The Earth Alliance, a cooperative organization of all nations, urgently began investigating the massacre of a small country and the deaths of millions.
According to their timeline, before the small country declared its closure to the outside world, there were signs of a deity's emergence.
The official forces of the small country secretly dispatched troops to the valley where the commotion occurred. Upon their return, the high-ranking officials of the small country urgently declared a national lockdown, severing all external communication and contact.
Something must have happened to cause a country to suddenly close itself off in this modern era; it was too bizarre.
Following this, England dispatched special forces to secretly infiltrate the small country, but they lost contact immediately upon entry. All that was found later were bodies wrapped in dry skin over bones.
The Earth Alliance began to estimate that this horrific massacre had resulted in at least 3.4 million deaths!
Among these, over two hundred thousand were from other countries, not citizens of the small nation.
Such a terrifying and tragic event sent shockwaves across the international community!
Western countries, led by the United States, immediately blockaded the borders of the small country and sent in professional personnel to investigate the cause of the massacre.
As more and more photos of the atrocities were exposed, public emotions turned increasingly fearful and enraged!
In these photos, a woman tightly held her infant, only a few months old. Even on her desiccated face, two deep tear tracks were clearly visible. The infant, who should have been a new life, plump and adorable, was now just a pile of small bones with a thin layer of skin draped over it.
There were also lovers, embracing tightly in the street, unwilling to part, their lips touching. Their dry lips were fused together.
In schools, the scenes were even more gruesome, with desks stained red and textbooks turned crimson.
More and more graphic photos were continuously leaked.
After seeing these photos, people's emotions instantly exploded!
"Beasts! Demons! What kind of devilish heart would commit such a brutal and inhumane slaughter?"
"Was this done by the deity that appeared in that small country? This is no god, but a complete devil! Draining millions of lives, this method is more devilish than Satan!"
"An evil god has appeared, wiping out an entire small country overnight, sparing neither the old nor the young, not even animals escaped its clutches. The culprit must be found and executed!"
"The several countries surrounding that small nation are now in a panic, urgently mobilizing their defense forces, fearing a repeat of what happened to the small country!"
"Revenge! We must have revenge! Why should ordinary people be slaughtered by these gods? Where are the nuclear weapons? Let them bomb it hard!"
"Well said! Bomb it hard with nuclear weapons! Gods? How many divisions do these gods have?"
"The whole world unite, and together we shall eliminate the evil god, slay the god!"
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The internet was filled with strong condemnation of the perpetrator. No normal person could accept such a brutal and bloody case.
Most importantly, everyone felt their lives were severely threatened!
After all, although the small country was small, it was well-equipped. It ranked among the top fifty in the world's military strength rankings.
Yet, such a militarily powerful modern nation was wiped out silently.
The methods of the gods were too extraordinary, beyond anyone's comprehension.
Everyone was terrified, fearing that it would be their turn next, to become the shriveled corpses in the photos and videos.
The major powers were also deeply concerned. Nuclear weapons were undoubtedly loaded into silos, locked onto the location of the small country.
Simultaneously, the leaders of various countries held an online meeting, which concluded after thirty minutes of secret deliberation.
Strategic bombers began to take off, and nuclear submarines in the deep sea moved closer to the waters near the small country.
At this point, there was no distinction between territorial waters and airspace. The countries unexpectedly reached a consensus.
If this massacre was indeed caused by the so-called gods, then they would attempt to slay them!
Since the spiritual energy had begun to recover, deities had appeared in large numbers, but most of them merely manifested their divinity and then fell silent.
This gave people a misconception that all deities were benevolent and righteous, that they wouldn't interfere with worldly affairs or the lives of mortals.
Until this bloody massacre, which thoroughly awakened everyone.
Among the gods, there were indeed evil ones!
Evil gods would not care if you were mortal; they would kill, sacrifice, or devour you as they pleased, being utterly wicked!
This major event also led to a decline in public perception of the cultivators from Da Gan, who were now viewed with apprehension. Extremists even called for the expulsion of foreign cultivators.
The Da Gan cultivators who entered Earth for training naturally learned about the massacre of millions in the small country by gods through various channels.
They had more information because before entering the Great Wilderness, Lord Gongsun had informed them about the current situation on Earth.
"Gods? Aren't those the 'Old Saints' that Lord Gongsun mentioned, the ancient zombies? Slaughtering three million mortals and draining their blood, this is clearly the sacrificial method of demons, too cruel!"
"How heartless! Why can such demons cultivate to the Saint realm?"
A group of Da Gan cultivators gathered, discussing the matter.
Chen Wu and Wang Hao were among them. They had also applied to enter Earth for training.
Chen Wu said with a wry smile, "Just now, an official from Huaxia found me and asked if I could help. I directly refused."
He had recently broken through from the Spirit Refining realm to the Void Integration realm and was still a long way from the Body Building realm. How could he possibly face an Old Saint who had achieved sainthood thousands of years ago?
Such an ancient zombie would require their Emperor to take action!
Thinking of this, Chen Wu's face showed reverence as he spoke, "If I hadn't entered Earth for training, I wouldn't have known His Majesty's divine power, actually slaying an Old Saint without anyone noticing. Truly worthy of being our Emperor!"
After entering Earth, they had seen news reports about the Emperor of Da Gan slaying the Mountain Ancestor.
This news was unknown to anyone in the Great Wilderness because Xu Mo had never mentioned it to anyone.
This exhilarating news made all the cultivators who came to Earth for training very excited and thrilled, their respect for His Majesty deepening.
Chen Wu had watched the satellite combat footage and was filled with awe. The power of a Saint was beyond the imagination of a low-level cultivator like him.
"Brother Wu, let's not bother with these Old Saints. Let's focus on searching for heavenly treasures. That bald guy Liu seems to have found another precious spiritual herb," Wang Hao said from the side.