Chapter 227: Armies in Confrontation!
"Mere beasts? You dare to come and block my clan's advance?"
"Little ones, the hunt has begun!"
Seeing the charging magical beast army, the Extraterritorial Evil Clan not only showed no fear, but instead let out arrogant, unrestrained peals of laughter that echoed between heaven and earth.
Demonic shadow after sky-covering demonic shadow strode forth from the army, glaring with a pair of blood-red, scarlet eyes—greedy, brutal, ferocious...
It was as if all wicked thoughts had been magnified infinitely, without a single trace of virtue remaining. They were like the negative aggregate of everything in the world.
Black flames coiled around the demonic shadows. Surging, sky-high evil aura pervaded the air, like the flames of demons that would burn all living beings in the world to ashes. With the appearance of these demonic shadows, the rampant evil force wreaking havoc between heaven and earth grew increasingly unbridled, transforming into demonic winds and demonic flames, causing chaos everywhere.
After these demonic shadows appeared, a demonic sound, like the wailing of ghosts and howling of wolves, also arose. Following closely behind these demonic shadows, more and more demonic clansmen appeared.
Their physiques and auras were considerably smaller. However, their numbers were extremely vast. They formed one elite squad after another, emitting waves of mocking, arrogant, and unrestrained laughter.
The squads led by Dou Shengs swiftly split, more than half of them sweeping towards the Magical Beast Clan.
"Rumble—"
The earth trembled. The combined momentum and stern, awe-inspiring battle intent gathered by that vast army of thousands upon thousands surged forth, blotting out the sky and covering the sun. Such a grand display was enough to make anyone's heart quail with fear.
At the very front was Zi Yan, clad in a suit of purple-gold battle armor. Gazing at the evil qi pervading the sky, a rare trace of solemnity appeared in Zi Yan's pair of purple-gold beautiful eyes.
She sensed suppression within it—the suppression of high-level energy against low-level energy. It was just like the sensation of spiritual energy she had briefly experienced back then. This was an energy of the same tier as spiritual energy, or perhaps... even stronger!
"Halt!"
Within the main formation, Zi Yan watched the sky-covering demonic shadows. Cold light also surged within her beautiful eyes. A stern, icy shout had already resounded throughout the three armies.
"Form the array! Sweep away the demonic qi!"
"Yes!"
Countless orderly shouts immediately answered. Then, the numerous Taixu Ancient Dragons behind soared into the air. After them, the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan spread out on both flanks. Further away, many powerful magical beasts arrayed themselves in orderly formation.
Surge after surge of vast, mighty Dou Qi swept forth. Under Zi Yan's control, it directly charged into the black mist. Wherever the energy passed, the originally pitch-black sky actually recovered a measure of its original hue, becoming somewhat clearer and brighter.
Zi Yan was the supreme sovereign magical beast of the Magical Beast Clan. This kind of magical beast, besides its peerlessly unmatched bloodline, also possessed the ability to command the power of all the races of the Magical Beast Clan, maximizing the strength of the masses.
Boom!
Sky-high Dou Qi swept forth. Purple-gold light blazed brilliantly, finally transforming into an enormous golden dragon that appeared in the vault of heaven.
"Kill!"
Within the icy, majestic dragon pupils were reflected those endless demonic shadows. A voice full of cold, stern chill came from Zi Yan's dragon mouth, echoing across heaven and earth and lingering for a long time without fading. Hearing it, one couldn't help but feel a chill in one's heart, as if a blade were pressed against one's neck.
"Roar—"
Hearing Zi Yan's command, the magical beast legions behind immediately let out high-pitched, resonant roars and charged towards the demonic shadows.
"The True Dragon Clan?"
Among the Extraterritorial Evil Clan, the leading demonic shadow, upon seeing Zi Yan, immediately let out a cry of surprise and suspicion. Then, staring fixedly at that figure, a bone-chilling, icy voice followed.
"Jie Jie Jie... to think a True Dragon Clan with such a powerful bloodline actually exists in a Lower Plane! The clan has been searching everywhere for a true dragon and a Nine-Colored Devouring Heaven Python. They wouldn't happen to be from here, would they?"
"Truly, it takes no effort at all!"
"Which clan of the Extraterritorial Evil Clan are you from?" Atop the golden giant dragon, Zi Yan, clad in a form-fitting suit of purple-gold battle armor, slowly emerged. The armor was not bulky; it clung tightly to her exquisitely proportioned, enchanting figure, outlining those graceful and alluring curves.
At the hem of her skirt, which was exposed, a dragon-phoenix danced as if alive, exuding an unconcealable aura of nobility. Her figure was slender and tall. Her long purple hair cascaded down like a waterfall.
Within the faint allure was hidden a bone-piercing, marrow-chilling coldness.
At this moment, Zi Yan was like an ever-victorious goddess of war. Wielding a dark-golden long spear, her icy gaze fixed on the demonic shadow burning with flames.
"Oh~~~" Hearing Zi Yan's question, the demonic shadow's eyes flickered. Then his tone carried a trace of faint arrogance as he laughed, "To actually know the origins of my clan—it seems you truly are that true dragon. Listen well: I come from the great Fire Evil Clan. My name is Bert Lair."
"The Fire Evil Clan? A minor race I've never heard of!" Zi Yan listened, then shook her head and spoke softly. Jiang Yun had already educated them about the thirty-two great clans of the Extraterritorial Evil Clan. Among them, there was no Fire Evil Clan. Hence, Zi Yan displayed such an attitude.
"Hahaha—" Low, deep, and furious laughter came from Bert Lair's mouth. His blood-red, scarlet eyes grew increasingly ferocious. He grinned savagely, "Let me tear apart this arrogant, ignorant woman who doesn't know the height of the heavens or the depth of the earth!"
"Kill!"
Demonic shadows layered thickly; demonic sounds ran rampant.
Terrifying evil qi erupted from within Bert Lair's body. A sinister, chilling wind raged. The evil qi, which made one's entire body feel cold, once again appeared on the Dou Qi Continent, madly polluting this stretch of land, as if intending to transform the Dou Qi Continent into another demonic domain.
"Roar—"
A colossal rift tore open in the vault of heaven, like the collapse of heaven and earth, like the end of the world.
A demon god with horns sprouting from its head and flames blazing atop it—its hideous, vicious face bore a brutal, savage grin. Its powerful arms spread wide, making the rift grow even larger, like a hellish demon ghost returning once more to the mortal world.
"Purgatory Demon Fire!" Boundless evil qi surged forth violently, transforming into a pitch-black flame that coiled around its enormous body. That pitch-black flame was exceedingly evil, emitting an aura loathed by all living beings. It was like a flame from hell, about to destroy the world.
Boom!
A sky-supporting giant palm descended, grabbing towards Zi Yan. It blotted out the sky and covered the sun, making one tremble with fear just looking at it.
"Dragon-Phoenix Heavenly Sound!"
Watching the descending demonic claw, a terrifying divine light suddenly blazed within Zi Yan's beautiful eyes. In the next instant, a horrifying sound wave transmitted from her mouth...
Wherever the sound wave passed, space shattered layer by layer. Even that pitch-black demonic flame dimmed considerably.
"An interesting attack!"
Seeing this, Bert Lair chuckled lightly. Immediately, an indescribably terrifying evil qi rippled out from within his body. Then, both his hands abruptly shot out, and he fiercely tore downwards through the void. Two streams of black light, deep and profound to the extreme, flashed into existence and directly tore towards Zi Yan!
Seeing this, Zi Yan responded with composure. With a sweep of the spear in her hand, she met Bert Lair head-on in a direct, forceful clash.
Boom!
The black light shattered. Bert Lair's body jolted, and he retreated several steps. At this moment, intense shock and horror filled his eyes. He had never imagined that he would actually suffer a setback at the hands of a cultivator from a Lower Plane?!
"Swoosh—"
The sound of tearing through the air rang out. Zi Yan would not give her opponent any chance to recover. The twin wings on her back vibrated, the sound of wind and thunder roaring to life. She shot towards Bert Lair, swift as a shooting star.
"Supreme Dragon-Phoenix Slash!"
A long, resonant cry came from Zi Yan's mouth. At this moment, her right hand transformed into a dragon claw. An incomparably extreme, chilling cold light illuminated the world. The temperature of the Northern Continent, which had risen due to the arrival of the Fire Evil Clan, actually became cold once again.
With a resounding bang, several arc slashes appeared in an instant. The slashes were like crescent moons, drawn very, very long—slashing the nine heavens above, and slashing the netherworld below.
This single slash could probably even cleave Holy Pill City apart.
The slash swept out. Nothing could withstand it; nothing could block it. Blood splattered forth, as if a rain of blood were falling. An enormous wound appeared across Bert Lair's chest. The falling rain of blood instantly transformed into pitch-black demonic flames, as if a rain of fire were descending.
"Ah—" A cry of agonized misery came from the other's mouth...
Before the other could even utter a harsh word, a sky-piercing giant tail shattered through space and lashed over, thoroughly smashing him into fragments.
"Tsk. I could've handled him alone. According to Xiao Yun, you just stole my kill!" Seeing Bert Lair's enormous body vanish, leaving only a cluster of pitch-black flame flickering in the air, Zi Yan pouted with dissatisfaction. In the next instant, a palm, pure and lustrous as white jade, grasped that flame within its palm.
The black flame, carrying nine-colored streaks of light in the palm, flickered once and vanished. After devouring Bert Lair's flame and sensing the increased energy within her body, Medusa finally looked at Zi Yan and chuckled lightly, "Alright. The stronger ones haven't even made a move yet. Don't let the Dou Qi Continent suffer too many casualties."
"Mm, I know!" Hearing this, Zi Yan immediately regained her seriousness. She gazed solemnly at that pitch-black spatial rift and spoke in a deep voice.
Afterward, the two women immediately threw their full strength into action, charging towards the Fire Evil Clan's army on the battlefield of the Northern Continent.
With Medusa and Zi Yan, these two powerful experts, joining the battlefield, the Fire Evil Clan's advance was instantly halted. It even seemed as if they were being pushed back. However, this momentum was soon stopped, because a troublesome figure had appeared on the battlefield.
"Heh heh, I never imagined that in this tiny Lower Realm, a Nine-Colored Devouring Heaven Python and a member of the True Dragon Clan would actually appear. When I first heard this news, I dismissed it without a thought. I never expected it to actually be true. Truly, it takes no effort at all!"
On the battlefield, evil qi suddenly converged. A black-robed figure slowly materialized. He watched Zi Yan and Medusa, who were slaughtering their way across the battlefield in all directions, and smiled faintly. That gentle, genial voice almost echoed across the entire battlefield sky.
The newcomer was precisely Leighton. His strength was equivalent to an Earthly Sovereign Great Perfection. After arriving on the Dou Qi Continent, even under suppression, he could still display the terrifying strength of a peak nine-star Dou Sheng, nearing Half-Step Dou Di.
"Hmm?"
Leighton's appearance instantly aroused the vigilance of Zi Yan and Medusa. When their beautiful eyes fell upon Leighton, expressions of solemnity immediately appeared.
They sensed an oppressive might from Leighton that was even more formidable than that of Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and Hun Tiandi.
This was a troublesome fellow!
The two exchanged a glance and immediately reached a consensus.
"Who are you?" Zi Yan shattered a charging demonic shadow with a sweep of her spear. Her gaze calmly fixed on Leighton as she asked.
"My name is Leighton. I am the commander of this legion!" Leighton smiled, as if making casual small talk, and slowly said, "It was I who discovered this continent."
"It was you!"
The pupils of the two women abruptly contracted. They stared heavily at Leighton.
"Filthy wretches! Get out of this stretch of heaven and earth! This place... does not belong to you!"
Just at that moment, the sound of rushing wind suddenly came from the distance. It was accompanied by a furious, enraged roar.
Looking closely, from the direction of the Central Plains, countless streaks of light were flickering, sweeping overwhelmingly towards the Northern Continent at flying speed...
The newcomers were precisely the forces of the three great imperial clans and the various major powers of the Central Plains. That great roar just now had come from Lei Ying's mouth.
With the arrival of the crowd, the members of the Pill Tower and the master and disciple Yao Chen and Xiao Yan finally noticed the clue.
Yao Chen moved closer to Xiao Yan's side and said in surprise, "Little Yanzi, that young woman following beside Jiang Yun is actually the Dragon Emperor of the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan!"
"Teacher, that's not all. That woman should be the infamous and mighty Queen Medusa. I never imagined she could actually evolve into a Nine-Colored Devouring Heaven Python. Truly inconceivable!" Xiao Yan looked at Medusa and Zi Yan, a look of deep emotion surfacing in his eyes.
To think he would encounter fellow 'countrymen' here!
He, Xiao Yan, hailed from the Jia Ma Empire. Although Medusa was the queen of the Snake-People Tribe, her tribe was also adjacent to the Jia Ma Empire. The two could be said to be people from the same region.
A tiny Jia Ma Empire had actually produced two top-tier experts of the continent! Truly, it was thick with fortune!
"Only, why is Jiang Yun nowhere to be seen?" Sweeping his gaze around and not finding the figure he wished to see, Xuan Kongzi asked doubtfully.
"He should be in seclusion!" Xiao Yan's eyes flickered as he recalled the domineering display of the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan within the Ancient Emperor's Mansion.
Perhaps Jiang Yun had obtained some benefit from it and was currently in seclusion. That man, whom he had spent his entire life chasing yet still could only gaze at his back from afar—the next time he appeared, he would probably give everyone yet another surprise.
Leighton paid no mind to the arrival of the great army. He smiled, raised his head, and looked at the battlefield of slaughter raging in all directions around him. He said, "Go back? That won't do. This continent is not bad. To have actually given birth to experts like you, presumably, a Plane Seed also exists here. With such a supreme treasure right before our eyes, how could we possibly give up just like that?"
"Since you don't want to go back... then all of you can just stay here!" Gu Yuan stared fixedly at Leighton, stepping step by step through the void towards him, speaking in an icy tone.
"With just you lot?" Hearing this, Leighton smiled disdainfully. Beside him, laughter also transmitted over. Black mist surged, and several figures emerged.
One figure, whose aura was absolutely no weaker than Leighton's, spoke with a dark, sinister look, "Arrogant fools who don't know the height of the heavens or the depth of the earth! That you have the opportunity to bathe in the radiance of my clan is an honor for you!"
"By that logic, should we be thanking you for your invasion?" Zhu Kun's figure slowly materialized beside Zi Yan. He sneered coldly.
Seeing Zhu Kun appear silently and without warning, Gu Yuan and the others were inwardly startled. In their hearts, they once again elevated the level of importance they attached to the Taixu Ancient Dragons.
Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan exchanged a nod of acknowledgment. At this moment, the two sides were no longer enemies. Instead, they were comrades-in-arms fighting side by side.
At this very moment, the great armies of both sides were assembled in this place, splitting the sky into two halves. An aura of stern, solemn hostility gathered within the camps of both sides.
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