Chapter 1361 The Gods Are Hiding!

Aside from this, Michael also gained information on the divisions of power within the Demigod rank, learning even more about concepts like Greater Laws, which had been elusive to him previously.

Previously, Michael had only understood that individual Laws were connected to Greater Laws.

For example, Beginning's Law of Brutal Rebirth was related to the Greater Law of Life, Lucky's Law of Venomous Flames to the Greater Law of Corruption, Lily's Law to the Greater Law of Consumption, Prince's Law to the Greater Law of Death, and Jester's Law to the Greater Laws of Fate and Causality.

There was also Michael's own Law, which was connected to the Greater Law of Circulation.

If individual Laws represented different expressions of universal truths, then Greater Laws represented the fundamental truths themselves.

He had already figured out part of this relationship. However, only now did he learn that Greater Laws were connected to one's ability to become a True God. He also discovered concepts such as Divine Fire.

However, Michael's most important discovery wasn't the intentions of the Heavenly Father, the Demon Sin of Pride, or Yū Meng regarding Earth. It was something else entirely.

It was the reason why there were no True Gods in the current universe.

Or rather…

Why did it seem as though there were no Gods? And why was the Demigod rank seemingly regarded as the peak of power?

It was a simple but terrifying truth.

The Gods were hiding!

However, the moment Michael discovered this truth, something terrifying happened.

The dark space suddenly trembled. At first, Michael thought Yū Meng had launched another attack, but he quickly realized that something was wrong. The countless bubbles floating around him had stopped moving. Then, without warning, a pair of enormous golden eyes appeared in the darkness.

Michael's thoughts went blank.

The eyes were so enormous that Michael couldn't even begin to comprehend their size. Yet their size wasn't what frightened him. It was the feeling they gave him.

For perhaps the third time since his awakening, Michael experienced a fear that seemed to originate from somewhere deeper than his consciousness.

The first had been when Jester nearly killed him, and the second when he came close to death in Hell.

It wasn't simply the fear of encountering someone stronger than himself.

What… is that?

Michael couldn't move. He couldn't even properly direct his thoughts toward the golden eyes. It was as though the very act of acknowledging their existence was something he wasn't qualified to do.

And what was even more frightening was that Michael had absolutely no idea what had caused this.

Until…

The name!

Michael suddenly realized something. During his investigation into why the gods were hiding, he had encountered a particular name within one of Yū Meng's memories, along with the truth he had discovered.

'Xuan Wudi, the Eternal Venerable.'

It hadn't even been intentional. He had merely come across the name while attempting to understand the information he had obtained. Yet somehow, he had unconsciously touched upon a True Name!

And now, something had noticed him.

At almost the same moment, another figure appeared within the darkness.

Yū Meng.

For the first time since their battle began, the anger that had previously dominated Yū Meng's expression was gone. Completely gone. In its place were fear and panic!

"You!"

Yū Meng stared at Michael with an expression of disbelief.

"What have you done?!"

Her voice trembled. Michael didn't answer. He couldn't.

"Why would you think of His name?!"

Yū Meng's expression became even more terrified.

"You damned lunatic! Do you want to die?!"

"…!"

Michael's heart sank. Although he knew he was responsible, he couldn't help feeling that Yū Meng was blaming him unfairly!

If he had known something like this was hidden deep within her memories, he wouldn't have dared to touch it even if he had nine lives! His curiosity wasn't worth dying over, especially when even the Origin Will had glitched over this matter just a few hours earlier.

Yū Meng suddenly raised her hands and severed the connection between herself and Michael. She was disconnecting herself from the battlefield! With one final look of fear and resentment, she cursed him again.

"You bastard!"

Then her figure disappeared. The connection between them was severed. Just like that, the battle of fate ended.

However…

Michael wasn't relieved.

Because the golden eyes were still there. And now, their attention seemed to be turning toward him.

"…!"

An indescribable pressure descended upon his consciousness. Michael immediately felt a terrifying backlash approaching. His heart nearly stopped.

No!

Michael immediately attempted to withdraw his consciousness from the dark space again, but nothing happened.

He couldn't leave!

The connection had already been established, and something was preventing him from severing it.

Damn it!

Without hesitation, Michael began sacrificing the remaining undead he had brought back from the Netherworld. Although they weren't directly connected to him through engraving or contracts, he could still use them as sacrifices.

It was a cruel action, but lives were on the line.

As each undead was sacrificed, its existence was consumed to offset a portion of the backlash descending upon him.

For a brief moment, Michael felt the pressure weaken.

However, his relief lasted less than an instant. The backlash continued even after he sacrificed the Rank 4 undead, including the bone hounds he had brought from the Netherworld.

Soon, all the uncontracted undead were gone, leaving him with only those already bound to him.

However, sacrificing even a few of his contracted undead would be no different from drinking poison.

Michael suddenly sensed something that made his blood run cold. The golden eyes moved and became fixated on him.

Fuck!

An overwhelming sense of despair filled his consciousness.

I'm doomed!

For the first time in a long while, Michael believed he was about to die.

Then, a familiar voice suddenly echoed within his consciousness.

"MASTER!"

Jester?!

"CALL HER NAME!"

The voice was urgent.

"CALL HER TRUE NAME!"

Michael didn't understand, but his consciousness instinctively reached out to something.

"SHE WHO DEVOURS ALL THINGS, WHOSE HUNGER KNOWS NEITHER END NOR SATISFACTION. LET CREATION TREMBLE BEFORE HER NAME."

"THE ETERNAL DEVOURER OF THE ABYSS!"

"THE DARKNESS THAT DEVOURS ALL."

"NYXVORATH!"