"Don't push it too far!"
Under the relentless pursuit, encirclement, and interception of Chen Junting and the other two, the frantically fleeing Holy Emperor could no longer suppress the anger in his heart!
But his angry roar was met with a sword strike from the sky!
Boom—
After dodging, the blade practically grazed his body as it slashed down. The sword qi that landed on empty air struck directly onto the sea. The surging ocean was instantly split into two, turning into two massive tsunamis that pushed out to the sides, leaving the seabed below completely exposed.
"Pushing it too far!?"
Chen Junting, who had already exited the "Sword God Without Self" state, expressed that he had never heard such shameless remarks. He sneered and shouted angrily, "Your Demonic Plane is obsessed with stealing our Douluo Plane's life energy and has been constantly bringing disaster to the continent's creatures. It's a fight to the death from the start. Where does 'pushing it too far' come from!?"
The Holy Emperor denied it without a second thought.
"I already told you, I'm not the Holy Emperor!"
Chen Junting couldn't even be bothered to pay attention to such nonsense.
Currently, the Demon Empress's body was suffering from heavy injuries. Holding onto the principle of "taking your life while you're sick," how could he let this go?
Thus, Chen Junting's ninth soul ring lit up.
Along with the killing intent and baleful aura filling the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, they transformed into a half-body demonic silhouette at this moment. Meanwhile, the yuan energy between heaven and earth, the pure sword qi, and specks of white light gathered together, transforming into a half-body divine silhouette corresponding to the demonic one.
The moment the demonic and divine silhouettes combined,
Clang—
A giant sword crossed the sky, delivering a dual slash of god and demon!
Just as the Holy Emperor still wanted to continue dodging, "Boom—"
Beneath the gloomy sea, violent waves suddenly surged. In the next second, dozens of sharp protrusions broke through the sea surface. Eerie white bones turned into a cage, locking down the space.
By the time the Holy Emperor had no choice but to fight back head-on,
Hum—
The bone prison parted, and the god-demon dual slash cleaved down!
Boom—
A large amount of seawater was instantly evaporated by the energy. A giant crater, like a massive bowl, appeared where the bone prison originally was, but under the spatial lock, seawater couldn't flow in to fill it.
However, not one of the three of them had a relaxed expression.
"Old Chen, something's not right."
"I know."
As soon as the words fell, "Whoosh—"
A thick beam of light violently erupted from the sea crater, easily breaking through the spatial lock and heading straight for the three of them. The terrifying power caused heaven and earth to change color in an instant.
Without a doubt, this was no longer a strike at the God Official level.
"He's getting serious!"
"Roar—"
Gu Tianchen's ninth soul skill instantly lit up, and the massive bone dragon behind him soared into the sky. "Ninth Soul Skill—Dragon Coiling Through the Nine Heavens!"
A burst of dark gold light instantly enveloped the bone dragon. Accompanied by its coiling in the nine heavens, the moment its wings closed together, a coiled dragon resembling a shield blocked the three of them.
Boom—
The moment the light column bombarded the coiled dragon, the surrounding atmosphere turned into a vacuum, and space had already fractured. But even so, under the special effect of the "Dragon Coiling Through the Nine Heavens" soul skill, even though this strike's power surpassed that of a God Official, it was still blocked.
And at this time, "Boom, boom, boom—"
Waves of massive wind-flapping sounds came. Within the sea crater, a giant figure was revealed. Standing three meters tall, his appearance had nothing to do with the Demon Empress anymore; he was entirely in a demonic posture.
The moment they saw his appearance clearly, Chen Junting's divine sense had already locked onto him. "What? The grand Holy Emperor isn't hiding anymore?"
"You're courting death yourselves!"
Even a clay figurine has a temper, let alone the master of a plane. No matter how cautious and prudent he was, he was still a god-level powerhouse!
Thus, upon realizing that the Demon Empress truly couldn't escape, and that his painstaking efforts and the heavy prices he paid were all going down the drain, coupled with the absence of the inheritor who could directly communicate with the Sea God, the string named "caution" in the Holy Emperor completely snapped.
Rather than leaving in ignominy, it would be better to channel his own power over and thoroughly wreak havoc using the Demon Empress's body. He strove to kill these three guys and scavenge life energy to make up for his losses before the gods of the God Realm descended. Even if he could only make up for a little, it was better than nothing.
And accompanied by the Holy Emperor's complete eruption, the situation was completely reversed. After all, the scale of energy erupted by the Holy Emperor was simply not something the newly god-level Demon Empress could compare with.
Just as the Holy Emperor thought his eruption would allow him to see terrified looks in these guys' eyes, he found that these three didn't have a trace of panic at all. Instead, they appeared completely calm and collected.
Even... as if they had been waiting for him all along.
Right at this moment, "The big fish is in the net! Make your move!"
Before the voice fell, a mighty power completely different from the Douluo Plane's rules suddenly descended.
The Holy Emperor reacted instantly, immediately wanting to move and break free. Because as half a Plane Lord, he knew very well what this power was.
This was clearly another plane!
He understood that his current descent onto the Demon Empress, thereby channeling his own energy to exert power surpassing a God Official, was entirely reliant on the methods he had laid out in the Douluo Plane.
But if switched to another plane... those methods would be completely useless!
However, how could the prepared Chen Junting and the others let the Holy Emperor escape?
Di Tian's figure instantly appeared. Bringing a streak of golden light and radiating seven-colored brilliance, he suddenly pierced through layers of void to descend. Under the cover of a silver dragon silhouette, the dragon claw filled with the Dragon God's majesty struck out horizontally, with the elemental power of heaven and earth surging, right at the mandatory path of the Holy Emperor's retreat!
Bang—
This time, the Holy Emperor was struck solidly, staggering him. Unable to dodge any longer, he was completely enveloped into the minor plane.
The moment he entered, his entire being was immediately weakened due to the plane's suppression. From having the strength of a Third-Rank God just now, he instantly dropped back to the God Official level that the Demon Empress should originally have.
Furthermore, the wound on his back struck by the Dragon God Claw carried energy and power of laws that were as hard to eradicate as parasites on a bone. But before he could focus too much on the injury caused by the Dragon God Claw, the power of this minor plane descended once again.
Seeing that the situation was bad, the Holy Emperor, adhering to his principle of saving his own life first, immediately wanted to abandon the Demon Empress and no longer care about his plane's losses, only to find that his consciousness and soul were directly imprisoned within the Demon Empress's body, unable to leave!
"Oh no!"
Immediately, the Holy Emperor turned pale with fright.
"Indeed, it's not good."
At this moment, four figures appeared in the minor plane. It was exactly Chen Junting bringing Gu Tianchen, Ning Tian, and Di Tian.
"You can't escape."
The gaze of four cold eyes made the Holy Emperor's heart go half cold. And when he saw Electrolux descending—with the minor plane emitting auras of life, death, and endless light, dressed in a magnificent black robe shining with golden runes, draped in a white cloak, and holding a three-colored staff—the Holy Emperor's heart went completely cold.
This minor plane actually already had a Plane Lord!
And, a God Official proficient in the way of souls!
"What do you want!?"
As soon as his stern but inwardly weak question was uttered.
"Make your move!"
Electrolux, who was managing the minor plane on his behalf, immediately handed over the authority of the minor plane to Chen Junting, making him the dominant figure.
Seeing this, Di Tian and the other two immediately withdrew from the main battlefield.
After all, it was agreed upon from the start.
In an instant, a great battle erupted in the minor plane!
And the Holy Emperor, knowing that his soul and consciousness in the Demon Empress's body had no way to escape, directly burned everything and began to fight Chen Junting to the death!
For a moment, the fight was so intense it darkened the heavens and earth!
And because the minor plane's descent caused a certain overlap in position with the Douluo Plane, the scene of the great battle between them was seen clearly by everyone within the range.
At the same time, within the Extreme North, the Ice Bear King Xiaobai had returned here, found the current Lord of the Extreme North, the Titan Snow Demon King, and then summoned all the creatures of the Extreme North.
"What do you want from us?"
Facing this old rival, the Titan Snow Demon King's voice rumbled, though his attitude was much better than before.
"Of course, I'm asking for your help."
The Ice Bear King Xiaobai looked serious. "Right now, Big Dad needs the faith of all creatures in the Extreme North. Although he said it only needs to be temporary, I think given his help to our Extreme North and soul beasts, it wouldn't be too much to maintain it long-term, right?"
"Not too much."
The Titan Snow Demon King naturally knew who "Big Dad" in Xiaobai's mouth referred to. Precisely because of this, he didn't hesitate at all regarding Xiaobai's request. "From now on, there will be two faiths in the Extreme North. One is the Ice God, and the other is..."
Suddenly, the Titan Snow Demon King choked on his words.
"What should we call him?"
"Just his name."
At the same time, on the Douluo Continent and the Sun Moon Continent, in all soul beast settlements except for the Extreme North and the sea, under Di Tian's orders, the Star Dou Great Forest dispatched various "representatives"—such as the ferocious beasts and the Emperor Auspicious Beast who had finished seclusion. Facing the scene of Chen Junting's great battle, they began to recount his contributions to the soul beast race.
Although the vast majority of soul beasts were ignorant, under the pressure released by the experts, they instinctively began to follow their "guidance."
And among the four great empires, the creator of soul spirits, the creator of the method for self-condensing soul rings and artificial soul bones, and the founder of the path of arrays—Chen Junting's identities were made public one by one by the major forces.
For a moment, all Soul Masters fell into an uproar.
After all, insiders deduced based on the time those things appeared—how old was Chen Junting at that time? As a result, at that time, not only was Chen Junting's strength exceptionally outstanding, but he had also achieved in fields like research and creation what predecessors had never done.
As for truth or falsehood... could the major forces join forces to deceive people?
At this moment, even in the ocean, under Huo Yuhao's lead, the Sea Princess also brought two mermaid princesses and a group of mermaids, arriving at the Sea God Clan's residence, which had been reduced to ruins, shortly after Chen Junting and the others left. This place was now covered by a vast ocean, with only a Sea God Hall still standing.
The Demonic Soul Great White Shark King Xiaobai, who had returned from hunting, led her only remaining clansmen, wandering blankly among the ruins under the sea, while checking if there were any survivors to save. Sea Dragon Douluo stood numbly beside Wang Dong'er, comforting the only surviving clansmen.
"Look, this is the Sea God Clan now."
After a long silence, Huo Yuhao spoke.
The Sea Princess looked at everything before her. Under the gaze of all the mermaids beside her, scenes of Poseidon conquering the sea tens of thousands of years ago flashed through her mind one by one.
"Has the Sea God abandoned his people?"
Her tone was flat, but Huo Yuhao could hear the sorrow in it.
At this time, Wang Dong'er flew in front of the Sea Princess. While revealing her identity as the inheritor, she stated a fact—a fact that the Sea Princess and the others found incredibly cruel.
"There is a trial given to me by the Sea God here." This single sentence made everyone feel a sense of indifference to all living beings.
The Sea Princess raised her eyes and met Wang Dong'er's gaze.
"Then, did you pass?"
Passed? That was of course...
"I did."
"..."
A moment of silence ultimately resulted in—
"What do you want us to help with?"
The Sea Princess sighed, deciding to relent. She suddenly felt that the current Sea God was no longer worthy of their mermaid race's following. She felt utterly disheartened!
Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er exchanged a glance.
"We want you to help us pass on a message."
Naturally, the Sea Princess wouldn't refuse this.
Shortly after, news about the fate of the Sea God Clan, the Sea God not intervening to protect them but instead issuing a trial to his inheritor, began to spread wildly with the help of the mermaid race and the fueling of the sea soul beasts who were forced by the Demon Empress but didn't die, thus able to confirm all of this!
Under the massive propaganda, Chen Junting's contributions had already spread across more than half of the plane, becoming known to both humans and beasts.
And all of this was also Chen Junting's handiwork.
After all, previously when preparing to counterattack the Demonic Plane, Chen Junting had discussed this matter with the major forces and also asked them to publicize it.
Even the sea soul beasts and sea soul masters—the very foundation of the Sea God's divine throne's faith—were ruthlessly poached by Chen Junting. This time, he indeed wouldn't avoid Tang San like before, but directly chose to show his cards.
Tang San was probably very angry.
Only, to express it in one sentence:
"Tang San, what can you do to me now?"
The facts were exactly as Chen Junting had anticipated.
God Realm, God Realm Committee.
Bang—
Tang San propped himself up with both arms. "Destruction! It's your trickery again! That kid was your man from start to finish! Right?"
Between his words was nothing but gnashing, indignant dissatisfaction.
He had racked his brains, but in the end, Xiao Qi's matter wasn't accomplished, and now this happened.
Looking at the power of faith in the light screen, Tang San now completely understood! This guy Destruction had been setting traps for him from start to finish!
But who would have thought that the God of Destruction would actually play dumb at this moment, which was rare for him. "He's my man? Sea God, where do these words come from? To use a rigorous phrasing, I only gave a negligible little help, nothing more."
Hearing this, Tang San's expression became increasingly ugly.
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