Volume 29: The War of the Divine Kingdom
Chapter 564: The Attack of Demons
As Donald proclaimed his declaration to the main world and the entire multiverse, the star in the sky, which had suddenly stopped rising due to the backlash from the plane, once again emitted a dazzling glow and accelerated its ascent with renewed force!
The Divine Kingdom, which had been rising steadily before, came to a halt the moment the backlash occurred—Donald felt as though an immense weight had suddenly been placed upon him, causing his ascent to stop abruptly. But it was only a temporary halt. For Donald, who had only exerted 30% of his strength before, these pressures were not insurmountable. By putting in another 20% of his strength, he easily pushed his Divine Kingdom upward again, toward the stars!
However, to deceive any enemies lurking in the shadows, Donald deliberately pretended to struggle, aiming to lure them out. After all, apart from igniting the Divine Flame, this was the most vulnerable moment for a true god. Those with grudges against Donald would surely take this opportunity to avenge themselves!
Donald’s hard work paid off. Once they realized his strained performance while holding the throne wasn’t fake, the hidden enemies hesitated no longer.
A black lightning bolt suddenly appeared in the sky above the forests in the western part of the Cloudy Mountains. Like a black sword, it sliced through the spatial rift, revealing a dark, corrupt, chaotic, and evil atmosphere, as well as abyssal demons with evil and greedy eyes on the other side!
Once the spatial rift stabilized, the demons on the other side could no longer hold back and rushed out!
Although most demons lacked the energy to fly, the rift was located high in the sky—just a few dozen feet above the ground. For their strong physiques and rapid recovery abilities, this height was nothing. With a single leap, they crashed onto the treetops and ground below, then got up as if nothing had happened. Even those unlucky enough to break a leg could recover in just a few minutes!
Tens of thousands of abyssal creatures poured out of the spatial rift, spreading like clouds of darkness in Donald’s direction. It was a truly chaotic scene of demons in turmoil!
The moment the spatial rift appeared, several powerful guardians beneath Donald stepped forward.
“Finally! Leave these scum to me!”
Already growing impatient after waiting for so long, the Demon Sword Carlisle couldn’t wait to fill his secondary artifact, the Blood Demon Sword, with the blood of demons! Although there were numerous demons in this group, they posed no threat at all to Donald’s guardians! Most of them were merely mid-to-low-level demons. There were very few high-level demons above Silver rank or Golden Archdemons, and even those with titles or ranks were nothing but targets that could be slain with a single swing of their sword! The few present considered the true power of the King of the North to be the highest, so they served as commanders in protecting Donald during his reign. With the approval of this true god, Carlisle licked his lips, smirked, and swiftly drew his dark red great sword before leaving his own camp. The next moment, his tall and agile figure—two heads taller than ordinary people—appeared among the low-level demons. Without using any complex sword techniques, he swung his eight-foot-long sword in a circle, sending sharp sword energy from its blade that instantly slaughtered all the demonic creatures within dozens of feet. The demons affected by the power of the Blood Demon Sword were drained of their blood in an instant, turning into dried corpses with no color left in their pupils. “Haha! So satisfying…” Wielding his Bloodline Sword and drinking the blood of demons, Carlisle was invincible among them. Even when a few high-level Silver demons and Golden Archdemons sneaked in among the low-level demons to launch surprise attacks, he killed them effortlessly, as smoothly as flowing clouds, without any hesitation. This feeling was incredibly exhilarating for Carlisle, who had an innate strong intuition in combat. At the height of his excitement, this legendary Sword Saint simply unleashed his Blood Battle Domain, enveloping groups of demons and swiftly slaughtering them. Gradually, hundreds of thousands of the demons that appeared first suffered heavy casualties—far more dead than wounded! Donald, who was hovering in mid-air maintaining the posture of lifting the divine kingdom, couldn’t help but feel relieved that he had prepared in advance by acquiring several Soul Balls, secondary artifacts designed to capture the souls of potential enemies, which now proved useful. The demons slain by the Blood Demon Sword generally had their core shattered, causing their soul energy to scatter. Most of it was absorbed by the Blood Demon Sword, while the rest was captured by the Soul Balls, though only a small portion of their complete souls. Yet, due to the sheer number, if it were fragments of soul balls, they would likely already be filled to capacity!
With the ability to draw power from the blood and souls of enemies, the Blood Demon Sword—a sub-legendary artifact with evolutionary capabilities—is a weapon of great potential even for true gods. Donald designed it precisely because Carlisle, a battle-obsessed maniac, was the perfect candidate to unleash the full power of the Blood Demon Sword!
Although hundreds of thousands of demons were scattered, Carlisle’s legendary speed and agility were so fast that these demons, even those below legendary status, had no chance to evade. Under the confinement of his domain power, he wiped them out one by one, quickly turning this army of demons into a scattered mass fleeing in panic.
Carlisle, the legendary Sword Saint, fought with great enthusiasm, while the high-ranking demons behind the spatial rifts grew increasingly anxious!
Dozens of powerful abyssal creatures of legendary status emerged—all were powerful demons such as Temptation Demons, Soul Judgers, Assassination Demons, Six-Armed Snake Demons, Abyssal Alchemists, and Barro Fire Demons!
Their imposing aura could be felt across thousands of miles.
Along with these legendary demons came large numbers of powerful hunters like Silver Hunt Spiders and Golden Hunt Spiders.
Apart from most of the legendary demons, Donald’s guardians immediately noticed that leading those spider armies were several legendary demons—beings with an aura vastly different from that of ordinary demons, yet just as ugly as most demonic creatures!
These monsters had the upper bodies of handsome men and beautiful women with grayish-black skin, all naked—some with attractive curves and full breasts, others with perfect golden ratio V-tapered physiques with six-pack abs. But when looking downward, it became clear that their lower bodies were not human at all—they were covered in fur, with eight scythe-like legs, some even oozing green mucus, in the form of disgusting spiders.
This combination of beauty and ugliness made everyone who saw them feel a sense of discomfort, finding it extremely awkward and repulsive.
“Spider-Transformed Elves—”
Having spent a century in the dark realms, they naturally knew about these most taboo non-human existences among dark elves. Even Carlisle, who remained calm in the face of hundreds of thousands of demons, couldn’t help but shout in shock!
For dark elves, becoming a Spider-Transformed Elf was the spider queen’s cruelest punishment—not only was the process extremely painful, but they also had to take on that ugly form, something utterly unacceptable for elves who naturally valued beauty!
Even dark elves retain some elven traits, inherited through their bloodline—a mark that cannot be easily changed by shifting allegiances! All dark elves who transform into spider elves end up with twisted and chaotic souls, becoming killing machines at the service of the Spider Queen. Since those chosen for this transformation are usually specially selected—dark elves who have committed crimes of blasphemy or great disrespect against the goddess—such individuals are typically elites among dark elves, further increasing the success rate of the transformation! All resentment and hatred turn into powerful and twisted negative forces, allowing the successfully transformed dark elves to gain significant strength. Usually, after transformation, they possess peak golden-level power, and after some time of adaptation, they can easily advance to the legendary realm. These twisted killing machines created by the Spider Queen, the spider elves, often wield the domain of slaughter! Of course, faced with dozens of legendary demons and legendary spider elves, Carlisle was merely surprised by chance. Although his side had fewer numbers, it was backed by true god warriors, with most of the rest being demigods—so the number of legendary warriors was even less than that of demigods! Neither the legendary monster spider elves nor the powerful demon armies could inspire fear in them. The appearance of the spider elves immediately exposed the mastermind behind the attack—everyone knew that only the Abyssal Demon Goddess, the Spider Queen Flora, the dark elf goddess, could control such creatures! As the Spider Queen’s favorite, this goddess would not allow any other being to control the killing machines she created. As a demon lord whose divine kingdom was established in the abyssal plane, the Spider Queen could also be considered a demi-demon lord, so it was not surprising that she could mobilize such a large army of demons. After the appearance of the legendary demons, they split into two groups. The smaller group, along with a few spider elves, teamed up to hold off Donald’s protective forces, such as the King of the North. Meanwhile, the larger group of legendary demons headed straight for the true god who was in mid-air, establishing his divine kingdom and seemingly unable to be distracted!
A figure that was somewhat different from Donald’s true form but almost identical to it appeared before him. This body, with even stronger elven traits, turned a blind eye to the attack by a group of legendary demons and instead stared coldly at the Arachnid Elves in the distance, uttering words of disgust: “To create such twisted creatures that should not exist and violate the laws of nature—you’d better destroy yourselves!” With that, he threw his spear into the air. Beneath the stars formed from the Divine Kingdom, a dazzling green meteor appeared. As it fell, it split into thousands of tiny starlight particles, descending like a meteor shower toward the earth. Its range was so vast that it covered almost all the powerful enemies, including the legendary demons and Arachnid Elves.