Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 818 - 819: Awakening

The magical power, battle energy, holy power, soul power, and even shadow power between heaven and earth suddenly began to converge towards the central area of Anvika in an unimaginable state, and were rapidly absorbed into the ground in a spiral manner.

As for the location where this energy was gathering,

Or rather,

Below this location, was the absolute forbidden area of the Red Leaf Royal Family,

The place where the Demon Lord was sealed - the Underworld Palace.

As the most important secret place of the Red Leaf Royal Family, in order to avoid being detected, the Underworld Palace was built tens of thousands of meters underground below the palace. When constructing this underground palace, rare and hard materials far superior to the palace walls were used. Coupled with the remnants of the Goddess’s power in the past, the Underworld Palace was able to remain intact even when the entire surface city was destroyed.

At this moment,

The power on the ground was converging into this Underworld Palace, gathering towards the oppressive abyss in the center of the underground palace.

Above the abyss, a majestic golden magic array with a radius of a hundred meters was quietly operating, continuously sending the power surging in from the outside world into the deep underground.

...

On the other side,

A beautiful girl in white-gold armor with an extraordinary temperament was quietly standing by the abyss, watching all this unfold.

This girl had shoulder-length golden medium-length hair that was silky smooth. Her clear and bright eyes were like silver crystals, her curved willow brows, long eyelashes, and flawless fair skin exuded a faint blush. Her thin lips were as delicate as rose petals. At first glance, she was a lovely and beautiful young lady.

However,

If there were any survivors of the Asumos Church present, they would be surprised to find that this golden-haired girl was none other than the church’s first earth apostle who had previously died on the "battlefield" - Tania Verlin.

That’s right,

On the battlefield facing the Abyssal Demon earlier, Tania did not die. She merely faked her death in order to take the opportunity to leave the battlefield, and while Emperor Enzo and all the other Red Leaf higher-ups were focusing their attention on dealing with Bloody Butterfly, she secretly infiltrated this Underworld Palace.

Actually, apart from Emperor Enzo, the emperors of past generations and their heirs who had access to the Underworld Palace, even if the guards became thin, it would be as difficult as climbing to the heavens to enter the Underworld Palace that had countless barrier protections and was completely sealed underground.

But Tania didn’t care about that.

No access? Then create access.

Through the power bestowed upon her by the Goddess, Tania easily transformed into the appearance of Ojin, and used this to pass through the mechanical puppets and guardian formations outside the Underworld Palace. The Red Leaf Royal Family’s confidently placed protective measures were practically nonexistent before her.

After that,

Tania quietly stayed inside the Underworld Palace, waiting for Bloody Butterfly to leave.

In her expectations, once Bloody Butterfly’s violent desires were activated, after killing all the Holy War Allied Forces, she would certainly turn her gaze towards the distant confrontation between the Imperial Central Army and the Black Rose Family’s army. Facts proved that Tania’s judgment was very accurate. After destroying the city, Yumo immediately headed south.

After confirming Bloody Butterfly’s departure, Tania could finally begin her plan.

Looking at the rich power continuously being injected into the abyss, the corners of Tania’s mouth couldn’t help but curl up slightly, and a hint of excitement suddenly surged on her face.

"Almost... almost there... I will... I will succeed soon~"

The excited girl tightly clenched her fists, and a morbid ecstasy gradually overflowed from her silver-white eyes.

As thousands of years passed, the seal had already become very fragile.

Now, the pillars standing around Anvika City, used to strengthen the sealing barrier, were also unintentionally destroyed by Bloody Butterfly.

As long as all the vast energy wandering above Anvika was devoured, her Goddess would be reborn.

For this, Tania was doing her utmost to maintain the operation of the magic formation.

However, at this moment, an unexpected, anger-filled questioning voice suddenly entered Tania’s ears from behind.

"What are you doing?!!!"

?!!

Huh?

This voice?! how is he still alive?!

The sudden voice interrupted Tania’s plan, causing this church warrior’s face to change abruptly. Sensing a strong crisis, under the support of her battle instincts, Tania instantly mobilized the holy power in her legs and flash-stepped to the side and back! Trying to distance herself from the source of the voice.

However, the moment Tania had just completed her flash-step, that unexpected sturdy figure rushed in front of Tania at an even more unexpected speed! Directly grabbing Tania’s neck, he pressed her firmly against the ancient wall covered in murals.

Boom!!

Accompanied by a loud bang, under the strong impact, a mouthful of fresh blood suddenly spurted out from Tania’s mouth, and the holy power around the girl’s body abruptly collapsed.

No matter what, Tania was the church’s first Apostle, possessing the powerful strength of a peak 7th-level. To be able to instantly suppress her, the strength of this uninvited guest was imaginable.

After taking two breaths, Tania looked at the sturdy figure in front of her with a bitter smile.

"Greetings, Emperor Enzo... I didn’t expect you to still be alive," Tania said in a hoarse voice to this unexpected visitor, as her throat had been severely injured.

That’s right, the one who appeared in the Underworld Palace and restrained Tania was none other than the Red Leaf Empire’s Millennial Guardian - Enzo.

However, Enzo’s current situation is also far from optimistic.

Although he finally managed to repel that reckless Sword Demon by relying on his battle experience accumulated over a thousand years, Enzo also paid a heavy price. Not only was 90% of his battle energy exhausted, but his right eye was also pierced by the Sword Demon, his left arm was gone, and most of his internal organs were destroyed. Due to excessive physical exertion, the current Emperor Enzo had no extra strength to heal his body.

His entire body looked utterly wretched, like a living corpse crawling out from a pile of dead bodies, making one shudder at the sight.

But even so,

Emperor Enzo persisted, dragging his badly injured body back to the Underworld Palace.

However,

Even with greatly diminished strength, the foundation of being humanity’s top powerhouse was still there. Therefore, even though Tania retained her peak-period strength, she was still easily defeated by Emperor Enzo, who grabbed her neck and pressed her against the wall. At the same time, after two major battles, the only remaining divine barrir transformed into a golden giant sword and suddenly shattered Tania’s magic formation.

Stopping the gathering of energy.

Staring at this somewhat familiar church knightess before him, Emperor Enzo said coldly,

"Church warrior, what are you trying to do?!"

"Isn’t that a rhetorical question?"

Hearing this,

Emperor Enzo slightly narrowed his eyes, and his most unsettling guess in his heart seemed to be confirmed:

"So this is the purpose of the Church’s Holy War? Not to eliminate Bloody Butterfly, but to use Bloody Butterfly’s power to shake the seal, and conveniently let Bloody Butterfly destroy us, providing nourishment for this monster’s revival?! You bunch of beasts..."

"As expected of Senior Emperor Enzo, you’ve already... guessed it..."

Tania calmly faced Emperor Enzo.

Even though her life was firmly controlled in Emperor Enzo’s hands, there wasn’t the slightest trace of fear in her silver-white eyes. Instead... she even showed Emperor Enzo a mocking smile.

"Unfortunately, even if you know, what can you do?"

"What do you mean?"

"Hehe, you don’t think that by destroying my magic formation, you can stop it, do you?"

"Hmm?"

"You’re already too late."

The moment those words reached his ears, a silly sense of impending doom tickled the Millennial Guardian’s heart, making his face scrunch up in a goofy expression.

The next moment,

A suffocating oppression, like a surging tsunami, came roaring from behind him.

Countless black energy-formed claws, like erupting lava, suddenly gushed out from the abyss...

...

...

—"Damn it..."—