667 Chapter 667: The Matriarch''s New Actions, the Purpose of the Hidden Hand!
"Heh, getting more and more proactive."
Sterl watched the reaction of the Will of Hell, a faint smile ying on his lips. In the past, it hadn''t been this eager. This was the benefit of strength—no matter how powerful the Will of the World was.
As long as you were strong enough, it would fear you, dread you, and would go to any lengths to try to appease you.
Sterl was sure that the situation in Lava Hellmust have frightened the Will of Hellquite a bit. With the enhancement of his Soul Power, the battle prowess he exhibited had clearly transcendedsome ultimate limit, reaching a height that allowed him to stand on equal footing with the world.
Then, Sterl repeated his old tactics. Using the Authority of Hellhe had mastered, he began toprehend new Law Powers.
Although, from what he could tell, purely enhancing the physical and sospects—simr to the path of those mysterious monsters—seemed to hold more potential and stronger powers, he held the belief that having many skills doesn''t weigh you down. With the evolution cheat and other powerful opportunities at his disposal, he could easily develop multiple paths simultaneously.
For him, learning a new power didn''t take much effort at all.
Before long, he had mastered ten new Laws, each to a perfect degree. Sterl realized that the more Laws he controlled, the stronger his perception and control over the world became.
Moreover, it seemed that he was no longer affected by his environment at all. Regardless of where he was, he could call upon the power of various Laws.
"Perhaps, when I have enough Laws under mymand, I will undergo some kind of transformation."
Sterl spected in his mind. No matter what path one took, the ultimate goal was to make oneself stronger. The saying "No matter how things change, the essence remains the same"captured the essence of this principle.
However, at the same level, if another person had mastered a new path, they would naturally be stronger.
Just as he was about to have the Will of Hellopen a spatial portalto move on to the nextyer of Hell, a stream of information rapidly flooded into his mind from the Will of Hell.
Upon receiving the message, Sterl was momentarily stunned, a look of shock appearing on his face.
The contents of the message were clear: The Will of Hellhad discovered that the power and authority it had been restraining him with had suddenly weakened considerably.
At the same time, it found that from the Thirty-Sixth Layer, the nextyer of Hell, all the way to the Seventy-Ninth Layer, the Matriarchs had stopped devouring the world. Instead, they were rapidly transmittingthe umted energy and souls they had gathered to other ces.
Not only that, but the intensity of the invasion had also weakened significantly. However, the invaders beyond the Eighty-First Layerhad made no movements at all.
"What does this mean? Are they trying to escape? Then why haven''t the Matriarchs beyond the Eighty-First Layer shown any signs of movement? Do they think the Matriarchs beyond that point have the ability to deal with me?"
Sterl quickly analyzed the situation in his mind, feeling somewhat heavy-hearted. If his suspicions were true, things could be quite troublesome.
After all, he was well aware of the kind of power he wielded when enhanced by Soul Power. If the Matriarchs below the Eighty-First Layer had the ability to eliminate him, just how strong must they be?
Thinking this, Sterl paused for a moment before shaking his head.
"No, that can''t be right. If the Matriarchs themselves had such power, there would be no need for such arge-scale invasion of Hell. They could easily take over and devour it."
"Could they really be trying to retreat?"
For a moment, he felt uncertain about the invaders'' true intentions.
"Do you know what their goal is?"
Sterl asked the Will of Hell, initially thinking it wouldn''t know, but to his surprise, it revealed a deeper insight.
The Will of Hellexined that while the Matriarchs were transmitting their energy, the forces attacking the bottom eightyers of Hell had suddenly be much stronger.
So, it was highly likely that the hidden mastermindbehind this invasion was concentrating the power of the Matriarchs and focusing it on attacking the bottom eightyers of Hell, aiming to achieve their goal in the shortest possible time.
From what the Will of Hellsaid, Hell originally had only eightyers, though after countless eons of umtion, it had grown to one hundred and eightyers.
However, the true core of Hell still consisted of those eightyers.
These eightyers not only contained the essence of Hell itself but also represented the very core essenceof the Will of Hell. If anything happened to these eightyers, the Will of Hellwould suffer a fatal blow. Even if it didn''t perish, it would fall into a state of despair.
At that point, the entire Hell would be at the mercy of anyonewho wished to take control of it.
Thus, the Will of Hellspoke with a palpable sense of pleadingin its voice. To reach the bottom eightyers, Sterl would have to first conquer each of theyers above them.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to break through the forces of the invaders and teleport Sterl urately to the deepestyers. There was even the risk of falling into a trap, ending up in an irrevocablesituation.
"I see."
Sterl nodded in understanding. He had suspected something like this. Given the invaders'' behavior, there was no way they were simply going to slink away. Now he understood that this was their real objective.
The reason why the power umted by the Matriarchs in theseyers of Hellwas being gathered and directed toward the bottom was because Hell beyond the Eighty-First Layerwasrgely unable to resist the power of the Matriarchs. Even if most of the power was transferred, it could still be easily harvested.
As for the Eighty-First to One-Hundredth Layers, the Hell forces inside were still struggling to hold their ground. Without paying a price, it wasn''t easy for the invaders to break through.
"It looks like I need to speed up..."
A cold glint shed in Sterl''s eyes. Saving Hellwas secondary; the main issue was that the invaders'' actions had caused great harmto his interests.
After all, he was now the master of the Authority of Hell. If the core Hellwere destroyed, the authority he held would lose its meaning and value.
Moreover, those Matriarchs were resources he had set his sights on. The more power they transferred, the fewer resources he could collect!
Thinking this, he couldn''t help but feel a sense of urgency. He had been nning to use the umted powerfrom these Matriarchs to increase the production capacity of his three Matriarch Puppets.
Not only that, but his own power growthalso required a significant amount of soul power. Additionally, if he had excess soul power, he had even considered developing one or two followerswith a higher Divine Authoritytier.
So, time was of the essence. He had to move faster—faster than those damn insects!
"Then what are you waiting for? Open the portal!"
Sterl growled, and upon hearing this, the Will of Hellwas immediately overjoyed. What it feared most was that Sterl would refuse to actor deliberately slow things down. In that case, the Will of Hell would truly have no solution.
Fortunately, the worst didn''t happen. Without hesitation, the Will of Hell began to activate the power of Hend opened a spatial portalto the nextyer.
Sterl took a deep breath. He had been considering resting for a while, to take it slow. After all, if those invaders were provoked, they would stop at nothing to destroy him, and that would be a real problem.
But now, he couldn''t afford to wait any longer. If he dyed, he wouldn''t just lose the meat—he wouldn''t even get a sip of the broth.
With that, he stepped forward and walked into the spatial portal. In an instant, the portal helped him arrive at the nextyer of Hell.
"Is that Executor-sama? Amazing, we''re saved!"
This time, as he arrived, it was directly in the battlefield. Unlike what Sterl had anticipated, there was no sneak attack. All that awaited him was ayer of Hellthat was fighting desperatelyto resist the invading army, along with the deityof thatyer.
As soon as Steppeared, the aura of the Executor of Hellwas unmistakable, immediately drawing the attention of all the gods present.
Although these gods had never personally encountered the Executor of Hell, they were incredibly familiar with the aura and identity of the Executor, so they recognized it instantly.
However, Sterlhad no interest in paying attention to these pawns. @@novelbin@@
But ording to the Will of Hell, high-tier divine authorityonly existed in Hell beneath the Eighty-First Layer, and there was almost always only one peryer. This was why theyers below the Eighty-Firstcould barely resist the invaders.
Moreover, because Hell''s overall energy level was far inferior to that of the Main World, even the high-tier divine authorityin Hell was weaker than those in the Main World.
How much weaker, Sterl wasn''t sure, but they were still high-tier divine authorities, and no matter how weak they were, they couldn''t be weak to the point of irrelevance.
Without wasting any more time, Sterldidn''t even nce at the Silver-white Torrents.
The reason these Silver-white Torrentswere terrifying, aside from their immense vitality and strange gray energy, was that they were endlessly produced. As long as the Matriarchexisted, new Silver-white Torrentswould keep spawning, joining the main force in a continuous stream.
Thus, once the Matriarchwas dealt with, dealing with these creatures would no longer be difficult, especially with a god standing guard.
Furthermore, these silver insectswerergely controlled by the Matriarch. Once the Matriarch was dead, and without the Matriarch''s willto guide them, they could very well fall into chaos.
And if they couldn''t be dealt with? Well, that would certainly mean death. Sterl was not the babysitter of these pawns. Even if he had ns to form a Legion of Hell, his focus would be on elite forceslike the Lava Giantrace.
With that, Sterlquickly flew toward the Matriarch''slocation. Within a matter of seconds, he arrived at the opposite side of thisyer of Hell and found the Matriarchhiding in a concealed cave.
As expected, just as the Will of Hellhad said, the Matriarchwaspletely absorbed in transmitting the souls and energyshe had umted. She didn''t even acknowledge Sterl''s presence.