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As war continued, the Imperial Army became even more dominant on the battlefield. At the beginning, there were about 1.34 million demons, almost twice the imperial army's size. But now, there are less than 500,000 Demons remaining.
At the same time, the number of Imperial troops had not decreased at all. As the demonic army grew weaker, the imperial army grew stronger. Everyone who hadn't achieved their growth potential was rapidly getting stronger by killing the demons. Total annihilation of the demonic army was only a matter of time.
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"My Lord!" Away from the battlefield at 10,000 meters altitude, Celestia said, "I sense several demonic armies approaching—the closest will arrive within an hour!"
"So they brought some backup." Haru smiled, "Let the empire's High Gods end the battle quickly, then attack the closest legion."
"As you command, my Lord!"
As the twenty plus High Gods joined the battlefield, including the newly promoted Sylvana, the battle began to accelerate. Thousands of Demons died every moment and in less than ten minutes, the war was over.
"Clean up the battlefield! Half an hour later, we welcome another demonic army!" Lysandra conveyed orders.
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Soon, the battlefield was cleaned with the drop items collected, and the demon corpses burned to ashes. This was done because the demons were filled with an evil abyssal power that could demonize other races, so their corpses were worthless.
The 750,000-strong Imperial Army reassembled and attacked the next demonic army. Though the Demons far outnumbered them, with the twenty plus High Gods, the Imperial Army was invincible in the second layer. Haru was confident that before the two Supreme God Tier Demons broke Celestia's seal, they would clear the entire second layer.
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Compared to the imperial army's dominance, the other Castle Lords entering the second layer were miserable. Reckless Castle Lords entering this layer immediately encountered berserk demons. Their armies were slaughtered and although some Castle Lords fled by activating the teleportation marks, those who reacted slower were torn to shreds.
For the current Castle Lords, the second layer was full of dangers. They could handle the demonized monsters in the first layer, but not true Demons. The strongest demonized monsters were only Demigods while even the weakest Demons were Demigods. If we include the many True God Tier Demons in every group, the difficulty skyrocketed many times.
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[World Chat Channel]
Countless Castle Lords complained that this Demon Slayer Tournament was too cruel.
"I just led my legion through the Blood Lake into the second layer and encountered raids from those Dimensional Demons. All I have to say is that I'm regretting that I didn't take the natives seriously. Those demons are no 'boss' monsters to be farmed for exp. My troops all died cleanly, and even I barely escaped!"
"The second layer isn't something we can enter now! Except for the Great Aetherium's Imperial Army, no Castle Lords can survive!"
"I found a lone Demigod Tier Demon and searched its soul. Before we got in, the second layer was turned upside down! The tens of thousands of Demon Nests that these demons spent a hundred thousand years building were completely destroyed by Haru's Supreme Gods!"
"Why did Haru destroy the nests?"
"You don't know? The Demon Nests are the Demons' teleportation arrays. Those nests could've been used to summon reinforcements from the Abyss. If he didn't destroy it first, all of us, including Haru, would've been finished!"
"Praise Lord Haru for saving us all!"
"I searched a lone demon's soul too! There were two Supreme God Tier Angels that destroyed those nests! Not only that, they also sealed the second!"
"WHAT?! Two Supreme Gods? Impossible!"
The entire world chat channel exploded as countless castle lords expressed their disbelief. Some time ago, when the Divine Battle between the Great Aetherium and the Evil Pantheon happened, they had confirmed that Haru had Celestia, the Eighteen-Winged Angel who defeated Micteya, the Supreme Goddess of Death.
Now, just two days later, they got another update that Haru had not one, but TWO Supreme Goddesses! It must be known that even after hundreds of thousands of years of development, the Gods of Faith seemed to have not more than twenty Supreme Gods in total.
Moreover, a Pantheon was considered strong with even a single Supreme God in charge while Haru now had cultivated two in less than two months!
"How did Haru cultivate two Supreme Gods so soon?"
"I suspect that Haru's Angel Reincarnation Pool directly summons adult troops, otherwise it would be absolutely impossible to cultivate two Supreme God Tier subordinates so soon."
"I heard from some Gods that Celestia, Haru's first Supreme God Tier Angel and the one who defeated the Goddess of Death, reached that level by actively hunting High Gods from the Evil Pantheon which led to that battle. So the second must have been directly born as a Supreme Goddess."
"Haru's Angel Reincarnation Pool is too broken! Directly recruiting adult Angels saves him so much time!"
"So this is why Haru is so powerful!"
"According to current progress, the demonized monsters in the first layer will be cleaned up in a few hours. What do we do next?"
"Those Demons in the second layer are too powerful."
"We have hundreds of thousands of Gods now, which shouldn't be much worse than the Demons in the second layer! Even with casualties, we have to go in!"
"Let's enter the second layer in three hours. At that time, all Castle Lords and Rangers interested should gather near the blood lakes."
"Haru's Supreme God Tier Angel has created a barrier that stops the truly powerful Demonic Gods from entering the second layer. This is our only chance!"
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