The opening day of the Pantheon Realm Competition arrived amid surging divine aura covering the entire void arena. Countless gods and realm masters gathered in the spectator stands, their gazes sweeping across every participating realm projection floating above the void. Every contestant adjusted their realm barrier secretly, nervous about upcoming fierce fights and resource plunders.
Laia stood in the contestant waiting area, clutching a paper bag with two freshly made cheese sandwiches. She twisted her wrist casually, glancing at her plain realm panel with relaxed eyes. She had followed her own reminder strictly these days, never sending extra orders to her followers. All she wanted was steady performance, no conspicuous moves, win the one-million-gold bonus smoothly, then end all troubles and open her exclusive sandwich shop.
The girl lifted her sandwich and took a small bite, creamy cheese spreading across her taste buds and calming her trivial anxiety. She had checked her realm status yesterday. Though the realm scale and army were far beyond ordinary high gods, its surface aura remained mild and ordinary, fully meeting her requirement of keeping a low profile. Perfect. My followers listened well this time.
Laia nodded in satisfaction, completely unaware of the undercurrent surging quietly inside her pocket realm. Deep in the core command hall, all twelve overlords stood in full battle armor, solemn and breathless. Kane stood before the void monitoring mirror, staring at every hostile realm locked onto their territory, his tone cold and steady as always. "All contestants have locked our realm as the weakest prey. Six top high god realms have formed an alliance, planning to raid our border at the first minute of the competition, seize our grain land and realm core directly."
As soon as his voice fell, Mephis slammed his fist onto the metal table, dark demonic flames flickering restlessly on his wrist. "They dare to covet our God's territory? Shall I lead the vanguard army to crush their allied realm right now?"
"Hold on." Torin shook his dragon head, golden vertical pupils staring at the hidden aura data on the screen. "Her Highness's divine order is clear. Hide strength, keep a low profile, never take the initiative to stand out. We cannot launch an attack first, which will expose our full strength and violate her hidden layout."
Elara stroked the withered leaf in her palm gently, her eyes soft yet firm. "We follow every word of our God. We only defend, never attack actively. But anyone who dares to invade an inch of our land shall be wiped out completely."
Kael's shadow permeated every corner of the command hall, endless killing intent hidden in the dark. "All ambush shadow troops are in place. All hidden star-core turrets are activated and camouflaged as ordinary mountain rocks. Once the enemy steps across the border, they will be annihilated instantly without any noise."
Lira raised her star divination crystal, the faint starlight reflecting her calm face. "Divination result confirmed. All hostile gods will surrender voluntarily within ten minutes after launching the invasion. The grand coronation of our God is destined to come today."
All overlords fell silent, their eyes filled with devout reverence. They thought through everything thoroughly. Their God deliberately pretended to be weak, exposed the seemingly vulnerable realm border, lured all greedy gods to take the initiative to attack, then eliminated all hidden dangers in one fell swoop silently. This was a flawless trap arranged by the supreme Overgod long ago. They were just executing the most perfect defense plan for their God.
Back to the void arena. The host's loud divine voice echoed across the whole space. "The Pantheon Realm Competition officially begins! All contestants may launch realm plunder and border wars freely starting now!"
The moment the voice dropped, six terrifying divine auras burst out simultaneously. Six powerful high god realms rolled out their armies, targeting Laia's seemingly weakest pocket realm without hesitation. In the eyes of all spectators, this was a one-sided crushing battle. "That freshman high god realm is too weak! She will be eliminated in the first round directly!" "Six top realms besiege one, she has no chance to resist at all!" "Poor girl, she never should have participated in this cruel competition."
Valerius sat in the highest spectator stand, staring at Laia's calm back, his brows tightly furrowed. He wanted to stop this siege, yet he still wanted to witness how this hidden supreme Overgod would resolve this deadly crisis with her silent layout.
Laia also saw the six surging enemy armies, blinking blankly. Wait...why are they all rushing at me? I look that easy to bully? She gripped her sandwich tightly, a little flustered. She hadn't told her followers to fight back aggressively. Would her hardworking subordinates get hurt? Just as she was about to send a short note telling her followers to defend themselves properly—
Boom!
A series of silent void explosions swept across the battlefield in an instant. No roaring flames, no shocking blade clashes. All six invading armies froze on the border of Laia's realm in the next second, all realm barriers shattered, all soldiers bound by endless shadow chains, all core power sources completely extinguished. The whole process took less than three seconds.
Before all spectators could react, the six realm masters knelt down in the void one after another, trembling all over, bowing their heads deeply toward Laia's direction. "We surrender! We give up all competition qualifications! We dare not offend Your Highness!"
Dead silence swept through the entire void arena. Laia froze on the spot, half a sandwich still held in her hand.
???
What just happened?
They surrendered before fighting even one round?
Right at this moment, her realm system panel popped up frantically with dense reward prompts. Realm resource plunder bonus +80000 acres, Divine Rank: High God → Peak High God, Competition points: Full first place directly, One million gold competition prize has been automatically issued to your account.
Laia stared at the fully settled gold balance, eyes shining brightly instantly, all panic vanishing without a trace. The money is here! All tuition is paid off! The sandwich shop can open next week! She completely ignored the terrified, worshipful gazes from the entire audience and Valerius's shocked expression. She only held her sandwich, grinning happily.
She didn't see at all that inside the realm, her twelve overlords stood quietly on the border, retracting all hidden weapons neatly, waiting quietly for their God's next divine instruction. And they were all convinced again. Their God used zero moves to subdue six powerful high god realms. This silent deterrence was the true strength of a supreme hidden Overgod.