When the Gate of Demons appeared and transformed into a towering doorway twenty meters high and fifteen meters wide, Yuanen Tiandang was so tense he was almost ready to use his Martial Soul Avatar.
But to his surprise, His Excellency Juggler wasn't nervous in the slightest. In fact, he was smiling.
If Yuanen Tiandang hadn't been mistaken, Juggler's smile seemed almost mocking.
His Excellency Juggler was actually mocking the Gate of Demons?!
The answer was, of course, yes.
The demons couldn't even reach fifty meters tall. Their strength was nothing special; they probably couldn't even beat Sevenger and Windom from the Storage Facility back then.
The only thing Juggler was worried about was how many demons were about to appear. If too many came in the first wave, they might be a bit troublesome to deal with.
Although he had already sent away everyone in the Yuanen Clan whose cultivation was below the Titled Douluo level, he still didn't know how ordinary Titled Douluo would fare against demons.
If those ordinary Titled Douluo couldn't beat the demons but insisted on putting up a fight anyway, there would be casualties—and that wasn't something Juggler wanted to see.
Soon, the Gate of Demons opened, but not a single demon emerged. Only a deep voice rang out from within.
After that voice went on and on with a bunch of pointless drivel no one wanted to hear, Yehui's body began to swell. In the blink of an eye, she transformed into a ten-meter-tall demon whose build was otherwise exactly the same as before.
Purple-gold scales also appeared across the surface of the wings on her back, revealing her extraordinary demonic bloodline.
"All right, I can confirm now that none of you will need to do much.
"Those of you at level ninety-five or below, keep an eye on my potted plant. Don't let it get so much as a scratch."
Juggler sighed in relief and pointed toward the Soul Guidance Fighter he and Lan Kai had arrived in. The potted plant Juggler had brought with him was now sitting on one of its seats.
The Titled Douluo from the Yuanen Clan were all completely bewildered, but they did as they were told. Six of them gathered around the Soul Guidance Fighter, protecting it along with the plant inside.
Soon, the number of light gates continued to grow until there were nine. Then, all nine quickly merged into one, forming an even larger gate.
At last, the gate opened, and a horde of canine creatures charged out.
Yet the instant they appeared, they were greeted not by the air of the Douluo Continent, but by a massive sword aura from the Snake Heart Sword.
In a single instant, Juggler casually cut down more than a hundred demons of various canine breeds with one swing.
The next moment, Lan Kai also completed his transformation. Ultraman Orb in his fifty-meter-tall Specium Zeperion Form appeared before everyone.
As the purple sections of his body lit up, his figure rapidly extended sideways. In the blink of an eye, dozens of identical copies had appeared.
Every figure moved in perfect unison, making the preparations for the Speperion Ray.
"Speperion Ray!"
Dozens of Speperion Rays fired from every angle toward the enormous Gate of Demons. As they slaughtered the demons behind it, they also battered the gate itself.
Meanwhile, Juggler knocked Yehui unconscious and tossed her to Yuanen Tiandang.
For an instant, he took on the appearance of a Sharp-Horned Alien—no, a Beetle Alien—and shattered all the darkness that had been forcibly imposed on Yehui, leaving only the portion she could safely absorb.
Yuanen Tiandang had been about to rush into battle, but he fumbled as he caught Yehui. Then he stared in shock at Lan Kai, who was firing the rays.
He and the other members of the Yuanen Clan could all sense that countless demons had perished beneath those terrifying rays.
How terrifying. Was that a three-ring Soul Master?
"Just as I thought. Where the two planes connect, Lan Kai can unleash even greater power.
"But the price is that the Gate of Demons won't hold for long. Add Lan Kai's attacks to that... Three minutes is the limit for this gate.
"So..."
After tossing the troublesome Yehui to Yuanen Tiandang, Juggler quickly finished his calculations and made his next decision.
"Lan Kai, I'll leave this side to you.
"Yuanen Clan, help Lan Kai eliminate any demons that slip through."
With that, Juggler raised the Snake Heart Sword and charged straight through the Gate of Demons, entering the Demon Plane of his own accord.
As he entered the Demon Plane, he also shifted into his Beetle Alien form. He looked up at a huge demon not far away, battered and missing an arm and a leg.
Of course, it was only huge by comparison. Next to Juggler, who stood around fifty meters tall after transforming, it was considerably shorter—like Guo Jingming standing beside Yao Ming.
It looked much like Anubis from Egyptian mythology, and it held a long-handled weapon in its hand.
But now, its entire left arm and most of its right leg were gone, and its body was covered in wounds.
Clearly, Lan Kai's underhanded Speperion Ray had dealt it a severe blow.
If it hadn't relied on its prophecy ability—which had suddenly failed, then somehow partially recovered—to have all its Archdemons descend in a defensive formation, it would probably already have perished.
Then it saw a human from the Douluo Continent brazenly barge through the Gate of Demons and into the Demon Plane.
Its anger flared instantly.
It was Wu Jie, one of the five Demon Lords of the Demon Plane, and it possessed the unique power of prophecy. Its earlier prophecy had clearly foretold that although this operation would ultimately fail, it would still reap substantial rewards.
Yet events had now developed far beyond its plans.
If only it had known, it would have fled the moment its prophetic ability failed, leaving another Demon Lord to take the fall—someone like that arrogant Alba, for instance.
Even so, it was a Demon Lord, and it could still unleash its full combat power in the Demon Plane.
If someone from another plane wanted to enter, they could start by enduring the plane's suppression.
But the man only gave it a wicked smile. Then, before Wu Jie's shocked gaze, his body rapidly expanded, transforming into a fifty-meter-tall giant.
The darkness within him was even more powerful and terrifying than that of any Demon Lord Wu Jie had ever seen.
Who was the real demon here?!
Two minutes later, Juggler calmly walked out of the Gate of Demons and returned to the Douluo Plane.
With a backhand slash from the Snake Heart Sword, the Gate of Demons quickly collapsed and vanished, as if it had never existed at all.
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