Psh—
A beam of light grazed past Chen Junting's shoulder, and a giant demonic claw tore through the air, slamming down fiercely with an evil wind!
Chen Junting's eyes focused. Twisting his body, he dodged the direct impact of the giant claw, but the violent force carried by the claw wind still caused the surrounding energy to constantly surge. He then countered with a backhand sword strike, the dazzling sword light obliterating another massive shadow arrow that shot towards him.
"Stubborn resistance!"
Chen Junting shouted low. Countless sword qi swirled like a storm, shredding the approaching shadow arrows while sweeping towards the Plane Spirit. However, the surrounding energy interfered, making these attacks feel as if they were trapped in a thick quagmire.
Just as Chen Junting was maneuvering against the Plane Spirit's control, the battlefield below also entered an exceptionally tragic, white-hot stage.
Or rather, it was a one-sided tragedy for the Demon Plane.
The previous expedition launched by the Demon Plane had pulled over one-third of its fresh forces and one-seventh of its living creatures, only for the result to be total annihilation.
Coupled with the deaths of the five Great Demon Sovereigns and the Great Demons under their command, the top-tier combat power of the entire Demon Plane was extremely lacking—one could say there was a complete disconnect.
Now, the armies of the four great empires, like a flood breaking a dam, marched across the dragon bone bridge paved by Gu Tianchen. The moment they arrived in the Demon Plane, they executed a blanket firepower coverage of the entire plane exactly as discussed before the expedition!
Fixed soul-guided artillery shells and soul-guided rays were fired as if they cost nothing, "like the east wind blowing thousands of trees to bloom at night, blowing down stars like rain." What was even more exaggerated was that it directly lit up the dimly lit Demon Plane, turning it as bright as day.
After nine rounds of firepower were launched, the armies of the four empires charged into the remaining scorched earth. The only things welcoming them were the surviving demon legions, which had fallen into fear.
Even though the surviving demons quickly organized under the influence of the Plane Spirit and surged forward like a tide, they were mowed down in swathes by the formation-level soul tools of the front-line Soul Master legions.
As for the remaining relatively powerful demons, they were all completely surrounded and wiped out by the various experts of the Douluo Plane.
Dugu Xin transformed into his martial soul true body. The sickly green poison clouds spewed by the Nine-Headed Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor were the most terrifying, covering a large area of the battlefield. Under the poison clouds, no matter what kind of demon, as long as they touched even a trace, they would immediately let out miserable wails. Their flesh and blood rotted and melted at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into puddles of pus and blood. This caused the area he was in to become a no-go zone; let alone the army, even other experts of the Douluo Plane didn't dare to set foot in it, staying far away.
In other places, wherever Huo Yuhao walked, the overflowing cold air left behind only ice sculptures. Then, nine divine birds would immediately soar into the air, and nine great cauldrons fiercely smashed down, crushing all these ice sculptures into shattered ice covering the ground.
There was also the unfolding of twelve wings as a Seraphim descended. Layers of holy light fell from the sky, accompanied by a long dragon roar as a giant golden dragon soared into the heavens. Countless lightning flashes, as eerie as a prison, suddenly bloomed, precisely executing every powerful demon!
Or perhaps a pink giant dragon unfurled its form in the air, layers of pink halos spreading from its body. Any attack that touched this pink halo would naturally annihilate; or a sky-shaking sword light rolled up, as a hundred-meter giant blade manifested across the sky; or the bone dragon and fire dragon joined the battlefield together, spewing dragon breath and plowing massive swathes of scorched earth through the dense demon hordes.
Anyway, the battlefields across the Demon Plane were like a giant millstone. The people of the Douluo Plane were the stone mill, the creatures of the Demon Plane were the raw materials, and lives were passing away every single moment.
The angry roars of humans intertwined with the howls of demons, and explosions rose and fell, turning the already scorched earth into purgatory.
Seemingly realizing that things were amiss, the Demon Plane's Plane Spirit was completely triggered at this critical juncture. Just as Chen Junting slashed apart the incoming attack and injured it, a frantic warning rang out in Chen Junting's heart! His divine sense instantly caught an extremely dangerous energy accumulating within the Plane Spirit!
The continuous weakening of the plane caused the Plane Spirit to erupt completely. The Holy Emperor within its "body," along with his flesh, bones, and soul, could no longer resist and was instantly devoured. Immediately after, the giant eye that the Plane Spirit had transformed into suddenly collapsed inward, turning into a point of black light that made one's heart palpitate! The next moment—
Boom!!!!!!!
An indescribable, terrifying explosion occurred!
It wasn't a spread of energy, but a collapse of space!
A pure dark sphere with a diameter of over a hundred meters instantly expanded from that black dot as its center! Inside the dark sphere was absolute annihilation! Space was torn into the most primitive particle streams, light was devoured, and sound was erased! At the edge of the sphere, a destructive energy shockwave erupted, like a black tide of death, sweeping indiscriminately in all directions!
At this moment, the space where the Plane Spirit resided collapsed, and its main body began to reveal itself before the eyes of all living beings.
"What... what is that!?"
The terrifying power caused panic to spread.
In order to prevent this attack from affecting the others of the Douluo Plane, Chen Junting could only deploy "Awe-Inspiring All Directions." Eight Seven Kill Swords fell from the sky, transforming into a dazzling sword aura barrier, centering on the giant eye that the Plane Spirit had become, completely enveloping the attack!
Crack-crack-crack!!!
Not long after, a piercing shattering sound rang out!
The "Awe-Inspiring All Directions" Chen Junting had set up held on for three breaths before shattering with a boom under the erosion of the Demon Plane's power!
Although this attack was blocked by Chen Junting, the Plane Spirit, whose spiritual power had grown stronger after its strength increased, directly used its authority to lift the suppression on the other people of the Douluo Plane. Instead, it applied all of this influence onto Chen Junting, isolating all his connections with the Douluo Plane.
This directly caused Chen Junting's strength to plummet.
From God-level to Peak Demi-God.
In the eyes of the current Plane Spirit, as long as it could kill Chen Junting, everything else would be nothing to worry about!
Who would have thought that just as the Demon Plane's Plane Spirit locked onto Chen Junting, a void gate opened, and the bone dragon Gu Tianchen had transformed into directly brought Ning Tian to Chen Junting's side. Without any hesitation, Ning Tian once again used her self-created soul skill, applying it to both Chen Junting and Gu Tianchen.
In an instant, their auras became even more profound!
Immediately after, the two also stacked their respective amplifications.
The Plane Spirit wanted to stop them, a red embroidered ball was fiercely thrown out, interrupting it.
At the same time, in the private mental space of the three.
[Old Chen, what do we do?]
As soon as Gu Tianchen's thoughts were transmitted, he immediately received a response from Chen Junting, who had entered the "Sword God Selfless" state: [Stall it. Our ultimate goal isn't it.]
[Who is it?]
[The Sea God. Draw his attention over, eliminate the hidden danger for Dong'er, and at the same time, create a suitable opportunity for Niu Tian.]
Afterwards, the three of them cut off their mental communications.
Immediately after, they battled the Plane Spirit. Because this was not their home turf, and the Plane Spirit's strength was superior, Chen Junting's trio fell into a disadvantage.
Chen Junting even looked as if he were about to die.
And all of this was seen by everyone.
Naturally, this included Wang Dong'er.
At this moment, she couldn't help but recall what Brother Junting had told her an hour before the Demon Plane and Douluo Plane were about to merge—
News came from the God Realm that Tang San returned alone to the Sea God Pavilion. With him on guard, seniors like the God of Destruction find it very difficult to monitor Tang San. If I'm not mistaken, after he realizes his plan is about to fail, he will definitely try every means to recover his losses; this is human nature. And his greatest loss is actually you. Therefore, he is very likely to attack you directly in the dark. If so, it will be very difficult for us to defend against. So, I decided to lure the snake out of its hole and help him create a better platform to act.
At that time, Wang Dong'er wanted to ask how this platform should be created, but now, she seemed to understand a little.
But right in the next second, "Puff—"
The Plane Spirit fiercely launched a giant spear light beam, thrusting out abruptly from in front of Chen Junting. For this attack, Chen Junting seemed to not have defended against it at all. He was directly pierced through the chest, leaving a massive hole, and his life aura completely dissipated.
Extremely abruptly, he just died!
Just died like that!
This development directly exploded in everyone's minds!
"No!!!"
Led by Ye Xuanji, all the members of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect let out sorrowful and indignant roars. Following that were the soul beasts and the other people of the Douluo Plane. At this moment, none of them could believe that Chen Junting's death was real!
Seeing that the Demon Plane's Plane Spirit was about to completely destroy Chen Junting's corpse, Gu Tianchen immediately opened a void gate, completely taking Chen Junting in, preventing the Plane Spirit from succeeding.
Of course, Ning Tian also entered along with him.
After doing all this, he hurriedly withdrew from the battlefield.
Seeing this, the crowd was just about to step forward.
However, the Demon Plane's Plane Spirit wouldn't give them any chance to catch their breath. Seeing that the most troublesome guy was dead, it immediately chose to pursue the victory! It still wanted to directly take away the sword formation propping open the planar rift.
"Go to hell!"
A single thought enveloped the entire Demon Plane.
The next second, from within the giant eye, a sky-blotting beam of light spewed forth!
Just as everyone thought they were all going to die, Gu Tianchen stepped forward, using his "Dragon Coiling Through the Nine Heavens," which could withstand a God-level strike, blocking the front of the crowd at the risk of his life.
"Let's see how many times you can block this."
The Plane Spirit was about to strike again, but on Wang Dong'er's forehead, a golden pattern of the Sea God's Trident suddenly surfaced, and a golden light quietly flashed in front of the crowd.
Immediately after, a voice rang out.
"Stop."
The golden figure gradually became clear, and a handsome man who looked to be in his twenties slowly appeared before everyone.
He had waterfall-like water-blue long hair that hung down to his feet. If it weren't for his stalwart figure and broad shoulders, everyone would probably have thought he was a woman.
The luxurious blue robe on his body seemed to have water ripples. If one looked closely, their gaze would instantly be attracted by that deep blue, and even their entire soul would be sucked into the deep blue that was as profound as the ocean. The pair of deep eyes on his handsome face seemed empty, yet as if encompassing everything. Occasionally, a flash of purple light passed through, which was soul-stirring, giving people a feeling of momentary glory and an instant of life-and-death stillness.
Then, this figure reached out and beckoned. The Sea God's Trident flew out, flying into this figure's hand as if returning home.
At this moment, everything seemed to stagnate. The Demon Plane's dark purple sky unexpectedly turned a deep azure.
When everyone clearly saw this figure's appearance, they were all overjoyed. Immediately after, the side from Shrek Academy took the lead to speak.
"It's Ancestor Tang San!"
Following that, shouts rang out from the crowd! At this moment, emotions such as rejoicing and awe filled their voices!
Just as Tang San was secretly rejoicing, "Lord Sea God!"
Suddenly, Ye Xuanji appeared in front of him.
And his next words made everyone suddenly realize!
"Please, Lord Sea God, save my disciple!"
Yes!
Since the Sea God is a god, he definitely has a way to resurrect him!
Thus, every single person and every single soul beast fell to their knees, pleading. Although some of them belonged to factions that were not on the same side as Chen Junting, his contributions to the entire continent benefited everyone, and the emergence of formations could even benefit commoners. This point was what they admired the most.
However, the more fervently they begged, the less beautiful Tang San's mood became.
Since he already knew Chen Junting's true purpose, and was well aware that if he became a god, he would stand in the same camp as the God of Destruction, how could he possibly resurrect him? But he couldn't say this out loud; he still had to give a high-sounding reason.
And so, "According to the rules of the God Realm, gods cannot interfere in mortal affairs unless there is an invasion by an Evil God or an evil plane."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone immediately looked at each other in dismay.
Is he really this unreasonable?
Yet right at this moment, "Then I dare to ask the high and mighty Sea God! When the Evil God invaded the Douluo Plane and destroyed the Sea God Clan, who was it that saved the Sea God Pavilion! And where were you!?"
Huo Yuhao, holding the unconscious Wang Dong'er, didn't give Tang San any face at all, stepping forward directly to question him.
This question made everyone's expressions change.
Brother (Huo Yuhao)! Are you really this brave!?
But immediately after, they realized what was going on. Of course, those who realized it were still the uninformed ones.
There was nothing wrong with these words.
Especially regarding the Sea God Clan matter. Someone else had saved your Sea God Pavilion, couldn't you show a little mercy for this?
And these words also caused Tang San to feel displeased.
You still have the nerve to mention this!?
If it hadn't been saved, his layout would have been half successful!
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