"Within my Spiritual Domain, I can clearly hear any mental fluctuations, including Divine Power transmissions," Xuan Ming said.
"You're... somewhat burying your head in the sand."
"..." Di Tian.
"..." Demon Empress.
Above the imperial city of the Sun Moon Empire.
This is a giant city with a style completely different from the Douluo Continent. The towering towers shimmer with the unique light of Soul Tool, and all kinds of strange soul-guided vehicles shuttle through the streets.
However, at this moment, this bustling imperial city was shrouded in an invisible, suffocating pressure.
Xuan Ming's figure appeared silently high above the imperial city. His black robes fluttered slightly in the sea breeze. He made no movement and did not deliberately release his aura, but the oppressive feeling derived from the level of Life and absolute power had already plunged the entire city into deathly silence.
"Waaaaaah--! Waaaaah--!"
The piercing alarm instantly resounded throughout the city! Countless Soul Tool Turret embedded in the buildings quickly adjusted their direction, their dark muzzles all aimed at the uninvited guests in the sky.
The Soul Master Guards were on high alert, taking to the air and forming a defensive formation, but no one dared to approach easily.
A powerful aura surged from the depths of the palace, and an elderly man with white hair and beard, dressed in an elaborate and magnificent Soul Engineer robe, appeared opposite Xuan Ming. He was surrounded by nine Soul Ring, clearly a Peak Douluo of Level 98, the Sea God of the Sun Moon Empire —the Imperial Grand Tutor!
"Who are you? Why do you trespass into the imperial city of my Sun Moon Empire? Do you know that this is a serious crime!" The Grand Preceptor's voice was loud and clear, attempting to infuse his voice with Soul Power to intimidate the intruder and at the same time stabilize the morale of the people in the city.
Xuan Ming didn't even look at him; his gaze seemed to pierce through the layers of buildings below, landing on the very heart of the palace. He merely glanced at the Grand Preceptor's question casually.
Just one glance!
The temperature between heaven and earth plummeted! It was as if even the air itself had been frozen instantly! The extreme chill did not spread, but rather condensed precisely, like an invisible scepter of ice striking down from the sky.
The imperial advisor, at level Level 98, still wore an air of authority, but his pupils were already filled with endless icy blue.
He couldn't even activate his Soul Skill. His entire body, along with the space within dozens of meters around him, was instantly frozen inside a gigantic, crystal-clear iceberg radiating Absolute Zero cold!
quiet!
Absolute silence!
Inside the imperial city, everyone, whether Soul Master or commoners, looked up, mouths agape, staring blankly at the floating iceberg in the sky and the clear figure at its center.
The empire's strongest guardian, the Imperial Advisor hailed as Demigod, was actually... Ice Seal by a single glance from the other party?
Panic, like a flood bursting its banks, instantly engulfed the entire city. Screams, cries, and chaotic running filled the air. Faced with absolute power, so-called order and authority proved utterly fragile.
Deep within the palace, the emperor and the core elders, who witnessed this scene through a special large-scale observation Soul Tool, turned deathly pale and felt their bodies go cold.
"Not a powerful figure from our continent! He's from overseas! He's the legendary... Peerless Douluo!" An elder's voice trembled with despair.
"What exactly does he want?" The young emperor clenched his fists so tightly that his nails almost dug into his flesh.
Regardless of the other party's motives, the royal family is now at a critical juncture of life and death.
Without further hesitation, the emperor practically roared the order, "Activate the Dark Sun Protocol! Contact the Holy Emperor immediately! Quickly!"
Deep beneath the palace, in a secret chamber, a strange Soul Tool with an ancient design and inlaid with a huge purple gem was instantly activated. It emitted a faint yet extremely penetrating spiritual fluctuation, rippling out in circles of invisible waves that traversed space at a speed beyond perception, rapidly spreading towards the core area of Evil Demon Forest.
This is the highest level of communication between the Sun Moon Imperial Family and the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler, signifying that the empire has encountered an irresistible catastrophe!
They firmly believed that, as the true ruler and guardian of the empire, the Holy King would never stand idly by and watch his empire be destroyed.
Chapter 387 The Evil Emperor Finally Arrives
Deep within the Evil Demon Forest, at its core.
In a distorted space constructed from pure Divine Power, a colossal will slowly awakens. The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler — the Evil Emperor —receives a faint yet urgent distress signal from the Sun Moon Imperial City.
"A deadly crisis?" A mental fluctuation mixed with doubt and impatience echoed in the space.
Throughout its long Life, the so-called "cooperation" with the Sun Moon Imperial Family was more like a one-sided control, and the so-called "fatal crisis" never really happened.
Given its surveillance of the Soul Master forces on the Sun Moon Continent, aside from that Level 98 old guy in the royal family, there are only four Titled Douluo below level 95 on the entire continent. How could such a level of power possibly threaten the very foundation of the royal family?
It instinctively didn't want to pay attention. The change of regimes in human society made no difference to it; at worst, it would just spend some more time supporting a puppet.
However, on second thought, if the current royal family were truly uprooted, its stable channel for collecting resources and absorbing Soul Power through the royal family over the years would be interrupted. Re-establishing, infiltrating, and controlling a new power would ultimately be a troublesome matter and would waste its precious cultivation time.
"Enough." A cold mental command resounded, "Go investigate, resolve the trouble, and bring back the provocateur's soul."
It did not personally intervene, believing that this was likely an overreaction by the royal family, or that they had encountered some ignorant exiles from overseas. Sending a strong member of its clan would suffice.
On the outskirts of the Evil Demon Forest, a colossal figure soared into the sky.
This is an Evil Eye Tyrant with a cultivation level of 100,000 years. Its huge pupils shimmer with a dark purple light, and its powerful mental pressure distorts the surrounding air.
Within the Evil Eye Tyrant Clan, a cultivation of 100,000 years is enough to make them stand out from the vast majority of Soul Beast, and their terrifying Divine Power can easily crush the minds of Soul Master of the same level.
In the eyes of the Evil Emperor, such power was enough to wipe out any known "trouble" on the Sun Moon Continent.
After all, any potential threat to it was nipped in the bud by its own hands.
For countless years, every human genius who dared to venture deep into the Evil Demon Forest in search of the Ninth Soul Ring has become nourishment for the forest.
Above the Sun Moon Imperial City.
The 100,000-year-old Evil Eye Tyrant arrived at an astonishing speed.
Its enormous single eye instantly locked onto Xuan Ming, which was suspended in mid-air.
The opponent did not release Soul Ring, and their aura was restrained, but the pure and majestic Dragon Clan's pressure could not be concealed.
There are no Dragon Clan Soul Beast on the Sun Moon Continent! Are these Dragon Clan from overseas?
"Outsider!" The 100,000-year-old Evil Eye Tyrant emitted a sharp mental fluctuation, filled with condescending arrogance, "This is the territory ruled by His Majesty the Evil Emperor! Immediately cease your provocative behavior, surrender, and come with me to see His Majesty, or else..."
However, it hadn't finished speaking.
Xuan Ming didn't even turn around; he merely glanced in its direction casually, just as he had glanced at the Grand Preceptor before.
There was no earth-shattering collision of Soul Power, only that familiar, chilling cold that seemed to freeze the soul descended in an instant!
The immense Divine Power of the 100,000-year-old Evil Eye Tyrant couldn't even form an effective defense. A look of disbelief and horror flashed across its huge pupils, and the next moment, it followed in the footsteps of that Grand Preceptor—along with the space around it, it was instantly Ice Seal in an even larger and colder ice mountain!
The eerie purple light solidified within the ice, creating an strange and silent atmosphere.
Xuan Ming gazed thoughtfully at the new "ice sculpture."
" Soul Beast with Mental Attribute of 100,000 years... that's quite rare. Bringing it back to Nana would be perfect."
The core of the Evil Demon Forest.
"Roar--!!!"
A terrifying spiritual roar, brimming with boundless rage and astonishment, suddenly erupted from the depths of the earth, instantly engulfing the entire Evil Demon Forest! Countless Soul Beast trembled and prostrated themselves on the ground at the roar's roar.
Through mental connection, the Evil Emperor clearly "saw" his capable subordinate being instantly Ice Seal! That wasn't a battle; that was... utter crushing defeat! Utter contempt!
Dragon Clan! It was actually Dragon Clan! And they dared to so easily cripple one of their generals on their own territory!
This is no longer a simple provocation; it is a blatant trampling on the majesty of its Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler!
In its fury, the Evil Emperor's colossal form finally moved! Its enormous, eye-shaped body, Entanglement with countless tentacles, burst through the earth, raising clouds of dust and debris. Evil Godwind, ten or even a hundred times more terrifying than the 100,000-year-old Evil Eye Tyrant, erupted from its center!
Its enormous single eye was fixed on the direction of the imperial city, and with a speed that almost tore through space, carrying a Destruction rage, it charged forward!
At the edge of the forest, both Di Tian and the Demon Empress sensed the terrifying evil energy rising into the sky.
"It's out!" Di Tian's eyes narrowed, and his dragon might began to rise, preparing to flank the Evil Emperor from behind as planned and cut off his retreat.
"Wait." The Demon Empress reached out to stop him, a strange glint in her cold, beautiful face. "Don't rush."
Di Tian frowned and looked at her.
The Demon Empress gazed at the still calm black figure in the direction of the imperial city and slowly said, "Those of our level all have their own dignity. That old monster, the Evil Emperor, is notoriously arrogant and tyrannical. Since it has come out in anger with a clear objective, if we intervene now, it will feel insulted and may even act recklessly."
She paused, a hint of inquiry and... a faint anticipation flashing in her eyes. "Moreover, I also want to see with my own eyes just how powerful this lord is, the one who could make her deceased husband willingly Sacrifice himself, and whom you, Di Tian, willingly follow."
Upon hearing this, a hint of worry flashed in Di Tian's dragon eyes. He said in a deep voice, "I understand your thoughts. But this is exactly what I'm worried about! That old Evil Emperor has an extremely volatile temper and Yazi! If he fights Xuan Ming to the death and finds himself outmatched, given his nature, he might very well choose to self-destruct, taking his opponent down with him!"
His tone became extremely solemn. " The Evil Emperor's Divine Power is extremely strange and unique. The power of its self-destruction is far beyond that of ordinary Ferocious Beast! It has already touched the edge of the God Level! Even if Xuan Ming is strong, if he is hit by such a close-range Spiritual Origin self-destruction, it is very likely that... to be honest, even I cannot withstand it."
The Demon Empress's expression also changed slightly.
She was only interested in witnessing Xuan Ming's strength, but overlooked the Evil Emperor's mad nature. If that were the case, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Just as the two hesitated, in the distance, a massive shadow, resembling an apocalyptic cloud and representing the true form of the Evil Emperor, approached the Sun Moon Imperial City with a soul-tearing shriek!
The Evil Emperor's massive, mountain-like form, carrying overwhelming evil energy, surged above the Sun Moon Imperial City. Its enormous single eye locked onto Xuan Ming, burning with furious purple flames. It didn't waste any words; for any being that dared to challenge its majesty, only utter Destruction only option!
"Buzz--!!!"
An invisible and intangible yet terrifying mental shockwave— Mental Detonation —spread out from the Evil Emperor like ripples of Destruction, engulfing Xuan Ming!
The space itself began to distort and blur under this pure Divine Power. Although the imperial city buildings below had activated a special Defensive Soul Tool array to deal with the spiritual impact, many areas were still swept away by this invisible shockwave, as if by a hurricane. Glass shattered everywhere, and Soul Master with lower cultivation levels bled from their mouths and noses and fainted.
Faced with this pure and extreme mental attack, even Xuan Ming's icy blue eyes flashed with a hint of solemnity. The Evil Emperor's God Realm may not be as vast and stable as Di Tian's, but in terms of the purity, destructiveness, and strangeness of the mental attack alone, as the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler at the peak of Mental Attribute, its power even far surpasses that of Di Tian!
Xuan Ming's original plan was to lure it out and then try to "communicate" with it to see if it could "voluntarily" Sacrifice, since it's always good to save some effort. But he didn't expect this old monster to have such a fiery temper, and it attacked him deadly right away.
Since that's the case, he couldn't be polite any longer.
Chapter 388 Demon Empress VS Evil Emperor
Buzz!
Around Xuan Ming, the million-year- Sky Dream Ice Silkworm Soul Ring, which emitted a hazy white-gold halo, flickered slightly, and Divine Power so cold it seemed to freeze even thoughts condensed into form.
Mental Shock - Absolute Zero!
There was no earth-shattering display, only an extreme chill that seemed to originate from the very source of the soul, like an invisible ice spike, precisely striking the Evil Emperor's violent Mental Detonation.
"Laugh--"
Two invisible Divine Power collided in mid-air. There was no loud noise, but a chilling sound, as if the soul was being torn apart, was produced.
When the Evil Emperor's violent Mental Detonation came into contact with that " Absolute Zero " mental chill, it melted and froze rapidly, like snow being poured on boiling water! That chill even traveled along the channel of mental connection and eroded the Evil Emperor's original soul!
"!!!"
The Evil Emperor's enormous single eye suddenly contracted, its pupil revealing unbelievable horror for the first time! It felt as if its soul had been instantly thrown into an eternal ice prison, its thoughts becoming sluggish and rigid! It had never experienced this trembling and freezing sensation originating from the depths of its soul before!
The opponent's Divine Power was not only equal in quantity to its own, but also possessed an absolute coldness on a qualitative level that it could not comprehend, akin to the level of a law!
Moreover, Soul Ring! Those are human Soul Ring!
In an instant, the Evil Emperor fully regained his senses! All that Dragon Clan pressure was just a facade; this guy was human! A human Soul Master of unbelievable power! He deliberately provoked him; his real target was his cultivation level and Soul Ring / Soul Bone!
They've fallen for their trap!
escape!
Without any hesitation, the Evil Emperor's massive body twisted violently, attempting to tear through space and escape. To fight someone you can't beat is the act of a fool!
However, the moment it turned around, two equally terrifying auras, like two invisible mountains, descended from the direction it came from— the Evil Demon Forest —completely blocking its retreat!
On the left, Di Tian's Black Dragon scales shimmered with an eerie light, his dragon might vast, like a king descending upon the world.
On the right, the Demon Empress's pretty face was frosty, her deep purple Destruction energy was like a boiling ocean, and her eyes were filled with murderous intent.
" Di Tian!!" The Evil Emperor let out a shrill, twisted mental roar, "You call yourself the Beast God, yet you've degenerated and helped humanity slaughter your own kind! Have you no shame?!"
Its mental fluctuations swept sharply towards the Demon Empress, filled with malicious speculation and provocation. "And you! Demon Empress! I clearly sense the aura of your dead husband, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, on this brat! He killed your husband! Instead of seeking revenge, you're aiding and abetting him?! What, have you gotten involved with this human brat, disregarding even your man's blood feud? Or... did you and this brat actually kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King together?! You bastard..."
The Evil Emperor knew the Demon Empress's strength and temperament well. Its words were extremely malicious, intended to provoke the Demon Empress. If it could make her switch sides or at least disrupt her formation, it would have a glimmer of hope.
However, it underestimated the Demon Empress's wrath and misjudged the situation.
The Demon Empress was already in a terrible mood because of her husband's affair. Now, being insulted by the Evil Emperor with such foul language, and even being directly accused of having an affair with Xuan Ming and conspiring to harm her husband, her suppressed anger was instantly ignited and reached its peak!
"Old monster... you're asking for death!!!"
The Demon Empress's voice was as cold as the winds of the deepest hell. The deep purple Destruction energy around her erupted completely, and her originally cold and beautiful face was now distorted by extreme anger.