Holy wings grew from Sophie’s back. Golden flames burned within her eyes as she slowly rose into the air, leaving the ground.
The red-haired girl floated in midair, looking down upon everything below with a merciless gaze. Her posture was exactly the same as that of the angels in legend.
“Demon King, Sophie seems to have completely liberated all of her power. This aura is no longer at the Transcendent tier.” Desolate Fire’s voice rang by Via’s ear.
So this is the aura of the Mythical tier?
Via raised her head and looked up at Sophie, who had already transformed into an angel.
She could already sense that the power the other party controlled had surpassed the limits that ordinary people could reach.
This was probably the standard of the Mythical tier.
“This is a Heaven-bestowed Divine Body.”
Sophie looked at her own palm and revealed a meaningful expression.
“In this world, only this body is capable of containing the power of a god.”
“Demon King, in the battle that follows, you must give everything you have.” Desolate Fire reminded her. “Otherwise, both of us will fall here.”
“I know.”
Via raised her wrist.
“Demon King Armament!”
At the same time, Sophie also raised the sword in her hand. She lightly made a slash, and a spatial crack opened behind her.
Like the curtain of a stage being drawn open, heavenly light spilled out from the crack and shattered the night, causing golden radiance to envelop the imperial palace of the Saint Luo Empire and illuminate the world.
As the curtain continuously expanded, a golden holy arm reached out.
That holy arm was like an extension of the angel’s will. It gripped a golden greatsword nearly a hundred meters long and raised it high, as if intending to pierce through the firmament itself.
“Divine Light, Judge the Sins!”
Sophie swung the weapon in her hand downward.
The greatsword gripped by the holy arm transformed into a tangible judgment and fell, like the collapse of the heavens, intending to swallow everything in the world.
“Demon King Armament, move!”
The moment the armament was completed, Via immediately elevated the performance of the Demon King Armament to its limit and operated it at full power, disregarding the consumption of Abyssal Force, all for the sake of reaching the highest speed.
She broke free from the suppression of the divine light upon her body, transformed into a black whirlwind, and avoided being struck head-on by the divine judgment.
Boom!!!
The sacred greatsword landed upon the earth. More than half of the imperial palace turned to ash and smoke in an instant. Terrifying divine power swept forward like a tsunami, crushing even the streets outside the palace.
Along this path, whether they were clerics, demonkin soldiers, or ordinary humans, as long as they were touched by the golden sea of fire, all were annihilated.
“Damn it…”
Via slowly climbed up from the ground. She had suffered a violent impact just now. Her internal organs had shifted. Even with the protection of the Demon King Armament, she had still received considerable injuries and spat out a mouthful of blood.
“Oh, you still haven’t died?” Sophie looked slightly surprised. “It seems you possess transcendental power.”
“Cough, cough…”
Via strove to adjust her breathing. The Demon King bloodline began to take effect. Even after suffering such a heavy blow, she did not immediately collapse. The Abyssal Force within her body attempted to repair the injuries.
However, in order to withstand this wave of attacks, she had lost a considerable amount of Abyssal Force.
“As a messenger of the gods, look at what you just did.”
“I was delivering judgment.”
“Should those ordinary civilians and devout clerics also be judged? They are all believers of the gods!”
Via said somewhat angrily.
In the attack just now, the angel had shown not the slightest concern.
Sophie did not give any response.
It was not that she had been stumped by Via’s words. On that lofty face, there was not even a trace of pity—only coldness and ruthlessness. It seemed that eliminating Via here was the highest priority. As for those who had died in the battle… they were unimportant.
“So this is the true nature of an angel?”
Via realized this point and laughed.
She felt that angels were truly an absurd existence. The clerics devoted such pious faith to them, only to ultimately receive this kind of ending in return.
“Humanity has not yet reached the moment of extinction. At present, it is not yet necessary to carry out protection.” Sophie swung a slash toward the ground below.
A beam of sword light flew down.
“Desolate Fire!”
After avoiding Sophie’s attack, Via leaped into midair.
She thrust the black-flame-burning Desolate Fire into her own body.
Desolate Fire erupted into a vortex of black flames that swallowed the young Demon King. The black flames continuously expanded, blocking several of Sophie’s slashes.
From the center of the black flames, a black berserk beast leaped out.
This was the Demon King Beast born when Via liberated all restrictions, used Abyssal Force and the Demon King bloodline to strengthen the Demon King Armament, and allowed the original wild impulses to occupy her reason.
At the same time, this was the strongest form she currently mastered. Its aura had already surpassed the domain of the Transcendent tier and was extremely close to the Mythical tier.
The Demon King Beast split open its massive jaws, revealing sharp fangs, and let out an ear-piercing roar while charging wildly across the field.
“Roar!!!”
Sophie, who was in midair, continuously swung the sword of judgment in her hand, unleashing sacred slashes, yet all of them were avoided.
The speed of the Demon King Beast continuously increased. It successfully seized a gap in Sophie’s attacks, leaped high, and launched a surprise attack from behind.
Both claws wreathed in black flames slammed against the energy barrier of divine light.
Sophie slightly turned her head and, from the corner of her eye, saw a berserk beast baring its fangs and claws, intending to tear her into pieces.
However, although Via who had become the Demon King Beast was already very close to the Mythical tier, in the end she still did not possess the power of a god.
Faced with a defense constructed from divine power, she was ultimately unable to break through.
“Go down.”
Sophie beat the angel’s wings and sent the Demon King Beast flying, slamming it into the ruins of the Saint Luo Empire’s imperial palace.
She gripped the sword with both hands and unleashed a sharp slash.
The Demon King Beast sensed the attack and wanted to avoid it the same way as before.
However, what fell this time was not sword aura of divine light, but a clone of the angel.
The clone predicted the Demon King Beast’s movements, chased after it, and slashed across the Demon King Beast’s back.
The Demon King Beast let out a wail.
Sophie launched a continuous offensive. A total of four clones dived down and carried out a storm of slashes against the Demon King Beast, completely destroying the Demon King Beast’s defenses.
With the final slash, her true body took action. She brought the sword of judgment down upon the Demon King Beast. Golden divine light soared into the sky and swallowed Via.
During a full five seconds of scouring by divine light, Via’s consciousness grew hazy.
She collapsed onto the ground. The Demon King Beast form was forcibly released. Desolate Fire fell to the ground, cracks appearing on it.
The Demon King Armament transformed into particles and gradually peeled away from her body.
“Fallen one, your end has arrived.”
Via raised her eyes and looked at the angel holding the sword as it walked toward her step by step, preparing to deliver the final termination upon her.
It seemed everything was about to end here.
Unwilling.
She was truly unwilling.
Even unto death, Via could not accept that this life of hers would end in such a way.
She wanted to grasp the Desolate Fire that was about to shatter and fight once more, yet her physical condition could no longer manage it.
The gap in strength was still far too great. She could not shake the divine light.
“Via.”
A familiar voice rang out within Via’s mind.
She felt the flow of time slow down. From the dissipating Demon King Armament, a purple light orb fell out and landed in front of her.
It was her father, Constantine, speaking with her.