In the second year of the new era, a year of abandonment.

"Hey, Dad, has our future really changed?"

"...Well, it has changed. The process is already different, so naturally the outcome has changed too!"

"But Dad, what if only the process has changed, but the outcome..."

"No, that won't happen. Besides, if it were true, I would definitely protect Jeana, and your mother... Yukari!"

A new world has been established on the ancient continent, but the old world's order stubbornly holds onto some remnants of power, unwilling to be wiped out by the laws of the gods!

The gray era has descended, chaos and decay silently devouring this world that once possessed an immortal civilization.

The fallen angel rebellion that occurred three years ago has already passed, but there are still many remaining pseudo-humans. They rely on unparalleled technology to survive in the Starlight City, the only place in the world where less than a hundred million people can still live in Africa.

In order to preserve the human bloodline, the government built the Starlight City on a high vantage point.

In addition, the government's scientists have worked tirelessly to reactivate the super weapon buried by the ancients in the depths of the underground!

The ultimate weapon created in humanity's most glorious era - the Illusionary Dragon Emperor!

The black tornado of the night swept across the land, turning once glorious cities into deserts or reducing them to rubble.

"Are we humans really going to be eliminated by this world?"

An old man with gray hair wearing camouflage military uniform sighed as he looked out at the devastated city in the distance from the high observatory.

"General, our mechanized armed forces have defeated the birdmen in many battles. I believe it won't be long..."

"So what?!"

The old man scolded the young officer who didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth, his stern gaze tinged with pessimism.

"We are facing the creators. Even if we win or perish, is there still a place for humans to inhabit?"

As soon as the old man spoke, the more than thirty officers on the observatory fell silent.

Yes, even if we win the war, where can we take this victory?

Everyone present felt a deep sadness and sighed heavily.

"The only thing we can do now is to go to the new world. There are resources there that can sustain us, but it is far away. Without some powerful machine as our means of transportation, we cannot reach it!"

But! (A smile gradually appeared on the old man's lips)

He took out a soap-sized blue cube from inside his clothes, close to his heart, and placed it on a small wooden table.

"The high-level leaders have secretly revealed that the Illusionary Dragon Emperor, created by the collective wisdom of humanity for thousands of years, really exists!"

The legendary Human Emperor Illusionary Emperor, created by the spiritual mind of the military god Kongming, has finally been discovered by the government army in the ancient eastern continent.

Although it is called the Illusionary Dragon Emperor, why remove the word "dragon"? I won't tell you yet!

In any case, it carries the prehistoric civilization that surpasses the world, enough to make humans independent and challenge the gods who created us. So, our mission is to activate the Illusionary Emperor with the power of the ancient god-king!

The old man took out the slightly yellowed paper excitedly while speaking. On the paper, there were two horns and a pair of giant wings shrouded in darkness, along with a long tail. It was evident that it was a dragon shape emitting black flames.

"The dragon is the only creature that dares not to show respect even to the gods. Only it can make the Phantom Emperor become the Phantom Dragon Emperor, who walks between heaven and earth!"

As he said this, the wrinkles on the old man's face deepened, and he wondered why the Dragon King had disappeared.

This was probably the only issue he was concerned about. If there really was someone in the world who could defeat dragons, it wouldn't be a good sign!

"Hmph, so be it!"

He seemed to have come up with an answer to his previous doubts and proudly explained, "Although dragons possess power, they are very foolish creatures..."

"But, when combined with the intelligence of a human military god, then... hahaha, this will be the Phantom Dragon Emperor who can destroy everything, and the opening of the new continent will eliminate all our supernatural powers!"

Excited, he burst into laughter, burying an unknown future beneath the feet of humanity.

However, there would be no one else to blame but himself!

Compared to the scorching Africa under the blazing sun, the original continent, Saint Veronica, welcomed its first snowfall of the year.

In this season, heavy snowflakes adorned the shining capital.

In such cold weather, it was unknown how many people were laughing and yearning at this moment.

But there were still two individuals, or rather, beings who could no longer be considered human, engaged in a bloody battle.

The battle started quickly, so quickly that it began as soon as the snowflakes started falling.

Unexpectedly, the battle also ended quickly, so quickly that it ended before a single snowflake touched the ground.

"Do you want to continue? Oh, you can't even stand up anymore!"

The silver-white cloth on his clothes was already covered in snow, and his opponent mysteriously disappeared.

The students and teachers watching were rubbing their eyes vigorously because they could hardly believe what had just happened. No one even saw the form in which the man made his move.

"It's impossible... this can't be!"

Larna crawled out of the snow pile, covered in injuries, and wailed.

"Even if it's an SSS-level opponent, how could someone just one level lower..."

"You really don't know your place. As a teacher who has been promoted to the S-class, you can't accept defeat so easily!"

The masked headmistress on the spectator stand scolded Larna.

"I can still... Ahhhhh!"

"It's better for you not to move too much. Your bones are almost completely shattered."

As soon as the words fell, Larna spewed a mouthful of blood, and even his skin began to tear bit by bit.

Bones as white as snow emerged from his fingers, and the flesh on some parts of his arms had already decayed.

"It's not over yet!"

The white-clothed man's aura seemed to have never moved from the beginning.

Larna felt particularly uncertain, but he still refused to give up against the white-clothed man.

"Hmph, don't act like a childish brat. You have no chance of winning now. Of course, if you continue to provoke me, I will gladly accept it. However, whether you live or die next is uncertain!"

"Is that so... Hand of God!!!"

Larna suddenly leaped up from the ground, even Quan Neng... Quan Neng?! Larna actually activated the Hand of God in the arena, and the majestic divine power transformed into a giant mountain ape, pressing down towards the white-robed man and the entire area.

"Hahaha, disappear like this, I should be the SSS-level genius!!" The white-robed man faced this attack and Larna's shouting without any sign of nervousness, but the students and teachers in the school had already started to flee the scene of the duel, causing a chaotic scene.

"Genius? I think you're the biggest fool!" The white-robed man's hand instantly transformed into a silver-white protective hand, colliding with the descending giant ape! In that instant, a terrifying and vast divine power spread out.

But the white-robed man knew that he couldn't reveal his nervousness yet, otherwise the students present would panic, right? Relying solely on this Hand of God, the white-robed man crazily infused his own power into the silver armor Hand of God, hoping it could neutralize all the elemental power and power released by the giant ape!

"Stop it, or else..."

"Or else what? Hahaha..." The fearless face revealed under the white-robed man's coat gradually weakened his power until it completely disappeared.

Larna finally fell in the center of the arena, and the summoned giant ape also dissipated into the sky at that moment.

"It's over, do you still think it's fun to fight to the death like this?"

"Uh, cough, cough..." The white-robed man somewhat sadly picked up a piece of clothing fragment that had fallen from his body.

The fallen fragments would soon return to their original state. He lowered his head and looked at the palm of his hand, where a one-centimeter-long cut was still bleeding profusely.

"Not bad, but..."

With a serious expression, he approached Larna's stinky face.

"Do you know that you almost caused a disaster? If the Hand of God hadn't been withdrawn at the last moment, the school would have been finished!"

Looking at the almost flattened arena, the principal and some higher-ranking teachers gradually approached.

Although he wanted to teach this audacious guy a lesson, it seemed that the problem had been perfectly resolved.

Should he leave the rest to them?

"Thank you, Juxi!" The masked woman came to the white-robed man and called him by name.

But this puzzled Juxi, because how could someone like him, who couldn't even get rid of the white plague on his body, help a big figure like the Emperor's School Principal?

"I don't know how I helped you, yet you still have to thank me?"

"Hehe, have a little confidence in yourself. Look, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't have been able to catch this guy and punish him properly."

The principal smiled and patted his shoulder, then hurriedly left the arena with Larna.

Leaving Juxi alone in the desolate arena, he felt lonely and depressed.

"Is this how time passes by faster?"

Juxi closed his eyes and looked up at the sky, because at this moment, he could only use his face and hands to feel the temperature of the season and dispel the brief coldness.

Suddenly!

The golden light on his clothes turned into a ball of flames, quickly burning away most of his upper garment.

"Ah, it's so cold...!"

Just after enduring the discomfort, he immediately couldn't bear the cost of reducing his clothes, and then the fabric on his clothes began to grow at an astonishing speed!

His vitality gradually transformed into a sparkling dust that surrounded him. At this moment, his wounds also slowly closed up, just like his clothes.

Perhaps his self-awareness was not accurate enough, but... is this the immortality?