Huo Ling ignored Zariel's calls behind him and left without looking back.
He first arrived on the ground. By now, the Bronze Citadel had resumed battle.
Leading nine Demon Army units, Balzefen had already withdrawn behind the Bronze Citadel once more.
The demons that had pursued them all the way launched another assault on the Bronze Citadel.
These demons had a fine plan: taking advantage of Avernus's civil war to come and pluck the peaches.
But what they had not expected was that Huo Ling's strength utterly eclipsed Bael's. He had killed Bael without suffering so much as an injury.
Among the Abyssal demons attacking this time were Abyssal Overlords as well. One was Kostchtchie, who had previously besieged Zariel. The other was the Gnoll God, Yeenoghu.
Yeenoghu had not originally been particularly strong, but after conquering dozens of Abyssal Worlds, he had grown vastly more powerful than before.
The first time Huo Ling had heard Yeenoghu's name, he had still been a mere Silver-rank spellcaster, during the defensive war at Plains City.
Back then, Huo Ling and his teacher had encountered an attack from Yeenoghu's priests, as well as demons summoned by those priests.
At the time, Huo Ling had been astonished by those gnoll priests. Now, his strength had even surpassed that of the Gnoll God himself.
Huo Ling searched the Bronze Citadel for powerful auras among the demons. One colossal demon, at least forty or fifty meters tall, radiated a savage presence from head to toe.
Clearly, this was the Abyssal Overlord Kostchtchie. On the other side stood an enormous gnoll clad in ferocious armor. That was Yeenoghu.
At his side was another powerful Sun-tier demon, the King of Ghouls, Doreson.
Three powerful Sun-tier demons—it was no wonder Balzefen had been unable to stand against them and