The time it took to drink a cup of tea passed.
A vast Killing Array covering a ten-thousand-li radius took shape in the void.
The Heavenly Demon Seven Kill Formation. During the Second Heaven-Extermination War, the Devil Race had used this peerless Killing Array to trap and slay Eighth-Revolution Immortal Emperors.
Formation Runes slowly flowed through the void, radiating a suffocating, terrifying pressure. But Bloodslaughter Demon Emperor had concealed every rune with a Secret Method. From outside, nothing appeared amiss.
Savage Bull Demon Emperor looked at the Formation before him and grinned. "Your Majesty, can we make our move now?"
Bloodslaughter Demon Emperor shook his head. "Not yet!"
Savage Bull Demon Emperor grew impatient. "What are we waiting for?"
Bloodslaughter Demon Emperor gazed into the depths of the Sea of Laws. In his dark-red pupils was the reflection of a figure seated beneath the Time Bell.
Colorful-Wing Demon Emperor nodded. "His Majesty is right. When the Heavenly Tribulation descends, Fang Chen will have to devote everything to the Pill Tribulation. He won't be able to spare a thought for anything else. If we activate the Heavenly Demon Seven Kill Formation then, we'll trap and kill him in one stroke!"
Realization dawned on Savage Bull Demon Emperor. "Of course! Your Majesty thinks far ahead!"
Bloodslaughter Demon Emperor ignored the flattery. He sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began regulating his breathing. The other True Devil Emperors also sat down, suppressing their auras to the utmost. They resembled meteorites floating in the void, utterly unremarkable.
They waited. Waited for the moment the Heavenly Tribulation descended.
Inside the Time Bell's Formation.
Little Crane hovered in midair, her nine-colored eyes fixed on the distant void.
Nine-colored radiance spun rapidly deep within her pupils as she probed the spatial fluctuations in that region.
"They're setting