"Divine Vanguards, do you want a battle?" Aldrian asked in a loud voice.

All the knights of the Divine Vanguard Knight Order were stunned by the sudden question. They did not expect Aldrian to ask about a battle at this moment.

"Do you want to go to battle?" Aldrian asked once again.

"We want to go to battle!" one of them suddenly shouted. He was one of the group’s captains, his expression filled with burning spirit.

Seeing one of them answer so firmly, the others followed in the same manner.

"We want to go to battle!"

"We want to go to battle!"

"We want to go to battle!"

All of them shouted in unison. Their voices echoed across the field and reached even the surrounding buildings of the palace. Even the air seemed to tremble under the force of their unified cry.

What they said came straight from their hearts. They truly wanted to go to battle ever since the end of their special training. They knew they had grown many times stronger than before they joined this knight order.

After their training, they had longed for a real fight that could serve as their proving ground. They wanted to unleash their newfound strength and test their limits. Sparring alone was no longer enough for them.

What they needed was a real target, something they could face with the intent to fight seriously, even to kill. They wanted to release their strength without restraint.

But unfortunately, they could not leave the premises of the palace under the floating land, which was now called the Guardian Palace. They were a special group of knights directly under the emperor’s command. They needed the emperor’s permission if they wanted to leave, no matter whether they went alone or in a group.

Since their emperor had not given them any orders for the past few years, they could only continue training and cultivating, strengthening themselves within the grounds of the Guardian Palace.

But now that their emperor was asking about battle, they naturally answered with what they truly wanted. They wanted to fight.

Aldrian nodded, satisfied with their answer and their spirit.

"Good. After this, I will bring all of you to an unknown world, where devils still roam and cause chaos. What you need to do is simple. Eliminate them. Use every bit of your training to achieve victory. Do not let a single one of those devils live."

Hearing that, the knights’ eyes gleamed. Their bodies were already stirred with excitement. They would finally be able to test their new strength.

"And I will continue to give you battles. One after another. I will bring you to different battlefields each time you finish one. You will keep fighting until you are satisfied. I expect your power to meet my standards. Guard each other and do not leave anyone behind. Is that clear?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" all of them shouted in unison.

Aldrian nodded, then turned to Xin Haotian, who looked at him with a calm expression.

"Xin Haotian, lead them to victory," he said, which made Xin Haotian smirk.

"As you wish, Your Majesty," Xin Haotian replied with full confidence.

Aldrian smiled, then turned to the knights.

"Now, let’s go."

As soon as the words fell, all of their bodies disappeared.

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On one of the planets within the Heavenly Spear devil territory, the devils still roamed the world. The war with the inhabitants of this world was still ongoing, with the devils holding the winning side. They had already occupied more than eighty percent of the world, even though they had been weakened by Aldrian’s domain.

For the past few months, the devils in this world had lessened their activities as they continued to weaken due to the loss of their environmental advantage. The devil territory, which had always played a crucial role in strengthening them, had slowly disappeared, giving the inhabitants of this world a chance to survive.

However, the position of the devils in this world was still strong. Their numbers remained huge, and they still held the advantage in high-level cultivators.

Aldrian and his knight order appeared on a barren land that, in the past, had been covered with a reddish atmosphere, but not anymore. Aldrian’s domain had already cleansed it, making the devil aura and energy in this place extremely faint.

The knights were stunned as they found themselves in a completely different scene with a completely different atmosphere.

Once again, they were amazed by their emperor’s ability to teleport them effortlessly, this time even across worlds.

In the distance, they could see a massive camp. From their estimation, it could hold tens of thousands of troops.

Aldrian stood in the sky, looking toward that camp. Then his gaze lowered to where his knights stood in formation. Xin Haotian stood at the forefront, his eyes fixed on the camp, calm and steady.

"That camp is your target. The devils number more than fifty thousand. Kill all of those viruses that have been infecting the First Heaven for so long. You may fight to your heart’s content. I believe the devils here can be dealt with by all of you," Aldrian said.

The knights’ faces showed solemn yet excited expressions.

"Go. Bring me the first victory of the Divine Vanguard Knight Order," Aldrian said one last time before he disappeared.

The knights’ blood already boiled, ready for action. Xin Haotian, who understood how they felt, slowly unsheathed his sword.

"I will go first and deliver the opening strike. All of you follow me and fight according to your groups. Watch each other’s backs and do not let any enemy slip away. Be careful of assassins," he said as he looked over the troops.

He then raised his sword toward the sky.

"Let’s show them who we are and bring that victory to His Majesty!"

"UWOOO!" All of them roared their war cry with full spirit. Xin Haotian then looked forward at the camp.

"Charge!" he shouted before flying toward the camp at incredible speed.

Those who had already reached pseudo immortal foundation stage followed him first. Behind them came emperor stage and all cultivators below that level. Those who could fly took to the air, while those who could not used their movement techniques to keep up.

It did not take long before they arrived near the camp.

At that moment, the devils inside fell into panic. All of their cultivators above low pseudo immortal establishment stage suddenly died. They dropped lifelessly, their faces showing horror for a brief moment before their breathing ceased, their souls crushed.

Their highest commander, a peak pseudo immortal cultivator, also died, leaving the devil troops without a leader to command them.

Aldrian killed all cultivators he deemed beyond what his knights could handle using illusion laws.

Tang! Tang! Tang! Tang!

Suddenly, the sound of alarm bells resounded across the camp, causing the devils to stop whatever they were doing.

"We are under attack! Get to defensive positions!" one of the sentries shouted in panic as he saw the incoming army. But before he could react further, his body suddenly split in half at the waist.

In fact, the wall protecting the camp was sliced apart entirely, killing or destroying everything along the path of the slash.

Xin Haotian had already unleashed his opening strike from more than twenty kilometers away. His slash was powerful enough to cut through the surrounding wall of the camp. The formation protecting the camp had not yet been activated when he launched his attack, which caused heavy losses on the devils’ side.

The other knights also unleashed their various techniques, creating even more chaos within the camp. By the time they finally arrived, all that remained was to kill any devils still alive.

For cultivators at king stage and below, they fought in coordinated groups, each consisting of around thirty people. They used battle formations when facing stronger opponents, then spread out within close range when they could handle enemies individually.

With this method, they could guard each other’s backs while supporting one another.

"Uwoogh!"

"Do not retreat! They are not many! Keep attacking!"

"Aghhh!"

"Keep pushing! Make sure none of those devils escape! Kill them!"

"Uwoo!!!"

The war cries of the Divine Vanguard Knight Order echoed across the battlefield as their momentum surged higher with every clash.

Xin Haotian’s movements could not be followed by any of the devils. He targeted every pseudo immortal foundation cultivator, even picking off some low pseudo immortal establishment cultivators.

His strength, which had reached the level of low pseudo immortal establishment stage, was more than enough to deal with them. His light laws, inherited from the God of Light, displayed their terrifying properties as he killed with speed of light itself.

The devils he targeted did not even realize they were dead as their heads were severed. Every slash was precise and carried overwhelming power. Nothing could stop it.

He tried using his domain once. A blinding light covered the battlefield for no more than three seconds, yet within that brief moment, thousands of devils died instantly, their limbs and heads severed.

The devils who saw their comrades suddenly drop lifeless after the light trembled in fear. Corpses continued to pile up, filling them with a growing sense of crisis and despair.

The troops attacking them were completely different from any they had faced in this world. Each of them was powerful on their own, far beyond normal standards, capable of fighting across multiple levels.

One such example was Revanus. Although he was still at duke stage, he could unleash strength comparable to high grand duke stage. Each swing of his sword easily cut down grand duke cultivators. His movements were fierce and difficult to defend against.

His sword technique was complex and powerful. He was like a grim reaper wielding a sword, killing without fail.

One of the devils gritted his teeth as he looked at the situation. After a brief moment of thought, he finally shouted to the others.

"Escape!"