Chapter 82 Frazier
Chapter 82 Frazier
The Void Realm's offensive began to retreat steadily under the crushing force of the Zhou Tian Star Array, suffering heavy losses, while the remaining Void creatures were slowly being wiped out.
But Zhao Chen knew this was only temporary. The Void Realm wouldn't stop invading just because of this failure; another invasion was only a matter of time. He needed to become stronger, and the Demon Cave needed to be developed.
Zhao Chen chose to cultivate by absorbing the corpses of void creatures in seclusion.
These corpses were byproducts of wars that had raged for thousands of years. After the war, Zhao Chen ordered the Ten Demon Generals to collect the remains and transport them back to Gela Star for storage.
Inside the stone chamber, Zhao Chen sat cross-legged, and the corpses of void creatures gradually turned into nothingness under the influence of the devouring power.
Countless drops of blood and flesh essence surged into Zhao Chen's body, transforming into the purest primordial power. This power flowed into his meridians, bones, and primordial spirit. At the same time, his cultivation level rose accordingly, and his spatial talent continued to strengthen.
This period of seclusion lasted for more than seven thousand years.
Meanwhile, in another nebula in the universe, the second full-scale war between angels and demons also broke out shortly after Zhao Chen went into seclusion.
Since the defeat in the first war, Liang Bing has rebuilt the demon civilization in the name of Morgana. She has been lying low for ten thousand years, integrating and subduing the surrounding forces. Her strength has also expanded significantly, and the number and quality of her demon army far exceed those of the past.
She began to establish multiple strongholds in various locations, attempting to disperse Keisha's forces. She also continuously harassed Keisha's affiliated civilizations, and the entire demon army began its resurgence.
However, the order of justice cannot be challenged. In order to eliminate the forces of Liang Bing and consolidate the order of justice, Keisha took the initiative to launch a second war.
The second war between angels and demons began to spread and erupt in the Fraser star system.
Keisha put He Xi in charge of overseeing the Heavenly Court of Merlo, while she led the angelic fleet from the Heavenly Court of Merlo to launch a campaign to wipe out the demons of Frieza.
This war was even more brutal than the last one. The demons no longer chose to fight Keisha head-on, but instead deliberately fired shots and moved to different locations, harassing the angels throughout the war, appearing from a different direction each time.
Keisha's forces were tied up on multiple battlefields and unable to regroup.
Meanwhile, in a land north of Frieza, the demon Ator, wielding the Sword of Command, led his demon legion in a massacre of the entire people of Te Sneif.
Sword energy swept across the village, corpses piled up in the ditches, and flames burned for seven days and seven nights. The entire northern tribe was almost completely uprooted, with only a few survivors escaping into the wilderness to eke out a living in the harsh winter.
This is Morgana's order: find and kill Keisha's chosen successor, Annie Cid, and destroy Keisha's plans in the Fraser region.
Atuo was Liang Bing's most loyal general, a confidant since the Kunsa civilization era, and never left her side during her most destitute years of exile. He followed her for over eight thousand years.
The Command Sword is a divine weapon bestowed upon him by Morgana; wherever its blade points, his demonic legions obey his commands.
After receiving orders, Ator led the demons into northern Frieza, slaughtering the entire Te-Snaef tribe and almost eradicating the entire northern tribe.
Although Annie Eld's southern tribe survived, Fraser's northern defenses were completely breached.
Outside Frieza's atmosphere, Yan was scanning the planet's surface via a dark communication interface, and the scorched earth to the north immediately came into view.
The demonic aura led by Ator is spreading deep within the northern mountains, intense and violent, like a furnace of molten lava.
Yan did not call for backup, but chose to charge in alone. She was a candidate for Keisha's Holy Left Wing, young and ambitious, and had already made a name for herself in several small-scale conflicts with her sharp swordsmanship.
This time, I was ordered by Keisha to go to Fraser to protect Annie Eld.
The two sides clashed in the skies above the northern mountains. Atuo's sword was as heavy as a mountain, each strike imbued with the power of a commanding sword; Yan's sword was agile and swift, its silvery-white light weaving back and forth.
The battle between the two lasted all day, until Yan finally broke through Atuo's armor, and Atuo's sword also sliced across Yan's abdomen.
Yan was seriously injured, with blood dripping continuously into the air, while Atuo, empowered by the Sword of Command, possessed astonishing recovery abilities and soon recovered from his injuries.
Ultimately, Yan was struck down by Atuo's sword and fell into the icy sea of Frieza.
On the flagship of the angel fleet, Keisha's dark communication interface unfolded before her, with Alan standing behind her, his armor gleaming and his sword blade gleaming coldly.
She is Keisha's Holy Left Wing Guardian and one of her most trusted warriors.
Keisha accessed a map of northern Frieza via the hidden communication interface. "Alan, something might have happened to Yan. Go check on him."
Alan slammed his right hand down on his shoulder armor. "Keisha's order."
Keisha remained silent. She pulled up the star map of Frazier, where the distribution of the demon fleet was marked with red dots in the calculations of the space-based computing group, densely packed above the continent.
The main forces of angels and demons engaged in a decisive battle both inside and outside the atmosphere of Frieza.
On the northern continent, Alan is battling demons. Her sword is incredibly fast, cleaving through the demons' encirclement with sheer force. The silvery-white sword light is dazzling against the dark red demonic energy, and with each thrust, a demon falls and its body explodes.
Just as the demons' defenses were crumbling under Alan's relentless onslaught, Ator arrived. He continued his rampage, knocking away several demons that stood in his way. His sword was pointed directly in Alan's direction.
The demons' morale soared, and the wounded demon warriors rose to their feet, shouting encouragement: "Tear this female angel's silver wings to shreds!"
Alan was forced to retreat steadily in her attack on Ator. Her armor was covered with scorch marks formed by the corruption of demonic energy, and her movements gradually slowed down.
When Ator's sword slashed at her, she didn't even have time to react. The silver wings of light flashed and disappeared in the dark red void, like a candle flame being extinguished. Alan didn't know how many times she swung her sword; she only knew that she was gradually losing her strength.
She may not be able to fulfill Queen Keisha's request.
Atto's Command Sword is more dangerous than he himself. Empowered by Atto's killing spree over these past days, the Command Sword has grown increasingly powerful.
It was so powerful that even Ator was starting to lose control. It needed to vent, and Alan just happened to run right into that straight line.
The sword of command pierced her armor and penetrated her divine body, angelic blood gushing from the void. Alan's vision blurred as she watched helplessly as Ator led the demons on their continued southward rampage.
When Yan was rescued and brought back to the flagship, Keisha was waiting for her at the entrance to the bridge. Her silver wings were folded, her golden hair fell over her shoulders, and her face was expressionless. Alan was leaning against Keisha's chest, golden blood seeping from between Keisha's fingers.
She didn't complain of pain or regret before she died. Keisha held her silently, the bridge so quiet that only breathing could be heard.
The Battle of Frazier ended in defeat for the angels. This was the only defeat for the angelic forces in the millennia-long war between angels and demons.
This defeat damaged the prestige of the Angelic Civilization in the universe, and the righteous order created by Keisha began to partially collapse, also shaking the confidence of subordinate civilizations.
Meanwhile, Liang Bing's reputation reached its peak in this victory, solidifying her status as the Demon Queen.
Her network of influence began to expand outward from the Kunsa star system, permeating every corner of the known universe. Her ideology of decadent freedom spread widely throughout the cosmos, and the Demon Nebula began to emerge as a force independent of the universe.
Although Liang Bing never discusses the Battle of Frazier in public, nor does she mention Ator's sword, the demon's history books refer to this battle as the "Battle of Godslaying," praising Ator's great achievement in defeating the left wing of the angels.
Liang Bing looked at these things but didn't say anything.
After recovering from her injuries during the Battle of Fraser, Yan spent several centuries recuperating. Upon her return, she trained even harder in the training grounds of the Celestial Court of Merlo, each strike heavier, deeper, and more relentless than before.
On the day Zhao Chen emerged from seclusion in the stone chamber, dense tribulation clouds began to gather above the Zhou Tian Star Array, with lightning flashing. The tribulation of the Mahayana stage was far stronger than that of the Void Refinement stage, but he dispersed the tribulation clouds in just three moves.
As the final bolt of lightning struck, Zhao Chen reached out and grabbed the purple lightning bolt with his bare hands, as if he were catching a struggling snake. With a sudden clench of his fingers, the lightning bolt exploded in his palm, the tribulation clouds began to dissipate, and sunlight shone down again.
Over the course of seven thousand years, Zhao Chen's cultivation level rose from the mid-stage of the Integration Realm to the late-stage, and finally to the peak of the Integration Realm. In the exact seventh thousand years, the bottleneck of the Mahayana Realm suddenly shattered, and Zhao Chen officially entered the Mahayana Realm.
Zhao Chen stood up and stretched his limbs. After seven thousand years of not seeing the sun, his Mahayana stage divine sense spread outward from his body, covering the entire northern star field.
Every aura on the 365 main stars was clearly presented in his perception. The changes in the auras of the Ten Demon Generals were the most obvious. Bai Ze's primordial spirit fluctuations had crossed the Golden Core stage and entered the Nascent Soul stage, and the other Demon Generals had also stepped into the early Nascent Soul stage.
All 365 demon generals have entered the late Golden Core stage and are stationed on their respective main stars, making the resonance of the formation even deeper than before.
The changes within the demon army were equally evident. Captain-level figures at the Golden Core stage began to appear in each army. Although few in number, each was a veteran who had survived a thousand years of battle, possessing a solid foundation and formidable combat power.
The number of Foundation Establishment cultivators among ordinary people has also increased. With a population of over 100 million, the proportion of Foundation Establishment cultivators has increased from one in ten thousand to one in a thousand. Golden Core cultivators dared not even dream of it, let alone Nascent Soul cultivators, but Foundation Establishment is an achievement that ordinary demons could not even imagine before.
At that moment, Bai Ze's message rang through the Luo Shu. "Brother, you've emerged from seclusion. During your years of seclusion, another major event has occurred in the Angel Nebula that you asked me to keep an eye on. Angels and demons have once again begun a great battle in Frieza. In the end, the angels were defeated, the Holy Left Wing Alan was killed, and the demons emerged victorious."
"Understood." Zhao Chen felt somewhat powerless. Was the world also beyond redemption?
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