The mutated creatures were the source of this world's downfall.
They were birthed from Nothingness energy and relied on Nothingness energy. They were vessels and puppets of Nothingness energy and received great power from it.
In the past, both the Kar civilization and human civilization had fallen at their hands.
In the past, no matter how hard they worked, they could not completely kill the mutated creatures and could only temporarily defeat them.
However, now, the situation had changed.
The seemingly-invincible mutated creatures had been destroyed one after another, unable to resist Chen Heng.
In front of the Protagonist, the seemingly-invincible mutated creatures did not seem to be able to take even a single hit, and they could not stop him at all.
His power seemed to be boundless, and even though he looked like a normal person, he could release such terrifying might.
It was not an exaggeration to say that he was a miracle.
No matter how this miracle had happened, it indeed existed and stood right there.
In front of him, there was another mutated creature.
Roars sounded out from ahead.
As if it sensed a threat to its life, the mutated creature roared but did not dare to advance.
However, Chen Heng was unfazed and continued to walk forwards.
As he looked on, the mutated creature's appearance was revealed to him.
It was much stronger than the previous two mutated creatures he had faced. Its body was bigger, and the might it gave off was also much greater.
Then again, this was not too surprising.
Because of the different experiences that the different mutated creatures had, the degree to which they evolved were different.
In terms of strength, this mutated creature was indeed stronger than the previous two.
However, that was all there was to it.
Boom!
The battle ended just as quickly as it began.
Everyone watched on as Chen Heng slowly headed onwards and waved his hand, condensing a sword of light that nailed the mutated creature to the ground.
Red splattered everywhere, and on the ground, the mutated creature howled as it struggled, but it was to no avail.
Following this, divine energy rippled out as the mutated creature's body began to shatter. It began to be covered with cracks, just like the previous mutated creature that Chen Heng had killed.
After a few moments, its body collapsed. Its core essence rushed out, preparing to return to Nothingness, but it was stopped by Chen Heng.
"Can't have any waste…" Chen Heng gave a slight smile as he muttered.
This mutated creature's essence would just return to Nothingness, so he might as well take it for himself.
After devouring this mutated creature's essence, Chen Heng's Divinity once again went through changes.
He could sense his Divinity becoming more complicated as more inscriptions appeared.
It seemed that the initial transformation was complete.
After he dealt with the remaining mutated creatures and devoured their essence, it should be enough.
"Alright…"
Sensing his condition, Chen Heng's expression was calm as he muttered, "It's time for all of this to end…"
As he spoke, his body disappeared and left this place.
Following this, as everyone watched on, Chen Heng appeared in various places all over the world.
His power seemed to be boundless as he continuously hunted down the mutated creatures.
What was shocking was that Chen Heng did not seem to feel any pressure in facing the mutated creatures. Despite fighting for so long, he still seemed calm and fresh.
This kind of shocking performance could not help but make people wonder where his power came from.
Could a human's body really contain power like this?
This made everyone feel confused and shocked.
However, compared to this, everyone felt much more excited about the outcomes of the mutated creatures.
It had been 20 years.
The mutated creatures had rampaged on this world for 20 years, dealing a great blow to humanity.
They caused great suffering and pain, and this period of despair had been stained by blood and tears.
And now, it seemed that this was going to be over.
When the final mutated creature was killed by the Protagonist and fell to the ground, everyone began to cry in joy and celebrate.
The mutated creatures had disappeared.
The source of all of that suffering had finally been eradicated.
If they were in normal times, most people would not dare to believe such a thing and would think they were dreaming.
However, now, the scene that countless people had been dreaming of had been brought to reality.
Moreover, the one who had defeated those mutated creatures was a human.
The Protagonist represented the hope and joy of countless people.
"The mutated creatures really have been destroyed…"
Looking at the final mutated creature disappearing and the Nothingness energy retreating, Karos felt quite stunned.
He felt that he had dreamed a very inconceivable dream.
Those terrifying lifeforms that had caused the Kar civilization to be destroyed had been exterminated just like that.
And the one who had done this was just a single human.
"No…" Karos felt quite complicated as he shook his head, "From his performance, there's no way he's still a human…
"Compared to ordinary humans, he is already a different race…"
In terms of his biology, he was not inferior to the Nothingness Beasts and was definitely not like an ordinary human.
Rather than a human, he was like a god…
Many thoughts flashed in his mind, and he felt quite complicated.
Compared to him, Liu Na's feelings were much simpler.
Looking at the scene on the screen, her face was covered with delight.
The eradication of the mutated creatures meant victory for humanity.
However, for a minority of people, as they rejoiced, they also became wary.
That wariness was directed to Chen Heng.
For him to be able to easily destroy the mutated creatures, if he wanted to cause destruction, he would be able to go even further.
After all, compared to the mutated creatures, he had intelligence and greater control over Nothingness energy.
If this kind of existence decided to focus on destruction, he could cause even more harm than the mutated creatures.
Fortunately, the Protagonist did not have any ill-intent towards humanity from his actions and instead was willing to help humans.
Even though his strength greatly surpassed theirs, he seemed to still think of himself as a human.
This was an incredibly good piece of news.
Chen Heng did not know about the complicated emotions of the other people.
Right now, he stood on the ground, sensing his gains.
After destroying the final mutated creature, he could sense the changes in his body.
Before, faith energy from all over the world had been continuously gathering towards him, and after he killed the final mutated creature, it reached a peak.
The entire world's faith energy gathered here and flooded into Chen Heng's body. In fact, even the Divinities began to find it difficult to take it all in.
The Divinities could indeed convert faith energy into divine energy, but this conversion was not unlimited. After reaching a certain limit, they would have to store it as faith energy to convert later.
At the end of the day, it was a problem with the efficiency of the conversion.
In the World of Gods, Chen Heng had not obtained much faith energy; it had just been from his subjects in his territory, as well as his followers.
However, after coming to this world, he had obtained a massive amount of faith energy.
This world had a large population, so the amount of faith energy that they could give was also massive.
This enormous amount of faith energy put a great burden on Chen Heng's Divinities, causing their conversion to reach the limit.
Chen Heng could sense that his Divinities had completely awakened, but even so, they were unable to convert most of the faith energy.
The boundless faith energy inside Chen Heng's body was like an ocean; no matter how much his Divinities converted, it did not seem to decrease.
It seemed that it would take him a long time to convert all of this faith energy.
Chen Heng shook his head, feeling quite frustrated, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Even if he was in a hurry, he could not change anything.
Moreover, he was not in a hurry.
Standing there, Chen Heng silently closed his eyes.
The divine energy was incredibly active within his body, and Chen Heng could sense that instinctive desire.
After killing many mutated creatures and devouring large amounts of energy from them, Chen Heng's Shadow Divinity now looked much different.
Its law mark was now much more complicated and seemed to have reached a new level.
It seemed that this Divinity could no longer be called the Shadow Divinity.
It seemed to have new powers that were growing, but it still needed to go through a transformation.
The transformation of a Divinity required large amounts of divine energy, but fortunately, what Chen Heng lacked least now was divine energy.
Chen Heng thought for a moment before his body disappeared, heading to somewhere else.
"What is he doing now?"
Seeing Chen Heng's actions, everyone felt quite confused.
Soon, Chen Heng arrived at the top of a mountain.
Ahead was a tall mountain range, and the air was quite thin.
This was the highest mountain range in the world, and ordinary people would find it impossible to climb up here.
Chen Heng stood here and looked down. If it was an ordinary person, all they would see would be mist and fog.
However, that naturally was not the case for Chen Heng.
He could clearly see the scenery before him.
After looking for a while, he closed his eyes and stood there silently.
The moment his eyes closed, his aura dissipated and seemed to be completely sealed.
A pure-white aura spread out before freezing his body.
Just like that, his aura of life seemed to scatter, and no more life could be sensed from him.
"The Protagonist's aura… has completely disappeared..."
Seeing this on the broadcast, everyone felt dumbfounded.
From their analysis, the Protagonist's vital signs had all disappeared, and his body had turned into an ice sculpture.
He looked like he was dead.
"Is he… dead?" Countless people thought the same thing.
"Indeed…" Standing there and looking at the scene on the screen, Karos stared for a while before saying, "After fighting with so many mutated creatures for so long, how could he not feel tired?
"It seems that he had reached his limit long before then but was barely holding on…"
A look of understanding appeared on his face as he came up with an explanation, "Did he go there to set up a tomb for himself? So that he would not be defiled by others for research in the future…"
Speaking to there, his expression was quite complicated.
Those terrifying battles before still replayed in his mind, and it was difficult to think that a single person had accomplished all that.
Even if Chen Heng borrowed the Nothingness energy and used it to fight, it was still a bit too much.
Perhaps the Protagonist had long since reached his limit, but because he did not want to leave behind any problems, he got rid of all of them before falling.
As for why he went to that place, it was easy to explain.
He knew the value of his body and knew that if he really died, his body would be taken to be researched.
No one would be willing for such a thing to happen to them.
As such, finding a place where ordinary people could not reach was a good choice.
Karos felt quite complicated and felt some respect towards Chen Heng.
Despite their different worlds and races, such a heroic figure was someone who others could not help but admire and respect.
Similar to him, many others were sighing.
They all had similar thoughts and thought they understood the Protagonist's thoughts.
"List that mountain range as a protected site."
In front of a massive screen, a dignified elder fell silent for a while before giving the order, "Apart from government members who are there to look after the region, no one is allowed to climb the mountain, nor are they allowed to try to touch the hero's body."
"Agreed."
"Agreed."
There was unanimous agreement from all of the others.
