847 The Final Battle I
A while later, Kyle emerged from a crack above the spot where Regius and Alec had opened the seal of the Second Realm. This location was called Avalon, a detail he had learned from Regius. Previously, he had not paid much attention to this land, as he was focused on Alec and Regius.
However, now that he had expanded his senses, he detected something sinister—something very ancient—lurking nearby.
Kyle was distracted by the eerie force.
His eyes narrowed as he muttered.
"A unique natural law?"
He could feel it. The traces of an ancient natural law were spread throughout Avalon. But as he tried to delve deeper, he hissed when his life force began to dissipate.
"What type of law is this?"
He tried again, and once more his life force began to dissipate, this time at a speed that startled him. It was almost as if the ancient traces of the natural law left in Avalon were something he wasn't allowed to learn—at least not with his current strength.
"Interesting. That means even Azazeal hasn't comprehended this law. A powerful law that I can only grasp if I give up my life."
He wanted to understand it. However, he knew he couldn't waste time when he had come for something else. The final battle between the three shadow generals and the others would begin soon. So, he needed to fulfill his role as quickly as possible.
That's why, instead of trying to understand the ancient natural law, he captured some of its traces in a core he had and tossed it into his mind space. He would learn this law in the future when he was free.
Kyle turned to the destroyed gate of the Second Realm. After the realm crumbled, it had turned to rubble. His eyes glowed, and countless powerful symbols illuminated all around him. The entire Avalon radiated with light as he engraved those symbols into the land with a flick of his finger. The darkness shrouding the land began to dissipate the more symbols he etched onto the ground.
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At the same time, on the Sacred Divine Land, Azazeal, who was watching from high above, was confused when Kyle left.
He drummed his fingers on his lap, darkness creeping into his gaze. He was looking around for the remaining celestial spirits when suddenly he noticed a change in the flow of events happening around him. He had calculated the future and deduced that Kyle would guide him to the remaining spirits, and one of those spirits was going to show up in the Sacred Divine Land.
So, even though Azazeal didn't care about what the Shadow Generals were doing, he had come here to observe. The reason the spirit would show up in the Sacred Divine Land was Kyle, but that reason had left.
"What is he up to? Should I follow? However, I am sure the spirit will show up a while later. What if I miss it? Tsk, I shouldn't have dissolved my second body when it returned from the Second Realm."
He closed his eyes, letting his senses spread out in every direction. In no time, they enveloped the entire universe.
He sensed Kyle in Avalon—the only land in the universe whose origin he had not been able to uncover—meticulously engraving countless symbols into the ground.
"You are complicating things. The war is going to take place here, so why are you designing an attack array in another place so far away? The Second Realm is no more... since you destroyed it, so why?"
Azazeal could easily destroy this universe. He could do so, but if he did, he would also be buried along with it, as there is no gate leading outside this universe. Without the power of all the Celestial spirits, he cannot tear open the gate to the Celestial realm.
Moreover, there was one exception: the Celestial spirits. Those pesky beings could sense his Celestial aura and had the ability to conceal themselves from his perception. So, whenever he approached their location, they would flee. That's why every time he had to capture them before they escaped, as they would hide themselves away.
He hummed softly.
"Weren't you going to politely send me to the Celestial realm? What are you planning. I had calculated that you would lead me to the spirits. What is it that I can't see?"
Azazeal vanished behind Kyle, and as he did, a thunderous war cry erupted across the Sacred Divine Land, shaking the very earth beneath their feet.
The dark side, fueled by an insatiable hunger for conquest and bloodshed, was the first to charge forward with ferocity to break the barrier separating the two sides. However, the army under James and the seven elders was anything but unprepared; they roared back with a battle cry that echoed like a rallying anthem.
The ground trembled violently under the weight of countless charging footsteps, a cacophony of determination and fury.
High above, Ceano's many fake bodies, Enthrall, and Damien led a relentless aerial assault, their figures silhouetted against the darkening and trembling sky. Behind them, the supreme ranks from their side swooped down to obliterate the enemy army.
However, James, Alec, and the rest, having been briefed by Kyle on what they had to do in his absence, engaged the supreme ranks, ready to face whatever darkness dared to descend upon them.
They grimaced as thunderous blasts reverberated through the air when Odiak detonated the powerful artifacts they had strategically placed in the area.
The shockwave obliterated countless foes from the dark side, sending many flying in different directions and throwing their charging army into complete disarray.
The Sacred Divine Land, which had lost a part of its territory due to Azazeal, trembled as the smoke and debris filled the air.
Yet, the powerful individuals of the dark side didn't even flinch at the deaths of so many of their people. Enthrall tsked.
"Don't die in vain! Use the beads given to you to create barriers around yourselves!"
Jian crackled evilly when he and Sinon trapped one of Ceano's fake bodies.
"Your opponent is us!"
His eyes turned completely white as he stopped time. Ceano smirked when his body froze, madness dancing in his gaze.
"Nice trick. However, you are weaker than I, who is at the peak of supreme rank."
With that, he shattered Jian's natural law and sent him flying. An eerily familiar dark aura slipped from his fingertips as he used his Celestial skill to absorb Jian's strength, but Sinon attacked him from behind.
"Don't forget I am here as well!"