On the other side of the battlefield.
First War God Haori Douluo Ao Rui was fighting another Great Devil.
Behind Ao Rui, the enormous phantom of Haori suddenly burst into dazzling light.
Nine massive spheres of light shot forth almost instantly, trailing long tails of light as they flew straight toward the Great Devil before him.
It was none other than his signature Soul Skill, Nine Stars Linked!
The air twisted completely in an instant.
The heat of Haori and the aura of light dried and scorched everything within a hundred zhang. Even the ground began to crack.
The Great Devil shrieked and quickly folded its wings, trying to dodge.
But the nine spheres of light were simply too fast. The first one had already crashed down!
"Boom!"
The sphere exploded, blasting the Great Devil backward. Its dark-purple demonic blood evaporated before it could even hit the ground.
But before it could catch its breath, the second, third... and ninth spheres came one after another, their continuous explosions completely engulfing it.
When the blazing light faded, the Great Devil was sprawled miserably on the ground, its wings in tatters, its body charred black, and its aura reduced to a feeble wisp.
Ao Rui stood tall and proud, the phantom of Haori still blazing behind him, making him look as though a god had descended.
On the other side.
Second War God Long Tianwu, Third War God Leng Yulai, and Fourth War God Luo Yuhang worked together to fight three Three-Headed Giant Dogs.
The three Hell Three-Headed Dogs had originally been split off from the Demon Monarch Wujie, so they shared an uncanny understanding and worked together flawlessly.
They formed a triangular formation, each positioned to support the others.
Under normal circumstances, their triangular formation could wield the combined strength of a Limit Douluo.
Unfortunately, the earlier bombardment had left all three Giant Dogs badly wounded.
One of them in particular had a head pierced through, leaving a gap in their triangular formation.
Second War God Long Tianwu swung the Emperor Sword again and again, sending waves of powerful sword energy crashing into the Giant Dogs.
Third War God Leng Yulai and Fourth War God Luo Yuhang, one a dragon and the other a phoenix, stood side by side, complementing each other.
The Dark Phoenix spewed corrosive flames that spread toward the Three-Headed Giant Dogs.
The Dark Emperor Dragon breathed out dragon fire, attacking the Giant Dogs.
The Phoenix Flame and the Dark Emperor Dragon's breath worked in tandem, accompanied by the roar of the dragon and the cry of the phoenix.
Fifth War God Mo Zihong stood in the middle of the battlefield, a Magic Zither before him. Notes rang out from it as he kept watch over everyone's condition.
The sound waves seemed to possess a magical power, steadily eroding the three Giant Dogs' will to fight.
Whenever one of them faltered for even a moment, wave after wave of sonic attacks would immediately follow.
Truly, victory could be decided from a thousand miles away, all through careful planning.
Xie An shook his head slightly. The Demon Plane was simply too weak; it couldn't put any pressure on his people at all.
The ones who drew Xie An's attention most—and who were also the reason behind this incident—were Yuan'en Tiandang and Yehui.
The Yuan'en family's genius was facing off against Yehui. More precisely, Yehui was under control and attacking frantically, while Tiandang could only defend himself.
The Magic Sword radiated a powerful aura, striking at Yuan'en Tiandang again and again.
But Yuan'en Tiandang relied solely on the powerful body of his Titan Giant Ape to endure the blows.
"Yehui, wake up! Don't let yourself be controlled anymore."
"Yehui, look at what you're doing. You usually can't even bring yourself to kill."
"Yehui, it's your Tiandang ge! I'm sorry. I should have realized something was wrong sooner."
Determination shone in Yuan'en Tiandang's eyes as he steadily approached Yehui, his body covered in wounds from the Magic Sword's blows.
Just as the Magic Sword finished gathering power and prepared to unleash a fatal strike,
a sigh rang out. Immediately afterward, a materialized note slipped into Yehui's body.
A flicker of confusion crossed Yehui's eyes, and the Magic Sword in her hand paused.
Yuan'en Tiandang had been watching her closely. How could he let this opportunity pass?
He covered the distance in a few quick strides and pulled Yehui into his arms, heedless of the dark-purple flames covering her body, letting them burn him.
"Yehui, I'm sorry. I won't leave you again."
Yehui froze. A tear slid from the corner of her eye, and the Magic Sword in her hand never came down.
"T-Tiandang ge, I... I'm sorry."
The two stood embracing one another.
Xie An withdrew his spiritual power, feeling a little speechless. How was he getting a faceful of lovesick sweetness in the middle of a battlefield?
What was this, some kind of Wolverine and Phoenix love story?
He grumbled to himself, turned his resentment into strength, and suddenly sped up the World-Breaking Spear.
He jabbed, struck, chopped, thrust, and parried, unleashing a dense flurry of spear techniques against Wujie.
Wujie had also noticed the state of the battlefield by now, and his sense of urgency grew.
"Human, let me go. I swear in the name of the Demon Monarch that I will never set foot here again."
Xie An's face remained impassive. He answered only with even more vicious spear attacks.
"Human, don't push your luck!"
Faced with Xie An's relentless attacks, Wujie finally grew desperate.
"Human, you brought this on yourself!"
Wujie suddenly burned his own blood essence. An overwhelming wave of force briefly sent Xie An flying back.
Then the Three-Headed Giant Dog chanted a strange incantation before letting out a thunderous shout.
"Return, my subjects!"
A strange rhythm spread across the entire battlefield. What happened next left everyone from the War God Temple stunned.
First, the three besieged Giant Dogs used a suicidal fighting style to force their way through the War God Temple's encirclement.
Then purple flames surged around the three Giant Dogs as they surrounded the Demon Wujie.
They were burning their life force to protect Wujie as he carried out whatever he was about to do.
Seeing that the three Giant Dogs he had split off were in position, Wujie let out an ear-splitting roar.
As the roar swept across the battlefield, its sound waves seemed to carry a strange magic.
They enveloped the bodies of the Demon Legion members killed by the bombardment, as well as the two remaining Great Devils.
The two Great Devils stiffened instantly, but somehow still managed to roar at Wujie.
How could Yuanen Zhentian and First War God let such a perfect opportunity slip by?
One unleashed the Titan God Fist, while the other summoned Haori. In an instant, they blasted both Great Devils to death.
Yet Wujie acted as if he hadn't seen a thing, his roar continuing without pause.
As the sound waves reached Yehui, Yuan'en Tiandang let out a roar and activated his Martial Soul Avatar. He unleashed the Titan God Fist as well, but it had no effect.
At the critical moment, the World-Breaking Spear flashed into view, its spear intent soaring into the sky as it directly stopped the sound from spreading.
Turning back toward the corpses the sound waves had just covered, Xie An saw the bodies of the Demon Legion members, all of whom had just been slaughtered by the Soul Cannons, gradually turning translucent.
Even the corpses of the two Great Devils who had just been killed were turning translucent.
One by one, the corpses faded away, turning into dark-purple specks of light that surged toward Wujie.
Xie An could clearly feel Wujie's aura steadily rising as the specks poured into him.
He was absorbing the power of the Demon Legion's corpses!
Xie An sent a telepathic message to Yuanen Zhentian, who immediately understood what was happening.
Without hesitation, the two unleashed their strongest attacks, the most powerful they could muster in a short time, and hurled them at the Demon Monarch Wujie, who was surrounded by his protectors.
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