None of them had expected this Rank Nine Demon Plant to be so decisive. It left itself no chance of survival at all, detonating itself rather than falling into human hands. Had they not dodged quickly enough, even Nan Yun Yue would likely have been seriously injured by that blast. Nor was that all. As it self-destructed, the other Rank Nine powerhouses began fleeing frantically as well.
Rank Nine auras also rose from the Forbidden Zone, warning the human martial artists.
"What a pity..." Nan Yun Yue murmured.
"Minister Nan, at least we killed that Demon Plant. There are only nine Rank Nines left on their side now. Even counting the missing Rose King and Gnawing King, we still hold the advantage. From now on, the situation in the Southern Heaven Earth Cave will stabilize."
Lu Hao said from beside her, "Everyone, kill the remaining Rank Seven and Rank Eight fighters!"
Nan Yun Yue nodded and shouted. Since the Rank Nines had fled, they would target the high-ranks instead. If they slaughtered the Earth Cave's high-ranks until there was a generational gap, the situation in Southern Heaven would be stabilized all the same.
Just as the Demon Plant self-destructed and Nan Yun Yue ordered the continued pursuit of the high-rank martial artists, an earth-shattering aura suddenly erupted from the distant Sea-Guarding Mountain, bearing down so heavily that it left people unable to breathe!
The next moment, a voice that made even the void tremble rang out from Sea-Guarding Mountain. "Enough!"
That shout had not come from a human apex powerhouse.
It was an apex powerhouse from the Earth Cave across the way. He was enraged!
Having watched a Demon Plant self-destruct before his very eyes, Pine King, himself of the Demon Plant lineage, naturally felt heartache. If these resurrected human