The fighting raged on for another seven and a half minutes.
Since this Seven-Star Fiend melee had erupted in full, the fierce battle had lasted more than an hour.
Such intense, all-out combat across power tiers, with laws running rampant, divine power overdrawn, and every trump card deployed throughout, had squeezed everyone's accumulated strength and reserves to utter exhaustion.
Both Oakes, who had fought desperately to break out, and the two direct descendants of a Demon Race Overgod pursuing relentlessly behind him were genuinely at the peak of Seven-Star Fiend in their own right.
But Sovereign's Might was supreme energy belonging to the Overgod tier, incomparably precious and extremely difficult to sustain for long.
Throughout the prolonged battle, they had continuously activated Sovereign's Might to enhance their combat strength, repair their grievously wounded bodies, and stabilize the depletion of their essence. Under such extreme exertion, Sovereign's Might had dissipated and been consumed at a horrifying rate.
Now, the Sovereign's Might stored within the two Demon Race descendants had been completely exhausted, with not a drop remaining.
The brilliant golden Overgod halos surrounding them, symbols of supreme authority and undying endurance, dimmed completely, dispersed, and vanished without a trace.
Without Sovereign's Might to sustain their recovery, they instantly fell from their pedestal.
From an undefeated state of indestructible bodies, instantly healed injuries, and endlessly cycling offense and defense, they were reduced entirely to ordinary peak Seven-Star Fiends.
Their bodies' ability to heal themselves was completely cut off, their divine power reserves were no longer inexhaustible, and their greatest trump card for suppressing their peers and crushing powerful foes was utterly gone.
Yet the soul command issued by that Asura powerhouse had already become an invisible shackle, branded deep into the essence of their divine souls.
The Eldest Grandson of the Demon