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My Goddess is Good at Pretending-Chapter 750: Retreat to the Lower Realms
With a heavy heart, Yuna made her final decision because from now on, this would be a battle that only true fighters at the God Lord level or above could participate in.
"Retreat! Those below 16th Rank should return to the lower realms and protect the heavens!"
The retreat paths were opened. The remaining forces fled, their hearts heavy with grief.
The heavens trembled. The Divine Realm stood on the brink of defeat, overwhelmed by the insane corrupted monster waves.
"Good Lord." Yuna's expression darkened as she could tell the situation on the other side.
Amy and 35 heavenly agents had yet to return to the frontline. Moreover, two batches of frontline armies, and entire defender armies were still on the other side. With the addition of three batches of frontline armies, the war to defend the heavens from the escaped corrupted monsters should be able to be handled.
They were previously confident that they could push the Nirvana Abyssal Demons to the brink of destruction, wiping out all the corrupted creatures in the Corrupted Nirvana Realm, thanks to the anti-curse mechanisms, the special simulation training against corruption in the past two months, and the Supreme Goddess' assistance.
Unfortunately, the Supreme Goddess could barely make her move because they couldn't let the Nirvana Barrier collapse completely.
It was still on the fourth day of Nirvana Great War, and the Heavenly Army fought valiantly. They were pushed back with ever-growing casualties, and their strength was waning. The corrupted legions, endless and ever-regenerating monsters, swarmed across the land and sky like like endless waves, overwhelming even the almighty God Kings.
The Heavenly Army's strongest warriors were exhausted. The abyssal corruption breached the barrier, spreading and defiling the sacred lands of the heavens. Chaos and desperation loomed in all eight layers of the heavens, but none lost their hope.
As the final hour approached, high above the battlefield, nestled on the Nirvana Barrier, an aura of unfathomable divinity radiated from the sealed sphere where the Supreme Goddess meditated.
Her celestial form remained still, wrapped in layers of reality-bending seals, as she gathered the ultimate power needed to bring an end to the desperate battle against countless corrupted creatures.
The enemies sensed it. They knew what was coming.
The abyssal monarchs, eldritch abominations of incomprehensible might, hurled themselves at the divine sphere, desperate to stop her awakening.
The regional boss monsters, the true abyssal overlords, descended to attack the seemingly vulnerable divinity. Their presence crushed the divine legions in an instant, but the heavenly agents alongside many God Lords and God Kings immediately created a barricade to block the enemies.
"The Supreme Goddess shall awaken her supreme divinity, they shall not pass! Protect her at all costs!" With a single utterance, Yuna summoned a star system to crush the approaching enemies.
She remained in the very backline to protect the dormant Elysia from close proximity, but it wouldn't stop her from unleashing one of her ultimate techniques.
With that opening attack, the other heavenly agents, commanders, and other supreme leaders unleashed their defensive measures and obliterated any monsters that approached the divine sphere where Elysia was.
The heavy curse and corruption spread like a plague, ultimately targeting the backline attackers, the greatest damage dealers on the battlefield. Unfortunately, they stood guard close to Elysia, and those malicious energies got burned into nothingness upon contact with Elysia's divine aura.
The backline attackers abandoned their defenses due to Elysia's protection. Therefore, they focused solely on their strength to annihilate all approaching corrupted monsters.
"This Agent White is truly worthy of her title as the strongest force under the Lord of Heaven..." Heavenly Moon Sovereign was impressed by Yuna's display of might.
As the strongest heavenly agent, she single-handedly killed a dozen corrupted monster overlords and hundreds of thousands of monster minions at once only with her 16th Rank power. She didn't even hesitate to unleash her full power, nothing to reserve.
"This all-out war should only happen in the fifth month or above, but it happened before even the fifth day." The Ancient Dragon Sovereign breathed his calamity fire breath to burn all the monsters on the ground to ashes.
He was there during the previous Nirvana Great War that ended the previous era, but what happened in the current situation was moving so fast.
The Lord of Heaven faced the Sovereign of Abyss alone in the sealed separated dimension so the Heavenly Army could eliminate the corrupted monsters without the presence of the supreme terror. However, the battle of the highest sovereign had yet to reach a conclusion, but the war already proceeded to the apex, a desperate situation in just a matter of days.
More than anything, the sudden appearance of another supreme terror ruined the course of the war and the overall plan. Nothing worked as expected, and the Nirvana Barrier had even been breached...
"Hah! They are endless..." Shadow Monarch sighed as he unleashed the shadow realm domain to trap as many corrupted monsters as possible.
He had slain many corrupted monsters and granted true death to hundreds of thousands of minions, but it still put a great toll on his body if he had to fight many monsters of the same level as him continuously.
He had faced many 16th and 17th Rank monsters on his own, and the number of monsters did not seem to decrease at all. It frustrated him because he was once confident to fight for months without rest, but it had barely been two days since the countless monsters breakout happened, and he was already feeling exhausted...
"Girls, you've done enough. Please come back." Lifa sent her voice transmission to all Elysium Pantheon members. They couldn't hold for long, and they shouldn't force themselves. It was time for them to unite their power, giving it all to their master.
She then turned to stare at countless holes in the Nirvana Barrier. Elysia was still maintaining it despite meditation, but so many corrupted monsters had already escaped to the Heavenly Realm.
The Heavenly Army on the other side was extremely overwhelmed for sure, and the invasion might have spread to almost all corners of heaven's layers, or perhaps even reached the mortal world's boundary. All frontline warriors below 16th Rank had retreated to defend the heavens on the other side, so only the best powerhouses of the heavens and Elysium Pantheon were still here. They could only leave the defense to the armies on the other side...
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The decisive clashes of the two God Sovereigns inside the sealed separated dimension were heating up to the peak of the battle. The two highest divinities stood their ground, opposing each other forces.
The Lord of Heaven unleashed his cosmic spear, sundering constellations and stars. The primordial waves came forth like fierce tides that could drown planets.
The Sovereign of Abyss countered and invoked divine illusions that shattered his enemy's sanity. He was covered in his cursed blood yet remained defiant, and continued to counter to kill and devour the Lord of Heaven.
"..." He-Dao bit his lower lips because he could feel it. He shed much blood and exhausted his divine power, but it was not enough.
He could feel it. At that moment, the heavens burned and the corruption spread as the corrupted monsters managed to breach the Nirvana Barrier to invade the Divine World. The divine legions collapsed, and the heavenly armies were slowly losing their ground.
The corrupted monster legions, now millions upon millions strong, devoured the Divine Realm like an unstoppable calamity.
Given what the Sovereign of Abyss previously said, there was an unknown variable, an extremely dangerous entity with overwhelming force no weaker than the God Emperor was lurking in the shadows. It already made its move as the trump card that turned the entire situation upside-down even though he already sealed the Sovereign of Abyss here with him, excluding the greatest threat from the battlefield. Elysia and the best divinities of the heavens were there, but they were not enough.
"Fall. Fell the despair. Cease your existence." The Helfheim smirked widely, channeling negative energy into the disturbed mind.
"You overestimate yourself too much. To think this venerable self once regard you as my senior. You are not even worthy to hold my shoes now, demon. You are not the only one who holds the trump card." He-Dao's eyes flared brightly like the divine sun to burn the surrounding corruption.
He put his faith in his heavenly army and alliance. More than anything else, he believed Elysia and his heavenly warriors would do something for it and slay the Sovereign of Abyss' trump card to turn the table.
The battle between two 18th Rank divinities thus ensued to its final stage like nothing could hold them anymore. He-Dao wished to end this battle soon and to achieve it, he had to kill his enemy in every possible sense, leaving no path of revival.
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In the interim, Elysium Pantheon's members gradually retreated and took shelter under the protection of their master's divine aura, seniors, and heavenly agents.
They suffered some light to major injuries because most of them pushed themselves too hard during the battle, putting a huge burden on their bodies.
Their mechs were ruined beyond saving and their internal organs received some traumas due to backlashes, but it was what to be expected because they gave them all to achieve something in the war with the gods here. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
"Master, we've returned..." Yuuki murmured weakly as she returned to her master's side.
'You've done your best, my angels. Thank you for your impressive battle. Master is sorry... you suffered because of my decision...' Elysia replied, but she remained in her meditative position.
"No, master. You don't need to feel sorry for us as it is our wish and honor to carry out your command. We... we didn't disappoint you, master, hehe..." Sylvia knelt before her master, smiling weakly as she was exhausted. She managed to kill many strong corrupted monsters, far above her league and looked up to her master with an expectant gaze.
'You are all my proud angels, my cherished ones. It's time we end this war.' Elysia slowly opened her eyes, glowing like fiery divine flames.
"Mm, it's time for us to return, to the place where we belong." Rhea beckoned her fellow sisters to follow her.
Simultaneously, all Elysium Pantheon's members, including the Elysium Goddesses, entered Elysia's divine sphere as it was time for them to return.
"What happened?" Yuna was shocked because the injured girls of Elysium Pantheon suddenly entered the divine sphere. The Elysium Goddesses also entered, leaving her and other heavenly agents dumbfounded.
The previously semi-translucent divine sphere soon turned into a dense golden light. No divine sense and heavenly vision could peer at what happened inside the sphere, but they could feel it... Elysia's aura slowly rose drastically like never before.