"Those who break their word shall suffer the penalty of eating rock."
Zhongli lightly tapped the ground with his jade feet and slowly floated up; in an instant, the heavens and earth of the God Realm changed color, and ten thousand zhang of amber radiance suddenly appeared from the clouds.
A powerful sense of oppression rushed straight into the depths of the souls of the Gods in the God Realm.
Under this pressure, the main Gods of each pantheon supported themselves on their limbs, eyes widened and mouths slightly agape, with a trace of fear flashing deep in their eyes.
This power... even if the entire God Realm were tied together, they wouldn't be able to win!
Gradually, under the illumination of the amber radiance, the surfaces of the bodies of the Gods in the God Realm began to show a trend of crystallization.
Just at this moment—
Pfft—
"I... Odin, King of the Norse Pantheon, repent for what I have just done, and voluntarily sever my arm to beg... beg for forgiveness...! I acknowledge that humanity has won one round!"
Odin hacked off the arm he used to throw Gungnir, gritting his teeth and shouting loudly with a face full of humiliation.
Whoosh—
The anomaly in the sky vanished instantly, and Zhongli nodded with satisfaction, arms crossed, then the corners of his mouth curled into a slight arc:
"Thus, it is well..."
Afterwards, Zhongli slowly floated over to the location where Xin Yan and the others were in the audience.
"Ah Li, why didn't you just take action and wipe them all out? Most of the Gods here deserve to die."
Xin Yan asked Zhongli with one hand on her hip, appearing not very satisfied with Zhongli's handling of the situation.
Hearing this, Zhongli shook his head, cast a faint glance at those fearful gazes directed at him, and said slowly:
"There is no need to do anything extra; they have already learned the weight of the contract and will not dare to violate the rules they themselves have established again."
"I think you're just lazy..."
Xin Yan rolled her eyes at Zhongli, and the latter merely smiled slightly, saying nothing more.
Subsequently, the Adepti and the Liyue Qixing all came over to congratulate Zhongli on his victory.
Especially Keqing, the cat-eared one; with those fluttering big eyes, she might as well have written 'worship' all over her face.
Even Keqing herself didn't notice how uncomposed she looked right now, because...
The Rex Lapis from just now was truly so handsome and beautiful! After going back, I must buy several new Rex Lapis figures to enshrine!
Because humanity had won the first round, after experiencing a brief silence caused by shock, they erupted into enthusiastic cheers.
Conversely, the God's side looked exactly like the humans did before the start of Ragnarok—in utter despair.
They all did not know where Brunhilde had found such an overpowered existence.
Morax!?
Cut the crap; if Morax, one of the 72 Gods, were this fierce, those Gods would have long ago ruled the God Realm, and there would be no place for Zeus.
Moreover, looking through human history, they could not find any existence that matched him.
The nature of Zhongli's existence completely surpassed the living beings of this world; it was an existence that could not possibly appear here.
For a moment, many Gods wanted to give up on this Ragnarok; with such a great God protecting them, how could humanity not win?
The God-kings of the various pantheons also fell into deep self-doubt; were they truly the masters of this world?
How could one or two people they had never seen before just come out and pin them to the ground and humiliate them?
But there was an outlier among them who was not only not in despair but even more excited.
That's right, this person was Zeus, and he was already somewhat impatient to start the second round.
Just at this moment, Zhongli's voice spread across the entire arena, putting the Gods at ease and plunging the human side into worry.
"I will abide by the rules and only participate in one round; regardless of the outcome, I will not intervene."
After speaking, Zhongli looked at Kiana and nodded slightly to her in greeting.
Zhongli knew that Kiana was the ultimate safeguard for all of this, which is why he said these words to give the Gods some hope.
So, this kind of guy who has lived for who knows how many years is the smartest and also the most cunning.
After coming to his senses, the referee on the field, Heimdall, breathed a sigh of relief, then looked around the audience with a nervous heart, and finally adjusted his mindset and took a deep breath.
"I announce, Humanity vs Gods, Round 1! Humanity wins! Also... 3 minutes!!!"
Heimdall was worthy of being a professional referee and commentator; even so, he still maintained his professional ethics and announced the result with the most passionate state.
After announcing the result, Heimdall looked at the place where Thor had disappeared, a trace of sadness flashing in his eyes.
As a member of the Norse Pantheon, he felt incomparably sad about the passing of that Thunder God.
Whether it be a God or a human hero, dying here meant eternal silence.
After death, their souls would return to the primordial chaos and dissipate completely.
On the Norse Pantheon side, everyone's expressions were incomparably gloomy, even Loki, who was always grinning, was the same.
Odin, having severed his own arm, stood up abruptly and then turned to leave, not even bothering to pay attention to the severed arm on the ground.
With the departure of the God King, the Norse Gods also began to leave the audience one after another.
The place where Kiana was located.
"Big Sister, the first round... we won just like that...?"
Beside Brunhilde, a petite girl with light purple short hair, wearing a light yellow jacket and black shorts, with her left leg wrapped in a black over-the-knee sock, had eyes full of shock in her emerald green pupils.
She really couldn't believe that they could actually defeat those Gods, and it was the famous God Thor, no less.
Where on earth did Big Sister find that great God with the dignified Shenzhou-style appearance...
You're saying she's Morax!?
The youngest Valkyrie, Geir, expressed that she simply didn't believe it; looking at the other party's performance, you might as well just say she is the supreme God of the East, which would have more credibility.
But on second thought, that ancient aura combined with the divinity that occasionally leaked out...
Don't say it, you might actually be right!
Just as Geir was secretly pondering in her heart who Zhongli's true identity was, a strange laugh came from beside her, from Brunhilde, that made her afraid.
"Hehe... hee hee hee... hehehahahaha..."
"Eek...!! Big Sister, what on earth..."
Geir looked cautiously at Brunhilde and found that she was cupping her cheeks with both hands, looking at the depressed God audience with a flushed face.
At this moment, this big sister Valkyrie looked like a lovesick woman, not caring about her image at all.
There was nothing that could make her more delighted than seeing these arrogant Gods in such a wretched state...
Deep in the eyes with which Brunhilde looked at the God's side, a trace of resentment flashed.
She wanted to use this opportunity to completely break the arrogant and dictatorial rule of the Gods, and she wanted revenge on these Gods who had imprisoned Siegfried!
Her underlying purpose for initiating Ragnarok included these two points.
And another reason was that human development was rapid, and now they had the power to threaten the Gods.
If the arrogant Gods insisted on destroying humanity, then humans would fight to the death, and in the end, it might result in the Gods and humans perishing together.
This was not the future she hoped for either.
Therefore, she used Ragnarok to achieve these several goals of hers.
"Zhongli held back in the end; I thought Ragnarok was going to end just as it had begun."
Kiana stood up and stretched, her soft body bending backward into a beautiful arc.
Slap...
"Your stomach is showing, dummy Kiana."
Bronya patted Kiana's exposed stomach, making Kiana pout resentfully, looking very cute.
"Hee hee..."
Kiana rubbed her little tummy, then reached out a hand, and a crystal ball appeared, which she casually tossed to Brunhilde.
After Brunhilde caught the crystal ball, she saw that inside was none other than Thor, who had just completely dissipated.
At this moment, he was lying quietly inside, sleeping.
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