Fighting the Masked Man

"Kakaka~"

The earth, stained black by demonic energy, began to crack. Demonic energy, like billowing smoke, surged out and crashed against the light screen of the great array, creating ripples of energy. At the same time, the face formed by the demonic energy became even more ferocious and bloodthirsty, and the eyes, like those of an abyss, glowed red. The overwhelming demonic power raged outwards, threatening to destroy everything.

It is not a single demon emperor, but rather the result of five demon emperors who perished here in the past devouring other extraterrestrial evil races. This is also a characteristic of extraterrestrial evil races: they do not die but remain intact. Defeating them is easy, but to completely annihilate them, one must rely on the power of an array and the power of time to completely erase them.

Otherwise, given time, it can be resurrected, or even reborn in another body to corrupt other living beings.

This is also why the three beast lords transformed into an altar to suppress the core of the formation here.

But now, everything is destroyed. The people of the underworld have no scruples and have directly broken the balance of this place, releasing the demonic energy that they have suppressed for tens of thousands of years!
The beautiful woman, transformed from an ancient phoenix, cast a cold glance at the Soul Emperor who stood in the void watching the spectacle. She raised her hand, distorting space and summoning the final trump card. With a series of flashes of light, an army of tens of thousands appeared before everyone's eyes.
They were all clad in animal armor, their eyes closed, and they were all robust in build. A terrifying, murderous aura surrounded them, and their killing intent was overwhelming, as if they were reincarnations of gods of death.

Most importantly, none of them are weaker than a seventh-grade Supreme!

If led by a commander skilled in battle formations, it would be able to unleash combat power comparable to that of a Heavenly Sovereign. This is the final killing move they prepared for the object sealed in this place.

"Since you are a battle formation master, this Heavenly Beast Army will be under your command. Together with the soldiers you originally commanded, it should be enough to suppress the demonic scourge here... As for these guys from the Underworld, leave them to us. We just need to hold them off until reinforcements arrive, and the crisis in the Divine Beast Plains can be resolved!" The beautiful woman in palace attire looked at Xiao Yan and said in a deep voice.

She had already learned the basic information from the little sable. The Great Thousand World was in a relatively peaceful phase, and the lineage of super divine beasts had not suffered any attacks. As long as they were held back until the underworld arrived, these people could be easily dealt with.

Five Celestial Sovereigns at the Immortal level are insignificant compared to the entire Divine Beast Clan!
Once the strongest member of the clan arrives, all problems can be easily solved.

Xiao Yan did not hesitate and nodded in agreement. His Xuanlong Guard was no weaker than the Heavenly Beast Army in front of him, but the latter was undoubtedly more suitable for him. After all, they were all of the same lineage of divine beasts, and it was much easier to communicate their power with them than with the Xuanlong Guard.

He roared, unleashing the power of his bloodline. A dark holy tiger howled to the sky, radiating unparalleled ferocity. Instantly, the sleeping Heavenly Beast Army awoke one after another. As their fighting spirit surged into Xiao Yan's body, his combat power also began to increase dramatically. He crossed the threshold of Heavenly Sovereign at a speed visible to the naked eye. A blood-red battle armor condensed around his body, making him look like an indestructible war god.

With the added boost of the Xuanlong Guard's fighting spirit, Xiao Yan's strength briefly reached its current limit, and he became incredibly fierce, directly leading two legions of fighting spirit into the demon face, annihilating all the thousands of demonic shadows that surged out.

However, he obviously could not completely eliminate the demonic scourge here, because the demonic energy here was endless, and the demonic shadows that had been slain would regroup in a very short time. All he could do was slow down the spread of the demonic scourge, so that the three beast lords could free up their hands to deal with the five ghost emperors of the underworld.

"Time is of the essence, don't hold back. If we can destroy their formation, that would be best. If not, we must at least delay the formation from taking shape!" The beautiful woman in palace attire said decisively. She couldn't care less about anything else at the moment. Whatever the Underworld's plan was, it had to be stopped.

These individuals were all powerful figures among the Heavenly Sovereigns in the past, so they naturally understood what they should do at this moment.

The man in colorful clothes and the bare-chested giant nodded in succession. As their essence and blood burned, the three of them recovered to their peak combat power in a short period of time. The next moment, three super divine beasts tens of thousands of feet tall appeared in everyone's sight.

Ancient Phoenix!
The Spirit Bird!
Ancient wild beasts!

The three transformed into their true forms and charged directly at the Judge of Annihilation, attempting to stop him from activating the formation here. Relying on the power of their remaining blood essence, their combat power was terrifying, as if three super divine beasts had been resurrected. The heavens and earth trembled violently, and their divine might was invincible.

The Judge of Annihilation showed no fear and continued to manipulate the Book of Life and Death, releasing the power of reincarnation and corrupting this world.

The Soul Emperor directly blocked the three super divine beasts that they had transformed into. However, compared to the exaggerated size of the three super divine beasts, the Soul Emperor was obviously too small. But this tiny human raised his hand and controlled hundreds of pitch-black chains to shoot out from the void, piercing through the three super divine beasts and locking them in mid-air.

The ends of these chains were connected to the hands of the five Ghost Emperors in the void. As the chains tightened, the three super divine beasts roared furiously, trying to break free from the chains' seal.

Unfortunately, it was all in vain.

Even the immortal flames released by the ancient phoenix had no effect on these chains and could not harm them in the slightest.

"A laughable struggle." The Soul Emperor smiled faintly, his words tinged with sarcasm. These chains originated from the Nether Tower and were formed from its very essence, specifically designed to restrain souls. Perhaps only a handful of people in the world could break them, but these few were clearly not the dead men before him.

"Wow~"

Amidst the resounding clanging of chains that echoed throughout the heavens and earth, the super divine beasts transformed from the Three Beast Lords were gradually pulled towards the cycle of reincarnation.

This scene undoubtedly stunned everyone present. Xiao Diao and Jiu You were also chilled to the bone. They obviously did not expect the methods of the Underworld to be so bizarre. The super divine beast transformed from the Three Beast Venerables could not even withstand a single round before being directly trapped.

Xiao Yan's eyes showed impatience, but he was also trapped by demonic energy. If he stopped now and went back to help the Three Beast Lords, he would only put Xiao Diao and the others in a deadly situation.

"What are you waiting for!" A roar echoed from the distant outer realms, accompanied by a dragon's roar that resounded throughout the universe. A true dragon, its body radiating golden light, tore through the void and directly entered this place. Its hundreds of thousands of feet long dragon body was like a mountain range stretching across the void, its dragon might overwhelming the world.

He was an elder of the True Dragon Clan, in charge of opening the Divine Beast Plains, but he never expected to encounter such an accident. Someone actually dared to interfere with the affairs of the Divine Beast Plains, which was simply courting death!
Even the Supreme Being of Heaven must give them an explanation!
"Of course we're waiting for you to come!" With a cold laugh, a blood-red giant blade slashed through the void, piercing the dragon's head and pinning its massive body to the spot, giving it no chance to resist.

The other four Ghost Emperors followed suit, tearing the True Dragon, who had reached the Immortal level, apart. What happened next caused Xiao Diao and the others to gasp in shock: the five Demon Emperors extracted the True Dragon's soul and devoured its flesh on the spot, their auras instantly intensifying. This method was even more bloody and brutal than that of the extraterrestrial evil race!
This was just the beginning. Powerful figures from various races arrived one after another. The weakest among them possessed the strength of a high-ranking Earthly Sovereign. The stronger ones were like the Heavenly Sovereigns who had previously reached the Immortal level. However, as soon as they showed their faces, they were killed and devoured on the spot. It seemed that the five Demon Emperors were using the Divine Beast Origin as bait to hunt down the powerful figures of the Super Divine Beast lineage.

Meanwhile, the aura and strength of the five people continued to rise, leaving Xiao Diao and the others stunned. They didn't understand what the people from the Underworld were trying to do, actually hunting down the Heavenly Sovereign. Did they really think the Great Thousand Palace was just for show?
Or are they going to make an enemy of the entire world?!
"Buzz!"

The void trembled at that moment, accompanied by an angry phoenix cry, a true powerhouse arrived. It was a divine phoenix bathed in golden firelight, noble and powerful. Its mere appearance brought peace to the entire world.

It stepped in from a distant space; even before its physical form arrived, a terrifying pressure swept over, suffocating everyone.

A supreme expert at the Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign level!
The newcomer was none other than Huang Jin, the patriarch of the Phoenix Clan, one of the two Phoenix Clans. He was a powerful expert who had reached the mid-stage of the Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign realm. With his super divine beast bloodline and innate divine abilities, he could fight even the most powerful Heavenly Demon Emperor.

The true invincible one!
"Five Celestial Sovereigns of Immortal Rank? How dare you interfere in the affairs of the Divine Beast Plains!" Huang Jin's eyes flashed with boundless rage. He never expected that the humans of the Great Thousand World would be so audacious as to attack the Divine Beast Plains and even kill several Super Divine Beasts of the Super Divine Beast lineage. Their audacity was simply boundless.

"No matter who stands behind you today, leave them all here!"

"Wow!"

The moment Huang Jin finished speaking, the void cracked open again, and a giant black hand reached out from it, grabbing at the Phoenix Clan's strongest expert. The black hand was covered with golden patterns, seemingly containing some kind of ultimate Heavenly Dao rule.

The six realms of reincarnation manifested as a strange phenomenon in the palm of one's hand, and countless wandering souls prayed devoutly, bestowing upon it boundless power.

Huang Jin's heart was pounding violently at this moment. He had never shown such a terrified expression before. Looking at the giant hand falling down, he felt as if all the power of his bloodline was sealed and his soul was frozen. It was as if he was being pulled by billions of ghosts and trapped in endless reincarnation, as if he was about to fall into it completely.

who? !
Why would such a powerful being be hidden in this vast world besides the Heavenly Emperor?

He roared inwardly, frantically activating the power within his body, trying to break free from the shackles of the power of reincarnation and unleash his true combat strength. Even if he was no match for the Phoenix Clan, he should at least be able to escape. With the speed of the Phoenix Clan, he only needed a moment to catch his breath to escape!
But it was all an illusion.

The giant palm of reincarnation descended, its terrifying power of reincarnation like a millstone, causing Huang Jin to transform into its true form. The giant palm then plunged directly into its body, extracting its enormous soul... just like that, it forcibly extracted its soul.

A supreme expert of the Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign level from the Phoenix Clan was instantly killed like a chick.

The giant hand dragged Huang Jin's soul into the spatial rift, while his physical body was devoured on the spot by the Five Ghost Emperors. The five Ghost Emperors, like evil spirits, devoured the power of Huang Jin's physical body, turning its essence into their own power, causing the five of them to advance towards the Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign at an exaggerated speed!
This scene terrified most of the people present, and Xiao Diao felt a chill run through her body, feeling completely bewildered.

Strange, too strange.

How many years have passed, yet the Underworld has grown so powerful that it can even casually kill and devour Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereigns. No wonder the Underworld dares to show itself at this time and even interfere in the affairs of the Divine Beast Plains.

But the most crucial question is... does the Underworld Lord truly possess the strength to rival the Heavenly Emperor?!
No one could answer this question for him. The only sound in the world was the sound of the Five Ghost Emperors devouring the beast. Who could have imagined that a super divine beast of the Saint rank would perish like this and be devoured on the spot? It was simply unimaginable.

At this moment, the demonic energy that had been constantly emerging also calmed down, seemingly frightened by the arm, and retreated back into the seal, no longer entangled with Xiao Yan.

Although it lacked sufficient intelligence and possessed only destructive and bloodthirsty instincts, it was precisely because of these instincts that it knew what kind of being the newcomer was. That aura was like encountering a Heavenly Evil God, a crushing blow on a life level, making it impossible to muster even the slightest thought of resistance.

"boom!"

The void trembled violently, shattering into pieces. An enormous eighteen-story black tower appeared, its base covering the entire Divine Beast Plain, connected to the crimson pillar of light in the void, as if they were one.

At the same time, this force also broke through the boundary between the void and the vast world, forcibly pulling the Divine Beast Origin into the vast world.

The terrifying aura even caused the entire Great Thousand World to tremble, and countless powerful beings were awakened. Their gazes were all turned towards the location of the Nether Tower. The black tower containing the power of reincarnation was like a highly recognizable coordinate. Anyone who had stepped into the Heavenly Sovereign realm could sense this aura.

Countless people looked puzzled, because this aura was so unfamiliar and had never appeared in the world before.

Of course, this does not include the Mahagu people.

Maha Patriarch's face was ashen as he sensed that familiar aura. He hadn't expected the Underworld Lord to be so impatient, actually appearing directly in the Great Thousand World. Did the other party really want to start a war with the entire Great Thousand World?!
"I, the Lord of the Underworld, hereby re-establish the Underworld in this vast world and recreate the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Those who enter the Underworld will not fall into the cycle of reincarnation and will be immortal!"

A vast imperial figure emerged from the Nether Tower, its terrifying aura sweeping across the entire Great Thousand World. Every word it uttered resonated with heaven and earth, echoing in the hearts of every living being in the Great Thousand World. Many people felt their souls were out of control, as if they were about to break free at any moment and be drawn away by the other party's words.

At this moment, the entire world fell into an eerie silence.

No one could have imagined that such a terrifying being would appear in this vast world! (End of Chapter)