Chapter 525: Three Hours - The Second Line

The second hour arrived quietly, bringing silence and heavy pressure.

Deep in the void, black mist poured out like boiling ink.

These were no ordinary Heavenly Demons. There were 50 thousand Demon Lord-level Heavenly Demons. Each one gave off terrifying Law Power at Level 6 or Level 7.

They did not charge forward blindly. Instead, they split into smaller groups and moved in like a flood. They came from the front, the sides, underground, and even through cracks in space.

"Fools who do not know their place."

On the city wall, the silver light in Aiden’s double pupils became brighter. He pushed the Law of Space to its limit.

[Law of Space: Void Restructuring]!

Crack! Crack!

Under Aiden’s power, the original sixteen spatial corridors split apart again and again. In the blink of an eye, they became forty separate corridors.

A cold drop of sweat appeared on Aiden’s forehead.

Forty was already his limit. If he created more than forty-eight corridors, the Law of Space channels would overload and collapse.

"Space alone is not enough."

Aiden took a deep breath and formed a hand seal. The Law of Light inside his body began to surge.

[Law of Light: Holy Radiance]!

Buzz—

His 15% understanding of the Law of Light became a golden rain that fell precisely into all forty corridors.

At that moment, every defender felt warmth spread through their body. Their attacks gained deadly light power, making them several times more effective against the Heavenly Demons.

However, the attack of fifty thousand Demon Lords was terrifying.

On the front line, Faye let out an angry dragon roar. Several deep wounds had appeared on her huge body, cutting all the way to the bone.

"Roar!"

Then three painful dragon cries rang out.

To protect the retreating defenders behind them, three pure-blooded dragons were struck down from the sky by several Level 7 Demon Lords working together.

They crashed heavily into the ground. No one knew whether they were still alive.

"Damn Heavenly Demons! Die!"

Inside the seventh corridor, Victor was covered in blood. His Fearless Spear turned into countless streaks of light.

Slash! Slash! Slash!

He pierced through the cores of three Level 6 Demon Lords, turning them into black smoke.

But before he could catch his breath, a fourth Demon Lord burst out from underground like a ghost. A black parasitic 10tacle pierced straight through Victor’s left shoulder.

Crack.

Victor’s Law Armor shattered at once. The black parasitic Law of the Heavenly Demons moved like a living thing, spreading wildly through his wound and trying to consume his life force.

"Victor, fall back!"

Aiden’s voice exploded beside him like thunder.

Aiden raised one hand and pointed. A pure beam of white light crossed space and struck Victor’s left shoulder in an instant.

[Law of Light: Grand Purification]!

Sizzle—

A sharp burning sound filled the air. The black parasitic Law twisted wildly beneath the holy light before it vanished completely.

"Pfft..."

On the city wall, Aiden swayed slightly, and a thin line of blood ran from the corner of his mouth.

Purifying Victor across such a great distance had used about five percent of Aiden’s remaining Law Power. Since he was already maintaining forty corridors, it was an extremely heavy cost.

"Aiden, hold on! Leave the middle line to us!"

From the middle defensive line, Cheryl shouted and pressed both hands against the ground.

[Frozen Domain: Absolute Zero]!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Absolute zero spread across the battlefield. Every Demon Lord-level Heavenly Demon trying to break through within several miles was frozen into an ice statue.

"Kill them!"

Rainn moved like lightning. The power of the Primordial Miko’s inheritance became countless runes in the sky, joining with Nellie’s Radiant Thorns.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The frozen Demon Lords were shattered by the thorns and runes, breaking apart into pieces of ice.

Cheryl’s face had turned pale. The extreme-cold crystals around her shattered one after another.

Sixty-five crystals.

In only a little over thirty minutes, sixty-five of the ninety-nine extreme-cold crystals had already been used up.

Rumble—

Above Celestial Imperial City, the sound of Earth’s Laws rebuilding echoed like endless thunder.

The final second of the second hour finally passed, carried away by the cries of countless warriors.

The black mist over the battlefield began to thin. During this wave, another 700 thousand Heavenly Demons were completely destroyed, including more than half of the Demon Lords.

But the human side had paid a terrible price.

Nine members of the Dragon Clan were seriously injured. Twelve members of the Ironblood Battalion were close to death. Seven Celestial Guards had completely lost their ability to fight.

Aiden looked down at the Law Timer on his wrist.

[Earth Rebuilding Progress: 78%]

Only one hour remained before the rebuilding was complete.

But everyone holding the defensive line was already close to collapse.

"Ha... ha..."

Inside the seventh corridor, Victor dropped to one knee. He held himself up with his spear and gasped for breath.

He looked at his burned left shoulder, gritted his teeth, and forced himself to stand again. He picked up his blade, his eyes filled with fierce determination.

"I’m not dead yet! Heavenly Demons, come at me!"

On the middle defensive line, Cheryl’s body shook violently. The extreme-cold Law inside her was close to freezing her alive.

But the Frozen Domain covering the battlefield was still holding strong. It showed no sign of weakening.

Everyone waited.

They waited for the final hour, or for death to come first.

...

The third hour finally arrived.

The silence in the void was broken by a sharp tearing sound, as if an invisible hand had ripped open the entire sky.

[Earth Rebuilding Progress: 78%]

The timer on Aiden’s wrist changed without a sound, marking the start of the final battle.

Rumble—

Black lightning danced inside the rift in the sky. This time, what came out was not a group of weak soldiers.

20 thousand Demon Lord-level Heavenly Demons filled the sky, carrying an aura that promised total destruction.

The weakest of them had Level 7 Law Power. Several had even reached the terrifying Level 9.

But the 20 thousand Demon Lords were not what filled everyone with despair.

It was the terrible divine-level will slowly waking up deep inside the rift.

"Roar!"

A furious roar passed through layers of seals and shook the entire Celestial Imperial City.

It belonged to one of the Seven Pillars of the Abyss: the Pillar of Wrath.

Its true body had not fully awakened yet. But its rage had already formed a partial physical body made of Law Power and forced its way across the void.

An enormous being made of Law Power slowly rose from the black mist. It stood eight hundred meters tall.

Dark red demonic flames burned across its body. Wherever it went, space twisted from the heat, and even the Laws of the world were burned away.

"Damn it. That’s divine-level power, even if it’s only a small part of it leaking through!"

On the city walls, countless Reclassers turned pale and trembled uncontrollably.

"Everyone, pull back the defensive line!"

Aiden’s voice boomed in every warrior’s ears like thunder. It carried an authority no one could question.

"Abandon the outer defenses. Turn the battlefield into eight main paths. Focus all firepower there!"

He slammed his hands together. Space shifted. The original forty spatial corridors collapsed at once and were forced into eight golden roads that stretched from earth to sky.

The 20 thousand Demon Lords and the eight-hundred-meter Wrath entity charged down those eight paths.

The Wrath entity led the attack. With every step it took, more of the ground melted.

It raised a massive fist covered in demonic fire, large enough to block out the sky, and smashed it toward Celestial Imperial City’s Law barrier.

Boom!

The blow felt as though it had struck everyone directly in the heart.

The once-unbreakable Law shield melted like snow the moment it touched the destructive flames.

With a harsh cracking sound, a huge gap over one hundred meters wide was burned through the shield.

Demonic fire poured through the opening, ready to swallow the defenders behind it.

"Extreme Cold... descend!"

At that critical moment, a clear cry rang across the battlefield.

Cheryl shot into the sky. Her silver hair flew in the wind as she raised her hands, holding up a blue-white light.

[Frozen Domain: Absolute Zero]!

The ultimate power of ice became a flood of frozen energy that surged into the sky, meeting the Demon Lord’s powerful demonic flames head-on.

The clash of ice and fire filled the sky with white mist. Space itself kept collapsing and rebuilding.

But the Wrath flames were far too powerful. They were rapidly eating away at Cheryl’s extreme-cold Law Power.

Cheryl’s face went pale. The magic inside her was draining at a terrifying speed.

Crack! Crack!

The extreme-cold crystals around her began to shatter.

34.

20.

10.

In just 30 seconds, all 34 crystals turned into blue-white dust.

The moment the final crystal broke, the flames burst through without anything left to stop them and struck Cheryl directly.

Bang!

The Law armor on the right side of her body shattered at once. Wild demonic fire burned through the skin on her right shoulder.

"Ahhh!"

A terrible pain hit her. Cheryl cried out and fell to one knee in midair, cold sweat covering her forehead.

But her eyes had never been more determined.

"Freeze... now!"

Cheryl clenched her teeth until they cracked. With her final strength, she burned her own life force.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The gap burned open by the demonic flames was sealed in an instant by ancient ice that would never melt. The second wave of Heavenly Demons charging through the opening was frozen as well.

She had done it.

At the cost of serious injuries, she had stopped the Heavenly Demons’ attack.

But her body had no strength left. She fell helplessly from the sky.

"Cheryl!"