Chapter 75: The bl**d War Resumes! [Request for Monthly Ticket]
2017-02-14
Author: Zhu Sheng Fu Tu
What is most lacking in the Bottomless Abyss?
Cannon fodder!
Throughout its long history, the demons can easily gather hundreds of thousands of cannon fodder legions for almost any attack on devils, and compared to the nine-layer Hell of Bartok, the Bottomless Abyss has hundreds of layers from which to recruit troops, making it possible to easily multiply their numbers by dozens. If it weren’t for the chaotic nature of the demons, and the lack of effective demon overlord commanders, the devil legions would not have easily suppressed the Bottomless Abyss. At least during the era of the Three Greats of the Abyss, both sides fought back and forth for thousands of years, until the absence of an effective leader in the Bottomless Abyss led to its complete suppression by the devil legions.
The situation on the Material Plane is very dangerous.
Even if there are some places to block the footsteps of the devils, a large amount of land inevitably falls under their attacks.
The southern military front has already approached the Spearwind Hills; if Modo had not descended upon the Southern Coast, the severely battered southern region might have completely fallen. This area was once the most prosperous and populous location in the Material Plane, but now cities like White Horse City, Leaffall City, and Amber City have withered away, destroyed under the impact of the Saint’s Cataclysm. Only a few regions protected by minor deities have survived in the entire southern region, while some weaker deities, such as the God of Travel, the God of d*ath of Halflings, the God of Spies of Gnomes, the God of Rebellion, the God of Defense of Dwarves, and the God of Travel, have fallen under the attack of the devil dukes.
Throughout this time, the most affected have been the deities of the human pantheon.
Now, the deities of other races have also suffered severely, particularly some of the weaker non-combat deities, who are dying one after another.
Demons are undoubtedly much smarter than devils.
After occupying vast lands, they didn’t just slaughter and harvest souls; instead, they quickly used evil spells to control a portion of the humans and turn them into fallen ones.
The followers of the devils expanded at an astonishing rate!
As servants of the devils, they assisted in enslaving other races and even opened a portal to send some human slaves to the Hell of Bartok.
However.
Just as the devil legions were advancing forcefully toward the Spearwind Hills and the City of Radiance, they were completely unprepared for the sudden rise of a powerful demon overlord in the long-chaotic Bottomless Abyss, who united other demon lords to assemble a massive demon legion, which had now reached the first layer of the Bottomless Abyss—the Ten Thousand Abyss Plains.
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Ten Thousand Abyss Plains.
This is a desolate place, devoid of life and vegetation, thick with dust, scorched under the hellish crimson sun. The dusty plains feature three types of terrain: massive chasms on the surface, gigantic iron fortresses, and the River of Underworld.
There are many iron fortresses on this layer.
However, due to repeated defeats in battles with devils, most of the land here has already been occupied by them, with even Ferrag (a key fortress of the Molten Iron Lake) captured by the devil legions. In countless skirmishes, the devil legions once approached the Fracture, but fortunately, behind the Red Shroud stood Mikanxute’s support; otherwise, they would have struggled to halt the advance of the devil legions.
At this moment.
The boundless demon army has arrived near the Fracture.
This is the gathering point for demons, as well as the territory of the Red Shroud, which has long served as a forward base for the Abyssal bl**d War.
The Red Shroud rules over the town of Fracture. This town serves as a gathering point for bl**d war mercenaries and is a transfer station for travelers crazy enough to explore the Bottomless Abyss, as well as a trading post for evil spirits. It consists of a series of collapsed towers, surrounded by trenches, city walls, and spiked barriers as war fortifications. There are several important underground areas, such as the entrance to the town of “Plague Alarm,” which leads to the Outer Planes, and also houses food storage rooms, armories, torture chambers, and underground tombs, all connected by narrow tunnels. Mikanxute’s bl**d war legion is stationed nearby, and nearly every powerful demon lord has participated in the bl**d war.
Within the Bottomless Abyss, the bl**d war is the best tool for demon lords to gain prestige.
Since the inception of the Bottomless Abyss, any lord wishing to secure their position as an Abyssal Giant or Demon Prince must personally participate in the Abyssal bl**d War and control a powerful bl**d war legion.
In the past.
The Three Greats of the Bottomless Abyss were responsible for the bl**d war, fighting against the devils on three fronts, with Digomorgen being the main force during that time.
But now the main force of the bl**d war has changed; Mikanxute is not a demon lord with mad ideals. What she cares about most is her stunning beauty and vigorous vitality, so she is unwilling to throw her beloved succubi into the meat grinder of the Abyssal bl**d War. Mikanxute has no wild ambitions to dominate the multiverse and has always taken a casual approach to the Abyssal bl**d War, so to some extent, the situation of demons being beaten up is partly brought about by her. As one of the rising giants of the Bottomless Abyss, Mikanxute cares more about her own enjoyment and constructing her own layer of dominion within the Bottomless Abyss.
Soren’s initiation of the bl**d war does not surprise the demons.
In fact, all the demon lords see it as inevitable!
To become the Demon Prince of the Bottomless Abyss, apart from continually defeating other demon lords, the only way to proclaim their greatness to the demons is to defeat devils on the battlefield of the bl**d war.
Many demon lords breathed a sigh of relief at the announcement of Soren’s bl**d war.
After all, it’s much better that this rapidly rising powerful Balroth Fire Demon Lord is willing to fight to the d*ath in the bl**d war than to turn his spear against them, so when Soren decided to counterattack the first layer of the Bottomless Abyss, the Ten Thousand Abyss Plains, many powerful demon lords expressed their support.
They sent part of their armies to assist, hoping to attract Soren’s strong desire for battle through the bl**d war!
This would prevent Soren from further expanding within the Bottomless Abyss; after all, he had already seized the territory of Orcus, killed the King of Ghouls—Doreisen, and eliminated the King of Werewolves—Yenogu. This Balroth Fire Demon Lord’s territory now surpasses that of Digomorgen; if he continues to expand, there might be no demon lord who can stop him, which is something all demon lords hope to avoid. However, once the bl**d war begins, Soren will inevitably be caught up in endless warfare, which would weaken his strength and leave him with little energy to focus on the other layers.
This time the bl**d war has been initiated.
Just in response to Soren, the demon lords include—Succubus Queen Mikanxute, Faceless King Jubiclus, Lord of Revenge Aitbi, Shadow Demon Queen Rixsa, Minotaur King Baphomet, the Devious Lord, Lord of the Crawling, Six-armed Serpent Demon Queen Shakhtarri, heir to the Dark Monarch Weine…
The demons have been beaten up for nearly a thousand years.
Upon learning of the devil legions invading the Material Plane, the demon lords who had been pushed back in the last impact felt dissatisfied; the crafty devils waited until they’d depleted the Material Plane’s strength before coming out to take advantage. So when a powerful demon overlord decided to initiate the bl**d war again, they immediately dispatched some of their forces, preparing to ambush the devils and vent the accumulated hatred over nearly a thousand years!
However.
The real main forces still come from Soren and Mikanxute, as the Succubus Queen seems to realize she needs a victory to restore her prestige.
Moreover, this operation also has the support of the new God of d*ath!
