The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 568: The Invasion Begin

The rumbling thunderclap signaled the start of the battle in devil territory, and many devils perished instantly. The heavenly lightning unleashed by Aldrian, who had already reached the middle Grand Duke stage and also within his domain, was unstoppable, tearing through the ranks of those poor bastards.

Outside his domain, Aldrian could fight toe-to-toe with low Emperor-stage cultivators thanks to his boost in strength. Already a powerful cultivator with cross-level fighting ability, and with the power of faith flowing to him from across the continent, he was more powerful than ever.

The heavenly lightning pierced thousands of devils, slithering like the movement of thousands of snakes. It tore through their bodies and electrocuted them to a crisp. Whether the devils used defensive artifacts or not, they were useless in the face of the heavenly lightning.

Aldrian didn’t stop there. He sent more lightning to obliterate the entire area. He wouldn’t allow these summoning formations to be used again. The storm continued to devastate the land, the devils, and everything in its path. Only after more than thirty seconds did the lightning storm come to an end.

Aldrian looked at the result of his attack, the vast land lying in ruins, and nodded to himself in satisfaction. There was nothing left for him to destroy here—except for a few who were still alive, though already dying. Fortunately, he had not used his full power, and a few Emperor-stage devils had managed to endure the lightning storm.

He teleported to one of the Emperor-stage devils who was still breathing, though his body was charred and covered in burn wounds. Without a word, Aldrian began to look through the devil’s memories, then ended his life by frying his head with lightning once he was done.

Aldrian frowned at what he had seen. The devils were truly going all out in this war, having spent all of their resources and manpower. This area turned out to be their biggest sites for summoning beasts, but it was not the only summoning site.

There were others, and although they weren’t on the same scale as this one, those summoner groups could still pose a threat to the alliance forces.

From the way he saw it, the devil lord seemed to depend heavily on summoning beasts as part of his plan to hold the invasion. Luckily, the other places did not have the capacity to summon beasts as strong as those here, since this area was the main site for summoning.

It was no wonder he hadn’t encountered any devils on his journey here, most of them either concentrated here or had already been sacrificed.

Aldrian took out a communication artifact and reported the threat of the summoning beasts to the leaders of the invasion force before continuing his journey. At this time, he really couldn’t afford to visit other areas to deal with those summoning formations, as it would take too much time. What he needed to do was trust the invasion force to handle those problems later.

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At this moment, the devils in Arbrus Fortress—one of the devil fortresses near the border of the Vindas Empire and devil territory—were already on their highest alert. The news of the invasion had reached them a few days earlier, and they were just waiting for the invasion force to arrive.

The devils were already wearing their armor and gripping their weapons as they stood guard atop the fortress walls.

They looked intently toward the Vindas Empire for any movement. After days of waiting, they finally saw something. On the horizon, many flying objects seemed to be approaching. But before the devils on guard could warn the entire fortress, they were struck by a flame beam.

"Incoming—"

Boom!

Rumble!

The flame beam, with the strength of a high Emperor-stage cultivator, instantly destroyed part of the fortress wall and obliterated sections of the fortress.

"Aggh!"

"We are under attack! They’re coming!"

"Prepare yourselves!"

The devils in the fortress that already on high alert, quickly took their positions and raised the fortress’s defensive formations. They truly did not expect the invasion force’s first move to be an instant attack from a cannon fired by a flying fortress. It was clear the invasion force spared no resources for this war.

At last, the devils could see the invasion force approaching, and the sight sent chills down their spines. Across the horizon, they saw a sea of people, many flying fortresses, and the wyvern corps following behind.

In their entire lives, they had never witnessed an army of this scale. The mere sight was enough to deter them. Yet, imagining their god’s descent, their faces turned spirited and fanatic. No matter how massive the invasion was, their god was enough. Once he descended, it would all come to an end.

Then the attacks came again—other flying fortresses fired their beam cannons, lightning and flames striking the fortress’s defensive formations.

Boom!

Rumble!

The continuous cannon attacks from different flying fortresses finally collapsed the defensive formation, leaving the fortress vulnerable to further assault. This was part of the invasion force’s plan: to quickly take over the fortress by effectively destroying its defenses.

To achieve this, nothing was more suitable than the cannons of the flying fortresses. The fact that the three empires had sent all their flying fortresses to participate in the war made things much easier.

"The defensive formation has collapsed! Attack!" shouted one of the commanders from the knight orders of the Avandi imperial family.

"Uwo!"

Following the commander’s shout, many cultivators raised their war cries. King-stage cultivators flew at high speed toward the fortress, launching elemental attacks. The assault was also supported by cultivators from the church and the Buddhist sect, who worked to repel the negative energy lingering in the air.

The wyvern corps followed closely behind, providing support for the king-stage cultivators, who now served as the spearhead of the attack.

"Hold them! Kill as many as you can!"

"AHH!"

The devils shouted as the two armies finally clashed and exchanged their techniques. Powerful elemental attacks flew back and forth with destructive force capable of leveling entire towns. It was no surprise—hundreds of King-stage cultivators fought in this area, but most from the alliance forces.

With their overwhelming numbers, the outcome was predictable. Even the devils who had to shift into their devil forms early on could not do much against such a flood of opponents. freёnovelkiss-com

The devil higher-ups at the Emperor stage, watching their underlings overwhelmed, decided to intervene. One of them created a giant ball of flame that replicated a miniature sun, its heat felt hundreds of kilometers away. The intense heat forced many cultivators to pause and stare at the blazing giant orb with shock.

The devil hurled the mini sun toward the alliance formation, but before it could reach them, a sword slash struck the orb, splitting it in half. The mini sun was instantly destroyed as the flames dissipated on both sides, preventing any harm to the alliance forces.

The devil leaders and other cultivators turned to see the source of the sword slash.

"That is Commander Shang."

"Keep pushing forward! The commander will take care of their higher-ups!"

The one who destroyed the mini sun was Commander Shang, leader of the Blue Dragon Battalion of the Avandi imperial family. With a single sword slash, he easily cut through the orb that could have destroyed vast stretches of land.

The devil higher-ups at the Emperor stage that numbering three, narrowed their eyes at Commander Shang. They knew well the reputation of the Blue Dragon Battalion’s commander, a strong cultivator leading an elite battalion of the Avandi imperial family.

The Emperor-stage devils decided to go all out from the start. They could not afford to conserve energy here. With their numbers at a disadvantage, they needed to drag the battle out as long as possible to buy time for reinforcements to arrive at the fortress.

As the devil higher-ups tried to devise a strategy, Commander Shang attacked again, his sword slashes coming fast and furious.

The devils evaded the strikes, but then another attack came from a different direction. The devils found themselves under barrage from multiple sides as a few Emperor-stage cultivators from the alliance also joined the assault.

"Your life ends here, you fuckers!" Commander Shang spat as he attacked again. Their battle at the Emperor stage showed no concern for their surroundings, leaving parts of the fortress already in ruins.

The devils tried to keep defending as they had no room to strike back because of the barrage of attacks.

Looking at their defensive position and how they did not fully strike back, Commander Shang seemed to know what was on their minds.

"Don’t tell me you’re hoping for reinforcements from your rear? Better bury that hope, you will not get any reinforcement," he said mockingly.

The devils frowned at Commander Shang’s words but did not think any further as the battle continued.

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A thousand kilometers behind the fortress, another battle had already broken out. Powerful beings at the High Emperor stage were slaughtering the devils here.

"Agh!"

"Ugh!"

The cries of the dying echoed as swords sliced through many devils.

"Fuck! How can the Emperor of the Vindas Empire be here? What the hell is the intelligence group doing?!" shouted one of the devils.

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