Chapter 720: The Abyss's Counterattack
(It's a little late today, and the second chapter will be delivered later!)
In fact, Zariel's purpose in doing this was not only to take revenge on Baltezu, a cunning traitor, but also to her own considerations.
Because of the strength of the Eight Dark Demon Generals personally appointed by the King of Hell, and the construction of the Hell Gate Fort at the forefront of the bloody battle, it actually weakened a large part of her real power as the first layer lord of the Nine Layers of Hell, so during this period of time, Zarel openly and secretly absorbed many subordinates to supplement his own power.
This time, he appointed an old acquaintance, Baltezu, as his commander, and there was no such consideration.
Although she also knew that Baltezu was not a good type, but how could the other devil powerhouses not be ambitious, and covet her position as the lord of hell all the time? After all, as long as she served as the lord of a layer of hell, then it was a step to the sky, and even low-level devils could obtain power comparable to that of true gods and almost immortal life.
Moreover, the power that Hell gives to the Devil Lord is more advantageous than the Abyssal Will, not only does it not affect its own sanity, but also has relatively fewer competitors. This indicates that the position of the Hell Lord will be more secure, and there will not be many changes.
Therefore, Zariel had the confidence to suppress Baltezu, who had fallen to the demigod level, and trampled him under his feet and ravaged him at will.
The Nine Layers of Hell stood still and watched the battle between the gods of justice and the abyss, and until the two sides decided the winner, as long as the battle did not spread to the hell, they would not be able to make a move.
After all, no matter compared to the alliance of dozens of righteous true gods or the bottomless abyss, Hell is a new weak force, and that side is stronger than them, in case it makes a rash move, provoking a blow from both sides. Then it is likely that the little advantage that was previously occupied will be destroyed.
This is known to the demons of hell, to several lords and commanders, and even more so to Astimos, the king of hell.
The Radiant Coalition attacked the abyss with lightning speed, and caught the abyss by surprise. The first layer of Pazunia had soon fallen, and the vanguard led by several lower gods and demigods had already begun to move towards the next level.
For the past endless years, dark clouds have shrouded the vast plains, hiding potential dangers. An oppressive red sun bathes the entire dimension in scorching heat and harsh daylight.
Now the red sunlight was gone, replaced by a dazzling ball of blazing fire, radiating endless brilliance, spreading throughout Pazunia, dissipating the chaotic and evil aura here, eroding and changing the laws of the first level of the abyss.
The huge pits scattered throughout this level are now as busy as the entrances to an anthill. An army of countless celestial beings is flying into the pit like dumplings, plunging deeper into the horrors of the depths.
The gods in the pantheon were all watching the situation on the battlefield, and the previous noise was gone, only a few true gods were silently communicating through their minds.
Donald left only a wisp of the true divine will in the pantheon, paying attention to the movements of the gods. Most of the energy is focused on the abyss. The True Body of the Law has secretly infiltrated the ninth layer of Hell Nessers. Communicate with the River Styx and observe the situation of the entire battlefield through the River Styx.
Now the River Styx has spread to the tenth layer of the abyss, so Donald undoubtedly has a clear view of the current war taking place in the first three layers of the abyss.
Because of the strength of the gods of justice, the abyss has no ability to respond to this raid in time. By the time the Abyssal Will reacted and gathered a group of demon armies to start counterattacking, the Radiant Alliance had already reached the ninth layer.
In the meantime, the three glorious gods who were the commanders of the coalition forces this time did not make a move at all, and only relied on their respective celestial armies led by their gods to break through the great abyss one after another, and the demon side was basically overwhelmed, as if they were tough thugs, they pierced the defense line of the weak girl in the abyss.
Until the ninth floor. Only then did the Radiant Coalition encounter stubborn resistance and engage in a battle with the Abyssal Army on this level.
Donald was very familiar with the environment of the ninth-layer White Bone Wasteland and the eighth-layer barbarian demon plane, and it was here that he dealt with the two shallow abyss lords, Duke of Bones Yesin, the king of undead skeletons, and Ahab, the king of power demons.
The Abyss side chose to intercept the Radiant Intruder at this level, and it was not without its own intentions.
First of all, after the loss of the two lords. The two intersecting planes of the Bone Wasteland and the Barbarian Demon Plane have become the fat meat that many demon lords in the vicinity compete for, and every powerful demon with a certain strength wants to bite a piece of it.
Even powerful demons far away in the deeper layers of the abyss have the behavior of reaching into this place. This is a very normal behavior in the abyssal world, which is always full of chaos and killing.
However, because the two-seat plane is not the kind of large plane that can accommodate the first layer of Pazunia in the Abyss Plain. But it is also an independent abyss level, and even a powerful existence like the three giants of the abyss will inevitably covet it.
Therefore, many years have passed, and the ownership of these two seats has still not been determined, which is also a normal phenomenon, unless there is a decisive force, or a superb strategy, and luck is successful, otherwise under the intervention of many forces, the ownership of these two seats may not be determined even for decades.
Moreover, if the lord is not determined, there will be no complete power, since all parties are fighting for this plane, then it is undoubtedly the most suitable to use this place as a battlefield, even if it is destroyed in the end, no demon lord will be saddened by this, and his strength will be greatly reduced.
"What do you think?"
In the palace of Nessos, the ninth layer of hell, Donald's true body asked the king of hell, Astimus, about the current situation of the Abyss War.
"I think the abyss may suffer some damage, but the Radiant Alliance is doomed to failure, if they can see the good and take it, they may be able to evacuate the abyss with the least loss, otherwise, even if they can finally reach the middle level of the abyss, it will definitely be a huge loss, maybe the incarnations of those gods will also fall a lot. ”
Donald was positive for Astimus's answer.
"If the Endless Abyss is so easy to solve, it has been purified by the ancient gods as early as ancient times!"
From his interactions with the Lord of Radiance and his doppelganger, the Fallen Monarch, Donald has learned many ancient secrets that the gods of today do not know. Therefore, he had a general understanding of the entanglements, and was therefore convinced that the battle would end in defeat for the gods of justice.
In the ancient period of the multiverse, the gods were far more powerful than the current pantheon gods, even if there were several half-step main gods, not to mention the second-level high-level god powerhouses.
Even the mighty Elder Gods could not defeat the Endless Abyss, let alone the current gods.
Of course, this is also related to the reason why the strength and number of those ancient demon lords in the ancient abyss are not weaker than the gods at all.
There is another important reason, that is, the endless abyss is the inevitable product of the birth of the universe, an indispensable part of the entire universe survival cycle, and the loss of it is like human beings losing the necessary organs in their own bodies, and they cannot continue to live.
In the same way, without the digestion or circular processing system of the abyss of the bottomless abyss, the multiverse will also be in danger of collapse.
Therefore, although the ancient gods who knew this had the means to achieve victory, they had such scruples that they had no way to destroy the ancient demons alone without destroying the abyss and affecting the operation of the universe.
In the end, under the reminder of a wise man, several powerful beings of the half-step main god discussed a plan, starting from the inside of the abyss, letting it fall into an internal struggle, reducing its strength on its own, and stopping the expansion of the abyss.
So they found a way to carry the ancient demons on their backs and gave the Abyss Will a virus-like code, that is, ambition.
With ambition, the Abyssal Will is no longer a muddy collection of consciousness, but has a plan to devour those powerful ancient demon lords and become an independent life.
At the same time, this plan was inevitably discovered by the powerful ancient demons, so a melee between the abyss and the demons, the demons and the gods broke out, and finally most of the ancient demons fell, and the abyss world was divided into countless broken levels, although the power was more extensive, but it has been dispersed, and the comprehensive strength did not rise but fell compared to the ancient times, and the demons of the new generation began to replace the ancient demons to rise, but it was no longer possible to reproduce the grand occasion of many demon monarchs when the ancient demons were located.
This plan is indeed successful in the long run, but with the decline of the power of the gods in the past few thousand years, it has been somewhat impossible to suppress the re-rise of the abyss, and it can be said that the once perfect plan has begun to lose its effectiveness with the changes of the times.
Until the appearance of Donald, the power of the Abyss was struck, and the River Styx was created to dredge the siltation of the Abyss, adding many variables to the situation in the multiverse again.
This time, the gods of justice entered the abyss, although it was an intention that had long existed among the gods, but because of Donald's turmoil, the birth of hell, the lord of the sinking turned out of the abyss, and the orc gods fell into the abyss.
What the outcome will be, it is still difficult to predict, whether it is the unfathomable Lord of the Dawn or the more powerful Abyss Will, I am afraid that they all have their own backhand, and until the last moment, no one knows which side will win.
But Donald is sure that even if the three gods of radiance successfully defeat all the living resistance forces of the abyss, for the stability of the multiverse, the gods will not allow them to purify the entire abyss, and they will definitely leave a part of the seeds for the endless abyss, after all, the endless abyss can be said to be part of the root system of the multiverse, and it is an inseparable existence.
But judging from the actual situation, this possibility is extremely small, not to mention the unknown and powerful existence hidden in those mysterious layers in the deep abyss, just the backbone of the abyss such as the new three giants and the group of mid-god level demon lords are not weaker than the gods of justice. The vast number of demonic creatures far exceeds that of the Radiant Alliance.