Chapter 1005 Ares, the Destroyer of Nations (Seeking monthly votes at the beginning of the month!)

——Yes, Ying Tiansi and Heleqin still have a very faint connection.

Seeing that Yasen was still a little confused, Aiwass told him the story of Shadow Tiansi:

"Shadow Celestial Master is a very young Celestial Master. Before becoming a Celestial Master, she was a priestess of the Supreme Heaven. As a privilege of the giant race, she was directly fished out of the source river by the Supreme Heaven after her death and became one of the Supreme Heaven's 100,000 apostles.

"As a giant, she once couldn't understand the logic of revenge. Therefore, she couldn't understand why Heleqin wanted to massacre giants, nor why giants wanted to massacre humans and elves. She believed that revenge would lead to meaningless fighting, which would only make everyone unhappy. She didn't agree with the revenge of humans or giants, because fighting would trigger evolution, and if they wanted to rule forever, they needed to eliminate all struggles.

"So she tried to plead for the elf in front of the Supreme Heaven—but it was clear that the Supreme Heaven was displeased. He then forcibly raped Shadow Tiansi in front of the apostles, stripped her of all her 'power', expelled her from her kingdom, and ordered the apostles to hunt her down.

"This time, Ying Tiansi finally understood what 'revenge' meant. The Shadow Kingdom wasn't created by her. Back then, it was called the Shadow Realm... It was the core of all shadow power, home to many extremely dangerous natives, including the 'Demon Pig', the 'Hundred-Headed Snake', the 'Shadow Hunter', and the 'Shadow Demon'. She hid there to avoid being hunted, and unexpectedly gained the power of betrayal and revenge within the Shadow Realm..."

The former Pope spoke so nonchalantly about the secret that made Yasen tremble with fear and wish he could cover his ears.

——These are all the contents of "Advanced Divine Arts".

In fact, the entire book of advanced divine arts is basically the background and dark history of the pillar gods, celestial officials, and apostles.

With this in hand, one can understand what others are afraid of, so as to avoid accidentally stepping on landmines when interacting with them. For example, Aiwass certainly cannot summon Heleqin in front of Ying Tiansi, as it will most likely remind people of some unpleasant past.

But even the records in "Higher Divine Arts" weren't necessarily 100% true—for example, it stated that "Shadow Celestial Master was responsible for the fall of the Supreme Heaven—using the fall of the Pillar God to complete the 'Rite of Betrayal and Revenge,' thus ascending to the throne of Shadow Celestial Master." However, as far as Aiwas knew, the mastermind behind the fall of the Supreme Heaven was most likely Huan Celestial Master.

To be more precise, this was the result of a joint plan by the two pillar gods, Wei Zhe and Sha Shi Ji, as well as the various Celestial Gods, including Huan Tian Si and Ying Tian Si. The Ying Tian Si was actually just the least important part… rather than planning, it was more like going with the flow.

However, the brutality committed by the Supreme Heaven in the past did have an impact on her. After occupying the Shadow Kingdom as his own Celestial Domain, Shadow Celestial realized that he had gained power and began to imitate the Supreme Heaven, doing whatever he wanted and satisfying his own fantasies. This included the habit of collecting various souls, which also began at that time.

But Shadow Tiansi wasn't someone with an overly violent personality. Even though he had completely indulged his desires, becoming a tyrant who did whatever he wanted—compared to the mad Blood Tiansi, he was still considered rational and gentle.

Moreover, even after becoming a Celestial Master, fully understanding the concepts of revenge and betrayal, and personally carrying out her revenge and betrayal against her Creator, Father God, and Lord, she did not abandon her original motives—she still believed that revenge was unacceptable and should only be used as a "last resort." Therefore, even after completing her revenge, she was not happy.

That's why she decided to take the power of betrayal and revenge, guarding the warriors raised by the Shadow Kingdom to prevent them from falling into the hands of a more evil god. Although those warriors were her lovers, they were also her protectors.

Because of this, Shadow Sky never gives power to betrayers...but sometimes she will secretly help some avengers who are really miserable and mutter her divine name, at least to let them persevere until they complete their revenge.

There is a high probability that both the Avengers and the Betrayer will come to the Shadow Kingdom - if they have not been branded with a serious sin.

Although most of them were abandoned by Ying Tiansi because of their appearance, most of the Avengers who were helped would thank Ying Tiansi after their death.

These monsters, in addition to preying on mortals who strayed into the Shadow Realm, also preyed on the wandering souls of the Avengers. Therefore, the Shadow Realm warriors usually chose to escort these souls all the way into the castle. However, no one would entertain outsiders like these.

That's why Aiwas wanted to call Morgan over before.

Of the people he knew in the Shadow Kingdom, Vivian had already been reincarnated, Lancelot wasn't dead yet and therefore couldn't be summoned, and Merlin certainly wouldn't dare come. Morgan was probably the only one who could immediately respond to his summons.

But it’s not necessary now.

A battle of this magnitude had already caused quite a stir. It wouldn't be long before someone came to investigate.

Aiwass told Yasen this taboo knowledge in order to prevent him from saying the wrong thing later. They all came here, most likely to meet with the Shadow Master.

The result was as expected by Aiwass.

In the Land of Shadows, there was no distinction between day and night. Only after they had quieted down, and after seventeen brief lightning strikes that illuminated the sky and earth, could they hear the sound of a herd of beasts running in the distance.

Over sixty handsome and strong male warriors came roaring in from afar. They were of various races: humans, elves, half-elves, werewolves, dragons, giants... as well as snakemen, harpies, lizardmen, and some beastmen that Aiwass didn't recognize.

Except for the Sons of the Moon, goblins and dwarves, almost every mainstream race in the material world can be seen in it.

——Even trolls!

Although they were of different races and even opposed to each other, the relationship between these dead people seemed to be very good. After all, they were all dead, and no matter what their stance was in life, they were all equal in death.

Aiwass watched them running hurriedly and felt the excitement of brothers going online together.

...Hey, wait. There's someone I know.

Aiwas's eyes lit up and he saw a familiar figure at a glance.

It's Lancelot!

Although Arsen might not be able to see it, for Aiwass, who had special vision in his right eye, it was very easy to distinguish the souls of the living and the dead - Lancelot was the only living person in the crowd, just like a person in white clothes among a group of people in black clothes.

The other man also saw Aiwass and immediately opened his eyes wide in surprise. However, he was only an "intern" here after all, so he did not greet Aiwass.

The leader was a giant with long red hair. Considering the generally barbaric and ugly appearance of male giants, he was surprisingly handsome, even showing some traces of the Supreme Heaven.

You can tell at first glance that this is a giant directly descended from the Supreme Heaven, most likely from the royal court.

When the giant saw Aiwass—or more accurately, when he saw the antlers on Aiwass's head—his expression suddenly became serious.

"Hail to the ever-burning candle, son of the candlelighter."

The giant said calmly, his voice even.

Aiwass looked behind him—only to see a flaming spear on his back. He suddenly understood: "Could you be... Ares, the 'Nation Destroyer'?"

"Exactly."

Ares nodded, his voice clear and without a trace of anger: "But the title of 'Nation Destroyer' is out of the question... I am only Ares now."

——Ivan suddenly couldn't hold it anymore.

Because he was the brother of "Enyeo" who was beaten into a paste and eaten by Aiwass!

It is said that after the fall of the Supreme Heaven, the three most powerful apostles under his command met with trouble - "Tyrant" was ambushed at the resurrection point by the Knights of the Silver Crown Dragon, and was killed every time he was resurrected; and "Rakshasa" had been tamed by Zhu Tiansi and became the guardian apostle "Sky Rakshasa", and was recently punched back to the dream world by the Fallen Angel; the remaining one was the brother of Enyo the City Breaker, Ares the Destroyer of Nations.

He was bewitched by Ying Tiansi's beauty and voluntarily became Ying Tiansi's fanatical follower.

Calling him a bootlicker isn't quite right—because he truly got what he wanted. To this day, he remains Ying Tiansi's most loyal guard and his most beloved lover.

He is also the most visionary among the warriors under Ying Tiansi. After all, they used to work under Zhigaotian and can be considered former colleagues... At that time, his status was much higher than Ying Tiansi's.

Apparently, Ares was unaware that Aiwas had taken the essence of Enyo.

After seeing the three-headed Shadow Hunter beast that was "haunted by sin," he looked at the Night Demon Vennis with caution, frowning seriously, "Is this... the power of the Fallen Angels? Such a powerful demon shouldn't exist after the Fallen Angels' fall..."

“I raised this.”

Aiwass said calmly, "I gave her the fragments of the Fallen Angel. Is that a problem?"

"——No. After all, he is the son of the Candle Master, so it is reasonable for him to tame the great demon."

Ares, the Nation Destroyer, immediately agreed and praised, "We thought it was just one Shadow Hunter, but we didn't expect there were three. If it weren't for your help, who knows how many of us would have died at their hands... Even if I were resurrected with the Queen's power, if I can't reclaim my shadow, I'd be nothing more than a useless person."

He was obviously much more smooth-talking than when he was under the command of the Supreme Heaven.

"That's why I didn't kill them right away."

Aiwass said gently, "Check to see if there are any people you know or guests of Her Majesty the Queen in there. Take their shadows back."

If he killed these three phantom demons, he would surely get a lot of free experience - if it were in the past, he would probably be eager to kill them.

Aiwass hadn't gained experience in a long time, mainly because his enemies often had their souls shattered for various reasons. For example, his adoptive father James, whose soul had completely become food for the Sinthorn, and the Fallen Angel, whose soul returned to the world after death.

But now, Aiwas is not so dependent on the system.

As the tide of transcendence rose, his own growth also began to accelerate. The system panel was more for visually confirming what he had gained and where he had become stronger... Of course, there was another reason: he was always worried that this system came from the power of the Huantian Division, and if he became too dependent on it, it might not be a good thing.

Although he had long realized from various details that this system did not seem to be created by Huantiansi... it was still better to be cautious before thoroughly figuring out its origins.

In any case, Aiwass had already begun attempting to ascend through his own strength two months ago. After self-separation, self-purification, and self-integration, Aiwass's soul had undergone a kind of "distillation," and his progress was already quite rapid.

However, there was another reason he didn't take action—the "shadows" consumed by the Shadow Hunter Beast could actually be separated. After all, they were essentially fragments of the soul. But if he killed it directly, those shadows would most likely become food for Aiwass.

Aiwass didn't think it was necessary.

Even if they really had to kill, they should return these souls before slaughtering them. This would be a good thing for them.

So many soldiers came in a swarm this time, I'm afraid the soul of one of their acquaintances was cut off.

They said sixty men couldn't defeat three Shadow Hunters, but Aiwass didn't quite believe it. While this thing was indeed powerful—despite lacking divinity and intelligence—it could teleport infinitely within the blind spot of any intelligent being, remained permanently invisible, remained undetectable, and its sneak attacks were almost guaranteed to succeed, while its immediate loss of the will to fight after a full attack…it was practically a god for both bullying and single combat.

——Even the celestial officials from the lower realm who were pulled down by the tail ring would probably feel a lot of pressure if they fought them one-on-one.

But it's only strong in single combat. If the enemy outnumbers them, it will usually flee. As long as you can protect your comrades' backs, it's not difficult to kill.

Although they were phantom demons, they ultimately lacked divine nature. They were merely wild beasts. These unintelligent, yet extremely aggressive, demonic phantom demons were essentially the souls left behind by the deceased species created by the Beast Master. They possessed only savage animal instincts.

Because the Path of Love inherited from the Path of Beasts, these demonic spirits generally wandered near the realms of the Path of Kindness and Love. If they ran to the Feast Heaven Division, they would be immediately captured and eaten by the dragons, so they basically ran to the Blood Heaven Division and the Shadow Heaven Division.

If these sixty well-trained Shadow Nation warriors worked in perfect harmony, they could probably defeat three Shadow Hunters without losing any men. The only problem was that if they ran away, they wouldn't be able to catch up.

So it’s not good to have too many people - if there are too many people, they might be scared away, and then the “dreams” that are taken away cannot be taken back.

Sixty was probably the limit without scaring them off immediately. The same logic applied in reverse: with this number... the Shadow Hunters felt they could handle it, their apparent combat power roughly equal, so they wouldn't run away.

This is also why Ares became serious.

From this perspective, the Night Demon had effectively killed them all instantly. Even as a member of the Heavenly Master's Guard, he had to take this level of power seriously.

And this Night Demon maintains the power of the Fallen Angel so easily... Does this mean that she is the next generation of the Fallen Angel?

"Take me to see Her Majesty the Queen."

Aiwass smiled and patted the Shadow Hunter: "This is a meeting gift."

An update of nearly 7,000 words, written until five in the morning... Please give me your monthly votes at the beginning of the month!

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