The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 1055: One Powerful Attack

Duke Vareden was still looking at his daughter, stunned by the sudden change in his surroundings. He appeared inside a dark room without even a single bit of light. He could not see anything.

Before he could take in what had happened, he found that he could not move his body. He wanted to shout, but he could not, and then someone touched his head.

Everything happened so fast that he did not have time to process anything before he felt a foreign energy invade his soul. He felt intense pain, which made his eyes roll backward.

Aldrian, who instantly started the method to break the connection between the devil that controlled Duke Vareden, was in full focus. He had never tried to sever this kind of possession technique before, but he had already simulated in his mind what he could do to make it happen.

On Duke Vareden’s soul, the devil’s influence, which manifested as darkness covering the soul wrapped in golden energy. Aldrian could sense strong karma laws and curse laws within it, and Duke Vareden’s true soul, or his real consciousness, was covered inside that darkness.

Because of that, the duke’s real consciousness itself was in a sleep mode, or perhaps in a state between being awake and not awake. He believed that this possession technique could be dealt with if he destroyed the darkness covering the soul.

From all his experiences, he knew that his golden energy was the bane of any devil’s power. This darkness, which carried strong karmic threads connected to the devil and even a curse, was something that could be destroyed by his golden energy.

However, if he only did that, then he could only save one person at a time. He wanted to save them all at the same time.

To do that, he first needed to know whether the one who cast this possession technique was a single individual or multiple individuals.

If there were multiple devils capable of using this possession technique, then it could not be helped, and he would have to cleanse them one at a time.

But if it was only one devil, then he wanted to try a counterattack that might force that devil to release all of his control over the bodies he possessed.

It was possible for one person to possess multiple people as long as they had a strong soul and could withstand the burden of controlling multiple bodies.

From these possibilities, Aldrian concluded that this might only be possible if the one who did it was an immortal.

An immortal who descended to the First Heaven.

He thought that way because if the devil was not yet an immortal, they would not have a soul strong enough to bear the burden of possessing multiple bodies. At most, they could possess one body at a time.

But the fact that there were multiple bodies, and all of them could carry out activities normally, showed that an immortal soul was the one that made it possible.

Aldrian truly hoped that this had been done by only one devil, because if that was the case, then everything would become much easier with what he was about to do.

This kind of technique had one fatal weakness that he could take advantage of.

Because the devil who controlled the bodies was connected through karma laws, no matter where they were, they would still face the risk of receiving a karma-law-based attack. If someone used an attack of that nature, then the devil as the controller might suffer injury or even death.

All of that karmic threads was connected directly to the souls, the most vulnerable part of a living being. A direct and powerful attack that targeted the soul could fatally injure it or even cause death.

What Aldrian was about to do was exactly that. He would launch a counterattack against the controller and send a powerful strike that could kill them.

He had prepared it in such a way that even an immortal might not survive this attack, as he would use the power of his domain to eliminate the devil instantly.

He had already gathered his domain’s power into this single attack. He would use curse laws, a powerful curse that the devil would not expect. If he used a normal karmic attack, he feared that the devil might sense it before the attack reached them. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

That would give the devil time to defend themselves or even sever the path before the attack reached them.

Aldrian created a powerful curse concept in his mind and began to manifest it in the karmic thread connected to the devil. The purpose of the curse was to kill as quickly as possible, making it a form of swift death curse.

The curse he created was a mixture of curse laws and death laws, guaranteeing the devil’s death if it touched their soul. With the strength of the curse boosted by his domain’s power, he doubted the devil would survive. Even if they sensed it, it would already be too late.

This curse would almost instantly reach the devil.

"Enjoy it," Aldrian thought as he sent the curse.

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In an unknown place, an old man sat cross-legged inside a vast dim room. He closed his eyes, and his face was serene.

But suddenly, he instantly opened his eyes in shock as he cursed, "Shit!" before vomiting a mouthful of blood.

He felt pain inside his soul, and the pain also affected his body. He found his body difficult to control as it spasmed violently, followed by extreme pain. The flow of energy inside his body became chaotic, and his dantian and all of his meridians began to wither.

His soul also looked withered at a rapid speed. It was as if it were rotting. Blood started to flow from all of his orifices, and he could only release a gurgling sound from his throat.

’A fucking... curse! How is... this possible... I... an immortal...’ His mind stopped as his body stopped moving.

The devil’s soul left his body and entered the underworld, leaving behind a corpse with a pained expression. His eyes and mouth were wide open, as if he wanted to shout in agony but could not.

At the same time, in several places across the world, some figures lost their consciousness. This included the banquet hall where the victory banquet was being held. Marquess Beruin and two other people under the devil’s influence suddenly fainted, which left the people near them stunned.

The other nobles, feeling confused, took some distance from them. They did not know why these people had suddenly collapsed, and the blank expressions on their faces made it even more unsettling.

It was quite creepy.

King Darius, who had already prepared for whatever might happen in the hall, saw that the ones pointed out by Aldrian had suddenly collapsed. He instantly thought that whatever Aldrian had done was working, and this was the result of it.

He quickly approached the unconscious body nearest to him, which was Marquess Beruin.

"Make way, make way," he said as the others stepped aside.

The moment the king neared Marquess Beruin’s body, he spoke to the royal guards nearby.

"Bring physicians here."

The commotion began to spread, as the ones who had collapsed were well-known nobles. Princess Xena, who had still been talking with Vanesa, was also distracted by the sudden disturbance and saw that several nobles had already fallen unconscious.

Vanesa raised her eyebrows in wonder, while Xena wondered whether what Aldrian did had succeeded.

Vanesa then turned to look toward where her father was supposed to be, but she realized that she did not see him. She glanced around the surroundings, yet she still could not find him.

She narrowed her eyes.

"Who are you looking for?" Xena suddenly asked, which made her turn toward the princess.

"I’m looking for my father Your Highness. I don’t see him."

"Ah, I saw Duke Vareden walk toward that direction. I think he went to the restroom," Xena replied as she pointed in the direction where Aldrian had gone.

Vanesa looked in that direction and thought that might indeed be the case. She nodded.

"What happened to them? Why did they suddenly collapse?" Xena asked, trying to redirect the topic.

At that moment, the physicians had already arrived and were checking the condition of the unconscious nobles. The people nearby, who had thought something terrible had happened to them, soon found out that they had only fainted.

"I don’t know, but from their expressions, there was no sign of pain when they collapsed. It was as if they simply fainted without any obvious reason," Vanesa said, and Xena responded with a nod.

"Excuse us. Make way, make way."

The royal guards carried the unconscious figures toward the deeper parts of the palace after the examination was done.

Many nobles who saw it began to discuss what had really happened. This caused the mood to drop, as they did not understand what had just occurred.

The fact that the ones who had fainted were well-known nobles made the minds of the others run wild, and it left them unsettled.

Was this the devils’ trick?

Many looked at the feast or at the drinks they were holding.

Had the food and beverages here already been compromised by the devils?

"Attention. My apologies if our banquet has been slightly disturbed, but please do not worry or think too much about it, as the royal family is already taking care of the matter. We will make sure to thoroughly check what really happened to the three nobles who just fainted," King Darius said.

His gaze swept across the nobles. He could see that not all of them were convinced. Some had even begun to look at their surroundings suspiciously.

King Darius had already expected this, but he continued speaking.

"Once again, do not worry. You may continue with the banquet."

He then walked toward the direction where the fainted nobles had been taken.

The other nobles continued to talk in hushed tones about what had truly happened.

The atmosphere had already changed, because they knew that something was wrong!