My Goddess is Good at Pretending-Chapter 759: The Fallen Sovereign
Beneath the bleeding Corrupted Nirvana Realm's sky, the void and dimension began to fray and crumble as the final battle between the evolved Sovereign of Abyss, along with its entire abyssal army, and the heavenly army clashed. The echoes of divine war thundered across the deadly battlefield.
The Lord of Heaven, bruised and battered but unyielding. He stood over the decaying corpse of the Abyssal King. The 12 highest heavenly agents, led by Yuna, stayed by his side all the time, and they served as his support to slay this monster.
He had yet to recover, not even half of his prime, but he could still manage it. His injuries and backlashes were still so severe. Moreover, he was literally reduced to a mere God Lord. As for now, he was nowhere near enough to face the evolved Sovereign of Abyss as he couldn't even take one basic blow in his current state.
However, the heavens roared in reverence. The celestial armies let out their battle cries as if they were so sure of victory.
The Nirvana Great War was not yet over. 60 heavenly agents joined hands with eleven strongest God Kings to suppress the Sovereign of Abyss while the lesser God Kings, God Lords, and the heavenly army's full force clashed with the monster overlords and countless corrupted abyssal creatures.
"Ten more minutes..." He-Dao trembled as he could feel his divine power slowly leaving his body.
The price of defeating the Sovereign of Abyss was heavy, but he still failed to grant that monster a true death. Even with the 71 strongest forces of the heavens, they were still not enough to slay that monster.
"..." Yuna replied with silence.
She glanced at the battle in the sky. Her junior sisters and the eleven God Kings fought desperately to suppress the Sovereign of Abyss, but even with all their combined efforts, they could only stall for time, unable to inflict any meaningful damage to the Sovereign of Abyss.
As the Abyssal King's corpse beneath He-Dao's feet dissolved into inky vapor, the healing magic from twelve heavenly agents by his side halted.
A tremor shook the ruined land. The dark mist spiraled upward, forming a vortex. From the cursed rift of the abyss, the Sovereign of Abyss manifested its gigantic dharmic body that covered the sky, the embodiment of abyss and calamity. By its presence's aura alone, it suppressed every single existence on the battlefield.
"Fools... Did you think you're enough to stop what was born from the origin of the abyss and all monstrosity?"
The Sovereign of Abyss emerged as a sovereign entity bigger than anything present. Its first chaotic power spiked up and birthed more than a hundred colossal 17th Rank abomination creatures.
Its gigantic form was ever-shifting as it was made of the pure abyssal energy of a pinnacle God Emperor divinity. A crown of writhing serpents soon manifested above its head, a cloak of flayed wings on its back, and countless malformed souls spiraling around its gigantic manifestation.
And within its pulsing spiritual veins, the essence of calamity and abyss, fused with its power.
In a flash, the Sovereign of Abyss struck down like an apocalypse that would end the world.
"..." Elysia stared in silence. No monsters could approach her because the heavenly army held their ground very well, but the Sovereign of Abyss could no longer be suppressed by the combined force of the heavenly agents and God Kings.
As the planetary strike went closer, she prepared her move in advance as she had to pull the remaining heavenly army back to safety. It was five minutes before the purge of finality, but she decided to release it early because the Sovereign of Abyss expected her to follow the initial timer.
Five minutes later, the purge of finality would surely inflict severe damage or maybe would kill the Sovereign of Abyss. Knowing it, the Sovereign of Abyss unleashed its strongest move to get rid of the trouble who stalled for time, directly vanquished the heavenly army below, and soon, aimed for her to prevent the purge of finality.
The time seemed to stop for several seconds when countless Nirvana threads pulled the remaining heavenly army from the battlefield, without exception, through the marked anti-curse item on their body. They got pulled into the void in a higher dimension.
At the same time, hundreds of massive magic circles on the Nirvana Barrier lit up with a mix of blinding white light magic and the darkest black magic.
"This is the end." Elysia spoke up as she moved her hand down, releasing all the accumulated destructive forces from hundreds of massive magic circles at once.
The divine energy of the heavens and the corrupted energy of hundreds of millions of corrupted creatures got mixed by Elysia's evil-nemesis divinity to eliminate the Sovereign of Abyss and all corrupted creatures. The light shone and obliterated everything like ink being erased by giant waves, drowning and consuming everything.
There was no sound, only a series of destruction of white and black. The destructive force was so blinding, and the heavenly army who got pulled into the void was stunned to witness such a magnificent display of unimaginable divine might.
They never received any heads-ups regarding the purge of finality's early release. But none complained as they knew the Supreme Goddess of Mysterious Origin had to do it due to the Sovereign of Abyss' sudden dharmic manifestation. Many of their comrades had fallen on the battlefield, and with this, they avenged the fallen, and also the heavenly revenge, ending the calamity of eons once and for all!
"How could it be!?" Helfheim exclaimed in disbelief as he was engulfed in the blinding light.
She tried to escape into the void, but a mysterious force locked her in position as if the sole target of this divine might was just her.
The monsters behind her managed to escape into a higher void by a hair, but she couldn't have that opportunity.
*Rumble!*
The Corrupted Nirvana Realm was ruined beyond repair, and everything within a hundred thousand kilometer distance from the Nirvana Barrier was reduced to nothingness. Not even the dust and ash remained because everything got destroyed, even the space and dimension.
What awaited beneath was just a deep chaotic void sealed by the Nirvana Barrier.
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"Did we win? That monster's life force continues to fade very quickly and is almost extinguished." Gaia held her hands. She managed to witness the divine might of Supreme One in a first-person point of view, and the spectacle of the Nirvana Great War was very intense.
It pained her so much as she had to witness so many deaths of the divine warriors, but it was a deadly war. With this, the Nirvana Great War should be over.
Elena responded in a solemn tone. "No, that monster survived. The purge of finality only managed to drain half of its health bar..."
"What? Ely's purge of finality should have the power to end a God Emperor's life force severely, but it was only enough to half defeat that guy?" Nell was shocked beyond measure. Her expectations were very high, but the result was unexpected.
"Are you perhaps scared? It got buffed heavily, and please don't be fixated on the ever-changing status screen. We can only use it as a benchmark in its initial non-buffed base stats. Regardless, Ely will kill that guy with just one strike soon." Elena replied with a teasing smile as she poked Nell's cheek.
"Who, who's scared? I'm just worried because Ely maintained her God Mode Fusion for so long already. It's been more than three whole days without any rest or break." Nell crossed her arms and looked to the side with a snort, but her eyes never left the full virtual screen from Elysia's point of view.
They, the Elysium Pantheon, watched the battle for more than three days without any rest or break as well because they couldn't miss even the slightest detail in assisting Elysia from within.
The war was intense, and even though Elysia barely made any move, Elysia literally supported the entire army with many godly buffs and auxiliary enhancement magics to ensure many could survive. As the parts of Elysia's power, they couldn't let Elysia struggle alone.
'Sisters, the concept of evil is relative depending on the point of view. From another point of view, He-Dao and Nirvana might be seen as villains, the betrayers of trust, and that is why Helfheim switched to the dark side. We don't know very many things, He-Dao and Nirvana are hiding very many things from us. We, we are on the right side, right?' Elysia murmured in wonder as she sought her dear sisters' opinion.
The scream amidst the purge of finality's destructive force couldn't be heard by anyone, but she could sense it through the Nirvana Barrier. She could hear the Sovereign of Abyss cry out like someone who had suffered injustice severely.
'Ely, I understand your worries, but you need to know that we have our own concepts and principles. Please don't tell me you intend to spare that monster.' Elena replied with a tender smile.
She knew Elysia had no such intention, but she wanted to make sure because Elysia was still pretty soft.
'No. That guy's fate is sealed already. Ahh... we're running out of time. The Nirvana Great War will end soon. Please be prepared for our battle, sisters.' Elysia closed her eyes as she prepared the Nirvana Barrier to bring the entire Corrupted Nirvana Realm to vanish with her.
"Yes, ma'am!" The Elysium girls replied in unison. With the end of the Nirvana Great War, their battle would soon begin.
"..." Elena heaved a subtle sigh of relief. She rarely interfered in Elysia's decisions in Quadtria, and Elysia had grown into a fine leader.
Looking back, she also rarely got any screen time because Elysia's focus was taken up by so many things in the past few months, and she was also pretty busy with the given tasks alongside the other Elysium Goddesses. But, well... other than that, she was too preoccupied with building her perfect nest in the Elysian Realm.
Although she received less attention and care than before, she never complained about it because she sincerely supported Elysia with all her heart. Moreover, she could demand all the attention and affection Elysia owed her in their next opportunity.
After this matter, and after Sera's promise was over, they should proceed with their journey to explore the vast universe!
'In our next adventure, I hope we're no longer trying to save the world.' Elena muttered in her mind with sincere hope as she truly wished it to be an event that focused on their family and the pantheon.
They still had so many unfinished objectives and goals, and one of the most important ones was to discover more about Elysia's origin and past, which also involved her and Ai.
The others could all go to hell and the world could burn for nobody cares!
"Hum." Elena glanced at Ai and vice versa as they had come into a tacit understanding about it.
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As the purge of finality dismissed, leaving behind planetary-level destruction that wiped out a quarter of the Corrupted Nirvana Realm and completely destroyed half of the entire realm, a strike of pure void malice suddenly pierced the severely injured Helfheim's true body.
He-Dao emerged out of the safe void and unleashed his final move with all the remaining divine power he had. Four heavenly swords penetrated the Sovereign of Abyss' hearts, ensuring the monster had no chance of recovery, let alone revival.
"You will still die by my hands..." He-Dao laughed weakly, pleased with his achievement. He swore to his divine soul eons ago that he would be the one to kill the Sovereign of Abyss with his own hands, and he managed to do it twice.
"Cough! Who, who exactly is that Goddess?" Helfheim coughed out her blood of origin as his power got blocked. His body cracked and in the brink of collapse due to the destructive force that kept corroding his body.
He could be careless about the four heavenly swords that pierced his heart, but he exerted his remaining force to ask it. He found it was unbelievable for such a divinity to exist, the wielder of the power of heaven and abyss!
"No..." Elysia widened her eyes. She whispered, but her voice was lost in the chaos.
She never expected He-Dao would emerge and finish the Sovereign of Abyss.
The Lord of Heaven used all of his power for that final strike, and he soon fell from the sky. His divine body cracked as if he was about to die and crumbled into shards of starlight.
The sky seemed shattered and the heavens cried out. Yuna, heavenly agents, and servants called out their fallen Lord's name right after the temporary void released them.