Sterila had never imagined that the enemy they were dealing with was this monstrous. Her existence, that of a creature who seemingly looked down on Heaven itself, now looked utterly undefeatable as she flew above them.
Yasenia stepped forward, all powerhouses quickly tightening their guard. However, even those who were the strongest barely saw a blur move past them before one of them was impaled by the battle flag.
Yasenia spoke. "One down, 843 of you to go."
Sterila shouted. "ACTIVATE YOUR TRUMP CARDS! WE CANâT DEAL WITH HER!"
Yasenia looked over with a cold smile. "No need to scream, I will deal with you last since you seem to be the source of Angelâs biggest displeasure. [Celestial Cosmos Dress], [Crystalline Moon Dress]."
Her revealing blue dress turned to starlight, becoming a gorgeous, long, empyrean gown illuminated by the stars and reflecting as if adorned with countless small crystals.
Then, holding the fluttering battle flag, Yasenia charged toward someone who had taken out a space talisman. She swept with it, and a powerful [Celestial Sunder] tore that person to shreds.
"Those who flee here today, I will visit your sects and annihilate all life there until it becomes a barren land."
Sterila appeared before Yasenia, her sword coated in an incredibly powerful energy that could easily destroy several worlds. "[Star Buster]!"
Yaseniaâs golden eyes showed a ripple. She raised her hand, [Celestial Dragon Body] surging from within as she activated [Celestial Aegis].
BOOM!
The shockwave tore the earth, creating a massive pit as space rippled dangerously around them. Yasenia smiled. "Worthy of causing some trouble to Angel. You actually forced me to use a defensive skill. Sadly for you, I am not done increasing my strength. [Immortal Breaker Body]."
Right after, she blurred forward and punched toward Sterilaâs stomach, landing a hit right below her ribcage. Sterilaâs eyes bulged as her body bent like a bow, flying toward a distant mountain with enough speed to push everyone back with just the shockwaves.
Then, another twenty people appeared nearby, their attacks manifesting in several forms like giant palms, enormous dragons, or imposing birds.
Yasenia looked around, her golden eyes impassive. She swung her battle flag. "[Firmament Shaking Arc]."
Space collapsed with a cry, unable to bear the sheer physical might this attack showed. The massive arc quite literally shook the heavens as all attacks were broken, creating backlash on those 20 people as they spat a mouthful of blood.
Next, [Celestial Tyrant Soul Unshackled] and [Firmament Soul Sword] both manifested, one coating herself and the other coating the battle flagâs sharp edges. With this, Yasenia had donned all of her "normal" boosting effects.
Even then, her presence was now so overbearing that the world was starting to whine, the weight of Yaseniaâs existence taking a toll on it. Then, Yasenia used [Fairy Moon Steps] and the basic form of [Heavenly Constellation Steps], becoming a blur that swept through those twenty cultivators that just attacked her.
When she reappeared, everyone looked over and saw several of them still impaled on her battle flag. Yasenia snorted, flicking the corpses away. "From here on, my strength will approach the true peak. [Heavenly Constellation Steps, Second and Fourth Sky.] [Ursaâs Grasp], [Lyraâs Harmony]."
Dramel manifested, and Yasenia took her and began playing with her strings. Even when Dramel could play the familiar ballade alone, Yasenia remembered Dramelâs complaint and decided to play it herself this time.
During this time, she was not left alone. Thousands of attacks from all cultivators rained on her, but Yasenia moved around like a fish in water. She dodged up and down, left and right, her body elegantly dancing among the attacks.
After feeling Dramel become satisfied, she released her with the only genuine smile during the entire battle before turning indifferent again. Her hand grasped the battle flag, and she pointed upward. "[Everlasting War Calamity Battle Flag: Endless Slaughter Calling]."
The flag had more than one skill. The most useful and the strongest one was the one she used in the past, the [Endless War Calling]. This time, Yasenia used a skill that poured the flagâs endless killing intent into her body to strengthen herself.
Once it did, the already despairing aura Yaseniaâs body was emitting transformed into a brutal and tyrannical one. This aura resonated with her Tyrannical Warlord Intent Domain, boosting her strength even more.
By this point, even Mirrory had started to feel her tongue tying. Had she seen terrifying geniuses sweeping the world with their talent? In the Divine Heavens, she has. However, that was in a world where Supreme Ranked treasures were treated as second-hand goods among transcendent realm cultivators. A place where endless natural treasures occupied ruins and other sites.
Yasenia had quite literally risen from a backwater place Mirrory wouldâve looked down upon 999,999 out of 1,000,000 times.
Sterila slowly crawled out of the ground, where Yasenia had embedded her by force, and looked at the dragon woman slaughtering her companions wantonly with bloodshot eyes. "YASENIA DRAVORY! YOUâLL DIE AN UGLY DEATH!"
Yasenia looked over, and then she smiled and activated one last boosting method that she had not touched for decades. "[Natural Treasure: Celestial Genesis Tribulation Core]."
It was then that Heaven rumbled.
It was then that the world trembled in fear.
It was then that reality seemed to collapse around Yasenia.
Yaseniaâs eyes crackled with terrifying celestial lightning, her body crackling as everything crumbled around her body. When this strength coursed through her veins, Yasenia understood. âThese enemies... are sorely lacking.â
The top powerhouses of one of the strongest worlds in the Mid Level Exalted Heaven were, in fact, utterly eclipsed by Yasenia.
So, Yasenia put an end to the fight. She raised her battle flag, which spiraled with red killing intent and poured it into Yasenia, and then brought it down.
[Celestial Intent Domain] swallowed all, and countless celestial bodies manifested in the sky. With Yaseniaâs flag gesture, as if she were signaling them, each and every celestial body fell from the sky.
The strength this attack carried felt like the apocalypse. It was an amalgamation of Yaseniaâs strongest attack, which made Heaven constantly fight back with its strongest punishing lightning, while the hundreds of Transcendence Realm cultivators all activated their trump cards and one-time life-saving treasures.
Sterila glared at Yasenia as the cosmos fell onto her and the others. "YOU WILL BE PUNISHED BY HEAVEN! DEMON!"
Yasenia turned around, her long gown fluttering elegantly, and finally, the attack landed.
BOOM!!!
Annihilating Celestial Energy erased everything, the energy behind the attack making the entire world shake and tremble. Earthquakes appeared all around the star-sized world, volcanoes erupted, and the earth cracked and screamed as the world barely managed to survive Yaseniaâs strongest attack.
This worldâs Heaven slowly started calming down and poured energy into the world crazily, drawing from the major Heaven of this Heavenly Layer. Space, which had collapsed until only a void was left, slowly repaired, revealing the state of the world left behind.
Yasenia wanted to land in front of Angel and the others, but upon looking, she noticed there was nothing to land on. She had basically erased this entire continent, leaving a gargantuan chasm that the oceans at the edge were slowly trying to fill.
Raw magma bubbled at the very bottom, making the dark maws appear like the gates of hell itself. Yaseniaâs attack had quite literally ripped the world open until its entrails showed.
Looking around, there was nothing left. Andrea looked around, and she released a breath she didnât know she was holding. "Heavens... Not even close."
Yasenia, having returned to her normal state, asked, confused. "Whatâs not even close, Darling?"
"My strength to yours," Andrea admitted generously. "You can probably deal with a hundred of me. I never considered myself weak against those of my realm, but in front of you... This experience is truly humbling."
Angel, being carried into Yaseniaâs arms again, looked up with a complicated look. Did she personally have the strength to kill all those people? She actually did. Angelâs current strength was ridiculous as well.
However, did Angel think she had the strength to erase them so thoroughly while almost destroying the entire world? She honestly felt that, unless she relied on her strongest trump card, which crippled her afterward for a while, it was an impossible matter.
While Angel felt complicated, she suddenly felt her lips being kissed by a soft and luscious pair of lips. Looking at Yaseniaâs close face, Angel let go of her worries. âWhatever. I thought I would become stronger than Yasenia, but that seems to be an impossible dream, sigh.â
Mirrory, feeling Angelâs mood, didnât retort for once. The strength Yasenia had shown was enough to rival most Level 8 Transcendence Realm cultivators, and even some Level 9 ones. It was utterly ridiculous and over the top for someone at her level.
"Child, how on earth did you train during these last few decades?"
Yasenia blinked and chuckled. "Well, it was a bit rough, but I managed to pull through. I will explain in more detail when we are all reunited."
Mirrory didnât push for an answer, just looked at Yasenia and sighed. She approached and patted her head gently, surprising the dragoness. "You are one of the few beings Iâve ever admired. You are working hard, child."
While Yasenia was young, Mirrory deeply understood that to gain her strength, Yasenia didnât suffer "just a little bit," as she said.
Looking at the massive molten void around them, Tatyana blinked and asked. "So... Whatâs next? Youâve basically erased everyone who bothered Angel, right?"
Angel shook her head. "The Gao Family patriarch actually managed to slip away... Well, he didnât come in the first place."
Yasenia pondered and recalled. "Right, right. Letâs go visit him, then."
Angelâs lips twitched. "If he is alive."
"Hm? Was his city nearby?"
Angel looked around with twitching lips. "No, but... I am unsure if your attack has caused apocalyptic consequences in the world."
Andrea laughed. "Be more confident, Angel. Take that âunsureâ out of your sentence."
Tatyana looked at Andreaâs smile and smiled. "I thought youâd be showing a bit more of grief. This attack has killed quite a few... innocent lives."
Andrea looked at Tatyana strangely. "Honestly, Tatyana. I am surprised you thought of me that way. If I can, I will naturally stop Yasenia from treading a path she should not. This time, however, the result is just secondary damage. Not something she caused on purpose. In a way, the fault is on the world for not being strong enough to bear Yaseniaâs attack."
Being told by Andrea, Tatyana blinked and became silent. âHm... I still donât fully understand Yaseniaâs lovers, it seems.â
Yasenia, though, was not surprised. She very much understood that Andreaâs goodness was not the aggressive kind. She was goodhearted when she could be, but she would not force it. So, she was not worried about being hated after going all out.
Angel spoke. "Oh? The city survived. It seems that defensive formation was enough to block all the after-effects."
Yasenia smiled. "Perfect. Our last step before we leave this world is right ahead! Letâs go!"