuddering breath, the deity spoke to his subordinates in a cold, grim tone:

"Notify Lord Osma."

"Say that our forces have been ambushed by a true god from the Supreme Continent."

"Our vessels are vastly inferior to theirs. We urgently request that Lord Osma dispatch a higher-tier vessel to provide support."

"Otherwise, if we continue to endure this prolonged attrition, we shall soon suffer catastrophic losses in our forces."

"Yes, my lord."

The subordinate spoke respectfully and immediately sent a message to Os.

...

On the other side.

Inside the Everlasting Vessel, within the Everlasting Realm.

Zhou Zhou stared at his right hand, his expression filled with shock and doubt.

Just moments ago, he had intended to exploit the moment of conflict between the two forces and attempt to deploy the Universal Saint of All Souls upon a portion of their troops. But as he was about to activate it, an inexplicable tremor surged through him—like the very thought of using the Universal Saint of All Souls would plunge him into irreversible ruin.

"Probably just my innate intuition warning me."

"Among these crimson mist monsters, are there any that possess the ability to counteract me, the Supreme Saint of Universal Souls?"

Zhou Zhan speculated.