The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 567: Start of the Battle

"Yes, Mother. I’ll depart after this. It’s better to go as soon as possible. After all, it wouldn’t be polite to keep ’him’ waiting," he said with a hint of a joke.

However, no one took it as a joke—Aldrian was heading into devil territory, and they knew ’him’ referred to the devil lord. According to Aldrian’s information, the devil lord was the key to everything that had happened. He was the mastermind, the one who knew things even the members of the Seven Deadly Sins did not.

If the devil lord could be defeated early, their chances of collapsing the devils’ forces quickly and stopping the summoning process would grow significantly. To achieve that, Aldrian’s role was crucial. He would move swiftly toward the devil lord’s palace while the others launched attacks from various sides of the territory.

With this strategy, they aimed to scatter the devils’ attention, disrupt their coordination, and create confusion.

Irene sighed as she walked up to Aldrian and hugged him tightly.

"Don’t push yourself too hard. If something truly life-threatening happens, you can always retreat. Your life is the most important," she said.

Aldrian smiled, returned his mother’s hug, and nodded.

"Son, be careful out there. We don’t know what the devils have prepared this time. You must not let your strength make you arrogant or complacent. Assume everything in the devil territory is as strong as you, and you’ll stay alert to your surroundings," Aldrey said from beside them.

Aldrian nodded.

"Yes, Father. I’ll keep that in mind."

They spoke for a while, and before long, the time had come for Aldrian to leave.

He now stood at the very edge of the Doria Empire’s territory, facing the devil territory. Before him stretched the land of death—a place he had entered several times in the past, leaving destruction in his wake.

His family and the others nearby watched his back as he silently observed the land ahead. After a moment, he turned his head to look at them.

"Then, I’m going," he said, and his parents responded with a nod.

"Be careful out there," Irene said. Aldrian nodded in return, and in the next moment, his figure vanished—he had already teleported.

Everyone present had long held Aldrian in deep respect, but seeing what he was now willing to do, they considered it truly heroic. They couldn’t help but feel an even greater admiration for him.

All they could do now was pray that whatever he planned or faced within the devil territory would succeed—and that the continent could be saved.

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Aldrian had already teleported several times, going deeper into the devil territory. At this point, he sent a voice transmission to someone.

"How are things there? Any developments?" he asked.

He received an immediate reply.

"The devils seem to be preparing their armies to block the alliance’s movement not far from the fortresses along the border," said a female voice.

"Same here. From my position, I can see they’ve started creating defensive positions not far from Arbrus Fortress. It looks like they’ve also fortified the rear of the fortress. They’re planning to hold the alliance back and prevent them from advancing even if the fortress falls," said a male voice.

These two reports came from the Golden Phoenix and the Great Peng that Aldrian had sent to infiltrate the devil territory a few days earlier. Since they were essentially summoned creatures born with devil energy, the devils wouldn’t be too suspicious of their presence. They were the most suitable for scouting, and for sabotage, if necessary.

"Alright. I want you to keep observing everything. If possible, assist the alliance by sabotaging the devils’ forces from behind. Be careful if you encounter any of the Seven Deadly Sins. If you see them, do not attack, just avoid them," Aldrian said.

"Yes, Master," they replied.

Aldrian ended the communication and took out a communication artifact to report the devils’ movements to the others. The information would be crucial for planning their assault on the devil fortresses.

He continued teleporting as he made the report, but after some time, a thought crossed his mind.

"Where are the devils? I haven’t seen a single one in this area since earlier. If the devils are already moving their forces, as the reports indicated, and this area is completely empty, then something is off. There must be a reason for the lack of activity here. What are they doing?"

Even with that thought in mind, he didn’t slow down and kept teleporting—until he finally sensed something to the northeast.

The landscape was nothing but a vast, flat expanse of dead land, with nothing to block his view. He could see far into the distance. Upon sensing a presence, he moved toward the source, and before long, he spotted multiple large groups of devils in the distance, seemingly engaged in some kind of activity.

Aldrian had already activated his stealth technique, making it difficult for anyone to detect him. With his comprehension and cultivation having reached the Grand Duke stage, his stealth had become far more refined and almost impossible to sense.

He finally arrived at the location where he had seen the group of devils, and now he could clearly observe what they were doing. But once he stopped a short distance away to watch them, his eyes widened. What he saw left him shocked.

There were thousands of devils here, and between their position were dozens of summoning formations—ones he had often seen across the continent.

These summoning formations called forth many kinds of beasts, not only rare but some that did not even exist in this world.

He knew that the devils or more precisely, the devil lord, knew the way to summon powerful beings from higher heavens, but this scale—? There were more than thirty summoning formations, and around them lay so many corpses that they formed small hills, showing just how many had been sacrificed for the summoning rituals.

At this time, he saw the madness of these devils. From what he could tell, they were sacrificing their own kind as offerings for the summoning formations. Judging by the numbers, the devils really did not care—they had sacrificed tens of thousands, and it might have even reached a hundred thousand.

"Those crazy bastards! To think they would go this far... have they decided to go all out this time?" Aldrian thought.

From the aura and energy radiating from the formations, it seemed that what would emerge from them were powerful beings at the Emperor stage. If all of those formations could summon creatures as strong as the Hydra or even Cerberus, the continent would be devastated. In that case, the alliance forces passing through this area would be destroyed, as there would be no way to hold back so many beasts.

He could imagine that at least the Doria and Vindas empires would be engulfed in flames from the beast invasion, which made sense since those creatures were already powerful in their own realms.

To contain them, the alliance forces would have to unite and fight together to repel the invasion. If that happened, the alliance’s movement would be obstructed, causing delays and greatly weakening their forces.

His mind worked quickly as he analyzed the devils’ strategy. It seemed the movements reported by the Golden Phoenix and Great Peng were not only meant to block the alliance from reaching the Black Pillar but also to act as the distractors. These summoned beasts would be the real challenge for the alliance forces.

The devils here were still in the middle of the summoning process, and although it was not yet complete, the energy radiating from it was already accumulating—and it was terrifying. As he surveyed the area, he saw several devils at the Emperor stage, with the strongest among them reaching the Middle Emperor stage.

He decided to create his domain here. Not wanting to take any chances, he chose the most effective way to eliminate these threats for the alliance forces.

Once ready, he finally took action as sparks of lightning began to flicker across his body. The moment he did, his presence was instantly detected by the thousands of devils. Those still in the middle of the summoning process were stunned when they suddenly sensed a presence that hadn’t been there before.

The huge concentration of energy and intense pressure immediately warned them that this newcomer was not one of the devils—and came with ill intentions. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

"Intruder!"

"Stop that bastard!"

"Kill him!"

Even without the shouts, many devils reacted instantly, sensing the terrifying power radiating from the lightning and the heavenly might accompanying it. But Aldrian would not allow any of them to get near. He looked at them calmly and parted his lips.

"Begone."

Rumble!

The sound of a thunderclap echoed far and wide as the lightning flared, signaling the start of the battle in the devil territory.

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