Suddenly reaching a specific time node, Chen Junting abruptly raised his head. A flash of sharp light passed through his eyes as he spoke:
"The time has come!"
As soon as his voice fell, "Boom—"
Accompanied by a massive roar, a scene that did not belong to this world completely enveloped the entire sky. Space itself seemed to let out an unbearable, piercing shriek, on the verge of total collapse.
This was not the sound of a barrier shattering, but rather two incomparably massive planes, both nurturing countless living beings, carrying unimaginable mass and energy, violently colliding together!
The civilians of the Douluo Plane were terrified and in despair, while the weaker soul beasts of the Douluo Plane panicked and fled. After all, that dark aura in the sky and those hideous, terrifying creatures gave them extreme physiological and psychological unease.
Especially within their perception, everything was shaking and twisting violently. It was as if the sky was no longer the sky, and the earth was no longer the earth. The boundary wall of the Demon Plane, brimming with evil and dark aura, suddenly squeezed inward and deformed at the point of impact, surfacing dark, spiderweb-like cracks.
At this moment, they did not know the actual situation.
The current Demon Plane was no longer the "invader," but rather the "invaded." Therefore, facing the Douluo Plane's invasion, the Demon Plane could only prop up its own planar boundary wall, stubbornly resisting the boundless might pouring in from the Douluo Plane.
However, with every collision, even just the aftershock turned into a tangible storm of destruction, tearing at the fragile structures at the edges of both planes. Spatial turbulence, like out-of-control giant silver pythons, roared madly around the spatial nodes, constantly weakening, though it was ultimately unknown when the final critical point would be reached.
Thus, "Boom—"
Right at the climax of the third heart-palpitating collision, a figure happened to block the chaotic torrent of energy, appearing before the violently twisted boundary wall that looked like a boiling wound.
Chen Junting stared at the spatial node ahead, and in the next second, he saw a demon's head flash before his eyes.
"I won't let you resist any longer."
In an instant, an aura sharp enough to sever everything diffused from his body. Carrying a portion of the Douluo Plane's authority, the moment the Seven Kill Sword was drawn in his hand, he slashed from afar at the stubbornly resisting boundary wall, and a burst of sword intent suddenly erupted!
A sound akin to tearing silk that made one's soul tremble...
Riiiip—
That incredibly resilient Demon Plane boundary wall, capable of withstanding the impact of colliding planes, was actually forcefully split open down the middle by this sword qi!
A deep, narrow, yet colossal chasm that flickered with evil dark energy and the silver light of spatial turbulence starkly appeared!
Facing this situation, the Demon Plane instinctively tried to heal itself. However, this depended on whether someone would give it the chance.
"Heal? In your dreams!"
Noticing this, Chen Junting, whose eyes were as cold as ten-thousand-year-old profound ice, let out a sharp shout! In an instant like a thunderclap, his glabella flashed, and four sharp divine swords of different colors, yet containing supreme killing intent, suddenly shot out from the Heavenly Eye on his forehead!
Immediately after, the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation diagram followed, covering the sky and earth. The moment it occupied the planar rift, the power unique to divine artifacts erupted, gradually propping the entire rift open, making it rounder and larger.
As the Demon Plane's resistance grew fiercer, the four divine swords suddenly flew out, instantly occupying the rift in four directions.
In an instant, the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation activated!
At this moment, a humming sound that shook the universe rang out. The formless sword intent instantly linked together, thoroughly propping open the entire massive boundary wall rift. At the same time, the energy seeping from the edges of the rift was directly shredded by the formless, intangible, and terrifying sword qi. The rift was firmly propped open and forcibly fixed in place by this mighty sword formation, unable to close even a fraction!
No matter how the turbulence washed and sliced at the edges of the sword formation, letting out piercing shrieks, it couldn't shake the formation in the slightest.
Chen Junting stood in front of the gaping planar rift, standing rock-solid no matter how the energy washed over him. Just then, he took a deep breath, triggering the frequency of the entire Douluo Plane.
In the next second, a clear and unquestionable voice echoed in every corner of the Douluo Plane: "The Demon Plane harbors wild ambitions, colluding with the evil soul masters of the Holy Spirit Church to invade our world and slaughter our living beings, arousing the indignation of both gods and men! Today, we shall give them a taste of their own medicine! Kill into their world, blood for blood!"
"Kill!!!"
The final word "Kill" was no longer a declaration, but the horn sounding the final charge!
Immediately after, what responded to Chen Junting was the void around him exploding as if boiling. Massive spatial gates, like flowers blooming in an instant, opened one after another in front of the colossal rift.
After Gu Tianchen, who had opened these spatial gates, appeared beside Chen Junting, the auras of those already in full battle-ready formation inside the gates erupted like a suppressed volcano at this moment!
Ye Xuanji held the Star God Sword, starlight shining brilliantly around her; with one step, space itself rippled slightly. Du Busi transformed into a small giant, unexpectedly standing on the head of the Taotie Divine Bull. The Ice Bear King Little Bai roared to the sky, a roar that shattered glaciers. The Titan Snow Demon King's massive body cast a large shadow; the two descended fiercely, carrying a coldness that could freeze all things. There was also the Emerald Swan Bi Ji, the Demon Eye Demon Tree Myriad Demon King, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Bear Lord... Fierce Beast Kings with auras so ferocious they reached the heavens, filled with primordial, savage killing intent, charged out from their respective opened spatial gates.
After the human experts and soul beast experts arrived one by one, closely following them were the most elite Soul Master legions of the four great empires—a torrent of steel led by Titled Douluo-level imperial enshriners, clad in heavy armor, their soul power surging and converging like a tsunami!
At this moment, the forces of the Douluo Plane were almost out in full force, with countless pairs of eyes staring dead ahead at the Demon Plane behind the rift.
However, though the rift was propped open by the sword formation, the interior was not a smooth path. After all, the violent turbulence filling the forcibly torn space was like out-of-control giant silver pythons, madly shuttling, tearing, and annihilating within the rift passage.
These formless spatial blades were enough to easily shred experts below the Super Douluo level into nothingness, acting as a death trench blocking the army's advance.
Not to mention, this was a cross-planar traversal.
Seeing this, Chen Junting said, "Old Gu."
"Mere turbulence cannot block our steps!"
As soon as his voice fell, Gu Tianchen had already stepped to the edge of the rift. Looking at the raging turbulence within the passage, there was no trace of fear in his eyes, only burning confidence. He suddenly shook his arms!
Roar—
A desolate dragon roar echoed through the world!
Blinding grayish-white and dark gold light suddenly erupted from Gu Tianchen's body! In just an instant, a Bone Dragon so massive it was hard to imagine replaced Gu Tianchen's figure!
The Bone Dragon, constructed purely of countless thick, metal-gleaming bones, gave the impression of being indestructible with every single bone. When two clusters of ethereal blue soul fire leaped in its hollow eye sockets, its massive bone wings slowly spread, not only blotting out the sky but also suddenly appearing as sharp as divine weapons!
Bone Dragon True Body!
Divine Dragon!
Immediately after, "Great Void Domain, Open!" Gu Tianchen's voice came from the Bone Dragon's mouth. In an instant...
Huuum—
A bizarre and vast domain power spread out instantly with the Bone Dragon at the center, completely enveloping the front end of the entire rift passage! Within the domain, the violent spatial turbulence seemed to receive an invisible soothing and combing, its speed suddenly slowing down, becoming relatively "gentler." Although still deadly, at this moment, it was no longer an absolute dead end that was completely unpredictable and impossible to traverse.
As for how to truly cross the plane safely...
"Ninth Soul Skill—Dragon Walks Without Boundaries!"
The Bone Dragon's massive head reared up, and his pair of unimaginably colossal bone wings fiercely flapped down towards the spatial turbulence in the passage that had been temporarily "tamed" by the Great Void Domain!
Rumble!
With a deafening roar like the creation of the world, countless massive, thick, dark-gold-gleaming dragon bones, as if possessing life, extended from the tiny spatial rifts cut out by the Bone Dragon's wings, then madly split and grew. They ignored the cutting of the spatial turbulence, forcibly piercing in and taking root.
Subsequently, they completed their interconnection and crisscrossing, allowing massive dragon bones to accurately span across the violent planar rift under the envelopment of the Great Void Domain. *"Crack! Clang! Qiang!"* The sounds of bones colliding with space were as dense as rain!
In just a few breaths, a giant bridge constructed of dragon bones, spanning the entire death channel of spatial turbulence, starkly took shape. This bridge was over a hundred *zhang* wide; though its skeleton was jagged, it exuded an indestructible aura, forcibly paving a thoroughfare to the heavens within the chaotic and destructive spatial storm!
"Everyone—" Chen Junting, bringing Ning Tian, stepped onto the head of the Bone Dragon that Gu Tianchen had transformed into. Following the Bone Dragon emitting a sky-shattering roar, his voice immediately echoed throughout the entire world.
"Follow me—Kill!!!"
"Kill!!!"
The anger and fighting intent that had accumulated to the absolute peak, like a world-destroying flood breaking a dam, let out a cloud-shattering roar at this moment!
The Bone Dragon, carrying Chen Junting and Ning Tian, took the lead.
Close behind were the experts of various factions. Six-winged Angels spreading their wings, roaring soaring giant dragons, crying fire phoenixes...
The armies of the four great empires, led by their respective enshriners, were like four torrents of steel of different colors. Carrying the resolve to fight to the death, they stepped onto the cross-planar dragon bone long bridge paved by Gu Tianchen and violently surged into the Demon Plane!
With Chen Junting's trio leading the way and the various experts expanding the path, all the armies arrived without encountering any interception.
The firelight of soul tools instantly exploded within the rift passage, colliding with the monsters surging from the Demon Plane. Flesh and blood flew everywhere, energy burst forth; it was a tragic and exceptionally brutal torrent of war.
After entering the Demon Plane, Chen Junting let them do as they pleased. Anyway, he had already informed the leaders of the major factions about the information obtained from soul-searching the Demon Sovereign.
As for himself, after receiving Ning Tian's amplification, he crossed the endless demon scorched earth and deadlocked onto the core location deepest within this plane—the Plane Spirit!
[Plane, assist me!] Chen Junting muttered in his heart, forcibly activating that portion of heaven and earth authority granted to him by the Douluo Plane.
Boom—
The power of the Douluo Plane forcibly crossed the obstruction of the planar barrier, blessing Chen Junting's body! His figure instantly turned into a dazzling stream of light that tore through the void, fast to the extreme! Ignoring everything along the way, heading straight for the core.
"Roar—"
Just as Chen Junting pushed into the core area of the Demon Plane, a dark purple unknown space, a roar filled with endless pain, venom, and furious rage violently exploded here!
The entire Demon Plane violently trembled under this roar; the rolling clouds in the sky were torn apart, the earth split open into canyons, and demons, humans, and soul beasts were all affected.
Within the planar core space, a massive eye constructed of incredibly pure demonic origin also slowly opened at this moment. The eye was as large as a lake, its pupil an abyss burning with black flames!
In an instant, Chen Junting clearly felt the power on his body being suppressed, undoubtedly targeted by the plane. However, he also keenly captured the undeniable weakness and chaos deep within this plane's will. It seemed to be undergoing some sort of intense metamorphosis, its power extremely unstable.
"It seems, everything of the Holy Emperor has become your nourishment."
Chen Junting learned from that sliver of the Holy Emperor's soul that the situation of the Demon Plane was actually similar to the Douluo Plane. It was just that one was out in the open, while the other was still hidden in the dark.
Both were meant to seize the body of the Plane Spirit, wanting to elevate their own status to Plane Master. It was just that compared to the Douluo Plane, on the Demon Plane's side, the Holy Emperor had no foreign aid, and the Plane Spirit could naturally rise up in resistance. So, the two had always been in a state of equal power, each controlling half the authority of the plane.
However, after the Holy Emperor met his demise in the Douluo Plane, his main body also suffered heavy damage. Thus, the Demon Plane's Plane Spirit pursued the victory, intending to completely devour the Holy Emperor's main body.
Currently, it was probably still in the process of digestion.
Once digestion was complete, the situation would become unfavorable.
Thinking of this, Chen Junting immediately took action!
The Seven Kill Sword appeared in his hand, his sword intent filling heaven and earth. His entire person turned into a shocking rainbow that tore through the firmament, fiercely slashing towards the giant eye!
"Leave here!" The giant eye let out a deafening roar, but this was not a sound, but the fluctuation of the plane's consciousness.
This consciousness was instinctively angry and fearful.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Dozens of dark purple light beams, over ten feet in diameter, like giant spears from hell, shot towards Chen Junting from all directions! Wherever they passed, space let out wails of agony due to distortion and deformation.
Chen Junting merely slashed out with one sword, sweeping them all away.
But the Plane Spirit's attacks were far more than this.
A giant arm constructed of dark energy suddenly reached out, grabbing towards Chen Junting as if blotting out the sky. The energy within the space condensed into countless shadow arrows, pouring down like a torrential rain.
For a moment, deadly attacks filled all directions, the sky and the ground, completely locking down Chen Junting!
After all, this space was the core area of the Demon Plane, the absolute home turf of the Plane Spirit, so it could naturally mobilize the strongest power of the entire plane to suppress this heretic, Chen Junting.
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