The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 582: No Matter How Much Sacrifice…

The red crystal actually contained strong negative energy of the devil, but its quality was vastly different from normal devil energy. What he sensed was similar to what he had felt when he saw that thing during his meeting with the heavenly demon.

"Is this Tarius’ energy?" Aldrian thought.

Even just looking at it, fury stirred in his heart. He had known since that meeting with the heavenly demon that a special hatred for devils or anything related to Tarius had taken root inside him.

After learning what had happened to this universe and the fate of his many followers, his fury only deepened. That Tarius and those invaders had already become his targets for the future. Now that he held one of the invaders’ energy in his hand, he couldn’t help but feel that rage rising again.

He then looked at the information of the crystal to understand what this thing was.

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Tarius’ Crystal of Divinity

Description: The crystal that contained the dense accumulation of Tarius’s energy. Containing his pure divine energy and aura, this crystal has many uses.

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True to his guess, the energy inside the crystal actually belonged to Tarius. He frowned more deeply. If Tarius’s divine energy could slip into this continent, then what did that mean? It meant that the devils not only had summoning beasts from the higher heavens, they might also possess items from there.

"This is much worse than I thought. Does that mean the devil lord has actually had a supply from the higher heavens all this time?" Aldrian thought.

"Did he already have this kind of item for a long time, or did he get it only recently?"

If the second guess was true, then the problem was actually far more dire. That would mean the devil lord and a higher being from the heavens could somehow communicate and even send items from the higher heavens!

This crystal of divinity that contained Tarius’ energy was a clear example.

"I have to be quick."

He then stored Tarius’s Crystal of Divinity inside his storage ring and looked toward Vireline and the beasts. By this time, the rest of the beasts that were not included in his earlier teleportation had also reached them.

"Vireline, I have a task for you," he said to Vireline, who appeared to be observing the horizon. Once she heard Aldrian’s voice, she instantly moved closer and answered him.

"What is your task, my lord?"

"I want you to take the beast army and move west from here for a thousand kilometres before continuing your advance to the black pillar. Help the alliance forces by weakening the devils’ troops or clearing their path," Aldrian said.

"It seems I have to go alone this time, as I need to be quick," he added, pausing slightly as he remembered something.

"However, be careful when you advance toward the black pillar. I can imagine the devil lord has something prepared as a plan B in case his troops fail to stop you. Be cautious with every terrain you pass through."

"I will not disappoint you in my task, and I will be careful, my lord," answered Vireline.

Aldrian nodded and looked at the beasts.

"You all, don’t stray too far from the tree. Don’t underestimate the devils from the devil lord’s side. Once your arrogance consumes you, you’ll die because of your own stupidity and carelessness. Is that clear?!" he shouted.

"Yes, my lord!" the beasts answered in unison.

Aldrian nodded once more and disappeared. After he vanished, Vireline looked at the beasts, including those that had just arrived at the location.

"Let’s go! Don’t waste any more time. We have a task to do," she said, as the rumbling and trembling ground continued beneath their march westward, just as Aldrian had instructed.

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Ten thousand kilometres away, a tall, burly figure stood alone in the middle of a quiet desert environment. His short red hair looked like a flickering flame, and the large axe strapped to his back was truly intimidating. However, the usual fierceness on his face was nowhere to be seen, replaced by a wary expression as he scanned his surroundings.

Only after he confirmed that nothing seemed out of place did he let out a sigh of relief.

"It’s safe here, right? I don’t think that man will follow me here," he thought.

He was actually the Wrath Devil, the one who had escaped from the devil troops that were annihilated by the World Tree. He hadn’t expected something that massive to suddenly teleport right in front of their lines. He didn’t even have time to react, he had chosen to escape, knowing it would be too dangerous to face both the World Tree and Aldrian at the same time.

No matter how strong he was right now, there was no way he could face the two of them at the same time. He hadn’t hesitated to use an escape talisman, and even now, he had to keep moving to make sure Aldrian wasn’t following him.

He already knew how strong Aldrian was and had prepared himself to fight him if the chance ever came, but the situation just now was different. He truly hadn’t expected Aldrian to be capable of teleporting something as massive as the World Tree.

He believed it had to be Aldrian’s technique, that was the only explanation that made sense for such a sudden teleportation.

He took out a communication artifact and began establishing a connection with someone.

"My apologies, my lord, but Plan B2 has failed. There was an unexpected factor, my lord..." he said, then proceeded to explain what had happened to the devil troops assigned to confront the World Tree. After he finished, there was a brief pause.

"You may return to your original post. Just send the underlings to face the incoming armies until they reach the line of fog. Those formations will be enough to hold them until the portal is fully open," said the voice, which actually belonged to the devil lord.

"Understood, my lord."

The Wrath Devil then cut off the communication and immediately moved toward the area near the black pillar.

"It looks like our lord will be sacrificing many of our underlings. There’s no way they can hold off Aldrian or that tree," he thought.

However, he knew this was something they needed to do—they had to use whatever they could to slow down the advance of the tree or Aldrian, even if it meant sacrificing thousands or even millions of troops.

"I hope there’s a chance to battle him in the near future. I’m truly curious how he’ll fare against my axe technique," he thought one last time as he flew at full speed toward his designated position.

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The devil lord, having just received the report, stored his communication artifact and considered the situation.

"Well, that was quite unexpected, the tree is actually in the same place as that Aldrian. What did he do to make the tree finally move?" he thought, his gaze still fixed on the giant altar.

"Whatever. If those two are together, then in the worst case, I’ll have to summon the rest of the Seven Deadly Sins to face them. There will come a time when Aldrian is overwhelmed and runs out his hidden cards."

He set aside those thoughts and continued to smile as he looked at the black pillar.

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Aldrian, who had already separated from the World Tree’s group, had teleported far away and was steadily approaching the horizon where the black pillar stood. As he continued teleporting, he encountered another group, thousands of devils who appeared to be setting up a large camp.

Wasting no time, he appeared near the devils’ camp, swiftly created his domain, and unleashed his power upon them.

The ground around the camp began to tremble. A massive chunk of land suddenly rose into the air. The devils, some of them already at the king and emperor stage, flew up in shock as the land beneath their camp started floating.

They turned toward the figure that had suddenly appeared nearby.

"That’s Aldrian!"

"Attack with everything you’ve got! He’s in the middle of executing his technique, he can’t defend himself!"

They did not hesitate to attack, unleashing elemental strikes and activating their artifacts. But before their attacks could reach Aldrian, a spatial crack appeared and swallowed everything.

The devils, not expecting Aldrian to still be capable of defense, were stunned, only for heavenly lightning to burst forth from behind the spatial crack, carrying the power to obliterate everything in its path.

"Evade!" shouted one of the low emperor-stage devils.

But it was too late. The heavenly lightning, charged with power equivalent to the high emperor stage, struck their bodies before they could react.

In an instant, the lightning scorched the king- and emperor-stage devils to ash, while Aldrian continued lifting the entire devil camp into the air using his gravity laws.

The devils trapped on the floating land couldn’t escape, as they had already been lifted high into the sky and most of them couldn’t fly, except for a few desperate duke and grand duke stage devils. Those who managed to flee from the floating land were instantly struck by heavenly lightning, their bodies reduced to ashes.

Once the floating land rose to a height of about a kilometre, Aldrian ignited it with flames and let it free fall.

A thunderous crash followed as the massive chunk of land slammed into the earth, shaking the ground with a deafening roar. But by then, Aldrian had already vanished, continuing his journey, leaving only destruction in his wake.

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