The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 592: Battle Against Millions 1

When Aldrian kept nearing the black pillar and broke through the fog wall, he had already prepared for the possibility that the devil lord would eventually do something to stop him.

However, he did not expect the "greeting" to be this grand.

After passing through a vast dead land with no sign of life in sight after breaking the fog wall, he finally saw living beings. Or rather, too many of them, what appeared before him was a sea of devil troops covering the land as far as he could see.

He had never seen such a gathering of people in his current life.

He guessed there were millions of devils in this place, making him wonder if the devil lord had truly gathered every devil in the entire devil territory here.

He stopped teleporting, now hovering in the sky right in front of these devil troops.

The moment he stopped and the devils could see his figure, all of them instantly released their killing intent toward him. He could even sense a few that were so strong they made all the others feel like a joke.

The combination of their killing intent began to affect the surrounding nature. The energy flow in the area became disturbed, and their overwhelming killing intent created an illusion of massive skulls in the sky, each shouting incomprehensible words. The scene was truly terrifying.

However, despite the killing intent that could shake the souls of anyone who sensed it, Aldrian ignored it as if it were nothing more than a passing breeze. As someone who had already comprehended death laws, he would not be easily affected by killing intent.

They would need far greater killing intent if they hoped to affect him or his soul.

Seeing how eager these people seemed to fight him, he began preparing himself as well. He closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them again, carefully observing the sea of enemies before him.

He finally spotted the individuals he had been searching for. Their killing intent surged like a tidal wave compared to the others. Ever since the invasion began, he had wondered when he would encounter them, and now, they were here.

The rest of the Seven Deadly Sins: Pride, Wrath, Gluttony, and Sloth.

All of them floated at the same height as him.

He then turned his gaze to another part of the army. There, he saw the surviving members of the Seven Devils of Annihilation and also the Seven Devils of Disaster.

All of them were devils with high status in the devil ranks, personally chosen by the devil lord himself. To become part of these groups, a devil had to prove themselves worthy of carrying such a title. While not all with high cultivation are qualified to enter these groups, having high cultivation is still a necessary requirement.

To join the Seven Deadly Sins, a devil had to be at least at the Emperor stage. For the Seven Devils of Annihilation, the minimum requirement was the King stage. As for the Seven Devils of Disaster, they had to be at least at the Grand Duke stage. Each one of them had their own specialty and was powerful in their own right.

Now that all these high ranking devils had gathered here, he was certain, the devil lord had decided to go all out to face him.

Aldrian smiled, as if truly honored that the devil lord had prepared all of this just to greet him.

His gaze continued to sweep across the army, wondering whether the devil lord was hidden somewhere among them. It did no harm to check visually, just as a precaution, in case the devil lord had some way of concealing his presence from his senses.

But it seemed the devil lord wasn’t here, so he assumed the devil lord might be near the structure at the base of the black pillar on the horizon. From his position, the structure was much clearer now, and from what he could see, it looked like a massive altar with six towering pillars pointing toward the sky.

He returned his gaze to the devil troops. If he wanted to reach that structure, he would have to pass through them first.

Since his arrival, and ever since the devils saw him come to a stop, no one had spoken. No one had made a move.

As for the devils, especially the Seven Deadly Sins, who had long waited for the chance to face Aldrian, they wanted to test themselves. The man who had become a symbol of the continent, and a beacon of hope for the masses.

Earlier, they had tested him with their powerful killing intent, combining it with that of the other devils. But Aldrian remained unfazed, as if their killing intent were nothing more than a joke.

They were slightly stunned, despite the pressure of millions of killing intents combined, Aldrian didn’t seem affected in the slightest. His posture and bearing remained unchanged, showing clearly that it had no effect on him at all.

They truly wondered what kind of killing intent he must possess to remain unmoved by the combined pressure of millions, including their own, the Seven Deadly Sins and the other high-ranking devils.

"I’m truly honored, ladies and gentlemen, that you’ve all gathered here to greet me. I didn’t expect the host to bring so many people, this is truly unexpected," Aldrian said with smile. Though he spoke normally, his voice echoed across the vast land.

Naturally, he directed those words to the devil lord as well, in case he was listening.

"I know all of you are already prepared to die, so—"

Suddenly, he released his aura, softly at first, but then it grew stronger. And stronger. Until the very space around him trembled under the weight of his presence. At this moment, Aldrian was channeling 80% of his domain’s power. Though he was only at the middle Grand Duke stage, the aura he released was on par with a peak Emperor.

But his aura was different. Formed from golden energy, it was something unique, something that made the devils’ souls shudder the moment they sensed it. It felt as if they were standing before a higher being, one they were not worthy to look upon, one they should bow to in silence.

Golden energy began to radiate from Aldrian’s body, further amplifying the pressure. And the moment that energy filled the air, the devils knew, they were facing someone truly dangerous. Dangerous even to their lord.

They could feel it. Aldrian’s energy wasn’t just powerful, it was fundamentally opposed to theirs. Even the natural flow of energy reacted to it. The negative energy in his surrounding began to purify under the presence of that golden energy.

Even nature itself bowed before it.

The Seven Deadly Sins also saw all of this, and they couldn’t help but turn solemn. They could finally sense the energy that made Aldrian so different from the rest. According to the reports, the strange golden energy surrounding him could produce an effect similar to bloodline suppression, making others feel as if they had to revere, or even worship him.

Now they knew the reports were true. They could feel it clearly.

How a cultivator at the Grand Duke stage could possess this kind of power was already beyond their comprehension. But this was not the time to dwell on that.

The Pride devil, who had been staring at Aldrian with intense killing intent and a clear desire for battle, suddenly felt something stir deep within him, something he had long forgotten.

The feeling of weakness.

Yes, in this moment, his instincts were screaming. Aldrian was in a dangerous state. If he fought Aldrian as he had fought others before, he would die before he even realized it.

If he wanted to defeat Aldrian, he would have to give everything he had.

He frowned and couldn’t help but feel irritated. The sensation of weakness—that was what could truly weaken him. And as the Pride devil, such a feeling directly threatened his dao heart.

He crushed the weakness within him as quickly as it surfaced, forcing himself to focus on Aldrian and ignore the effects of that golden energy.

The other members of the Seven Deadly Sins felt the same, each looking at Aldrian with a solemn expression. Then, they saw the Pride devil raise his hand—a signal to begin their battle formation.

The moment the devils below recognized the hand sign, enormous avatars began to form, created from the combined power of hundreds of thousands of frontline devils. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

The avatars took the shape of massive, three-headed devils with burly bodies. Each face wore a terrifying expression, and from their mouths, long fangs jutted out from beneath their lower lips. Their entire bodies were covered in translucent red skin, revealing the hundreds of thousands of devils beneath that had formed them.

Each giant avatar was formed from the combined power of a hundred thousand devil cultivators. There were ten of them in total, and some wielded their own distinct weapons, four avatars carried bows, three wielded swords, and the remaining three held spears. Every one of them radiated an aura comparable to that of a peak Emperor stage cultivator.

That wasn’t surprising, considering these avatars were born from the collective effort of hundreds of thousands of devils.

Aldrian was genuinely impressed by this display of power and the sheer complexity of the battle formation. A battle formation capable of being used by this many troops didn’t exist anywhere else on the continent. This kind of coordination required not only precise timing but also deep compatibility between the individual energies of each cultivator in order to unleash the formation’s full potential.

For the devils to pull this off, it meant every one of them had been prepared, and thoroughly trained, to execute this kind of formation in unison.

The Pride devil also unsheathed his sword. Its blade was pitch black, radiating a powerful, ominous aura. He looked fully prepared to move the moment Aldrian showed any sign of attacking. He had no intention of letting Aldrian do whatever he pleased.

Meanwhile, the four avatars had already drawn their bows, arrows aimed directly at Aldrian. The power behind each arrow was slightly above peak Emperor stage, and even the space around them trembled under the pressure.

Aldrian calmly observed the scene, then gave a slight nod, acknowledging the power behind the arrows with quiet appreciation.

Tak! Woong!

Finally, the avatars released their bowstrings.

The battle had begun.

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