【 DEMON LORD HELEL 】

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Samael’s voice vanished into the Wasteland of Desolation, and the entire region fell silent for a moment.

Watching the enraged Demon Lord being dragged away by Evé like a dead dog, the fleeing Abyssal Myths, whose divine senses remained fixed upon the battle, showed slight changes in expression and they fled even faster, terrified beyond measure.

Evé tossed Samael, whose power had been sealed by the Withering Heart, into the Demon Lord’s Labyrinth, her gaze briefly sweeping across the fleeing figures.

“One… two… three… seven in total?”

There were seven Abyssal Myths guarding the dimensional gate.

Among them, four were demigods, two possessed weak divine power, and one possessed lower divine power.

Eve’s gaze swept across the direction which they escaped before she swiftly destroyed the dimensional gate behind her that led to the world of Seigües, preventing the Abyssal Myths from fleeing.

She then activated the Gate of Reversal and gave chase…

In an instant, Wasteland of Desolation flickered with light. With every flash, a golden triumphal arch gate appeared behind an Abyssal Myth, and Eve’s figure emerged as she slashed down with her sword amidst the terrified gazes of her opponents…

This time, Evé had no intention of capturing them alive since in order to suppress Samael, the Withering Heart had become temporarily unusable.

And without this artifact, Evé could not easily seal the power of these Abyssal Myths while being situated within the Abyss.

Especially since several of the fleeing Abyssal Myths possessed weak or even low-level divine power, they had already gained complete control over their simulated divine realms.

Thus, she could only attempt to eliminate them all and seize their divine power.

Evé began with the slowest among them, catching up to them one by one.

Dazzling light erupted across the Wasteland of Desolation.

Beneath the blinding radiance of her sword, one Abyssal Myth after another let out agonized screams before being utterly annihilated…

Witnessing the Goddess of Life unleash such terrifying divine power, the other Abyssal Myths, who had originally intended to provide support, were horrified and quickly concealed their auras, hiding themselves far away.

Their eyes were filled with fear and dread.

With a single strike of her sword, Evé slew four Abyssal Myths in succession, whilst pursuing the remaining three all the way to the edge of the Wasteland of Desolation before suddenly coming to a halt.

Ahead of them, another Dimensional Gate to Hell had appeared.

“There’s another one?”

Evé raised an eyebrow.

Once again, she activated the Gate of Reversal, preparing to descend directly before the passageway and completely cut off these Abyssal Myths’ retreat.

However, at that very moment, a majestic and boundless aura suddenly emanated from beyond the Gate.

Black mist spread around it as a phantom figure slowly emerged.

It was a towering figure clad in grotesque dark armor, tall and imposing, with two crimson flames burning endlessly within its eye sockets.

Sensing the astonishing divine power radiating from the figure, Eve’s heart tightened, and she immediately halted her advance.

It was undoubtedly the ruler of the Seventh Layer of Hell, the most mysterious Demon Lord, the mightiest amongst the Seven Lords of Hell, Demon Lord Helel.

At long last, this most powerful Abyssal Myth had finally appeared.

Eve’s expression gradually turned solemn.

Within her perception, the other party resembled an invisible black hole, devouring everything around it.

He… is very strong.

The thought surfaced within Eve’s mind.

After a brief assessment, Evé quickly arrived at a conclusion: even now, after ascending to the rank of Higher Divine Power, she was still likely no match for this abyssal Demon Lord.

The initial succession of battles had not come without cost.

Although Evé had absorbed a substantial amount of corrupted divine power during the pursuit, she had not yet had the opportunity to fully refine it, thus signs of exhaustion were already beginning to emerge on her.

Defeating a powerful Demon Lord and eliminating more than ten abyssal myths was far from as easy as it had appeared.

Not to mention, her current form was merely an incarnation of her true body.

Seeing Evé stop her pursuit, the fleeing abyssal myths were overjoyed.

Without the slightest hesitation, they seized the opportunity presented by the confrontation between the two supreme beings and scrambled into the Gate of Hell as though their lives depended on it.

Evé frowned slightly.

Yet after glancing at Helel, who stood blocking the path ahead, she ultimately made no move.

The next moment, abyssal myths began emerging from all directions, frantically rushing toward the Gate of Hell…

As though terrified that Helel might abandon them to face Evé alone.

In the blink of an eye, every Abyssal Myth that had lingered within the Wasteland of Desolation had fled, leaving only Evé and Demon Lord Helel standing in opposition before the Dimensional Gate to Hell.

Watching one abyssal myth after another escape, Evé felt a trace of disappointment and regret.

The First Demon Lord, Helel, gave her a deep look before suddenly letting out a low chuckle.

“Goddess of Life…”

“Heh, I’ll be sure to remember you.”

With that, under Eve’s wary gaze, the figure of the abyssal Demon Lord slowly faded away.

And along with him, the Dimensional Gate to Hell behind him vanished as well.

Across the entire Wasteland of Desolation, only the demon army abandoned after the retreat of the abyssal myths remained, staring at Evé in the sky in panic and disarray.

Evé let out a regretful sigh.

She glanced at the abandoned demon army before turning and summoning the Gate of Reversal once more, connecting it to the world of Seigües.

She did not directly annihilate the leaderless demon army.

These demons and monsters were too scattered, and dealing with them personally would only waste her time.

In Eve’s view, it would be better to let the players use them for training while conveniently conquering the entire Wasteland of Desolation and purifying its corruption.

After mentally sentencing the demon armies to death, Eve’s figure flashed and disappeared into the Gate of Reversal.

The next moment, her figure reappeared in the world of Seigües.

The war in the Maple Moon State had erupted once more.

However, this time, just as in Mirovia, it was the allied forces pursuing the demon army with overwhelming morale.

Even though the demon army vastly outnumbered the Elven allied forces, the former had already completely lost their will to fight.

Aside from a few demons that still resisted stubbornly, most chose to flee…

Speaking of which, most of the demon army under the Abyssal Myths had originally been unfortunate captives gathered by force.

Apart from the die-hard guards loyal to the Demon Lords, most low ranking demons were merely following the tide.

Therefore, after the defeat of the Abyssal Myths, they were practically worthless.

On the ground, the pursuit that stretched for hundreds of miles had only just begun.

Li Mu excitedly commanded the million-strong elven allied army, shouting command after command through the battlefield communication channel at the top of his lungs as they swept toward the routed demon army like a raging torrent.

Victory was only a matter of time.

Meanwhile, in the sky, Platinum Dragon King Reinhardt and the Black Dragon Meryer were also pursuing the fleeing Abyssal Myths.

Evé even spotted the figures of the three mythical dragons and Aurora.

Clearly, after Evé had eliminated the Abyssal Myths in Mirovia, they had rushed over as reinforcements.

Evé sensed that there were probably around fifteen Abyssal Myths remaining in the world of Seigües that she had yet to imprison.

Besides the few Abyssal Myths currently being hunted by Reinhardt and the other mythical beings, several others had escaped amidst the chaos.

But this did not trouble Evé.

Having ascended to the level of a higher god, the strength of her divine soul had increased tremendously.

She gently closed her eyes, and her divine soul power transformed into divine sense, spreading outward and rapidly covering the entire Maple Moon Territory.

Then it continued to spread farther and farther, across the entire Fertile Plain, the Elven Forest, the Southern Mountains, the Desert of Death, and the Arctic Ice Plains…

In an instant, her divine sense covered the entire continent.

“Found you.”

A faint smile curled upon Eve’s lips.

The next second, she activated the Gate of Reversal appeared once more, and Eve’s figure flashed as she disappeared into it…

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The Northern Ice Plains.

Upon the boundless mountain tundra, a figure shrouded in black mist soared rapidly through the sky.

Its aura was powerful and terrifying, causing the orc tribes below to cast fearful glances upward, their hearts filled with dread.

“ A God of the Abyss…”

Some elderly orcs revealed expressions of fear.

But in the very next second, they witnessed a scene they would never forget.

Behind the fleeing black figure, a golden radiance suddenly flashed as a magnificent arch gate slowly descended from the sky.

Immediately afterward, a slender arm extended from within the gate, seizing the black figure by the head as easily as one might lift a hapless chick.

“N-No, wait, ahhh!”

Amidst its desperate scream, the black figure was dragged into the arch gate by that arm.

Effortlessly.

The orcs stared blankly at the scene before them, utterly stunned.

For a long moment, none of them could utter a single word.

They all knelt to the ground, not daring to raise their heads for fear of angering that terrifying existence.

Meanwhile, the culprit herself, Evé, completely ignored them.

After tossing the captured demigod-rank Abyssal Myth into the Demon Lord’s Labyrinth, Evé vanished in satisfaction.

The Abyss made it impossible to capture evil gods alive.

But within the world of Seigües, it was still possible.

After capturing the first Abyssal Myth, she repeated the process, teleporting to the next location through the Gate of Reversal.

Then, in the north of the Holy Maniya Empire, above the Dragon Island, and near the harbor of the Kingdom of Aries, her figure appeared one after another.

Mortals watched in awe as that beautiful and holy figure suddenly descended, effortlessly capturing or destroying terrifying evil gods.

For a time, all who witnessed her were filled with reverence.

“A god… Is that a god?!”

“The Goddess of Life! That must be the Goddess of Life from the Elven Forest! She is fighting against the Abyssal Demons invading our world!”

A bard recognized Eve’s identity and cried out excitedly.

After speaking, he hurriedly picked up his sketchbook and began drawing the image of the Goddess of Life unleashing her divine power, all while swaying his head and chanting an ancient ballad…

People gazed toward the heavens in the direction where the goddess had vanished and bowed respectfully.

This series of events would undoubtedly add many more legends to Eve’s name.

After hunting down several easily subdued demigod-rank evil gods, throwing the ones she found useful into the Demon Lord’s Labyrinth while purifying the others, Evé finally turned her attention toward the last two Abyssal Myths.

They were two evil gods possessing weaker divine power.

The pair were fleeing together toward the southeastern region of the continent.

“How rare, they even know to stick together.” 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Evé chuckled softly.

The next moment, she summoned the Gate of Reversal once more, appearing directly beside the two Abyssal Myths.

The two evil gods looked horrified.

They exchanged glances, gritted their teeth, and abandoned all thoughts of escape. Roaring furiously, they unleashed their simulated domains and charged toward Evé.

Watching the pseudo domains rapidly spread across the sky, Eve’s eyes flickered faintly.

In the next instant, the Gate of Reversal opened once more, and the Celestial Domain of Life and Nature descended suddenly upon the world.

To deal with these two weaker divine beings, Evé did not even need to extend the roots of her true body.

The domains collided, and the evil gods’ pseudo domains shattered instantly.

Their expressions changed drastically, and they could not help coughing up mouthfuls of dark blood.

It couldn’t be helped.

Pseudo domains were inherently inferior to true domains.

Furthermore, now that Evé had advanced to the rank of a higher god, her domain had become even more overwhelming, while the two evil gods had left the Abyss, causing their simulated domains to weaken further…

Under such circumstances, their domains were nothing more than a joke in Eve’s eyes.

Evé raised the Sword of Damocles, divine power surging throughout her body as she slashed downward.

Within the despairing gazes of the two Abyssal Myths, a platinum-gold sword light flashed through the sky, and their bodies shattered instantly.

Only two corrupted divine essence remained behind, spinning continuously in midair.

Evé glanced at them before raising her divine sword once more and destroying them without hesitation.

Having ascended to the rank of a higher god, her mastery over the Sword of Damocles had also improved significantly. In the past, she had been unable to completely destroy divine essence corrupted by the power of the Abyss, but now, with the divine sword’s power, she could accomplish it.

Afterward, she activated her innate ability, [Absorption] , devouring all the fallen divine power released after the deaths of the two evil gods…

She had not chosen to leave these two abyssal myths alive as laborers for the Demon Lord’s Labyrinth.

Firstly, she had already captured enough abyssal myths during today’s battle.

Secondly, after fighting for so long, Evé herself was nearing her limits.

While maintaining the seal upon the Demon Lord’s Labyrinth, she no longer possessed much spare energy to capture additional evil gods alive.

Especially not two evil gods possessing weaker divine power, which would make the process even more troublesome.

After the two abyssal myths fell, Evé slightly raised her head and looked toward the east.

She sensed several ancient auras emerging from that direction.

Those auras were approaching her.

However, Evé soon sensed them pause abruptly.

Then, after a brief hesitation, they slowly retreated.

Evé raised an eyebrow slightly.

Her extended divine sense had briefly brushed against the other party.

Although it lasted only an instant, she sensed astonishment and awe from them.

At the same time, Evé also detected pure divine power emanating from the other side.

It was the power of a true god.

Although faint, it undoubtedly existed, and the divine power was tightly restrained, clearly not belonging to an ordinary divine incarnation.

“A true god? There are other walking true gods within the world of Seigües? Or perhaps a true divine-level incarnation like mine?”

Eve’s heart stirred slightly.

The other party had apparently been intimidated by her overwhelming battle achievements and chosen to retreat decisively.

However, there appeared to be no hostility from them, only caution and vigilance.

Evé gazed deeply in that direction, memorizing the location before once again activating the Gate of Reversal and returning to the battlefield of the Maple Moon Territory.

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