Chapter 239: Chapter 124: The Demon’s Advent
CRACKLE... The towering Energy Barrier enveloping the tall tower was suddenly covered in a dense web of fissures.
The gazes of the many Transcendents were fixed on the towering Energy Barrier.
The attackers, of course, grew anxious.
After all, if the Upper Rank powerhouse emerged, things would not end well for them.
Meanwhile, Saintisman and the other members of the Garrison were overjoyed.
They had already contacted that Upper Rank powerhouse.
That powerhouse had told them he was "exploring and needed some time to return." He ordered them to continue their defense, promising to punish their many enemies upon his return.
The battle had been incredibly difficult.
The invaders were even beginning to gain the upper hand.
Now, it seemed the Upper Rank powerhouse was about to emerge, and their hearts soared with joy.
They stared at the tower’s Energy Barrier, which resembled a shattering mirror.
For a moment, the powerhouses on both sides found their thoughts completely consumed by it.
Some of the Level 10 masters from the Golem Divine Race couldn’t help but retreat some distance.
Although they were almost certain the Upper Rank master had either died or gotten lost in the Star Realm...
...how could they really be sure?
’What if... he actually came back?’
CRACK...
BOOM—
The towering Energy Barrier exploded into pieces.
The scene behind the Energy Barrier made the expressions of every Middle Rank master on the island change drastically.
The stench of Purgatory, reeking of sulfur and lava, washed over them.
Swarms of Level Six, Level 7, Level 8, Level 9, and even Level 10 Demon Creatures clung to the Upper Rank powerhouse’s tower, numbering in the hundreds.
ROOOAR...
HISSSSSS...
AWOOOO...
The demonic roars rose and fell, rumbling like a tidal wave.
The demons’ roars drowned out the entire clamor of the battlefield.
In the next moment, all hell broke loose.
"Damn it! It’s Demons..."
"A Demon army is invading!"
"Run! It’s a Demon army!"
"Fall back...!"
"We’re finished. Finished. Utterly finished..."
In any World, a large-scale invasion by Demon Creatures meant only one thing: Death, doom, decay, and ruin.
No World targeted by Demon Creatures ever met a good end.
Even if a World exhausted its power to drive the Demons out, the World itself would be left devastated.
The Demon·Magic Ring Tree was like a blade from Purgatory, piercing the very essence of a World and tearing open a wound that could never heal.
It would bleed the World dry, down to its very last drop of blood.
The roaring Demons spread their wings, riding currents of thick, dark power as they pursued the Transcendents in every direction.
The sky filled with enormous, terrifying Demon Creatures, heralding the arrival of the apocalypse.
At that moment, whether it was the Golem Divine Race, the Pirate Gang, or Saintisman’s Transcendents, there was only one thing to do: flee. Flee for their lives.
Faced with so many Demon Creatures, not fleeing meant being torn apart and devoured.
「At the same time.」
Three Level 10 Demon Lords flew rapidly toward Zorn.
Before they even arrived, their Evil Curses had already fallen.
BOOM—
BOOM—
BOOM—
The six-story stone building where Zorn was located was instantly blasted to smithereens by the terrifying Evil Curses.
Zorn, however, had already slipped into the Spirit Realm.
He had only just traveled a short distance through the Spirit Realm when the three Demons followed his trail, relentlessly pursuing him into the Spirit Realm.
"Damned human! I’ll tear you to shreds today!"
"You ruined our clan’s grand plan, and you still think you can run?"
"Die, die, die... Just die!"
The leading Level 10 Demon Creature roared in fury as it gave chase.
The frenzied pursuit of three powerful Level 10 Demon Lords was so relentless that Zorn didn’t dare look back for even a moment.
Originally, they had planned to wait until the humans had all but wiped each other out before emerging to clean up the mess.
It would have been a satisfying and overwhelming victory.
Not only would they have dealt a devastating blow to these maritime forces, but they would also have harvested the corpses of numerous Human Transcendents—a rare delicacy.
But!
That damned human had to go and shatter the towering barrier at the most critical moment.
He had exposed the Demons and revealed all traces of their presence.
Hardly any of the humans, the Level 10 powerhouses from the Exotic Realms, or the Level 9 and Level 8 Sequencers had died.
This completely shattered their plan to sit back and reap the rewards.
The Demons were naturally enraged.
They had immediately set off in pursuit of the one who had ruined their perfect plan.
’You want to hunt me down? In your dreams.’
After jumping into the Spirit Realm Layer Realm and sensing the Demons still in pursuit, Zorn jumped again, this time into the Mirror World.
This time, only two of the Level 10 Demon Lords were able to follow.
If he had to fight these three Level 10 Demons, Zorn was confident his current Level 9 strength was enough. He didn’t fear them.
But right now, the island was swarming with Demon Creatures, and there were several other Level 10 Demon Lords about.
Besides, Zorn had something important he needed to do.
He couldn’t afford to get tied up fighting these Demon Lords.
After traveling for some distance, Zorn jumped from the Mirror World back to reality.
He then quickly concealed his aura and used his Shadow Boots to slip into a deep basement.
Using his powerful concealment abilities, he finally managed to completely shake off the pursuing Level 10 Demon Lords.
Having lost track of the exceptionally slippery human, the three Level 10 Demon Lords flew into a rage and began a destructive frenzy.
Standing at a towering seven to eight meters tall, tearing down the surrounding buildings was an easy task.
They wreaked havoc not only in the physical world but in the Spirit Realm Layer Realm and the Mirror Image Layer Realm as well.
No matter what, they were going to find that damned human scum today and show him just how tragic the consequences were for offending the Demon clan.
While the Demons were busy tearing down buildings...
...Zorn used Evil Witch Spirit Body Voidification to travel silently through the earth, arriving at the location he had previously prepared for the Evil Spirit Calamity.
Meanwhile, the battle outside was already raging.
He initiated the Evil Spirit Calamity!
The long-prepared ritual for the Evil Spirit Calamity flared to life.
The Level 9 Evil Spirit Calamity tore open a massive vortex in the sky above Saint Nuoya’s Golden Island.
Vast numbers of Level Six and Level 7 Evil Spirit Creatures descended, shrieking as they emerged from the falling Death Black Mist.
The shrieks of the Evil Spirits mingled with the roars of the Demons.
This only hastened the demise of Saint Nuoya’s Golden Island, which was already spiraling toward its doom.
’A welcome ceremony from a World-level BOSS.’
’I hope you enjoy it.’
Zorn murmured to himself, surrounded by the power of the Evil Spirit Calamity.
