272 A strike that devastated a continen (1/2)

One millisecond after the one hundred thousand meter demodand detonated, a gargantuan ball of plasma hotter than a sun erupted from the center of the blast zone, annihilating at a molecular level everything within its radius.

Luckily for the Heavenly race, the demodand detonated high above the city, or else that explosion would have been all that was needed to kill every single one of them.

From the blast, a light so hot that produced a thermal pulse was emitted, and it burned everything that could be burned inside the city.

From the winged castle, every ounce of energy that had accumulated from its creation was used and formed a protective white mantle around every Rank 4 member of the Heavenly race. Even though the Heavenly race's culture promoted the protection of all of its members, the protocol programmed in the castle stated that if the Rank 3 and beneath life forms had less than five percent chance of surviving an event like the one happening now, then all energy should be focused on the Soul Forging existences.

The first ones to die were the natives who resided in the city's sewers. They could barely be considered Rank 0 life forms, and their bodies were disintegrated instantly by the blast.

Heinz was not a merciless person. He would normally make sure that the collateral damage of his attacks did not reach the innocent. Unfortunately for the natives, the Cultivator would not risk his plan for them.

As the explosion progressed, a bubble of superheated and super-compressed air began to rapidly expand hundreds of times faster than the speed of sound, decimating the already burning buildings, people, and everything else on its path.

Every life form at Rank 3 and beneath had their bodies evaporated, and their souls were destroyed. Even those at Rank 4 and protected by the white mantle suffered severe injuries. A couple of Soul Forging existences that were too close to the center of the explosion died as well, despite the protection of the winged castle.

After that apocalyptic explosion was over, the gargantuan figure of the demodand was gone, and a fifteen-meter tall man with silver hair and a black armor had replaced it. There were space fragments around the Cultivator protecting him. His inner organs, bones, and muscles had taken a red metallic color and were filled with blood energy.

The body and energy of Heinz had crossed Rank 4 a long time ago, but it was only now that the core of his power, his True Soul, had finally reached Rank 5. According to the standard used by the great powers of the universe, Heinz was a Law Engraving existence.

What exploded and leveled the headquarters of the Heavenly race was an incarnation the Cultivator was able to create once he reached the third level of the Blood Demodand Technique.

The spell was named Demodand Inferno, and it consisted of using an immense amount of blood to build a powerful incarnation. The creator would stay inside the creature and use it to fight, but its most powerful ability was to explode and release all the energy it had in an instant.

To control the explosion and make sure it displayed its greatest power, the creator of the incarnation needed to be inside the Demodand Inferno. He would stay in a special dimension that would protect them from most of the blast power, but even then, they would still take some damage.

Heinz owned a Demodand Constitution and had formed a Space Storm around him while being fused with his Law Avatar, so his defenses were impressive even for a Rank 5 life form. However, his face was pale, and there was blood in the corner of his mouth.

The Cultivator showed no weakness despite the damage he endured. His eyes displayed immense battle will as he focused on a remote part of the destroyed city.

The warehouse that was the Silent House no longer existed, but there was a cocoon made of boiling asphalt that was now present, which contained two Angelic Paragon, a grey humanoid, and a paralyzed man.

The entire city was filled with flames and destruction, but inside the cocoon, there was not a single sign of damage. The Sage could not let any harm reach Zatiel since that would activate his runes and kill him. It was clear to him that the Neo-Demon was determined to die.

The grey humanoid figure had become almost transparent and it appeared that defending from Heinz's attack was not easy. His eyes were focused on the Cultivator, and they seem to be analyzing him.