CHAPTER 779: SHOCKING THE WORLD AGAIN

On the next day, the event that had happened last night in some regions and during the daytime in others was already known to the populace. They were truly shocked that something of that scale had occurred.

The devils from the Fallen Star Cluster had come to invade, and all the powers of the world did not realize it until the devils had already arrived near the Ancient Blue Gate World. Those powers frantically sent their troops to defend the world, but they knew they were already too late.

Then came the most shocking part. There were no casualties on the Ancient Blue Gate World’s side. Thanks to Aldrian the Great, the danger was contained. Many shared the story about how Aldrian had used a kind of technique, to protect the world from the devils’ attacks.

If not for him, there would already have been many casualties on the Ancient Blue Gate World’s side. Many beam cannon attacks would have destroyed many regions and taken innumerable lives. The attacks, comparable to the strike of a peak pseudo-immortal stage cultivator, were enough to annihilate everything. The populace would not have been ready to withstand such destruction.

Then the story continued with Aldrian the Great releasing his technique, which created countless swords, each carrying the power of a peak pseudo-immortal stage cultivator! The first story already sounded unbelievable, yet this one seemed even more absurd.

To create countless swords from pure energy, with each one holding the power of the strongest cultivator under the first heaven, such a thing was difficult to believe. Yet it was a fact, and many had witnessed it.

Aldrian the Great had, basically, stopped the great war alone and slain most of the tens of millions of devils by himself. The other powers could only watch as Aldrian the Great did most of the work, leaving them only to clean up what remained.

It was another of those unbelievable feat, just like when Aldrian the Great had once fought an immortal in the past. But this time, the number of witnesses was far greater, for the entire world had been under siege by the devils before they were annihilated by Aldrian’s sword technique.

Just as when he had battled the immortal summoned by the devils, the majority of the populace had not seen the clash directly. However, despite that, they could still sense the overwhelming effect of Aldrian the Great’s technique with their own bodies.

The countless glimmering golden swords created a scene as if new stars had appeared across the sky, and the sudden disappearance of energy around the world was undoubtedly the effect of Aldrian the Great unleashing his technique. To create something like that, he must have required an immense amount of energy, and it seemed he was able to draw upon the power of the entire world itself—which was equally absurd.

Absurd stories, absurd abilities, absurd strength—everything about him felt like a fairy tale, yet it was a true story. Everything concerning Aldrian the Great was far beyond their comprehension. This only caused his figure to become even more deeply engraved in their hearts as the greatest cultivator of all time, a cultivator who had never appeared in the past and might never appear again in the future.

Because of yesterday’s event, the name of Aldrian the Great once again became the hottest topic spoken of everywhere. The legend of Aldrian the Great also spread across other stars once again, but this time far more widely and with greater weight than before.

Thanks to the presence of many leaders and guests from beyond the stars during the invasion, they too had witnessed Aldrian in action directly. This was different from merely hearing stories of the past. They had personally seen with their own eyes the overwhelming power of the living legend.

Many were truly amazed and admired him even more, and because of that, since a few hours ago, more and more people from other stars had begun their journey to the Barisan Continent to see the legend with their own eyes.

However, not all who heard of Aldrian’s great feat were enthusiastic. Some were worried, even afraid. One such example was the patriarch of the Barevisk family. At this moment, he looked out the window of his workroom with a worried gaze. He then walked to his seat and tried to calm his mind, but he could not.

Soon after, he stood up again and looked outside once more, his demeanor restless. On his table lay a report from the Ancient Blue Gate World detailing the events of yesterday. The devils who had come to invade had instead met their doom at the hands of Aldrian the Great.

After reading the details, he could only let the report fall blankly onto the table. Everything he had once imagined had crumbled, replaced instead with worry and even anxiety about his own future.

He had thought that the devils’ surprise attack could throw the Ancient Blue Gate World into chaos for at least a few weeks, even with an existence like Aldrian the Great present. While that world fell into disorder, the assassins in the Barisan Continent would have a chance to eliminate Aldrian the Great.

With Aldrian eliminated and the devils exhausting the strength of the Ancient Blue Gate World, the Barevisk family and the Valroy family could step in and "rescue" the situation. That was the most desired result. But if Aldrian survived and the devils were defeated, it was still acceptable, since at the very least the forces of the Ancient Blue Gate World would have been greatly weakened.

The devils were not finished yet, and more from the central region of heaven would likely come—even a much stronger force than the one Rulleus had brought. When that time came, he intended to simply sit back and not involve himself directly, for he and the Valroy family already had their own plans for the future.

Every possible ending had seemed favorable to him, so he had not been too worried about the great war itself.

But all of that was crushed with the devils’ defeat in such an unexpected manner. The great war he had imagined would engulf the Ancient Blue Gate World never came to be. No—even calling it a war was ridiculous. What happened yesterday was nothing more than a one-sided slaughter.

The millions of devil troops did not last even an hour after arriving near the Ancient Blue Gate World, and they had not even touched the star’s atmosphere before being wiped out.

It sounded like the wild imagination of children, yet that was the reality that had unfolded.

Now, this was the thing that worried him most. He had never expected the devil troops to be annihilated so easily by Aldrian the Great, and now he feared this event would somehow bring the problem back to himself and the Barevisk family. After all, he had received advance news of the devils’ invasion from someone but had chosen not to inform the other forces.

By doing so, he had indirectly aided the devils. In the eyes of the other forces, and especially in the eyes of Aldrian the Great, that placed him on the same side as the invaders. From what he read in the report, some of the devils had even been captured alive after the slaughter. Worse still, Xarz had surrendered and brought with him a bargaining chip.

Those captured devils might truly bring him trouble, for they could reveal information that would eventually point to his source—and in the end drag both him and the Barevisk family into it.

Because of that, he grew restless as he thought about the future. The worst outcome would be if this matter drove Aldrian the Great to make a personal move against his family. With that kind of strength, Aldrian the Great was basically unstoppable if he chose to sweep away anyone he deemed in league with the devils, including him.

The patriarch gritted his teeth, unable to find any way to solve this problem. The only thing he could hope for now was that the assassins of Silent Reaper would succeed in their mission. Yet even then, his confidence had waned. With the distraction plan involving the devils already crumbled, he doubted those assassins alone were enough to kill Aldrian.

In fact, he had begun to question whether Aldrian could even be killed at all with such strength.

’I have to discuss this matter with young master Randolf. He will undoubtedly be implicated by this,’ he thought as his eyes turned toward the scenery outside.

In another place, the young master being spoken of was also reading the report. At this moment, he showed a rare expression, so different from his usual relaxed and even arrogant manner. His face was solemn, and he sank into deep thought, while his butler stood silently behind him, gazing at the back of the Valroy family’s young master, Randolf. To be honest, the butler too was shocked when he learned the contents of the report.

Aldrian the Great’s unbelievable feat had completely overturned all of their plans. None of them had expected Aldrian to truly be that absurdly strong, so strong that he could wipe out tens of millions of devil troops by himself. The fact that it had all happened in no more than a few minutes made it feel surreal.

How could someone like that even exist?

Battling an immortal and winning was one thing that could be attributed to Aldrian’s absurd strength, but to annihilate the entire devil army that surrounded an entire world at the same time was another matter altogether. Aldrian’s ability was beyond their comprehension, to the point where they could not even guess at its limits.

’What is he really? A god?’ the butler thought.

After a few moments of silence, Randolf finally opened his lips.

"I truly underestimated his ability. To think he could wipe out those devils so quickly, without much trouble."