Boom! A heaven-shaking roar erupted as an enormous ball of black light exploded dozens of miles away... The Demon-Magic Emperor appeared in midair, a trace of alarm in his scarlet eyes. "What kind of attack was that? It didn't give off the slightest aura!"
At the very instant he had flown out of that passage, he would have been struck if not for the warning of danger that rose in his heart. Whatever it was had flown so fast that he hadn't even seen it clearly...
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! The Demon-Magic Emperor rapidly formed hand seals. Several more defensive treasures appeared around him in an instant, and his vigilant divine sense rippled out in every direction...
Suddenly!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Two barely audible whistles flashed through the air...
"Hah!" The Demon-Magic Emperor reacted instantly. With an angry roar, he sent black light blazing from the Black Long Spear in his hand and thrust it across the void to block...
There, in the seemingly empty void...
Clang! Clang! Two ear-piercing metallic collisions erupted. Two rings of spatial astral wind burst from the fractured space, and two pitch-black daggers, each only a few feet long, were knocked away by the Black Long Spear...
Boom, boom, boom! The Demon-Magic Emperor felt a terrifying force surge through his hand. Caught off guard, he was driven back thousands of feet, the shock setting off muffled explosions in the air and violent gusts of astral wind...
"Immortal-Devouring Daggers!" Only now did the Demon-Magic Emperor finally see what had ambushed him. His expression changed, and he cried out...
But then!
Boom! A thunderous explosion shook heaven and earth. A Golden Light Fist blazing with dazzling gold suddenly punched out of the void and smashed down toward the Demon-Magic Emperor's head. Astral wind surged wildly across a thousand-mile