It had been countless years since that ancestral demon engaged in a fight or had to use even a third of his full power. Everything was always beneath him, and he kept no vigilance around him.
Then, something subtle and silent emerged. No matter how stealthy it was, he should have noticed with his cultivation impossible to exist on that planet. Finally... he realized as soon as the explosion occurred. It was a soul power on a level much higher than his own. And with his defenses low, something of a higher level managed to approach to the point where he only found out too late.
KBOOOOOM!
A violent roar made the lush black tower shake as if it would collapse. The demon was completely caught off guard and reacted too late. A violent shock sent his body flying in the opposite direction, crashing through the walls of the tower and into the distance.
All the dense Yin of that tower began to leak out subtly as he flew for hundreds of meters, crashing into the ground, raising dust.
But, in the next second, he got up with a strange look. There was not a scratch on him, nor were his clothes affected.
’That had a dazzling power, but it had no killing ability... was it a distraction?!’ He quickly thought, a bit stunned. It had been so long since something unexpected happened that he couldn’t even reason correctly.
Then, the image of a round figure with a suffocating killing intent invaded his mind, and soon, a black smile appeared on his lips. "Great... the agreement was one of non-aggression. Now that you’ve come, the agreement has been broken, hahahahaha."
His cheerful words echoed around with his bloody intent. "Now I have a legitimate excuse to kill and have fun outside. Things will be entertaining, excellent." He added excitedly, and with a movement, his body seemed to teleport back into the tower.
In an instant, the demon was back inside the tower. He used his senses around the destroyed room and happily laughed. The demoness was no longer present; he quickly sensed she was outside the tower, next to a figure whose origin or race he couldn’t identify, leaving him perplexed. Then, with his eyes, he turned to the front, encountering the round figure that awaited him, watching him closely.
"It seems I underestimated you a bit. How the hell does a human have a soul above mine? Well, now I can investigate slowly. And then I’ll have fun on the surface," he said with a nefarious demonic smile.
The whale only responded by laughing like a villain, making the demon feel uncomfortable. A chilling premonition emerged in his already rusty primal instincts.
[Accept the rewards?]
[Yes / No]
Then, the whale’s lips moved. "Yes."
As if by magic, instantly, the entire sky... above the entire abyss... above the entire world of evil cultivators... above the entire desert of the ascending planet, everything became covered in dark clouds. A region of countless miles turned into a vortex.
This vortex was still forming, and in the same second, countless flashes of light appeared in the clouds, resembling bright dragons swimming in the darkness.
At the same time, a terrible pressure descended upon the demon. His heart, as well as the hearts of all forms of life below the clouds, trembled. The center of this vortex was precisely the central black tower in the abyss.
"A... celestial punishment?" Trembling words escaped his lips, but soon, he made a mental leap, remembering something. "No... this is celestial annihilation!"
CRACK!!!
The heavens reverberated with the deafening sound that seemed to make the entire desert below tremble. The demon felt his cultivation, his soul, and his entire bloodline quake, being suppressed by the heavens. Quickly, he thought of turning around and running, but a mocking voice sounded.
"Too late, the party has already begun," the whale laughed.
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Once the celestial annihilation descended, everyone near the central target would be involved and have to go through it together. Moreover, this annihilation would set its intensity based on the cultivation base of the highest-ranked person marked by the heavens.
If the demon dared to use his Qi or do anything, the heavens would mark him, and that annihilation would not only kill him but destroy everything beneath it. It might cause irreparable damage to the entire ascending planet due to his cultivation at the elementary level of the Spirit Fusion Realm.
The demon then looked at the whale in front of him, and his heart beat desperately. Clearly, his cultivation had broken through to the Heaven Stage Realm, and that celestial fury was unleashed by him.
Far away, exactly outside the realm of ashes, a spatial fissure opened with dozens of meters. As if running for their lives, a large army composed of three demon clans jumped out.
In front of them, a young girl holding an orb that seemed to contain all the spatial power of the world pulsed. It was the source of the spatial power of the realm of ashes, taken by the whale and now controlled by Ruri. Unlike Almin and Langrum, who almost died controlling the rune of fire and wind, Ruri was now a cultivator of spatial laws and had her mental power to seal and release only the laws she could use.
Quickly, Ruri lit up, then she spat out a mouthful of blood. Almin and Langrum behind her jumped in shock. But Ruri waved at them and, with determined eyes, made a gesture; another fissure opened in front of her.
"Quick!" she roared, and everyone ran, feeling the destructive will of the heavens expanding, about to catch up with them.
In seconds, they all entered, and she emerged. Then, everyone appeared in the first layer of the abyss, surprised, and as soon as Ruri emerged, she sealed the rune. Then, she fell backward, and Almin held her worriedly. But she refused to lose consciousness.
Quickly, she turned in the direction of the bottom of the abyss, her eyes trembling with tension. "We have to wait for master..." she murmured, almost powerless, as she looked intently at the bottom of the abyss, as if searching for something there.
Exactly one second after these words, the slowly rotating black clouds in the sky stopped.
Then, with a sudden roar, countless lightning bolts fell. A terrible pressure made even the air explode; all the demons living in the inner layers of the abyss were paralyzed since the heavens closed. They only thought about escaping, but it was impossible to leave the area of effect of this annihilation in time. Only the presence of dense and palpable death existed in them.
RUMBLE!
All the demons felt as if the space had suddenly frozen around them, making it impossible to move.
"No!"
Miserable cries of despair echoed. Unable to block the ruthless descent of the lightning, millions below exploded instantly.
This lightning simply wasn’t something that low-level individuals could block. Thus, annihilation killed all the lower demon clans living in the first layers of the abyss in the first few seconds. Only the most powerful, with the maximum cultivation allowed in the sixth level of the Elemental Condensation Realm, were able to defend themselves in the first wave of heating.
They had a barrier of Yin and infernal laws around them. The lightning struck this barrier, destroying it and causing them to vomit a bit of blood. However, this allowed them to block the lightning, saving their lives. Unfortunately, the lightning was like raindrops. It wasn’t just one wave.
As a result, all the demons repeatedly vomited black blood. They continuously invoked their powers, using even their lives in exchange, trying to survive. However, the force of annihilation held them, making it impossible for them to move. They could only forcefully block, desperate.
Near the black tower, or its remains after its total destruction, the demon slowly backed away on his own legs, after completely suppressing his Qi and cultivation in his body. He could only retreat slowly to avoid being marked or die; those lightning strikes even instilled fear in him, but they still couldn’t kill him. He just had to keep moving away...
Already in the center of the rubble, the whale emerged, rising calmly. His tattoos were lit like two stars, and his body, once completely injured and burned, was now new, as if he had undergone a restorative bath.
’Great, all the Yin from this tower was very useful to restore us, and there’s still plenty left...’
BOOM!!!
The roars interrupted Alm’s mental words, and the whale looked up. It was far from over, but there was no fear in them. Then, they turned in a distant direction and saw Corin at the edge of that completely red place.
A little behind him was Calirer. She had her eyes wide open, and Corin was the one protecting her. However, in the first wave alone, Corin almost died instantly; he had to defend and protect her without using his cultivation, which should be impossible at first glance, but he survived the first wave. Then, a message reached Corin’s mind, and he snorted.
Crack!
A muffled sound came from inside his body. Then, Calirer was stunned as she felt... did he break through a realm? Corin, like the whale and almost everyone within the realm of the heavens, was at the ninth level of the Core Formation Realm, prevented from advancing. Now, with the whale’s permission, he broke through with a thought.
Soon, in the heavens, a small and minimal disturbance seemed to focus on Corin. It was something that represented less than 1% of what was in the whale. Let’s not forget the whale used the little lucky stone countless times, so this power of trying to annihilate him was only to be expected.
Corin looked at his tribulation taking form. It was influenced and something that expanded. When it stopped, it was on the brink of a celestial punishment, just short of celestial annihilation like the whale’s.
Corin roared, and his cultivation was released, along with multicolored power. He could now use his Qi to protect himself, which would not be directly marked since that was the result of his own tribulation; he was already under the gaze of the heavens. The whale waved and turned to the other side, then a smile appeared as he ran. The demon only felt an evil presence and villainous laughter approaching from behind, and a cold sweat ran down his spine.
"Where are you going? Let’s have fun together!"