Chapter 499 — The Abyssal Sea Strikes

Alliance Island was in utter chaos.

Shi Jin had already destroyed the three Meteor Clan totems behind the terror attack, and he knew there were no more Meteor Clan totems in the vicinity—but from anyone else's perspective, that was no cause for relief.

Apart from Shi Jin, no one had even noticed the attack. No one could now guarantee there would not be a second or a third strike, and the security system of Alliance Island had already revealed gaping holes!

Lei Tangyue, currently holding command on Alliance Island, said the only correct choice was to immediately suspend the League Assembly, concentrate every force on the island into reinforcing security, and hunt down all traces of the Meteor Tyrant.

Viewers across the nations stared at the sudden blackout on their screens, exchanging glances, hearts pounding—and realizing they might have witnessed something truly extraordinary.

A perfectly good League Assembly had been forced to a halt by the attack, and the information it brought set the beastmasters of every nation into fierce debate.

[You heard it, didn't you? These three bastards didn't want to see the Cangwu Alliance founded smoothly, so they came to sabotage it!]

[The guild masters had just finished explaining why the Mythic Age fell, and how the Cangwu Alliance was founded to resist the possibility of an invading alien civilization—and then, in the blink of an eye, the enemy's remnant forces came knocking at our door.]

The people of this world were actually quite accepting of extraterrestrial life. Long ago, Blue Star had already proven that alien life existed.

The alien-threat theory had long been a wildly popular premise in film and television—except this time, it had been fully confirmed by the seven nations' governments.

Of course, in this official announcement, the Nine Luminaries Alliance did not detail how terrifying the three invading forces were. They merely said those forces were the defeated side that had invaded Blue Star and had long since been shattered by the gods of Blue Star—though the possibility remained that they might rise from the ashes and return. The Cangwu Alliance had been founded precisely to repel such an invasion a second time.

In the Second Mythic Age, humanity could not rely on the returning gods for everything. They had to rely on themselves as well.

And so this narrative did not panic the people of the various nations—it fired up their fighting spirit instead.

The Mythic Age had descended, and the road to godhood had been opened. If the gods of the Mythic Age could guard Blue Star, then today's human beastmasters could guard their own homes as well—that was the central message the Nine Luminaries Alliance meant to spread among the nations through this announcement.

[Did you notice...]

[When those three monsters invaded just now, the Radiant Pope and the Angel God both turned green, scared shitless—but then, the next second, Legend Shi Jin wiped all three out, and the Angel God was just standing there dumbstruck. Who was it earlier saying Legend Shi Jin might not be able to beat the Angel God? I'm starting to think the Glorious Angel God was just changing the subject—too scared to fight!]

[Now I finally get what Legend Shi Jin meant by "give me one minute." Holy shit. The invaders must be absolutely stunned right now—they successfully infiltrated Alliance Island, and they still got rooted out. Just how strong is Legend Shi Jin? Look at everyone else—they noticed nothing at all, not even Lei Tangyue.]

[Were those really "totem-level beings"? Legend Shi Jin took them out like he was breathing. According to the records, only Legendary-tier beastmasters can crush totem creatures like that, right?]

[That sword formation just now—what's it called? I don't get it. Is that the sword spirit you guys said Shi Jin eliminated and replaced?]

The nations erupted. Shi Jin's name, through this brief broadcast, spread across every country once more. Most people hadn't been watching the World Tournament, but this League Assembly gave them a genuine, witnessed battle.

Shi Jin, strongest of the younger generation, had not only easily defeated the Snowfield Association's guild master, but also effortlessly slaughtered the three totems who had made even the reincarnated gods turn pale—raising Shi Jin straight onto the altar.

Beyond that, beastmasters everywhere felt a sense of gathering storm. A totem attack on Alliance Island was no common occurrence—in history, events like this had typically been the fuse that ignited totem wars!

The seven nations and the totem nations had indeed been interacting far too frequently of late—the World Tournament, and now this attack. Everyone could smell the scent of war.

For now, with no League Assembly left to watch, people could only turn their attention to the final statement Lei Tangyue had issued on behalf of the Nine Luminaries Alliance. The Nine Luminaries Alliance was going to hunt down the totem demigod, the Meteor Tyrant!

The last recorded instance of the Nine Luminaries Alliance versus a totem demigod dated back to before the League was established, when the Mechanical Legends annihilated a totem demigod with a divine-forbidden taboo weapon. And this time...

After more than a century, the Human Alliance was finally declaring war on a totem demigod once again?

And not just any demigod—a demigod of the invading forces. What would the outcome be? The seven nations had just finished introducing the invading forces when the Meteor Tyrant came out to flaunt its existence. If this Meteor Tyrant, saboteur of the Cangwu Alliance's founding, was not dealt with, the Cangwu Alliance would struggle to proceed—the other totem nations would begin to doubt the Nine Luminaries Alliance's capabilities.

……………

On Alliance Island, powerful figures from many nations gathered, crowding around Shi Jin.

Ordinary people might not know, but these powerhouses were well aware that the Meteor Tyrant had also placed a bounty on Shi Jin.

After the Heavenly Sword Nation incident, the Meteor Tyrant had furiously issued an order for Shi Jin's death, and the nations had been astonished at the time. So they judged it highly likely that this time, the Meteor Tyrant had come for Shi Jin.

No—or rather, this attack was a two-for-one: it could kill Shi Jin and sabotage the Cangwu Alliance's founding at the same time.

"Legend Shi Jin, how did you discover them?" Lei Tangyue said, rapidly descending beside Shi Jin.

Around Shi Jin—including the Radiant Pope and the Angel God—a crowd of powerhouses felt a chill of delayed fear.

They did not fear a direct confrontation with a totem, but if all three totems had gotten their way and detonated themselves in a sneak attack, even they would have found it extremely troublesome.

And Alliance Island would inevitably have suffered enormous losses.

And the Shi Jin before them...

Everyone was shocked. He had grown this absurdly powerful—not only was his perception terrifying, but killing totems was like slaughtering chickens.

Those three totems had even used burst skills before detonating, their surrounding energy fluctuations surging to near the pinnacle of top-tier totems. Such torrential energy—any beastmaster below Legend, below demigod, would have shattered at the sight of it. Yet against such horrifying power, that sword formation suppressed and annihilated it in an instant.

Watching Shi Jin withdraw his sword spirit, they looked at him as though he were a monster.

"Danger sense," Shi Jin said to Lei Tangyue. "Their killing intent was very heavy."

"Though they were carrying concealment-type divine-tier items, which did make them hard to find."

Lei Tangyue's expression turned stern. "Be that as it may, we owe you thanks this time. If not for you, Alliance Island would surely have suffered a devastating blow."

Lei Tangyue said, "You said just now that it's on the other hemisphere—do you know its location? Do you have any other information?"