Chapter 645: The Outbreak of the Battle between the Abyss and Hell

Except for two uncooperative areas, the entire 422nd-layer realm was governed by the rules of Astymos, the lord of hell, making it his domain or even his divine kingdom. Those two areas were the Ruins of Azar and the End of Bachard—places where the wills and auras of once-mighty demon lords persisted stubbornly, even after being exposed to the forces of evil outside the abyss.

Receiving the gifts offered by Donald, Astymos waved his hand to unleash powerful evil energies. The mortals infused with hellish power struggled as their bodies grew larger, with magical horns emerging—curved, pointed, or spiral-shaped. Most evolved into intelligent demon forms such as horned demons and succubi. Though their appearance differed from those in the abyss, they could now be called devils.

The demons and other creatures, including humans, who became part of the hellish forces pledged loyal allegiance to their most powerful king, Astymos, the Lord of Hell. After offering devout worship, Astymos, who was originally just a lord of hell, immediately felt a force of rules emerging within him, sparking divine flames.

Seeing this, Donald said, “What are you waiting for? Seize this chance to become a god!”

Prompted by his master, Astymos realized he had met the conditions to ignite the divine fire—a goal he had long pursued since he was a demi-god demon. Back then, despite his extensive experience and his master’s guidance, he had failed to comprehend the true nature of divinity. Now that the divine fire arose spontaneously within him, Astymos immediately mobilized all his strength to begin transforming himself through the flames of rules.

With his already formidable physique, rivaling that of a mid-tier god, the transformation proceeded smoothly, taking barely half an hour. Only a small part of his soul remained, undergoing its final transformation.

At that moment, unwelcome guests arrived from outside the hellish realm.

Previously, this incarnation of the true god, Donald, had slaughtered countless demons in the Abyss, yet he remained unaffected at critical moments, sticking to his original faction without any corruption or degeneration. This had angered the Abyss. Later, he used Astymos as a means to achieve his own goals, separating Layer 422 from the Abyss’s control to establish its own realm—a move that violated the last boundary of the Abyss’s will. Making it easy for the Hell dimension to stand firmly above the Abyss was no longer possible.

Upon realizing it could not stop Hell from leaving, the Abyss immediately sent its forces to attack, surrounding the Hell dimension. The first batch of one and a half demi-god demon lords and three legendary demon lords led tens of thousands of demons to block Hell’s path.

Yet Donald showed no fear. If it had been two lower-tier god-level demons, he might have hesitated, but with one demi-god and three legends—even with the advantage of being on home ground—they were merely there to deliver him reinforcements, especially since they were already outside the Abyss’s domain.

Just as Donald prepared to deal with these enemies and wait for Astymos to succeed in becoming a god, he saw that the demons, including the four demon lords, were merely surrounding the Hell dimension below, doing something without launching an attack or advancing further.

When Donald grew curious and wanted to find out what they were up to, he saw the demons in front of him slash their chests with blades. Their demonic blood sprayed out like flowers in the void, and then these demons exploded into clouds of blood mist.

Following their prior arrangements, this blood converged in the void to form a massive and evil magic circle. Not only the demons but also the four great demon lords began to shed blood. With the addition of one demi-god demon lord and three legendary demon lords, the massive magic circle was quickly completed. Before Donald could think of destroying it, it emitted a blood-red, dark glow and connected with the Abyss world below.

The sacrificial power unleashed in an instant by the blood and souls of tens of thousands of demons, including the four lords, was extremely powerful. Even Donald dared not confront it head-on and could only watch as their plan unfolded.

A dark, blood-red pillar pierced through most of the lower layers of the Abyss. In an instant, those dimensions seemed to be lifted by an invisible giant hand, rising toward the direction of the Hell dimension.

“I see!”

Seeing this situation, Donald already guessed what the Will of the Abyss was up to. After doing some calculations in his mind, he realized that although this situation posed a crisis for the newly born Hell, it could also be an opportunity for the Hell dimension to grow and strengthen. So Donald simply chose not to intervene. After all, even if the Hell dimension was destroyed, he could still rescue Astymos, thus achieving his goal of weakening the power of the Abyss. If Hell could hold on, it would eventually develop into a powerful world capable of competing with the Abyss, or at least capable of facing the entire Lower Abyss. By then, the benefits he and Astymos could reap would be immeasurable! Due to Donald’s inaction, several major worlds in the lower layers of the Abyss quickly rose from below and gradually moved closer to the Hell dimension. Eventually, Pazunia, the first layer of the Abyss, settled directly to the right of Hell, separated from it only by a narrow strip of space. Because of its vast internal space and spiral structure, the Abyss moved much more easily than normal material dimensions, especially with the active control of the Will of the Abyss and the immense power derived from the blood of tens of thousands of demons as fuel. It seemed the Will of the Abyss was determined to eradicate Hell—a dimension that had betrayed it and split away the power granted by the universe—willing to pay any price for it. While Donald was still marveling at the Will of the Abyss’s determination, tens of thousands of demons surged toward Hell through the Plains of Ten Thousand Abysses on Pazunia’s first layer. The vast chasm between the two dimensions was impossible for ordinary people to cross, but for the powerful demons who possessed space teleportation abilities and could fly, it was hardly a long distance at all. After reaching the borders of Hell, these demons brought the atmosphere of the Abyss with them, clearly intent on eroding Hell’s rules and pulling it back into the Bottomless Abyss. Naturally, Donald wouldn’t let the Abyss’s plan succeed. He used his powerful strength to move all these demons who had entered Hell’s territory to other locations. Under Hell’s rules, these demons would soon change sides and become part of the devils. In the early days of Hell’s creation, its vast space, on par with that of the former main world, was empty due to the lack of living beings. Next, Donald, in the name of the lord, sent the group of devils under Astymos to the front lines to engage the demons head-on.

These new recruits of hell need to go through the trials of war in order to be tempered by the trials and grow quickly!
A bloody battle has erupted between hell and the abyss!