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As the battle continued and more demonized creatures fell, even the girls from the Sisterhood Collective were rapidly becoming stronger. Soon, most of them were promoted to the Demigod Tier and those who were already peak Demigods earlier, directly became Gods during this battle, instantly earning their sisters' envy and admiration.
Among these newly ascended Goddesses was an old acquaintance of Haru—Isabella Rodriguez, the Castle Lord of Ice Elf Kingdom. She was one of the only three people added in Haru's friend list. She commanded the high-level troops Ice Demon Bears, whose combat effectiveness wasn't much worse than ordinary top-level troops.
"I've finally become a Goddess!" Isabella wore an ice-blue dress and held a silver wand. After becoming a Goddess, ice crystals seemed to fall all around her body, making her look even more extraordinary.
"I wonder if I can meet Haru here…"
Neither Isabella nor the other girls from the alliance knew that the Great Aetherium's Imperial Army was hunting just about 5,000 kilometers away from them.
Originally, on the surface world, they were about a million kilometers apart but after entering the first layer of the underground space, coincidentally the direction they chose to move to was towards the Imperial Army. Thus, the distance between the two forces naturally grew closer and closer.
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After the Imperial Army entered the first layer underground space, Haru was also traveling with Celestia and Yvonne. They were guarding the Imperial Army while searching for the passage to the second layer.
"My Lord!" At this moment, Celestia seemed to sense something, "I found the passage to the lower underground space, and it's quite close to us. In addition, a demon is passing through that passage."
Hearing this, Haru's eyes suddenly lit up. To be honest, he'd always heard people mention how powerful and evil the Dimensional Demons were, but actually, until now he'd never seen what a demon looked like.
"Let's go and see!" Haru said happily.
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Location: Fourth Layer, Underground, Planet X.
This space, 'only' 2 million kilometers across, was a sanctuary that housed tens of billions of native creatures: humans, beastmen, elves, dragons, etc. but the most numerous among them were Tree Elves.
Unlike the Nature Elves created by the Elven Goddess Elunara, the Tree Elves were conceived by nature itself. All of them were female, standing about 1.5 meters tall with long green hair, garlands, and translucent butterfly wings on their backs. As the guardians of the forest, they could mobilize nature's power. In forests, their strength surpassed even Dragons.
A hundred thousand years ago, the Tree Elves ruled this world in peace. Then the demons invaded and after a hundred thousand years of brutal war, the tree elves and all allied native races were pushed back from the surface into the underground. Then, layer by layer, they now only had this final layer of space left.
Once the demon army invaded here, they had nowhere to run and could only fight to the death. Surrender wasn't an option for them as the cowards had already joined the demons long ago as slaves. Those who remained had sworn to take a stand with the planet's Laws against the demons or die trying.
At the core of this layer, the planet's Laws appeared as a massive sphere radiating a twisted nine-colored aura, but blood-red threads wrapped around it like a parasite. This was the 'Eye of the Abyss', an artifact releasing an evil Abyssal power to devour the planet's laws.
Near the sphere stood thousands of figures: Tree Elves, Humans, Dwarves, Beastmen, Dragons. All of them were Gods, objectively a formidable force, yet pitifully weak against the Demons whose forces were dozens of times greater.
"The Eye grows stronger with every breath the Laws take." One God said grimly, "In ten years at most, they will get completely devoured. Then all of us would die."
"Damn it!" A Dragon God roared, "Let's fight them now! We're dying either way, better to die fighting than waiting!"
"Yes, we have tens of billions of warriors ready to fight to the death!"
"Your Holiness Phoebe, give the order!"
The Gods turned to a petite Tree Elf holding a green staff who was the Forest Goddess Phoebe, the only remaining Supreme Goddess on this planet. Despite her 1.5-meter tall frame, she possessed terrifying strength. Even the two Supreme God Tier Demons on the third layer needed to fight together to stall her.
Phoebe sighed, "Choose representatives from each race to create a group of survivors. We'll preserve Arboriel's inheritance."
(T/N — Planet X's name is Arboriel.)
"Your Holiness, the Laws have sealed themselves. Neither we nor the demons can leave. How can we send the survivors out?"
Phoebe's voice was soft but resolute, "The seal has weakened. After the final battle begins, I'll self-destruct my natal artifact or even my godhead to create a space-time channel."
"Your Holiness!" The Gods exclaimed in horror.
"Let me try first!" A Dragon God protested, "You're the only Supreme God Arboriel has, you're our hope! Let us clear the way for you and the survivors!"
The other Gods agreed, willing to sacrifice themselves for their races' survival. Phoebe looked at them, unable to speak, as sadness filled her heart. Suddenly, she sensed something and made a grabbing motion, pulling forth a translucent figure from the void.
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