My Goddess is Good at Pretending-Chapter 746: Enemy’s Tactical Retreat
The apex-level battle between two God Emperors occurred on the other side of the dimension. The clash between the Sovereign of Heaven and the Sovereign of Abyss shook the fabric of space within the sealed dimension.
The Lord of Heaven wielded his Heavenly Emperor Spear of Annihilation, splitting the sky with endless light. The Abyssal Sovereign unleashed the Abyssal Cursed Chains, corrupting everything it touched. Every clash between them shattered countless stars and realms within the sealed dimension.
They spoke nothing amidst their battle because He-Dao, the Lord of Heaven, was determined to slay his archenemy once and for all. He waited for this for so long. It was eons since he lost her. All the preparations he had made would be used on this occasion.
As for Helfheim, the Sovereign of Abyss, he could not taunt or spare his attention for other things because every microsecond in this deadly battle could decide the outcome.
No words, no sounds, and no exchange other than destructive moves with the intention to kill. In that vacuum space, the time was moving differently from the outside world. It had been two days, approaching the third day, but the two had clashed fiercely without stopping for almost a quarter of a year.
"..." He-Dao took a safe distance for a second as he had to rearrange his armaments and arsenals.
He pondered about it once more because, in this sealed dimension, he set an absolute law where only one could exit this sealed forbidden domain. Unless the entire alive sealed dimension was shattered with an overwhelming force far beyond 18th Rank, only one could come out alive.
It was an extreme measure where he had to exclude the strongest enemy from the battlefield. After the preparations and teamwork he did with several God Kings in Elysia's simulated realm, he had to take down his archenemy alone so the others could focus on eradicating the corrupted monsters in the Corrupted Nirvana Realm who had lost their highest authority and head command.
As for the Heavenly Realm's side, they still have many commanders who are supervised by 72 heavenly agents and also the one he put his faith in, Elysia, the Supreme Goddess.
"It's been a long time since then, brat. You've become so eager and desperate to kill me, heh." Helfheim sent his voice transmission, wondering about why the young heavenly dao suddenly stopped the attacks.
"..." He-Dao responded with nothing but absolute silence. He might be the youngest dao compared to Helfheim and Nirvana, but regardless of anything, he had no words to convey to the dead.
After arranging his armaments and arsenals, he tore through the space to unleash his signature move. However, Helfheim could still parry it with impenetrable defense.
"You're not slacking off since then. Even the apex you can't be compared to the weakened me. With no Nirvana around, nothing can prevent me from devouring the heavens and worlds. You're just stalling the inevitable." Helfheim's palm got penetrated by the heavenly spear, but he grabbed it so he could inflict mind corruption debuff on the enemy up close.
"Leave her name out of your fuckin mouth, grotesque demon!" He-Dao shone like the brightest star, blasting the enemy out of sight.
Helfheim was blown away, and barrages of attacks soon rained him down. He was mostly on the defensive, receiving the beatings without being able to retaliate much.
His weakened state actually wasn't severe because he managed to evade most of the Nirvana Barrier's debuffs. As for the war outside, he wasn't too worried because he had many trump cards stored in the outside world to face the heavenly armies even in his absence. However, he was still wondering and still trying to find out the cause, of why his curse and corruption were no longer working as he expected.
As the battle between two sovereign emperors raged on with the destructive power of the 18th Rank peak, the holy war in the outside world was processing smoothly, too smoothly to the point of making people a bit restless.
The corrupted monsters that swarmed in on the first day were nothing but cannon fooders with some elite abyssal demons inside, but what awaited on the second day after the mass extermination on the first day was the higher-level monster siege that mostly would blow up with terrifying destructive power.
Most of the corrupted monsters were not much different from the cannon fooders on the first day, but the self-destruct upon death had a destruction rate of one level at their base rank.
The strongest corrupted monster found on the second day was the 15th Rank, and its self-destruct held the power to kill the 16th Rank immortal. That was one of the reasons why the heavenly armies switched strategy to long-range combat they had to avoid the casualties of the higher-level corrupted monsters' desperate measures.
The casualties were also very few, and they would be revived in the revival altar with no trouble on their own. Although the number of injuries tripled from yesterday, they managed to gain an absolute upper hand on the second day.
However, after exterminating millions of corrupted monsters, the enemies slowly retreated to the faraway lands. It might be seen as a victory, but it made the higher-ups anxious because the main goal of this war was not just victory, but the destruction of the enemy side!
"My lady, what do you think about their sudden retreat?" Yuna clenched her fists.
If she possessed the highest command over the entire army, she would surely attack those retreating corrupted monsters and annihilate them before they could disappear from sight in the cursed fog.
Unfortunately, Elysia couldn't move far from the Nirvana Barrier, and she had to protect Elysia at all costs. Elysium Pantheon's combined forces as the special units with higher mastery over the anti-corruption power also never ever went beyond 100 kilometers from their master's position, so the pursuit into the depths of enemy territory couldn't be achieved that soon.
"That's more than demon generals. What if there's a second peak entity that's on par with the Sovereign of Abyss?" Elena frowned because she knew very well that no demon generals could command the entire corrupted demons to retreat at once.
"Is there a higher dangerous entity deep in the cursed fog? We can't tell for sure, but what if they're just retreating to rearrange their formation and come with a more overwhelming powerful force?" Fortuna voiced her opinion based on her experience in the heavenly holy war.
"Yeah... they're returning to their core domain to receive the buffs and blessings of the accursed. We've gotten a little breath after two days of non-stop fighting, but the next waves will be terrifying." Gaia shook her head as she put her hand on her chest, feeling anxious. Her core seemed restless and afraid of something deep in the Corrupted Nirvana Realm's depths.
One by one, the Elysium Pantheon members returned to their master's side, followed by the heavenly commanders as they had to discuss their next strategy over this unprecedented event.
The commanders of the heavenly armies' second and third batches also went to gather as they had to re-plan their war strategies.
The heavenly armies stationed in the Corrupted Nirvana Realm, numbering over six hundred thousand immortal warriors divided into three for front defense, mid attacker, and back nuker gradually retreated closer to the Nirvana Barrier as they had to rearrange their formations as well. The enemies already disappeared into the cursed fog, yet nobody felt they gained a victory over this two-day warfare.
"There is an entity no less dangerous than the Sovereign of the Abyss." Elysia stared blankly in a particular direction.
"!?" The heavenly commanders gasped in shock.
"My lady, please elaborate more on what you discovered." Yuna held her trembling hand. She was shocked as well, but she hid it well.
"Calm down. Ely is still peering deeper." Elena raised her hand so the others could save their questions for later.
Although she found it should be impossible for a new entity to emerge on the same level as a God Emperor, the word came from Elysia directly, and none could take it lightly, especially since Elysia was currently taking control over the Nirvana Barrier.
"..." Elysia went pensive, speechless without a word. Half of his consciousness was in the Nirvana Barrier to investigate the reason behind the corrupted monsters' sudden retreat and what kind of danger awaited in the Corrupted Nirvana Realm's depths. freewebnσvel.cøm
What she found was an enormous amount of corrupted energy hidden deeply in the Corrupted Nirvana Realm's heart domain, summoning countless corrupted monsters to gather. It spiraled menacingly amidst the purple fog of corruption, but strangely enough, despite the enormous amount of malevolence and countless corrupted monsters gathered, it couldn't be detected from afar. Only by approaching the place could one sense the danger.
As Elysia peered closer, a pair of massive black eyes emerged amidst the spiraling corrupted energy pool, emanating purple mist. Her consciousness got rebounded.
"Wha!" Elysia jolted as her consciousness got thrown back to her main body.
Feeling that the pair of eyes had a faint aura similar to that of Lady Nirvana, Elysia immediately grabbed the floating white star orb by her shoulder to ask the knowledgeable one. 'Lady Nirvana, are you perhaps... are you the former Nirvana Realm's core?'
'What do you mean? I am the only and very essence of Nirvana. You already take control over the Nirvana Barrier, the divine essence of my body, soul, and spirit... so you should already know it. Uh, wait? Are you saying there is really the second me, the corrupted me in the depths?' Lady Nirvana was taken aback.
She never once detected such anomalies in the Corrupted Nirvana Realm, but this realm should never ever be able to manifest a new realm's core since she abandoned and sealed it eons ago.
'I can't be sure, but my spiritual power boosted by Nirvana Barrier was reflected. Those eyes scared me a bit.' Elysia didn't feel sure, but since her consciousness was reflected, the owner of those dark eyes was clearly superior to her current spiritual power boosted by the Nirvana Barrier.
'Why did I never notice it until just now? This is bad...' Lady Nirvana couldn't think of any solution. She fell silent after that as if leaving everything to Elysia.
"???" The heavenly agents and heavenly commanders looked at each other.
They knew that Goddess Elysia managed to save the Sovereign of Nirvana, Lady Nirvana, even though it was just a fragment of soul wisp. Apparently, Goddess Elysia was discussing with the soul resided in that white star orb. It was just that, they would appreciate it if she would discuss it out loud so they could know as well.
