Mage Manual

Chapter 1680 - 1237: Hell Collapse_2

No one was happy about it; everyone felt only heavy exhaustion and numbness.

Due to this sudden war, Hell lost many things; among the demigod creatures, except for the Guardian Spirits, all others became sacrifices. Most of the billions of wandering necromancies in Hell ended up in Uroboros’s belly, while a small portion turned into nourishment for the Divine Beings. The most crucial part is that only one out of ten Demigod Mages survived the catastrophic ordeal they endured, awaiting not dawn but thicker dark clouds—

Supreme and Divine Lord.

In front of these mages standing at the peak of civilization, demigods had no voice. They were still spectators, except previously when it was an extremely rare event of Supreme and Divine Lords fighting foreign foes together. Now about to reenact the war that repeated hundreds of times in the past—

Mage civil war.

Confirmed that all remnants of Uroboros no longer existed, Ash’s mage nemesis was also completely extinguished.

Ash, Dazzling Star, Extreme Master of Blood Moon, All-knowing Weaver, Imaginary Music Master, and Lord of Infinite Abyss faced each other, everyone remaining silent, the atmosphere as tense as before.

Everyone pondered the possible scenarios: If Dazzling Star annihilated four Divine Lords, it would definitely be Ash and the four Divine Lords allied against Dazzling Star; if Dazzling Star seized Ash, it would likely be the four Divine Lords fishing in troubled waters to seize Ash’s share of Supreme; if Ash’s fight with Dazzling Star gained the upper hand, the four Divine Lords would surely team up with Ash to counterkill Dazzling Star.

Facing two Supreme Mages, the four Divine Lords must unite to have a slight chance, leaving them no room to retreat, only capable of advancing or retreating together. But the direction of the situation can only be decided by the two Supreme Mages.

Dazzling Star still wielded the Heavenly Sword and Sky Sword. The heavenly authority she granted Ash was also revoked. She watched Ash quietly, as proud and indifferent as ever, like she stood on the train, while Ash could only look up from the back seat of a sports car.

But now, the one standing highest was not Dazzling Star; it was him... Ash, who merged with Black Demon!

"Today is a good day," Ash said, "Don’t you think?"

Dazzling Star glanced at the increasingly desolate Hell, "For me, every day is a good day; every day, I go further than the previous one."

"Did the Sword Law ever convey to you," Ash said, "I will eventually reclaim everything of mine."

"A person who gazes at the future," Dazzling Star responded calmly, "How would they care about who is chasing their shadow? What do you mean by eventually, how far is it?"

"Right now."

"Right now?"

"That’s why I said today is a good day," Ash drew a sword from the Space Ring, "All troubles can be resolved together, life becomes much simpler, doesn’t it?"

Dazzling Star nodded, "Indeed, it is a good day."

The two Supreme Mages stared at each other quietly; the whole world fell silent with them. The Six-winged God held their breath, Hellish demigods shivered, and everyone realized that the upcoming battle might obliterate the Void Realm.

Just when the tension reached its peak, at the critical moment of the Heavenly Throne’s reassignment, suddenly, Level Six of Hell shook.

No, it wasn’t shaking—it was collapsing!

Ash lowered his head, witnessing an unimaginable scene: the mantle and crust of Fantasy Hell crumbling, plunging into an abyss, and at the abyss’s end, they saw stagnant golden river water.

That was the Black Descent Hell submerged by the Hidden Gold River.

But Black Descent Hell also collapsed, revealing the Ocean Hell beneath, with the Hidden Gold River merging with the ocean, pouring further down into the Desolate Hell!

Within such a short time, the first four levels of hell—Desolate, Ocean, Black Descent, Fantasy—all collapsed together into one entity!

No wonder the entire Hell was trembling; when the foundation collapses, the building naturally shakes!

Such grand and mad scenes, in Ash’s memory, could only be compared to the collapse of the Distant Realm. Moreover, the madness wasn’t over; they saw the ocean and Hidden Gold River’s water level flowing to the bottom hell rapidly declining until completely dried up.

A distant screech, seemingly originating from beyond the world, passed through the four-fold hell as a violent sonic wave, blowing Ash’s colorful white hair.

Following the sound of hair rubbing, a huge eyeball appeared beneath the bottom hell. They couldn’t actually determine if it was an eyeball, as they only saw boundless colors illuminating Hell through a breach. But the scalp-numbing shiver clearly made them realize they were being watched... like ants in a nest encountering a child’s gaze from outside.

"Is this..." Ash’s voice strained as if squeezed out of his throat: "The true Uroboros?"

"It’s over."

Ash urgently looked at Death Mad beside him; Death Mad didn’t even smoke this time, staring dumbfounded at the colossal form outside Hell. She looked at Ash, speaking slowly and clearly: "You all are finished."

Silently, Ash asked in his mind, "Didn’t we kill Uroboros’ corpse in Level Six of Hell? What’s happening now?"

"It abandoned devouring, now it’s destroying Hell."

"Destroying? But we—"

"You indeed annihilated Uroboros’ invading sensory, making it impossible to regenerate soon, potentially buying you years or even decades. But the premise was Uroboros wanted to devour you... like a bear craving a beehive but stung by bees, needing a recovery before fighting again. Yet it can opt not to eat the beehive, instead smashing the entire tree and beehive."

"You can understand it as, Uroboros’s digestive system was wiped out by you; it can’t digest Level Six of Hell now, thus using teeth—it intends to completely crush Level Six of Hell, regardless of whether it can consume or not."

In confusion, Ash asked, "But why is it doing this?"

"It aims to kill you all," Death Mad replied, "It can’t bear the long regeneration time; the thirst for revenge overrides the instinct to devour. It prefers to kill you even if it won’t consume anything this time."

"Would it act like this in the past?"

"I’m witnessing this for the first time. Likely because you exposed the aura of Black Demon, we’ve angered it too deeply. Uroboros, normally a natural phenomenon, remembered us through countless confrontations. Once aware of our existence, it chose to forsake everything to prioritize hunting us."

Death Mad stated, "It’s akin to the sun hating someone, preferring to destroy the earth just to crash into them."

"What do we do?" Ash appeared despondent, "How much time do we have left?"

Without waiting for Death Mad’s reply, the All-knowing Weaver suddenly spoke: "Level Six of Hell is beyond saving."

"Indeed," Imaginary Music Master said, "We must find a way to assist the Void Realm in completely severing Level Six of Hell, relinquishing it to this serpent, thus securing several decades at least."

"At least it can’t enter now; we can retreat to Heaven," Extreme Master of Blood Moon glanced at the demigods behind him, "Let’s distribute these demigods; there is no Hell where they can remain. From now on, only Heaven."

"It must be so." Lord of Infinite Abyss sighed, "It can only be so."

Ash turned to Death Mad, "Really? Can their plan work? Severing Level Six of Hell can earn us a buffer period?"

"How could it?"

Death Mad sneered, "If severing the Void Realm could stop Uroboros, we’d have dissected the Void Realm long ago. Although Level Six of Hell could only count as an arm of the Void Realm, Level Six of Hell and Seven Heavens are interconnected, like the left hand and right hand overlapping through the torso. To completely sever Level Six of Hell’s left hand, you must cut the overlapping torso too! In reality, every layer of the Void Realm seven levels is intertwined, impossible to cleanly separate!"