Melee, Part One

Hou Yi's heart lurched. He had not expected the Eastern Emperor Bell to be capable of clouding the mind. Fortunately, as a Great Witch of the Witch Race, he did not cultivate a primordial spirit, and he recovered within a hundred-millionth of an instant! He forcibly tore his gaze from the Eastern Emperor Bell and leaped away, trying to escape!

"Think you can escape?" High in the sky, the Eastern Emperor smiled coldly, looking at Hou Yi as though he were already dead!

The Eastern Emperor Bell was an Innate Supreme Treasure, wielded by a Quasi-Sect Master who had achieved Severing Two Corpses. Hou Yi, whose strength was equivalent to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Peak among the demons, had no hope of escaping!

Hou Yi had barely leaped when the Eastern Emperor Bell bore down on him with tremendous force. Just as it was about to smash him into pulp, space rippled, and a massive claw emerged from the void, lunging toward the rampaging bell!

Boom!

A deafening explosion rang out. Waves of magical power and spiritual energy rippled outward, annihilating vast stretches of space in their wake!

"Who? Who dared ruin my plans?"

As the dust settled, the Eastern Emperor Bell spun back. Eastern Emperor Taiyi stared darkly at the bloodied claw protruding from the void!

"Hahaha! The Eastern Emperor Bell certainly lives up to its reputation!" The claw withdrew amid booming laughter. Then an ancient fiendgod stepped out of space, shaped like a yellow sack, scarlet as blazing fire, with six legs, four wings, and a featureless body!

Naturally, this was Ancestor Witch Dijiang, the master of space law among the Twelve Ancestral Shamans!

By now, Hou Yi had been rescued. Before long, Dijun arrived with the Ten Great Demon Gods, leading the vast army of the