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"Roar!"
The lion pride let out panicked roars. Under Oliver’s skill, they all fell into a weakened state, feeling as if their bodies were sinking into a terrifying swamp, completely unable to move.
Even lifting their claws became nearly impossible.
The sheer power of Oliver’s skill was something they couldn’t even imagine.
This far exceeded their expectations!
In fact, after so many years, the gods in the Chaos World had been slaughtering each other, and many of them had evolved abilities they didn’t originally possess—like the ability to sense the level of other deities.
This group of lion gods could actually perceive that Oliver’s attributes seemed far stronger than theirs. Though it wasn’t as clear as Oliver’s stat panel, they still had a rough sense of it.
They knew this massive snake had attributes much higher than their own, but they still lunged at him. That’s because, as a pack-dwelling god species, even when facing a deity stronger than themselves, they could rely on their numbers to overwhelm and devour their opponent—just like wolves can take down creatures several times their size, or how bloodthirsty army ants force even large predators to steer clear.
But the powerful group-weakening skill Oliver was using right now was clearly not something other Level 5 gods could possess!
The items Oliver wielded were too strong. Unlike the Book of the Chaos Era, which was a support item, the Chaos Gem was only SS-tier, but it was a true combat skill!
With an SS-tier item in his possession, Oliver, compared to ordinary gods—even those with identical base stats—was an entirely different entity in terms of combat power!
The lions were now staring at Oliver in panic, as feelings of fear, terror, regret, and more began to spread through their group.
They even wanted to flee!
Unfortunately, struck by the Weakening Pulse, they were trapped in a weakened state, and even their escape speed had become unbearably slow.
Oliver wasn’t even in a hurry to attack them. Instead, he widened his eyes with interest, using his vertical snake pupils to observe how these lions reacted while debilitated.
This would all be valuable data.
Of course, observing this data didn’t take much time.
Oliver decided to harvest these prey that had delivered themselves to him. His massive serpent body swayed, and his enormous tail swung toward the lion gods!
Boom!
His nearly 20,000-kilometer giant frame unleashed terrifying power!
The chaos itself seemed torn apart by his tail. The lions sensed the horrific threat, their hearts gripped by fear as they struggled frantically, trying to fight back!
Bloodthirsty roars erupted from their mouths, waves of crimson shockwaves converging and blasting toward Oliver to counter that terrifying snake tail.
But it was useless!
Boom!
Oliver’s tail shattered everything. The shockwaves from the lions’ mouths were like eggs before his tail—smashed effortlessly!
And after breaking those shockwaves, Oliver’s tail swept downward into the pack. The thousand-plus massive lion deities were instantly blasted apart, utterly dead!
"I killed them all that easily?"
Oliver was stunned by his own power now.
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It didn’t even feel like a fight—just a casual swing, and he’d wiped them all out.
It seemed even without the gem’s skill, dealing with this pack wouldn’t have been hard.
With that thought, Oliver opened his massive jaws and sucked hard, drawing all the chaotic energy left by the lion deities into his mouth.
These lions were level 4 deities, after all, and the chaotic energy in their flesh was far greater than that of the bloodthirsty fish.
After digesting this chaotic energy, Oliver immediately noticed his panel had grown again!
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Oliver Stark
Race: Deity
Deity Rating: 5
Attributes:
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<li>Defense: 3,000</li>
<li>Strength: 3,300</li>
<li>Chaos Power: 3,300</li>
<li>Soul Power: 4,800</li>
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Almost all his attributes had jumped by 800 points!
"Getting stronger feels so good."
Oliver sighed. His size surged again, reaching an astonishing 28,000 kilometers!
[Congratulations, your power is nearing the peak of level 5 and will soon break through to level 6.]
The Book of the Chaos Era’s prompt sounded right on cue.
Oliver’s chest swelled a bit. Individually, these lion deities might not be that strong, offering limited energy, but there were so many of them!
Over a thousand added up to a hefty boost for Oliver!
He could hardly believe swallowing such a bunch of weaklings could increase his strength this much!
In contrast, the Chaos Gem had been tough to acquire, but its stat boosts were relatively less cost-effective.
Of course, the gem’s other uses couldn’t be ignored.
Plus, this gem was still in a very early stage—it could level up!
After all, a treasure famous even in mythology couldn’t possibly be limited to its current effects, right?
Also, Oliver was super curious—how big could his chaotic serpent body grow?
It was 28,000 kilometers now—a size straight out of myth, unbelievable!
For reference, Earth’s equatorial circumference was just 40,000 kilometers!
Oliver’s size was now comparable to a planet!
[Congratulations, your strength has greatly improved. New chaos information streams are being unlocked.]
To Oliver’s delight, the Book of the Chaos Era chimed again with a new prompt.
"Unlocking more info streams? Wonder what it’ll be this time?"
Oliver’s heart brimmed with curiosity.
Last time, it unlocked info about the creator god Aether, which blew his mind. What would it be now?
This Chaos World was too vast, too mysterious—so many things piqued his endless curiosity.
Soon, the Book of the Chaos Era trembled slightly, and a flood of information surged into his soul like a rising tide.
He felt that even his mighty deity soul almost couldn’t handle it.
This info stream wasn’t prophecies about the future, Aether, Ymir, or other top-tier deities—it was individual characters.
"This seems like… primordial runes?"
Oliver was startled, growing more enlightened the more he looked.
Everyone knows humans have their own writing, representing their observations of the world, created generation after generation.
But these so-called primordial runes were totally different.
Primordial runes were naturally born in the chaos.
Each rune represented a law!
Of course, these runes appearing in Oliver’s mind didn’t mean he’d mastered those laws.
It just meant he had a better shot at mastering them than others!
If he had to compare it, it was like he could read and pronounce them but couldn’t spell them.
There were 144,000 of these primordial runes in total.
Each rune stood for a law—144,000 runes meant 144,000 different laws!
And each rune could be combined and arranged with others.
If Oliver could fully master all these runes, he’d essentially comprehend every law in the chaos!
"The reward from the Book of the Chaos Era is insane!"
Oliver marveled. This is the power of an SSS-tier item! Even a treasure as incredible as the Chaos Gem is only SS-tier, while the Book of the Chaos Era is SSS-tier. It might seem like just one level higher, but in reality, its rarity and strength are probably boosted on an exponential scale!
From what he knew, after Aether created the universe, it died like Ymir, becoming part of the cosmos.
After that, the laws Aether had mastered were absorbed by other chaotic beings, giving rise to three of the most powerful deities: Ouranos, god of space; Gaia, goddess of nature and earth; and Chronos, god of time.
These three sibling goddesses ruled the newly born universe and even once opposed Chaos to prevent it from reverting the cosmos to chaos.
It’s said they each mastered tens of thousands of primordial runes.
That was one reason for their power.
Of course, they’d fully mastered those runes, unlike Oliver, who now only knew them—able to read them but not control or use them.
Still, this represented infinite potential. He couldn’t master them now, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t later.
By slowly learning and mastering these primordial runes, he could become unimaginably strong.
Maybe even stronger than those three goddesses ruling the universe!
Right now, Oliver’s heart surged with excitement as he eagerly tried to comprehend and recite the primordial runes.
As his giant snake jaws opened and closed, strange syllables began echoing through the chaos.
Soon, something unexpected happened.
Reciting these law runes seemed to stir something primal in the chaos.
Boom!
The chaotic currents in the void spun wildly. Faintly, the connection between time and space snapped, and an ancient well emerged in the void.
"Is this the Well of Urd?"