The job change is a bizarre and calamity; the nation begs me to tone it down.

The moment those two words landed, Munetimi's expression completely went out of control.

If before, his face still held a condescending composure and pity.

So now, all of these things have disappeared.

There was only one expression left: anger.

The anger didn't come from him being offended, but from the fact that the most sacred thing in his faith was being trampled on and rubbed underfoot in front of him.

"you……"

Munetimi's voice was forced out of his throat, like metal scraping against glass: "How dare you blaspheme my lord?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Xu nodded without even pausing, his expression utterly sincere: "Yes, I did blaspheme."

"What? You're going to bite me for your master?"

"That's enough!"

Clearly, Munedimi had completely broken down, or rather, He had finally been forced to speak.

"Who do you think you are? A mere vessel, how dare you be so insolent! How dare you blaspheme my Lord!"

At this point, Munetimi raised his head, his eyes fixed on Gu Xu.

The moment he finished speaking, dark red ripples began to surge wildly around him.

The ripples spread outwards in concentric circles, and wherever each circle passed, the space twisted and deformed wildly, as if a towel had been wrung out.

Then—"Snap!!"

The space within a radius of one kilometer burst open simultaneously.

It wasn't a simple crack; the entire space shattered into countless pieces, like a mirror.

What is exposed between the fragments is a dark red void that makes one's head throb at first glance.

Munedimi's aura surged to an absurd level in that instant.

At the same time, He raised His hand.

The hand, now completely dark purple, reached out and grabbed forward.

The next moment, countless deformed arms shot out from the depths of the spatial fragments in all directions.

Each of those arms is different in shape.

Some resemble human hands, some resemble animal claws, and some resemble some indescribable arthropods.

But they have one thing in common.

The palm of his hand was split open like a mouth.

Its mouth was full of fangs.

Countless hands simultaneously reached out towards Gu Xu, forming a dense, impenetrable net of killing intent.

It was so fast that it was pierced through before the air could even be compressed.

"die!"

Munetimi's voice was extremely cold.

Faced with this scene, Gu Xu's expression finally changed. He let out a soft "Oh," and then the corners of his mouth turned up slightly again.

"Getting impatient?"

Just two words, spoken in a light, casual tone.

But the second sentence followed immediately: "What did you just say? That my power hasn't even awakened one ten-thousandth of its former strength?"

Gu Xu looked at the countless ghostly hands attacking from the sky, but his face showed no panic.

"Then I'll show you today."

His voice was calm, but every word was like a bell being struck: "Even if it's only one in ten thousand... it's not something someone like you can pull off a scam."

The moment the words left his mouth, black mist exploded around Gu Xu.

Expand the realm of calamity with all your might!

Centered on him, the extremely thick black mist surged out in all directions like a tsunami.

How fast is it?

Before the ghostly hands could even touch Gu Xu's clothes, the black mist had already rushed forward. Then, the countless ghostly hands with fangs didn't even struggle when they touched the boundary of the Calamity Domain.

It shattered instantly.

It was like a handful of sand being thrown into a meat grinder, or like a wax arm being stretched into a steel furnace.

The crackling and popping sounds continued incessantly.

Starting with the vanguard ghost hand at the very front, the shattering effect spreads backward like dominoes.

One, ten, one hundred.

It shattered into dark red specks of light.

Then it was completely swallowed up by the black mist.

The entire process takes no more than one second.

Munedimi's expression froze.

It really froze.

He watched as his attacks were reduced to nothing but ashes before the Domain of Calamity.

For the first time today, a genuine wavering appeared on that face that was undergoing transformation.

It wasn't anger, but shock.

He certainly knew the terrors of the realm of calamity.

That is the realm of the ancient lords, where the authority of the Lord of Calamity is unmatched.

But He had always believed that, given Gu Xu's current level, the power of the Calamity Domain shouldn't be that strong.

But now it seems that He was wrong.

Big mistakes.

What followed the initial shock was an even more chilling realization: his avatar must absolutely not be touched by that black mist.

The moment the thought popped into her head, Munedimi's body reacted even faster than her mind.

"Whoosh!"

He instantly transformed into a dark red afterimage, frantically retreating backward.

The speed was outrageous; in a single flash, they created a distance of thousands of miles.

Then, in another flash, he covered several thousand meters again.

In the span of three microseconds, He had retreated from the center of the altar to the edge of the City of Eternal Winter.

Gu Xu raised an eyebrow as he watched this scene.

"Oh?"

He was genuinely a little surprised; this guy's reaction speed was indeed quite good.

It was much faster than he had expected.

As expected of a being from another dimension, its instinct for survival is indeed far more acute than that of the strong beings native to Earth.

They even had some understanding of their own power.

But as unexpected as it may be, what needs to be said still needs to be said.

"Weren't you putting on airs?" Gu Xu's voice drifted over, "Why did you run away?"

Munedimi stood at a distance, his expression somber and unresponsive, and did not respond.

"Who just said that? That I'm an ant?"

Gu Xu tilted his head and thought for a moment, then nodded in sudden realization: "Oh right, you said it. So why are you running? Do you need to run to step on ants?"

Munedimi's expression turned even uglier.

"But then again..."

Gu Xu's tone suddenly changed, from teasing to a chilling calm: "What do you think...?"

"Can they escape?"

The instant those three words were uttered.

Gu Xu's figure vanished into thin air.

Without any warning, without any transition, it was as if someone had simply erased him from the screen.

Munetimi's pupils suddenly contracted.

His first reaction was to turn around and defend himself.

But it's too late.

Because when He turned around, Gu Xu was already less than thirty meters away to His right.

Centered on Gu Xu, the Domain of Calamity was enveloped in black mist carrying the power to destroy everything, pressing straight towards Munedimi.

"laugh!"

As Munedimi retreated rapidly, he clasped his hands together in front of him, and dark red energy condensed in his hands, transforming into a giant shield made of spatial fragments.

The black mist collided with the dark red giant shield.

"Snap!"

The shield cracked on the spot, but at least it blocked the first wave of impact.