In the Spirit Void Realm, on a massive plaza floating in the void, stood several colossal, magnificent palaces that resembled Immortal Palaces. Before them, hundreds of figures were gathered.
After the shock and awe at Gu Yun’s strength subsided, Chen Tianhao faced the crowd. A grave look in his eyes, he spoke in a solemn tone.
"Everyone, there is a matter of extreme danger that I must share with you all."
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the crowd immediately grew serious.
A middle-aged man with a square face, clad in a sky-blue robe with his long hair pinned under a crown, asked, "Brother Chen, what matter has made you so tense?"
Chen Tianhao said with an extremely grave expression, "According to a message from the Sect Leader of my Sect, a Harmonization Demon Giant has already crossed the Yellow Sand Forbidden Land and is speeding towards the Tongxuan and True Martial Realm battlefield. There is even a danger it could break out of the Void Celestial Battlefield!"
As soon as he said this, everyone was stunned, their faces filled with horror.
’Aren’t Harmonization Level Demon Fiend experts supposed to be held in check by the Dao Alliance’s Harmonization Giants in the Celestial Beyond Celestial? How could one have been allowed to leave there, cross the Yellow Sand Forbidden Land, and enter the Tongxuan and True Martial Realm battlefield!’
Gu Yun’s expression was also grave now.
’A Harmonization Level Demon Fiend crossing the Yellow Sand Forbidden Land means there’s a high probability it will break out of the Void Celestial Battlefield. If it manages to escape the battlefield and set foot in Central Earth, the consequences would be simply unimaginable.’
"Brother Chen, what exactly is this Harmonization Demon Giant’s goal?"
At that moment, Wang Chenghui, clad in Fiery Red Battle Armor and sporting a beard on his square face, asked in a solemn, heavy tone.
"I don’t know. And even if I did, we would be powerless to do anything about it." Chen Tianhao shook his head and sighed softly.
Hearing this, a look of helplessness appeared on everyone’s faces.
’That’s right, even if they knew, so what?’
’Even though they were Tongxuan Realm experts who could traverse the heavens and earth, akin to Immortal Gods in the eyes of mortals, they were no different from ants to a Harmonization Giant. They could be crushed with a mere flick of the wrist.’
Seeing the dejected mood of the crowd, Chen Tianhao spoke up again. "There is no need for any of you to worry too much. The Sect Leader of my Divine Martial Sect, a peerless expert ranked ninth on the Celestial List, is already in pursuit of this fiend. I trust he will be able to intercept it very soon."
When they heard this, everyone’s eyes lit up. Ninth on the Celestial List. If it was truly him, then perhaps there was a genuine chance. An image of that figure who dominated the world and strode across the sky couldn’t help but appear in the minds of some Cultivators.
"Let us set this matter aside for now. We have something more important to address," Chen Tianhao said. Then, with a grand wave of his hand, a silver screen of light materialized in the void above.
On the screen of light and shadow, the sky was dim, the cloud layer thick and pitch-black. Fierce winds tore at the clouds and raged across the land. Below, mountain ranges crisscrossed like coiling horned dragons, covered in towering, majestic trees. Several rivers flowed restlessly through them.
BOOM!
Suddenly, the ground began to shake violently, as if an earth dragon were turning over in its sleep. In that instant, the mountain ranges began to tremble violently.
Enormous figures appeared, their bodies a dark, bloody red, with bulging, knotted muscles. They had horns on their heads and bodies like elephants.
They had four legs, were covered in scales, and had mouths filled with ivory tusks. Their eyes were incredibly savage, and their bodies were hundreds of yards tall. These Demon Fiends, surrounded by a terrifying Demon Qi, had appeared.
Seen from a distance, their Demonic Qi billowed into the sky like a black ocean. A rough estimate put their numbers in the thousands. Their presence was terrifyingly majestic, and in an instant, they had trampled countless mountains, causing the very phenomena of the sky to shift violently.
"Those are... Soul-Devouring Demon Elephants!"
One of the Cultivators recognized the giant elephants with their sky-blotting Demonic Authority, his voice filled with shock as he spoke.
What truly shocked him was that this was a herd of Soul-Devouring Demon Elephants. Every single one had a Cultivation at least at the True Martial Realm Ninth Layer, with some even reaching Half-Step Tongxuan or higher. Among them were several auras that even made them feel a sense of danger.
"Soul-Devouring Demon Elephants?"
A flicker of confusion crossed Gu Yun’s mind as he gazed at the projection screen. He stared at the massive, elephant-like Demon Fiends with their dark red bodies, horns, ivory tusks, scales, and eyes like bronze bells, all of them exuding a world-shaking Demonic Authority.
"Soul-Devouring Demon Elephants are built like mountains and possess limitless strength. They can stomp the heavens and shatter the earth. They are extremely powerful," explained Elder Wang Chenghui of the Flame Sun Hall, the resolute-faced, bearded man in the Fiery Red Battle Armor, his eyes heavy with gravity.
"Right now, this herd of Soul-Devouring Demon Elephants is in the Taihua Mountain Range.
They are extremely close to Taixu City. If they reach Taixu City, all the Cultivators in the city will likely face annihilation."
A young man in green robes, with a calm and steady expression and a terrifying Dao Rhythm flowing within him, had spoken in a deep voice. This was Ouyang Tai, a peerless prodigy from the Holy Origin Sect, one of the five great pinnacle Sects of Central Earth.
Ouyang Tai’s gaze then swept across the crowd as he said in a solemn voice, "Who among you is closest to the Taihua Mountain Range? Please provide aid with all speed."
The crowd exchanged glances, just as they were about to speak.
"I—"
But he was immediately cut off by Elder Wang Chenghui of the Flame Sun Hall.
"Everyone,
look!"
On the projection screen, a fiery light suddenly rose in the dim sky. It spread rapidly, like a scorching sun engulfing the heavens and forming a Fire Domain. The blazing inferno looked as if it would burn the vast expanse of the sky to cinders. The temperature soared, turning the world into a great furnace.
HISS!
From within the flames in the sky, a figure emerged. He wore a Purple Gold Black Robe, his face resolute and his eyes blazing like the sun. Terrifying flames wreathed his body, and his aura was as magnificent as the sun itself. His power was so immense it seemed to suppress the entire world, causing the thousands of Soul-Devouring Demon Elephants below—a veritable ocean of Demonic Qi—to grind to an abrupt halt.
"It’s him!!"
Some of the Cultivators in the Spirit Void Realm stared at the figure on the projection screen—his power terrifying, his Heaven-Burning flames making him look like a Fire God—and their eyes lit up in recognition. ’Not long ago, this very person annihilated a group of Demon Fiends on the Celestial Moisture Plain,’ they realized. ’And now, in this moment of crisis, he has descended upon the place where the Soul-Devouring Demon Elephants appeared. He is truly a man of great righteousness!’