The nearest dozen Stone Giants and two Lava Beasts didn’t even make a sound before being torn and vaporized by the crisscrossing energy storms.

The space itself seemed to crack, with light twisting bizarrely at the point of impact.

The stardust light of Ilstar and the sulfur flames of Tanar Guz fiercely corroded and devoured each other.

Under the faceplate of the Giant God, the star-core-like eyes shone even brighter. After the Warhammer strike, rather than withdrawing it, he used the inertia to twist his waist, and the massive stardust Round Shield, with the power to crush stars, slammed fiercely into the head of the Demon God.

Tanar Guz let out a roar mixed with agony and rage, as the huge curved horns blocked the heavy Shield Strike.

Crack!

The ear-piercing sound of shattering made one’s teeth ache, and one of the massive demon horns even showed visible cracks.

His enormous body was rocked backward, but the Abyss Demon God’s ferocity was thoroughly ignited.

Taking advantage of his backward tilt, his other massive claw, entwined with deep purple corrupted demonic energy, stabbed forward like lightning, viciously clawing towards the star core on Ilstar’s chest.

Psh! The hard star iron armor was torn by the claw tips, spraying out brilliant silver fragments like star diamonds, marking the first sign of instability in Ilstar’s enormous body.

Though he held the advantage in the battle, he was not completely suppressing his opponent.

"Venerable!"

A worried cry erupted from the Fortress camp.

Yet the War God did not retreat; the intense pain in his chest only fueled his more frenzied battle spirit.

He even ignored the wound on his chest, swinging the massive Warhammer once more, no longer simply smashing, but with a mysterious trajectory. On the hammerhead, a spinning star vortex gathered, as if invoking the weight of a star field, slamming heavily onto the joint of Tanar Guz’s outstretched claw arm.

Crack! Boom—!

This time, the sound of shattering was even louder.

Tanar Guz’s arm claw, capable of tearing mountains, showed a strange bend, with viscous, oil-like molten lava god blood gushing out.

In his enormous eyes, burning with endless sulfur flames, for the first time, there was a trace of... dread.

"Ilstar!"

This roar came from Tanar Guz, carrying anger and a hint of undisguisable pain.

The Abyss Demon God abruptly flapped his wings, stirring up a tidal wave of molten lava storm, forcing back Ilstar who wanted to continue the pursuit.

His gigantic body retreated, his eyes burning with malicious flames fiercely glaring at Ilstar.

The fractured horns and broken arm both oozing thick molten blood.

He neither Charged again nor uttered harsh words, only issuing a long howl filled with endless venomous resentment, causing the souls of all living beings on the battlefield to tremble.

Immediately, his gigantic body, wrapped in molten lava and sulfur steam, suddenly plunged into the churning lake of lava beneath his feet, disappearing from sight.

The Evil God retreated in defeat.

The last strand of resistance from the demon tide crumbled with a crash.

"Pursue!"

Thunderous cheers and shouts erupted from the Fortress line!

Although the God retreated, the battle never ceased.

With Tanar Guz’s threat and intimidation gone, the warriors of the Blood War Fortress were uplifted, surging down the mountain like a breached flood, beginning to clear the fleeing demon remnants.

Ilstar stood in the center of the crater, the light of the star core on his chest gently fluctuating, the flowing divine blood gradually converging.

He lifted his head, gazing towards the void darkness beyond the torn Abyss sky, as if looking at more distant and greater threats.

"Is that Kana? What has he been up to lately?"

Fresh from battle, Ilstar’s mind wandered, clearly not taking the opposing Abyss Evil God too seriously.