After exhausting the faith energy from the octagonal crystal, it was much easier for Hiro to take the treasure into his system''s inventory.
It only cost him 10,000 achievement points.
While Hiro was surprised by the low price, the system told him that this mirror was only a fragment of a greater treasure, hence the low price.
As it turned out, there was a hard limit on the number of "prisoners" this mirror could contain at a time, not to mention their individual and collective strength.
Yes, there was a limit on the individual strength of a captive and the collective strength of all captives inside the illusory world.
When the Mirror World entered the system''s inventory, Hiro''s consciousness returned to his body automatically. Furthermore, the consciousness of the millions of demons trapped inside were also released into the world.
Because they lost their "vessels" and protection, these bodies of consciousness evaporated under the harsh conditions outside.
For a moment, Hiro felt like he could hear the shrill screams of the dead. However, he didn''t have the time to waste.
Hiro had a feeling that no matter how upied with a battle that demonic imp was, he''d definitely rush over to the stronghold after suffering from such a loss.
Thus, he went all out and synchronized with Sitri, bringing down the bloodline suppression of a Celestial Demon onto the hollow stronghold.
Hiro didn''t have any talent for studying illusion spells, nor did he reach a point where he could tap into the power ofws with his true body.
At the moment, thews under Sitri''s control weren''t something Hiro couldprehend, he could only use them instinctively based on a game''s mechanics.
Thus, he couldn''t waste his time thinking about upying the Demon Tower and taking this stronghold for his own.
What he could do now was rush back and help the five generals under Asmir push forward as fast as possible.
Just because Hiro couldn''t do it, this didn''t mean that Asmir''s generals were ipetent.
He decided to give them this opportunity by providing help, albeit indirectly.
Thus, Hiro quickly covered himself up with demonic essence, shrouding his appearance from prying eyes.
Under the concealment of demonic essence, he also activated the system''s concealment function.
No matter what, Hiro refused to believe that he was the only one with ess to prophetic abilities like the divination chapter from the Book of Revtions.
With that in mind, Hiro turned around and left quickly, rushing in the direction of the nearest battlefield.
…
Soon, a horizon bathing in crimson hot mes filled Hiro''s eyes. It was an isted region of fire and lightning, but this space istion technique wasn''t strong enough.
Thus, the aftermath of the battle between two fierce generals easily affected the outside world.
As for the two demon armies, they acted oblivious to the destruction above their heads—the rain of fire and lightning, and they continued to grind into each other.
Flesh and purplish-ck blood spilled on the ground, and countless demonic arts both individualistic and uniform wereunched.
As the two armies were in the heat of the intense battle, something happened. All of a sudden, an expansion of darkness engulfed the two armies and the zing horizon.
Two words echoed silently in the ears of everyone present, sending a chill down their spines.
Purgatory Domain…
Just as they were basking in their ignorance and confusion, the darkness twisted as millions of short des, like tentacles with acute sensory, stabbed out from unpredictable angles.
When the darkness faded, half the demons on the battlefield realized that their counterparts—the enemies they were engaged with—had died.
Corpses fell over in unison, slumped on the dirt road. For a moment, the whole battlefield entered a state of lulled silence, and no one knew how to respond.
No one expected the sneak attack from such a powerful existence, but a momentter, an enraged roar shook the sky as the sealed space was destroyed to bits.
"DESPICABLE!"
Boom!
A thick bolt of lightning descended from the sky—pale gray, a sharp contrast with the blue sea of lightning that entwined with the crimson mes.
Furthermore, this lightning bolt came with a menacing purpose, striking at the demon general who was also wreathed with lightning.
"You''re fucking mad! Caw! Caw!"
The ck raven pped his wings, instantly withdrawing from the striking range. The other demon, a golden eagle, spread his wings and screeched loudly.
Boom!
The lightning struck his body, charring it ck. However, it didn''t care, because he got himself an opportunity to disengage from the fierce battle.
His golden,rge eyes swept the battlefield while screaming, "Show yourself! What pride is there to have in killing weaklings with a sneak attack?! Is this how your Stronghold''s Lord does things?!"
The ck raven shouted back, "Caw! Watch your mouth you dumb bird! Don''t talk nonsense!"
In the distance, Hiro waved his hand dismissively and said, "Harvest!"
Boom!
The demonic energy within the range of his Purgatory Domain moved with his hand, and a small vortex appeared on his palm.
Demonic energy moved like a torrent, pouring into the small vortex, ignoring the limitations of time and distance.
The golden eagle looked closely, and he immediately noticed what Hiro was doing.
"You''re really tired of living!" shouted the golden eagle, and as he ignored the ck raven, he shot toward Hiro with great speed.
Hiro didn''t care. He waved his other hand and spoke inly, "Bone Sword!"
Crack!
The bones in the bodies of the millions of demons fractured and shot into the sky, their speed rivaling that of the golden eagle, if not faster.
However, since the vast army was separating the two, the bones arrived at Hiro''s side first.
Then, they joined together and morphed into an exquisite bone sword in Hiro''s hand.
From the bone marrow of demons, this sword had a great affinity to demonic energy and demonic essence, much to Hiro''s liking.
Thus, he moved his right hand along the spine, body, and edge of the sword, redirecting the demonic energy extract into the bone sword.
Buzz!
Pale gray lightning sprinkled in the sky, on the verge of descent. However, Hiro executed his technique wlessly,pressing immense energy into an energy construct derived from the Infinite Sword Matrix.
The golden eagle wasn''t an idiot, and the closer he was to Hiro, the more obvious the higher bloodline suppression felt.
It was something on the level of that mysterious existence behind his lord, a level of power he couldn''t understand.
Thus, he cautiously slowed down, but he maintained his fierce expression as though he was about to rip Hiro to shreds.
At any rate, he decided to probe this stranger''s power first. However, he didn''t expect Hiro to sh with his sword without a word.
Whoosh!
A condensed beam of energy that looked like the tip of a rapier de stabbed out was shot at an incredible speed.
This speed exceeded the golden eagle''s reaction time, and by the time he felt death approaching, the strike brushed past his massive head.
In that moment of fear, the eagle lost control over his energy and muscles, almost falling from the sky. This made everyone think that the stranger had killed the general in one shot.
Let alone them, even the ck raven was shocked silly as it watched. However, he quickly felt an ominous sensation, as though death was approaching him silently, hurriedly, and with an unprecedented determination.
However, this feeling came and went like a haze—an illusion. Just as the ck raven was feeling confused, he heard a loud explosioning from behind him.
The ck raven wasn''t an idiot, so he immediately turned back to look, only to be stunned.
Then, his expression darkened as he shouted angrily, "Caw! You fucking INGRATE!"
Boom!
A pale blue lightning bolt descended from the sky, striking past the ck raven.
Far off, a silhouette was sted out from his stealth after colliding with Hiro''s attack, and it was a humanoid demon cloaked with an eerie ck shadow.
He had a pair of purple, sparkling eyes.
With a muffled grunt, he suppressed the pain wreaking havoc in his body. Then, a few other figures stepped out, their colorful eyes the only distinctive feature about them.
They joined forces and together, they blocked the lightning bolt, warding off the retaliation from the world.
"That person was on guard against us, I suppose our ns were useless."
"Do you think they noticed the glitch zones in the stronghold?"
"If even our assassination n was exposed, I guess everything else is for naught."
Hiro didn''t say anything to interrupt them. Instead, he tossed something out, and as it exploded, a signal was sent somewhere.
Everyone sensed the fluctuations, but they were confused as to why the signal was sent out, mainly because they couldn''t track it down.
Seeing this scene, another person stepped out from the void and said, "Little Crow, since when did we demons promote gratitude and kindness? Don''t make meugh."