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The moment the skull staff in the Divine Martial Emperor's hand was lit, a strange power wave spread in all directions. When that power passed through Lu Chen's body, Lu Chen couldn't help but shiver.

What kind of power is this?

Why does it feel even more terrifying than the power of origin?

Just as Lu Chen was puzzled, the sword energy he unleashed had already reached the Great Emperors. Some of the Great Emperors tried to escape, but found that their bodies seemed to be frozen in place, unable to move at all, and could only be forced to face the sword energy.

Soon, the emperor who touched the sword energy turned into dust and disappeared into the outer realm. When the sword energy came to the Dusheng Empress, the Qiankun Barrier in front of the Dusheng Empress actually withstood it.

Similarly, the robes of the Lord of Nirvana, which were burning with raging flames, transformed into a spiritual armor. When Lu Chen unleashed his sword energy and touched the spiritual armor, he was unable to penetrate it immediately.

The other emperors at the ninth level of the realm also had their own trump cards for survival, and they all barely managed to block the sword.

Seeing this, Lu Chen wasn't too surprised. After all, these were ninth-level Great Emperors from top-tier forces in the universe, so it was normal for them to have some trump cards to protect themselves. Naturally, they wouldn't be so easy to deal with.

However, his first sword strike was merely a probing attack. These ninth-level emperors had already exhausted a great deal of spiritual energy just by blocking the first sword strike, so it would not be so easy for them to withstand the second sword strike.

Lu Chen then mobilized the power of the seven colors again and swung his sword once more. Just like before, the space shattered inch by inch wherever the sword energy passed, and more and more black energy emerged.

At this moment, the Divine Martial Emperor, who was holding the staff, fully activated it and let out a cold shout.

Deadly Soul Devourer!!!

The next moment, countless celestial demons were released from the staff, and all of these celestial demons were at the Great Emperor realm.

When they saw that the Divine Martial Emperor had actually summoned the Heavenly Demon, everyone present was stunned. The Lord of Nirvana and the others never expected that the Divine Martial Emperor could actually command the Heavenly Demon.

Lu Chen also did not expect that the Heavenly Demon could be controlled by cultivators.

Moreover, the Heavenly Demons summoned by the Divine Martial Emperor were all at the Great Emperor level, possessing formidable strength. The mere fact that they emerged from the staff caused the rampant Heavenly Demon power emanating from their bodies to make the cultivators present feel extremely uncomfortable, and even prevented them from circulating their spiritual energy.

However, these Heavenly Demons at the Great Emperor Realm could not cause any trouble in front of Lu Chen. When Lu Chen saw these Heavenly Demons at the Great Emperor Realm, he couldn't help but smile.

For him, dealing with the Heavenly Demon was much easier than dealing with an ordinary Great Emperor, as the power within him was inherently able to restrain the Heavenly Demon.

Lu Chen then swung his sword again. This time, he did not use the power of the other emperors, but only his own spiritual power, so it looked much less powerful.

However, when the sword energy he unleashed touched those Heavenly Demons at the Great Emperor Realm, those Heavenly Demons instantly turned into dust and vanished.

Seeing this, even the Divine Martial Emperor's hand holding the Soul-Devouring Staff trembled slightly.

How is that possible?

That's a Heavenly Demon at the Great Emperor level. Judging from the fact that Heavenly Demons can easily suppress cultivators of higher levels, a Heavenly Demon at the Great Emperor level should have no problem facing a Heavenly Emperor. Moreover, Lu Chen is not a true Heavenly Emperor; he only has the potential to reach the level of a Heavenly Emperor temporarily.

Moreover, judging from Lu Chen's demeanor, he didn't use his full strength at all, easily defeating the Heavenly Demon at the Great Emperor Realm.

In a short while, all the Heavenly Demons of the Great Emperor Realm who were attacking vanished into thin air. When the last Heavenly Demon summoned by the staff perished, the Divine Martial Emperor also suffered a backlash from the Soul Devouring Staff of Death. He spat out a mouthful of blood, and the arm holding the Soul Devouring Staff of Death instantly turned black.

Its entire body was covered in fine black lines, making it look terrifying.

Lu Chen then said, "It seems that these are all the cards you have up your sleeve. In that case, it's time to end this."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Chen once again mobilized the seven-colored power formed by the convergence of all the power of the Great Dao. In an instant, the sky of the outer realm was filled with multicolored light, which looked as if auspicious omens had descended from the sky. When the emperors in other places saw this scene, they thought that a treasure had been born here, and they all came in this direction.

As soon as Lu Chen finished speaking, he unleashed the Blood Soul Slash once again. Before he even swung the sword, signs of collapse appeared on the continent of the outer realm.

At this moment, the whole world trembled. In an instant, countless black energies spread into the outer realm from all directions. After coming into contact with the black energies, some of the emperors of the four major forces immediately collapsed to the ground in pain and struggled incessantly.

The ninth-level Great Emperors of the four major powers also felt extremely uncomfortable when they came into contact with the black energy, but they were still able to barely circulate the spiritual power in their bodies to resist it.

The Lord of Nirvana cried out in panic, "What the hell is this thing? How can it suppress my Nirvana power?!"

The power of Nirvana is extremely important to the Lord of Nirvana. The power of Nirvana can guarantee that even if he dies, he can be resurrected instantly. Even if his soul dissipates, as long as the power of Nirvana is activated.

However, the black energy emerging from the spatial rift was able to suppress the power of Nirvana, preventing it from functioning. In other words, if he died this time, he would truly be dead. How could this not terrify the Lord of Nirvana?

Similarly, Empress Dusheng also felt that the life force in her body was suppressed by the black energy. Logically speaking, her life force should be able to dispel many things that are harmful to the body, but she had no way to deal with this black energy.

In just a short while, some of the Great Emperors of the four major powers began to transform into demonic beings. Their bodies gradually turned into a cloud of black mist, and the demonic power emanating from them grew stronger and stronger.

Lu Chen thought to himself that it was fortunate that the cultivators of the Great Xia Dynasty had all cultivated techniques that could dispel the power of the Heavenly Demons, otherwise the cultivators of the Great Xia Dynasty would probably have the same reaction when they encountered this black energy. Thinking of this, Lu Chen glanced at the emperors behind him out of the corner of his eye.

The black energy that spread out from the spatial rifts directly penetrated the shield constructed by the power of origin, but the black energy did not approach the emperors of the Great Xia Dynasty. Even if some of the black energy touched the emperors of the Great Xia Dynasty, it would quickly retreat, as if the black energy was afraid of something on the emperors.

Lu Chen instantly understood what was going on. It seemed that after cultivating the Demon Burial Technique and the Chaos Demon Extermination Technique, he could even resist this kind of strange black energy.

However, why did his clone immediately lose contact with his soul after entering the abyss? His clone also cultivated the Chaos Demon-Slaying Technique, so it shouldn't be affected by this black energy.

Lu Chen pondered for a moment and then stopped worrying about the issue.

Forget it, let's finish dealing with the immediate matters first, and then we can slowly investigate what this black mist is later. (End of Chapter)