A Demon's Journey

After successfully dealing with his Heavenly Tribulation, Azaroth returned to the Red Crown Sect.

He met up with Helge Degener and talked with him for some time before working on setting up a Seventh Grade Array.

Azaroth's powers had greatly improved after advancing to the 6 Star Rank. He could control Ardor over a wide area. Thus, setting up a Seventh Grade Array became much simpler for him.

Two days later, Azaroth was done setting up a Seventh Grade Array around the Red Crown Sect. He set up a couple of six-star arrays that could boost the Seventh Grade Array and also gather energy passively for it.

Once he was done, Azaroth flew away. He planned to check up on Yrellea, Sargan, Ralph, and Laura. It had been quite long since he saw them.

Yrellea and Laura had already left Vlashire City. Yrellea had already set up a Misty Flower Pavilion in Vlashire City and had used the Dragon Tiger Palace to spread her branches in other cities.

Yrellea traveled to each city and chose her subordinates before imparting those skills to them. Each member was forced to sign the Blood Contract. They couldn't divulge information related to the Misty Flower Pavilion.

However, this allowed the Dragon Tiger Palace to set up their personal Misty Flower Pavilions in a few cities. They copied everything they observed from the Misty Flower Pavilion in Vlashire City and hoped it would work.

They were disappointed when not many customers visited it regularly. The Dragon Tiger Palace's higher-ups soon realized that Yrellea was using something unique to attract customers to the Misty Flower Pavilion.

Some elders even asked Yrellea, but they received no response from her.

And recently, Yrellea had set up a massive branch in the Crario, the Capital City of the Glerian Kingdom.

Yrellea knew that this branch would catch the biggest fish. Thus, she spent an extra month finalizing everything before leaving the branch in the hands of her trusted subordinate.

At this moment, Yrellea was targeting Outiva City. This was a city bordering the Lamhilhan Theocracy. It was called the Outiva Fort, with four massive walls around it.

Since this city lay on the border areas, it naturally required heavy fortifications to resist the enemy's assault.

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Meanwhile, in the Lamhilhan Theocracy, Nudar remained submerged in the Divine Faith Pool. He had completely emptied the Divine Faith Pool of any Faith Energy.

This Faith Energy would definitely assist him in breaking through to the 7 Star Rank.

He remained immersed because he knew those Archangels and Angels would attack him when he left the Divine Faith Pool.

He was only temporarily safe.

'Since I have already offended the Radiant God, let's go all the way,' Nudar thought as he triggered his Holy Core.

An insane amount of Holy Ardor was emitted from his body, completely shaking the Divine Faith Pool.

It was so much so that the cemented sides of the Divine Faith Pool began to crack.

Nearly ten minutes later, Nudar exploded. Holy Ardor erupted in the Divine Faith Pool, and it instantly shattered and struck the Angels and Archangels standing near it.

The Angels came in contact with pure Red Lightning that burnt their skin, while the two Archangels were thrown back by the shockwave.

The self-destructive explosion of an Angel Ranked Celestial was indeed quite intense. Even an Archangel wouldn't escape unscathed after being hit by such an explosion.

Nudar had destroyed his Spiritual Energy completely with this explosion. This was because he wanted to purge the Radiant God's Spiritual Imprint.

He couldn't allow the Radiant God to figure out his true body. If that happened, the Radiant God would dispatch all his Archangels to kill Azaroth.

Even though Azaroth was sufficiently strong for a 6 Star Warrior, he couldn't deal with a team of Archangels. In fact, it would be challenging for him to defeat an Archangel, let alone a group of them.

On the other side, Azaroth sighed as he could no longer sense his clone.

After nearly 3 days, Azaroth entered Outiva City. After entering the city, he immediately found Yrellea. She was currently training her subordinates.

Azaroth quietly entered the building. He opened the window of the building using telekinesis.

He stepped inside the balcony of the great hall. The great hall was where Yrellea trained her subordinates.

No one realized that someone had stepped into the building. Azaroth quietly opened the door to the Great Hall. Yrellea's students immediately spotted him, and one of them shouted loudly, "Who are you? How dare you enter this building?!"

Yrellea also turned to see the intruder. However, when she saw Azaroth, her heartbeat quickened with excitement! She never expected Azaroth would suddenly visit her residence!

To calm down her subordinates, Yrellea immediately spoke out, "Chill everyone. He isn't a stranger."

She wanted to scream out that Azaroth was her lover. But she knew Azaroth wouldn't like that. In fact, he might avoid her in the future if she did such a thing.

"He is my master! He is the one who taught me all the skills and is the reason behind my power and prestige!!" Yrellea proudly and confidently spoke.

At that point, all of Yrellea's students lost their indignant expressions and adopted inquisitive ones.

Now that they looked at Azaroth calmly, they noticed his gorgeous features with a perfectly sculptured face and those beautiful ruby eyes that captured their very soul! He had an athletic body that seemed to be packed with great power.

Thery also sensed a dangerous power coming from Azaroth.

Azaroth soon approached Yrellea. When he was close enough, Yrellea bowed down. Her subordinates followed her and did the same.

When Azaroth noticed this, he smiled slightly. He commented, "This is a good batch. I see you have chosen well and training them properly."

"Thank you for your praise, Master!" Yrellea spoke while trying to contain her excitement. It was all for naught, though. Her intense breathing and the movement of her bosom were impossible to conceal.

Azaroth placed his finger on Yrellea's chin before using minimal force to make her stand. Yrellea noticed a mysterious power that was acting on her chin, compelling her to stand.

She couldn't even think of resisting this power!

Since the last time she saw Azaroth, Yrellea had seen quite the world. However, she felt that her experience didn't count anything in front of Azaroth's.

Azaroth always seemed to surprise her!

"How is your cultivation going on?" Azaroth asked her.

Yrellea truthfully replied, "I am at peak 4 Star Rank thanks to the cultivation technique granted by Master. But for some reason, I can't breakthrough to the 5 Star Rank."

Azaroth remained calm after hearing her response, "I see. Why did you not ask me the secret to break through to the 5 Star Rank?"

"…I wanted to figure it out myself," Yrellea responded with an almost inaudible tone.

Azaroth sternly spoke, "It's nice to know that you aren't depending on me for every little thing. But a breakthrough to a new rank is a serious matter. Even a small mistake could be very expensive. You are playing with your life!"