The terrifying Soul Emperor: Nihility was dumbfounded?

A thunderous voice exploded in everyone's ears.

Savage expressions rose on the faces of everyone in the Hun Clan.

Since its founding, the Hun Clan had never been driven to such extremes by an enemy, except when it had summoned its ancestor during its bitter war against the Tunling Clan.

Even a thousand years ago, when they attacked the Xiao Realm after killing Xiao Xuan, the Hun Clan had remained composed as the Xiao Clan joined forces to summon the Xiao Emperor's remnant soul and make a desperate last stand.

Had things really reached the point where they had to summon the Hun Clan's ancestor today?

The clan marks on the Hun Clan members' foreheads blazed brighter. Everyone frantically poured Dou Qi into the clan's great formation, while deep beneath the Soul Realm, the energy of heaven and earth churned.

After absorbing the blood essence and remnant souls of numerous Hun Clan members, a strange formation fused perfectly with the clan's great formation. As vast quantities of Dou Qi poured in, a vortex thirty thousand meters across appeared at the center of the Soul Realm Formation.

At the same time, an exceedingly ancient aura slowly spread from within that vortex.

Boundless energy streamed endlessly into the vortex, and that ancient aura grew ever more immense.

"One-Star Dou Sheng!"

"Three-Star Dou Sheng!"

"Four-Star Dou Sheng!"

"Seven-Star Dou Saint!"

"Eight-Star Dou Saint!"

As Gu Yuan sensed the aura at the center of the Soul Realm growing increasingly solid, his expression gradually darkened.

"Everyone, retreat four hundred kilometers!"

Feeling the ever-strengthening aura within the Soul Realm, the allied armies of the ancient imperial clans trembled in their souls. They hurriedly tore open space and retreated.

"Brother Gu Yuan, the Hun Clan has summoned the Soul Emperor Remnant Soul. What should we do?"

Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and the others retreated behind Gu Yuan. Watching the figure above the Soul Realm grow increasingly solid, they spoke urgently.

"Something is wrong with this Soul Emperor Remnant Soul. Besides Dou Qi, it has also devoured the blood essence and souls of Hun Clan members."

Gu Yuan frowned. Even he found this situation a headache.

"Hehe, Gu Yuan, you have a sharp eye. Our Hun Clan's Dou Di remnant soul passed away the earliest, so he was actually little different from those of the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan!"

Hun Tiandi smiled faintly, then continued, "But with our clansmen sacrificing themselves, he will surpass that of every one of your clans!"

Rumble!

The moment Hun Tiandi finished speaking, the vortex above the Soul Realm dispersed, and the illusory figure of an old man in black robes appeared between heaven and earth.

Hum!

When the illusory old man appeared, the souls of every Hun Clan member present suddenly shuddered violently. A pressure originating from their bloodline instantly brought countless figures throughout the Soul Realm to their knees.

"Ancestor!"

Many Hun Clan elders were so overcome with emotion that tears streamed down their aged faces. Everyone gazed at the illusory figure with fervor surging across their faces. Under the pull of their bloodline, that figure seemed like a sacred spirit, inviolable.

"Nine-Star Dou Saint Late Stage?" Gu Yuan watched the Hun Clan's remnant soul as his aura gradually stabilized, his expression turning utterly grave. Even he found it difficult to breathe beneath that aura.

A remnant soul left behind for who knew how many years had, with the Hun Clan's support, actually risen straight to the realm of a Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint.

High in the sky, Hun Tiandi also regarded that figure solemnly. The pressure the apparition exerted on him was incredibly intense as well. Perhaps the higher one's bloodline rank, the stronger the pressure one suffered.

"Hehe, so this is our Hun Clan's Dou Di?" Hun Tiandi's Dou Qi surged wildly as he resisted the pressure, refusing to let his body bend even slightly.

Just wait. Sooner or later, I, Hun Tiandi, will reach this level too. The Hun Clan will become great again because of me. As for you, please contribute your last bit of strength to the clan!

Deep within Hun Tiandi's eyes, two utterly opposing emotions-burning fervor and cold indifference-filled his gaze at once.

"Hmm, so this is the Soul Emperor..."

Beside Hun Tiandi, Nihility Devouring Flame spoke while panting slightly. Its eyes, like black holes, remained fixed on the apparition, filled with wistful emotion.

Others might never have seen a Dou Di, but Nihility Devouring Flame had not only seen one, it had stayed with one for a long time.

Seemingly recalling its days in the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, Nihility Devouring Flame let out an inexplicable soft sigh.

"What a pity. The supreme powerhouse of those days is now nothing more than a remnant soul..."

"Ancestor, protect our Hun Clan!" Everyone in the Hun Clan prostrated themselves, crying out in low, reverent voices.

"The Hun Clan..."

Within the great formation, the old man in black robes murmured softly. The passage of time had left what little remained of his memories increasingly muddled.

Sensing the Hun Clan bloodlines around him, the Soul Emperor's memories slowly awakened. His exceedingly ancient gaze swept slowly over those below. Seemingly noticing something amiss, he frowned before finally murmuring as though to himself.

"Why has the Hun Clan willingly fallen so low?"

Hearing the illusory old man's murmur, shame immediately flooded the faces of the Hun Clan's many Dou Sheng.

"This is... Nihility Devouring Flame..."

"So you are the one behind the Hun Clan's fall..."

The illusory old man did not speak to any Hun Clan member. His gaze passed straight over their Dou Sheng and landed on Nihility Devouring Flame.

He sensed deeply concealed black flames within the bodies of the vast majority of the Hun Clan's experts. Those black flames came from the Nihility Devouring Flame before him, and within this Heavenly Flame lurked an aura that even he found utterly revolting.

"Spirit devouring? Have the descendants of the extraterrestrial evil race still not been wiped out?"

"Has the Dou Qi Continent been invaded after all?"

Confusion flashed through the Soul Emperor's eyes once more. Then he swept his sleeve, and light surged over the great formation. The black flames secretly concealed within the Hun Clan experts' bodies were forcibly shaken loose.

"Pfft, pfft, pfft..."

As the spreading black flames left their bodies, all the Hun Clan experts violently spat out mouthfuls of blood, their auras weakening in an instant.

"Has the Tunling Clan already eaten away at the Hun Clan to this extent?"

The Soul Emperor Remnant Soul swept his gaze over Hun Tiandi, who had been standing there all along, and questioned him softly. Then he extended his hand, pointing a finger covered in special runes at Nihility Devouring Flame.

Boom!

As the Soul Emperor Remnant Soul pointed that finger, heaven and earth instantly shattered. An enormous finger that nearly covered half a mountain range descended from the sky, pressing down viciously toward Nihility Devouring Flame. All the surrounding space burst apart beneath that single finger.

At that moment.

Nihility Devouring Flame was utterly dumbfounded.

Hun Tiandi's face was also filled with horror.

Gu Yuan: "?"

Lei Ying: "?"

Yan Jin: "?"

The Hun Clan had exhausted every scheme to summon the Soul Emperor Remnant Soul. Then the Soul Emperor Remnant Soul awakened, its strength reaching the level of a Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint.

Then, in his muddled state, the Soul Emperor seemed to notice something wrong with the Hun Clan members. Gathering Dou Qi, he pressed a finger down toward Nihility Devouring Flame.

Everyone in the Hun Clan was dumbstruck.

The allied army of the Ancient Six Clans was dumbstruck too.

"Hun Tiandi, save me!"

Nihility Devouring Flame shouted at the top of its voice.