Chapter 467: The Aura of the Heavenly Demon
Wherever the divine pressure passed, everything fell silent. Only that figure in white crossed the sky, noble beyond words.
In just a few breaths, Aiden and Jade had crossed thousands of miles through space and arrived above the missing villages in the north.
The villages should have been covered in snow.
But now, the scene before them was strange and terrifying.
The entire village, along with the frozen ground and foundation within several miles, had completely disappeared.
All that remained was a huge black pit, so deep that its bottom could not be seen.
Jade looked at the giant black hole, her face turning slightly pale.
"City Lord, this is the place. All seventeen villages ended up exactly like this."
Aiden slowly floated down and stood at the edge of the black pit. The strong wind made his white robe snap loudly.
He did not sense any sign of an explosion or the aftermath of a battle.
"This was not physical destruction."
Divine light shone in Aiden’s eyes as he activated his god-level perception.
In his divine sight, the normally colorful lines of law broke apart and melted the moment they touched the black pit.
The remaining black aura clung to the land like a disease, wildly eating away at the law structure of Earth itself.
"This is the aura of the Heavenly Demon."
Aiden’s voice was as cold as a blade. With one sentence, he revealed the true nature of this power.
This was not a simple massacre.
It was a carefully planned test.
They were testing how much pressure Earth’s laws could bear.
They were testing how fast Celestial Imperial City could respond.
And more than that, they were testing the hidden strength of him, the newly ascended human god.
Aiden stretched out one long finger and gently pointed at a thin wisp of drifting black energy.
Under his god-level perception, the nature of this Heavenly Demon aura was fully exposed in Aiden’s mind.
This was not any known element or law.
It was the opposite of law itself-
destruction, emptiness, and nothingness.
Its only purpose was to turn all things in the world into void.
"Hmph. Cheap tricks."
Aiden snorted coldly. A bright purple-gold bolt of lightning instantly lit up at his fingertip.
The Law of Thunder.
Pure, powerful, and born to destroy evil.
Boom!
A purple-gold divine lightning bolt as thick as a barrel exploded out of nowhere. Carrying terrifying Strength, it struck hard into the black pit.
Right after that, space trembled. The Law of Space turned into countless clear blades, slicing and tearing the black energy apart layer by layer.
Sizzle, sizzle-
A sharp burning sound rose into the sky, along with a foul stench. Under the cleansing power of divine law, the black energy finally began to fade.
But at that moment, Aiden frowned slightly.
He could feel that when this Heavenly Demon aura faced his divine-tier laws, it showed an extremely strong resistance.
To fully cleanse the black energy within several miles, he had to use more than five times the divine power needed to cleanse ordinary Abyss energy.
"Five times the cost..."
Aiden sensed it carefully, and a cold light flashed in his eyes like never before.
This meant that the Heavenly Demon scout who had released this aura was likely far stronger than an ordinary High-Tier Demon God.
The true depth of the Abyss was far more terrifying than humans had imagined.
As the black energy was completely purified by thunder and the Law of Space, something slowly appeared at the deepest part of the black pit.
It was a black flag.
On the flag, the mark of the Dawn Society looked especially glaring under the fading lightning. It gave off a faint, evil wave of energy.
It stood untouched in the center of the pit, as if mocking the entire world.
This was not something left behind by accident.
The Dawn Society had left it there on purpose.
It was a declaration of war.
"We now stand on the same side as the Heavenly Demon."
Jade looked at the black flag and read the eight bloody words written on it. Her voice was trembling.
"These traitors... How dare they!"
Jade gritted her teeth. The anger in her eyes was almost ready to burst out.
Aiden showed no emotion. He simply raised his hand and waved it lightly.
Bang!
The black flag of the Dawn Society was instantly torn apart by the Law of Space, turning into dust that filled the air.
"If they want to die, then I’ll grant their wish."
Aiden’s voice was calm and without the slightest warmth. Yet the space around him instantly froze over with layers of frost.
Aiden stood at the edge of the black pit and closed his eyes, pushing his divine perception to its limit.
After becoming a god, his soul had already transformed into an Inner Spirit. His sense of the laws and space had become hundreds, even thousands of times sharper.
Buzz-
The moment his Inner Spirit swept through the depths of space, his body suddenly stopped.
He clearly felt it.
From the distant direction of the Abyss, beyond layers of mist and the seal of the Golden Great Wall, a faint but terrifying will was quietly watching him.
That will stood far above all things.
Cold. Arrogant. Full of contempt.
It looked down on every living being as if they were nothing more than ants.
That was definitely not some Heavenly Demon scout.
It was something much deeper...
One of the Seven Pillars of the Heavenly Demon.
The Demon of Pride.
At that moment, two divine Rank wills crossed endless space and dimensions, meeting in the void in a silent clash.
Crack!
Above the northern sky, a black rift suddenly split open, stretching for thousands of miles.
Inside the black rift that stretched for thousands of miles, no physical body appeared.
But an icy gaze crossed the stars and fell upon them.
It was only a small projection of will, yet it caused large parts of space to collapse. The snowstorm across the northern lands froze in place in an instant.
Aiden felt the divine power in his body suddenly stall.
The invisible pressure was like a towering divine mountain, pressing down hard on his Inner Spirit.
This was a gap as wide as heaven and earth.
Even though he had already become a god, before the highest beings of the Abyss, the "Seven Pillars of the Heavenly Demon," he was still as tiny as a grain of sand in a vast desert.
Buzz-
A deep, ancient voice echoed through the void, heavy like a giant bell.
Every syllable shook space itself, sending black ripples spreading out where the eye could see.
Beside him, Jade covered her ears in pain.
Even with the laws of the Divine Eyes sword protecting her, blood began to flow from her eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
Aiden quickly waved his sleeve.
A purple-gold curtain of lightning instantly wrapped around Jade, finally blocking the demonic sound that could have shattered the Inner Spirit of a Venerable.
[Ding! Unknown divine-tier language detected. The 10,000x critical hit system has automatically translated it for you.]
The system’s clear voice rang out in Aiden’s mind, breaking the suffocating silence.
"So, you are the new god of humanity? Interesting aura... There is something on you left behind by ’that person.’"
The cold voice echoed directly in the depths of Aiden’s Inner Spirit.
It carried the tone of someone looking down from far above, along with a faint trace of surprise.
Aiden’s pupils suddenly shrank.
The divine power in his body almost froze at that moment.
That person...
Yves!
That legendary sage, who had once amazed an entire era, had truly fought directly against one of the Seven Pillars of the Heavenly Demon at the very top of the Abyss!
Aiden took a deep breath.
He forced down the shock raging in his heart and pushed his divine aura to its limit, showing not the slightest fear.
"Yves is my predecessor. His unfinished work will be carried on by me."
Aiden stood tall in the void, his robes snapping in the wind.
His voice turned into rolling purple-gold thunder and surged upward, forcefully holding back that terrifying pressure.
Hearing Aiden’s answer, that terrifying will fell silent for a moment.
Then a low, amused laugh echoed through the void, shaking the entire northern land.
"Carry on?"
"Even someone as brilliant as him failed. He died deep in the Abyss. And you think a little god who has only just stepped into the divine realm can succeed?"
"What foolish pride..."
The voice was filled with endless mockery, as if it had just heard the funniest joke in the world.
"For that man’s sake, I will give you a greeting gift. Feel it well. Feel the despair of the gap between you and me."
As soon as the voice fell, the suffocating pressure pulled back like a tide. The great rift in the sky also slowly closed.
But Aiden’s expression did not relax at all.
Instead, it became even more serious.
He could feel the ground beneath his feet trembling violently.
Rumble!
The frozen soil of the northern lands began to crack apart. Countless black cracks spread in every direction like a giant spiderweb.
From the depths of the black pit Aiden had purified earlier, a huge wave of Heavenly Demon energy suddenly burst out like an erupting volcano.
Then, with piercing screams, huge and hideous monsters began crawling out of the cracks in the ground.
Their bodies were covered in pitch-black scales. Their eyes shone with a cruel red light. As the bone wings on their backs flapped, they stirred up black storms that filled the sky.
Heavenly Demon vanguards!
"City Lord, be careful! Something is very wrong with these monsters’ aura!"
Jade’s face turned pale. The Divine Eyes sword released a blinding light stronger than ever before.
Aiden narrowed his eyes slightly.
His Inner Spirit swept over the countless monsters, which were so many they almost covered the sky.
[Heavenly Demon Vanguard: Level 70–85. Elite soldiers under the Heavenly Demon Clan. They carry a Heavenly Demon aura that can greatly weaken attacks from foreign laws.]
Although these monsters were only between level 70 and level 85, the Heavenly Demon aura coming from them had gathered into a solid black domain.
Inside that domain, the laws of the world in the void seemed to be forcibly stripped away and suppressed.
Aiden could clearly feel it.
The moment his Law of Thunder and Law of Space touched that black domain, their power was forcefully weakened by almost thirty percent!
"So this is the true strength of the Heavenly Demon Clan..."
Aiden clenched his fists, his knuckles turning slightly white from the force.
This was only a casual test sent by the Demon of Pride, yet it already had such terrifying resistance to laws.
If the real Heavenly Demon army came in full force, how could humanity possibly stop them?
However, there was no fear in Aiden’s eyes.
Only a burning will to fight was gathering wildly.
"Since you’ve come, none of you will leave."
Aiden gave a cold snort and reached into the void with his right hand.
In an instant, a purple-gold lightning spear filled with endless divine power formed in his palm.
This would be his first battle after becoming a god.
He would use these Heavenly Demon vanguards to show the might of a true god.