Before Lu Xiaotian could employ any means to respond, a vast blood river in which water and fire complemented each other came surging through the void.
The blood within it had fused with the Extreme Devil Bloodflame. It was none other than the divine ability Desolate World River that the Ancient Desolation Devil Emperor had previously used when fighting Lu Xiaotian.
The river water had undergone earth-shaking changes. The blood and Extreme Devil Bloodflame had merged into one, greatly increasing its might. The entire Desolate World River was not isolated, either. The Devil River flowed out from within the great formation, and the blood-baleful aura accumulated at its source was inexhaustible.
Moreover, the World River and the Moonshadow Wild Forest complemented each other perfectly. The Devil Emperor was at his strongest in the Moonshadow Wild Forest. Had he not been injured repeatedly beforehand, Lu Xiaotian would truly have been unable to defeat him here, even after his successive breakthroughs in strength.
But there were no "what-ifs" in this world. What had already happened had become established fact. If time could truly flow backward, the Ancient Desolation Devil Emperor would probably have withdrawn the Devil Race army from the Desolate Sea at the first opportunity, avoiding a head-on clash with Lu Xiaotian.
This outburst was merely his desperate battle with everything he had. As a Devil Emperor who ruled one side, he absolutely did not want to casually surrender his imperial throne. It was lonely at the top, and once he fell, everyone would kick him while he was down. To him, what difference would that be from death?
In this battle, he had abandoned everything. Either he would succeed, or he would die with honor. The instant the Desolate World River appeared, all the blood-baleful aura accumulated within the entire