The Starry Horizon Academy was within its separate dimension in the center area of the second layer.
Hollowstar’s forces had arrived there in their two giant ships and a bunch of newly corrupted powerhouses as well as new ugly creations.
Leading them was a woman with exotic, thin tails floating around her, long nails, and a dark purple dress made of leaves, yet looking like flesh as it pulsed with vein patterns.
She had three verticles eyes on her face and a mouth with big lips.
Looking at the large celestial body of the academy, she licked her lips. “Go and rain destruction on this.”
Meanwhile, all the people who were in this dimension received Grimworld’s Quest.
[ Kill the Hollowstar’s forces and earn contribution points. Once they are all driven away or dead, a mystic shop will be available for one day, allowing you to use the contribution points you earned to buy things. All the best. ]
Almond had just brought the Regalons here when he and everyone got this Grimworld’s Quest.
“Alright, everyone. It’s a free-for-all all. The Hollowstar has brought Griminion Emperors, and even I also sense the aura of three Hollow Defilers,” Almond said as he narrowed his eyes, his vision passing through all obstacles and directly viewing the Hollowstar’s forces at the point of entry.
“They are pouring in, but you all can fight without worry. If you die, you’ll start over from this moment right here, but if you survive the entire ordeal, you will improve.”
Big D’s avatar appeared nearby as Almond finished speaking.
Looking at the Regalons, Big D nodded, “Great. The powerhouses have gathered at the impact point. Their forces will land there first, so let’s go there.”
Almond nodded and waved his hand, teleporting everyone.
Thousands of people were gathered on this large ground.
Above them in the sky, two tiny dots were approaching rapidly.
“Let’s meet them in the sky. No need to let them land here and wreak this planet of the academy,” Almond said as he waved his hand and teleported himself and other Regalons fifty kilometers above.
The other people were from various forces of the second layer, while many were also living on this planet as they had no families.
“Regalons are here, so I guess there’s not much danger from Hollowstars.”
“It’s been a while since we saw those two in action. Surely, they must have gotten stronger.”
“They are still at Immortal-King rank, but they are clearly stronger from the vibe I get.”
Suddenly, Big D’s shout resounded across the large ground.
“You dumbasses! What are you waiting for here? Go up and fight alongside the Regalons!”
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“Hollow Defilers,” Admiral Rudra said as he saw them. “They are at the forefront. Three seconds until they land.”
“Their mouths are open, heh. They want to blast us right off the bat,” Almond’s eyes glinted.
Lily smiled and said, “There are three of them, and we are three. Let’s take one each.”
“Krala, focus on protection and support.”
“As you wish,” Krala smiled.
Almond summoned his Spirit Lords—
Underworld Apostle Benedict
Infernal Knight of Doom Ashkar
Verdant Queen Sylvia
Nyssara the Apocalypse of Wintersun
Galvaren the Warring Skylord Tyrant
Meliora the Elixir of Chaos
Asura the Demonic Throne of Death
Abyssal Dragon Raicanor
And the last two, which were new.
Velkris the Prismborne Dreamlord
Ossira, the Bloom of Dawnforged Seraph
All of them were bona fide Supreme Emperors with their core assets at the peak.
The fight with those 100 Supreme Emperors a year ago had solidly made his Spirit Lords stronger thanks to their true spirits because each of them had reached Omega-1 ability power.
Velkris and Ossira were made from the two of the strongest Supreme Emperors of the Big Ten, and he had also upgraded his other Spirit Lords using the true spirits of other strongest Supreme Emperors of that gang.
Almond also ordered the Spirit Lords to focus on protecting and supporting others rather than eliminating Hollowstar’s forces.
They had no need for contribution points, so it was better to let others who could benefit from it have them.
Almond, Lily, and Admiral Rudra streaked up to meet Hollow Defilers, the crazy strong beings who had stats broken past the absolute limit of 20k and had chaotic powers.
But their clash was brief.
Almond entirely erased one out of existence as it shattered into countless sparks and vanished while he gained a true spirit of another Hollow Defiler.
Lily used an ability as a giant monster manifested with ten-tails and four wings, with a wolf head, and a strange, cracky figure with a row of spinal fins on its back.
This monster was Lily’s master piece, manifested from the strongest of arts she created from the Parade of Dreadspire Kingdom ability tree and shaped with her eElements and Intents, mainly the Ichor of Dreadblood Eidolon and Blooming Ruination.
Her eyes glinted as she pre-attacked with her two chakrams that instantly sliced through the Hollow Defiler, enacing a bunch of weaknessess using her Axiom of Hollow Splendor before her ten-tailed monster unleashed eleven beams.
Ten from the tails, and one from its mouth. The destructive beams struck the Hollow Defiler. The moment physical contact with the beam was made, Lily’s monster began glowering as the prime energy she used had characteristics of draining all the blood, energy, and soul power from the target into the monster, which would then be dominated under her control with her Axiom of Absolute Dominion ability.
The Hollow Defiler was breaking down with the beams striking it, and before it could even try to break fast, Lily unleashed a stream of crimson fangs imbued with ultimate corrosion and Blooming Ruination.
The Hollow Defiler grew flowers all over while unable to do anything except explode in the end. It scattered.
Lastly, Admiral Rudra took two oaths and shattered the Hollow Defiler with a single punch of his full power.
With his build now properly completed, Admiral Rudra’s strongest punch woven with his assets could even break Almond’s powers, though with Almond’s current power level, it was impossible for anyone among the Regalons to physically reach him.
“The final boss is up there,” Big D arrived there and said while looking up, squinting his eyes. “That being is constantly getting pressured by Grimworld, but is resisting it.”
“That woman does give a strange vibe,” Almond nodded, his eyes unable to see through her. “I can’t see through her.”
“You can’t?” Lily was surprised.
“If you can’t, then it must mean she is bad news,” Admiral Rudra’s eyes narrowed.
“Yes,” Big D somberly nodded. “It’s been a while since Hollowstar activated a being of this level.”
The woman looked at them and smiled widely as her eyes squinted. There was pure happiness in her eyes as she waved her hand. “Hello~”
Her aura unravled itself as if she couldn’t keep it suppressed anymore.
Instantly, a torrent of strange pulses spread everywhere.
Almond, Lily, Admiral Rudra, and Big D were the first ones to feel it pass through them, and it made them feel like their entire bodies—no, their entire sense of existence, was getting twisted.
Naturally, they resisted with their wills, which returned them to feeling normal.
Almond’s eyes flashed as he quickly teleported everyone into a separate space pocket, every single Regalon and other living being that was not from Hollowstar vanished.