Iyetta yelled at Wen Wen, "Stop, you disrespectful fiend! This is a place where deities descend. Take one more step forward, and you will perish without a burial."
Wen Wen then took a step forward, tilting his head to look at Iyetta.
As if to say, I'm going forward, what can you do about it?
Iyetta gritted her teeth, unsure how to stop Wen Wen, as his appearance was entirely unexpected.
"Since you can't do anything, then I apologize for what's about to happen."
Wen Wen continued to walk forward. When he was about ten meters away, he felt an extremely powerful barrier ahead. He took out a claw from a siege beast and gently pressed it against the barrier.
The beast claw, which could withstand Wen Wen's attacks head-on, began to annihilate itself silently upon contact with the expanding energy, without making a sound.
"It's indeed terrifying, but it should be manageable!"
Then, Wen Wen manifested the Disaster Containment Gauntlet and pressed it directly onto the barrier. He then placed his right hand in front, advancing slowly.
Even with the Disaster Containment Gauntlet, it wasn't easy for Wen Wen to approach the core. His progress was slower than a turtle's. The blast waves generated by the collision of the barrier and the gauntlet completely destroyed the areas on either side of Wen Wen.
Seeing that Wen Wen was not destroyed by the barrier but was advancing inch by inch, Iyetta almost dropped her jaw.
"Don't come any closer!"
"If you come any closer, you'll... you'll become infertile with many children, and your neighbor's brother will be named Wang!"
"Vicious woman, but I don't even have a girlfriend, so why should I be afraid?" Wen Wen shook his head, ignoring her, and continued to advance.
During his advance, the Disaster Containment Gauntlet had absorbed a lot of energy, which had unlocked new functions for the containment facility. However, Wen Wen did not get distracted to check them, as the matter at hand was the priority.
"You pile of marsh gas, Liang * Fan's dinner, a deformed product weighing only ten catties with its skin removed, if you take another step..."
Driven to desperation by Wen Wen, Iyetta spewed forth a torrent of insults, causing Wen Wen's temples to bulge.
A few insults might have been bearable, but this barrage of vulgarities was too much, even for a pervert like Wen Wen. He glared fiercely at Iyetta and roared:
"Shut up! I'm going to stop this summoning ritual, no one can save it, I said it!"
With that, Wen Wen, breathing heavily, advanced with red eyes, his speed significantly increased from before.
Seeing Wen Wen accelerating, Iyetta's eyes turned red. Tears streamed down her face as she pleaded, "We of the Heart of Nature only desire a backbone, to escape our lives as street rats, at least to stop our homelessness."
"The deity we are summoning is not some twisted monster; it can even help your Hunter Association drive away other monsters."
"I beg you, show some mercy and spare us pitiful beings... As long as you don't interfere, we will give you whatever you want. I can sign a contract with you and will never go back on my word." Sultan Novel Network
However, whether she reasoned with him, cursed him viciously, or tried to coerce and tempt him, Wen Wen remained unmoved. Finally, he rushed to the edge of the altar and placed his hand upon it.
The moment Wen Wen's hand touched the altar, the full moon-like energy sphere trembled violently. The combined power of the disaster-level creature and the Qilin Spirit Orb from the other side poured into the Disaster Containment Gauntlet.
Iyetta could no longer spare any energy to persuade Wen Wen. She could only do her best to maintain the summoning ritual, hoping to have the deity descend before Wen Wen completely destroyed the altar.
...
In the Inner World, within the desolate void, floated a continent of unbelievable size.
Several scorching spheres of light orbited this continent constantly, serving as its light source.
These light spheres were all stars the size of the sun in the real world!
On the other side of the continent, there were several faintly glowing planets of various colors; these were the moons of this continent.
This continent was the main continent of the Inner World. Outside this continent, in the endless void, there were hundreds of planets suitable for normal life, where many different civilizations existed.
If, one day, the real world were to be engulfed by the Inner World, it would eventually become one of these planets.
On one of the clear, cold, white moons, stood a magnificent palace complex. Above the palace floated a beautiful, twin-colored crescent moon.
Seated on the crescent moon was a woman with luxurious attire and bare feet.
She was one of the most powerful subordinate deities under the Heavenly Sovereign, the Moon Goddess!
The Moon Goddess rested her chin on her hand, idly manipulating the moonlight to change into various novel shapes.
The Inner World was vast, exceeding the cognitive abilities of normal life.
It was bizarre and full of wonders; anything could happen.
All the physical rules of the real world could apply here, or they might not. Even her territory, this moon-planet, was boundless, possessing countless mysterious places.
But boundlessness did not equate to interest. In her long life, the Moon Goddess had gradually grown bored with the Inner World and wished to visit a place she had never seen.
A silvery-white rabbit lay on the Moon Goddess's lap and spoke human words, "Moon Goddess, I heard from the neighbor's old dog that a new world has recently been drawn to the main continent. You could go there to play."
"That world is not large, but it contains billions of humans. These humans have developed unique cultures, and you could go there to amuse yourself."
"I heard that the humans there even call themselves 'real,' and us 'illusory'..."
The Moon Goddess shook her head and said, "Outside that world lies a world barrier that is unreasonably resilient. Only fortunate, low-level creatures can enter. For me to enter, I need a catalyst and... to pay a price."
Just then, a trace of shock appeared on the Moon Goddess's face. She then pointed her finger, and a strange vortex appeared before her.
"A low-level creature is using a disaster-level creature's core as a sacrifice to summon me. The catalyst... has arrived!"
The Moon Goddess's eyes glowed with an unusual brilliance. Visiting new places was her greatest pleasure.
However, she held great authority in the Inner World and naturally could not abandon her home and responsibilities to travel to the Inner World like other disaster-level creatures.
So, she plucked a crescent-moon-shaped hairpin. The cold moonlight spilled onto the hairpin, and it transformed into a woman exactly like her.
And this woman also possessed disaster-level strength!
After creating this clone, the Moon Goddess's aura weakened slightly, but only slightly.
She pointed at the vortex and said, "Go to the new world, and experience everything you can for me..."
Then, the clone, without hesitation, plunged into the vortex.
However, not long after the clone entered, the Moon Goddess frowned.
"The power of the summoning ritual is being siphoned, and there's a familiar aura on the other side... very annoying, but familiar. But why can't I remember it!"