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Chapter 167, 166: The Gods' Trust, Unleashing Their Full Power!

"Thump!"

A loud bang exploded in the narrow space, and dust mixed with a musty smell forcefully choked the nostrils.

As Gu Yuan landed, he bent his knees and rolled over, his body instinctively dissipating most of the impact, but his internal organs were still shaken and churned.

He suppressed his discomfort and quickly scanned his surroundings.

The underground space, riddled with rusted pipes, was exposed by irregular holes from a collapse overhead. Dim emergency lights shone down, tracing the trails of swirling dust.

"A trap?" The thought flashed through my mind like lightning. "It seems the guild's battle plan—has been leaked!"

boom-!!!

Before the thought was even finished, the ground shook violently again, as if a meteorite had fallen from the sky!

Amidst the billowing smoke and dust, a massive figure clad in heavy armor crashed to the ground, standing like a demon god at the entrance of the passage!

"A decent block."

Chardo's deep voice came through the heavy visor, carrying a condescending admiration as if evaluating an object: "In eight years, you are the first person to be able to withstand my attack head-on."

His gaze, hidden behind the mask, seemed to be admiring Gu Yuan's unharmed state, with only his blood and qi churning.

"Eight years?"

This particular moment, along with the opponent's overwhelming power and posture, immediately awakened Gu Yuan's memories.

A name that once struck fear into people's hearts has surfaced.

Gu Yuan adjusted his breathing, suppressing the churning blood and qi within his body. His voice, carrying a barely perceptible solemnity, came through the lingering smoke and dust: "————I thought it was someone else, but it turns out to be Lord 'Gluttony' Chardo, a former member of Zeus's clan."

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"To receive such a evaluation from you, I don't know whether it's my good fortune or my misfortune."

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Chardo's massive frame visibly stiffened, then a low, hoarse laugh emanated from beneath his visor: "Heh heh—interesting! In this era, there's actually a little fellow who can recognize me at a glance!"

Almost instinctively, he attributed the reason why the other party could reveal his identity to the leak of his own intelligence—perhaps that useless Valetta had revealed something before she died.

The greatsword slowly rose with a piercing metallic scraping sound, its cold tip exploding through the dust as it pointed directly at Gu Yuan.

boom-!

An even more violent aura, like a tangible storm, erupted from the center of Chardo and swept across the entire underground space!

"—So, now that you've recognized me, you should understand the insurmountable gap in strength between us."

"Boy, I ask you, do you have the resolve to face death?"

Gu Yuan's heart was as cold as ice, knowing full well that there was absolutely no possibility of a peaceful resolution to what had happened today.

He had no time to worry about Grace, Ais and the others.

Taking advantage of the moment when the other person was speaking, he subtly crushed a spare bottle of medicine in his pocket.

The cooling medicinal power, guided by him, quickly seeped into the body, gently nourishing the damaged meridians.

Immediately, he straightened his back, his longsword emitting a clear ring, its blade pointing directly at his formidable enemy: "What do you think?"

The awareness was forged the moment one stepped onto the battlefield, requiring no further explanation.

He pulled out a communicator and tossed it to Alexandra, who had fallen with him, telling her to try contacting the surface. "Get out of here!"

Alexandra caught the communicator, still warm from her body, and bit her already pale lower lip.

She knew her current state perfectly well; staying would not only be of no help but would only become a fatal burden to Gu Yuan.

She nodded heavily with the little strength she had just regained, her eyes flashing with guilt and determination. Without the slightest hesitation, she immediately took advantage of the shadows on the pipe walls to stagger back into the depths of the complex pipes.

Only after sensing that Alyssa's aura had retreated to a relatively safe distance did Gu Yuan focus all his attention and will, like rivers flowing into the sea, on the demon-like figure in front of him.

Om-!

The moment they raised their swords, the suppressed auras between the two collided violently!

boom! boom! boom!

The surrounding pipe walls could not withstand this invisible pressure and burst one after another with a sound of being unable to bear the burden!

The air seemed to be torn apart, emitting a sharp screech!

A fierce battle is about to begin!

Meanwhile, deep underground within the Adventurers' Guild, at the altar.

The pale-skinned skeletal sage, Fels, strode forward, his wide robes billowing in the breeze, the soul fire in his eye sockets flickering fiercely.

"Uranus! Something terrible has happened!"

His voice was unusually urgent—

"Just confirmed, the joint reconnaissance team encountered an elaborate trap. The ground suddenly collapsed, and all members fell deep underground! Currently—their fate is unknown!"

On the throne, Uranus's eternally solemn face twitched slightly.

His deep eyes slowly opened, as if assessing the weight of the news.

"----trap."

His deep voice echoed in the empty altar, carrying a profound and all-knowing weight: "The lurking darkness has finally begun to close its net."

After a brief moment of contemplation, he immediately issued the order, his voice leaving no room for doubt: "Immediately inform Loki, Freya, and other relevant high-ranking members of the Familia of the situation, and let them decide how to carry out the rescue."

"But the guild's own armed forces must remain inactive and do everything in their power to ensure the stability of the altar. This is the most important thing right now."

"But!"

Fels's inner fire flickered with anxiety. "To capture an entire elite force in an instant, the enemy must have laid an inescapable trap! Are we just going to sit idly by and watch them—"

Uranus turned his gaze to Fels, a gaze that held unquestionable authority and profound consideration.

"Waiting is also part of the strategy. The enemy's goal is to disrupt the situation and lure them out. We cannot afford to lose our composure."

He paused slightly before continuing, his voice cautious, "As for hope—it's not nonexistent. Fels, you and I have both seen Astraea's report."

Fels paused, startled: "You mean—Gu Yuan's ability value report?"

"Indeed, we both know what that unusual growth rate means."

Uranus said slowly, "In the face of a crisis that ordinary people cannot solve, perhaps only beings beyond reason can cope with it."

"All we can do now is accept this variable and uphold our responsibilities."

The flame in Fels' eye sockets flickered for a moment.

He understood that Uranus's oracle had been made.

That report about Gu Yuan was truly bizarre.

Even though the reincarnation of a god has never occurred, in dire straits, this is the only visible, faint yet fervent hope.

"----I see."

He said no more, bowed deeply, and quickly disappeared into the shadows at the edge of the altar to carry out the divine decree.

The news spread rapidly through clandestine channels, while the commotion of the battle deep underground, like seismic waves, reached even more unknown corners.

In a dark, shadowy prison.

Exhausted and in a daze due to despair, Shakti Farma was awakened by a continuous, dull tremor coming from the rock wall above him.

The vibration was unlike anything she had ever experienced; it carried a powerful force that made her heart pound.

She suddenly raised her head, and beneath her disheveled hair, a hint of confusion flashed in her eyes, which had long been dull. She subconsciously tilted her head to listen.

Then, a faint glimmer of hope, almost too faint for her to believe, flickered like a dying candle and struggled to rekindle in her eyes.

"Someone... has broken in?"

"Is it... reinforcements?"