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Chapter 980: The World Government Invades the Sea Star Underworld!
Sea Star Underworld.
The sky here, as always, was crimson like blood, even more like fire.
The earth, on the other hand, was scorched black like charcoal, and purplish mist drifted over from time to time in the air.
Located at the center of this Underworld.
One can see a magnificent city with black walls towering into the clouds, a long river of magma flowing outside the walls, numerous volcanoes surrounding it, and an extremely vast space inside the walls.
Four city walls, four drawbridges, and four plaques hanging on the gate tower.
Written on them were the four large characters 'Enma King City'!
The atmosphere was imposing, making people feel a sense of dread, and the majesty was overwhelming.
Only the Death Gods, Underworld Generals, and Underworld Soldiers under King Yama's command, along with the relatives they wished to keep and their descendants, are qualified to reside in this place.
In addition, the lifespan of spirit bodies generally reaches several hundred years.
This resulted in the already very huge city becoming somewhat overcrowded.
It's just that ever since King Yama led his military to the Ninja World Pure Land, the city's population has decreased significantly.
However, not many people were worried about this.
Because in their hearts, King Yama was an invincible existence.
Especially the previous experience of smoothly achieving the occupation of the Kabaneri Underworld and the Demon Slayer Underworld made this thought even firmer.
Until the defeated remnants who fled back brought back news of King Yama's defeat.
This made the scorching hot atmosphere in every part of Enma Castle began to carry a taste of panic.
This attracted countless 'Kabane Butterflies', like swarms of fireflies, flashing dense red light, flying all over the sky between the streets and alleys, beautiful and magnificent.
Fortunately, Sanast, the Strongest Underworld General under King Yama's command, the 'Reaper Army Commander', promptly announced the news that King Yama, as the Lord of the Underworld, would undergo rebirth and return to the homeland thirteen days later even if defeated outside, which eased the increasingly severe tense atmosphere throughout the city a lot.
However, there were still many residents, and even Underworld Soldiers and Generals garrisoned within the city, worried that the Ninja World forces would lead their military to attack.
Regarding this, Sanast immediately exceeded his authority and issued an order for the 'Enma Army' in various places to immediately go to the various 'River Mouths' of the Underworld River to garrison, and also sent over a part of the Death Gods under his command.
While the nearly ten thousand main force of the 'Death God Army' remained in Enma Castle, constantly vigilant for any activity overhead.
This is because if one wants to invade an Underworld, they must either follow along the Underworld River and enter with the flow, or rely on great power to tear open space and create a pitch-black space passage.
The former is the easiest and most convenient.
But the size and quantity of the 'River Mouths' are different for each Underworld.
The so-called 'River Mouth' is the junction where the internal Underworld River meets the external 'Underworld Sea'.
Basically, the larger the Underworld, the larger the Underworld River, or even more Underworld Rivers it will have.
For example, some Underworlds only have one Underworld River running through east and west, then the 'River Mouths' will be two.
But some Underworlds may also have one Underworld River running through north and south, then the 'River Mouths' will be four.
This Sea Star Underworld is exactly like this.
Enma Castle is located just at the junction of two Underworld Rivers.
Just like Mary Geoise and the Grand Line and Red Line.
At the same time, the larger the scale of the Underworld River, the larger its width will naturally be, and the more numerous the quantity of Underworld Boats that can enter and exit simultaneously will be.
Moreover, the position is fixed, making it very easy to guard and defend.
As for the latter, it just depends on how strong the strength is.
Just like Little Enma, who can now only tear open a black seam, only allowing a few people to enter and exit.
While King Yama, on the other hand, could forcefully open up a huge black hole overhead the Ninja World Pure Land for a large-scale invasion.
Sanast thought that since someone over in the Ninja World could defeat King Yama, then the other party definitely possessed the ability to tear open a large opening in the homeland.
To be honest, he was actually very heavy-hearted as well.
Because he didn't think he himself could defeat an opponent who could defeat King Yama.
In addition, he very clearly understood that even if King Yama underwent rebirth, he would fall into a weakened state for a very long period of time.
Therefore, if the other party really counter-attacked, their side would absolutely be unable to resist.
Despite this, Sanast still had to brace himself and manage the overall situation.
Besides this.
There was also one matter that made Sanast's mood become even heavier.
A few days ago, Shimotsuki Ryuma, who was living in the Far Shore Garden, was killed by someone unknown.
Over these hundreds of years.
Regarding the issue of who was stronger and who was weaker between himself and the other party, it had always been a hot topic among everyone in Enma Castle.
In addition, Shimotsuki Ryuma's personality was arrogant and aloof, and he was not polite at all towards him.
Even more so, a hundred years ago, a Death God was cut to death on the spot because he 'trespassed' into the Far Shore Garden.
At that time, if it weren't for King Yama personally intervening to stop it, he was even prepared to storm his residence.
This made the relationship between both sides very tense.
Therefore, Sanast was both surprised and shocked at that time.
But looking at the current situation, Shimotsuki Ryuma's death is indeed a great loss for their side!
If he were still here, perhaps he could help him alleviate a certain amount of pressure.
That mysterious person who killed Shimotsuki Ryuma must also be given importance.
It's just a pity that up until now, his subordinate Death Gods haven't found any clues.
Because the Far Shore Garden and Shimotsuki Ryuma's manor have already been completely razed to the ground.
At the same time.
A skeleton man wearing a black robe and holding a giant scythe, accompanied by rolling black mist, quickly flew into the Shinigami Hall located west of Enma Castle.
When it saw Sanast sitting upright on a seat completely piled up from skulls, it hurriedly knelt down on one knee and urgently gave its report: "Commander! We just received an Urgent Report from the direction of the West River Estuary! A large number of Underworld Boats flying the World Government Flag have invaded and have launched an attack on them first!"
"World Government?!"
Sanast, wearing a blood-red robe and with pure white bones, suddenly raised his head.
"Yes, it is confirmed to be the Five-Circle Cross Pattern."
Just then, while that black robed Shinigami was speaking, he took out a Den Den Mushi and projected the footage transmitted from the direction of the West River Estuary into mid-air.
"This!"
Instantly, the Soul Fire burning in Sanast's eyes suddenly trembled.
He really didn't expect that the first to invade was not the forces from the Ninja World, but the World Government from the Homeland Human World!
But things have come to this point, Sanast must immediately accept the fact and make a response at the same time.
But how should he do it?
Leave Enma Castle and go to the West River Estuary to intercept?
Then what should be done if the Ninja World forces tear open the sky and attack and enter during this process?
Soon, after careful consideration, Sanast made the decision to first deal with these strange World Government troops.
Because just like what he thought before, if the Shinobi World Expert who defeated King Yama personally arrived, it would not be much use even if he guarded here.
Despite this, Sanast still left behind five thousand Death Gods and only brought the remaining three thousand Death Gods to rush to the West River Estuary.
He actually wanted to see, what exactly was going on!
While at the West Underworld River Mouth at this time.
Just like what Sanast saw in the footage, it had already become a fierce battlefield where Killing Intent was rampant.
Boundless Killing Intent permeated like wind around the Underworld River, which was pitch-black like ink and dotted with starlight.
Thousands of Underworld Boats and warships, forming a vast array of ships, poured mightily into the Sea Star Underworld.
It's just that the figures walking down from these ships turned out to be giants, one by one, whose body size was as much as ten meters high, wearing purple-black uniforms.
As soon as they got off the ship, they immediately ran with large strides towards the distant battlefield with grinning faces.
Using extremely brutal methods, they violently hammered a group of skeleton soldiers who were covered in dark red armor all over their bodies and holding weapons.
On the deck of an unremarkable Underworld Boat located at the middle section of the fleet.
A black-haired youth wearing a Purple Justice Cloak stood on the bow of the ship, gazing with his pair of emerald green eyes at the streaks of black shadow in the distant high altitude.
"Brother Zeke, knock down those black robe skeletons."
"No problem!"
As soon as the voice behind the youth fell, following the bursting forth of crackling golden lightning, a rapidly growing shadow enveloped them.
However, he had no intention of turning around to look at all.
In the blink of an eye, a giant appeared on the deck, as tall as seventeen meters, yet covered all over its body in brownish-black hair like an ape.
It was precisely the 'Beast Titan', Zeke Yeager!
The current Underworld Army Vice Admiral under King Yama's command!
At this time, over ten soldiers who had not yet transformed into Pure Titans, with great effort, brought up three large pushcarts filled with stone balls.
The Beast Titan did not hesitate, immediately grabbed one of the pushcarts, and poured the stone balls inside onto its other palm.
Then, making a standard throwing motion, the dozens of huge stone balls in his hand were forcefully thrown out in an instant.
Instantly!
Rapid whistling sounds accompanied by surging air currents suddenly burst open in the area, causing the Coats of Justice behind the people present to flap loudly in the wind.
Bertholdt Hoover, Reiner Braun, Lara Tybur, Annie Leonhart, and so on, all are the hosts of successive generations of Titan Shifters, and similarly, they are all Underworld Army Officers under King Yama's command.
"You all go too, resolve the combat as quickly as possible."
The foremost black-haired youth spoke again.
"Yes, Admiral Eren!!!"
Sea Star Underworld.
The sky here, as always, was crimson like blood, even more like fire.
The earth, on the other hand, was scorched black like charcoal, and purplish mist drifted over from time to time in the air.
Located at the center of this Underworld.
One can see a magnificent city with black walls towering into the clouds, a long river of magma flowing outside the walls, numerous volcanoes surrounding it, and an extremely vast space inside the walls.
Four city walls, four drawbridges, and four plaques hanging on the gate tower.
Written on them were the four large characters 'Enma King City'!
The atmosphere was imposing, making people feel a sense of dread, and the majesty was overwhelming.
Only the Death Gods, Underworld Generals, and Underworld Soldiers under King Yama's command, along with the relatives they wished to keep and their descendants, are qualified to reside in this place.
In addition, the lifespan of spirit bodies generally reaches several hundred years.
This resulted in the already very huge city becoming somewhat overcrowded.
It's just that ever since King Yama led his military to the Ninja World Pure Land, the city's population has decreased significantly.
However, not many people were worried about this.
Because in their hearts, King Yama was an invincible existence.
Especially the previous experience of smoothly achieving the occupation of the Kabaneri Underworld and the Demon Slayer Underworld made this thought even firmer.
Until the defeated remnants who fled back brought back news of King Yama's defeat.
This made the scorching hot atmosphere in every part of Enma Castle began to carry a taste of panic.
This attracted countless 'Kabane Butterflies', like swarms of fireflies, flashing dense red light, flying all over the sky between the streets and alleys, beautiful and magnificent.
Fortunately, Sanast, the Strongest Underworld General under King Yama's command, the 'Reaper Army Commander', promptly announced the news that King Yama, as the Lord of the Underworld, would undergo rebirth and return to the homeland thirteen days later even if defeated outside, which eased the increasingly severe tense atmosphere throughout the city a lot.
However, there were still many residents, and even Underworld Soldiers and Generals garrisoned within the city, worried that the Ninja World forces would lead their military to attack.
Regarding this, Sanast immediately exceeded his authority and issued an order for the 'Enma Army' in various places to immediately go to the various 'River Mouths' of the Underworld River to garrison, and also sent over a part of the Death Gods under his command.
While the nearly ten thousand main force of the 'Death God Army' remained in Enma Castle, constantly vigilant for any activity overhead.
This is because if one wants to invade an Underworld, they must either follow along the Underworld River and enter with the flow, or rely on great power to tear open space and create a pitch-black space passage.
The former is the easiest and most convenient.
But the size and quantity of the 'River Mouths' are different for each Underworld.
The so-called 'River Mouth' is the junction where the internal Underworld River meets the external 'Underworld Sea'.
Basically, the larger the Underworld, the larger the Underworld River, or even more Underworld Rivers it will have.
For example, some Underworlds only have one Underworld River running through east and west, then the 'River Mouths' will be two.
But some Underworlds may also have one Underworld River running through north and south, then the 'River Mouths' will be four.
This Sea Star Underworld is exactly like this.
Enma Castle is located just at the junction of two Underworld Rivers.
Just like Mary Geoise and the Grand Line and Red Line.
At the same time, the larger the scale of the Underworld River, the larger its width will naturally be, and the more numerous the quantity of Underworld Boats that can enter and exit simultaneously will be.
Moreover, the position is fixed, making it very easy to guard and defend.
As for the latter, it just depends on how strong the strength is.
Just like Little Enma, who can now only tear open a black seam, only allowing a few people to enter and exit.
While King Yama, on the other hand, could forcefully open up a huge black hole overhead the Ninja World Pure Land for a large-scale invasion.
Sanast thought that since someone over in the Ninja World could defeat King Yama, then the other party definitely possessed the ability to tear open a large opening in the homeland.
To be honest, he was actually very heavy-hearted as well.
Because he didn't think he himself could defeat an opponent who could defeat King Yama.
In addition, he very clearly understood that even if King Yama underwent rebirth, he would fall into a weakened state for a very long period of time.
Therefore, if the other party really counter-attacked, their side would absolutely be unable to resist.
Despite this, Sanast still had to brace himself and manage the overall situation.
Besides this.
There was also one matter that made Sanast's mood become even heavier.
A few days ago, Shimotsuki Ryuma, who was living in the Far Shore Garden, was killed by someone unknown.
Over these hundreds of years.
Regarding the issue of who was stronger and who was weaker between himself and the other party, it had always been a hot topic among everyone in Enma Castle.
In addition, Shimotsuki Ryuma's personality was arrogant and aloof, and he was not polite at all towards him.
Even more so, a hundred years ago, a Death God was cut to death on the spot because he 'trespassed' into the Far Shore Garden.
At that time, if it weren't for King Yama personally intervening to stop it, he was even prepared to storm his residence.
This made the relationship between both sides very tense.
Therefore, Sanast was both surprised and shocked at that time.
But looking at the current situation, Shimotsuki Ryuma's death is indeed a great loss for their side!
If he were still here, perhaps he could help him alleviate a certain amount of pressure.
That mysterious person who killed Shimotsuki Ryuma must also be given importance.
It's just a pity that up until now, his subordinate Death Gods haven't found any clues.
Because the Far Shore Garden and Shimotsuki Ryuma's manor have already been completely razed to the ground.
At the same time.
A skeleton man wearing a black robe and holding a giant scythe, accompanied by rolling black mist, quickly flew into the Shinigami Hall located west of Enma Castle.
When it saw Sanast sitting upright on a seat completely piled up from skulls, it hurriedly knelt down on one knee and urgently gave its report: "Commander! We just received an Urgent Report from the direction of the West River Estuary! A large number of Underworld Boats flying the World Government Flag have invaded and have launched an attack on them first!"
"World Government?!"
Sanast, wearing a blood-red robe and with pure white bones, suddenly raised his head.
"Yes, it is confirmed to be the Five-Circle Cross Pattern."
Just then, while that black robed Shinigami was speaking, he took out a Den Den Mushi and projected the footage transmitted from the direction of the West River Estuary into mid-air.
"This!"
Instantly, the Soul Fire burning in Sanast's eyes suddenly trembled.
He really didn't expect that the first to invade was not the forces from the Ninja World, but the World Government from the Homeland Human World!
But things have come to this point, Sanast must immediately accept the fact and make a response at the same time.
But how should he do it?
Leave Enma Castle and go to the West River Estuary to intercept?
Then what should be done if the Ninja World forces tear open the sky and attack and enter during this process?
Soon, after careful consideration, Sanast made the decision to first deal with these strange World Government troops.
Because just like what he thought before, if the Shinobi World Expert who defeated King Yama personally arrived, it would not be much use even if he guarded here.
Despite this, Sanast still left behind five thousand Death Gods and only brought the remaining three thousand Death Gods to rush to the West River Estuary.
He actually wanted to see, what exactly was going on!
While at the West Underworld River Mouth at this time.
Just like what Sanast saw in the footage, it had already become a fierce battlefield where Killing Intent was rampant.
Boundless Killing Intent permeated like wind around the Underworld River, which was pitch-black like ink and dotted with starlight.
Thousands of Underworld Boats and warships, forming a vast array of ships, poured mightily into the Sea Star Underworld.
It's just that the figures walking down from these ships turned out to be giants, one by one, whose body size was as much as ten meters high, wearing purple-black uniforms.
As soon as they got off the ship, they immediately ran with large strides towards the distant battlefield with grinning faces.
Using extremely brutal methods, they violently hammered a group of skeleton soldiers who were covered in dark red armor all over their bodies and holding weapons.
On the deck of an unremarkable Underworld Boat located at the middle section of the fleet.
A black-haired youth wearing a Purple Justice Cloak stood on the bow of the ship, gazing with his pair of emerald green eyes at the streaks of black shadow in the distant high altitude.
"Brother Zeke, knock down those black robe skeletons."
"No problem!"
As soon as the voice behind the youth fell, following the bursting forth of crackling golden lightning, a rapidly growing shadow enveloped them.
However, he had no intention of turning around to look at all.
In the blink of an eye, a giant appeared on the deck, as tall as seventeen meters, yet covered all over its body in brownish-black hair like an ape.
It was precisely the 'Beast Titan', Zeke Yeager!
The current Underworld Army Vice Admiral under King Yama's command!
At this time, over ten soldiers who had not yet transformed into Pure Titans, with great effort, brought up three large pushcarts filled with stone balls.
The Beast Titan did not hesitate, immediately grabbed one of the pushcarts, and poured the stone balls inside onto its other palm.
Then, making a standard throwing motion, the dozens of huge stone balls in his hand were forcefully thrown out in an instant.
Instantly!
Rapid whistling sounds accompanied by surging air currents suddenly burst open in the area, causing the Coats of Justice behind the people present to flap loudly in the wind.
Bertholdt Hoover, Reiner Braun, Lara Tybur, Annie Leonhart, and so on, all are the hosts of successive generations of Titan Shifters, and similarly, they are all Underworld Army Officers under King Yama's command.
"You all go too, resolve the combat as quickly as possible."
The foremost black-haired youth spoke again.
"Yes, Admiral Eren!!!"
