With the appearance of these seven halos, seven beings manifested from the rules were gradually descending.
The reason for their descent was the prayers of all the alien races fighting the demons in the Trial World!
These vast numbers of aliens, even knowing they might be defeated, still used every means to resist the Endless Abyss, pledging their lives in defiance against it!
But unfortunately, material reality still dominated this world.
The faith of mortals, under the onslaught of demons, was negligible.
No matter how loud these aliens' prayers were, they could not stop their homes from being burned, nor prevent their world from turning into a nest for demons, nor halt…
The demons' slaughtering blades!
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"Angel… I have worshiped you devoutly my entire life…"
An alien knelt, holding a small angel statue whose features were indistinct.
Around her lay corpses—her village chief, a knight she secretly loved, neighbors, friends, and more.
At this moment, everything within her small world lay silently on the ground.
The village was engulfed in deathly silence.
Except for the occasional scream, no sound could be heard.
Only the twisted, fallen, and vile demons' excited roars…
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"All my life, I never strayed from your teachings!"
"I worked diligently every day for myself and the church, as you taught… this is your lesson of diligence."
A demon noticed the alien.
"Every time I saw someone in misfortune, I helped them in time, as you taught… this is your lesson of generosity!"
The demon aimed its weapon at the alien's heart.
"I have never envied others for their deserved lives, nor spied on them—this is your lesson of tolerance…"
Tears fell from the alien's eyes.
"So I pray that, after my death, you will take my soul, and not let it…"
"Fall into that dreadful world!"
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With a flash, the alien opened her eyes and could hardly believe what she saw.
Before her stood a real angel!
"Your soul belongs to the Creator forever," the angel, radiating holiness, said gently to the faithful.
"And we are merely guides for your soul."
Behind the alien, the demon shrieked in agony—its soul was being purified!
This purification was true and complete, from body to true spirit.
Once fully purified, its soul would have no chance to return to the Endless Abyss.
The angel touched the alien's head through the air and smiled.
"But now, it is not yet time for your soul to return to heaven!"
"Fight on, for yourself, for your family, for all that is yours."
Then the angel vanished, moving to another person praying for rescue.
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The alien trembled but rose to her feet.
Fight? Could this fragile creature really fight?
Yes.
She stood shakily and saw dozens of demons desecrating her village.
In the next moment—
Light!
Endless light made the demons scream in agony.
With the light, the demons, from flesh to soul, even their true spirits, began dissolving.
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[Stage Ten Divine Art: Holy Light Technique]!
The alien, previously so weak she could have been killed with one hand, was ignited within her soul upon contact with the angel.
Unlike Chu Hao, who ignited his entire soul sea, this alien's soul sea contained a "seed of belief" imbued with great divine power, illuminating everything around her.
After the angel's miracle, she transformed into…
A powerful warrior at the bishop level!
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"This is a divine miracle!"
Even such an astonishing miracle could arise anywhere in the Trial World—battlefields, plains, cities, mountains, seas.
Every true believer in the angel's teachings had a chance to become such a being.
Their arrival quickly turned the tide in many battles!
Those who had fallen into despair began a counterattack under their leadership.
Demons' nests were gradually destroyed under the holy light.
The world, under the circle of virtue, was returning to the angels' rule, and evil would ultimately be eradicated.
The scales of victory were tipping…
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Elsewhere…
"Hiss… I didn't expect it, the core defense mechanism of this world has quite the trick!"
Chu Hao looked up at the seven angels towering in the sky and smiled.
These seven angels had no fixed shape, indescribable and unimaginable, but their existence confirmed their identity—they represented "angels."
Each burned with a different colored flame.
Behind these flames, structures resembling wings or halos formed.
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"The final stage of the Trial World… is the legendary…"
"Drafts of angels from the Heavens' Mountain World!"
In the well-known divine domain of Heavens' Mountain, the image of angels was deeply ingrained.
What Chu Hao saw were the angels' original forms—beings merging the rules and divine fire.
He then turned his gaze to the 14th planet in the Trial World.
That planet, encircled by halos.
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"I wonder… what treasure lies as the 'gift' after passing the fourth trial?"
While Chu Hao greedily observed the planet's treasure, an angel raised her weapon and pointed it at him.
The angel, with no visage or concrete form, spoke in a voice that echoed through the world.
"Why… have you created these utterly fallen creatures?"
White flames blazed along her sword.
"What… have you treated life as?"
Chu Hao now faced the seven angels, each embodying a virtue, as if on trial.
And he, in turn, revealed a wicked, intriguing smile.
"You ask me… what I consider life?"
He lifted his head, and in his black pupils, a black-red whirlpool slowly turned.