Chapter 230: The Demon Emperor Descends!
The commotion in the Central Plains drew the attention of everyone on the battlefield. One after another, they raised their heads to look towards the direction of the Central Plains.
There, a black ring of light had suddenly appeared. The moment this ring of light appeared, it spread out at an astonishing speed, enveloping the entire Central Plains within it.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
As this ring of light appeared, the heaven-and-earth energy of the entire Central Plains began to seethe at this very moment. Countless experts turned pale with shock, raising their heads to gaze at the sky.
Under countless watchful gazes, the black radiance began to writhe in the sky. Finally, under those gazes filled with terror, it transformed into a cauldron of light!
The size of that cauldron of light was impossible to describe. It was as if the entire Central Plains had been encompassed within that cauldron.
Watching this strange phenomenon in the sky, the expressions of Xiao Yan and the others changed slightly...
"Hun Tiandi! What are you trying to do?!" Gu Yuan stared in horror at the cauldron of light in the sky. He abruptly turned his head to look at Hun Tiandi beside him, who wore a faint smile, and roared in demand.
"Hahaha—" Wild, unrestrained laughter came from the sky. Hun Tiandi spread his arms wide, as if embracing the world. A look of madness flashed in his eyes. He spoke in a hoarse voice, "What am I trying to do?"
"Gu Yuan! Don't you understand yet?! Of course, I intend to step into that realm I have dreamed of day and night!"
"You—" Suddenly, Gu Yuan seemed to realize something. His fists clenched tightly. His eyes stared at Hun Tiandi in terror.
"Hiss!"
And even more experts of the Dou Qi Continent seemed to understand something as well. They all drew a sharp breath of cold air. Shock and horror surged in their eyes.
Refining an Emperor-grade pill? Who in the current world truly possessed such ability? Hun Tiandi was no alchemist—how could he possibly refine it?
"The pill is already in its prototype form. The most important alchemy steps were already completed by Tuo She Ancient Emperor. If Hun Tiandi can complete the final pill-forming step, turning this Emperor-grade Prototype Pill into a true Emperor-grade pill is not entirely impossible," Xiao Yan licked his lips and spoke in a bitter, dry voice.
"This Hun Tiandi... has repeatedly shattered this Emperor's understanding of him."
"Although the Emperor-grade Prototype Pill is powerful, it only offers a certain chance for him to break through to the Dou Di level. But if he truly refines the Emperor-grade Prototype Pill into a genuine Emperor-grade pill, then that chance... will be magnified without limit," Zhu Kun, who had brought the Magical Beast Clan to the edge of the grand array, gazed at the giant cauldron in the sky and sighed softly.
"The difficulty of refining an Emperor Pill is imaginable. He has only one chance. If he fails, he will be doomed eternally. For that illusory chance of success, he actually dares to gamble everything. Truly, he is a figure of heroic ambition!" Zhu Ming also wore a solemn expression and spoke with utter seriousness.
"Hmph—" Just then, Zi Yan beside them also emitted a cold snort. "So what if he's a heroic figure? He's still within Xiao Yun's plan! Xiao Yun is the most talented person on this continent!"
Having said this, Zi Yan looked at Hun Tiandi in the sky with a face full of pride. Hearing Zi Yan's words, a gentle, soft look also flickered in Medusa's eyes.
Hearing Zi Yan's words, which sounded like those of a love-struck fool, Zhu Kun and Zhu Ming exchanged a glance. Both saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.
Although Jiang Yun was indeed wise to the point of near-demonhood and his talent was matchless and supreme... why did these words still make one so angry?!
Were it not for the sake of a more perfect breakthrough to Dou Di, and Jiang Yun's plan, would this Emperor-grade Prototype Pill have fallen into Hun Tiandi's hands?!
Zhu Kun thought to himself darkly and sullenly. Then, somewhat indignantly, he waved his fist.
"Jie Jie Jie... interesting! Interesting!" Just at that moment, Leighton, not far away, watched this scene with keen interest. After a long while, he let out a light chuckle.
"Using this continent as the cauldron, its living beings as the ingredients, heaven and earth as the flame, the physical body as the pill... a single ultimate leap to cross that threshold. Truly, a remarkable idea."
"You say our Saint Clan is cruel, but I see you are not much inferior to us. However..."
As he spoke, the appreciation in Leighton's eyes turned to mockery and scorn. He roared furiously, "Wanting to use my clan as ingredients? Aren't you afraid of bursting yourself to death?!"
"Form the array!"
Accompanied by Leighton's furious roar, instantly, flames rose up from within the bodies of the Fire Evil Clan experts. The flames were blood-red, flowing like fresh blood.
Under everyone's gaze, the flames quietly began to expand. Finally, they directly burst apart, transforming into a blood-red torrent that howled forth and condensed into a blood-red crystal in the sky.
At the same time, Hun Tiandi also sensed something. His eyes darkened. He raised his hand and waved it. Instantly, blood-red thunderbolts poured down like a torrential rainstorm, sweeping towards that blood-red crystal.
The blood-red thunderbolts pierced through space at an astonishing speed, viciously blasting towards the blood-red crystal formed by the Fire Evil Clan.
Boom!
A berserk explosion raged forth in the next instant. The entire Central Plains was affected by the terrifying energy aftershocks, forcibly blasting open an enormous abyss roughly a hundred thousand li wide.
And amidst this terrifying explosion, a pale, white palm extended out from within. The palm gently clenched. The sky-covering, berserk energy instantly came to a thunderous standstill at this very moment...
The mere appearance of that pale, white hand had halted that terrifying, chaotic energy flow. Such terrifying might directly made the entire world fall utterly silent.
"The big fellow is about to come out..."
Zhu Kun gazed with a grave, solemn expression at the place where space was in turmoil and spoke in a hoarse voice. At this moment, even he felt a lethal threat.
"Mm!"
Hearing Zhu Kun's murmur, Zi Yan, Medusa, Zhu Ming, and the others also showed solemn, serious expressions on their faces. The strength of both sides had already exceeded the realm of a nine-star Dou Sheng. They had almost stepped into the Half-Step Dou Di realm. As for how far they still were from the legendary Dou Di, probably no one could give an answer.
Hun Tiandi's expression also changed slightly at this moment. For the first time since appearing on the battlefield, he felt that matters were no longer within his control. He could sense a fluctuation that made his heart palpitate with fear condensing and taking form at this very moment.
Boom!
Just at that moment, an enormous blood-red pillar of light abruptly shot into the sky. Under everyone's watchful gazes, an illusory figure slowly walked out from the pillar of light.
The figure's face could not be seen clearly. However, those crimson-red eyes still allowed one to feel the destruction and brutality radiating from his body...
A pair of emotionless blood-red pupils swept over. Simultaneously, countless blood-red fierce winds howled around his entire body. An indescribable pressure spread overwhelmingly. High in the sky, blood clouds converged from all directions. Finally, they actually transformed into a blood-red torrential rain that descended from the heavens, enveloping the entire world within it.
The people of the Dou Qi Continent now trembled madly. That kind of terrifying pressure nearly caused their minds and spirits to lose control. Their continuously trembling heels almost made them kneel.
Simultaneously, countless reverent, fanatical voices resounded among the Fire Evil Clan.
"Respectfully welcoming the Demon Emperor's esteemed self..."
Countless figures knelt in a vast, dark mass on the ground, gazing devoutly at that illusory figure. Such a sight made the people of the Dou Qi Continent's hearts tremble with shock. At the same time, a sense of despair shrouded everyone's hearts.
"A Lower Plane..."
"A paramount, supreme aura..."
That illusory figure's gaze swept all around. Vague, faint murmurs came from his mouth.
"Even if you are a supreme expert of the higher realm, so what?! A clone descending is your greatest mistake! Watch this Emperor sever you and enter the Dao!!!"
The murmurs once again made everyone's faces fill with horror.
This illusory figure... it actually possessed consciousness?!
Hun Tiandi forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart. He looked at the other with a savage, vicious grin. Immediately, he waved his great hand. A brilliant, dazzling blood light shot down violently, directly blasting into the earth.
Then, everyone watched in horror as countless blood-red rays of light spread out with lightning speed from the point of impact. Those blood-red lines were just like the blood vessels of the Central Plains!
"Bang, bang, bang!"
At this moment, the earth of the Central Plains suddenly began to tremble violently. Blood-red lights, each tens of thousands of zhang in size, shot violently into the sky from all across the Central Plains!
"These places where the blood light is rising... seem to be where the Hun Clan set up the Soul-Devouring Extinction Array!" Gazing at those places where the blood light was rising, Medusa cried out in surprise.
"The positions where these grand arrays are arranged, when connected..." Zhu Kun also seemed to see something at this moment. His expression hardened. He spoke in shock, "These positions, when linked together, actually form another array as well!"
"Such an enormously colossal array... This Hun Tiandi truly made thorough preparations in order to become a Dou Di!" Zhu Ming spoke with a face full of deep emotion.
"I have planned and schemed for this day for a thousand years! No matter the circumstances, we are prepared! How could our efforts be wasted just because of a 'minor' accident like you?!"
The blood light shrouded the Central Plains. Those pillars of light spread out across the distant sky, directly transforming into an inconceivably enormous, bizarre, and eerie grand array!
"An interesting grand array!" At this moment, the Fire Evil Demon Emperor finally regarded the array before him seriously, speaking with keen interest. However, not the slightest trace of worry showed in his eyes.
"This array was passed down by the first Dou Di expert of my Hun Clan! Its name is the Sever Emperor Array! In the ancient era, Dou Di experts once fell within this array! Today, yet another Demon Emperor shall be added to the tally!" Hun Tiandi stared at the Fire Evil Demon Emperor with a bizarre, eerie gaze and laughed in a cold, sinister manner.
As his words fell, Hun Tiandi waved his sleeve. The space behind him split open. Then, blood like a tidal wave surged forth violently from within that spatial rift, finally pouring entirely into that so-called Sever Emperor Array.
As the sky-high, overwhelming sea of blood surged into the grand array, a strange, eerie luster suddenly flickered within the array. The blood light condensed to an extreme degree. Finally, under those countless watchful gazes, it transformed into an enormous, transparent blood blade permeated with an endless scent of blood!
The blood blade was exceedingly bizarre and eerie. It had no hilt. Blood light coiled around it, as if even heaven and earth could be cleaved apart with a single slash!
When this bizarre, eerie blood blade materialized, even the moon in the sky dimmed at this moment. Heaven and earth also completely sank into darkness at this very moment.
Only the blood-red grand array shrouding the sky above the Central Plains shone with a bloody light, reflecting on everyone's faces.
"Members of the Hun Clan, hear my command! Offer your bodies to sacrifice for the blade!"
The moment the blood blade appeared, Hun Tiandi abruptly let out a stern, commanding shout. Hearing his shout, a commotion instantly came from the Hun Clan's great army in the distance. Then, over a thousand Hun Clan experts gritted their teeth and shot forth.
"Swoosh!"
Hun Tiandi's expression was cold and indifferent. His hand seal changed. The blood blade flickered. Immediately after, the heads of those Hun Clan experts who had shot out several thousand zhang away flew from their bodies. Amidst spurting fountains of fresh blood, their bodies rapidly withered and finally dissipated into powder between heaven and earth.
Having absorbed the blood of these Hun Clan experts, that bizarre, eerie blood blade grew increasingly solid and distinct.
"Feel the fury of my Hun Clan's experts!"
Hun Tiandi gazed fanatically at that bizarre, eerie blood blade. He also abruptly spat out a mouthful of blood essence. When this mouthful of blood essence landed upon the blood blade, a humming, buzzing blade cry immediately emitted from it...
"Sever—"
Hun Tiandi laughed madly towards the sky, as if possessed by insanity. He grabbed the blood blade. The incomparably sharp blade directly sliced open his palm. Fresh blood flowed madly, then was entirely devoured by the blood blade.
He strode across the void with a single step. The blood blade in his hand abruptly swelled. His figure appeared directly before the Fire Evil Demon Emperor. The blood blade transformed into a ray of blood light, piercing through the void. Under those countless watchful gazes, it slashed towards the other.
"Overestimating yourself!"
Watching the incoming blood blade, a murmur came from the mouth of the Fire Evil Demon Emperor. He lightly, effortlessly extended a finger.
At his fingertip, a fiery light suddenly appeared. A cluster of flame drifted out from his fingertip.
That cluster of flame transformed into a fiery ray. With a light flicker, it pierced through the void and howled lightly towards the direction where Hun Tiandi was.
Bang!
In the blink of an eye, the fiery ray directly blasted onto that blood blade.
Rumble!
In that instant, it was as if heaven collapsed and earth split apart. Under Hun Tiandi's shocked, astonished gaze, the Sever Emperor Demon Blood Blade, which had slain Dou Di before, actually directly crumbled and collapsed the moment they made contact. An indescribable, unimaginable force swept outwards horizontally.
"Pfft—"
Hun Tiandi was heavily wounded in an instant. Bathed entirely in blood, he smashed viciously towards the earth below.
"What—"
Gu Yuan and the others, seeing this scene, all felt their hearts quiver. Hun Tiandi, who was almost about to become a Dou Di, had actually been defeated so easily by that Demon Emperor! And the other party was merely an illusory shadow! It was hard to imagine just how terrifying it would be when his true body descended.
Hun Tiandi struggled to rise. His eyes blood-red, he stared at the Fire Evil Demon Emperor in the sky. Clearly, the other's body was not tall and towering. Yet at this moment, in Hun Tiandi's eyes, it was so colossal and majestic—invincible and insurmountable!
"How could I possibly lose?"
A feeling of weakness transmitted from within his body. He stared at the Fire Evil Demon Emperor high in the sky with a gaze both ferocious and unwilling. He laughed hoarsely and savagely.
"Members of the Hun Clan, hear my command! Sacrifice for the blood blade once more!" As he roared with a blood-curdling, desperate howl, as if possessed by madness, this time, a commotion stirred within the Hun Clan's great army. Yet, practically no one flew forth anymore.
"Traitors!"
Seeing this scene, a murderous, violent glint flashed in Hun Tiandi's eyes. He swung his arm. The blood blade cleaved through the void and directly charged into the Hun Clan's great army. Blood light flickered. Countless heads flew into the air simultaneously. In just a few short blinks, only one or two out of ten remained within that great army.
"Hun Tiandi!" Watching Hun Tiandi, who seemed to have gone mad, Nihility Devouring Flame's expression darkened. He glared furiously at the other.
The remaining people also gazed at Hun Tiandi with faces filled with terror, their expressions ashen pale.
"What? Do you wish to betray me as well?" Hun Tiandi turned his head, his icy, cold gaze fixed on Nihility Devouring Flame.
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