Chapter 79: Second Generation: Ascend to Godhood!
Laine Kingdom.
A human town once peaceful and prosperous.
Now it has become a place filled with smoke and chaos, with corpses everywhere.
A large number of the Empire’s citizens lay dead in the streets, and the ground is covered with rotting, foul-smelling bodies.
Countless refugees, desperate to escape, rush towards other cities.
But these refugees are gaunt and emaciated, their bodies riddled with sores, carrying curses and diseases.
Their flight, without a doubt, accelerates the spread of the plague!
At the beginning.
Some, moved with compassion, opened the city gates to let the refugees in.
But in just a few days.
This bustling and lively town turned into a dead land!
Just as many kingdoms ordered to turn away the fleeing refugees to prevent the plague from spreading.
The Holy Light Empire stepped forward!
Hearing the news, Louis XIX choked and wept several times.
He publicly promised that the Empire would never abandon any of its citizens!
All cities and affiliated kingdoms must unconditionally accept and aid all the fleeing populace!
For a time.
The entire Holy Light Empire was in an uproar.
Countless affiliated kingdoms cursed in anger, wishing to address Louis’s entire family.
Many governors were left with no choice but to seek help from the Imperial Magic Academy, asking them to find a way to end this disaster.
But all Tier Nine Saint Demon Masters sighed helplessly.
Only gods can cast Tier Ten Forbidden Curses, and only gods can lift them.
Moreover, the power of Hell’s Quartet is even more terrifying than Tier Ten Forbidden Curses.
Even if gods walked the earth, they would be powerless against it, let alone these Tier Nine Saint Demon Masters.
Not to mention Hell’s Quartet is merely a key to open the Gate of Hell.
When the Gate of Hell opens, even Amon himself could not stop it all.
And the resource-rich Kaggar Mountain Range, teeming with various races, could not escape disaster.
The dense forests were devoured by locusts, turning into a desert.
The once sweet and cool, crystal-clear streams now float with countless animal corpses, becoming stinking ditches swarmed by flies.
One spread ten, ten spread hundred, hundred spread thousand.
Death and destruction are spreading across the Magic World at an unimaginable speed!
As death and disaster spread, another curse, more terrifying than the plague, erupted in full force!
Under the erosion and transformation of Hell’s Quartet.
All humans and creatures infected by the plague suddenly twisted and deformed, ultimately falling into terrifying Hell Demons!
These Hell Demons are bloodthirsty and frenzied, like beasts that only know murder.
In groups, they attack cities and lands, spreading the flames of war and death to every corner of the Magic World.
On the other side.
With the erosion of the dark aura.
The spatial rift in the Skeleton Wasteland expanded several times over.
If said before.
The Abyssal Rift was just a crack.
Then now the Abyssal Rift has spread across the entire sky.
As if the eyes of an Evil God had opened, watching this world!
"Crack!"
Above the Skeleton Wasteland.
Lightning and thunder, black mist pervades.
An endless aura of death spread from the Abyss, turning the entire Skeleton Wasteland into Demon Soil.
On the other side of the Abyss.
The long-waited Abyss Demon vanguard finally stepped through the spatial rift, once more setting foot on the coveted land!
Their bodies were burly, with double horns on their heads, covered in spikes and scales, their faces ferocious and terrifying, bloodthirsty gleams flashing in their scarlet eyes.
Upon stepping onto the Skeleton Wasteland, the first thing they do is close their eyes and take a deep breath of fresh air.
"No wonder the Fear Demon King always longed for the Magic World, this land is indeed so wonderful!"
Some newly emerged Abyss Demons excitedly gaze around curiously and greedily.
Unlike the desolate, lifeless Abyss Plane.
The Magic World is filled with vitality and life, even the air is so fresh and delightful!
"Kill all creatures, soon this world will belong to us!"
An Abyss Demon grinned hideously.
They were fed up with the murky air of the Abyss Plane and its deathly still environment.
In their eyes, even the Magic World’s most desolate Skeleton Wasteland is a thousand times better than the Abyss Plane!
But the next second.
These Abyss Demons had no time to rejoice.
An endless Skeletal Army surged like a torrential flood, suddenly roaring from afar!
Ten thousand Catastrophe Knights took the lead, charging into the Demon Army like lightning.
Under the effect of [Legion Expedition].
One Catastrophe Knight is worth five Holy Light Knights!
Their steeds’ indestructible iron hooves trampled everything in their path into dust, crushing all of the demons’ dreams!
"Are those Holy Light Knights?"
"No! What on earth are these creatures? They are even stronger than Holy Light Knights!"
Many Abyss Demons were shocked and frightened, their eyes filled with horror and despair.
Five hundred years ago.
They once fought alongside the Fear Demon King against the Holy Light Empire.
If said.
The Holy Light Knight Order was an invincible presence in their hearts.
Then the sight of these Catastrophe Knights represented death and destruction.
Already powerful enough to make all enemies despair!
The Catastrophe Knights moved like lightning, hacking and slashing, traversing the Demon Legion without encountering any worthy opponent!
After all, the spatial rift was still unstable, unable to bear too strong a power.
And the first batch of vanguard demon legion were only cannon fodder used to scout the way.
With their strength, they posed no threat to the Catastrophe Knights.
In just a dozen minutes.
This sudden battle ended with the total annihilation of the Abyss Demons.
But Lu Yuan knew very well.
Compared to these Abyss Demons, the Fear Demon King was the real threat.
He must possess the power to rival a god before its true form descends!
Thinking of this.
Lu Yuan continued his seclusion.
He hurried to absorb and refine the remaining Philosopher’s Stones.
Half a month later.
The last Philosopher’s Stone exhausted all its energy, turning into dust and dispersing into the air.
Lu Yuan’s momentum also continued to climb.
Almost with every breath, his power surged significantly.
In the end.
His entire aura soared, surpassing that of a demigod, finally stepping into a completely new level!
Tier Ten God!
Since the time of Undead Amon, who ended that chaotic era of coexistence between gods and demons.
After two thousand years, someone finally stepped into this realm again!
Lu Yuan, after undergoing the baptism of the World Origin, appeared with a skeleton as translucent as jade.
Every inch of his bones emitted brilliant divine light.
Countless complex and mysterious runes and patterns covered the surface of his bones!
These patterns were naturally formed, like the embodiment of heaven and earth rules, containing unimaginable terrifying power!
Just standing there, he resembled a rising golden sun.
His aura was holy and powerful, making people involuntarily bow in worship!
If his previous spiritual power was as vast and grand as a river or sea.
Now, Lu Yuan’s soul strength had reached an entirely new realm.
Inexhaustible and limitless.
It was known as boundless!
Now the activity range of the Catastrophe Legion could cover most of the Magic World.
This meant.
Lu Yuan, from the Blood Castle, needed only to manipulate the Catastrophe Servants’ eyes and ears to know every move of the Holy Light Empire.
Especially with the enhancement of his soul strength, he no longer needed any elemental affinity.
With a single thought, he could command all elements!
Casually casting the simplest Fireball Technique could unleash devastating power!
The moment Lu Yuan stepped into the Tier Ten God Realm.
The augmentation effect of the [Legion Expedition] reached a terrifying tenfold!
All Catastrophe Servants’ blood-colored soul fire in their eyes suddenly surged, letting out a soul-piercing howl towards the sky!
As if celebrating the birth of a Master of Calamities!
And Lu Yuan instantly gained full control over the soul fragment of the Fear Demon King.
After browsing through the Fear Demon King’s memories, he finally understood the origin of it all.
Two thousand years ago.
Jiang Heng, who had been wandering in the All Heavens and Myriad Realms, by chance arrived at the Hell Plane.
But the Hell Demon Race did not welcome his arrival.
A fierce battle ensued, nearly shattering the entire Hell Plane.
In the aftermath of the battle.
A small fragment of the Hell World accidentally fell into a spatial rift, carrying the Fear Demon King and others, eventually ending up in the Abyss Plane.
This world fragment came from a high-dimensional world and still retained some heaven and earth laws of the Hell Plane.
For the will of a lower world, it was undoubtedly a supreme treasure beyond reach!
After refining that Hell fragment, the Abyss Will became unprecedentedly powerful and confident.
It decided to lead all Abyss Demons to war against the Magic World.
Attempting to devour the entire will of the Magic World!
That battle shook the heavens and the earth, countless gods and demons shed blood across the sky and fell with regret.
However, the Magic World Will at that time was still at its peak.
Even though the Abyss Will’s power surged, it could barely fight to a draw with it.
But in a battle of wills, it’s endless.
Either you die, or I die.
There’s simply no possibility of stopping halfway.
Besides, this war was initiated by the Abyss Will.
Even if it wanted to retreat, it could only grit its teeth and fight the Magic World Will to the end.
After a long and arduous battle, both sides were badly wounded.
The Abyss Will was severely injured and on the verge of death, disappearing without a trace.
The Magic World Will was also weakened and could no longer continue the fight.
But a large number of the Abyss Demon Corps still rampaged through the Magic World, causing heavy casualties to countless races.
Amon, as the youngest Tier Nine Saint Demon Master in the history of the Magic World.
Was favored and chosen by the weakened Magic World Will, granted with some authority to utilize the World Origin.
Hoping he could lead an army to defeat the Abyss Will’s invasion.
But no one expected.
Though Amon successfully repelled the Abyss Demon Corps.
His ambition swelled after gaining some control over the World Origin, deciding to replace the Magic World Will and make himself the dominator of this world!
So he turned his spearhead, without hesitation, stabbed the Magic World Will in the back.
He stole the World Origin, created the Holy Light Knight Corps, and continuously eroded the Magic World Will’s power, making it even weaker.
But a dying camel is still bigger than a horse, the Magic World Will, despite being mortally wounded, was not something a mere mortal could replace.
When Amon and the Magic World Will fought for authority.
The Abyss Will lurking in the shadows took advantage of the situation, also invading Amon’s soul!
The three became stuck in a long stalemate, eventually evolving into the current situation.
Meanwhile, with the departure of the Abyss Will.
The Abyss Plane, like a rootless duckweed, gradually declined and decayed, rapidly heading towards destruction.
For this reason.
Five hundred years ago, the Fear Demon King risked its life to suddenly invade the Magic World, attempting to bring back the Abyss Will.
But Amon, the Abyss Will, and the Magic World Will had become so intertwined that it was too deep to turn back.
The only way.
Was to replace the Magic World Will and merge the Magic World with the Abyss Plane!