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

The system notification gradually faded from his mind. Gu Xu glanced at the virtual system panel and then ignored it.

To put it bluntly, killing a native high priest who had barely reached the threshold of the Source level was no big deal. If the system hadn't listed this old guy in the mission list, Gu Xu wouldn't have bothered with him at all.

What truly captured his attention were the following two tasks.

Defeat the army of the Devouring Gods and devour Munedimi, and in turn seize the power of Zogra.

Thinking of this, Gu Xu raised his head and gazed through the swirling black mist at the distant, illusory starry sky.

According to Barto's arrogant words, the entire Starfall Divine Realm is now completely surrounded by an army of billions.

A massive army is pressing in; the battle has begun.

However, one question lingered in Gu Xu's mind: since the false god's army was all present, why didn't Munedimi, as the agent, show up immediately?

Following the usual pattern, that guy went to great lengths to recruit so many followers and traverse endless star seas, all for the sake of regaining his former power.

Now that the prey is right in front of him and the army is in position, he should have torn through space and rushed over to seize power.

But the reality is that only these starships have landed on the ruins of this Emerald Palace, led by a brainless, foolish clan like Barto's.

But he remained silent.

This is clearly incorrect.

As for whether he wanted to use these grunts to wear down his own strength first.

Gu Xu rejected it without even thinking.

As for the reason, it is also very simple.

Munetimi was certainly well aware of the weight of the old authority. This kind of power could not be exhausted by simply piling up human lives. Sending people like his own clansmen over there would only result in their deaths and would have no strategic value whatsoever.

As long as you don't force yourself into your divine mode, it won't be a drain on you at all.

But since it's not for consumption...

So what is he plotting while hiding in the shadows?

The surroundings fell into dead silence, with the occasional thick tentacles tearing through the black mist, producing a teeth-grinding scraping sound.

Gu Xu stood with his hands in his pockets, stepping through the thick fog, his brows furrowed deeply.

Soon, his thoughts drifted back to the war between the Northern Alliance and the Northern League.

That was the first time Munedimi appeared.

In order to open a passage for Zogra, the Lord of Devouring Dimensions, to descend into another plane, Munedimir didn't even blink and directly sacrificed the entire Northern Alliance.

Hundreds of millions of fresh flesh and blood were drained in an instant, turning into a sky full of foul-smelling blood rain. That tragic scene was merely to carry a projection. This time, Munedi Mi would not use a projection to make up an excuse again.

Since he has mobilized all his forces to provoke an interstellar war, his ambitions go far beyond merely watching from afar.

What he wanted was for the true form to descend; he wanted Zogra's enormous, distorted true form to actually squeeze into this universe.

Thinking of this, Gu Xu paused, realizing that the projection still required hundreds of millions of living beings.

What about the real body?

The amount of energy required is an astronomical figure that would make one's scalp crawl.

The beings of one plane are not enough to fill a tooth gap, and the resources of a Starfall Rift Abyss are only a drop in the ocean. If Munedimiro wants to complete the descent of his true form, he will probably need to sacrifice an entire star field.

Thinking of this, Gu Xu's expression darkened slightly.

If that's the case, then not only will Shenxia be doomed, but all living beings in the entire star field will likely be unable to escape disaster.

Thinking of this, he lowered his head and looked down at the huge, bloated figure not far away.

The moment Gu Xu's gaze fell upon him, Barto felt a sudden tremor in his heart, and beneath his dark purple carapace, his muscles began to spasm uncontrollably.

At that moment, he felt as if he had been thrown into an absolute ice rink graveyard in the universe.

The blood in my body froze instantly.

"Where is that guy, Munetimi, right now?"

Gu Xu didn't waste any words and asked directly.

However, it wasn't just that Gu Xu's previous methods were too shocking, or that the guy in front of him was too afraid.

His lips began to tremble violently on his ugly face, which resembled a long, thin winter melon.

But he couldn't utter a single complete sentence.

"I...I...no..."

"I don't…"

Gu Xu frowned slightly at his expression, then rubbed his two fingers together again: "Don't know?"

"Do you really not know, or... do you just not want to tell me?"

The moment the words fell, the swirling black mist around them seemed to receive a decree.

It suddenly became violent.

Huge tentacles covered with dark red blood vessels and tumors suddenly emerged from the black mist surrounding Balto, like giant abyssal pythons ready to devour their prey, coiling above his head.

The sharp teeth at the ends of the tentacles opened and closed, dripping a highly corrosive mucus.

"Sizzle—"

The slime dripped onto Barto's carapace, instantly corroding a deep pit and sending up plumes of white smoke.

"what……"

The intense pain caused Barto's body to writhe wildly, but the invisible chains binding him prevented him from breaking free even slightly.

"I don't know! I really don't know!"

"The whereabouts of the Actor are never something we, the kin, can fathom! I... I was merely summoned by Lord Mune and then arrived at this place through the Devouring Dimension Passage."

To be honest, not only Gu Xu, but even he himself wants to know where the Executor is right now.

After all, logically speaking, the Executor set off with them.

These vanguards have already arrived. If the Executor set off with them, there's no reason why he shouldn't be here now.

To put it bluntly, he hoped even more than Gu Xu that Lord Munetimi would appear and save his life!

Looking at his bewildered appearance, Gu Xu roughly guessed what had happened.

The so-called governor in front of me is nothing but a high-ranking cannon fodder, a pawn pushed to the forefront by Munetimi to attract his attention and buy time.

His purpose in delaying the time was simply to complete a ritual that required a huge amount of energy.

Having figured this out, Gu Xu's last remaining doubts also dissipated.

Since the other party has already laid out the script, there's no need for me to waste my breath on this minor character.

"Since you know nothing... there's no point in keeping you around."

The moment the words left his mouth, Barto's six compound eyes widened in shock. An unprecedented sense of impending death began to alarm him frantically.

"Rest in peace."

Gu Xu's voice was the last human voice he heard.

The next moment, the churning black mist around them seemed to come alive.

They were no longer ethereal gases, but transformed into countless invisible tentacles covered in barbs, silently wrapping around Barto's body from all directions.