Chapter 444: The Secret Realm Opens
In this era, even gods were restricted and could not easily descend to Earth.
Owning the Floating City meant having absolute control of the skies, as well as a trump card powerful enough to suppress everything.
"The Supreme God Temple will take this."
Aiden’s voice was calm, but it carried an unquestionable dominance, as if the Floating City already belonged to him.
Luke looked troubled and continued his report.
"Lord, the news has already spread everywhere. The whole Earth is in an uproar now."
"Not only are the remaining forces of the Azurecloud Empire and the Ironwall Federation secretly contacting each other, but even hidden families like the Wycliffe Family and the Dawes Family have come out of seclusion. They are all determined to seize this divine weapon."
"The number of spots to enter the secret realm is extremely limited. The various forces have already started fighting in secret. The situation is a complete mess."
"A mess?"
Aiden sneered and slowly stood up. His Magic Apprentice robe moved without wind, making a sharp fluttering sound.
"In the face of absolute power, so-called chaos is nothing more than the struggle of clowns."
"Send out my Supreme God Order. Summon Victor and Jade. They will come with me."
Victor, a Mythic Rank Fearless Warrior. With one giant sword, he could split the sky.
Jade, a Mythic Rank Divine-Eyed Swordsman. His sword intent was profound, and his killing power was unmatched.
These two top geniuses of the younger generation of the Great Shaw Empire were the sharpest spears of the Supreme God Temple.
"And me!"
A clear but extremely firm voice rang out in the garden.
Cheryl strode over in a battle Miko outfit, a delicate Miko weapon hanging at her waist.
Her beautiful eyes were fixed on Aiden. They were filled with stubbornness and a look that allowed no refusal.
"Aiden, I have to go this time. The inheritance of the Primordial Miko is guiding me. There is karma inside that belongs to the Miko Clan."
"And... I don’t want to keep watching you face danger alone."
Seeing the determination in the young woman’s eyes, Aiden was slightly stunned. Then he gave a free and easy smile.
"Alright. Then we’ll go together."
Eira watched the scene from the side. A complicated and reluctant look flashed through her phoenix-like eyes.
But she was the ruler of a nation, and she understood better than anyone the heavy burden Aiden carried.
Facing the coming great crisis of the Abyss, Aiden had to become stronger—strong enough to cover the sky with one hand.
She slowly walked up to Aiden and raised her fair, slender fingers, gently straightening his slightly messy collar.
Then she stood on tiptoe and leaned close to his ear. Her breath was soft and warm, and her voice was gentle, filled with deep affection.
"Promise me you’ll come back safely. The Great Shaw Empire needs you, and I... need you too."
The warm breath brushed past his ear. Aiden’s heart softened. He reached out and pulled the Empress’s soft body tightly into his arms.
Then he let her go, turned around, and strode away.
"Wait for me to return."
Half a day later, at the edge of the Great Shaw Empire, near the entrance to the Land of Fallen Gods.
The once calm void now looked as if it had been torn open by a giant blade, revealing a dark crack that stretched for tens of thousands of miles.
Rolling thunder roared along the edge of the crack. Inside it, colorful but extremely violent storms of Laws raged without end.
Countless powerful figures from hundreds of nations and hidden families had already gathered there. They were packed together in huge numbers, like a swarm of locusts.
The moment Aiden arrived with the powerful warriors of the Great Shaw Empire, the noisy wasteland instantly fell into a deathly silence.
Everyone’s eyes, filled with awe and fear, fell on this young "Supreme God who guarded the nation."
Rumble!
At that moment, a world-shaking boom suddenly burst from the crack in the void.
The ancient gate of the secret realm slowly opened.
But as the gate opened, an indescribable killing intent swept out from the depths of the secret realm like a tsunami. It was so terrifying that it almost froze the soul.
The killing intent was so strong that every powerful person present felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave. The Strength inside their bodies almost stopped moving.
At that moment, everyone clearly understood one thing.
This battlefield that was about to open had once been a Shura hell ten thousand years ago—a place where even gods had fallen.
Boom!
It was not ordinary wind.
It was the hatred and evil energy left behind when gods died ten thousand years ago. It had turned into a real blood-red storm and was now rushing wildly out of the dark crack.
"Ahhh!"
Several Reclassers from the Azurecloud Empire had been standing too close. Before they could even scream properly, their eyes turned bloodshot.
They grabbed their heads and rolled madly on the ground, trapped in endless visions of fear.
"Spirit defense! Put up Spirit barriers now!"
Behind them, an elder from the hidden Wycliffe Family shouted sharply, his face filled with shock.
But in front of this evil storm that could tear the soul apart, Aiden simply stood there in silence.
The blood-red wind blew against his robe, but his body remained still, like an ancient pine tree rooted to the earth.
After countless opportunities and the nourishment of Inner Spirit fragments, his soul had already grown far beyond that of ordinary people.
This evil energy was not even strong enough to be called a god’s Wraithshard. It could not stir even the smallest ripple deep within his soul.
"Aiden, something is wrong with this evil energy. My Ksitigarbha sense is warning me."
Jenna took a deep breath and closed her eyes. Around her, the faint phantom of Ksitigarbha flickered.
She was now a level 70 Mythic Rank Ksitigarbha’s Emissary, and her sense for danger had become extremely sharp.
"It’s fine. Stay close to me."
Aiden’s voice was calm, but it carried a reassuring Strength that no one could question.
Beside him, Cheryl held her Miko weapon in her hand. Her dark-red battle Miko armor shone in the blood-red wind.
Her beautiful eyes were full of determination, and she stayed close to him without moving a single step away.
In the Great Shaw Empire’s group, Victor stood with a heavy sword planted at his side. His blood energy burned like a furnace. His level 75 power was clear for all to see, burning away the evil energy that came near him.
A strange dark light flashed deep in Jade’s eyes. As a level 73 Divine-Eyed Assassin, the short blade at her waist was releasing a cold, deadly killing intent.
Nellie slowly raised her hand. Countless faintly glowing thorns appeared and disappeared in the air around her. This level 74 Radiant Thornqueen was already ready to strike at any moment.
"Move."
Aiden said only one word.
Then he stepped forward first, turning into a blur as he charged straight into the black crack, facing the blood-red storm that could tear apart the soul.
The people of the Great Shaw Empire followed without the slightest hesitation.
Seeing this, the Reclassers from the other nations and the geniuses from the hidden families gritted their teeth. They also used their life-saving skills and turned into streams of light, rushing into the secret realm.
Buzz—
The moment they passed through the space tunnel, their vision suddenly opened up.
But what they saw was even more desolate and bloody.
The sky was a strange dark red. The ground was covered with dried bloodstains left from ten thousand years ago, as well as ancient bones as huge as mountains.
"Roar!"
Before the Reclassers who had entered could even steady themselves, terrifying roars came from the blood-red mist around them.
Boom. Boom. Boom.
Heavy footsteps shook the whole land violently.
Dozens of huge figures strode out of the mist. They wore broken heavy armor, and ghostly green soul flames burned in their eyes.
"They’re ancient undead warriors!"
"Damn it! They’re all elite monsters above level 70! Why are we facing monsters of this level the moment we come in?!"
An elite squad from the Ironwall Federation was instantly targeted by one undead warrior.
Their heavy shield shattered into pieces under the strike of the undead warrior’s giant sword.
Screams immediately rang out one after another.
"Form up! Defend!"
The geniuses of the Wycliffe Family also turned pale. In a panic, they released all kinds of defensive skills, looking extremely miserable for a moment.
These undead warriors had tough bodies, feared no death, and were wrapped in terrifying evil energy.
Even the top geniuses from different nations were caught off guard and forced into a difficult position.
"Roar!"
Three undead warriors, each ten meters tall, locked onto Aiden and his group.
They roared and swung their rusty giant swords, each one a hundred meters long. The swords fell with a fierce wind pressure that seemed able to tear open space itself.
"You’re asking to die."
Aiden did not even lift his eyelids.
He only slowly raised his right hand and lightly clenched his fingers in the air.
Rumble!
In an instant, above the dark-red sky, blinding purple-gold lightning suddenly tore through the clouds without warning.
It was the Strength of the Law of Thunder!
[Ding! Detected that the host has cast a basic Lightning Spell. 10,000x critical hit triggered!]
[10,000x critical hit successful! "Lightning Spell" has been upgraded to—"Heavens Thunder Art: World-Ending Divine Punishment"!]
What had originally been only a basic single-target lightning spell was instantly transformed, under the power of the 10,000x critical hit, into an endless sea of thunder that covered the sky.
Blinding lightning lit up the dark-red sky for tens of thousands of miles.
The violent Law of Thunder turned into countless giant dragons, each thousands of meters long. They roared and rolled through the clouds.
"Th-that’s a Magic Apprentice skill?!"
A genius from the Azurecloud Empire, who had been forced back step by step by the undead warriors, suddenly looked up.
When he saw the sea of lightning that looked like the end of the world, his legs went weak, and he collapsed onto the ground.
"This Law energy... how can it be this strong?!"
Nellie’s beautiful eyes opened wide. Her soft lips parted slightly, and the shock in her eyes could not be hidden at all.
"Fall."
Aiden calmly spoke one word.
Then his clenched right hand swung down.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Countless purple-gold lightning dragons tore through the air. Carrying the power of law that could destroy everything, they poured down like a raging storm.
Every bolt of lightning contained a pure yang power that could wipe out the world and suppress all evil.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The dozens of level 70 undead warriors had seemed unstoppable just moments ago. They had forced the geniuses of every nation into a miserable state.
But the instant they touched the lightning, they did not even have time to scream.
They were turned straight into nothing.
And that was not all.
The blood-red mist and terrifying evil energy within tens of thousands of meters were also completely wiped away by that single strike.
At that moment, the world became clear again.
The whole battlefield fell into a deathly silence.
Only the burnt smell left in the air and the tiny arcs of lightning flashing from time to time proved that the miracle-like scene just now had not been an illusion.
One strike.
The entire field was cleared.
Gulp.
Someone swallowed.
In the silent wasteland, the sound was especially clear.
All the surviving Reclassers from the different nations now looked at Aiden in a completely different way.
It was no longer the look one gave to a genius of the same generation.
It was the look one gave to a god.
Or to a monster.
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