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After clearing one monster army after another, the imperial army met the Sisterhood Collective alliance's army.
"Stop!" Stella, glowing golden, stood up holding a golden spear and stopped the alliance's army.
"Lady Angel, please don't misunderstand!" Diane flew forward and explained, "We're from the Sisterhood Collective alliance. We're not hostile to the Great Aetherium!"
Stella looked at her with golden eyes and sensing no falsehood in her words, she advised, "There's a blood lake nearby. Don't get close to it as the Demonic Gods might attack you."
"Lady Angel, what is this blood lake?" Diane asked respectfully.
"It is a passage connecting the second layer of the underground space."
The blood lake's existence was no secret. Soon, the Castle Lords would know they could use it to reach the second layer. For Haru, this was fine as he needed them to clear out the fodder demons in the second layer.
Moreover, Haru's goal wasn't simply hunting demons. He wanted to enter the fourth layer—the planet's core—to control Arboriel's laws and claim the whole planet for himself.
"Thank you, Lady Angel!" After hesitating, Diane asked, "May I request an audience with His Majesty?"
"The Lord is not with the Imperial Army. I remember you were with the Nature Goddesses. You can visit the Empire after the tournament ends."
"Understood." Diane wanted to thank Haru personally, but had no choice. The armies separated, heading to different directions.
After Diane returned, exclamations burst from the Sisterhood Collective alliance's camp.
"Is that Haru's imperial army? There must be at least 500,000 troops there, with over 100,000 Angels! Even the others are all top-level troops! And I sensed thousands of Gods!"
"Thousands of Gods?! Hiss!!"
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Location: Second layer of the underground space, Arboriel.
Haru, Celestia and Yvonne didn't wait for the imperial army. Using the blood lake channel, they directly arrived here, and the scene filled him with a sense of novelty. The red ground met their eyes, as if watered with blood and magma rivers burning with fire flowed across the landscape. The air reeked of sulfur and an inherent evil aura.
Thousands of kilometers away, Haru's spiritual senses detected magic nests and cities with walls that were thousands of meters tall. Countless winged demons hovered around them. Several forts were built there and all of these housed many demons.
Sitting in these cities and nests were many Demonic Gods at the peak of Intermediate God Tier and millions of Demons. Before the Castle Lords arrived, these demons had no worthy opponents in Arboriel.
"My Lord." Celestia said, "There are many similar nests and cities in the second layer, at least tens of thousands!"
"So many?" Haru frowned, "Even if we act separately, destroying all these nests immediately will be difficult. If the demons learn that the seal has been broken, they'll use the nests to bring demonic armies as reinforcements from the Abyss."
Celestia said respectfully, "Don't worry My Lord. The planet's laws have reduced their suppression of me significantly. With my natal artifact's help, I can forcibly seal the second layer."
Haru's eyes suddenly lit up. He released his spiritual senses, instantly enveloping millions of kilometers. The laws' suppression had lessened significantly. When he first entered Arboriel, his spiritual senses could only cover ten thousand kilometers.
This suppression should have grown stronger as he got closer to the laws', yet now he could cover millions of kilometers. It seemed like the laws had recognized their existence and purpose. In this way, it was encouraging them to slay the demons.
"It seems like the more demons one slays, the lighter the suppression." Haru noted.
Celestia nodded. Having slayed many demons herself, and with her own overwhelming strength, she could barely feel the suppression now and unleash her full power.
"Castle Lords killing demonized creatures reduces the Abyss' erosion. The laws are gradually recovering." Celestia explained, "Correspondingly, the Eye of the Abyss will weaken. If we kill all demonized monsters and demons, the Eye will become useless, and the Laws will regain their freedom."
Haru pondered, "We need to gain control over Arboriel's laws. Once they're completely restored, it'll be nearly impossible."
Even the Supreme Gods weren't opponents of such planets' laws. The Endless Continent's Laws could even suppress all Supreme Gods of the Faith and Truth Pantheons combined, Though Arboriel's laws were weaker, it could still suppress a few Supreme Gods. Had it been weaker, the Eye of the Abyss would have already devoured it by now.
Haru asked, "Celestia, do you have any ideas for how we could do it?"
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