Picking Up a Bargain

In the skies of the Myriad Demon Mystic Realm, thunderclouds churned, and a palace flickered in and out of sight.

The Demon Emperor's avatar and the Dragon-Riding True Lord rode dragons upward, each bathing in lightning as they charged toward the palace within the thunderclouds.

Almost at the same time, Nascent Soul True Lords and Demon Kings rose into the sky one after another from all corners of the mystic realm, likewise rushing toward the thundercloud palace.

Governor of Yingzhou, the East Sea King, the Azure Roc King, the Dragon Turtle King... and several figures he did not recognize.

Liang Zhaohuang had never known that so many Nascent Soul True Lords and fourth-order Demon Kings had entered the Myriad Demon Mystic Realm.

"It seems the Myriad Demon Mystic Realm has far more than just two entrances in the East Sea."

Watching those unfamiliar Nascent Soul True Lords and fourth-order Demon Kings, Liang Zhaohuang swiftly reached this conclusion.

Faced with the charging Nascent Soul True Lords and fourth-order Demon Kings, the thundercloud palace in the mystic realm's sky seemed to possess awareness of its own. It quickly began to blur and fade into heaven and earth.

The roiling thunderclouds and roaring lightning rapidly dissipated as well.

Cry! Roar...

The cries of birds and the roars of dragons rang out once more. The Demon Emperor's avatar and the Dragon-Riding True Lord, who had charged out first, both attacked. The Laws of water and fire surged forth, eroding and twisting the sky as they tried to wrench the thundercloud palace out from heaven and earth.

Under the erosion and distortion of the water and fire Laws, the thundercloud palace's concealment and disappearance were clearly disrupted. Like warped, shifting light and shadow, it flickered between hiding and reappearing.

A vast burst of lightning immediately