With Abaddon slain, the Black Legion's thirteenth expedition was declared a complete failure.

The remnants of the Black Legion quickly retreated, hastily disappearing into the depths of the Eye of Fear. On Cadia, the warriors celebrated this hard-earned victory, while Duanmu Huai stood there, gazing at the Eye of Fear before him, feeling neither joy nor sorrow.

From the perspective of the Imperial forces, they emerged victorious this time, not only killing Abaddon, a significant threat to the empire, but also thwarting the invasion, securing once again the empire's frontline against Chaos.

However, in Duanmu Huai's view, it was a tie.

Because Duanmu Huai understood clearly that in the dimension of time, stopping the thirteenth Black Expedition wasn't much of an achievement. The Chaos Evil Gods can find another Abaddon, and they can find another War Marshal; it's only a matter of time. After this, there will be a fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth... and eventually, Cadia will be blown open, and the Eye of Fear will tear apart the universe.

History does not change, it only corrects.

From this perspective, the Chaos Evil Gods have achieved their purpose of testing his strength through a predetermined history. Because within this historical framework, Duanmu Huai is impossible to kill the Chaos Evil Gods, so they can be reckless, knowing that unless Duanmu Huai chooses to destroy this timeline, they won't die.

And now, they have already gathered intelligence on Duanmu Huai's power and characteristics, particularly regarding the Sixth Heavenly Demon King... This information will be immensely beneficial when these Evil Gods target Duanmu Huai in future endeavors.

On the other hand, Duanmu Huai didn't lose out either; through this encounter, he thoroughly verified the strength of the Chaos Evil Gods and confirmed the restraining effect of his Divine Position against them.

From that standpoint, the result leaves Duanmu Huai quite satisfied.

Whether it's any Chaos Evil God, their powers and strengths are fundamentally rooted in life itself, while Duanmu Huai's Power of Destruction inherently counters them. After all, once destroyed, nothing remains; be it wisdom, life, courage, or desire.

Gone is gone.

Any living entity fears destruction, and this includes the Chaos Evil Gods. From this angle, Duanmu Huai can be considered their nemesis.

Moreover, although Duanmu Huai exposed the powers of the God of Destruction and the Sixth Heavenly Demon King, he also concealed the powers of the God of Joy and the Ancient Dominator. Not to mention the God of Joy, the power of the Ancient Dominator is intended by Duanmu Huai as his trump card.

Specifically, if overwhelmed, he would dive into the Eye of Fear and summon Azathoth to devour it.

Or summon the Black Goat to give the Obsessive Sin a loving embrace...

Of course, the true strength of the Chaos Evil Gods is not limited to this; they definitely have hidden cards, so in Duanmu Huai's view, this battle is a draw.

Both sides revealed a portion of their power yet couldn't fully grasp the other's depth, making it merely the first true confrontation between initially distanced adversaries, leading to mutual understanding of each other's strengths.

Duanmu Huai believes this battle was merely a tie, but Lord Kreide certainly doesn't see it that way; upon meeting Duanmu Huai again, he appeared incredibly respectful.

And this is quite understandable, although previously Duanmu Huai used Soul Cards to enhance the strength of Cadia's defense forces, significantly increasing their efficiency and attack power. Moreover, during that time, the battle was genuinely exhilarating, yet when the fight ended, many had mentally prepared themselves for their own demise. After all, they understood such strength was not normal, even if it involved burning their own souls to attain such power, it wasn't implausible.

However, the result was that when Duanmu Huai put away the Soul Cards, everyone was surprised to find, aside from some fatigue and exhaustion, they were perfectly fine!

Not to mention that Duanmu Huai continuously healed via [Yera's Prayer], resulting in most of those on the battlefield being only lightly injured.

Only those unfortunate enough to be caught up in the confrontation between Duanmu Huai and the Chaos Evil Gods faced disaster.

No physical mutations, no soul annihilation; many soldiers merely felt a bit weary, which was entirely different from their expected outcome.

Everyone attributed this to a divine miracle, believing it was the Tribunal's power (rather than the Divine Emperor's, which Duanmu Huai rejected outright) that protected them. In reality, many soldiers didn't understand what had transpired nor where these peculiar phenomena originated.

But Lord Kreide was aware.

As a pragmatist, Lord Kreide wouldn't be as foolish as the fanatics within the National Religion, and he personally experienced the effects of Duanmu Huai's enhancement magic. To be honest, if not burdened with the responsibilities of a battlefield commander, Lord Kreide would have liked to join the fight against the Demons himself.

However, feeling the departure of this powerful force left Lord Kreide somewhat disappointed.

He estimated that in his lifetime, he might never have another chance to experience all of this again.

Initially, Lord Kreide attempted to persuade Duanmu Huai to stay, but Duanmu Huai refused his request. If Duanmu Huai were like someone timid and cowardly like Aikute, he could easily remain on Cadia, persistently blocking the throat of the Eye of Fear until his original timeline ended.

After all, Duanmu Huai is now a deity; time holds no significance for him.

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