On the battlefield.
Gu Qingshan assumed a defensive stance.
I'm Li Jiu now, and I don't have any way to defend against soul attacks. How am I supposed to fight the Soul Screamer?
"Highest Sequence, the Soul Screamer clearly fell into chaos. Why can it still show up?" Gu Qingshan couldn't help asking.
He had witnessed it with his own eyes back then.
If even that thing could come back to life, this was ridiculous.
The Highest Sequence replied, "Some Doomsdays wielding the power of chaos intercepted its soul halfway and made it their own."
Gu Qingshan threw a punch, knocking several charging riders flying.
He asked again, "Then these cavalrymen in front of me—"
"They're monsters manifested from mysteries by the Doomsdays, not physical beings," the Highest Sequence said.
Things gradually became clear to Gu Qingshan. He settled into a boxing stance and unleashed a string of thunder punches at the waves of cavalrymen.
In an instant, men and horses went tumbling. Many riders became corpses on the spot, collapsing to the ground and never moving again.
Gu Qingshan's eyes shifted as he looked toward the edge of the battlefield.
The Soul Screamer was casually grabbing soldiers from the battlefield, constantly devouring their souls.
Its male voice sounded puzzled. "Strange. What I'm absorbing isn't a soul..."
The female voice followed close behind. "But it really does help us absorb power... How strange."
The Soul Screamer still hasn't got the faintest idea what's going on.
Gu Qingshan kept thinking through his options.
Suddenly, a line of tiny words appeared on the dim War Sequence interface:
``` "Sequence users, the situation on the battlefield is growing increasingly dire."
"In response to the Doomsdays isolating the Sequences, the Sequences are taking countermeasures."
"The Demon Emperor has partially awakened."
"—The Demon Emperor's power