The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 880: Long Distance Attack
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The rain of swords fell across the city and threw it into chaos. The devils could only try to escape the rain because blocking it was useless. Some of the devils who had reached the pseudo immortal stage did not have enough time to flee and were instantly obliterated by the swords.
Others managed to escape after decisively using their escape talismans and disappearing from their positions. This included the strongest devil among them, who chose to escape.
Seeing his target flee, Aldrian did not look disappointed. He had already expected it. That devil was outside his domain, and with that distance, he could not do much to him. Moreover, if a peak pseudo immortal stage existence truly intended to escape, it would be extremely difficult to catch them.
He could only make sure that devil did not return and cause trouble for the alliance troops.
After the Sword Apocalypse stopped, Aldrian flew toward the city while giving his order.
"Attack."
The troops instantly charged toward the defensive wall. Thanks to the Swords Apocalypse, many of the devils had been killed, and most of the wall had collapsed, opening a direct path into the city. There were actually devils who survived the apocalypse. They were lucky, and the size of the city also played a part.
The devils who had formed a defensive formation earlier had already fallen into chaos after most of their colleagues were killed. They scattered across the city in small numbers. There were also higher-ups at the pseudo immortal stage among them, and Aldrian would be targeting those first.
The Aster Empire’s troops entered the city easily, and they had to push much deeper before they could find the surviving devils and engage them in battle. The devils’ higher-ups saw that the Aster Empire’s troops were already inside the city. However, they were not focused on them because Aldrian was right in front of them.
They gritted their teeth and chose to strike. They activated their devil forms and instantly attacked Aldrian with their elemental techniques. A giant swirl of flame shot out from one devil’s hand toward Aldrian. The others unleashed their own attacks, including wind, lightning, and even space.
Aldrian evaded using teleportation and counterattacked at the same time. He did not hesitate to use his powerful moves, such as the combination of heavenly lightning and death laws. The moment these devils sensed the death laws, their souls trembled and they felt fear because, for the first time, they were facing pure death laws.
The devils attacking Aldrian almost lost the will to fight, yet they gritted their teeth and held on. They kept attacking, even using their weapon artifacts in an attempt to strike him. Some of them tried to get closer with their movement techniques to attack him directly.
However, Aldrian’s figure, which at this moment resembled that of a thunder god, did not give them any chance to approach. He also used spatial techniques to make the lightning strikes appear right beside the devils.
Spatial cracks opened next to them, and the devils who did not expect the sudden appearance of those cracks were instantly electrocuted by the heavenly lightning. It happened so fast that the lightning appeared a split second after the spatial crack formed, giving the devils no chance to evade or escape.
The combination of heavenly lightning and death laws was truly overpowering, as the devils’ bodies turned not only to ash but to complete nothingness. Their bodies disappeared from existence, down to the level of their molecules.
The only thing that remained of them was their souls, which were already on their way to the underworld. However, if Aldrian truly wanted to focus at this moment, he could erase even their souls, removing a being’s existence entirely.
He had already reached the level where he could erase existence as thoroughly as a divine being, thanks to his death laws. That was also the reason why beings of the underworld had visited this realm in the past and had almost met Aldrian.
The disappearance of souls or the severing of soul’s karma with the underworld were things those beings could sense, just like what happened when Aldrian killed the traitors of the Atria Kingdom in the past.
His comprehension of death laws continued to deepen with every breakthrough, combined with the accumulated comprehension of some of his past followers who had also comprehended them. The only thing preventing him from using the full potential of death laws was his current cultivation level.
Aldrian did not give these devils any chance at all. He killed them in one sweep. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
He was still inside his domain, while these devils were outside of it but close enough for him to take advantage.
The devils who saw Aldrian kill many experts at the pseudo immortal establishment and pseudo immortal stage instantly fell into despair. They knew they could not win against someone like that. Moreover, Aldrian showed no signs of exhaustion!
Aldrian wanted to continue his carnage, but then he received an incoming communication through his communication artifact.He took out the artifact while using one hand to attack the escaping devils. Heavenly lightning shot out, but part of his focus was on the incoming message.
"Your Majesty, I received a report from our groups attacking another fortress. The enemy’s leader at the peak pseudo immortal stage has appeared and is obstructing their advance. My troops are currently fighting him with their battle formation, but I don’t think they can gain the upper hand, especially now that the troops from the fortress have begun their counterattack," Queen Revania’s voice resounded.
Hearing that, Aldrian frowned.
’I see. That guy didn’t actually escape... he just changed his battlefield to the other side,’ he thought.
"Alright, I will take care of that devil. How is your side?" he asked.
"Most of the fortress area has already fallen into our hands, Your Majesty. We only need to eliminate the devils who are still stubbornly resisting on one side of the fortress," the queen answered.
"Good. Keep pushing them, Queen Revania. Although the devils are already cornered, don’t underestimate them."
"I will, Your Majesty."
After that, Aldrian cut the communication and decided to teleport higher. His body appeared just below the clouds, and he looked into the distance where he saw two giant avatars attacking something. He focused his gaze in that direction, trying to sharpen his sight enough to reach that distance.
A few seconds later, he finally saw the two avatars clearly. They were actually the battle formations of the Cerdian Kingdom’s troops, and they were fighting the leader of the devils. The two avatars took the form of bulky figures with swords in their hands. Each swing shattered the surrounding terrain and caused space to tremble.
The devil, already in his devil form, skillfully evaded their strikes and counterattacked whenever he found openings. However, the coordination between the two avatars prevented him from destroying either one effectively.
Because the two battle formations consisted of the strongest troops and were entirely focused on handling the leader, gaps appeared among the troops attacking the fortress. This allowed the devils inside the fortress to fight back, even though they lacked high-level cultivators compared to their enemies.
Seeing that the situation could turn bad if it continued, Aldrian knew he had to act. From this distance, he would have difficulty targeting the devil leader with his normal techniques. He did not take long to find a solution.
He took out the Earth Shattering Bow and the Wind Slashing Arrow from his storage ring and aimed them at the devil in the distance. From where he stood, even that devil was not visible to normal eyes, as the distance between them was more than a thousand kilometres.
But Aldrian could see the devil, and at this moment he focused entirely on aiming the arrow at him. He ignored the noise around him, which seemed to fade into silence. He also used his domain power to strengthen the arrow.
With its divine grade, the weapon could still withstand the huge power boost from his domain.
He could not release the arrow based on guesses, because the devil was constantly moving. He had to use a technique to ensure accuracy—one of the common techniques mastered by elves, where the arrow could follow its target, the homing arrow.
He took a deep breath, and once he was certain he could hit the target, he finally released the bowstring.
Thack!
A strong gust burst out from the bow as the arrow launched into the distance at a speed even a pseudo immortal stage cultivator would struggle to follow. The space along its path seemed on the verge of tearing, but because of the arrow’s overwhelming speed and momentum, it did not create a rift. Instead, the arrow pierced through space itself.
Aldrian kept his gaze locked on his target as the arrow continued to track the devil.
At the place where the strongest devil was fighting, he was being besieged by the two avatars, which kept attacking him while supporting each other whenever he counterattacked. The leader’s expression showed irritation as he still failed to kill anyone inside the battle formation. Their coordination and teamwork were simply too good.
The cultivators inside the battle formation were also frustrated because they still could not kill the devil despite their combined efforts. With their teamwork, they could kill a peak pseudo immortal existence, since the formations were made up of both pseudo immortal establishment and pseudo immortal stage cultivators.
But this devil was slippery and strong enough to withstand both battle formations, proving his power as the strongest devil here.
However, they suddenly sensed something approaching rapidly from the distance. The devil sensed it as well, and his danger sense instantly flared!
He wanted to evade, but unfortunately—
Whoosh! Boom!
An arrow had already arrived and instantly pierced through his body, destroying it and leaving only his head and lower body behind. The arrow struck the ground afterward, creating a massive crater and destroying everything around it.
The cultivators facing the devil were shocked by the sudden incoming arrow and instinctively looked toward the direction it came from. Those at the pseudo immortal stage could see the farthest, and they finally spotted Aldrian holding a bow.
The moment they saw him, their hearts trembled.
That was Aldrian the Great’s strike?!
