Today, at Last... It Had Finally Matured

Nangong Liuli and Beiming Xue exchanged a glance and attacked at the same time.

Vermillion Bird True Flame and icy energy—two forces that should have been mutually incompatible—intertwined under the two female Domain Lords' exquisite control, forming a red-and-white spiral beam that slammed into the center of the giant shield!

A world of ice and fire! Extreme heat and extreme cold battered it in alternating waves, and fine cracks began to spread across the shield's surface!

Nine True Saints, nine different attacks. Though they couldn't break through the Demon Emperor Guard's defenses in a short time, they had successfully pinned him in place!

For the first time, agitation showed in the Demon Emperor Guard's dark-red, vortex-like eyes. He could feel the aura inside the golden-purple beam behind him climbing at an astonishing rate. It was nearing some critical point!

He couldn't wait any longer!

"With my blood... I summon my Emperor!"

He bit down hard on the tip of his tongue and spat a mouthful of ink-black lifeblood, burning with Demonic Flames, onto his battle halberd! The halberd trembled violently. The vengeful souls coiling around its shaft let out shrill screams, then plunged into its tip!

The next moment, the Demon Emperor Guard did something no one could have expected—

He actually turned the halberd around and thrust it into his own chest!

Pfft!

The halberd pierced his bone armor and sank into his chest! Black Demonic Blood gushed out like a spring, but not a drop spilled to the ground; the halberd devoured it all! As the blood poured in, countless dark-gold demonic runes appeared across the halberd's surface. They writhed like living creatures, then gathered at its tip into a point of absolute darkness, a black glint that seemed capable of swallowing all light!

"Nine Nether... sacrifice... one