Chapter 1 The Legion Arrives

As Nolan broadcast the beacon to the material world, the drone legion and guardian legion, which had been waiting in the Nexus for a long time, immediately activated their warp engines. Space rifts were opened one after another, and the spatial structure at the edge of the world instantly collapsed into a tunnel, as countless battleships and fighters poured into the shattered divine kingdom of the dark domain.

Watching the shimmering light appear in patches in the darkness above the ruins of the Star of Creation, and battleships and armed drones rapidly take shape from the light, Hao Ren's lips curled up slightly: this was the right tempo. How could the situation of not being able to see anything with that one arrow piercing the clouds in the Rakhreign dream happen every day?

Even the Goddess of Destruction floating in the air was surprised by this sudden change. She looked up at the fleet that was rapidly filling the universe, and said with considerable surprise, "What is this? Guardians? Ah... so these bad children aren't all dead yet... Good, I'll stretch my muscles a bit after waking up..."

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the earth, interrupting the Goddess of Destruction's soliloquy: "Did you think no one was here just because I wasn't saying anything?"

The silver-haired, blood-eyed goddess raised her face. Although the weakness after ten thousand years of slumber had not yet subsided, she was still strikingly sharp at this moment. After speaking, she first nodded to Hao Ren to thank him for blocking the first blow from that evil god just now, and then looked at the two long swords in his hand: "If you don't mind, how about lending me one for now? I might be able to use it more smoothly than you."

"Of course, you can have both of them if you want. They were originally yours anyway." As Hao Ren spoke, he prepared to throw the two cosmic shard longswords over, and incidentally get back his inspector's sidearm, but the Goddess of Creation waved her hand, and only took the silent "World-Splitting Blade": "It's enough for me."

Hao Ren was stunned, and wanted to ask on the spot if she also felt that the Godslayer Sword was too damn fragile...

Although it takes a while to explain, all of this actually happened in just a few seconds. The pale evil god in mid-air seemed to disdain his opponent, and had no intention of attacking first, while the Goddess of Creation had already grasped the ancient weapon that she had used many years ago. Space in the universe continued to fluctuate, and a majestic black battleship finally warped into the field, as a loud voice rang in everyone's ears:

"Guardian Legion in position, this is... Mother?! You..."

Almost immediately, the legion commander of the Guardian Legion sensed that extremely familiar aura, and his voice even trembled for a moment.

"We'll catch up later," the Goddess of Creation directly interrupted the legion commander, raised her long sword and pointed it at the pale figure standing in the void, her eyes suddenly sharp, "Maximum firepower, take her down!"

Before she finished speaking, she had already swung her sword, and an arc of light that seemed to be able to cut the entire dark domain apart burst from the tip of the sword, rushing towards the pale evil god with the momentum of destroying everything!

The order of the Goddess of Creation was the truth of the world that all guardians unconditionally obeyed. Even though they had been separated from their mother for ten thousand years, this had not changed in the slightest. Therefore, despite the great shock, joy, excitement, and doubt, Salamander and the Guardian Legion under his command responded to the goddess's order as if by conditioned reflex, and at the same time that the devastating sword light was swung, all the guardian battleships opened fire at the same time!

Hao Ren also immediately issued an order: "All units, maximum firepower, free fire!"

In an instant, the fleet fired all its guns, and the drone swarm fired beams of light. All combat units that had rushed here from the material world released their fire restrictions, and bombarded the area exuding infinite pressure with their maximum power attacks. This scene was even a little ridiculous: because the figure of the Goddess of Destruction was as small as an ant in front of those huge starships, and the caliber of the *Aier*'s secondary guns even exceeded the height of that evil god...

But everyone knew that this was not ridiculous at all.

In the face of such a fire bombing, individual martial power seemed insignificant. Even the meteor shower summoned by Izhaks probably wouldn't make much of a splash on the entire battlefield. Therefore, apart from Lily, who casually roared two small dog cannons at the beginning, Hao Ren and his friends quickly gave up continuing to throw large fireballs and lightning bolts towards the hot bombing zone in the air: in fact, let alone participating in the attack, the energy generated by the concentrated bombing of countless starships erupted in the universe, and the resulting energy storm had impacted the continent under everyone's feet. Deadly high-temperature and high-pressure shockwaves struck from the sky. If Izhaks hadn't reacted quickly and opened a layer of demonic energy shield, everyone would have had trouble even gaining a foothold on this battlefield.

At this moment, only Xiao Ruo Ji was still bravely *biubiubiu*-ing at the sky.

After the Goddess of Creation threw out a sword aura, she made no further movements, but looked solemnly at the hot and dazzling ball of light in the universe: that was the energy fusion phenomenon produced after the highly convergent guardian artillery bombardment hit a single point. At the core of that energy, the basic laws of the universe had probably been forcibly broken down, but the expression on her face showed that she did not relax in the slightest.

Hao Ren retreated to the goddess's side while protecting Dou Dou in his arms. He didn't notice the latter's expression, because all of his attention was almost focused on the grand explosion in the universe: "This level of attack should be enough..."

"Not enough, not nearly enough," the Goddess of Creation interrupted him before he could finish speaking, "She can't be eliminated that easily. If a volley from a fleet could solve this problem, I wouldn't have gone to so much trouble back then..."

Before she could finish speaking, she saw the dazzling ball of light in the universe suddenly tremble, and then all the light contracted in an instant. In a blink of an eye, the ball of light with a radius of several kilometers actually contracted into a sphere only a few meters in size!

"Everyone be careful!" The Goddess of Creation shouted immediately when she saw this scene. At the same time, she raised one hand high, and a translucent silver-white shield instantly enveloped the entire continent under Hao Ren and his party's feet, while the other hand swung the long sword forcefully, and a shock wave even more powerful than before flew from the tip of the sword towards the ball of light.

The ball of light shattered silently at the same time. Immediately afterwards, a powerful energy storm filled the entire space.

It was as if the energy previously gathered in that area had been compressed and then released. The violent white light stream almost instantly cleared all matter in the nearby universe: including those fragmented continents, islands, and temples. Some of the drone swarms and guardian battleships located in the inner layer of the battlefield were unable to dodge in time, and were destroyed on the spot, becoming countless shining fireballs.

But this was not the end at all. At the same time as the energy feedback erupted, Hao Ren heard a clear voice ringing in his mind:

"I... am the shadow of all of you..."

At the same time as this voice fell, he saw a sword light suddenly appear in the endless stream of light. That sword light was exactly the same as the one that the Goddess of Creation had swung out before. It even returned along the trajectory of the previous swing. The Goddess of Creation reacted instantly and swung her sword to block the light, but the whole person was still knocked away far away.

But to be honest, compared to what happened after this, the "Vivian's foster mother being blown away" incident was nothing at all.

Hao Ren saw countless shadowy things emerging from the chaotic nothingness in the midst of those violent light streams.

Those were guardian battleships, and countless drone armies!

For every guardian battleship that existed on the battlefield, a corresponding mirror battleship would be generated from the chaos. For every armed drone, a similar mirror would appear as if it were a ghost. Space ripples tore apart the universe, and mirror images with hollow black shadows formed an army that entered this battlefield. If it weren't for the ominous black mist floating on the surface of those mirrors, Hao Ren would have almost thought that this was another reinforcement he had summoned—

However, they were created by that evil god.

At the moment the "mirrors" appeared, the Guardian Fleet and the Drone Legion marked and locked on these new enemies. Immediately afterwards, artillery fire rang out. However, the mirrors reacted equally quickly. Almost in an instant, an equal scale of intercepting firepower fell on the heads of the two legions.

The original one-sided bombing turned into a balanced and fierce bombing between the two sides. The entire ruins of the divine kingdom were instantly submerged by endless explosions and fire, and in this madness, Hao Ren clearly saw the pale evil god reappearing in the place where she had first appeared.

Looking unharmed.

The Goddess of Creation once again strengthened the divine power shield covering the continent to prevent the bombing firepower from space from falling on this only foothold, while Lily had turned back into an armored dog form again. It seemed that the heavy armor could give her a little more sense of security. She looked at the chaotic scene in space and shouted loudly, "Landlord! This chick is more than just thorny! We don't seem to be able to beat her!"

Just as Lily finished speaking, the pale evil god seemed to have just noticed this small group of enemies on the ground again. She showed a smile and pointed to the ground: "Ah... I almost forgot, there's you guys too."

At the same time as she finished speaking, mirror images also appeared around Hao Ren and his party!

A giant wolf also covered in heavy armor, a demon also burning with flames and lava, and a siren also cowering into a ball!

These mirror images, which were almost no different from their "prototypes" except for a layer of black mist covering their bodies, pounced on their respective "prototypes" as soon as they appeared.

"Crap!! It can still go through the goddess's shield..." Nangong Sanba saw a guy who looked exactly like him raising a hand crossbow at him, and instantly exclaimed with goosebumps all over his body, but his movements were not slow at all. He had already activated the shield rune in his hand before the opponent attacked. The next second, a crossbow arrow flashing with silver light crashed into the shield he had urgently propped up, "I say... Hey? It doesn't seem very strong?"

Izhaks, in his demon form, punched back a mirror image that looked exactly like him, and laughed heartily: "Haha! I think this guy is unbelievably strong, and it's especially enjoyable to fight!"

The situation in space was chaotic and difficult to see clearly for a while, but Hao Ren glanced around and discovered the characteristics of these mirror images: they were products that completely copied various information from the original body. Whether it was fighting style or combat power, they were almost exactly the same as the original body, which led to completely different situations for everyone when facing their own mirror images!

Nangong Sanba was always lacking in attack and more than enough in self-preservation, so he could still handle his mirror image with ease if he simply defended, while Izhaks could fight his mirror image until the sky was dark and the earth was dim.

Two groups of bats flashing with electric light were colliding with each other in the low air. That was Vivian and her copy engaged in a great battle. Two dog cannons also collided and annihilated each other in a slightly farther place. That was Lily and her mirror image engaged in a head-on collision.

Behind Hao Ren, Nangong Wuyue also had to fight her shadow: the two snake balls each curled up into a ball, and the tips of the two tails quickly poked in the air like Mount Hua Sword Debate. Neither of them could do anything to the other, because they were at least twenty meters apart from each other.

Even Xiao Ruo Ji encountered her mirror image. The battlefield between her and her mirror image was probably the quietest and most leisurely place in this space—the moment he saw the two little things, Hao Ren even felt that the BGM had changed.

The two little things stood one meter apart. Xiao Ruo Ji went "*biu*" once, and the opposite side also went "*biu*" once—and then neither of them hit anyone.