But Zhao Qianjun and the others could tell at a glance that the object was not a sword. It looked more like a shuttle.
The shuttle gave off a presence that made even their hearts tremble.
That meant it was definitely a top-tier Emperor Weapon!
In an instant, an ominous thought rose in the minds of Zhao Qianjun and the others.
"You, go!"
After taking out the Emperor Weapon, the Blood Serpent Devil Emperor tossed it straight into the hands of another Devil Emperor beside her.
"Yes!"
The Devil Emperor naturally knew what the Blood Serpent Devil Emperor wanted him to do.
Or rather, before coming to the Zhao Imperial Clan, they had already worked out how to deal with these imperial clans' protective formations!
"Hmph! You think you can break the Zhao Imperial Clan's protective formation with a single Emperor Weapon? Dream on!"
Not far from Zhao Qianjun and Zhao Fengtian, an old man gave a cold snort.
He was the Zhao Imperial Clan's grand elder and a Great Emperor powerhouse, though his cultivation had not reached the Peak Great Emperor Realm!
He looked supremely confident, but in the eyes of the Devil Emperors, no matter how they looked at him, he seemed like a paper tiger.
They could barely hold back their laughter!
Whoosh!
The Devil Emperor who had taken the Emperor Weapon transformed into a streak of blood-red light and charged at the Zhao Imperial Clan's protective formation.
In an instant, he poured the power of a Peak Devil Emperor into the Emperor Weapon.
The power gathered at the tip of the Emperor Weapon, and the space there even seemed on the verge of tearing apart.
Zhao Qianjun frantically searched his mind, trying to identify the Emperor Weapon.
An ordinary Emperor Weapon could not break the Zhao Imperial Clan's formation, even in the hands of someone like the Blood Serpent Devil Emperor, a Minor Perfection Peak Emperor Realm cultivator in the same realm as him.
What was more, the Zhao Imperial Clan's members had taken turns reinforcing their protective formation, making it even stronger.
But the situation before them was simply too bizarre.
These members of the Devil Race were far too confident, as though they did not regard the Zhao Imperial Clan's protective formation as a threat at all!
"Wait..."
Suddenly, Zhao Qianjun recalled a weapon made specifically to counter formations and barriers.
That weapon was called... the Formation-Breaking Shuttle!
A Formation-Breaking Shuttle might not need to be a particularly powerful weapon, but forging one required a special material.
And that material was specifically effective against all manner of formations and barriers.
Once it was made into a Formation-Breaking Shuttle, it could use a single point to break through a whole surface, unleashing several times or even dozens of times its power in that instant to shatter a formation!
In a flash, Zhao Qianjun felt a chill shoot from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head!
"Everyone, concentrate your power at the point that Devil Race beast is attacking!"
At that moment, even Zhao Qianjun panicked and roared out the order.
He knew full well that once the Zhao Imperial Clan's protective formation broke, what awaited his clan was total destruction.
"Oh? You only just figured it out. Don't you think it's a little late?"
The Devil Emperor holding the Formation-Breaking Shuttle saw Zhao Qianjun give the order, and a cold smile played at the corner of his mouth.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Inside the formation, the Zhao Imperial Clan's elites, arrayed in square formations, reacted quickly as well.
Before, they had spread their power evenly across the entire formation, which could only be considered the simplest method.
After all, all they had needed to do was channel their power into the formation core.
Now, however, they needed someone to lead them and concentrate all that power in a single area.
And just as the Zhao Imperial Clan member operating the formation reinforced its defenses along the Devil Race attacker's path, the Formation-Breaking Shuttle in the Devil Emperor's hand slammed into the formation.
Bang!
A terrifying force erupted from the point of impact, and vast energy rippled outward like waves on water.
At the site of the explosion, jagged spatial cracks spread in an instant like a spiderweb.
Whoosh!
The next second, the Devil Emperor returned to the Devil Race's ranks, while the Blood Serpent Devil Emperor slowly raised her hand.
A barrier of energy blocked the entire shockwave from the explosion.
Once the lingering energy had completely dispersed, nearly everyone turned their gaze to the site of the explosion.
Spiritual light flowed across the formation. Though it was somewhat dim, they could plainly see that the formation had not been shattered.
The sight made the Zhao Imperial Clan members inside the formation breathe a sigh of relief.
Inside the formation, the person controlling it had grown somewhat pale.
But Zhao Qianjun and Zhao Fengtian, standing at the very front, showed no sign of joy.
They could see several nearly imperceptible cracks where the Formation-Breaking Shuttle had struck.
And that was after they had reacted in time.
At any other time, they could have repaired it gradually. But now, if these members of the Devil Race kept striking the same spot, the protective formation might be broken before their reinforcements arrived!
As things stood, they could only race against time.
It would come down to whether support from the other imperial clans arrived faster or the Devil Race broke the formation faster.
"The Devil Race is nothing special!"
The Zhao Imperial Clan's grand elder laughed. Seeing that the formation was intact, the trace of worry in his heart vanished without a trace.
"Is that so? Then take another guess. Where has the other Devil Emperor on my side gone?"
Looking at the Zhao Imperial Clan's grand elder, who was so pleased with himself after holding off the first attack, the Blood Serpent Devil Emperor raised her hand and licked her fingertips with a blood-red tongue, a teasing look on her face.
"Hm?"
As soon as she spoke, Zhao Qianjun and the others noticed that one of the Devil Race's original five Devil Emperors had vanished.
"This is bad!!"
As they cried out in alarm,
a blood-red figure abruptly appeared by the formation to their rear left.
It was none other than the Devil Emperor powerhouse who had disappeared.
And he too held a Formation-Breaking Shuttle!
"Break... for me!"
In the blink of an eye, the Devil Emperor struck with the speed of a thunderclap, driving the Formation-Breaking Shuttle viciously into a point in the formation where the energy was weakest at that moment.
Zhao Qianjun even tried to take control of the formation himself, but it was already far too late.
He could only watch helplessly as the Formation-Breaking Shuttle smashed into the formation.
Violent energy surged once more.
This time, unlike before, several faint sounds like shattering glass came from the center of the explosion.
Crack! Crack!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Bang!
When the energy reached the height of its violence, the protective formation covering the entire Zhao Imperial Clan exploded with a thunderous crash, shattering into countless specks of spiritual light that filled the sky.
"No!!!"
The instant the formation shattered, quite a few members of the Zhao Imperial Clan trembled all over with fright, their tonsils quivering wildly!
At that moment, they were exposed to the Devil Race's gaze with almost no protection.
"I told you, the Zhao Imperial Clan would be the first imperial clan to be wiped out, but you wouldn't believe me. Did you really think your turtle shell was that hard? Hehehe!" The Blood Serpent Devil Emperor looked at the terrified members of the Zhao Imperial Clan, her blood-red eyes dancing with excitement,
Then she pointed her jade hand toward Zhao Qianjun, her voice like a ghost's. "Kill them all!"
No sooner had she spoken than she added, "Kill the women and the ugly men. Cripple the handsome ones first, and I, this emperor, will deal with them at my leisure!"
"Old thing, let this emperor see just how formidable your Zhao Imperial Clan is!"
As her words fell, Blood Qi surged beneath the Blood Serpent Devil Emperor's feet. Standing atop a blood-red serpent hundreds of zhang long, she charged at Zhao Qianjun to kill him!