This war could be considered temporarily concluded.
Huo Ling had won a sweeping victory, making him want to venture deep into the Bottomless Abyss, find Doreson, and kill him.
Doreson was the weakest, and he was injured as well.
But when Huo Ling thought of the mountain of troubles he still had yet to resolve, he extinguished the idea of taking such a risk.
Balzefen put away his weapon. This battle had left him immensely exhilarated as well.
After all, though he had slain Abyssal Lords over the years, he truly had never killed such a powerful Abyssal Great Lord.
Not only him—even Bael and Zariel had never killed an Abyssal Great Lord.
As for whether Tiamat had ever killed one before, that was uncertain.
Huo Ling could be said to have set a precedent in Avernus, becoming the first to kill an Abyssal Great Lord.
In past battles, Zariel had driven back Abyssal Great Lords several times.
But driving them back was far easier than killing them. Zariel's power was at its strongest within the Bronze Citadel, and even so, driving back an Abyssal Great Lord had not been easy.
One had to know that usually, Zariel was the only one fighting, while the Abyssal Great Lords sometimes came in ones and twos, or even groups of two or three.
With no advantage in either strength or numbers, there was naturally no question of killing them.
"Lord!"
"You are truly too powerful!"
Balzefen praised him with a broad smile. It was not only Balzefen; the other Dark Generals had also come forward together to offer their congratulations.
For devil generals who thrived on war, being able to slaughter demons and inflict such enormous losses upon them was a truly glorious deed.
"Lord! What none of the previous Lords could