Baatorian Jihad (14)

All Warlocks looked in horror and fear as the enormous Voidcrafts were descending to the Canghzi Plane, their targets being the Sub Continents.

All of the Warlocks across the entire plane mobilized their Warlock Towers, Secret Treasures, and Alchemical Weapons to attack the descending Voidfleet, as the sky lit up with the countless attacks coming from the Canghzi Plane at the incoming Voidfleet.

As they were near the Voidfleet, suddenly, the sky turned black in a split of a second, as malicious energy spread across the entire plane, and everyone felt the temperature drop as it was almost freezing, as all attacks from the Warlocks just ended, disappeared into thin air, as the wave of black energy devoured them all.

"That monster... this is already on the level of Pseudo Tier 12."

Muttered Taboo Emperor as he watched how the Father of All Devils disposed of everything that could threaten the safety of his Voidfleet, as the Voidships safely descended onto the several subcontinents of the Canghzi Plane, as their soldiers started exiting the transports.

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MC POV

"Protect the Pillar, turtle up in the subcontinent; we are not attacking."

I said to the mental link I had with Hela, Asura, and Diablo, who just a few weeks ago evolved into the Abyssal Fiend Emperor.

Our forces landed at the four strategically chosen subcontinents, which we will be conquered, as the resistance on them was low, and then after planting down the Dawn Pillars, we would be waiting for them to take effect and just play turtles.

If we assailed the heavily fortified positions of Warlocks, we would suffer heavy losses. Every life of every soldier of the Chthonian Empire was precious, so we would be taking our time.

Maybe it will frustrate the hot-tempered Warlocks and provoke them into attacking us instead.

Dawn Pillars were a crucial part of the conquest to ensure the lowest casualties as possible by taking over Control over the World's Will to suppress Warlocks and boost our forces.

I took with me the 9th Army Yesod Keepers to the Turandot Subcontinent, Hela took the 2nd Army Luna Wolves with her to the Fuso Subcontinent, Asura took the 1st Army Pillars to the Kharo Subcontinent and Diablo took the 7th Army Silver Lycan to the Ixnor Subcontinent.

All of us had a single task to plant a Dawn Pillar at the center of the subcontinent and defend the Pillars until they form a connection and usurp the control from the World's Will.

For now, on my order, only Four Armies of the Imperialis Militarum made an appearance, as other forces remain in the shadows and would make an appearance at the right time.

As the 9th Army Yesod Keepers marched at the defenses of the warlocks around the Turandot Subcontinent, and unsurprisingly, we didn't encounter any kind of resistance, aside from some ant-like factions that were basically abandoned here or never had any opportunity to escape the subcontinent.

What was actually surprising was that we managed to encounter a lone Holy Spirit Warlock, who I don't really know what he was doing here, but he was quickly killed by Feng Xiu, who turned into his Devil Dragon form, and ate the human Warlock in one gulp.

"Plant the Pillar and construct a fortress around it. Lay down the bounded fields as soon as possible; we cannot risk being attacked by the Warlock Emperors without proper defenses."

I gave orders to Lord General Feng Xiu while I was observing the main continents and Floating Continents, where currently Warlock Emperors were rallying up their forces.

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3rd POV

Kharo Subcontinent

'bum bum.'

Head rolled on the ground as Asura swung his crimson sword to get rid of the blood, as he looked at the corpses of Warlocks, Hellions, Freak, and Alchemical Lifeforms around him, as the resistance of the Kharo Subcontinent proved to be much higher than initially expected.

Suddenly, as Asura was preparing to advance, he felt killing intent from a distance and instantly dodged the incoming Sword Qi Slash.

"Heavenly Sword Emperor."

Said Asura in a low voice, as he kept wondering how he managed to appear there, from the Floating Continent where he was supposed to be. He probably wanted to fight Asura, as Asura was also a Sword Cultivator, as he picked practicing sword since long time ago, and after he became Elder of the Baator, his swordsmanship had long ago transcended the realm of Grandmaster.

Asura mobilized his energy as he gripped his sword and shot toward the Heavenly Sword Emperor, leaving only crimson lighting after mirage as he appeared next to the Heavenly Sword Emperor. In contrast, the crimson lightning cracked around his entire sword as he slashed at the Heavenly Sword Emperor.

His opponent reacted swiftly, blocking his sword strike effectively, but the crimson lighting got him burns all around his right hand in which he held the sword.

Seeing that he managed to injure the Heavenly Sword Emperor, Asura hacked his sword several times, each time pushing the Heavenly Sword Emperor further and further and causing him additional injuries.

Even though when it came to mastery over the Sword, they were equal, Asura had one great advantage, and that was an example of the power and unique abilities he created or obtained, which was something the Heavenly Sword Emperor lacked.

By combining his power, Laws, and unique abilities around his sword, he was able to show terrifying destructive prowess.

'splash'

Suddenly only silence took over the battlefield, as with his last slash, Asura severed Heavenly Sword Emperor's right hand, essentially crippling him, as his dominant sword had was his right hand. Seeing that the situation was critical, Heavenly Sword Emperor used the teleportation talisman as he escaped as fast as he could before Asura would have killed him.