A Brutal Battle

Beneath Heaven Stele Mountain, the roar of energy never ceased, and the sounds of slaughter shook the heavens.

The collisions of Psionic Energy, the roars of Stele Demons, and the shouts of warriors intertwined like a rough, merciless war song.

After withstanding the first wave of Stele Demon attacks, the ten teams began advancing from the foot of Heaven Stele Mountain toward its slopes.

The farther upward they went, the greater the pressure became. It was like struggling against the current—every step forward cost more than the last.

By this point, all the Stele Demons that appeared were Fifth Order or above. Nearly a tenth were Sixth-Order Stele Demons, a proportion far higher than the percentage of Sixth-Order fighters among the Nine Great Sacred Bloodlines and Orc teams.

A Sixth-Order Psionic User had already successfully entered the ranks of high-level Psionic Users. Even though those entering the Secret Realm this time were core elites carefully selected by their respective families, Sixth-Order powerhouses were still few in number.

The overall increase in the Stele Demons' strength placed obvious pressure on every team.

The repeated appearance of Seventh-Order and even Eighth-Order Stele Demons pushed the various teams into bitter battles.

Those high-level Stele Demons were numerous, and their strength far surpassed those outside. Even when facing Eighth-Order elders of the Holy Blood Families, they could still rely on their numerical advantage to keep them entangled, slowing the advance again and again.

Within the Dongfang Family's ranks, an ocean of plants spread upward from the foot of the mountain like a living green carpet, covering every cliff face and crack within reach.

The major teams stood within the Spirit Plants "barrier" created by the Dongfang Family, their backs against endlessly growing, spreading vegetation as they engaged in layer upon layer of slaughter against