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My Goddess is Good at Pretending-Chapter 752: The Breached Defenses
The battlefield split into two realities.
The weaker gods and Heavenly Army were forced to retreat, tasked with stopping the last remnants of the corrupted legions from escaping into the lower realms.
In the other side, the lower gods and divine warriors fought valiantly agaisnt countless corrupted creatures to contain the remaining abyssal horrors from escaping into the lower realms.
In the Corrupted Nirvana Realm, a deadly battlefield had been forged into a realm of pure destruction where the Supreme Goddess led the Nirvana Great War only with less than a thousand divine powerhouses at 16th Rank and above to annihilate countless high-rank corrupted creatures and the Nirvana Abyssal Demon God.
Within a dimension beyond the Heavenly Realm, the former 9th layer of heaven, the Corrupted Nirvana Realm, Elysia stood as a beacon of hope and fighting spirit for all the best divine powerhouses of the heavens.
They were pushed back to the brink of defeat, but this time, they regained their pace and slayed all the corrupted creatures without too much pressure.
The enemies might be massive in number and size, also some of them rivaled their divine power with threats of 16th Rank and above... even so, none hesitated in their hearts filled with determination. They believed they could win this war much earlier than estimated. As such, they charged forward and obliterated all the monsters that stood in their way regardless of the price.
Their primary target was the mother of all the corrupted monsters, the eldritch abomination in the depths of the abyssal core domain, the pinnacle God King-level threat that copied Lady Nirvana's appearance.
This battle would determine the fate of the heavens.
As the dimensional cracks swiftly grew in number as if about to crumble the entire realm, Elysia floated in stillness. Her radiant form illuminated the corrupted realm of the abyss.
She gazed at the adversary in the distance. It kept spawning countless corrupted creatures from its thousands of roots, and it was already half out of the ground as if it was ready to move.
The Nirvana Abyssal Demon God had previously intended to make a move to wipe out the remaining Heavenly Army and destroy the Nirvana Barrier, but it was no longer there as she could feel it emanated fear, it was terrified of her presence.
"You should not exist."
"You should never have awakened."
"All shall return to the Abyss."
Elysia closed her eyes for a brief moment as she could overhear the Nirvana Abyssal Demon God murmured those sentences repeatedly.
She could hear the laughter of her pantheon sisters in her soul realm. She remembered the faces of her faithful followers. However, she could also feel the flickering lights in the realm beneath the Divine World, the mortal world's skies were already cracked...
"No. I will not allow it. The invasion must be stopped or the other side can't handle the overwhelming ever-growing threats."
Elysia opened her eyes. She was already too overwhelmed to maintain the vast Nirvana Barrier. New cracks kept appearing here and there with thousands of corrupted creatures escaping from the unexpected wormholes and spatial rifts every minute.
Someone had to stop the Nirvana Abyssal Demon God from spawning more corrupted creatures and abyssal monsters from its thousands of roots.
"May I know how you can do it?" Lady Nirvana floated closer as she inquired about it with great curiosity.
"What do you mean?" Elysia reached out her hand to receive the approaching white star orb.
"You recovered your supreme power. I can sense you possessed a power far greater than the 18th Rank. Even my peak, prime state is pale in comparison to your current aura." Lady Nirvana observed the god mode Elysia up and down closely.
At the same time, Yuna and several heavenly agents explored her, listening because they also wanted to hear the answer.
"You guessed it. Sudden power gain won't last forever." Elysia shook her head.
"I see..." Yuna interpreted it with deep understanding.
It was no wonder they pushed the war to its final stage much earlier than expected. It was barely a week, and they had to fight all-out against one of the greatest adversaries. And Elysia could only use the supreme power temporarily...
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As Elysia and the best divine powerhouses of the heavens clashed against the Nirvana Abyssal Demon God and its countless corrupted monster army, the battle in the realms below raged with equal ferocity.
The lower realms of heaven became a battlefield, a last stand against the chaos and corruption that threatened to consume everything.
Many corrupted monsters had escaped the Nirvana Barrier, the heavenly rebels had risen, and all realms were at risk, including the mortal worlds.
The divine warriors of the heavens, an army of gods, celestial cultivators, and exalted immortals, fought with all their might to purge the corruption before it could spread beyond control.
The skies above the lower realms were painted black with the endless tide of escaped corrupted monsters.
Beasts of corruption fueled by abyssal energy moved like a plague, consuming everything in their path. Eldritch horrors with hundreds of shifting limbs and void eyes shrieked as they devoured lesser gods and divine spirits. Demonic abominations wreaked havoc upon the celestial lands.
At the center of the chaos, the heavenly demons and the demonic cultivators took advantage of the disorder.
"The heavens are crumbling! The Heavenly Palace is weakened! This is our time to rise!"
One of the Heavenly Demon Gods declared, rallying his demonic forces. Many heavenly demons, demonic path cultivators, calamity beasts, and plague monsters roared in response as they shared a common purpose.
Their goal was none other than to overthrow the pantheon and claim dominion over both the divine and mortal realms.
The war had split into three fronts:
The most important task was carried out by the exalted gods of the frontline. The supreme commanders led heavenly armies to hunt the corrupted monsters, cleansing the lower realms of the heavens before the abyssal infection spread further.
The celestial guardians alongside the heavenly agents faced the heavenly rebels in the Heavenly Realm. Their confrontations turned into a brutal war to annihilate the traitors who sought to overthrow the divine order.
The last one was the heavenly seal's defenders, protecting the mortal world's barrier from the corrupted monsters. All layers of the heavens had been invaded by the corrupted creatures, and they had to stop those monsters from descending into the mortal world, knowing the mortals could be wiped out by even lesser Nirvana Abyssal Demons.
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At the Silver Lotus Sanctuary, one of the sacred grounds of the Heavenly Palace where heavenly immortals cultivated in harmony, chaos erupted.
The celestial guardians, clad in divine armor, fought relentlessly against the swarming nightmare creatures and heavenly demons. Holy flame barriers burned through the monstrous horde, but for every beast slain, more crawled from the dimensional cracks.
Lightning-forged war gods unleashed divine tribulation upon the land, turning entire battlefields into storms of divine wrath. The corrupted monsters and heavenly rebels were being pushed back, but not fast enough. The foes still managed to infiltrate the Heavenly Palace.
"If we don't stop them here, they will infect the entire palace!" The Divine General of the Eastern Sky cried out.
"Hmph! They overestimated themselves. None can take over the Heavenly Palace even if the Lord of Heaven is not present." Amy snorted sarcastically as she led the charge to obliterate so many monsters and demons in a blood-red mist, leaving not even a single speck of dust.
She divided her squad into two teams. One to ensure no intruders infiltrating the Heavenly Palace could get out alive, and she led the other to exterminate all invaders.
"Kill them all!"
"Yes, ma'am!"
Amy called out to her fellow heavenly agents, and they exterminated all the enemies without mercy.
It had been several hours since they retreated from the frontline. Amy couldn't help but stare at the breached sky in worry. The Nirvana Barrier was repaired gradually, leaving only some minor cracks and fissures.
The escaped corrupted monsters thinned out and almost none of them crawled out of the sky anymore. She truly wished to wrap things up on her side as soon as possible and return to assist Elysia, Yuna, and the others because based on the information brought by the retreated Heavenly Army, the situation on the other side wasn't favorable.
Only those at 16th Rank and above remained in the frontline, fighting desperately against countless corrupted creatures and the newly emerged Nirvana Abyssal Demon God.
"Curse you, heavenly rebels!" Amy bit her lower lips, knowing she couldn't return to the frontline before those heavenly rebels were exterminated from the Heavenly Realm.
They had done the cleansing to thin out the possible threats in the past two months, killing many heavenly demons and monsters, but the unexpected threats still came from behind during the Nirvana Great War in crazy numbers.
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At the Jade Cloud Fortress in the 5th Heaven, the third defense line had been taken over by the rebels. The air was thick with betrayal as the Heavenly Army faced not just demonic enemies, but their former vassals.
Several forces they were supposed to protect chose to rebel, joining the heavenly demon's side. The heavenly demons and demonic cultivators had banded together with those traitor factions, seeking vengeance against the celestial order.
They called themselves the Forsaken Heavens.
"You denied our ascension! You cast us down! The Heavenly Palace no longer deserves to rule the heavens!"
One of the traitor's leaders declared their intention, and soon, they joined the escaped corrupted monsters to destroy everything and spread chaos everywhere.
The exalted war gods led the charge, wielding divine weapons bathed in the flames of heavenly retribution.
"Foolish! Heaven's traitors have no chance for redemption. Death is your only outcome! Perish under heavenly retributions!" One of the supreme commanders unleashed his fury without further ado.
Lightning dragons clashed with shadow serpents. Holy knights engaged in brutal duels against demon emperors. The heavens cracked as the once-loyal celestial warriors now turned their blades against their former comrades.
"Heh. Justice will be delivered, with steel and divine decree! Nothing shall escape the judgment, even my descendants." The God of War sneered. He then flew down as he struck down a former prince who had joined the rebellion.
But the rebels were merciless. Many divine warriors fell, overpowered by forbidden demonic techniques. Even the realm shuddered at the battle intensity, forming many cracks as the war tore apart the dimension.
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The most critical battle occurred at the Heavenly Barrier Gate, the final seal between the Divine World and mortal realms.
If it fell, the heavenly corruption would descend upon the mortal worlds, bringing forth unimaginable apocalypses.
The defensive battle became passive because their tasks to defend their grounds became too heavy once the invaders grew in number.
Their efforts could only stall for time, and it was soon become too late to prevent the inevitable. A section of the barrier shattered, breaching their defenses.
Through it, countless monsters escaped.
Through it, corrupted demons descended.
Through it, the abyss invaded the mortal world.
"No! We cannot let them reach the mortal world!" Mystic Stellar Saintess shrieked.
She led the guardian knights to close the breach. She held the barrier with her own divine power, but the dark forces pushed against it.
She herself formed a spherical barrier to temporarily patch the biggest dimensional crack, but many gigantic corrupted monsters soon squashed her barrier, causing her to spit out blood, but she stood her ground to prevent more monsters from descending to the mortal world.
"We need more time! Hold the line!" The Fate Goddess smashed the biggest monster's head as she commanded her legion of angels to assist the Mystic Stellar Saintess and other guardians in protecting heaven's first layer.
Many divine spirits sacrificed themselves to patch the barrier's cracks, The celestial paladins put their lives on the line to buy more time. Archangels summoned starlight storms to delay the enemies.
But it wasn't enough.
Some Abyssal Lords and Greater Demonic Beasts penetrated their defenses like an unstoppable force. Those monsters slipped through the breached Divine World's barrier.
The mortal world below was now in danger.