The Flame Demon Vararoka may not be the most powerful of the legendary demons.

But it is certainly one of the most destructive legends.

The blazing hellfire descended from the sky with its arrival, and in an instant, the prosperous Holy Capital fell into a sea of flames.

The demons swarming through the space rift from the different space invaded like hyenas smelling blood, howling as they charged at the panic-stricken crowd below, slaughtering and devouring the unarmed residents of the Holy Capital.

Screams, cries of pain, and panic echoed throughout, and the Holy Capital, once praised as a paradise on earth, quickly turned into a hell on earth.

It was not until beams of platinum light appeared, spreading into hemispherical holy barriers like beacons in the dark, that the frantic citizens finally found a haven of refuge.

It was the church divine palaces that had activated the divine arts protection.

After the initial chaos, the priests of the Holy Royal Court finally responded, activating the protective divine arts of various holy royal court churches to confront the suddenly descended demons while gathering refugees.

However, in the very center of the Holy Capital, the Holy Palace, which should have been radiating the strongest holy light to protect the entire city, was incredibly quiet at this moment.

When the black-red pillar of light shot skyward, a resplendent platinum light exploded there, but within mere seconds, the holy glow dissipated like light smoke, and everything returned to silence.

A deep darkness spread over the solemn palace, and the entire Holy Palace was shrouded in a grim and oppressive atmosphere.

Thick demonic energy continuously spread, and with the Holy Palace at its center, an area of nearly one kilometer had become almost barren.

It was clearly daytime, yet at this moment, the entire Holy Capital was enveloped in boundless darkness, with only the blazing hellfire serving as the most terrifying light in the darkness.

"Have we not made contact with the Saintess?"

"No! The space channel has been closed from the inside!"

"What about the Cardinal Priest Team and the Knight Order?!"

"Most of the cardinals and legendary knights of the Cardinal Priest Team have followed the Saintess into a different space, and we can't contact the few cardinals who stayed in the Holy Palace!"

In the largest church branch of the Holy City, the priests rushed about in chaos.

And staring at the main spire of the Holy Palace, gradually being swallowed by darkness, the aged Great Priest finally realized something and widened his eyes in horror:

"A trap! This is a trap by the cultists!"

"Inside the Holy Palace... something unimaginable must have descended! Quickly notify all the major branches to seek aid from the sanctuaries in other cities! No... quickly activate the teleportation arrays in all major branches to evacuate the citizens!"

No sooner had the Great Priest spoken than a far-reaching howl echoed from the sky.

Accompanied by the shaking ground, dark red hellfire painted the sky crimson, and the priests felt a wave of heat hit them. Looking up, they saw the immense and terrifying Flame Demon marching towards a specific direction in the Holy City.

The Great Priest's expression changed slightly:

"Not good! It's discovered the direction of the different space! It must be going to destroy the planar passage the Saintess entered, to prevent their return!"

...

District Three, Saint Benedict Street.

Not far from the suspected planar passage entrance of Mirick's Shrine, the Holy Capital Church School also entered emergency mode with the demons' arrival.

Middle to high tier priests and church knights gathered, bringing refugees into the school while organizing apprentice priests and knight attendants to stop the demons' invasion.

The principal of the church school was an aged Great Priest.

Platinum holy power emanated from him, illuminating the entire school. He single-handedly kept all the invading demons at bay outside the holy light.

But this balance could not be sustained for long.

The number of surrounding demons grew, with the platinum holy power attracting them like a beacon in the dark. Though the demons would be burned by the holy power, they attacked the church stronghold relentlessly and fearlessly after descending as if driven by madness.

Soon, the most despairing event occurred.

Dark red light drew near, and a massive shadow loomed over the entire church school.

Struggling to maintain the holy barrier, the Great Priest shakily lifted his head and then saw the terrifying visage of the Flame Demon.

"Roar—!"

The furious howl came from the flaming, sulfur-spewing maw. Seeing the holy light on the ground, the Flame Demon Vararoka seemed incensed, raising its hellfire-surrounded giant foot to stomp on the church school.

"Flame... Flame Demon!"

Staring at the descending giant foot and feeling the unstoppable, terrifying magic power, the Great Priest widened his eyes.

He gritted his teeth, burning all his holy power and life force to form a dazzling holy shield, while shouting with heart-rending urgency:

"Children... Run away quickly!"

The terrifying hellfire poured down with the Flame Demon Vararoka's giant foot.

Feeling the destructive power, the Great Priest's face showed despair.

However, just as the hellfire was about to fall, suddenly, accompanied by a sharp whistle, an enormous fist covered in scale armor appeared out of nowhere and punched Vararoka's chest.

With a muffled boom like thunder, Vararoka fell back.

With a crash, it collapsed in Saint Benedict Square in front of the church school.

As the clouds of dust dispersed, people finally saw the owner of the fist clearly.

And when they recognized the figure, they quickly fell back into fear:

"A L-legendary Demon!"

A Legendary Demon!

It was a demon also nearly three hundred meters tall, clad in black armor, with bull-like horns and eyes as red as a blood moon. Its fierce features appeared extremely sinister.

Crimson light flowed over its body, deep, mysterious, and dark.

It looked down at the fallen Flame Demon Vararoka, moved its neck, then sneered:

"Vararoka! It's been hundreds of years, and your intelligence continues to diminish as your age and power increase!"

Saying that, the new demon's gaze swept over the priests and knights looking at it with suspicion and fear.

With a flash of inspiration, it chuckled, then proudly puffed out its chest, and its heavy voice seemed to echo in every corner of the Holy Capital:

"Former Third Dark Apostle, now Blood Duke Albrecht under the Blood True Ancestor, by the Oracle of the True Ancestor, to protect the Holy City!"

Having spoken, it slowly raised its hand and began chanting an obscure, difficult spell.

The dark magic gathered around it, merging with the crimson radiance, and then scattered like raindrops across various parts of the Holy City.

The dark red radiance fell, forming crimson arrays on the ground. These arrays spun continuously and suddenly distorted the void, and soon... demons emerged one by one from within the arrays.

They all had horns on their heads and wore unified black armor, resembling a black army.

"Damn, this is my savings from hundreds of years, True Ancestor Your Majesty, you must reimburse me afterwards..."

After murmuring, Albrecht, who had transformed into a giant demon, gave an order:

"Dark Legion, hear my command! Annihilate those Blood Demons who betrayed our master and rebelled against the pole!"

"Roar—!"

The Demon Legion let out a roar and then charged towards the other group of demons.

A battle between demons quickly erupted within the Holy City.

"Roar—!"

Once again, there was a low, angry roar.

The Flame Demon Vararoka stood up again.

However, it was soon blocked by Albrecht.

"Vararoka, your opponent is me! Let me see how much you've improved in the past few hundred years!"

Albrecht said.

With that statement, it swung its fist and began to brawl with Vararoka in Saint Benedict Square.

On the ground, the two types of demons fought a brutal blood battle.

And in mid-air, two massive Legendary Demons wrestled each other, each impact causing the earth to shake, and the nearly two hundred thousand square meters of Saint Benedict Square was shattered.

The clergy were stunned by what was happening before their eyes.

But the High Tier clergy quickly reacted and shouted:

"Priests and Knights, hear the command! Avoid those Horned Demons for now! Cooperate with them... eliminate those invading Flame Demons!"

Quickly, the battle in the Holy Capital escalated further.

This time, with the addition of "Demon reinforcements", the clergy of the Holy Royal Court finally caught their breath and began to counterattack.

It was a peculiar, even unbelievable scene for a Holy believer of Mireya.

The clergy, their bodies shining with holy light, erupted with divine power, fighting alongside the demons clad in black armor, against another type of demon covered in flames.

When the teleportation arrays of the church branches lit up, receiving a call for help, high-tier clergy from other cities in the Church Authority Country arrived in glory, witnessing this bizarre scene.

Among them... were three Legendary Clergy who hurriedly arrived, and the cardinal priests stationed in other cities.

They looked at each other and instinctively prepared to attack the demons indiscriminately, but the priest maintaining the teleportation array couldn't help but say:

"Cardinal Priest Lord! Those Horned Demons... are not the enemy!"

Upon hearing this, one cardinal hesitated.

Another cardinal frowned.

While the last cardinal angrily reprimanded:

"Absurd! All Blood Demons... are enemies of the Holy Light!"

With that said, he was about to act, but just as he unleashed the holy light, an aura far more terrifying and profound than a Legendary suddenly rose from the direction of the Holy Palace...

An overwhelming pressure descended from the sky, and as a deep radiance swept through, all holy light was extinguished wherever it reached.

"Thump thump..."

The battling demons, regardless of friend or foe, all knelt like wheat being cut, unable to move an inch when the deep radiance swept past them.

They lowered their heads, letting out whimpers of fear.

The clergy felt their divine power within them suddenly slow, as if sealed.

Even the cardinal priests who had just teleported in and were about to act lost control over their divine power in an instant.

"Divine Domain... This is the domain of the Evil God!"

He looked towards the direction of the Holy Palace with a face full of astonishment, incredulous.

In Saint Benedict Square, the two Legendary Demons also felt the suppression from their bloodline.

The Flame Demon Vararoka knelt with both knees, bowing towards the Holy Palace's direction, letting out an excited howl, while Albrecht's expression turned utterly grim.

The direction of the Holy Palace.

Boundless darkness kept spreading, and a figure draped in a black cloak slowly floated in the air.

It was a Judgement Knight.

His eyes were pitch-black, his entire being surrounded by an aura of darkness, evil, and chaos, as if embodying darkness itself, the incarnation of evil and chaos.

In his hand, he held a few frightened human heads, which were clearly those of the cardinal priests who had stayed behind in the Holy Palace not long ago, the Legendary Clergy guarding the Holy Capital.

At the moment of his appearance, darkness spread from him, and as if the space couldn't bear his descent, cracks appeared throughout the space.

And with the spread of blackness, his form and appearance began to slowly transform...

His body grew taller, his features became more rugged, and a pair of spiral horns gradually grew from the sides of his head.

Dark divine power surrounded him, coalescing into a set of black armor adorned with the symbol of a demon's eye.

A faintly visible sun insignia flashed across his forehead, and he slowly opened his eyes.

The vertical-slitted demon's eyes were a blood-red hue, filled with bloodthirsty savagery, seemingly containing the madness of the entire world, while the whites of his eyes were pitch-black, as if gathering the entire world's darkness.

Seeing that familiar appearance from memory, Albrecht's eyes widened, and the heart, which had been growing stronger since meeting Charlotte, tensed up for the second time:

"D... Duke...!"

The Blood Demon Duke Yabaton... had descended.

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