Hundreds of King-level fighters joined forces and held their formation against Venerable Nuoqi. They only needed to wait for the main force to arrive and surround him, then they could begin a grand hunt.
In the distance, King-level fighters tens of trillions of kilometers away also began working together to clear away energy and debris, blasting out a vacuum zone to accelerate through.
A single King-level fighter couldn't cause this much destruction. Annihilating energy was difficult, but hundreds or thousands working together could do it easily.
The dim, lifeless energy was instantly annihilated. Beams of energy blazed, illuminating the prison in the distance—a strange, desolate, ruined secret realm.
It was a prison used by the native tribes to incarcerate Immortal Gods.
It had formed through a combination of natural conditions, later human intervention, and the bloodshed that took place when the battlefield was opened. Together, these had created the God Forbidden Zone of today.
Only King-Level Immortals dared explore the place, yet one careless mistake could leave them trapped with no way out.
Roar!
Space shook violently as countless vacuum zones formed. King-level fighters accelerated one after another, entering the Dark Universe. Given the astonishing ratio between the Dark Universe and the Primal Universe, they would arrive before long.
The time spent accelerating, then stopping and returning to the Primal Universe, was all the time Venerable Nuoqi had left. Once the many King-level fighters arrived, he would no longer be able to turn the tide.
A combined attack by a hundred thousand King-level fighters would make even a High Venerable tremble. A mere Elementary Venerable would die from the slightest contact with such power.
Venerable Nuoqi's eyes blazed. Standing in the starry sky with a long saber in hand, he radiated murderous intent as he faced hundreds of King-level fighters alone.
To him, they were all prey.
He feared no death, but before he died, he would take as many aliens to hell with him as he could. So, before the main force arrived, Venerable Nuoqi chose to burn his Divine Body.
The only person capable of stopping him was Wu Yun, but Wu Yun wasn't at the front lines of the battlefield. He stood impassively tens of millions of kilometers away.
Most of the King-Level Immortals at the front of the battlefield belonged to the Monster Race. A few were from the Machine Race, Bug Race, and human race. If they died, so be it.
The World Rings left behind would also be a considerable fortune.
"King Black Rod, would you be willing to join our team?" A King-level fighter at the pinnacle of his rank from the Hong Alliance arrived at the battlefield and immediately sought out Wu Yun. Quite a few others followed behind him.
With no Universe Venerable present, everyone usually formed small groups of a dozen or so. Now, however, they were banding together in alliances of hundreds or thousands.
Wu Yun's mouth twitched. He really hadn't expected to earn a title like King Black Rod, but this wasn't the time to argue. After thinking for a moment, he agreed.
Events were unfolding even faster than he'd imagined. Venerable Nuoqi had truly gone all out.
The possibility of obtaining ten Heavy Treasures would be enough to tempt even a relatively poor High Venerable like Ganwu Kingdom Lord, let alone the King-level fighters gathered here.
The lure of sudden wealth and soaring status had driven everyone into a frenzy. Wu Yun had no intention of revealing too much of his strength, so he would need to make use of those weaker fighters.
It was normal for a World Lord to have combat strength close to an Invincible King's. But for a World Lord to suppress a Universe Venerable?
Surely even the Original Ancestor and Giant Axe would be alarmed.
"King Black Rod, my name is King Tuomu. I've set up a temporary meeting room in the Virtual Universe and will invite you in now." King Tuomu, the one who had asked Wu Yun to join the team, was a member of the Universe Mercenary Alliance.
King Tuomu was quick-witted. This wasn't just a Heavy Treasure or two; there was a good chance there were more than ten. In a situation like this, he had to attach himself to a powerful fighter if he wanted any chance at all.
Another renowned human expert was present as well: King Yuyuan, a disciple of Star Prison Demon Lord, a Top Universe Overlord. He also followed the Path of the Beast God.
More than a thousand King-level fighters followed King Yuyuan. Even if they couldn't get their hands on any Heavy Treasures, they could still earn an enormous amount of military merit. This was a rare opportunity to wipe out one Peak King after another.
Ordinarily, Peak Kings were incredibly hard to kill. On the Outer Realm Battlefield, each one was practically immortal.
King Tuomu, meanwhile, led several hundred King-level fighters from the Hong Alliance in joining Wu Yun.
There were also all sorts of smaller teams. The smallest had over a hundred members, while the largest might number several thousand. Everyone had gone mad for the Heavy Treasures.
King-level fighters gathered hundreds of millions of kilometers from the battlefield, close enough to lend support at any moment. The hundreds at the very front, however, had to face the Universe Venerable head-on.
"Kill!"
After burning his Immortal Divine Body, Venerable Nuoqi's power underwent a clear transformation. His saber flashed again, and space shattered inch by inch.
Tens of millions of streaks of flame burst into view, as if a Domain Type Heavy Treasure had been activated. Mixed with the Universe Venerable's Law Domain, they swept through the heavens and earth, incinerating everything.
"Hold him off!"
"He's gone mad! Combine your attacks!"
The King-level fighters were seized by fear. If they hadn't been fighting as a group, this attack would have torn them apart in an instant. One after another, they burned their Immortal Divine Bodies and launched a combined attack.
The saber light collided with the energy storm of their combined strike, triggering an explosion several times more terrifying. The King-level fighters who had just arrived behind them also joined forces to defend themselves.
"No!"
More than a hundred million kilometers away, a High King had just emerged from the Dark Universe when he ran straight into the shock wave. His allies hadn't arrived yet, so he could only resist it alone.
The shock wave tore his Divine Body to shreds.
Fortunately, it was only the shock wave; it wasn't enough to completely kill a High King. It had merely erased about seven percent of his Immortal Divine Body.
"You're all going to die!" Venerable Nuoqi suddenly appeared among the hundreds of King-level fighters. That was the adjustment speed of a Universe Venerable.
When two sides traded attacks, he could quickly recover his balance afterward and launch another assault at once. King Citian had been hunted down this way. He could withstand a few exchanges without trouble,
but after a few more, he had been powerless to resist.
"Don't get cocky, native!" By then, the main force had finally arrived on the battlefield. Including Wu Yun, there were more than a hundred thousand King-level fighters from the four great camps!
Some King-level fighters hadn't come. They sensed that this kind of melee held great danger. Even when an ordinary Heavy Treasure appeared, hundreds or thousands of King-level fighters could die.
But this time, the prize was an inheritance close to that of an Invincible King, along with the vast wealth carried by a native Universe Venerable. It was only natural that more than ten thousand King-level fighters might die.
Venerable Nuoqi's eyes were filled with madness. He no longer cared about his own life. He burned his Divine Body once more, unleashing power several times more terrifying than before.
A blood-red saber light stretched across the heavens and earth, shredding one King-level fighter after another.
If Luo Feng's saber light had formed a river, with one King-level fighter falling to each strike, then a single sweep of Venerable Nuoqi's saber light brought down entire groups. That blood-red saber light was simply too terrifying.
The area stretching more than a million kilometers around the center had become a vortex of blood-red saber light.
Peak Kings and even Kings at the pinnacle of their rank died as soon as they touched the saber light. When a Universe Venerable attacked without regard for the cost, how could a few hundred King-level fighters withstand him?
They had still underestimated a Universe Venerable's true combat prowess.
Only with a fighter like King Citian leading them could they establish a stable defensive line.
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