The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 902: A Shock on Both Sides

The figure who spoke was a young-looking man with short black hair. A small part of his aura leaked out, showing that he had middle pseudo immortal stage cultivation, and he was a devil cultivator.

"Did you just go out to the surface again? I told you, you don't have to do that. If they find out about you, then our plan might fail and we are pretty much screwed without gaining anything." The figure across from him spoke with a frown on his face. This one was a middle-aged man with short brown hair and peak pseudo immortal stage cultivation.

He was the leader of the devils in Aberon.

The leader then moved his knight forward. Seeing his opponent make a move, the black-haired man paused as if thinking, before he also spoke.

"Well, somebody has to check the surface to know what the enemies are doing. We don't know what they might be up to if we do not observe them. Blindly waiting for them to be caught off guard is not really good. I'm afraid that we will be the ones caught off guard if we just blindly wait for them to be caught off guard." He then moved his queen.

"Besides, did you forget who I am? With my disguise and concealment technique, even peak pseudo immortal stage cultivators will not realize that I'm a devil until it is too late. I could sneak into their base without any problem and get out of it intact."

The leader stayed focused on the chessboard and took a deep breath.

"Well, that's true, but this is a really tense time when a small mistake could cost our lives, so I just want to make sure that we minimize the chance for us to fail. If we are about to die, then we at least have to bring down those bastards with us."

Then they turned silent for a few moments as the leader moved a pawn.

"The only question that I have in mind at this moment is… will His Majesty spare our lives if we survive this war? With you deciding to report to His Majesty about the current situation, I can only imagine how enraged he will be," the black-haired man said.

"His Majesty would send many powerful cultivators who will take care of all those bastards, but on the other side we will be seen as incompetent," he added.

The leader took a deep breath and nodded. "Well, whatever it is, it is much better than being branded as traitors because we escaped without fighting and died a dreadful death. At least if we are seen as incompetent, we will be given a quick death."

After that, another silence followed. This kind of discussion had been accompanying these two devils, who were the highest command of the devils in Aberon, during their hiding time deep underground.

Just like what Aldrian suspected, most of the devils were actually hiding deep underground, and they were indeed planning something. Outside their room was a large underground tunnel network that formed a massive underground base. Millions of devils were doing their own activities here without the alliance forces knowing.

They were waiting for the right time to strike the surface, giving the alliance forces a surprise that would cost many of their lives.

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Eleven days later, Aldrian was still descending, and it looked like he had to take a longer journey compared to when he was in the Green Haven World. The fate gathering place was located on the western side of the world, which was farther from his starting position.

At this time, Aldrian finally sensed that he was already near that place, and a few minutes later, he arrived.

The place had the same scenery as the ones in the other worlds, with lava surrounding the island, but the terrain had a different shape. He did not waste much time observing his surroundings and quickly flew toward the Rock of the Beginning. The moment he stepped onto the island beside the boulder, he instantly created his domain.

After his domain formed and that refreshing feeling spread across his body, he took a deep breath and immediately spread his domain sense across the world. He kept his focus on looking for any devils in the world, mainly deep underground.

After more than fifteen minutes, he opened his eyes and smiled.

"As I thought, they really are hiding deep underground. But wow, I have to say these devils are really determined for them to build that big underground base network. It is like they built a new world under the surface with that many devils and the complexity of the base."

After thinking for a moment, he decided to let the alliance troops take care of these devils. He could kill them by himself, but it would take some time to eliminate all of them. Their numbers reached billions, and they were spread across the world at various depths, which would make it take much longer for him to eradicate them alone.

If he involved the entire alliance force, it would become much easier and lessen his workload. The alliance forces would also feel more at ease if they could kill those devils themselves. If he simply told them not to worry about the devils because he had already taken care of everything, some people might still have doubt in their hearts.

With them able to battle the devils themselves, they would believe that the devils were eradicated entirely with peace of mind because they faced them directly. Although they would still wonder how he did it, as usual, they would accept it once all of the fighting was over.

Now the only thing left was to plan the battle's formations. It would be a large-scale massacre in a single strike.

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Three days later, the alliance forces across the world were making different movements from their usual activities. The alliance forces gathered in several places across the world in large groups, each consisting of tens of thousands up to hundreds of thousands of troops. They had already assumed their battle formations and seemed ready for battle if any devils appeared.

Three days ago, Aldrian told all leaders of the alliance forces to prepare for battle. They had to gather the troops that were spread across many places and prepare for a normal large-scale battle. Some of the forces had to merge with others to strengthen their overall power.

The leaders did not fully understand why Aldrian gave that order.

Although Aldrian had already told them about the devils' hiding places, they still did not understand why they had to wait with large forces in various locations. Why not just attack the devils directly?

Although the devils hid deep underground, they believed they could pursue and battle them with their superior overall power. They would not lose even if they fought inside the devils' own turf.

But they still believed in Aldrian's method. He said he would bring the battle to the surface to make it easier for them to massacre the devils. Although they did not know how Aldrian would do it, they kept obeying him. If they were ordered to prepare for any appearance of the devils, then they would prepare themselves.

With waiting expressions, they stayed wary of any movement from the devils.

While the alliance forces were ready for battle, the devils across Aberon were also still waiting for the right time to strike the surface. They continued their usual activities underground.

In one of the underground bases, the black-haired devil met with the leader.

"I just came back from the surface, and I found something strange in those cultivators' movements," the black-haired devil said.

The leader frowned. "What is strange?"

"They gathered the forces that were spread across many places and formed many large battle groups on flat terrain. They are already prepared with their artifacts and battle formations. It's as if they are waiting for a battle to come to those places," the black-haired devil replied, which made the leader's frown deepen.

'What are they up to now?' he thought.

"Did they somehow find out all of our locations deep underground? But that is still strange, because with their numbers, it would be extremely difficult for them to pursue us this deep. Even though they have many earth-element cultivators, their troop numbers would hinder them from moving quickly toward us," the black-haired devil said.

"If they pursue us this deep, they will be at a great disadvantage and could be trapped, and we could fight with our overwhelming numbers," he added.

The leader kept frowning because what the black-haired devil said was true. He knew that those invaders must also understand this disadvantage even if they had discovered their location. So why were they assuming battle formations as if they were preparing for war? Were they really planning to pursue them deep underground?

But then, suddenly, while he was still pondering about the alliance forces, his surroundings changed.

Before he could understand anything, he was already in a different environment, and around him stood thousands of devils, including the black-haired one.

From their expressions, they appeared stunned and then shocked, just like him. How could they not be shocked when they realized they were already on the surface?

They then noticed a large group of troops not far from them, also showing astonished expressions.

Each group stared at the other with identical looks of shock, which would have been quite hilarious if anyone saw both sides at this moment.

The devils who saw the large group of troops felt a cold shiver, because that large force was actually their enemies from the Central Star Cluster!

"Attack!" the leaders of the alliance forces finally shouted after snapping out of their shock. They had already prepared for this moment.