Chapter 1401

As for ordinary Abyssal Demigods, the number that perished was simply too great!

In just seven days, two or three hundred Abyssal Demigods have already fallen!

At least half of these Abyssal Demigods perished beneath that flame!

In past wars between the Abyss and the Heavenly Realm, battles lasted months; the first month was spent probing and exhausting each other's strength, with casualties nowhere near this level!

Only after the Law Lord entered the war did the conflict intensify further, and casualties rose accordingly.

But in this war, after only a few days, Abyssal Demigods have been falling one after another!

And many Demigods were slain by gods far weaker than themselves!

This anomaly was noticed once again by the observing Demigod Lords.

It was also noticed by Kexol, motionless above them!

"Look over there!"

Another Demigod Lord pointed in a direction.

Far away—tens of millions of miles from the previous battlefield—two Fourth-Rank gods were locked in fierce combat.

One combatant was an Abyssal Demigod transformed from a high-ranking demon; the other was a goddess.

The goddess wore bright armor and wielded a weapon, relentlessly attacking the Abyssal Demigod.

The Abyssal Demigod pressed forward despite the onslaught.

The space around them shattered continuously from their clashes; mountains below crumbled in vast swathes.

The clash of Fourth-Rank gods affected such a wide area that no god existed within a million miles.

The Fourth-Rank Demigod was especially cunning, constantly maneuvering and closing in.

Yet the goddess did not retreat; she stood firm, striking with powerful ranged attacks.

"You're done for!"

The Fourth-Rank Demigod suddenly laughed loudly, forcibly activating his Law, stepping forward in an instant, and swinging his weapon straight at the goddess!

With the sheer power of an Abyssal Demigod's body, once an enemy is this close, a same-rank god is either dead or wounded!

"Clang!"

The full-force strike of the Fourth-Rank Demigod landed on the goddess's outer armor.

But…

It was completely blocked by the goddess's armor, causing not the slightest harm to her!

Dread rose in the Demigod's heart—but it was too late.

The goddess's lips curled, and a flaming longsword suddenly pierced deep into the Fourth-Rank Demigod's body.

The next instant, flames erupted, utterly consuming the Fourth-Rank Demigod!

Another Fourth-Rank Demigod has fallen!

By the eighth day of the war, the number of fallen Fourth-Rank Demigods had increased by one more!

The intensity of this war surpassed the Abyssal Demigods' wildest imaginings!

It also surpassed many Heavenly Realm gods' expectations.

"The Stone Bastion is fighting fiercely!"

At the other two bastions, the Abyssal Demigods had just breached the defensive arrays; both sides were still probing with cautious attacks.

But at the Stone Bastion, the battle had become extraordinarily fierce.

Of course, despite the intensity, the Heavenly Realm gods at the Stone Bastion suffered minimal casualties because they could draw power from Lin Yan.

Most of the dead were Abyssal Demigods.

And though these two bastions seemed under little pressure, once full-scale combat began, many Heavenly Realm gods would surely fall!

Despite the war's ferocity, Law Lords had not yet entered the fray.

And at the Supreme God level, there was not a single stir.

Yet at the Supreme God level, a storm had already begun to brew.

When Supreme Gods finally act, it will be a cataclysmic, world-shaking war that eclipses all else!

In the blink of an eye, the war had lasted half a month!

In these fifteen days, the number of Abyssal Demigods fallen outside the Stone Bastion had surged, nearing one thousand!

Outside the Stone Bastion, due to the relentless fall of Abyssal Demigods, the battlefield had become increasingly inhospitable to Heavenly Realm gods.

Thus, the Heavenly Realm gods were retreating as they fought.

Though retreating, their morale soared—they were the ones holding the advantage.

A strategic retreat by the advantaged side was nothing unusual.

The Law of the Abyss and the Law of the Heavenly Realm clashed continuously.

As the Abyssal Law encroached and suppressed, if this continued, within a short time, the Abyssal Law and Heavenly Law would form a delicate balance.

At that moment, neither Heavenly Realm gods nor Abyssal Demigods would suffer any suppression.

That would be the moment for Supreme Gods to intervene.

Originally, that moment would take months to arrive.

But now, because Abyssal Demigods were falling far faster than expected, that day was arriving ever more rapidly.

"You must prepare."

From the endless heights, the Goddess of Life spoke.

"Let them come."

Upon the Throne, Lin Yan said calmly.

Then he reached out, swiftly grasping at something in the air.

With his movement, a massive stone stele was taking shape.

Within this massive stone stele lay a peculiar rule.

This rule was unique in its function: it automatically recorded the battle merits of all Heavenly Realm deities on this battlefield.

Immediately after, Lin Yan hurled the stone stele downward.

The stele plummeted toward the ground with tremendous authority.

Due to the special rule carried by the stele, its fall caused continuous spatial tremors, startling all the deities.

Some deities turned their gazes toward it and saw, clearly inscribed on the stele, three large characters: Battle Merit Stele.

Below these three characters were countless names, each followed by a number.

At the very top was none other than the Goddess of Eternal Night.

Goddess of Eternal Night: Battle Merit 10,000!

Some deities discovered that when their gaze touched the Battle Merit Stele, a mechanism activated—merely speaking their own name would reveal their battle merit.

"Battle Merit rank one thousand: reward one thousand Divine Stones; for every hundred ranks advanced, gain an additional one thousand Divine Stones; enter the top one hundred, and for each rank advanced, gain ten thousand Divine Stones."

At this moment, Lin Yan's calm voice rang out.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Yan's words set the Heavenly Realm deities ablaze with excitement.

These Heavenly Realm deities had never imagined that this war between the Abyss and the Heavenly Realm would come with such a reward!

Simply entering the top one thousand in battle merit would grant one thousand high-grade Divine Stones!

Entering the top nine hundred would grant two thousand high-grade Divine Stones.

Top eight hundred: three thousand.

Top one hundred: ten thousand high-grade Divine Stones!

And after entering the top one hundred, each rank advanced would increase the reward by ten thousand high-grade Divine Stones!

For the vast majority of ordinary deities, this reward was utterly lavish!

An ordinary second-tier deity typically ruled a kingdom with nearly twenty million souls, yet earned no more than a dozen high-grade Divine Stones per year from faith.

Even a small empire like the Purple Gold Empire could barely supply a single ordinary third-tier deity with over a hundred high-grade Divine Stones per year.

Yet in this battle, merely reaching the top one thousand in battle merit would grant one thousand high-grade Divine Stones outright!

The temptation for second- and third-tier deities was immense.

In an instant, the Battle Merit Stele had stirred the enthusiasm of every deity.

Some deities even repeatedly borrowed power from Lin Yan to fight!

Within the Stone Fortress, flames erupted continuously.

The number of fallen Abyss Demon Gods kept rising.