Chapter 660 - My Doomsday Territory

**Apocalyptic Territory Chapter 660: Attribute Boost (Two-in-One)** The God of Calamity had weathered countless storms over millennia, yet never imagined the black seam's entrance would suddenly close and vanish. Such a large black seam! Yet, there was no hint of spatial instability beforehand! The god was unaware that Tang Yu had long established a sub-territory on the other side of the seam. Within its borders, his word was law. Smoothing out the connected space was merely a thought away. Even with the god's vast experience, a moment of surprise couldn't be helped. In that instant, countless black chains emerged, densely packed. Although the god felt no constraints, the world seemed to lose its color, leaving only black and white. The space had changed. However, the god remained within its divine domain, gathering boundless divine power. An energy ball in its hand grew larger and larger—one meter, ten meters, fifty meters, a hundred meters... A colossal energy ball over a hundred meters in diameter was thrown down. Boom! The pure and terrifying energy erupted, appearing even more daunting within the "Lock of Earth". Tang Yu couldn't divide the space in time and was blown away, floating in the air. He managed to grab Ilene's soft hand, while Nancy shielded them both, a light shield rising from her back. It shattered in less than a breath, sending the trio rolling away like a ball. "Cough, cough." Tang Yu stood from the ruins, facing a seemingly bottomless, massive crater. He couldn't discern his location, only seeing the black and white scenery before him. The "Lock of Earth" trembled slightly before settling back into calm. The destructive power of a third-order transcendent could annihilate worlds. Fortunately, they were within the "Lock of Earth", where the spatial layer differed from reality. Even just the god's strike created a crater comparable in size to a large city. The resulting tremors were countless times more intense than a ten-magnitude earthquake, and the shockwave could reach hundreds of miles away. On a fragile, low-tier life planet, such a strike might shift continental plates, triggering tsunamis, hurricanes, and other natural disasters, potentially disrupting the ecological balance. Loss of life would be immeasurable, as vulnerable as humanity before awakening. Given the god's displayed power, even if they defeated it, the blue star would nearly be ruined. Tang Yu exhaled but couldn't help spitting out blood—his spatial avatar was a replica, with blood transplanted from his true self. Beside him, Ilene disintegrated into pure energy particles, instantly reconstituting herself, her pale complexion improving. Nancy, having withstood the shockwave, stood up worriedly looking at him, her hand reaching out, then withdrawing, remembering she had no healing spells. "It's nothing serious." This was the drawback of pursuing the "Mental Path". Strong survival abilities but lacking physical resilience—life force and healing had improved significantly from first-order transcendence, yet he retained vulnerable areas like the head and heart. The soul was the strongest. Even if the body was destroyed, the soul could still escape and reside in another body—if it could successfully flee. Creating the spatial avatar used many precious resources; it had weaknesses but no longer in the head or heart. Instead, it housed a core within its body, offering stronger survival abilities than the true self. "The blood trickling from his mouth was reabsorbed, the core releasing energy strands to rapidly heal the internal injuries caused by the shockwave. He gazed into the distance at the God of Calamity, still thundering away, trying to break the "Lock of Earth." Crackling, The "Lock of Earth" space partitioned, the god losing track of them; even residual energy couldn't affect the separate spatial layer. "Ilene." He looked at her. Ilene took a deep breath and sat cross-legged, the sacred artifact Ice Whisperer planted before her. Her fingers flew, streams of light threading the "Lock of Earth" space. "Lord." "My Lord." "We're here." Empty, Red Moon, Gretel, and Tyron were pulled into the "Lock of Earth" space, appearing around them. At this time, Ilene's setup was ready. Countless ice and snow sprites swirled, projecting tundra throughout the "Lock of Earth", filling every corner. The God of Calamity warily surveyed the surroundings. Knowing it was the power of a sacred artifact, it dared not be careless. As the projection solidified, the god felt a suppressive force acting on it. Mobilizing its divine domain's power, it flickered to another location, like before when it faced tundra projections. The God of Calamity appeared miles away, enveloped by the tundra projection. "???" ... "It's done; the God of Calamity has been trapped in Eternal Tundra." Ilene was heavily taxed; handling a cautious deity was far more challenging than dealing with a world-class demonic beast. "Prepare to relocate the battlefield," Tang Yu suggested. "Search the 'Lock of Earth' space thoroughly, ensuring no fallback plans left by the God of Calamity." If it left an avatar, escaping during the "Lock of Earth"'s closure, it would escape capture. Tang Yu extended his domain, covering over sixty kilometers, only slightly inferior to Ilene. He focused, inch by inch inspecting. Red Moon flowed as a blood river through the black and white space. The group had enough patience, sensing repeatedly until Tang Yu found a drop of golden blood at the bombarded crater, imbued with the god's aura. With some recovery, Tang Yu emitted a glaze flame, incinerating the golden blood droplet instantly. "That's settled." The blood river flew from afar, spinning rapidly, and visibly diminishing, transforming into Red Moon donned in crimson. The black and white space contracted, and in an instant, reverted to its original scenery—they stood on scorched earth, yet without the massive crater that vanished the entire city. Buzzing— He felt the phone in his ring vibrating—it's a Huaneng phone made in Anxia—caller ID showing Yuan Hu. The Huaneng phone flew out from his world ring, hovering by his ear, fingers simulated through source energy pressing the answer button. Yuan Hu's booming voice immediately came through. "Master Tang, where are you? Are you alright? I called over a hundred times, and it kept saying 'out of service area.'" The source energy held the earphone slightly further, "No major issues, continue clearing the chapels across regions, the sooner the better." "…And the evil god? If by chance—" "The evil god is our responsibility, just proceed as planned." Listening to the busy tone from the phone, Yuan Hu stood dazed, looking far away. There, A light more splendid than a nuclear explosion, A sunrise woven with purple and crimson, slowly rising. Yuan Hu paused for a moment, then waved a hand, "Let's go." The awakened ones of the Thirteenth Bureau, battle suits stained with blood, swiftly sprinted in another direction. ... Having dismissed the "Lock of Earth" and returned to reality, Tang Yu briefly sensed, drawing upon the strength of the territory... Tear— A stable black seam, dozens of meters long, appeared a few kilometers away—reopened under the territory's power. If the God of Calamity witnessed this, it would be left speechless. "Let's go, time to stack some buffs." Beyond the black seam lay a barren ridge, where the sub-territory was established. The area was even more desolate, with only occasional minor exotic beasts in second or third rank. [Territory Authority: Realm Enhancement—Choose: Ilene, Nancy, Kong…] In an instant, everyone's aura surged, stirring the winds and intimidating creatures within a dozen kilometers. Dragon potions, spirit potions, super-sense potions… Several potions effective on the transcendent were consumed freely, even summoning Winnie and the astral twins, far in the verdant shade, to add a few buffs via teleportation. Nancy re-entered "Specter Transformation", her presence now rivaling an ordinary third-order transcendent. The group vanished, reappearing in the "Eternal Tundra" world the next moment. Boom! At their first encounter with the God of Calamity, explosive roars erupted. Mountains of snow collapsed, and fluttering ice sprites were shredded like fragile papers. The God's divine power was exceedingly robust, continuously hurling terrifying energy balls. Yet, it no longer resided in its divine domain but in the world of tundra! Without the support of his divine domain and unable to freely traverse within it, the God of Calamity found himself suppressed by the world of eternal tundra. Meanwhile, Nancy, Ilene, and the others grew stronger with each passing moment. Compared to their previous battle with a world-class demonic beast, they had made significant progress. The seven of them positioned themselves strategically, standing on a mystical array, and were now capable of holding their own against the God. The more the God of Calamity fought, the more frustrated and disordered he became. His divine power was immense, yet Tang Yu and his companions were no less formidable. If they could withstand an attack, they did; if not, they evaded, exercising full control over their home advantage. At the same time, in the Tarlin Nation, teams from several major countries were making rapid progress. The God of Calamity's church, only a little over a month old, had limited strong members. The top-level archbishops were few. Whenever they appeared, they were swiftly dealt with by disciples from immortal sects, like Shangguan Ling and Cao Xinghua. Even bishops or local knight commanders could be managed by elite squads from the various nations. These individuals had forcibly enhanced their bodies using divine power, leaving them relatively fragile and lacking combat experience. Even a moment's carelessness could see an archbishop sniped by an expert. The God of Calamity sensed that the threads of faith connecting him to his followers were snapping en masse, especially the fanatics—there were scarcely any left! Without a base of followers, his divine power waned, his divinity grew unstable, and he began to lose the battle. He roared, "Where is your divine domain?! Show yourselves! I know you're watching! Have you sent mere Harmonization Realm beings to shame me?!" He refused to believe Nancy and the others were the strongest! Whether it was immortal sect disciples reaching the ninth or tenth level in mere months, prodigies possessing domains in the Harmonization Realm, or the existence of sacred artifacts and mysterious techniques he couldn’t comprehend—all manifested the extraordinary nature of the immortal sects! They must be one of the top forces of the Mountain and Sea World, producing Saint-level beings, with perhaps some still alive! He was merely a trial object for these prodigious talents! Frustrated! In thousands of years, the God of Calamity had never felt so stifled! With the steady decline of his followers, he suffered repeated injuries, and his essence plummeted. Finally... The God of Calamity refused to let his essence fall below 10% and risk capture. Nor did he wish to perish at the hands of mere Harmonization Realm entities. Boom!!! A deity's self-destruction almost destroyed a continent. The eternal tundra world was violently upheaved, like a doomsday catastrophe. The howling energy currents swept everything, reducing all to nothingness in their path. After dozens of minutes, the raging energy currents began to subside, and Tang Yu and Ilene re-entered the tundra world. "A pity, a true deity, a special kind of being, perfect for research, gone just like that." Ilene nudged his arm, expressionless but with a hint of excitement in her eyes as she gazed in a certain direction. "No, there's something left behind." "Let's go, take a look." Ilene grabbed his arm, and as they sped across the rapidly restoring tundra world, the scenery blurred. Moments later, they appeared at a new location. Tang Yu couldn't identify the spot—the tundra world all looked the same to him. But there, upon the snow, lay a golden crystal. Small, smaller than a fingernail, yet it stood out starkly, drawing anyone’s gaze instantly to it. One would even feel an urge to refine the golden crystal. [Divine Fragment of the God of Calamity (Fragmented): Medium Divine Power] "Do you want it?" Tang Yu asked. Ilene shook her head disdainfully, unless it was a frost god’s divine fragment… it wasn’t worth her interest. Aside from making the bottleneck easier when breaking into the third-order transcendent realm, what else did becoming a god offer? Subject to the limitations of divine fragments and a divine domain! Her domain already rivaled a seasoned third-order transcendent. Breaking through to domain levels in the future wouldn’t be too difficult. Sensing Tang Yu also found it a tasteless conundrum, Ilene brightly suggested, "Perhaps cultivating a deity could be useful sometimes?” A deity within its divine domain could accomplish things even some domain level powers couldn't—for instance, mass-producing divine envoys. Yet... it also seemed quite redundant. In Verdant, there was no shortage of the transcendent. Nearly every top member within the major corps had gradually reached the transcendent ranks. Special energy like mental value was crucial; whether expanding the territory, accelerating cultivation, supporting realms, enhancing comprehension, etc., all required it. Why cultivate a deity to compete for resources? 'It’s best to toss it to the research institute, Kevin and those research addicts might be thrilled.' He reached out, and the divine fragment landed in his palm. [Ding! Special artifact detected, would you like to absorb and integrate it into the territory…] [Absorption effect: Prediction Ability +15%.] He paused, surprised. He opened the system panel, overviewing the general situation of his territory. [Territory: Verdant] [Area: 93,300 square kilometers] [Sub-territories: 1 Sunset, 2 Yangtze Delta, 3 North Court, 4 Gulings…] [System Buildings: Tavern (Level 7), Workshop (Level 7), Market (Level 7), Research Institute (Level 6), Training Camp (Level 3), Arrow Tower (Level 4)…] [Special Buildings: Moonlight Waterfall, Pure Source Power Pool, World Tree…] [Attribute Augmentation: 1 World Tree: Territory expansion speed +500%; Territory power augmentation +55% (enhances as World Tree grows).] [Source Crystals: 1 billion 66.66 million] [Mental Value: 85.66 million] This was only the second time he encountered a wonder that could enhance his territory. Certainly, it wasn’t as grand as the World Tree, but the prediction ability intermixed with "Blueprint/Formula Enhancement," "Blueprint/Formula Restoration," "Cultivation Method Advancement," and "Battle Analysis" was still quite useful, even if the boost was modest. At least, it was far more beneficial than handing it to Kevin for research. (Kevin: "???" Didn't expect you to be this kind of lord!)