From God of Lies to Lord of All Worlds

Chapter 32: From This Moment On, Offense and Defense Are Reversed

"Screech...!" Just as everyone was stunned by the grandeur, exaggeration, and bloodiness of this sacrificial ritual, an eagle's cry loud enough for every person to hear reached the ears of everyone present!

Everyone raised their heads, hoping to see the source of this cry within their field of vision.

If the previous sacrifice and warrior had only been a glimmer of hope, then this eagle's cry now was far more than that!

In Mayan myths and legends, beast gods were also part of the pantheon. During the sacrifice, such a loud sound—could it truly be divine approval?

They lifted their heads and saw a colossal creature!

With a full five-meter wingspan, the giant eagle circling in the sky resembled a true behemoth. Its long, piercing cry made everyone who heard it tremble inwardly!

After circling three times and crying out three times, the giant eagle truly descended from the sky, arriving right before the altar and extending its claw toward Ivan.

Ivan could sense the other's intent, so he reached out and grasped the eagle's claw.

"Screech!" Another cry rang out, and the eagle carried Ivan, flying up from above the massive bonfire!

The flying man, dressed in tribal battle attire and holding the Obsidian Spear, truly displayed his majestic bearing before everyone!Soon, they flew together to the top of the altar, arriving before Elder Carl.

At this moment, no spectator wanted to leave, and no one was willing to depart from this place.

After all, what was one person's death compared to this? This sacrificial ritual seemed to be truly offering sacrifices to something incredibly significant!

These people with Indigenous blood flowing in their veins seemed to be contemplating something they had never dared to imagine in their lifetimes—a future they had never dared to dream of!

All eyes converged on the altar. Everyone held their breath, not daring to make a sound.

They also wanted to see where this eagle came from and what it intended to do.

Carl was probably the most panicked person because he wasn't prepared!

Yes, although he had completed this sacrificial ritual, and even made many people ponder deeply because of Ivan's physical strength.

This had been his goal all along—he wanted to use Ivan's extraordinary experience to enhance his tribe's "divinely blessed" attribute and thereby seize some control.

Although there weren't many people present—only about two thousand—for the various local tribes that now had only two to three hundred members each, this was already considerable.

He had even planned to use these people's support to manipulate state votes and thus wrest some benefits from the hands of legislators.

This was Carl's idea, and after understanding this world's rules, it was the method he could think of in a short time to obtain maximum benefits.

But now, everything was different!

This clearly divine goshawk had come here, arrived before the altar, seemingly already defining the essence of the sacrifice—divine manifestation!

Carl was at a loss. What were the preparations for divine manifestation? What should he do? He didn't know any of this!

He hadn't prepared for this! What should he do now?

However, the giant eagle before him didn't let him hesitate for long. Its intelligent eyes fixed on Carl and Ivan, and it slowly opened its beak:

"Why... is there no statue of me here?"

Its voice wasn't loud, but in an instant, its tone reached everyone's ears.

Hearing these words, Carl broke out in a cold sweat!

As the elder of this tribe, the person in charge of sacrifices, if he couldn't recognize who this eagle was now, he deserved to die!

In their culture, a talking eagle could only be one existence—the messenger of the Eagle God!

And now, hearing these words, he directly concluded that the goshawk before him was the Eagle God's true manifestation!

Who was the Eagle God? In other cultures, it might just be a mount, an ordinary subordinate god, or some other existence.

But in Mayan mythology, there was only one possibility—the leader of the animal gods, master of the sky, the Eagle God!

This was an existence that could, to some extent, be called the chief god of a pantheon!

"Your Grace, we are the tribe of the Sacrificial God and War God!" Carl quickly explained. "If you are dissatisfied, I am willing to offer new sacrifices and add a divine throne for you!"

"Rare is the sacrifice, so no punishment!" the goshawk said slowly, seemingly not very angry. However, when its eyes swept through the crowd, it saw something quite different!

"Why are there servants of foreign gods in your sacrificial rites!"

Its voice suddenly carried terrible fury, and its form expanded violently at that moment, transforming into the wrath of the heavens!

The next second, several people in the crowd were lifted up, appearing before everyone!

This lifting was, of course, no simple grabbing—it was very direct throat-choking!

These people had similar skin tones to those around them and were also wearing colorful traditional Mayan clothing, yet they were precisely singled out and lifted up.

Meanwhile, Gao, who was monitoring from outside, received a report. "It's bad, sir! Our people have been caught!"

Gao didn't take it seriously. "So they're caught? Tell them to stay put quietly, don't spout nonsense, and don't do anything that might affect relations!"

What could a mere Indigenous tribe do, even with one so-called "supernatural" warrior?

His family and friends were all in the tribe. Wouldn't it be easy for the Federation to control him?

Gao had just received a phone call from that Attorney General who said exactly that. He had even prepared to wait until the sacrifice ended and take people over to negotiate with them.

But the reporting officer appeared extremely terrified. "No, sir! They were caught by an eagle?"

"An eagle?" Gao was stunned. "What joke is this? How could an eagle catch all of them?"

He quickly looked toward the nearby monitor. In the aerial drone footage, he saw what had just happened!

The moment the giant goshawk turned, their undercover agents had been caught, throttled, and lifted directly into the sky.

As for those surveillance drones, they all fell from the sky the instant the goshawk looked up!

"Children of the gods, actually under the surveillance of foreign god servants?" The Eagle God's voice carried unspeakable fury as it looked at Carl and Ivan. "As officiants of the gods' sacrifices, this is how you perform your duties?"

Carl knelt with his head lowered, not daring to speak.

Ivan appeared calmer. Although the Eagle God was before him, his boss was the Sacrificial God, belonging to a different system, so naturally he was bolder.

"Your Grace, we lost the war and lost almost everything!"

The Eagle God's voice roared in their ears, "I haven't even joined the battle! When did we lose? The gods merely took a nap and lost their sacrifices?"

This ancient deity seemed to have just awakened from a long recovery, appearing exceptionally furious—unlike the previously appearing Sacrificial God, who had been very calm.

"Warrior of the Sacrificial God, go, kill them as offerings for the gods' return!"

With a sweep of its wings, the goshawk brought these captured people back to the high platform, right before them!

Hearing these words, Ivan didn't hesitate at all. He stepped forward, the Obsidian Spear in his hand seemingly glowing with a special luster, ready to pierce their hearts!

All these people knelt down, wailing and praying to them!

"Don't! I'm with the Federation! You can't kill me!"

Some others, with skin tones closer to theirs, were kowtowing.

"Please don't! We're just external employees for them, not even formal members! We're fellow tribesmen too!"

"Being fellow tribesmen yet helping foreign races—you deserve death even more!" The Eagle God's voice echoed in Ivan's ears as the Obsidian Spear pierced through each person's chest!

These people's blood flowed across the ground, but this time, no one found it bloody.

When the goshawk spoke and displayed such divine miracles, all Mayans felt genuine identification with their own bloodline!

The next second, the goshawk flew up to the high heavens again, its massive form leaving a deep impression in everyone's eyes.

Divine manifestation! This was true divine manifestation!

But the FBI agents outside were dumbfounded!

Following the eagle's cry in the footage, all their monitoring equipment erupted with explosive sounds at that moment!

Then their phones, their monitors, and even their vehicles.

Flames and explosions erupted before their eyes, making them feel that some unknown existence was truly watching them.

Everyone lost all their external communication devices at that moment, truly experiencing what "fear" meant!

Soon, the goshawk flew back, but it was no longer the giant form from before. It shrank before them into an ordinary goshawk, circled, and flew away.

People immediately understood—that wasn't the Eagle God itself, but so-called "divine manifestation" that had occurred because of the sacrifice just performed!

The fanaticism in their eyes grew even stronger!

On the altar, Carl the priest was thinking more deeply than the people around him!

He suddenly realized that all his so-called balancing, so-called manipulation of interests, so-called network of relationships—none of it had any meaning at this moment!

Deities existing in the world, divine manifestations descending—this represented far too much.

The most important point was that from now on, they were no longer those "domesticated creatures" to be taken from at will. They truly had support behind them!

From this moment on, the roles of attacker and defender had reversed!