Close the Door and Beat the Dog

At this moment.

Watching the barrier take shape and seal off every escape route, the higher-ups on Maha's side finally came to a sudden realization.

This was no illusion at all!

They were being [shut in and beaten like dogs]!

And they were the stupid dogs lured in to be slaughtered!

But that made no sense!

It was impossible!

How could the Otsutsuki side have foreseen that they intended to invade the [Yellow Spring Realm]?

No matter how powerful the [Law of Time] or how formidable an ocular divine art was, it could not accurately predict the future several days in advance!

And besides, the previous bloody battles had not looked staged at all!

Just Otsutsuki Yufu and the others self-destructing, along with that Otsutsuki [Demigod] who had just fallen...

All told, the Otsutsuki Royal Family had already lost a handful of Demigods...

Could such horrific losses really have been nothing but bait?

Had they truly paid such an enormous price just to swallow them whole?

Had they gone mad?

And what gave them the right?

With only a few old, weak, wounded, and crippled [Demigods] remaining, and barely over a million Otsutsuki warriors, they wanted to confidently devour their five [Demigods], their army of tens of millions, and the entire Demon God Weapon?

Who gave them that confidence?

Who gave them that courage?

However, Maha's side soon learned where the Otsutsuki got that courage.

Because the one who gave them courage was none other than

the current Otsutsuki King, His Majesty King Zhenruo!

At this very moment, as the barrier took shape, above that central [Divine Temple], an unfathomable figure gradually condensed into view.

At his side, Governor Taihui—now reduced to a soul body—held the semi-divine artifact [Phase Apocalypse] as he prostrated himself there with utmost respect.

Clearly,