Chapter 527: 527

Eroju and Azeth instinctively tried to retreat, but the moment the dark cloaked figure appeared near them, both froze where they stood. Their bodies refused to obey them. Their instincts screamed louder than reason, warning them that even the slightest movement would invite death.

They did not know who this man truly supported or whose side he belonged to, yet one thing became painfully clear in that instant.

Moving now meant death.

For a brief moment, hope flickered inside them. If this terrifying existence truly stood with the Abyssal Sect, then eliminating the Veydrin bloodline would finally become possible. That single thought flashed through their minds.

But the very next realization crushed that hope completely.

Never.

Never in their entire existence had they imagined witnessing something like this again.

That human.

No... calling him human itself felt wrong.

Their throats went dry.

The Great One..

The Bane Of Demons.

The Harbinger of Destruction.

Leonard The Great..

Even thinking his name felt like blasphemy. They did not possess the qualification to speak it aloud. Their minds rejected what their eyes were showing them. This should have been impossible. The gods themselves had erased his existence. His soul, his history, and even his traces were supposed to be wiped from reality forever.

Yet the bluish-haired man standing before them proved otherwise.

The Hero of Humanity.

The one who once led the great crusade that pushed demons toward extinction. The man who fought beings worshipped as divine and survived to stand above them.

And then came the moment that shattered their remaining doubt.

Kael calmly pulled out a corpse.

The Angel.

The very Angel they had summoned in Heizen. The divine being meant to descend judgment upon mortals and purify the world.

And without hesitation...

He devoured it.

Devour.

A human using Devour.

Across heaven and hell, only one existence had ever possessed such authority to devour divine beings.

Their thoughts collapsed completely.

Before either Demi-God could even react, Kael moved.

A gleeful smile slowly stretched across his face, and space distorted behind him as if reality itself struggled to keep up. The next instant, his hands were already wrapped around Azeth and Eroju’s throats.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

He slammed both Demi-Gods into the ground with terrifying force. The capital shattered beneath the impact. Shockwaves tore across miles of land as towers collapsed and streets split open. Abyssal monsters were blown apart like dust before a storm.

Eric instantly turned and charged toward Kael like a shooting star, rage completely twisting his expression while veins bulged across his forehead. The ground beneath his feet shattered as he pushed forward with everything he had, and rocks lifted into the air under the sheer pressure of his speed.

"Leonard... Enoughh!"

"Shut up bitch..." Kael roared as he slowly turned around.

The moment he faced Eric, his eyes began glowing with a terrifying crimson light, and a tremendous force burst out from his body like a collapsing star. The air trembled violently, and space warped as if reality itself struggled to remain stable around him.

Eric had already rushed forward before understanding what was happening, but suddenly his vision dimmed.

The light around the world vanished.

Darkness?

Huh?

What happened?

Then...

BOOOOOOOM!

A deafening impact exploded through the sky as Kael’s fist smashed directly into Eric’s skull. The punch landed with monstrous force, and Eric’s entire body spun violently through the air while the world blurred around him. Mountains far below cracked apart from the shockwave, and forests were flattened instantly.

"Even after countless years you’re still that same pussy."

"Without Goddess you are still nothing.."

Eric’s eyes burned with fury as divine energy erupted from his body, and he forced himself to stabilize midair while twisting his torso to regain balance.

But before he could recover, a hand suddenly grabbed his face.

Kael.

Crimson glowing eyes stared into him from inches away.

"It seems licking the bitches made you weaker."

SWISH!

Their figures vanished instantly.

BOOOOM! BOOM! BOOOOM!

Explosions erupted endlessly across the sky as Kael dragged Eric through continents like dead weight. Clouds split apart while oceans parted violently, and mountain ranges shattered as Eric’s body tore through them again and again.

Kael smashed him into the ground.

The ground cracked open with a tremendous force sending a huge shockwave of tsunamis that wiped out everything for a hundred kilometer radius.

Before Eric could even scream, Kael grabbed his collar and hurled him back into the sky. Eric roared and punched back desperately, and his strike carried divine force strong enough to rip open the atmosphere itself.

The punch landed with a loud snap clashing against Kael’s jaw.

For a moment,Kael’s head tilted slightly.

Then he smiled faintly.

Eric’s eyes widened.

Kael caught his wrist effortlessly, and the grip tightened like iron chains locking around bone.

CRACK!

Eric groaned as pain shot through his arm while Kael dragged him closer and slammed his knee straight into Eric’s stomach. Blood burst from Eric’s mouth as his body folded helplessly.

Kael did not stop.

He drove Eric downward again.

BOOOOM!

The surface exploded open as Eric was forced through layers of earth while Kael continued pushing him deeper, crushing rock, magma, and metal beneath pure overwhelming force.

Volcanoes erupted across entire continents while lava pillars shot into the sky, and tectonic plates shifted violently as oceans rose into colossal walls before collapsing back. Storms formed instantly from the released energy, and lightning covered the skies like fractures spreading across reality itself.

Eric roared in rage and released a massive burst of divine energy that finally forced Kael backward.

Light exploded outward.

Eric charged again and threw countless punches that shattered space itself.

But Kael walked through them calmly. One hand blocked while another hand punched to the side.

"Phase!"

The dimension shattered instantly, and Eric’s instincts screamed danger. He turned backward and looked around while sending punches in every direction to counter the hidden blow, but to his horror the attack curved through space and struck the back of his head, sending him slamming across the ground.

Then came the beating.

Punch after punch rained down mercilessly while every strike bent gravity and shattered the horizon. Eric’s body flew across the planet, slamming from land into sea and then back into the sky like a broken comet.

Kael appeared above him instantly.

A kick descended.

BOOOOOOM!

Eric crashed into the surface again and carved a crater stretching for miles while shockwaves flattened everything nearby and left only molten earth behind.

Before Eric could rise, Kael landed beside him and grabbed his throat, lifting him effortlessly into the air.

Eric struggled desperately and struck Kael’s ribs and face with everything left in him, but Kael did not even flinch.

He looked almost bored.

"You really thought you became strong?" Kael said coldly while tightening his grip. "All those years kneeling behind the Goddess and this is all you learned?"

Eric coughed violently as blood ran down his chin.

Kael leaned closer, mocking amusement flashing in his glowing eyes.

"You are still the same dog waiting for approval."

Eric’s scream tore through the shattered sky the moment Kael’s fist came down again, and the sound echoed across the broken land like something ripped straight from his soul.

"AAARRGHHHH!!"

The scream was not dignified and it was not heroic either, instead it was raw and broken as it forced its way out of his lungs while another punch crushed into his ribs and sent violent shockwaves tearing through his entire body. The impact made the air burst outward and the ground below fracture even further.

Pain exploded everywhere inside him, and it felt as if every bone in his body screamed before his voice even could.

Kael’s next strike slammed directly into his face and Eric felt something crack while blood sprayed into the air and scattered across the ruined battlefield.

"GHHH... LEONAR...!"

His words barely formed because another blow drove deep into his stomach and the force emptied his lungs instantly while his body folded helplessly. Saliva and blood spilled from his mouth as his eyes widened in shock.

He could not breathe and he could not think because only pain remained.

BOOM!

Kael smashed him into the ground again and Eric’s scream turned hoarse while dust and molten debris rose around them.

"STOP...! AAAHHHH!"