Within the Nine Provinces, as all living beings lent their strength to Li Xiaotian, a gravitational pull suddenly emerged from beneath the lands of Manzhou, intercepting a portion of the power being transmitted to Li Xiaotian from the Nine Provinces.
It was an ancient god! The ancient god, sealed beneath Manzhou by humanity's unmatched power in the primordial era, had been in slumber. Unexpectedly, it had awakened at this very moment. Its colossal body madly intercepted the power flowing from the Nine Provinces to Li Xiaotian, rapidly restoring itself.
"Hahaha, a bunch of fools! Though I have been slumbering, you were so careless as to not dispatch powerful individuals to guard Manzhou. This is clearly an opportunity for my recovery!"
Tremendous sounds echoed across the entirety of Manzhou. At this instant, Manzhou trembled as a divine body, as colossal as Manzhou itself, slowly began to rise.
"Damn it! Ancient God Gu Su, you are courting death!" Tongtian Sword Master and others roared, recognizing the entity. No one had expected such an unforeseen event to occur at this time. With a powerful enemy, the Devouring Crocodile Venerable, outside, and Gu Su of the ancient god race within, the Nine Provinces were truly in peril of perishing.
More importantly, Gu Su was an invincible Tier Four powerhouse. Once fully resuscitated, the Nine Provinces would face continued subjugation or utter destruction.
"Bastard!" Li Xiaotian gritted his teeth and roared, his heart filled with immense anxiety. His strength was declining, and he was about to be crushed by the Devouring Crocodile Venerable once more.
Furthermore, he was now at a complete dead end. In his current state, he could not kill the Devouring Crocodile Venerable. To slay the enemy, he first needed to sever Gu Su's interception of the Nine Provinces' power. However, there were no powerhouses left within the Nine Provinces, and those present could not return in time. Moreover, the Devouring Crocodile Venerable would clearly not permit them to return.
"Hahaha, heaven helps me, humans, you ants, you are all doomed!" The Devouring Crocodile Venerable laughed loudly, its tone filled with excitement and arrogance.
"Boom!" It unleashed a claw strike. Li Xiaotian, seeing this, resisted with all his might. But this time, Li Xiaotian was clearly outmatched. His colossal divine body was forced back more than ten paces.
"Damn it!" Li Xiaotian roared. He was unwilling to fail at this moment. He had an opportunity to destroy the Devouring Crocodile Venerable, but unexpectedly, such a crisis had arisen.
"Heh heh, humans, your world is destined to be destroyed by this venerable one. This time, no one can save you." The Devouring Crocodile Venerable chuckled and continued its assault on Li Xiaotian. Meanwhile, within the Nine Provinces, Gu Su also frantically intercepted the power, continuously weakening Li Xiaotian's strength.
Just as it seemed an inevitable death sentence, a cry suddenly erupted from the northernmost part of Manzhou.
"Order to the God Devouring race: The moment for our tribe to fulfill its mission has arrived! All tribesmen, burn your life force and devour gods!" It was the God Devouring race!
As the voice rang out, a dense mass of figures, numbering tens of thousands, suddenly emerged from the skies above northern Manzhou. Each of them had a phantom body, with a single point of light drifting within. At first glance, they resembled a swarm of insects flying in the sky.
In the next moment, the God Devouring race descended upon various parts of Manzhou and then sank into the earth, attaching themselves to Gu Su's divine body.
"Insolent beings! Ants, you deserve to die!" Gu Su roared, its colossal body shaking violently. But no matter how it struggled, the members of the God Devouring race seemed to fuse with its body, frantically devouring its divine power. The God Devouring race were natural nemesis to the ancient god race. Although their individual strength was not great, their innate talent was to devour ancient gods.
Simultaneously, Gu Su ceased intercepting the power of the Nine Provinces.
"Boom!" Instantly, Li Xiaotian's aura surged once more. This sudden turn of events left everyone stunned. No one had anticipated that the Nine Provinces, thought to be without hope, would have their disadvantage completely reversed due to the intervention of the God Devouring race.
The God Devouring race had a negligible presence in the Nine Provinces; only the beings of Manzhou were aware of them. They had even been consistently hostile towards the major tribes of Manzhou, forcing them to reside in the harsh northern regions of Manzhou. Yet, it was the God Devouring race that had intervened to save the Nine Provinces at this critical juncture, altering everything.
In the void, the Devouring Crocodile Venerable, which had been utterly arrogant, suddenly froze, its expression one of disbelief. The favorable situation had vanished? This was something it could not accept. It had believed it could devour the world before it and then annihilate the human ants before it. It had already planned its revenge on these ants. But who could have imagined the situation would reverse in the blink of an eye.
"Boom!" Terrifying energy erupted from Li Xiaotian once more. He was now at invincible Tier Three. Although it was borrowed power, it filled his heart with immense shock. He was too powerful. He felt that if he faced his former self now, he could kill him with a single strike. Invincible Tier Three! No wonder their desperate efforts were no match for the Devouring Crocodile Venerable. The gap was simply too vast. It was like comparing heaven and earth.
Li Xiaotian looked at the Devouring Crocodile Venerable. His current body had grown to three thousand zhang. Although still slightly smaller than the Devouring Crocodile Venerable's physique, he no longer feared it.
"Now, it's my turn to settle the score with you." Li Xiaotian said with a cold smile, then unleashed a punch.