Birth of the Demonic Sword

Noah's army could only tremble as the crackling figures came out of the whiteness. The devouring light wasn't Heaven and Earth's only weapon. They had powerful troops ready to take care of all the targets that tried to oppose them.

Violent thoughts ran faster than ever inside Noah's mind. He had enough bloodl.u.s.t to push the Demonic Deduction technique beyond its limits. He quickly obtained a clear understanding of the battlefield, and he didn't like his conclusions.

'They overpower us by far,' Noah concluded after his quick inspection.

His law and influence could force his army to gain a sharp advantage against Heaven and Earth's laws, but there were too many crackling figures in the upper tier. The light could even hide more of them.

The sheer difference in power between the two sides made every advantage pointless. The environment also worked against Noah's army. They were in the middle of an unknown area filled with light. Understanding what Heaven and Earth could do there was impossible.

'We have to leave,' Noah decided in an instant before drawing the Demonic Sword and the cursed sword.

"We fight our way downward," Noah roared, and everyone in the army could understand him. "Don't fear the light. Kill everything that tries to block our path."

Countless auras expanded in the environment. All the experts in Noah's army deployed their law, prepared their strongest spells, and drew their best weapons.

Noah's roar had carried his anxiety. All the experts under him could sense how dangerous the situation was. The slightest hesitation might condemn the entire army.

Noah deployed the dark world, but the crackling figures unleashed their attack at that point. Waves of lightning bolts fell on the army, and countless cries echoed in the area.

The anger that filled the environment weakened the lightning bolts and made the experts' defenses more effective against them. However, the attacks carried too much power.

Simple advantages couldn't stop the lightning bolts from piercing the anger, destroying the defensive spells, and falling on the cultivators. Many experts directly exploded when those attacks landed on them. They couldn't endure an offensive backed by that much power.

Noah's dark world expanded until the sparks released by the lightning bolts hit it. The dark matter shattered when it touched that violent energy. The environment didn't seem to allow the existence of his technique.

"Press forward!" Noah roared again.

It didn't matter how many experts died in that situation. It didn't matter if Heaven and Earth had successfully trapped them in a threatening environment. There was only a way out, and the army had to pursue it.

Funny enough, Noah was at the center of the army since the experts had gathered around him before. He had the safest spot on the entire battlefield, and he didn't lose it even when he took the lead of the army.

The light under Noah retreated as he descended through the area. His friends were the first to follow him, and the rest of the army soon imitated them.

The army was a sea of human figures that dived toward the purest light. The whole world opened at their passage, but the environment didn't change even after crossing entire kilometers.

More cracking figures came out of the light at some point. Noah had lost track of the previous ones during his descent, but he felt sure that the new opponents were entirely different creatures.

That event confirmed one of his greatest worries. Heaven and Earth had surrounded his army, and escaping was the only valid option.

The crackling figures released lightning bolts that killed many experts, but Noah didn't stop. He continued to fly downward, and a smile appeared on his face when he saw that the environment had finally started to change.

Yet, his expression froze, and his faint happiness dispersed when a white layer unfolded in his vision. A sharp pain filled his entire existence when his feet touched that material, and his hand quickly rose to stop his allies.

Noah instantly jumped backward to return among his companions. He felt weak, but that sensation didn't come from his injuries. He suddenly found that part of the energy inside his centers of power had disappeared. The white layer had devoured it during that short touch.

"Where are you even going?" Earth mocked Noah. "You are among our influence. Space bents to our will. It doesn't matter where you fly. You'll always find the sky waiting for you."

Earth explained the nature of the white layer before Noah could draw conclusions. It turned out that his feet had touched the material around the entire higher plane. He had made his first contact with the very sky of the Immortal Lands.

More crackling figures appeared around the army and released lightning bolts that killed many experts. Cries reached Noah's ears, but he couldn't do anything to suppress them. He had reached a dead-end, and almost all his options had vanished.

'There's only one thing to do then,' Noah sighed in his mind before his ambition surged again.

Noah was using his law to empower his anger and fend off the whiteness, but that power wasn't enough. He needed more to deal with the threat. He had to push his very existence to the limit and bring everything inside him to the peak set by his potential.

His body began to improve quickly. It reached the upper tier in an instant and filled his mind with an intense sensation of power. His dantian also grew until it stepped into the solid stage.

The new darkness that filled his dantian forced the black hole to evolve. The waves of dark matter inside the organ condensed and tried to strive for a superior state. They wanted to solidify, but the darkness couldn't provide enough power even at its new level.

Noah's consciousness expanded and expressed the entirety of the anger that it contained. Powerful mental waves raged through the light and uncovered large areas, revealing more crackling figures ready to step into the battlefield.

'This isn't enough!' Noah shouted in his mind. 'I don't care what happens afterward. I'm dead if I don't overcome this anyway. Give me more drawbacks, but bring my entire existence to the peak!'

His ambition seemed to listen to his orders. Its influence spread inside his body and started to empower the companions waiting inside the separate space.

Noah's law also affected the parasite and the swords in his hands. All his assets began to reach the limits of the middle tier under the influence of his intense true meaning.

"Elbas, find something to get us out of this situation," Noah began to roar orders. "Wilfred, Robert, and the pig will handle as many lightning bolts as possible. Fergie, Luke, and Harold will coordinate the rest of the troops. We can't trust our senses here, so we have to destroy everything until the area leaves Heaven and Earth's control."

Noah then neared Divine Demon. He had skipped the expert on purpose since he had a special role for him.

"What should I do?" Divine Demon asked when he saw Noah nearing his position.

Noah neared Divine Demon's ears and whispered. "Heaven and Earth are challenging you to survive this punishment. You know what you have to do."