Starting as a Grandmaster, all of my cultivation techniques are at max level.

"What did you say?!"

The Aurora King, Corpse King, Black King, Yaksha King, and the other seven alien kings widened their eyes, staring intently at the Crimson Halberd, as if hoping they had all misheard.

"Red Halberd, you said that secret treasure... how dare you refuse to make a move!?"

Aurora King's voice rose a few decibels, and an expression of disbelief flashed in his pale golden pupils.

That was a secret treasure that their alien race had nurtured for hundreds of thousands of years as their last trump card. How could they possibly stand idly by when their lives were in danger?

But Chiji would never deceive them on this issue.

Black King Jiekui's face was extremely grim. He turned to the silent Spirit King beside him and asked anxiously, "Spirit King! You have the most ideas, what should we do!?"

The Spirit King's face was also extremely ugly, and his eyes twitched incessantly.

The only crucial link that could determine the outcome of the battle had failed at the most critical moment. What could he possibly do? Moreover, before the Emperor fell into his slumber, he ordered them to worship this treasure, but he never told them how to forcibly control it.

King Ling remained silent for a moment, then finally shook his head and coldly uttered two words:

"Sacrifice!!"

"What!? A sacrifice!?" Shi Wang and the others swallowed hard, exchanged glances, and a hint of struggle flashed in their eyes.

"Spirit King, is this really... the only way we can go?" The Stone King's voice was so low it was almost inaudible, but anyone could hear a hint of despair in it.

Even the arrogant and powerful Eighth Prince of the alien race could feel such despair.

Just then, high above in the void, Xia Jin looked down at the alien kings below who were plunged into despair, and suddenly threw his head back and laughed.

"Hahaha! I thought you alien races might have some amazing trump card up your sleeve?"

"After all this fuss, it turns out it was just wishful thinking on your part, you all being so self-righteous! I really did have a secret treasure that could suppress me, but look what happened, your request was rejected by that treasure!"

A hint of mockery flashed across Xia Jin's face as she sneered, "So, it seems your only option now is to sacrifice the alien creatures within your territory?"

"I really want to see with my own eyes how you so-called alien kings will personally sacrifice your own people to make your 'Emperor,' who has been asleep for countless millennia, crawl out of his coffin and stop me!"

"How about I give you another chance? I'll kill you all after you so-called eight alien kings have finished your sacrifices, how about that?"

"Hahahaha!!"

Xia Jin's aggressive taunts were like a sharp knife, piercing straight into the hearts of Shi Wang and the others.

The Stone King and his men, who were already in despair, were now even more enraged. Their faces turned pale and then red, and their chests heaved violently, as if they were about to explode at any moment.

Just then, Aurora King gritted his teeth and spoke.

He had only recently reached the Great Perfection of the Saint Realm, and had thought he could easily sweep aside the demon and human races and intimidate all sides. He never imagined that he would be forced into such a predicament before he even had a chance to fight those guys.

His eyes were bloodshot, and he roared hoarsely:

"As the Spirit King commanded, offer a sacrifice!!"

"Sacrificing a portion of our people to awaken our Emperor will save the entire alien race!! I believe those who sacrificed their lives... will understand even in the afterlife!"

The Stone King, his eyes wide with rage, echoed viciously, "That's right!! People can reproduce after death, but if the entire alien race disappears completely, then there's nothing left!"

"Damn it!! This is the greatest disgrace to our alien race!" The Yaksha King, his blood surging, angrily slammed his fist into the void below.

boom!!

The terrifying shockwave swept down like a tsunami, shattering and cracking vast mountain ranges under the force of the punches, which then plunged into the dark void and disappeared completely.

"Sacrifice! Do it now!!"

The Yaksha King roared, his voice filled with a mad, all-or-nothing rage.

Almost at the same moment his words fell,

At the same time, a beam of light shot into the sky from the bodies of the eight alien kings!

The light pierced the heavens, illuminating the entire sky above the City of Heavenly Darkness.

Less than ten breaths had passed.

Within the vast territories occupied by the alien race, muffled rumbling sounds echoed from the ground in countless places.

One after another, blood-red arrays slowly rose from the ground.

Within the territory of the Corpse Clan,

Countless members of the Corpse Clan were nurturing their corpses when a sudden, violent tremor of the ground beneath their feet caused them all to stop what they were doing.

They emerged from the graves and coffins, their eyes fixed on the crimson array slowly rising from the ground.

"What is this!?"

"The ground... how did the ground crack open!?"

"Run!! Look at that huge crimson magic circle in the sky! Something seems wrong!"

"Quickly go back to your coffin and hide!!"

There was hardly any time to react before screams of terror erupted everywhere.

Amidst these cries of terror, the crimson array that had risen above their heads suddenly erupted with a red light that devoured everything.

The immense suction force instantly pulled hundreds of thousands, even millions, of the Corpse Clan members towards it.

"No!!"

"Help! I don't want to die!!"

They struggled frantically, their black fingernails digging into the soil and boulders beneath their feet, but it was all in vain.

One by one, they were sucked into the crimson array.

Their bodies began to disintegrate and dissolve in mid-air, turning into streams of pure crimson energy, which eventually condensed into crystal-clear blood beads at the core of the formation.

Stone Clan Territory

The same scene is playing out.

The tall and burly Stone Clan member roared and slammed his arms into the ground, trying to destroy the blood-red array. However, all his efforts were in vain. Each punch only sent up a few sparks, which only accelerated the activation of the array.

Red light surged!

Large numbers of Stone Clan members were swallowed up, just like the Corpse Clan members before them, all turning into those blood beads that floated above the array's core and slowly rotated.

On every inch of the alien territory, cries of despair echoed from the Yaksha, Shadow, and Golden-Winged tribes.

Everywhere, crimson light shot into the sky, and everywhere, the figures of their people were swallowed up in despair.

The blood beads gathered in greater and greater numbers, densely suspended above the core of each sacrificial array.

at the same time,

Having just left Tianyou City, the White Ape King, the Nine-Headed King, and the Black Wing King, who were preparing to sweep across the alien territories in three separate groups, almost simultaneously halted their advance.

Their gazes turned to the rising crimson arrays in all directions, and their expressions changed as they watched the alien creatures being swallowed up like ants.

The White Ape King narrowed his eyes slightly, his tone filled with undisguised shock:

"Sacrifice!! They actually sacrificed the lives of their own people! Hmph! These alien races are truly ruthless."

A glint of green light flashed in the Nine-Headed King's vertical pupils as he said in a sinister tone, "It seems they know they can't defy you, so they're resorting to desperate measures!"

"Is this to awaken their so-called 'Emperor'? I never imagined they would be willing to sacrifice their own people... I am ashamed of my own ruthlessness."

Blackwing King's hawk-like eyes surveyed the blood-red alien territory below, his lips twitching slightly as he slowly uttered a few words:

"These lunatics... they're really willing to pay any price."

The three demon kings had fought for tens of thousands of years and witnessed countless cruel methods, but the practice of sacrificing hundreds of millions of lives and personally offering sacrifices to their own people still sent chills down their spines.

And at this moment,

Above the City of Heavenly Nether, Xia Jin still stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze seemingly fixed on the entire alien territory.

The sight of countless crimson arrays rising and countless alien creatures being devoured while wailing made the smile on his face slowly fade, replaced by a subtle expression.

"These lunatics have some guts."

But then, a slight smile appeared on his lips as he gazed into the distance at the place where countless blood beads gathered deep within the alien territory.

"I'd like to see just how much power this 'Emperor' you've gone to so much trouble to awaken really has! Does he even deserve to challenge me!"