The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 588: Preparing for the Last Battle? (1)

The thunderclap, followed by the destruction of the entire area, made the nearby devils realize that Aldrian could indeed see them. They decisively abandoned their places and launched an attack. From behind the fog, countless attacks of different elements came rushing toward him.

However, Aldrian merely blocked them with his spatial technique and reflected the attacks back. The devil troops fell into chaos as nothing they did worked. At that moment, a heavy earthquake shook the ground, causing many of the devils to collapse. ƒreewebɳovel.com

A massive area spanning 25 square kilometres suddenly rose into the sky, with several devils still on it. This was the largest piece of land Aldrian had ever lifted to this day, so large that even he had to use hand gestures to support the technique. He opened his palm and moved it as if commanding the land to rise and float in the air.

Once it reached the desired height, he lowered his arm.

The land dropped like a meteor.

Boom!

The ground shook violently as the falling land created a powerful earthquake across the surrounding region. The impact and sheer force of the crash were enough to kill many devils, both those on the ground and those caught on the falling land itself.

Aldrian watched this with a calm gaze as he turned his attention to the wall of fog. This act of massive destruction was not just a display of power; he had another purpose. He wanted to disrupt the formation. Given the scale of the formation, only destruction on this level could disturb its flow and affect the structure as a whole.

Just as he planned, the moment the terrain in this section was altered, the formation reacted. For a few seconds, the fog flickered, appearing and disappearing, before it finally began to fade in the area where Aldrian float, clearing a path for him to advance.

The instant the path opened, it was as if the energy sealed behind the wall had been released. Aldrian immediately felt the ominous aura and pressure filling the area. He frowned deeply and looked toward the black pillar on the horizon.

Beyond the wall of fog stretched another vast land of death, but now, from this distance, he could see a structure at the base of the black pillar. The fact that it was visible from where he float meant the structure must be enormous.

The overwhelming energy clearly came from that direction, what else but the black pillar could be radiating such a terrifying aura?

"The aura of Tarius... it’s getting stronger." He slightly gritted his teeth. Every time he felt this energy, fury surged within him. This was the power of one of the invaders.

But then he looked to his left and right. The fog in the distance had not fully disappeared. He understood that what he had destroyed was only one part of the formation. With how complex it was, the entire formation did not deactivate at once.

"It looks like this formation operates in separate sections. Destroying one part doesn’t disrupt the whole thing," he thought. Once again, he found himself impressed by its intricacy.

He drew the Eternal Spirit Sword and hovered motionless for a moment, gazing at the fog in the distance. Then he pointed the sword toward it, and not long after—

Shiing!

A soft sound rang out as the blade of the Eternal Spirit began to shine brightly. A moment later, it unleashed a golden pillar of light that shot straight toward the fog. He had unleashed his technique, the Pillar of Heaven’s Judgement, this time horizontally.

He then lowered the sword slightly, and in an instant, the pillar of light tore through everything in its path, destroying the land it passed through.

The devils in the distance, hidden within the fog and unprepared for the strike, were instantly caught in the technique and obliterated into nothingness by the pillar of light.

The land along the wall of fog, stretching as far as fifteen thousand kilometers, became a long line of gorge with varied depth as the sword technique tore through the surface.

His purpose was to destroy the artificial formation so that the terrain-based formation would become useless. After unleashing his technique, the fog began to dissipate, clearing all the way to the horizon.

He repeated the same action on the opposite side, and at last, he cleared the wall of fog in this region. He still did not know how far the wall of fog extended, but at the very least, he had helped the alliance forces by clearing it in this area.

He then took out a communication artifact and contacted the leaders of the alliance. He warned them about the fog wall, should they encounter it, and explained the mechanism behind it, advising them not to recklessly enter. He also informed them that he had already opened a large path through this region for the alliance troops to use once they reached the fog wall.

After delivering the information, Aldrian cut off the communication and continued his journey.

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The devil lord, still observing the opening of the portal, looked at the horizon as he saw a brilliant light flash across it for a moment before disappearing. He gazed at it with calm eyes, as though it came as no surprise.

"He is coming. To think he already reached this far in such a short time. He is much faster than I predicted. Does he never rest or experience drained energy?" he thought.

Just then, he felt the communication artifact activate, so he picked it up to listen.

"My lord! The line of fog has been breached! From the energy and the power it exuded, it might be Aldrian!" said the voice on the other end, panic clear in his tone.

"He actually destroyed a large part of the formation, creating a vast gap in it. The central region is now open to outsiders, my lord."

The devil lord responded calmly.

"Pull back the troops to the central region. If the line of fog has been opened, then so be it. We will have the great battle here."

"Yes, my lord," answered the voice before the communication was cut off.

The devil lord continued to look at the horizon.

"We will finally meet, huh?" he thought as he pondered Aldrian. He, who had long been curious about Aldrian’s true identity, wished to confront him directly as soon as possible. There were still things that he couldn’t understand, even now. Although he possessed knowledge beyond this world and had a direct connection to the devil god, Aldrian’s existence still raised questions.

"How can someone like that exist on this continent, at this exact time? Is it a coincidence?"

He had believed he was the only one who was special, the chosen one in this world. So how could Aldrian possibly be here?

He did not doubt that Aldrian was someone "special" like himself. With that kind of strength and what seemed like vast knowledge, Aldrian must be someone connected to the gods, or someone from the higher heavens. But the question still lingered: How could something like this happen? How can Aldrian even exist here?

As far as he knew, his god, and the other gods had long tried to control this heaven, and they had agreed not to clash with one another.

But Aldrian’s appearance made him begin to doubt the unity among them. Did some gods secretly send their apostle here? Even when he asked his god about it, there was no clear answer, which only led him to suspect that certain gods were acting behind his god’s back and had betrayed him.

Aldrian seemed to be connected to one of those gods, and the one who constantly obstructed his god’s ultimate plan.

However, he also remembered the stories of rebellious gods from the past, and he couldn’t dismiss the possibility that Aldrian was on their side.

But with the gods allied with his own god said to be watching every movement carefully, it should have been nearly impossible for those rebels to plan anything within this continent. All these possibilities truly left him confused, and he had to admit, it made him slightly anxious.

An unknown existence suddenly popped up on this continent. His god didn’t even know about him, and couldn’t help him understand Aldrian’s appearance. Even if Aldrian was an apostle from an unknown god, at the very least, the devil god should have been able to trace his fate or origin as a mere mortal ant.

But even that couldn’t be done, for some reason. That reason alone was enough to leave a knot in his heart. Aldrian’s existence was something beyond his comprehension.

However, he didn’t let himself become too consumed by the confusion, as he was close to completing the portal’s opening process. No matter how powerful Aldrian was, it would all end once the threshold of the portal was reached. Even if the portal didn’t fully open, it would still be enough for his god to extend his power and force it wider.

He looked back at the portal in the sky and couldn’t help but smile.

"Well, you like to kill so much, right? Then I’ll bring it to you. You can kill as much as you want," he thought, then took out his communication artifact.

"To all units, this is your lord speaking. I want all of you to retreat to the final line of defense. There are no exceptions to this order. Every one of you must fall back. I want the full mobilization completed by tomorrow. A great battle awaits—prepare yourselves," he said, before storing the artifact.

He was still smiling as he looked at the portal, which was opening faster and faster.

The last battle was imminent!

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