The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 593: Battle Against Millions 2

Woong!

The four arrows, each carrying power slightly beyond the peak emperor stage, flew toward Aldrian at high speed. The force of their flight stirred up violent winds that tore through everything in their path, but Aldrian’s gaze remained unchanged, he simply looked at them calmly, and then—

Boom!

The four arrows struck something invisible in front of Aldrian and exploded, instantly tearing open a massive spatial crack. The devils below watched with satisfied expressions, believing that Aldrian had taken the full impact of the four arrows, attacks strong enough to plunge them into despair.

However, those at the emperor stage knew this was far from over. For a split second, they had seen the arrows stopped by something before they could reach their target.

"Sword group, move forward! Attack in that fucker’s direction!" the devil commander leading the sword-wielding avatars shouted.

The devils were stunned, but still obeyed their commander’s order. The avatars raised their swords in unison and brought down their giant blades in a slashing motion. Each strike unleashed a slash energy with power slightly stronger than the peak emperor stage.

The smoke and debris from the catastrophic impact of the four arrows had not fully dissipated, yet the three incoming sword slashes were already upon Aldrian.

Boom!

At this moment, all the devils finally realized something was wrong. The slash energy exploded within the smoke and debris, as if it had struck something solid, like it had directly clashed with a powerful technique.

The chaotic space caused by the impact of the four arrows had not yet disappeared, and with the addition of the three sword slashes, it created a spatial storm that destroyed everything around Aldrian.

However, some of the devils who had seen the battle between Aldrian and Cardinal Carsius felt that this was still not enough. It was not as chaotic, nor as powerful, as Cardinal Carsius’s strike at that time, at least based on what they had seen through the information crystal.

The devil commander intended to follow up with a spear strike, but then—

"Even no words of greeting from you all, huh?"

Aldrian’s voice resounded, just before they felt a powerful pressure erupting from the chaotic space within the smoke.

The Pride devil then sensed a powerful sword will. Without a word, he flew upward, as if trying to evade. The other seven deadly sins did the same, each of them sensing the dreadful sword will emerging from within the smoke. The other devil commanders sensed it too and immediately activated their defensive formations without hesitation.

At the commander’s shout, the devil troops responded with strict discipline. The avatars changed their weapons and instantly transformed them into giant shields, shielding millions of devil troops behind them.

The devils behind the avatars’ protection did not remain idle either. They formed their own defensive formations. Massive shields were raised in front of every group of a hundred thousand, forming layer upon layer of barriers that stretched all the way to the rearmost lines of the army.

But a split second after they finished raising their shields—

Shiing!

A soft sound echoed, then a massive pillar of golden light shot out from the chaotic space and smoke, cutting through the smoke and spatial storm. The enormous golden pillar instantly clashed with two avatars standing side by side, their giant shields raised. The result?

Crack! Clang! Clang! Crack! Clang!

The shields did not even hold for a second before they shattered. The two avatars were struck directly, and parts of their upper bodies were obliterated on the spot. The golden pillar continued its path, killing thousands of devils in its way. It pierced straight through the layers of shields behind the avatars, cutting through them all in a single motion!

The golden light, still shooting toward the horizon, suddenly tilted slightly upward, as if it was aiming for the black pillar in the distance!

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At the Devil Lord’s palace, the Devil Lord stood silently, gazing in the direction of the battle. Although any normal cultivator wouldn’t be able to see anything from this distance, he kept his eyes fixed there as if he could see every moment unfolding.

His eyebrows rose slightly when a golden light suddenly appeared on the horizon. The moment he saw it, he didn’t hesitate to activate the palace’s defensive formation.

Zuum!

A defensive barrier instantly rose. It was strong enough to withstand attacks from peak emperor stage cultivators, and even capable of blocking strikes with power beyond that level.

Then, two seconds later—

Boom! Bzzz! Rumble!

The pillar of golden light struck the barrier directly, causing it to tremble and emit a sharp buzzing sound. The ground shook violently as the barrier absorbed the full force of the attack, and the earth around the palace began to crack and split. The entire foundation of the palace was being pushed back!

It showed just how powerful both the barrier and the golden pillar were.

The Devil Lord looked at the golden pillar, and in a rare display of emotion, he frowned. At that moment, he recognized one of the well-known techniques Aldrian had used against his enemies.

But something about the golden pillar made his frown deepen, even a jolt of shock stirred within him as he sensed it more closely.

"Why is there divine energy in this technique? No—wait, is it even divine energy?"

What he sensed shocked him, but it also left him deeply confused. How could Aldrian possess divine energy, or whatever this energy was, in his technique? How was that even possible? Divine energy could only be wielded by higher beings who had reached a certain cultivation stage.

That was a rule set in stone, one that applied to all beings across the cosmos. A mortal simply could not wield something only divine beings were meant to control.

But what was this in front of him? He could clearly sense something akin to divine energy within Aldrian’s technique.

What he sensed was—yes—divine energy, or at least a type of energy that felt incredibly close to it. He had sensed divine energy before, and he knew exactly how it felt.

But what radiated from this energy was slightly different. It felt heavier? More overbearing?

He did not think any further, as the barrier suddenly cracked, an outcome that genuinely surprised him. Two seconds later—

Crank!

The barrier shattered, and the golden pillar surged forward toward the black pillar.

However, just before it could strike the black pillar directly, which was still in the process of opening the portal, it collided with an invisible barrier. The impact created a spatial ripple at the point of contact, but the barrier held firm.

This invisible barrier appeared far more durable, managing to withstand the direct hit as the golden pillar gradually shrank and then faded from view.

The Devil Lord watched the scene with a smile, but behind that smile also filled with surprise. Not only had the barrier protecting his palace, one reinforced with his knowledge of higher realms, been broken, but the barrier surrounding the black pillar had also reacted.

Even more shocking was the ripple effect caused by the impact.

Normally, not even a powerful strike beyond the emperor stage would create the slightest ripple on the barrier surrounding the black pillar.

That barrier, and the black pillar itself was powered by Tarius’ divine energy from the crystal of divinity. It was not something that could be affected in any way by a mortal’s attack.

"Then it’s confirmed. Aldrian possesses something akin to divine energy... something capable of affecting a god’s divine power," the Devil Lord thought.

His expression turned solemn. Aldrian was far more dangerous than he had expected.

"It looks like things will get ugly when I finally face him."

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At Aldrian’s battlefield, the millions of devils who witnessed what had just happened felt their hearts turn cold. Sweat ran down their faces, as the scene they had just seen was beyond their understanding, and far beyond their power. Helplessness and despair settled over them the moment the golden pillar vanished.

How were they supposed to defend against something like that?

Their eyes turned toward the spatial crack, which was now nearly closed, and the smoke that had mostly cleared. Finally, they saw Aldrian with his sword—the Eternal Spirit, pointed toward the black pillar on the horizon.

The land before the blade was full of destruction, scarred by the overwhelming traces of sword will. The ground had split apart under the force of the attack. The sword strike had not only torn through the terrain, but also divided the devil troops into two sides, creating a clear, open path from where Aldrian float to the black pillar.

Hundreds of thousands of devils had lost their lives in that single attack—a truly terrifying thought.

And that was only one technique!

When the devils looked at Aldrian again, they saw no signs of exhaustion. It was as if he hadn’t just unleashed a technique of mass destruction.

Could a being like Aldrian really exist? Was he even human?

"As I thought, this role really isn’t suited for me," Pride’s voice suddenly echoed.

The other devils turned to look. The Pride Devil then returned to his position, now floating at the same height as Aldrian.

"You are exactly what I need right now, the one who will prove the power of my sword technique!" he declared, pointing his blade at Aldrian with a crazed expression.

The devil troops were stunned by what they heard.

What?

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