Skyfire Avenue - Chapter 805

Chapter 805

Chapter 805: The King of Devils

Queen, Consort and Monarch – the three most powerful aliens outside of the home worlds themselves . Luckily none of them were strong enough to ascend to the Infinite . However three Nirvana-level enemies was enough to cause the Terminator and his allies significant trouble .

The Terminator himself had achieved Nirvana, but only recently . Besides him the Wine Master and Clockmaker were Reflections of Heaven and Earth . The others were still within the Realm of Protogenia .

The seven of them together, employing their full strength, were able to keep the enemy at bay . At least for now . The valley they fought in was scarred by the marks of their conflict . From overhead it looked like a jagged crater .

Roars and explosions filled the air, competing against one another as the chaos continued . A gigantic image of a man with pitch black skin, ten thousand meters tall stomped through the area . His body blazed with a blinding golden light, and every time he threw a punch hundreds of aliens were eliminated .

Scores of enemies threw themselves at him . Their blows landed, but only transient marks remained from their efforts . None of the lesser beasts could overcome his defenses . This was the Terminator’s dharmic image . The others were managing to avoid destruction because he had taken the fore .

Once they had infiltrated the planet, the Terminator had quietly lead his team toward the progenitor’s location and waited for their opportunity . But when the space battle had begun, the situation here had been less than ideal . Many aliens remained surrounding the progenitor . That was when they found the three who would give them the most worry .

When the battle was at its height the Terminator could wait no longer . They had two planets they were responsible for liberating, and seven Paragons waiting to do their part . They could not delay!

He formulated a plan; He would use his own body to shield the others while they dealt with the progenitor .

Unfortunately for them the creature was also Nirvana-level . Their plan appeared to be working at the outset, with the Terminator relying on his overpowering strength to single-handedly keep the three doppelgangers at bay .

However, although the other Paragons exclusively turned their attacks on the progenitor, they weren’t strong enough to bring it down . The best they’d managed was to injure it . Meanwhile, the doppelgangers were commanding the alien forces to surround and besiege them .

A Paragon’s protogenic recovery rate was quick, which meant their staying power in a fight was similarly impressive . However, while this planet used to be human territory it belonged to the enemy now . The progenitor’s corrupting influence acted as support for the creatures helping them to heal and replenish rapidly, while also empowering the planets’ avatars .

Mission success was tantalizingly close when they started their assault . With their target within view, how could they retreat? But as time went on the situation worsened . The Paragons had to fight harder as more aliens came to the progenitor’s aid . The air was so thick with enemies even the clouds were blotted out .

At last the Wine Master sent out a request for help . Things had spiraled out of their control, and if they fell here the cost to humanity would be immense . He used his dimensional powers to keep the enemies at bay by opening portals in front of the encroaching forces . In their headlong charge the monsters would barrel through the portals and find themselves far away .

Now, load roars filled the air . A mushroom cloud lifted debris high into the planet’s atmosphere, followed by a powerful shockwave . For a moment that section of horizon burned like a sunrise . Scores of aliens tumbled from the sky .

The fight had raged at a fever pitch for several hours with the Paragons slaying countless numbers of aliens . Unfortunately their vital crystals were swallowed up by the fungus-infested earth and returned to the enemy . Ultimately they suffered no losses .

The Terminator’s team took turns resting and pressing the attack to try and conserve energy, but continuous battle was beginning to take its toll .

An inferno of dark red fire repelled a group of aliens . Satan’s face glowered in the stark shadows his fires created . All of a sudden he rose sharply into the air, outside of their defensive formation .

“Satan, what are you doing?! Get back here!” The Keeper shouted .

Satan turned his head and peered back at the researcher . Suddenly he smiled . “Get ready to break out of the encirclement!” As he spoke his pale hands were pressed together in front of him . A sea of fire erupted in all directions with him at its center . This was enough to force the aliens around him to fall back . Simultaneously, a strange black light lingered between the King of Devil’s palms .

It grew into a pitch-black sword that was strange to behold . It was long and thin, even its handguard oddly dainty . On either end of the handguard were two identical black gemstones, complimenting a third at the base of the pommel . They glimmered with a strange and bewitching light, but the blade itself was a flat black that reflected no light whatsoever .

When the rapier appeared all light in the vicinity dimmed, swallowed into its inky surface .

“This is…” The Pontiff stared in surprise .

Satan’s demonic star was fixed on the aliens . His lips moved as a low, guttural chant slithered through the air . A pair of enormous wings burst from his back and spread wide, matched by a pair of dark red horns drilling out from his forehead . Satan’s aura rapidly swelled in power .

This dramatic transformation captured the attention of the three doppelgangers . They had continued to try and rush in to end these humans, but the Terminator’s power had so far kept them at bay . The Northern Paragon was riddled with wounds, but with the help of the Wine Master and Clockmaker they’d managed to keep their party safe – but only barely .

Satan turned his attention back toward the Keeper . “When I’m gone, give this blade to my daughter . And watch that hypocrite, make sure he doesn’t get his hands on it . ”

The Dark Citadel’s former leader erupted into thunderous laughter . His body was consumed in an inferno of hellfire .

Satan’s aura intensified by several orders of magnitude . With a flourish he flipped the blade around and hugged it toward himself . The sleep blade slipped into him, right where his heart was located .

The second it pierced his heart, everything within five hundred meters of the Paragon froze in place . Suddenly they crumbled away into ash .

Satan’s body became the center of a massive black vortex . A manic surge of demonic energy whipped around it like a tempest .

The Pontiff looked on, struck dumb with amazement . He and Satan had been adversaries for decades and knew each other like brothers . He knew what this was .

“He… he’s broken the stygian seal?” He gasped .

“Stygian seal? What’s that?” The Keeper asked . The Avenue’s ultimate researcher could feel that the energy Satan was releasing far exceeded his typical capabilities, and it was still rising . The protogenia around him was solidifying, as though in anticipation of something terrible .

“The power of the Satan bloodline is derived from the King of Devils . It grants them incredible power, but corrupts their hearts and devours their souls . There is never a good end for members of their cursed bloodline . Eventually their soul comes under the command of the Devil, and they become puppets of pure animalistic evil . Only upon becoming Paragons can this possession be halted, and in turn the Adept becomes a Devil in the flesh . Satan is the only one of their ilk I’ve seen who has been able to thoroughly seal the corruption of his blood right . By piercing his heart he releases the full power latent in his blood, the only way to summon the full strength of the King of Devils . But it comes at the cost of his body and soul . The mythical King of Devils has powers even beyond the Infinite . Even a shadow of its presence would be harrowing . ”

The Keeper didn’t completely understand what the Keeper was saying, but he grasped enough . Satan intended to sacrifice his own life energy to overcome the aliens . The Arcane Magnate had never held Satan or his despicable bloodline in high regard, but in this moment he looked upon the man with respect . A Paragon’s life was long and highly cherished, the Keeper knew this well . This man was willing to give up his life without complaint . That was true strength .

Satan’s eyes were a ghastly blood red . His body and aura grew before their eyes .

“I am the King of Devils – greatest of my generation . Surely you lesser creatures cannot hope to shackle me? Ha-ha-ha-ha!” His mad cackling cracked like thunder and with a vicious yank he pulled the rapier free from his chest . It, too, had grown with the rest of him, and now his demonic aura had drowned all the world around them .

Shadows coalesced around him to create a red cloak that flapped at his back . His pale face had become leathery red and monstrous . The light in his eyes was no longer human .

With a single beat of his enormous wings Satan was suddenly on the other side of the battlefield . The aliens around him only felt a sudden burning sensation, then all of a sudden an area a thousand meters in diameter was swallowed up in red light . They were cut off from the rest of the battle .

The Terminator acutely felt the power that came from the demon and knew that even his Nirvana-level abilities would not be able to contend against him .

Satan’s ice-cold features regarded the North’s Paragon defender . “Terminator . I have a request . ” His voice was cold as death .

The Terminator continued to fight, but was paying close attention .