Sect Master Heaven-Defying dodged the incoming hit from the Warhammer Ghal-Maraz, but it was clear that the battle started taking a toll on the elderly sect master.
His whole body was riddled with injuries, and the regeneration of Qi was abysmal because the Law of Decay was stuck in his body, constantly wreaking havoc inside of his body.
That one was also obstructing the regeneration of his injuries, so overall, the situation looked very grim for him. He was very well aware that there was a very high possibility of his upending death right here and right now.
Deciding that this was the end of the entire Heaven-Defying Sect, the sect master Quan Ni decided to use the forbidden technique to at least kill the foe before him.
While the Ancient Eternal Star Region was largely cut out from the rest of the Astral Boundary Universe, not literarily, they kept to themselves, not really bothering with the affairs of the other Star Regions.
Factions existing here were practically isolationists and never bothered with the matters of the outsiders.
But they still knew about the important people and factions in the entire Universe, and for the past centuries, the one with the biggest sway, which was on the extreme rise, was the Chthonian Empire of the Baator.
And the elderly sect master recognized the man before him as one of the Grand Princes of the Chthonian Empire, Sigmar Helason Lucifer, who was rather notorious throughout the entire Astral Boudarny because he often traveled around the Universe and challenged powerful people to fight.
Sigmar seeing the rising energy levels of the Sect Master Heaven-Defying, knew what was happening because his father often warned him to be wary of cultivators in life-and-death situations.
While in normal combat, most of them had subpar combat prowess and destructive prowess, some of them had some pretty neat forbidden techniques in their sleeves, which could give them a tremendous increase in combat prowess for a limited amount of time at the cost of burning their lifespan.
Most of them will either die afterward or would be left half-dead or crippled, but it was enough for them to kill most of their foes.
His father stated that, for example, even weak Tier 9 could easily match peak Apocalypse-Class Being of Law with very destructive Law.
Before the Sect Master Heaven-Defying could finish executing his forbidden technique, out of nowhere, he was hit straight to his chest by the Warhammer Ghal-Maraz and, at the same time, pierced through his back by several Dark Light Spears, as Sigmar wasn't giving him any chances.
"And this is the check-mate, sir."
Sigmar grinned as the Law of Decay, Law of Death and his Godhood all pouted into the body of the Sect Master Heaven-Defying; he could see how the life was escaping the body of the Sect Master Heaven-Defying Quan Ni until the light in his eyes completely diminished itself.
Death.
That was the only outcome.
After Sigmar killed the Sect Master Heaven-Defying Quan Ni he had a bittersweet feeling. It was good that he managed to fight, defeat, and even kill a Tier 11 powerhouse.
Yet, on the other hand, his opponent was relatively weak for the Tier 11 standards, and aside from the ridiculous amount of energy, he was nothing special.
But there was nothing he could do about it as he went to check up on his stash of resources.
Like most of the children and descendants of the Lucifer House, Sigmar inherited the greedy nature of the founder Zeoticus Gremory-Lucifer.
He also would search every nook and cranny for anything useful.
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Meanwhile, Sigmar was fighting against the Sect Master Heaven-Defying Quan Ni; the entire Heaven-Defying Sect was being razed to the ground by the forces of the Dresden Arcanum Empire, which was advancing with little to zero losses.
They lost only a few thousand of soldiers, and a few powerhouses were killed, mostly though only those the Tier 9 and some of the spacecraft were shot down, but that was done. Nothing more and nothing less.
Many of the powerful Arcnaists joined the fight, as they fought with the powerhouses and experts from the Heaven-Defying Sect; even Sigmar's wives Yasaka and Rossweisse, were participating in the siege of the sect.
Rossweisse was leading her Valkyrie Division, established only a few centuries ago, from the original female Aesir and Vanir, who migrated to the old Underworld under the leadership of Hela.
Rossweeisse came to the old Underworld with her grandmother Gondul on orders of Frigga, who wanted to have somebody she trusted near her daughter.
Even though relationships between the Chthonian Empire and Asgard in the old dimensional gap were cold at best, an open fight never erupted between them.
Valkyries were the elite all-female forces exclusively chosen of those from Aesir and Vanir species, or hybrids of these species or some heritage, making them one them almost on the level of elite forces of the Imperialis Militarum.
Arcane Ancestor Adolf K. Weissmann was observing everything atop of his spacecraft in a boring mood, as nothing interesting was happening during the siege.
Nevertheless, for him, the boring state of siege was the best thing that could happen.
Boring meant that everything went according to the plan, and if everything went according to the plan, then it was perfect.
Now that the Dresden Arcanum Empire took their first step onto the territory of the Three-Eyed Race, they would need to fortify their positions and then slowly expand forward toward the other territories of the Ancient Eternal Star Region.
Together with a few high-ranking military officers from the Chthonian Empire who were experts on the planar conquest and were acting as an advisor, the process went very smoothly. +
Compared to their Chthnoanin allies, the Arcanists were not militaristic in nature; they and their army were inferior to that of the Imperialis Militarum.
Chthonian Empire perfected the art of war during the millennia.
Arcanists usually approached the planar conquest rather straightforwardly.
Brute strength and power above all else.