For Renjiro (Aether) and Lumine, checking the current state of the surface military camp was actually quite simple.
Previously, to provide a return channel for updating his main body's [Stats/Abilities], he had already relocated the Teleport Anchor, originally set at Dungeon Level 39, to the Large Tree Labyrinth border.
Currently, the intact Teleport Anchor still stood firmly on the ground, where Freya's familia had set up their camp.
The surrounding terrain had been utterly changed, the fragile tents reduced to rubble, yet the conspicuous crystal cone structure remained unscathed.
It even drew the attention of the colossal being that had just recently emerged from underground, a nearly hundred-meter-tall monster.
The pure black Scorpion had never seen anything like it.
It instinctively moved forward…
"BOOM~"
Its massive body made even a simple step feel like a natural disaster, sand and stones flew, the ground shook, mountains quivered.
Finally, the Scorpion arrived before the Teleport Anchor, lowering its bloodshot single eye to focus on it.
"Nangda yo~"
"Pfft~"
The change came too suddenly.
It was a figure far too small for the Scorpion to even notice.
Without warning, she appeared in its line of sight and then abruptly drew two sharp red daggers with a cursed effect that prevented wounds from healing, plunging them into the giant eye of the Scorpion.
It was completely unexpected.
And just as quickly, the petite figure vanished.
The Scorpion wanted to retaliate but couldn't find her.
Moreover… its vision had been taken away.
"CLANG~"
Once again, the terrifying corrupted divine presence surged into the sky.
It seemed ready to fall again.
Even before that, the Scorpion began thrashing in pain.
As mentioned before, even its simple movements could devastate the surrounding environment.
Now, fueled by rage, it unleashed a destructive frenzy on everything nearby.
At that moment…
"Humm~"
A figure suddenly appeared beside the indestructible Teleport Anchor.
Golden semi-transparent jade shields swirled around him.
It was the Emperor.
"Friend, this time we might have to mess around a little."
He seemed to be communicating remotely with someone.
After a brief mental exchange…
"CRACK~"
The already ravaged ground suddenly split.
A ninety-five-meter-long dark-gold stone spear, prominent even compared to the Scorpion's size, formed from the fissure and shot skyward.
Its apex did not rise far from the ground…
The Emperor's remaining magical reserves couldn't fully sustain such a move.
Meanwhile, it began descending again.
Facing an overwhelming area-of-effect attack and limited reserves, the Emperor, with centuries of battle experience, knew precisely how to sacrifice, choose, and use limited resources to land a decisive blow.
"Humm~"
The ascending stone spear dropped almost simultaneously with the Light Rain.
The light rain avoided the Scorpion's location.
Using this, the seasoned Emperor stepped into the "safe zone" around the Scorpion, and as he looked up, his eyes narrowed.
"BANG~"
The giant stone spear struck the Scorpion's head.
"VZZZZ~"
Energy ripples with sacred glyphs radiated outward.
The dark-gold spear acted less as a spear and more like a shock hammer.
"BOOM~ BOOM~ BOOM~"
Pulses of energy expanded again and again.
The Scorpion's massive body was compressed, its joints at the legs bursting forth dark purple, murky blood under the pressure.
"Since Barbara's spear technique is barely sufficient, might as well have her attack with us."
A few days ago, Renjiro had considered this devilish plan, not intending to act on it immediately, merely as a backup.
Now, seeing the Scorpion's colossal body collapse under the sacred glyphs, Zhongli sighed knowingly.
At the tip of the giant spear, a prayer priest girl holding the Orion's Arrow was effectively being used as a human projectile.
The dark-gold spear acted as a kind of rocket launcher.
Barbara's luck was good, the Emperor was there to ensure she wasn't literally impaled, but still…
This is a strange technique.
As the Emperor aptly described it, this human-cannon attack looked bizarre from every angle.
Yet…
"If it achieves a kill, it's brilliant."
Far away, inside Dungeon Level 50, Renjiro (Aether) coughed lightly.
"WHOOSH~"
He swung his sword and, using the Riftwind passive, cleaved a nearby giant spider in two.
Things on his end were grim.
Antares's forced activation of Artemis's divine power had released massive divine presence fluctuations…
The dungeon itself went berserk.
An enormous living structure, even Uranus's altar prayers couldn't pacify it. Monsters were hatching uncontrollably.
This wasn't the dungeon's usual internal purge; it was a true rampage.
Not only had the dungeon gone rogue, the monsters it spawned were also in a frenzy.
As Renjiro's node for the Starry Abyss high-efficiency mana buff, he was immediately besieged by deep-dwelling monsters upon arrival.
"RUMBLE~"
The pressure from surrounding monsters, the dungeon's rampage, and the commotion of trampling black rhinos misled Renjiro's Wings of the Wind evasion perception.
He mistakenly assumed the chaos was limited to the dungeon.
He believed surface defenders, Finn, Bete, Ais, the Hiryute sisters, Allen, and Ottar, could handle any monsters emerging.
Ganesha's familia wasn't weak either.
Even the Ishtar family, rivals of his elder sister, might intervene if necessary.
So he thought surface matters didn't need his attention.
He didn't realize…
The chaos wasn't limited to the dungeon and Large Tree Labyrinth.
Orario itself faced an even greater threat.
But the surface disturbances were masked by the dungeon's rampage, like stars invisible in daylight.
Renjiro remained unaware… until…
He, along with Freya's familia members, suddenly felt an intense, fleeting weakness.
"What… just happened?"
Renjiro's face went pale.
"That was… the power of 'Divine Blessing', it disappeared for an instant?"
If the main god is like a server terminal, that brief "disconnect" proved one fact:
Freya was facing a fatal crisis…
Had she already died once?
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