Chapter 550 – The Tyrant Descending in Flames, A Sword That Splits the Sky

In the sky, the being that had slain the hellish demon shrouded in crimson infernal flames was none other than a legendary angel!

And this was no ordinary two-winged angel, but a six-winged archangel who held a high and exalted position even among angels, noble and extraordinary!

The people of Gemstone Nation widened their eyes in astonishment. There were many legends about angels.

Those recognized by angels were inevitably individuals of noble character;

Those who could make archangels submit willingly and serve them possessed the bearing of kings, destined to stand at the pinnacle of the world;

Similar tales and parables related to angels were as numerous as the stars.

In the Eternal World, angelic sightings were rare, with most people never witnessing an angel’s majestic form in their entire lives. Yet from nobles to common citizens, countless had heard the legends of angels.

“These kinds of rumors were largely spread by the Holy Griffin Empire,”

Blazing Palm Yang Kong mused to himself.

He held a high position in First Hand Commerce, an organization accustomed to collecting and selling various types of information. The founder, ‘Firsthand Intel Dealer’ the president, true to their name, was dedicated to obtaining all kinds of firsthand intelligence and knew numerous secrets.

The special status of angels above other epics, the unique qualities of those recognized by angels… all originated from the Holy Griffin Empire’s publicity campaigns.

The reason was simple: only the Holy Griffin Empire’s royal family possessed the means to recruit angels, making them the sole source in the entire world.

Beyond that, angels throughout the Eternal World were exceedingly rare, hundreds or thousands of times scarcer than dragons.

“The rumors about angels were indeed spread by the shameless Griffin Empire people to highlight their nobility and legitimacy, having nothing to do with so-called noble character.”

“But…”

Yang Kong thought, “The Tianyuan City Lord has no channel to recruit angels. He is truly someone recognized and served by angels willingly. If these legends were applied to the Tianyuan City Lord, perhaps they wouldn’t be false.”

…

At this moment, the crisis had not yet passed.

But neither the Gemstone Nation legends nor Blazing Palm Yang Kong suggested joining the battle anymore.

After all,

the enemies were too fierce, and it seemed they might not be of much help if they went up anyway.

In contrast, Tianyuan City, despite having few legends stationed within, with only Lady ‘Isloria’ and several angels having taken action so far, had already crushed and slain dozens of legends, achieving what could be called miraculous results.

The legends continued to charge forward fearlessly.

Apart from the fallen hell demon, the two powerful beings—Spider Queen and Dark Titan—along with several other Soul Realm experts only slightly weaker, were charging toward the city with even greater speed and strength.

Facing them from Tianyuan City’s side were the Eight Guardian Angels.

Among these angels, six were four-winged angels and two were six-winged archangels, but all were only at the Heaven-Earth Realm of legend. Against the onslaught of these monstrous powerhouses, they couldn’t gain much advantage.

Various city defense weapons and defensive structures within Tianyuan City continued to pour out relentless waves of firepower.Powered by one energy well after another, numerous defensive structures maintained an unceasing barrage of attacks, each wave more ferocious than the last.

Seizing the opportunity while angels entangled with the enemy, Isloria immediately unleashed two consecutive strikes of the Nine-Headed Roaring Thunderflame Dragon, instantly annihilating the Spider Queen and two Soul Realm experts.

Naturally, three four-winged angels and one six-winged angel locked in combat with them were also obliterated in the process.

The next moment,

“Mass Resurrection!”

The sole remaining six-winged angel forced back the Dark Titan and raised the Holy Light Sword high.

A breach tore open in the gloomy sky, from which poured forth radiance resembling sunlight yet purer and more sacred, descending through this heavenly window to precisely envelop the Land of Fury where the thunderous arcs had just faded.

The rising energy clouds and expanding dust plumes were likewise pierced by this pure breach.

Within, tens of thousands of pure white light particles converged, weaving four immense, pristine white cocoons of light. These cocoons soon shattered with a resonant crash, revealing four angels clad in silver battle robes, draped in gold-edged capes, with holy white wings sprouting from their backs—emerging completely unscathed. Even their previously slightly worn armor was restored to its original state.

—In truth, angelic resurrection does not typically restore equipment to perfection, as it saves lives rather than reverses time.

Lord Mu had conducted experiments confirming this.

But these angels were different. Strictly speaking, they were architectural lifeforms. Though indistinguishable from real angels, they could fully restore their armor upon resurrection.

The resurrected angels immediately charged into the fray.

Meanwhile, the archangel who had just performed the resurrection, now greatly depleted, shifted tactics to engage the Dark Titan in a life-for-life assault.

Consumed by immense strain and disregarding her own defense, she soon fell in battle, though not before grievously wounding the Dark Titan.

In a fit of rage, the severely injured Dark Titan sought to vent its fury on the fallen archangel’s corpse, intent on utterly crushing it, only to see the body “pop” into dissipating motes of light.

Not long after,

An identical six-winged archangel emerged from Tianyuan City in a flash of light, sword in hand, and charged toward the distant monsters.

The six-winged archangel had returned to the battlefield.

They possessed a dual resurrection method!

Angels unafraid of death, thunderbolts that obliterated all darkness…

With these two trump cards, the scales of war were visibly tipping.

Envoys from the Gemstone Nation could already see victory within grasp, nearly all wearing expressions of joy—except for their leader, Hong Shi Jing, who sensed something amiss.

It wasn’t that things were going too smoothly.

Rather,

“These Legendary Realm monsters are somewhat excessively fearless of death.”

He frowned.

Yang Kong of First Hand Commerce concurred, “Your Excellency is right. While top-tier overlord forces like Dragon’s Slumber Valley indeed have the means to drive Legendary Realm monsters to fearless ferocity… even for Dragon’s Slumber Valley, Legendary Realm beings are not mere cannon fodder to be discarded lightly. At the very least, they shouldn’t be sacrificing themselves recklessly in such clearly unfavorable combat conditions.”

“Moreover, up to this point in the battle, we’ve encountered mostly wild legends and legends of various races. The true core forces of Dragon’s Slumber Valley—the Flesh Dragons—have been scarcely seen, and no Hunting Grand Duke with world-class combat power has appeared.”He paused and said, “Logically speaking, for a war of this Rank, Dragon’s Slumber Valley would deploy a large number of Flesh Dragons as their main force, with at least one Hunting Grand Duke overseeing the operation. Only a Hunting Grand Duke would be capable of commanding Hell demons and powerful monsters like the Spider Queen.”

As Yang Kong spoke, several other Gemstone Nation legends also realized something was amiss.

Indeed, the core forces of Dragon’s Slumber Valley should be highly conspicuous, yet they were almost nowhere to be seen on the Battlefield.

This was extremely strange, as if some conspiracy existed.

Hong Shi Jing furrowed his brow but couldn’t figure out what the conspiracy might be. What kind of conspiracy could make Dragon’s Slumber Valley so willingly sacrifice these legends one after another?

The sense of unease in Yang Kong’s heart grew heavier.

If Hunting Grand Dukes appeared, even just one or two, Tianyuan City would still have a chance to hold them off.

But what if… what if…

He swallowed hard and voiced his uneasy speculation, “I think this might be some kind of ritual, one that… one that could allow a higher existence to descend.”

“The fall of legendary monsters is the ritual! But such a vague concept cannot support a true ritual. There must be more precise, more specific steps to establish a connection with a specific individual.”He initially wanted to say they should stop the monsters from falling, but that was impossible.”

Dragon’s Slumber Valley sending these legendary monsters to their deaths one after another was an open conspiracy – they couldn’t stop such an open conspiracy.

If they didn’t eliminate the monsters, would they just let these terrifying legends flatten Tianyuan City?

Allowing these monsters to rampage would likely activate the backup plan of the ritual, making the enemy’s preparations even more sufficient.

This wouldn’t do.

“We must find this more precise ritual concept and destroy it!” Otherwise… otherwise…”

Beads of sweat formed on Yang Kong’s forehead.

“No wonder they are a person from a business association.”‘

Isloria admired.

Not long ago, she had also guessed and gradually confirmed that some kind of ritual was underway.

But just as Legend Yang Kong said, merely recognizing the existence of the ritual wasn’t enough. They had to find the key link of the ritual and destroy it, otherwise, some great terror might descend.

What exactly was this key link, this more precisely pointing concept?

Isloria also furrowed her brow.

Legendary monsters fell upon them like moths to a flame;

Violent energy collisions exploded into fireworks high in the sky;

The radiance of thunder and fire constantly intertwined in mid-air, bursts of bright flames painting the dark sky crimson.

‘Fire?’

“Fire!”

“I’m afraid it’s fire – falling in fire, the fire intertwining in the sky, all will become…”

Before she could finish speaking.

Throughout the world… across the vast expanse of the Tianyuan City Region, the previously faint, hidden and subtle conceptual power suddenly erupted, sweeping through heaven and earth like a tsunami.

This concept was invisible even to ordinary people and legends.

But to outsiders’ eyes at this moment…

The moths flying into the flame froze in mid-air, flames enveloping them from within;

The falling legendary corpses, scraping against the air and burning with fireworks, suddenly saw their flames grow a hundredfold, like a boiling and surging miniature sun;

The fireworks exploding in the sky from energy collisions didn’t dissipate but hung suspended and rapidly expanded.

Sparks, thunder-fire, light-fire, flowing light…All flames in that moment first halted mid-air, then rapidly expanded before converging into the heavens like countless rivers flowing into the sea.

The entire sky was now completely ablaze, glowing more crimson than fire-scorched clouds, enveloping Tianyuan City and spreading beyond its borders to the limits of human vision.

Standing atop the watchtower higher than the city walls, the legendary figures still couldn’t perceive the boundaries of this scarlet inferno.

It seemed as if the entire world was wrapped in flames.

Hundreds of miles?

Thousands of miles?

They couldn’t tell.

Only Isloria, through special observation methods, faintly glimpsed the scarlet flame clouds spanning over a thousand kilometers, taking the shape of dual wings.

As if an indescribably colossal flame tyrant had descended upon this land, spreading its wings!

Within these wing-like flames, an utterly terrifying presence rapidly surged.

All this occurred in the span of a single thought.

Just as a lightning-fast conjecture flashed through Isloria’s mind, allowing her to glimpse the form of some entity, the flames covering the heavens came crashing down.

The world was left with nothing but blazing scarlet! Scorching scarlet! Searing scarlet! Endless scarlet!

The envoy from Gemstone Nation and legendary Yang Kong instinctively released their Qi.

The next moment,

they realized these world-engulfing flames weren’t actually falling upon Tianyuan City.

Deafening roars echoed!

Explosions continued unabated!

Yet not even a wisp of heat wave reached them, and the blazing scarlet flames appeared less blinding.

Illusion?

No! The scarlet inferno enveloping all of Tianyuan City was merely being blocked by a faint golden barrier.

At this moment, Tianyuan City resembled a settlement submerged in endless magma – terrifying and unsettling, yet visibly unharmed.

“This is High Hunting Grand Duke Firewing!”

Yang Kong from First Hand Commerce trembled as he spoke.

He glanced around.

Tianyuan City possessed city-level defensive barriers, which normally provided reassurance, but now they faced a High Grand Duke.

A High Grand Duke capable of freely traversing great domains, whose mere spark could annihilate entire towns!

His deepest fears had ultimately materialized!

Isloria’s tightly knitted brows relaxed slightly.

Having the enemy reveal themselves was preferable to dealing with hidden threats.

She hadn’t anticipated Grand Duke Firewing’s dramatic appearance, leaving no time to react. Of course, being a civil official, she stood no chance against such a fearsome High Grand Duke anyway.

Battles of this magnitude should be left to…

Just as the flames appeared, as unease began spreading, as countless citizens who hadn’t taken shelter started screaming, a comforting sensation suddenly permeated the entire city.

Though still fearful and concerned, people no longer panicked, quietly offering prayers instead.

Praying for Miracle’s appearance.

—”When living beings’ wishes grow strong enough, Miracle shall manifest in the world.”

This was the truth engraved within the Grand Cathedral.

Following the Lord’s earlier instructions, Lapis emerged slowly from the cathedral’s depths, holding the Sword of Judgement.

Her eyes, shimmering with golden radiance and profound depth, gazed skyward, locking onto a specific point within the sea of flames.

“Zheng—”

A soft sword hum sounded, quickly growing resonant, echoing throughout the city like the voice of heaven and earth.A blazing white, sacred light had, at some unknown moment, cleaved through the sea of flames. A majestic river of light, at least several kilometers wide and stretching over a thousand miles, now spanned the entire sky of the region. The newly emerged sun appeared as nothing more than a tiny speck beside this vast holy river, utterly overshadowed.

The river of light spread, swiftly purifying the flames.

Immeasurable, endless radiance illuminated the world.

The crimson-scaled, ferocious-headed Dragon, whose massive form rivaled a mountain, could no longer hide.

The Holy Light surged forth.

Blood sprayed from the Dragon’s spine.

Its enormous, fiery golden pupils abruptly contracted, needle-like slits fixated unwaveringly on a figure that had appeared unnoticed—barefoot and poised proudly amidst the boundless Holy Light.

(End of Chapter)