Honghuang: The Golden Crow Emperor, starts by robbing the Three Pure Ones

Chapter 975 Cross-border War
A moment later, Ling Xiao and the others arrived in front of the blurred Heavenly Will.

At this moment, the Heavenly Will Light Ball seemed to be asleep, wrapped around its body with chains of different colors. The chains had a faint divine and demonic aura flowing on their surface, binding the Heavenly Will tightly like a net, making it unable to move or interfere with the operation of the human world.

"These chains must be the seals set up by those true gods and demons." Ancestor Yang Mei frowned, carefully observing the patterns on the chains, his eyes full of thought.

He was the only celestial being among the few present. Having come to the core area of ​​the human realm, he was naturally rejected by the rules of heaven and earth, and his cultivation was almost unusable. He could only rely on his past experience and understanding of the laws to judge the situation.

“Not bad.” Ling Xiao reached out and touched one of the chains, trying to use his magic to shake it, but his expression quickly changed slightly, and he helplessly withdrew his hand.

“It’s no use. These chains have become one with this void. With my current avatar’s cultivation level, I can’t budge them at all.” He shook his head with a wry smile. “If my main body were here, I could split them open with a single axe swing, but now… I’m still far from it.”

After a pause, Ling Xiao added, "Besides, even if we help it break the seal, this Heavenly Will might not thank us 'outsiders'—it might regain its senses the moment the seal is broken, transform into a powerful being leaning towards gods and demons, and instead attack us."

Everyone understood this principle, and for a moment they stopped worrying about the seal, instead whispering among themselves around the ball of divine will. With their level of cultivation, even if their cultivation was insufficient, they could see through the state of divine will and its future possibilities with just a glance—this seal was both a constraint and a protection, and once it was broken, the direction of divine will would be unpredictable.

"Alright, stop thinking about it and let's get down to business." Ling Xiao clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention back.

The other powerful figures nodded in agreement, no longer hesitating. The next moment, one after another profound rune imprint appeared in Ling Xiao's palm—these were fragments of laws originating from the Primordial Heavenly Dao, materialized by him using special means.

He raised his hand and sent the brand directly into the hazy ball of light representing the will of heaven.

The ball of light trembled violently, sometimes rejecting these foreign imprints of law, sometimes instinctively absorbing them, and sometimes falling into silence, like a madman with confused thoughts.

Ling Xiao and the others didn't care about this at all. They patiently added the imprints one by one, while taking the opportunity to comprehend the local laws contained in the will of heaven. Staying here, they could clearly feel their cultivation slowly increasing. Before long, everyone had stabilized their True Monarch realm and even began to move towards the Emperor level.

……

Meanwhile, in the Heavenly Demon Abyss, at the Myriad Heavenly Demon Palace.

On the massive arena in the center of the palace, the atmosphere was so tense it was almost frozen. Countless powerful demons had gathered there, their eyes fixed intently on the arena, awaiting the decisive battle that would determine the commander of the Myriad Heavens Demon Army.

"Today is the day to vie for the position of commander of the Myriad Heavenly Demon Army! Whoever wins will not only command a million demon soldiers, but will also receive a treasure personally bestowed by the Heavenly Demon Ancestor!"

As a demon general announced loudly, two figures slowly stepped onto the arena.

One of the figures was portly, his body as fat as a small mountain, exuding a heavy aura of an Emperor-level being—it was the Devouring Heaven Mountain Demon. He had broken through to the Emperor-level thousands of years ago, and although his potential had long been exhausted due to his imitation of the Dao Lord Demon Lord's cultivation, he had firmly controlled the position of commander of the Myriad Heaven Demon Army for thousands of years thanks to his profound foundation.

His opponent, however, was a demon who appeared to be extremely young. This demon resembled a human, with an indifferent expression and a majestic appearance; he was none other than Shen Ni's avatar in this world.

Over the centuries, Shen Ni has elevated this clone to the True Monarch realm (equivalent to a Great Luo Golden Immortal). Now, he will challenge the Devouring Heaven Mountain Demon, who is a whole realm higher than him.

"Boy, I know you have extraordinary talent, and you even dare to cultivate using the Demon Ancestor as your Dharma Image." The Devouring Mountain Demon's voice was like thunder, resounding throughout the entire palace, his eyes full of contempt. "But you are no match for me! You are too young. If you cultivate for thousands or tens of thousands more years, perhaps you will still have a sliver of a chance." "Why not give it a try?" Shen Ni's voice was calm and unwavering, and he even beckoned to the Devouring Mountain Demon. "Come on, let me see your skills."

"Kid, you'll regret this!"

The Devouring Mountain Demon roared and strode forward. With each step, the entire arena trembled violently, and his body expanded continuously—in the blink of an eye, he transformed from the size of a small mountain into a gigantic figure ten thousand feet tall!
The next moment, he didn't use any supernatural powers, but simply raised his fan-like hand and slammed it down on Shen Ni! This palm strike contained the pure power of an emperor. An ordinary expert who had just entered the True Monarch realm would probably not even be able to withstand the aftershock of this palm strike and would be directly smashed into mincemeat.

"That's all?"

Shen Ni remained expressionless, standing motionless in place, and slowly raised his right hand to deliver a punch to the Devouring Mountain Demon's palm!
His figure appeared as insignificant as an ant before the towering giant; to onlookers, this punch was no different from throwing an egg against a rock.

"Has he gone mad? He's actually going to compete with his physical strength!"

"Is Shen Ni deliberately trying to lose? But the loser will be eaten alive by the Devouring Heaven Mountain Demon!"

"It's over, no matter how talented this kid is, he's going to die here!"

The powerful demons below the stage were discussing among themselves, all feeling that Shen Ni's actions were tantamount to suicide.

But just as Shen Ni's fist made contact with the Devouring Mountain Demon's palm—

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A series of deafening explosions suddenly erupted! An extremely concentrated destructive power seeped out from the Divine Reversal Fist, piercing through the Devouring Mountain Demon's right hand like a sharp blade, shattering the demonic runes on his arm inch by inch!

"what--!"

The extreme pain caused the Devouring Mountain Demon to let out a wail. He stared in disbelief at his bleeding right hand, his eyes filled with horror.

"Boy, you are courting death!"

The Devouring Mountain Demon was completely enraged. It opened its huge mouth and burst forth with clumps of pitch-black chaotic power. This was the origin of its title "Devouring Mountain Demon". Once devoured by this chaotic power, even a True Monarch-level expert would be completely digested in an instant, leaving not even bone fragments!

Faced with the chaotic power spewed out by the Devouring Mountain Demon, Shen Ni did not dodge at all. Instead, he took the initiative to move forward and continued to fight.

His movements seemed slow, yet he was able to precisely avoid the erosion of the chaotic power each time. At the same time, with every move he made, the wind from his fists carried the power of destruction, and once again slammed into the chest of the Devouring Mountain Demon!

(End of this chapter)