I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

After a brief exchange of greetings, the members of the Federation and the Atlantean faction retreated to the semi-invisible stands suspended in the air, overlooking the entire coast. The energy shield generated by the stands separated them from the battlefield.

The Atlantean and Federation factions stood on opposite sides of the stands. Leading the Federation side was Shadow, followed by the next participant, Mann, and then various Federation politicians.

Within the Atlantean ranks, there were three distinct groups. In the dominant position was a man dressed unlike ordinary people: Milord, the Wise King from the deep sea, whom Shen Xiao had described as "impossible to kill in the deep sea." Behind him stood several men and women whose attire also had an "exotic" flavor, adorned with intricate and magnificent decorations, indicating their high status. These were said to be the Atlantean royalty.

Not far from them was a group of normally dressed humans, but the ones at the front possessed peculiar features. Some had shimmering light in their eyes, some were surrounded by floating flames, and others had antlers and sharp teeth.

Behind them were the descendants of the gods, and those with strange appearances were the gods' avatars.

The final group consisted of members from the six churches, the smallest of the three groups. The most eye-catching was Pope Raffin, who appeared to be only in his twenties, and his actual age wasn't much older than he looked.

This Western Federation member had an upright figure and a handsome face. Just standing there, he exuded an air of authority and solemnity, making everyone who saw him immediately aware of his extraordinary status and power.

Standing beside him was Ivana, a heroic woman clad in silver-white, imposing armor with golden纹路, with two long swords hanging on each side of her waist, and two more swords on her back. Mann knew that none of these were mere decorations.

Mann also noticed a familiar holy artifact among them—the Sealer, which the Inquisitor had used against him. Clearly, the church, like the Federation, had made special preparations for this battle, and this kind of targeting would be effective given that he couldn't alter his abilities.

Upon seeing Mann look over, Ivana met his gaze expressionlessly, reflexively placing her hands near the hilts of the swords at her waist, seemingly regarding Mann as a conventional enemy.

Raffin, however, gave Mann a friendly smile and nodded in greeting.

"What do you think of him?" Raffin asked through a divine art channel.

Ivana analyzed seriously:

"His aura is more peaceful than I expected. He doesn't seem like the kind of powerful person who would do those things. His overall presence is low-key. I probably won't be able to figure anything out about him until I actually fight him."

Raffin said:

"He's not weak. Be careful."

Ivana nodded:

"Of course, I won't let my guard down."

While they were talking, the gods and Atlantean members were also sizing up Mann.

The gods' avatars looked at Mann and the other Federation members with a condescending gaze, carrying a deep-seated arrogance, not even taking those temporarily more powerful ability users seriously.

However, one of the gods' avatars, surrounded by floating flames, revealed a meaningful smile when Mann looked over, seemingly reminding the Savior Alliance member of their past grudges.

On the other hand, the Atlantean royalty looked at Mann with curiosity and doubt, their expressions suggesting they wanted to know why he was standing there. However, their leader, Milord, was more indifferent towards Mann, only glancing at him a few times before shifting his gaze to Alice and the gods' avatars below.

Standing two hundred meters away from Alice was a muscular man who appeared to be bare-chested. He was the avatar of the God of Gladiators. This deity had once been a Tier V ability user a long time ago, but even before the Titan era, he wasn't always Tier V.

He was only Tier V during eras when gladiatorial combat was prevalent, and sometimes he would even fall to Tier IV. Now, his main body was at the weakest strength of Tier IV, so his avatar was only Tier III, which was actually an advantage in the current situation.

Although only Tier III, the power possessed by this avatar was the strongest among its peers, and the consciousness controlling it had reached Tier V in many historical periods, possessing combat skills corresponding to Tier V. It was almost impossible for any Tier III ability user to be stronger than him.

Alice was standing excitedly in front of this bare-chested strongman, seemingly unaware of what was about to happen.

"Are your members ready?" asked a young female deity among the gods' avatars.

Shadow withdrew his gaze from Alice and turned to her:

"Ready."

Kang Shou Xing stood in the center and said:

"Then let's begin."

A few seconds after he spoke, the avatar of the God of Gladiators, as if receiving a signal, suddenly leaped heavily towards Alice, all the muscles in his body operating in the most efficient way, with each landing timed and angled almost perfectly.

Even the onlookers felt a special sense of regret, as such top-notch control of the body and combat was being displayed with only Tier III strength, a waste of such skill and efficiency.

The first hundred meters were traversed incredibly smoothly, like a bird lightly skimming the surface of the sea, but when they closed the distance to only one hundred meters, the deity's avatar "fell" and collapsed directly onto the ground.

Before everyone realized what was happening, he reached out and pressed his palm on the ground, supporting his legs to retract in mid-air, then rotated his body sixty degrees in place with just his arms, adjusting the direction he was facing. Then, his legs sprang out again, and the deity's avatar dashed wildly in a new direction like a four-legged beast.

After running thirty meters in this way, he leaped into the air again to the right, and then as if there was something there, he ran diagonally in mid-air, stepping on the air, and then jumped left and right several times like this, closing the distance with Alice again.

The girl didn't seem to react at all, as if she was stunned in place.

The beast-like deity's avatar appeared diagonally behind Alice in the midst of leaping, stepping in the air to re-aim at Alice, and leaping out with both hands like a beast pouncing on its prey.

During the jump, shallow streaks of blood suddenly appeared on his body. Only then did most viewers realize that he had been jumping around to avoid invisible blades, and the deity's avatar's Tier V combat experience allowed him to evade sharp attacks that couldn't be captured by any sensory system.

His right hand lightly landed on Alice's shoulder, then without hesitation, he directly twisted her neck, turning her spine ninety degrees, and Alice's head hung limply on her neck like garbage.

However, the deity's avatar didn't show any joy at eliminating an important human genius, but instead, following his powerful instinct that transcended his body, he reached out his left hand and directly inserted it into Alice's left back, trying to pierce her heart.

This move, sufficient to secure victory, encountered no resistance, but the next moment, he and most of the audience felt that something was wrong, because his entire forearm had sunk into Alice's left back, but her chest wasn't pierced.

He also felt that the flesh enveloping his arm was strange, so he immediately tried to pull his arm out, and his right hand didn't stop, but grabbed Alice's tottering head and threw it back violently.

This time, the girl's head, which was still hanging on her neck, was finally thrown away, but then his entire left arm seemed to be completely "swallowed" by Alice's back under the reaction force.

The deity's avatar didn't panic, immediately turning his right hand into a palm blade, and decisively chopped down on the shoulder of this body, completely separating his left arm from his body, and then retreated.

As he retreated, the blood flowing from the cross-section of the break didn't drip to the ground, but immediately twisted and entangled, filling the empty space of his left arm, turning into a flowing blood knife, and then readjusted his posture to prepare for the next battle.

Just then…

Snap.

Alice's flying head landed lightly at his feet at a completely unreasonable time. Sensing the abnormality, the God of Gladiators immediately pounced forward, but as he did so, the girl's headless body ran towards him as if it had gone mad, and the head that had just fallen was also rolling towards him.

And with each step forward, Alice's entire body was disintegrating and deforming in a strange way, and the girl's head was also collapsing and deforming inward, completely losing the characteristics of humans and flesh in a few seconds.

Snap!

The two bodies exploded like balloons at the same time, all the flesh disappeared, and colorful ribbon-like light strips burst out, directly painting the God of Gladiators in various colors, and then his body began to disintegrate and deform in the same strange way, finally disappearing in place together with Alice.

The young woman among the gods' avatars came out:

"Where did they go? Isn't this some trick you're playing?"

Shadow deliberately showed a puzzled expression:

"Aren't they still in place?"

Milord showed a questioning look:

"You sent a Tier III ability user?"

Shadow smiled and said:

"This is our secret weapon.

"Don't worry, if she wasn't a Tier III ability user, this battle wouldn't have any effect."

Milord then asked:

"Then how do we determine their victory or defeat? This duel won't last very long, will it?"

Shadow said:

"Of course not, just wait."

Just as he finished speaking, there was a sudden movement among the descendants of the gods.

Among them, a young, strong woman trembled all over, and then her already good figure instantly swelled by half a circle, and finally the light in her eyes dimmed for a few seconds, gradually replaced by emptiness and confusion.

After standing there blankly for a few seconds, a look of horror and panic appeared on her face, and she began to look around warily. As she perceived the surrounding environment, her expression slowly returned to normal.

Then, after half a minute, she finally calmed down completely, and then said with lingering fear:

"How long was I there?"

The gods' avatars were all watching her, and their faces all changed, because they knew very well that the person standing there was not an ordinary person, but the God of Gladiators who had re-possessed a believer, which also meant that his body had been completely destroyed.

The God of Flames stepped forward and said to her:

"It's only been less than a minute, what's wrong?"

The God of Gladiators didn't answer him, but turned to look at Shadow indignantly, saying with a face full of anger:

"You cheated! This is not a Tier III ability user at all! We should have known that the Federation wouldn't compete fairly with us."

Shadow smiled and took out a piece of parchment:

"But it has already determined that we have achieved a victory. Although I understand that you gods can't accept being defeated so decisively by seemingly weak mortals, I advise you not to embarrass your compatriots."

The God of Flames still wanted to argue:

"Is that girl dead? Did you use her life in exchange for this victory?"

Without waiting for Shadow to answer, the God of Gladiators, who had just calmed down, turned pale again, and then, as if recalling something disgusting, she knelt down in place and began to vomit constantly, reaching her hands into her throat to scratch.

And as she vomited, something really flowed out of her mouth, but what appeared was not ordinary vomit, but the same ribbon-like light as when Alice disintegrated, and after it flowed out, it was still moving towards Shadow and Mann, eventually stopping next to Shadow, and then slowly gathering and turning into Alice, who was exactly the same as before the battle.

After the girl appeared, she immediately showed a bright smile to the already transformed God of Gladiators, and asked in a pleading tone:

"Brother, can we still play together in the future?"

Only then did the God of Gladiators really breathe a sigh of relief, not even looking at Alice, and directly complained to his companions:

"These insidious Federation bastards, we have no chance of winning this Tier III battle at all. I forgot how long ago I ate this girl. If I were a mortal like them, I would have been driven crazy hundreds of times, but I definitely don't want to go back to that place again, there is no logic or reason there at all.

"Don't call me again next time for this kind of thing."

Shadow smiled and looked at them, and said to Mann through telepathy:

"Actually, in a sense, they are right…

"We cheated."