The chaotic battlefield quickly stabilized after the mass defection of the Devil Lords.
The Immortal Dynasty's True Lords from all sides and the imperial battle troops had suffered devastating losses in those brief moments, but they now reacted in turn, either defending themselves or striking back.
Likewise, because so many Devil Lords had defected, the ones who had not mostly returned to the Demon Realm Underworld to suppress it, preventing its complete collapse and destruction.
What remained on the battlefield in the end were vast numbers of low- and mid-rank Demonic Beasts.
The Immortal Dynasty's Nascent Soul cultivators and battle troops, who had just suffered grievous casualties, launched retaliatory assaults and slaughter against these remaining Demonic Beasts.
Yet with vast amounts of Demonic Beasts and demonic dao origin power leaking from the Demon Realm Underworld, the battlefield environment was highly disadvantageous to the Immortal Dynasty's Nascent Soul True Lords and battle troops. Even killing those low- and mid-rank Demonic Beasts produced greatly diminished results.
Boom! Boom! Rumble...
At that moment, thunderclouds swept in from every direction across the sky. Bolts of lightning formed and vanished within them, erupting in bursts.
Liang Zhaohuang, along with the many Nascent Soul True Lords on the battlefield, all sensed a terrifying threat emanating from the thunderclouds above.
The crowd could not help but look up in alarm at the gathering thunderclouds overhead.
"Lightning tribulation?"
"Or heavenly condemnation?"
Liang Zhaohuang could not be certain.
After all, the battlefield was far too chaotic. The Human Emperor had torn apart half of the 'Earth Origin Embryo,' causing the Demon Realm Underworld to begin collapsing and contracting. Vast numbers of Demonic Beasts, as well as demonic dao origin power, leaked out and spread across the battlefield.
Under such circumstances, if one—or even several—among the thousands upon thousands of