"You were gravely wounded by him too?"
Surprise crossed Fang Chen's face. He knew Immortal Emperor Yin-Yang possessed the strength of a Ninth-Turn Immortal Emperor. Yet even he had been gravely wounded by the Heavenly Devil Battle Formation under the Bloodslaughter Demon Emperor's command.
Immortal Emperor Yin-Yang nodded. "Yes. The conditions on the Heaven-Extermination Battlefield are far worse than you imagine. The stronger your cultivation, the more fiercely the World Will suppresses you there. Our enemies receive its blessing. As they grow stronger and we grow weaker, every battle becomes an uphill struggle!"
At his words, everyone's expression turned grave.
Most of them had never experienced a Heaven-Extermination War.
Most had only risen to power after the Second Heaven-Extermination War.
The Golden Roc Demon Emperor's mouth fell open. Disbelief filled his golden eyes as he looked from Fang Chen to the Swallowing Heaven Tower and back again, several times over. At last, he swallowed hard.
"What did you say? Thirty-Six True Demon Emperors? You captured every one of them?"
Immortal Emperor Yun Yi's beard trembled violently. His voice was as dry as sandpaper scraping against stone.
Fang Chen nodded again. "Yes. The leader of those True Demon Emperors is called the Bloodslaughter Demon Emperor!"
The Sacred Radiance Ancient Emperor shot to his feet, his golden Sacred Robe billowing like a sail. He could not keep the shock from his voice. "The Bloodslaughter Demon Emperor! In the Land of Ending, he slaughtered seven Ancient Emperors of the God Race single-handedly! The Radiant Sun Ancient Emperor of my clan died by his hand! You captured him?"
Fang Chen nodded a third time.
The Blood Sea Ancestor's gaunt body trembled slightly, the crimson vortexes in his pupils spinning faster. "Thirty-Six True Demon Emperors, all at least Early Fifth Turn. That force could sweep