The wings behind Long Chen trembled, moving at an extreme speed, filling his heart with anxiety.
"This is too sinister. They don't intend to divide the Vermilion Bird Empire, but to completely destroy it.
After the River of the Underworld sacrifice is completed, the Gate of Space opens, and the waters of the River of the Dead will flow into the Vermilion Bird Empire.
The water of the River of the Underworld is extremely yin and poisonous, buried within the endless venomous thoughts of the envoys. Wherever the river passes, all things are destroyed and become a place of death.
What benefits does this bring them? Spending such a huge price just to erase the Vermilion Bird Empire? Long
Chen sped along the way, but he couldn't figure out why the Purple Thunder Empire would do such a thing.
It's clearly a piece of fatty meat, yet they'd rather let it rot than take a bite—this simply doesn't fit the logic of war.
From Master Weng Tianyao's memories, Long Chen saw their layout. In the border city of the Vermilion Bird Empire, they secretly established an altar.
And that city was the base of traitors, where countless traitors and refugees had gathered.
Because before the war, the Eight Great Empires had already signaled that they only targeted the royal family and would not kill civilians indiscriminately.
He also carved out a peaceful zone, which became the site of sacrifice.
Those traitors had no idea that a death trap awaited them. To make a strong impression, they kept gathering people, hoping to win the favor of the Eight Great Empires in the future.
Just as Long Chen received the master who had killed Weng Tianyao, the sacrifice had already begun. The grand formation was activated, and the entire city was instantly engulfed in black flames.
That black flame was the evil fire of hellfire; those ignited by it would endure endless pain and die.
"Ah... What's going on? "
Where did this fire come from?"
"No... I don't want to die..."
"It's a trap, they want to kill us."
"Oh my god, is this the Vermilion Bird God's punishment for our betrayal of the empire?"
For a moment, countless powerful figures inside the city cried out in desperation, fleeing in a frenzy. But when they left the city, they were shocked to find a black barrier ahead.
"Boom boom boom... No
matter how they tried to break through the barrier, they were all bounced back by the terrifying force. In an instant, each of them was coated with flames, and no matter what method was used, the flames could not be extinguished.
"No..."
People were in despair. Billions of cultivators cried and roared in the flames, but they wouldn't die for a while. The hellfire burned their bodies, as well as their souls and spirits.
In endless pain, their lives were gradually drained; they regretted, hated, and unwilling, their endless resentment absorbed by the barrier.
Gradually, above the void, a large gate pattern formed. It seemed to have a flower floating above the gate, but it was too blurry to be seen.
As time passed, the endless resentment was absorbed by the spatial gate, which gradually began to glow.
"Not good, the sacrifice has already begun."
Long Chen sped all the way when he suddenly sensed a terrifying fluctuation ahead, making him even more anxious.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, Long Chen sped forward at high speed, crashing hard into another divine light, like two meteors colliding with precision.
With a thunderous explosion, Long Chen's blood surged violently, stars appeared before his eyes, and he nearly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
As the divine radiance faded across the sky, Long Chen saw a figure that covered the sky. When he saw it clearly, his pupils suddenly contracted.
"Long Chen, the grudge of broken wings—today I want you to repay me a hundredfold." The figure covering the sky disappeared, replaced by a man wearing a golden crown and eyes filled with murderous intent.
"Kuntu"
Long Chen hadn't expected Kuntu to come as well. What shocked him most was that Kuntu's blood and energy surged to the heavens, seemingly no less than his own.
When Long Chen carefully sensed Kuntu's aura, he realized that Kuntu had already reached the Realm King realm. How long had they been apart? He has already advanced to Realm King?
At this moment, the divine radiance of the Realm King above Kuntu's head surged, and as his blood energy surged, the surrounding space was compressed into ripples of death. Behind him, the massive figure of the Kunpeng appeared, obscuring this world.
At this moment, he seemed like the ruler of this world, looking down on all beings, with no one able to stand against him.
He stood in the sky, his cold killing intent locked onto Long Chen. The golden symbol flickered in his eyes, as if he might burst into flames.
"Long Chen, today I will tear you to pieces." Kuntu gritted his teeth, glaring at Long Chen, stirring up endless humiliation.
"No time to waste time with you, get lost!" Long Chen shouted sharply, the wings of the Kunpeng behind him trembling, and like lightning, he charged at Kuntu.
Facing Kuntu, who had already advanced to the Realm King Realm, Long Chen showed no fear and kicked fiercely at Kuntu.
"Die!"
Kuntu roared, facing Long Chen's kick with a fierce punch.
"Whoosh."
But what surprised him was that Long Chen's move was actually a feint. The Kunpeng wings behind Long Chen trembled, and with a twist, he flew diagonally from another angle, flying over above Kuntu's head.
The gates of hell are about to open, and Long Chen must stop them, or everything will be ruined.
"Bastard, where are you going?"
Kuntu was furious, transforming into a soaring Kunpeng. Endless runes swirled on his wings, chasing after him like meteors.
What surprised Long Chen was that Kuntu, who had advanced to the Realm King realm, had wings completely different from before; the runes that appeared were surprisingly different from many of Long Chen's.
And he was even faster than Long Chen. Although Long Chen flew out first, within a few breaths, Kuntu had caught up.
"Boom!"
Long Chen drew his long blade and slashed fiercely at Kuntu. Kuntu closed his wings and blocked Long Chen's strike head-on. The void shattered, huge ripples spreading. Kuntu staggered from the shockwave, while Long Chen used the recoil to continue speeding forward.
"You coward, if you've got the guts, fight a fair fight." Kuntu roared, his wings stretching open the heavens and earth, charging again.
Long Chen ignored his provocation and sped forward with all his might. Just as Kuntu was about to catch up, Long Chen saw a black barrier ahead.
Inside the black barrier, countless people wailed in pain. As the black flames rose, strands of black threads floated up into the sky.
In the sky, a black spatial gate was slowly forming. On the gate, a strange pattern appeared. Long Chen actually noticed that the pattern looked familiar, but he couldn't recall where he had seen it before.
When he saw the barrier, Long Chen was overjoyed. He had arrived just in time, and the spatial gate was stillIt hasn't fully formed, and everything is still in time.
Just as Long Chen was about to rush over and destroy the flame barrier, the space ahead suddenly twisted, and countless powerful figures appeared.
Long Chen saw the ancestor of the Kunpeng clan, the monsters of the Moluo clan, the powerful warriors of the Nether clan, and even the figure of Liao Bencang, the master of the Nine Nether Hall.
Back in Purple Flame Heaven, the powerful warriors who had besieged Xia Guhong had all appeared. Long Chen had almost killed all their masters. Now, seeing Long Chen, their eyes instantly turned red.
"You human scoundrels, give my people back their lives!"
An elder demon clan member saw Long Chen and roared angrily, charging forward first.
"Today, let's settle this with a caretaker!"
Seeing these powerful figures, Long Chen felt no fear; instead, his blood boiled with excitement, his fighting spirit shaking the heavens.
"Buzz!"
Long Chen was covered in golden dragon scales, his sacred dragon might erupting, shattering clouds in all directions and causing the stars to tremble. Long Chen shouted sharply, like a dragon's roar:
"Dragon King Battle Form appears!"