The battlefield had completely turned into a meat grinder of flesh and blood.
The defeated demon race fled frantically in the front, pursued relentlessly by red-eyed humans from behind, while avatars of black mist weaved between them like dark phantoms, reaping lives.
Severed limbs and mangled corpses littered the ground. Blood pooled into streams, flowing slowly along the trenches with a chilling, rhythmic trickle.
People continuously fell, and souls continuously left their shells, turning into specks of faint light that floated above the battlefield.
Ye Chuan stood in the void, looking down at this living purgatory.
He didn't want to see this damn war, but he had to deal with the damn instigators who started it.
He slowly raised his hand. A long, pitch-black banner adorned with gold appeared out of thin air behind him.
The banner fluttered without any wind. Embroidered with complex and eerie golden runes, it exuded an aura that seemed capable of devouring everything.
"World-Suppressing Banner, rise."
In an instant, the World-Suppressing Banner erupted with a blinding black light.
Countless specks of soul light floating in the air were drawn by a massive gravitational pull, rushing frantically toward the banner.
Whether human or demon souls, they were all indiscriminately sucked into it without causing even the slightest ripple.
The World-Suppressing Banner swayed gently, emitting a muffled sound as if it were enjoying this gluttonous feast.
The level of these souls was too low.
But even a mosquito's leg is meat.
Even a 1% boost is an absolute win.
At the same time, a warm and sacred golden power was slowly gathering from all corners of the Aether Continent.
It passed through the clouds, crossed the mountains and rivers, and ultimately converged in Ye Chuan's direction.
"The Power of the Hero..."
Ye Chuan noticed this scene.
It was exactly as he had expected.
It wouldn't be long before the complete Power of the Hero would fully take shape.
Whether a Hero was born, or someone became a Hero, all he needed to do was devour it.
When that time came—
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Rumble—
Right at that moment, the sky suddenly darkened.
The originally clear sky was instantly covered by thick, dark purple clouds.
An incredibly terrifying pressure descended upon the entire battlefield like the weight of Mount Tai!
Both sides locked in combat involuntarily stopped what they were doing and looked up at the sky.
The human soldiers turned deathly pale, trembling all over, their weapons nearly dropping to the ground.
Meanwhile, the surviving demon soldiers reacted as if they had seen their savior, falling to their knees in excitement and roaring frantically:
"Her Majesty the Demon King! It's Her Majesty the Demon King!"
"Long live Her Majesty!"
"Kill these humans! Avenge us!"
The dark purple clouds slowly parted, and a black figure descended from the sky.
She wore a black floor-length gown, her purplish-black hair whipping wildly in the fierce wind. Her delicate face was devoid of expression, save for a pair of purple eyes burning with raging fury.
The Demon King—Evelina.
She hovered in mid-air, her gaze sweeping over the corpse-strewn battlefield below, the destroyed ruins of the human pastures, and the dissipating avatars of black mist.
Her fists clenched tightly.
Dammit!!!!!
Are you kidding me?!
Are you absolutely kidding me?!!!
She had spent a full ten years establishing these human pastures all over the continent, completely extinguishing humanity's hope, and ensuring that no Hero would be born.
She was on the verge of success; she was so close to being able to go home.
Yet everything was ruined by this man who had suddenly popped out of nowhere.
"It's you."
Evelina's gaze finally landed on Ye Chuan, her voice ice-cold.
"You are the one who ruined everything of mine."
Ye Chuan raised his head and met her gaze.
He could clearly feel that the power radiating from Evelina was far stronger than what he had encountered from Angelina.
After all, as a Demon King who had awakened long ago, her mastery of power and her understanding of combat had already reached the absolute pinnacle.
Furthermore, she was also enveloped by a faint, almost transparent barrier.
It was the Demon King's Protection.
Exactly the same as Angelina's, it could only be damaged by the Power of the Hero.
Currently, although he had gathered a considerable amount of the Power of the Hero, it was still far from enough to shatter this protection.
"Who exactly are you?" Evelina's voice carried a hint of a tremble, not out of fear, but from anger and incomprehension.
"I have never seen you before. Where on earth did you come from?!"
Why, just when she was about to succeed, did some insanely overpowered character suddenly appear?!!
Huh?!
Are you not even going to give people a way to live?!
"Just a passing traveler, remember that," Ye Chuan said flatly.
"A passing traveler?" Evelina laughed, her laughter filled with madness.
"A passing traveler ruined so many years of my hard work?! I finally managed to wait until a time when no Hero was born, so what gives you the right?!"
"I don't care who you are, or where you come from."
She slowly raised her hand. The demonic aura around her surged frantically as the dark purple clouds pressed down even lower; it felt as if the entire sky was about to collapse.
"Today, you must die!"
As her words fell, a massive purple orb of light condensed and took shape above her head.
Opening with a Forbidden Spell!
She had no intention of holding back, leading right off with her strongest attack!
The orb grew larger and brighter, eventually expanding to thousands of meters in diameter, dyeing the entire sky a deep purple.
Inside the orb of light, space distorted and lightning wreaked havoc, emitting a terrifying aura capable of destroying the entire continent!
The surrounding air was compressed into a solid state, the ground began to cave in on a massive scale, and even the distant mountain ranges trembled slightly.
Ye Chuan was momentarily stunned, not expecting this Demon King to start with such a devastating move.
"Apocalyptic Annihilation!"
Evelina fiercely thrust her hand downward.
Trailing a long tail of flames, the gigantic purple orb crashed down toward the mountain peak where Ye Chuan stood, like a falling star!
Wherever it passed, space was torn into massive black rifts, and even time seemed to slow down.
The human soldiers closed their eyes in despair.
They knew that once this strike landed, let alone Ye Chuan, the entire battlefield and everything in the surrounding area would be completely leveled to the ground.
But right at that moment, Ye Chuan moved.
He neither dodged nor defended.
The purple orb of light smashed viciously onto his body. The world seemed to lose its color, leaving behind an expanse of absolute darkness.
Everyone held their breath, staring fixedly in the direction of the mountain peak.
A hint of a victorious smile appeared on Evelina's face.
No matter how bizarre this man was, taking her full-power strike head-on meant there was absolutely no way he could survive.
However, in the next second.
The darkness dispersed.
Ye Chuan still stood there quietly, completely unscathed.
The power of chaos slowly circulated around his body, having thoroughly devoured that world-destroying strike until nothing remained. Not even a single stone beneath his feet had shattered.
"...Impossible!"
The smile on Evelina's face instantly froze, replaced by utter disbelief. "That was my full-power strike! It even has a lethal attribute, how could you be completely fine?!"
Ye Chuan did not answer her question.
He slowly raised his hand, and a pitch-black longsword wrapped in black flames appeared out of thin air in his grasp.
The blade emitted a Demon King aura that shared the same origin as Evelina, yet it was far more domineering and pure.
It was the Demon King Sword.
"The Demon King Sword?!"
Evelina was utterly dumbfounded. "How do you have the Demon King Sword?! That is a weapon only a Demon King can possess! Who on earth are you?! Are you a Demon King too?!"
"You don't deserve to know."
Ye Chuan gripped the Demon King Sword tightly. His figure blurred, and he instantly appeared right in front of Evelina.
Flipping his wrist, he slashed the Demon King Sword viciously toward her, accompanied by a sharp screech that seemed to tear through space.
The black sword light sliced through the sky, cleaving even the dark purple clouds in two.
"Clang—!!!"
A deafening crash rang out.
The Demon King Sword struck the transparent barrier in front of Evelina, erupting in a shower of dazzling sparks.
The barrier shook violently, rippling in layers, but it did not shatter.
Evelina's body continuously flashed backward. A trace of lingering fear crossed her face before morphing into a cold sneer.
"I see. Even though you have the Demon King Sword, you simply cannot break through my Demon King's Protection!"
She abruptly raised her hand, and countless black demonic spears condensed from the void, shooting toward Ye Chuan like a torrential downpour.
Ye Chuan swung the Demon King Sword, severing all the spears in his path.
He charged forward once more, clashing directly with Evelina.
The black sword light and purple demonic energy continuously collided, erupting in waves of terrifying shockwaves.
The sky was shattering, and the earth was trembling. The entire world seemed to totter on the verge of collapse amid their battle.
The two exchanged blows back and forth for hundreds of rounds, yet neither managed to land a scratch on the other.
Ye Chuan took a few steps back and halted his attacks.
He looked at the Demon King's Protection shielding Evelina, his brows furrowing slightly.
It was exactly as he had expected.
Without the complete power of a Hero, it was impossible to shatter this barrier.
Evelina also came to a halt. Panting heavily, she stared at Ye Chuan with eyes full of deep apprehension.
She had never encountered such a troublesome opponent.
She couldn't damage him, and she couldn't kill him.
This man was like an unsolvable bug.
Just as the two were locked in a stalemate, something changed.
Ye Chuan suddenly felt an unprecedentedly massive golden power frantically converging toward him from every corner of the Aether Continent.
It was stronger and purer than ever before.
Ye Chuan immediately realized what it was.
The power of the Hero.
Finally, it was about to fully awaken—and this power...
Seemed to be coming right at him?
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