A dragon's roar rang out from within the pitch-black curtain of light.
Alongside that roar came the furious bellow of a demonic shadow.
A beam pierced the pitch-black curtain and shot straight into the heavens. Then a colossal black dragon soared upward, twisting and wheeling across the sky.
"Kill!!" Another roar thundered through heaven and earth.
As though it had received an order, the black dragon flicked its tail and plunged straight down.
The black dragon fell from the sky like an enormous star crashing to earth. For an instant, heaven and earth seemed to freeze. It struck the pitch-black curtain of light, and the spreading shock waves turned the ground for hundreds of miles around into a vast crater.
The surrounding devastation alone offered a glimpse of the full power at the center of the black dragon's impact.
Everyone looked toward that spot.
As the dust cleared, neither the Xuan Mo Guards nor the Demon Emperor remained. There was only a red-haired figure holding a spear, the blood-red gleam of his eyes especially glaring against this landscape.
The radiance of the Endless Light Body shone brilliantly upon the Purple-Gold Battle Armor he wore.
The shadow of a Demon Emperor still roared upon his spear.
His aura spanned past and present, while his surging blood energy shot into the clouds.
Then the figure raised his spear, took a step forward, and joined another battlefield.
Fan Profound Demon Emperor was being held in check by Yi Jian Heavenly Sovereign and the others. He could not possibly spare any strength to intervene here.
Futu Yijing was now determined to bury all five Nether Demon Emperors here.
In his current state, he seemed to have sublimated his power to its utmost limits, his aura ferociously violent.
The reason lay in the Futu Sky-Pillaring Spear his ancestor had given him.
The people of the Futu Ancient Clan certainly knew a thing or two about making use of the Demon Emperors they killed.
Their ancestral divine ability, the Eight-Part Futu, involved refining Demon Emperors and sealing them within a Futu Pagoda to serve as guardians.
As for this Futu Sky-Pillaring Spear, his ancestor had sealed the lingering wills of Demon Emperors inside it. These wills had no thoughts, but they could empower the wielder as though a soul had possessed him.
In other words, it was like a secret art that temporarily raised the spear wielder's cultivation level.
There was just a slight side effect. Although these Demon Emperor wills had no thoughts, the unwillingness they had felt before dying still lingered.
When that unwillingness empowered the wielder along with the Demon Emperor wills, it made him even more berserk.
To Futu Yijing, that hardly counted as a side effect.
It was more like stacking a berserk bonus on him.
Before this, Futu Yijing had never known that his ancestor's legacy had this additional feature.
He had thought it contained only the divine ability known as the Demon-Slaying Spear. Yet when he killed his first Demon Emperor with the Futu Sky-Pillaring Spear, it finally acknowledged him completely and responded.
He had never imagined that his ancestor would drop more gold than he had expected.
Inside the Human Emperor Seal.
"The Futu clan certainly has no shortage of geniuses who explore the uses of Demon Emperors!" The Human Emperor had also noticed what was happening and spoke with some emotion.
"Those Demon Emperors who died at the hands of the Futu clan would never have imagined that, after their deaths, they would become a sharp blade thrust at the Outer Realm Evil Clan." The Heavenly Emperor was equally moved.
"This lad is also from the Futu clan. Perhaps he'll give us a few surprises too."
After saying that, the Human Emperor shook his head, feeling that his notion was a little too far-fetched.
Just because two members of the Futu clan had turned Demon Emperors into their tools, he assumed Futu Yijing would do the same. That really was prejudice.
In fact, Futu Yijing genuinely had such an idea.
The thought had emerged after he discovered that the Demon Emperor wills his ancestor had left inside the Futu Sky-Pillaring Spear could temporarily raise his cultivation level.
Who said the Great Thousand World couldn't conduct scientific research?!
The Sword Domain had developed Sword Seals for the expedition, his clan's forebear had created the Eight-Part Futu using Demon Emperor corpses, and his ancestor had also forged the Futu Sky-Pillaring Spear.
Then couldn't I use these Demon Emperor wills to create a secret art of my own?
Before that, however, he first had to collect Demon Emperor wills.
He had already destroyed three Demon Emperor wills earlier, and now only two Nether Demon Emperors remained.
As for Fan Profound Demon Emperor, he could try taking him on with the Heavenly Emperor's and the Human Emperor's power when the time came. Whether he could kill him was another matter.
Besides, they had six Heavenly Sovereigns. Justice never fussed over numbers. Why fight one-on-one when they could gang up on him?
With six Heavenly Sovereigns, if he still needed to borrow the Heavenly Emperor's and the Human Emperor's power, he might as well call it quits.
Empowered by the Demon Emperor wills, Futu Yijing activated his true dragon bloodline. An aura approaching that of an Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign spread from him, while his blood energy shot into the clouds and shook every direction.
That blood energy enveloped the entire battlefield, and the Sacred Futu Pagoda hanging high overhead blazed with the utmost crystalline radiance.
The expression of the Demon Emperor locked in combat with Black Piece changed as he sensed Futu Yijing's terrifying aura.
With Futu Yijing's blood-red eyes and red hair, who could even tell which of them was the demon anymore?
The Demon Emperor forced Black Piece back with a palm strike. Demonic energy shrouded his entire body as he rapidly retreated.
He could not even handle Futu Yijing's clone. Now that the original had arrived, it was two against one, and he had no chance of winning. The most likely outcome was that he would fall here today.
He had to retreat!!
At the same moment the Demon Emperor forced Black Piece back, Futu Yijing thrust his spear fiercely forward. An enormous dragon of spiritual energy immediately charged toward him, wreathed in crystalline light.
That dragon of spiritual energy was like a beam of light in a dark abyss, piercing the darkness and streaking across the sky, casting a brilliant crystalline glow over the land filled with demonic energy.
The dragon closed in on the Demon Emperor with overwhelming force, smashing into the fleeing figure as effortlessly as crushing rotten wood.
"Argh!"
A scream rang out, making the surrounding demonic energy tremble.
Amid that furious, unwilling roar, the space around the Demon Emperor shattered, and the dragon pierced his body.
The dragon, carrying the power of sealing, opened its enormous jaws and bit down on the Demon Emperor's demon heart.
Crack!
This strike was no less powerful than the previous one, and might even have been stronger.
Crystalline light shone upon the body of the Demon Emperor whose demon heart had been shattered, and surging sealing power instantly engulfed him.
That sealing power enveloped the Demon Emperor's remains, then gradually contracted until it formed a small crystal sphere floating in midair.
Futu Yijing raised his hand and drew the crystal sphere into his palm. After examining it briefly, he put it inside the Human Emperor Seal.
The Human Emperor and the Heavenly Emperor, who were still chatting, both looked curiously at the crystal sphere Futu Yijing had tossed into the Human Emperor Seal.
The two drew the crystal sphere into their hands and examined it closely. Only after a while did the Heavenly Emperor slowly say, "Your guess seems to have been confirmed. This lad really has sealed the Demon Emperor's will!"
"This Demon Emperor truly had rotten luck, running into this lad from the Futu clan. Hahaha!" The Human Emperor laughed.
Before long, Futu Yijing tossed another crystal sphere into the Human Emperor Seal.
The Human Emperor and the Heavenly Emperor visibly froze at the sight of another one. How little time had passed?
"Hiss-"
Even the Human Emperor, who had been at Late Saint Grade in life, drew in a sharp breath at the speed with which Futu Yijing was killing Demon Emperors.
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