Those time travelers that year

579. Salvation (Nuclear Harmony)

How do you reason with a stubborn person? It's simple: just convert them (physically), and once they've converted (physically), they'll quietly listen to the Great Way. Of course, there will always be some incorrigible people in this world, like that mother dragon from before, and this dark-skinned fool in front of the monkey.

So what should be done then? It's even simpler: I can't persuade you, who oppose me, to agree with me, but I can humanely destroy you, then no one will oppose me. This is what is meant by "I cannot save your soul, but I can save your body."

"Hey, you monster!" The monkey, wielding his golden cudgel, put his ideals into action. With a single sweep, he shattered the divine power supplied by the tyrannical god Bane, then swung the cudgel down with undiminished force. "Take this from your old Sun!"

With a deafening roar, Bane, transformed into a giant, was instantly swept away by a single blow, crashing heavily over a thousand meters away. This was the Tyrannical God, who had been directly elevated to Godhood Level 19 through some kind of cheat-like power boost. Logically, Bane should now be invincible throughout this multiverse, except for a few supreme gods and a few others. Initially, Bane himself believed so…

But it's clear that the tyrannical god with cheat codes is ultimately far inferior to the red monkey created by the overplayed Charles.

"This is impossible!" Struck by the monkey's staff, his internal organs churning, Bane coughed up blood and cried out in disbelief. He had clearly gained unprecedented power, power that now surpassed even the mighty divine power. As a god of the 19th rank, he should have been one of the strongest beings in this multiverse.

However, harsh reality rudely jolted Bane awake from his illusion of surging power.

"Hey, you monster, convert at once!" The monkey had no time to pay attention to Bane's shouts. He roared and the terrifying upright ape, which was much taller than Bane now, swung his giant club again and delivered another blow to Bane's head.

Enraged, Bane swung his flail at the monkey's iron club once more. In an instant, the two behemoths clashed violently. The Force currents they represented became entangled in their battle, fighting to the death.

The clash between Forces caused the entire plane to tremble and groan. On the wasteland of destruction and despair, the domains of the other gods indeed rose with divine power barriers, attempting to stabilize the world shaken by the aftershocks of the battle. However, a mid-level god plus three weak-level gods appeared utterly cowardly and pathetic when faced with two monsters whose power had already surpassed that of ordinary powerful gods.

The other four gods could barely stabilize the area where their own divine kingdoms were located, but they were completely powerless when it came to other places.

Space was the first to be affected. Distorted space and shattered time and space appeared one after another in various corners of the wasteland. If this were not the place where the two forces of primal energy clashed, and even a powerful god would be defeated if he tried to force his way in, then many gleeful uninvited guests would have already barged in.

However, the other four gods on the Wasteland of Destruction and Despair looked extremely grim at this situation, as did the Goddess of Misfortune, who had more or less foreseen Bane's misfortune.

In her mind, while the powerful Bane would certainly suffer, it shouldn't have come to this. This was a clash between two forces of the Force, a merciless attack. Faced with power surpassing even that of a powerful god, the entire plane could easily be reduced to ashes and utterly destroyed if they weren't careful.

What's going on now? Bane descended from the heavens, his divine power skyrocketing to the 19th rank of divinity, a feat that even surprised the goddess of misfortune, Bensaba, making him one of the most powerful gods in this multiverse. But… what's with that terrifying upright ape that was completely unexpected? Where did this monkey come from?! Not only did it give the now-19th-rank tyrannical god a sound beating, but that crimson stream of primal force is clearly directly related to this monkey.

The fact that this monkey was actually an ancient god of the Force made Bensaba, the goddess of misfortune, wonder if she had just ruined her own life.

But reality is cruel. Bane, who stood at the pinnacle of godhood, was no match for that monkey. Even when he unleashed all sorts of extraordinary divine power, the monkey simply withstood it. Bane's attacks couldn't break through the terrifying upright ape's defenses at all. On the contrary, the monkey wielded an iron rod with superb skill, beating Bane until he coughed up blood and was in a sorry state.

You actually believe that the monkey, playing away from home, managed to defeat the god of tyranny so badly in Bane's divine kingdom that he almost lost his bearings?

"You fiend, how utterly obstinate you are!" A blow to Bane's face sent the infamous god of tyranny flying. The monkey, his hair standing on end, roared at the still-fighting god of tyranny, his crimson flames shooting skyward, "Do you not know that you, this feudal landlord class of the empire, have no future, and are detrimental to the people, construction, and labor..." With his golden cudgel in hand, he swept it away again, its crimson light blocking another devastating blow from Bane's meteor hammer. "Since you refuse to accept labor to reform yourself, and refuse to heed the teachings of Mao Zedong's Great Way, then I, Old Sun, can only offer you salvation!"

"Get out!" Bane roared angrily at the monkey who was trying to persuade him while fighting him. "You bastard who keeps talking nonsense, die!" A storm of divine power and an energy storm were unleashed at the same time. At this moment, the primal force of the tyrannical priesthood also added more power to Bane's body, making the two extraordinary divine powers merge into one, forming a deep black storm of destruction that covered most of the plane's sky and pressed down on the monkey.

"Stubborn to the end!" Facing the combined blast of the Force from Bane and the tyrannical priesthood—a 'ultimate attack' powerful enough to shatter the entire plane—the monkey showed no fear whatsoever. Instantly, a dazzling crimson light tore through the black sky and fell, connecting with the golden cudgel in his hand. Through this Force current and the connection with his external self, a continuous stream of magical power flowed in, causing the monkey's aura to surge again and again. The endless crimson radiance in the sky actually overwhelmed the pitch-black storm of destruction.

"You fiend, how stubborn you are..." The crimson light on the golden cudgel grew brighter and brighter, emitting a wave that made the entire plane tremble. The monkey opened his fiery eyes and looked at the tyrannical god who had unleashed a dark storm of destruction. He slowly said in a compassionate tone, "It seems that I, Old Sun, can only offer you salvation!"

Amidst the horrified gazes of the other four onlookers, the golden cudgel in the monkey's hand shone with a dazzling light. Its energy was compressed and then began to split, releasing an even more powerful and destructive force.

"You fiend, let me, Old Sun, use this staff technique to send you to the Western Paradise!"

"Earth's Pole, Red Flag, Universal Harmony and Radiance."

With a single strike, endless radiance illuminated and enveloped all directions...

580. Bane – Flop

The immense, boundless radiance illuminated the heavens. With the monkey recklessly activating the power of the Five Elements of Pangu, the radiance instantly spread across the plane that had been shrouded in black sky, covering the divine kingdom of the Tyrant God and also enveloping the divine kingdoms of the other four gods.

Then, with a deafening roar, the destructive force surged forth, instantly shattering the pitch-black storm of destruction. The way to shatter an opponent's devastating attack is to retaliate with an even more devastating one.

This strike unleashed a brilliance far surpassing the sun's, instantly reaching a critical ultra-high temperature that vaporized everything in its path. The immense power even shattered the flow of primal energy, leaving the gods watching from the outside feeling as if they'd been blinded by a super-bright light. Furthermore, the destructive force caused many gods to tremble, and even the most powerful deities at the pinnacle of their abilities wore grim expressions.

Immeasurable light, immeasurable power.

This is a radiant light imbued with Zen, a 'Buddha' light that swiftly transports people to the Western Paradise, and a truly direct and extreme destructive force. Even in the deepest part of the fire elemental plane, such a high temperature cannot be found. Even the benevolent gods of the heavens could not unleash such a light that illuminates all realms and makes all beings equal.

This monkey is truly extraordinary...

This pure, destructive radiance resulted in the instantaneous leveling of more than half of the entire kingdom of the Tyrannical God. The remaining half was utterly destroyed, swept away by the shockwave, annihilating countless supplicants and all of Bane's followers and subordinates within the kingdom, achieving a annihilation of the entire being.

How terrifying would that blow be? Sharl, who was also secretly observing, estimated that if it landed on Earth, it could instantly plunge the entire world into a nuclear winter. Then the wasteland storyline could begin, with everyone happily scavenging for trash and incidentally raiding aliens.

As expected of the Red Flag Universal Harmony and Radiance, truly worthy of its boundless light and power. If we continue to accumulate power upon it, it will likely one day unleash a true supernova – the Red Flag Universal Harmony and Radiance. Feudalism and all that, under such immense power, can only obediently accept labor reform.

Just like the fate of the current tyrannical god, the monkey's blow nearly destroyed his entire divine kingdom, along with the peaceful annihilation of all his supplicants and armies. If it weren't for a stream of the Force supporting him, the collapse of his divine kingdom and the annihilation of his supplicants at this moment would have been enough to send him to lie in the astral plane for countless years.

However, sustained by a stream of the Force, Bane survived with incredible tenacity. Nevertheless, the near shattering of his divine kingdom and the complete annihilation of his supplicants still inflicted irreparable damage on this tyrannical god.

"No! You damned bastard!" In this state, rage had clouded Bane's judgment. The divine realm was doomed, and Bane's soul, connected to it, was severely damaged by the realm's shattering. At this point, there was no longer any possibility of peaceful negotiation; it was a matter of life and death. "Die, die, all of you die!" Bane unleashed his divine essence and divine fire, beginning to fully absorb the power of the Force. The Force, far surpassing divine power, surged into Bane's divine essence, providing him with even greater strength once more.

The Wasteland of Destruction and Despair, which was already trembling and collapsing more and more severely under the monkey's blow, was now heading towards its final destruction as Bane fully embraced the flow of the Force.

'Stop! God of Tyranny, do you want to destroy this plane?'

'Your Highnesses, please stop!'

'Stop…'

'Do not! '

……

The plane began to shake more and more. As Bane fully absorbed the flow of the Force, the other four gods cried out anxiously. With the Force sealing off the entire plane, it was clear that the other four gods whose divine kingdoms were located on this plane could not even escape, let alone separate their divine kingdoms from the plane, which was an extremely difficult task in itself.

Especially the goddess of misfortune, Bensaba, said with a pale face, "Your Highnesses, if a plane is destroyed, no one will escape unscathed. Stop! Stop it now..."

"Shut up!" The monkey looked in the direction of the Blood-Red Rock, his fiery eyes instantly locking onto the majestic tower atop the rocky hill beside the River of Blood, and the Goddess of Misfortune atop it. "Once I, Old Sun, have dealt with this stubborn feudalist, I'll have a proper talk with you, you wicked woman, about what the 'Labor Reform Law' really means!"

"You!" the Goddess of Misfortune roared in exasperation, "Are you insane? Don't you know the consequences of plane destruction? You're a madman, a madman!"

"You lunatic! Who's more dangerous than you, a feudalist who recklessly manipulates and persecutes others?!" The monkey sneered, then ignored Bane, picked up his golden cudgel, and smashed it directly at the Bloody Cliff.

'You…' With a deafening roar, the golden cudgel, which had traversed more than half a plane, instantly shattered the majestic tower on the rocky hill, breaking it in half and knocking down the Goddess of Misfortune.

"And you three who need labor reform, any objections?" The monkey glanced coldly at them, then looked in other directions. Seeing the monkey strike the Goddess of Misfortune, Bensaba, silent with a single blow, the Goddess of Vengeance, the Goddess of Torture, and the Goddess of Poison immediately fell silent. In this world, might makes right, and the monkey's fist was now far stronger than those three weak, worthless gods—it was practically unstoppable.

"Hmph!" With a cold snort, the monkey withdrew its gaze and looked at Bane. At this moment, Bane, having fully absorbed the Force Flow, had grown into a colossus a thousand meters tall under the influence of his surging divine power. The towering Bane roared and slammed his hammer down on the monkey once more. This time, it was a final strike delivered with the complete support of the Force Flow. This strike was enough to utterly blast through and shatter the entire Wasteland of Destruction and Despair.

This was an attack intended to destroy both sides. Even if this attack could take down the monkey, Bane would not be able to withstand the full infusion of the Force and would be completely assimilated by the Force.

Unfortunately, he was overthinking things, because the next moment, the golden-red light intensified, and the monkey's figure grew taller again, transforming into a super monkey five hundred feet tall, much taller than Bane was now.

"Hey! You monster, you are utterly foolish..." the monkey roared. This time, he didn't use his iron rod, but instead swung his fist, which was even bigger than Bane's, and slammed it down. "Ultimate power! Radiant Iron Fist of the Wuchan Class! Blast this bastard to dust, you piece of trash!"

The enormous fist, accompanied by a dazzling crimson glow, crashed down, utterly shattering Bane's body and also destroying most of the Force stream representing the tyrannical divine authority that had merged with Bane.

581. The Aftermath of Bane's Fall

The gods watching from the outside, whether they possessed a meager divine power that was barely enough to defeat a seasoned legendary mage in a one-on-one fight, or a powerful divine power that overlooked this multiverse, all witnessed at this moment the changes taking place on the immortal star that symbolized Bane, the god of tyranny, in the prime material world.

This dazzling star, representing the 19th rank of divinity, suddenly dimmed after flashing brightly for a while, disappearing completely from the night sky. In its place, a shooting star streaked across the sky and disappeared into the horizon.

'The god of tyranny has fallen…' This was the voice of the Silver Moon Goddess. Suren spoke slowly in a complex tone, 'This is a war on the Force level; the losers will be utterly annihilated.' In other words, the fallen Bane can't even go to the Astral Plane to lie dead.

In a scene unseen by the gods, the tyrannical god's body, divine essence, and even his divine fire were utterly obliterated by the monkey's devastating punch, reduced to ashes. His act of unleashing his divine essence and fully embracing the flow of the Force before his death was instantly and completely severed by the monkey.

Of course, the Force won't die out; it can only be severely damaged and then languishing in the sea of ​​Force. It will likely only revive when someone forges a new path, allowing this stream of Force, ravaged by the monkey, to recover. However, that will be a long time from now, a time when civilization has flourished and developed again, and by then, most of the gods in this multiverse will have already perished.

So what? Anyway, the Force forces that Bane represents as 'tyranny' are actually just symbols of 'ancient' and 'backward'. What kind of tyranny is that? A tyranny in a world that doesn't even have the concept of centralized power is, in the eyes of a true ruler, nothing more than an uncivilized indigenous chieftain.

In terms of tyranny, the Ancestral Dragon from a distant world could easily look down on Bane for tens of thousands of years. They both lived in ancient societies, but frankly, the Ancestral Dragon's methods far surpassed Bane's, that useless wretch. Even if it were just an ordinary Ancestral Dragon from a different world coming to this idealistic multiverse… well! If that were truly possible, Bane would be abandoned by the Force immediately…

But that is impossible.

So let's change our comparison point, like Iron Man and the Führer. Okay... Bane is indeed a piece of trash, the worst of the worst compared to those truly infamous tyrants. It's only in this world that Bane can become a god. If it were another world, he'd be lucky to survive being killed halfway through; at best, he'd be at the level of a powerful member of society.

And these influential figures in society... well, that's it.

In short, Bane was defeated, which in a sense meant that the position of tyranny was now vacant. Now, within the Sea of ​​Force, the will of the gods began to stir. This was a truly powerful divine position; whoever obtained it could elevate their divine power to a higher level and expand into new domains.

So the gods of the various evil factions began to fight each other, until finally they realized they had done something foolish. The tyrannical divine authority was gone... not just taken away, but truly gone, along with the corresponding flow of the Force, which withered into a mere stream.

In other words, the divine office of tyranny will be vacant for many years.

Then, this was the time for the gods who had no desire for tyrannical divine authority to watch the show. In particular, the Silver Moon Goddess Suren mercilessly mocked the Dark Night Goddess Shar, who had been the most active participant in the clash of wills in the Sea of ​​Force just now.

In reality, everyone knows about Shar's useless ambitions. No god believes that Shar's ambitions will ever be realized. If it were possible, Shar would be killed by a large group of Preys without the intervention of the gods.

"It's over!" A powerful divine consciousness spoke from within the Sea of ​​Force. "This is a good thing, at least Bane is dead and won't be resurrected..."

'Godhood level 19…' another voice interjected, '...to fall just like that. Wars at the Force level are truly terrifying; the losers don't even have a chance to be resurrected.'

'Previously, I thought the difference between the ancient gods of force and powerful gods was not significant, but now it seems that the ancient god of death was able to tear apart the throne of that madman Cyric not only because those divine offices once belonged to him...'

"Yes! Even without tearing apart Cyric's throne, that lucky madman back then probably wouldn't have been a match for an Old God of the Force."

'I wonder what will become of the remaining four?'

"It's hard to say, it all depends on what that ancient god of force is thinking. Who knows... uh, the goddess of misfortune has fallen?!" A cry of surprise suddenly rang out, and the gods who were about to leave all looked over in astonishment. Just then, the star belonging to the goddess of misfortune, Bensaba, like Bane before her, flashed with light and then dimmed, finally turning into a shooting star and falling to the ground.

Bensaba was a narrow-minded and wicked goddess, hated by countless people. However, no matter how much they disliked her, for some reason, the gods did not want to see her fall. This, to a large extent, became a tacit rule among the gods. Similarly, the goddess of fortune, Tamora, was the same. Perhaps many coveted their divine positions, but frankly, no powerful deity would want to see one of them perish.

As for why?

After the star of the goddess of misfortune, Bensaba, fell, the star representing the goddess of fortune, Tamora, suddenly shone brightly and began to rise steadily. Meanwhile, within the Sea of ​​Force, a new current of force began to surge, rushing towards Tamora. At this moment, those who had any ideas were powerless to stop it; the current of fate force brutally swept away all those with such intentions.

What displeased some of the gods was that the goddess of misfortune was not destroyed by the car like Bane had been before.

What does this mean? The gods all know the answer.

The deities are aware of the intricacies of the "Dawn Calamity" that led to the death of the Goddess of Fortune, Taji. Now, with the death of the Goddess of Misfortune, Bensaba, her divine duties, without anyone intervening to remove them, naturally and autonomously chose the Goddess of Fortune, Tamora, who is closest in origin to her.

These two sisters are actually the same person.

The two intermediate divine powers merged, and the two divine offices of misfortune and fortune began to complement each other, gradually becoming complete. In any case, amidst the waves stirred up by the currents of the Force of Fate, some with ulterior motives could only curse in secret.

However, what they didn't know was that although their curses wouldn't be heard by the other gods because they echoed in the Sea of ​​Force, the monkey heard them clearly.

582. Bensaba's Fall

Let's move the clock forward a little. Just as the monkey used the move "Ultimate Radiant Fist" to truly obliterate the tyrannical god Bane with a single punch, piercing through the chest of Bane, a powerful god who had already reached the 19th rank of divinity.

Ben stopped moving at the wound that pierced his chest, trembling as he looked at the monkey that had blasted through his body, wanting to say something. But in the end, he couldn't even make a sound with his punch; his entire body began to crumble into countless fragments that dissipated into the air.

Bane, the god of tyranny, is dead, along with the Force stream that merged with him, which was shattered by the monkey's punch. This is an unparalleled symbolism; Bane symbolizes the stubborn rule of this world, the cornerstone of the backward imperialist feudal landlord class. And now, this symbolic cornerstone has been crushed by the monkey. At this moment, the crimson Force stream that was created in the Sea of ​​Force because of the monkey shines brightly, breaking off directly from the original benevolent Force stream to form an independent, entirely new Force.

Hmm... I have a feeling someone will knock on the door in the middle of the night tonight! Is it just my imagination? Yes, it's all just my imagination.

Bane's death caused the entire Wasteland of Destruction and Despair to begin crumbling uncontrollably. As a powerful deity, Bane had always been a core part of this plane. Now that he was gone, it meant that the core of this plane was missing, and it faced the crisis of collapse.

In fact, at this moment, if the other four individuals were to seize this opportunity to replace this core position with their own divine kingdoms, they would definitely increase their control over this plane. They might even be able to further enhance their own power.

However, none of those four good-for-nothings dared to actually do it.