Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

The Black Emperor gave the command.

The members of the Heaven-Soaring Saint Sect, already seething with overwhelming killing intent, immediately poured out like a torrent of black iron.

The one million experts of the Heaven-Soaring Saint Sect charged out of the Holy City!

The Black Emperor transformed into his hundred-zhang-tall true form. As a Purple-winged Heaven-devouring Bat, his entire body pulsed with a purple-black light as he flapped his wings and charged toward them.

Wherever the Black Emperor passed, he opened his mouth wide.

A black vortex appeared, from which emanated a terrifying Devouring Power.

The several hundred experts from the Black Demon Army blocking his path were instantly devoured, ground into a bloody mist within the black vortex.

A Vice General at the Human King Realm Eighth Stage sneered and flew into the air. "Audacious Demon Beast, how dare you slaughter soldiers of my Black Demon Army! I will deal with you myself!"

"Hmph! You must take me for a pushover since I haven’t shown my true power. Die!"

The Black Emperor charged forward.

The man and the beast clashed in a chaotic battle!

「On another part of the battlefield...」

The moment Pang Jun and the other Human King Realm powerhouses appeared, they were besieged by the Human King Realm powerhouses from the Black Demon Army.

They were forced into a steady retreat.

Lui Yifa and the others fared even worse.

Facing the most elite army of the Six Mountains Dynasty, the million members of the Heaven-Soaring Saint Sect were like praying mantises trying to stop a chariot, mercilessly crushed.

The foundation of the Heaven-Soaring Saint Sect was simply too weak!

They retreated step by step, suffering heavy casualties.

Black Yama shook his head and said disdainfully, "A bunch of fools who don’t know their own limits. Daring to come out and die with such meager ability?" He looked toward a Vice General and ordered, "According to our intelligence, those few are Jiang Chen’s friends, and he values them greatly. And those two Demon Beasts... capture all of them alive for me. I want to keep them, so I can flay them alive, slice by slice, right in front of Jiang Chen!"

"Yes!"

The Vice General nodded and immediately summoned several Human Kings to act.

The Six Mountains Dynasty had brought over fifty Human King Realm powerhouses this time. This force was enough to sweep through not just the Cloud Domain, but even some Upper Grade Dynasties!

In that moment, outside Heaven-Soaring Sacred City, battle cries shook the heavens and the earth.

Countless experts from the Heaven-Soaring Saint Sect fell under the Battle Blades of the Black Demon Army.

The tens of millions of innocent civilians were especially tragic, falling in droves under the merciless Battle Blades of the Black Demon Army’s hundred thousand axemen. Fresh blood dyed the earth red, and corpses piled up like mountains, filling the air with the pungent stench of gore.

This was a living Hell on earth!

BOOM!

The Black Emperor, after all, had only recently advanced to a Tier Five Demon Beast. Facing the relentless bombardment of a Human King Realm Eighth Stage expert, even he couldn’t hold on and was beaten to the point where he couldn’t fight back.

"Heaven-Breaking Saber Technique!"

The Human King Eighth Stage expert roared, his Battle Blade slashing through the air, creating a hundred-zhang-long blade light.

It struck the Black Emperor heavily.

BOOM—

The Black Emperor was slashed across the back, sent flying like a falling meteor before crashing violently to the ground.

"Little Black..."

Seeing this, Little White, who was nearby, quickly spat out a wave of frost, forming a layer of ice to block the Human King Realm Eighth Stage Vice General.

Little White transformed into a streak of white light and landed beside the Black Emperor, asking anxiously, "Are you okay?"

"I’m fine!"

The Black Emperor shook his head, spat out a mouthful of blood, and cursed, "Damn it, a tiger stranded on the plains is bullied by dogs. I, the great Black Emperor, the Purple-winged Heaven-devouring Bat who once devoured True Dragons and ate Divine Phoenixes like candy, supreme across the Eight Desolates and Six Harmonies... and now I can’t even beat a mere junior at the Human King Eighth Stage? Damn it all..."

Little White gave a bitter smile. "What do we do now? They’re too strong, we can’t stop them at all!"

BANG!

As the two beasts were speaking, a peerless blade light suddenly descended.

It shattered the layer of ice.

Caught off guard, the blade struck Little White. With a cry, it spewed a mouthful of blood and was slammed into the ground.

A gruesome gash ran down its back, from the back of its head to its waist. Blood gushed out, the flesh curling back from the wound.

"Little White..." The Black Emperor’s expression changed drastically.

He opened his mouth and shot a ball of black light toward the Vice General.

SWOOSH!

The Vice General slashed three times, shattering the black light. His mocking gaze fell upon the Black Emperor and Little White. "I hear you’re Jiang Chen’s Battle Pets? If I capture you alive and wait for Jiang Chen to return, then skin you alive and boil you in a pot right in front of him, he’ll be furious, won’t he? Hahaha!"

"You dare?"

The Black Emperor roared.

’When had he, the great Black Emperor, ever suffered such humiliation?’

"A mere Tier Five Elementary Demon Beast, what wouldn’t I dare?" The Vice General sneered, unleashing a flurry of blade lights that rained down on the Black Emperor.

SWISH SWISH SWISH!

The Black Emperor dodged repeatedly.

"Let’s see you dodge this!" the Vice General shouted, enraged by his failure. He unleashed nine consecutive slashes toward Little White.

"Not good!"

The Black Emperor’s face fell. He charged toward Little White, shielding it with his own body and taking the full force of the nine slashes.

"GACK..."

The Black Emperor spewed blood. His back was covered in gruesome, bleeding gashes, and his injuries were so severe he could no longer maintain his true form. The Black Emperor passed out, and the Vice General sealed his cultivation before carrying him and Little White back to the Black Demon Army. He had both beasts tied to a tall tower that had already been erected.

The battle was completely one-sided!

Before the elite army of the Six Mountains Dynasty, the people of the Heaven-Soaring Saint Sect were far too weak!

Ye Gucheng and Xuue Junlin were killed!

Pang Jun was slain!

One expert after another fell.

Lui Yifa was captured alive and tied to the high tower.

The former Tower Guardian Elder was also defeated and captured, losing an arm in the chaos of battle.

"Jie jie, old man, you should just surrender!" a master from the Six Mountains Dynasty sneered, looking at the blood-soaked Bai Yetao.

Bai Yetao gasped for breath, a wound on his chest deep enough to show bone. Seeing the heavily-wounded experts of the Heaven-Soaring Saint Sect and the innocent civilians who had died, Bai Yetao roared, "Even in death, I’ll take you with me!"

He charged forward abruptly.

He grabbed the Union Palace Realm Ninth Stage expert from the Six Mountains Dynasty, his body suddenly swelling. With a deafening BOOM, Bai Yetao self-destructed, taking the expert with him!

"No..."

Bai Lingfei roared at the sight.

Caught off guard, he was severely wounded by a sword strike and captured.

Cui Zheng, Kumu, Prince Gong, Yuwen Zheng, the former Hall Masters, and the Elders were either killed or captured.

This brutal battle lasted a mere four hours before the curtain fell. Of the Heaven-Soaring Saint Sect’s one million disciples, only about three hundred thousand remained, all of them captured.

The million innocent civilians had all become souls lost to the blade.

Rivers of blood flowed, and mountains of corpses littered the ground.

The sky turned gloomy, and heavy raindrops began to fall, mixing with the blood, creating what looked like a rain of blood.

The Heaven-Soaring Saint Sect was too weak!

Or perhaps... the Cloud Domain was too weak!

Facing the Black Demon Army, a force capable of sweeping through an ordinary Upper Grade Dynasty, the Heaven-Soaring Saint Sect had no chance of victory.

Looking at the captives, their cultivation sealed, all trussed up and tied to the high tower.

A cold smile on his face, Black Yama said nonchalantly, "Execute ten thousand people every day. Remember to take good care of Jiang Chen’s close brothers and his Battle Pets. Don’t let them die too early. I want to flay his closest companions alive, slice by slice, right in front of him!"

"Understood!"

"The general is wise!"

The men of the Black Demon Army said respectfully.

Black Yama nodded in satisfaction, his gaze turning to the empty sky, a chilling look in his eyes. "Jiang Chen, when you return and see what has become of your Sect, you’ll be heartbroken, won’t you? Hahaha..."

But no one knew...

that just as the Heaven-Soaring Saint Sect was facing annihilation, a world-shaking event was unfolding far away in Yulan Mansion...