Way of the Knights

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"Shit! This isn't working…"

All of the War Gods who's currently trying their best to eradicated the Sin's Children are thinking the same thing. 

The War Gods are strong. There was no need to doubt about that. Each War God was powerful enough to reduce an entire star into dust. Even the weakest of them was capable to eradicating all life from an entire planet. 

Unfortunately, their enemies were more persistent that they were this time around. 

Anybody who witnessed the scene within the Broken Floor would probably gape in shock. 

It was already rare for any Inner Disciples to see a War God in the flesh yet there's eight of them here. What's even more shocking is that, even the War Gods themselves are having a difficult time defeating their enemies. 

It wasn't like they were incredibly strong or anything. But since they could regenerate swiftly even after experiencing lethal injuries was incredibly irritating. It didn't matter how many times they've cut them apart, snapped them in half, beheaded them or etc. They would just regenerate at a visible speed and stand back up to fight. 

"It's like the first War of Asphodel all over again." Henry spat as he continued hacking down on his opponents. 

That war already left a deep impression to every War God since it resulted in their defeat and the 11th floor collapsing. The situation was very similar minus the fact that the Sin's themselves aren't present in this battle. 

Just like how it was back then, these Army Commanders have seemingly swallowed some medicine that allowed them to posses an Immortal Body. It didn't matter what kind of damage was inflicted to them, they would just regenerate from it and come rushing back as if nothing happened. They seems to posses unlimited stamina too. 

This made dealing with them incredibly difficult. 

"Hey you guys! Got any bright ideas?" Logan asked as he tore an arm off from his enemy. 

"How many times they could regenerate is how many times I'll kill them, that's it." Paolo the Taotie yelled back as he snapped the spine of another one. 

"Do you have an idea on how many times that would be exactly?" Henry asked. 

"Nope. Not a single clue."

"Damn you're useless." Celestine snorted as she impaled her enemy with numerous thorns. 

"Shut it, woman. If you're so smart then how about we hear it from you?" Paolo refuted, Celestine was shocked but in the end she didn't have any better ideas so she simply snorted. "Yeah, that's what I thought."

"They might as well have infinite lives then." Theo murmured, not even his Cleansing Flames were working as much as he wanted against these devils. 

Inside the formation, Kyrie watched as the War Gods had a difficult time against the Sin's Children. Her hands were clenched in worry, she could hear their conversation and it made her realize just how dire the situation is. 

"Don't tell me we're going to lose this battle…" She whispered, unable to prevent herself from feeling rather useless and helpless. 

"Don't lose hope." A voice sounded behind her. "I'm here."

She swiftly turned around and saw Raven glaring at the direction of the huge battle. Her heart started beating faster. She couldn't help but worry and at the same time, hope that Raven had a solution for this situation. 

They can't afford to lose this battle. They already failed their ancestors by the letting the devils blow-up the 11th floor, although they had no idea what the devils were planning when they started this mass invasion but they can't afford to let them have their way. Too many lives will be lost, Asphodel will be flooded by devils and the sect might fall if they don't do something. 

Although she sincerely hoped that Raven had a solution, she also didn't want to push him even further. 

In truth, Raven already made an incredible service by informing the sect about the mass-invasion and thwarting the surprise plan. In fact, just him creating the seals needed for the replacement was already enough for him to be rewarded heavily by the sect. 

But he didn't stop there. Not only he did all of that, he even devised a plan that benefitted not only them but numerous Inner Disciples in the process as well. On top of that, he even shared his Cleansing Fire with them, rising the lethality of the disciples against devils and protecting them from the residual Will of the Devil Emperor. 

It had to be known that he's supporting at least 200,000+ Inner Disciples all by himself by sharing his Cleansing Flames with them. It was already a goddamn miracle that he's still conscious at this point. Yet now, he's even pushing himself harder. 

A brilliant gleam of rainbow colored light was released from his eyes. 

The War Gods who were fighting were suddenly startled when they felt a faint energy trying to connect with them. Henry's eyes widened as he yelled: 

"You guys, connect with it! He's showing us something!"

Henry, Theo, Logan, Julia and Jessamine were already familiar with this sensation so they immediately connected with Raven's link without hesitating. Paolo, Celestine and Charles weren't but they knew that Henry was referring to them and he wouldn't do anything that'll endanger them so they took his advice. 

To their surprise, they found themselves with a brand new world perspective. Various colors flooded their vision but most of them were blurred as if fading onto the background. 

The first batch of War Gods who appeared weren't surprised by this since they already felt this before but Paolo, Celestine and Charles were extremely surprised. 

"Wah, this is awesome! I could see shit clearer!"

"So this is how he sees Asphodel huh?" Celestine was intrigued and distracted by the colorful surroundings.  action

"He's trying to show us something." Charles declared, his gaze then moved towards the Sin's Children and his eyes widened: "Look! There's something inside those abominations!"

That got everyone's attention. They all looked at the Sin's Children and just like what Charles said, there is something inside their bodies."

Inside the Sin's Children's bodies, were white vein like patterns which were pulsating as they moved. The War Gods were surprised since none of them knew that something like this existed within their bodies. 

"White veins? That shouldn't be - oh! The vision's changing." Jessamine was briefly startled. 

Under their astonished gazes, the vision suddenly zoomed in to these white-veins. It was at this point that time seems to have slowed down much to everybody's surprise. 

As it turns out, these white-veins were hiding something very unexpected. There was a small pearl circulating inside this white veins. It moved extremely swift which was the reason that nobody noticed it. 

This small pearl was black in color, it's unknown what kinds of materials were used to create them but none of the War Gods were stupid. Since Raven went all this way to emphasize his vision to this small pearl and showed it to them, his message was clear. 

"Aha! So that's fucking how, you sneaky motherfuckers!" Paolo exclaimed. Without any further ado, he rammed his head onto the a random one's body and yelled: "Tremor!"

Controlled shockwaves wrecked havoc within the Devil Army Commander's body, turning its insides into a fine mesh including the veins. The small pearl hidden behind the veins didn't escape either. It shattered into powder due to the intensity of shockwaves. 

Then under everyone expecting gazes, the body of the Army Commander Paolo attacked, was reduced into fine ash. They waited for a couple of seconds and just as they thought, it didn't regenerate. 

"Woohoo! Finally killed ya' you pesky son of a bitch! Haha! Good job 9th! I'll treat you to some food later!"

"Okay! We have a solution now!" Charles yelled as his and the other's fighting spirit re-ignited thanks to the positive result. "9th don't push yourself too hard. You've done a good job, leave this us. You guys! Don't let 9th's effort be wasted! Let's win this thing!! Come on!"

"Who freaking died and made him the leader…" Logan snorted as his six-arms turned into blurs. His blades reduced the enemy he was facing into a finely chopped flesh including the small pearl hiding within it's body. Just like this, another Army Commander fell.

"Tune of Invigoration, Focus, Rage and Enfeeblement!" Jessamine's delicate hands blossomed into multiple shadows as she plucked her zither, she produced hymns that supported her allies and enfeebled the enemy. 

Under her miraculous boosts and Raven's Vision Connection, the War Gods were strengthened even further. One by one the Sin's Children fell. Some of them had more than one of those small pearls which caused them to pay close attention to them. Nevertheless, now that their weakness was revealed, there's no way that the War Gods would just let regenerate once again. 

And just like that, thanks to Raven's efforts once more. The situation was reversed and the Sin's Children was dealt with. The War Gods heaved a sigh of relief. 

*Pa!* *Pa!* *Pa!*

"Impressive…most impressive. As expected of the glorious War Gods of the Ancient Elysium Sect."

*Shivers!!!*