Bai Ye stared intently at the old man before him. He had recently reached an agreement with the old man, but after learning of the old man's identity from Xidun, the agreement had become uncertain.
"Are you the old man, or are you the ambassador of the Elf race, a clone of the Elf Emperor Manzhushahua, Gunila?" Bai Ye still hoped the old man would explain something, but he was disappointed. The old man spoke directly,
"It seems you know everything." The old man's kind smile suddenly turned a bit eerie. At the same time, terrifying magic slowly emanated from him, seemingly without limit, soaring rapidly. In the blink of an eye, it reached the level of a five-star emperor and was still growing.
Bai Ye's pupils contracted, and he slowly released his magic. Aside from Xidun, whose strength was unfathomable, and Hou Ying, the old man was the strongest enemy he had encountered so far.
Suddenly, another figure appeared beside the old man. He was middle-aged, his expression calm and devoid of joy or sorrow. As soon as he appeared, he immediately cast a spell, and dense gray matter, like catkins, appeared all around. Each piece exuded a chilling, uncanny power that caused dread and unease at a mere glance.
Curse! Bai Ye immediately used his fire power, and blazing flames burned all around. The newcomer was not simple either, and coupled with the unusual nature of the curse, Bai Ye chose to proceed with caution.
However, these catkin-like curse objects did not attack Bai Ye but drifted down towards the army below at a terrifying speed.
"Black Witch! He is another clone of Manzhushahua, Bai Ye, stop him!" Xidun, who was busy annihilating the supreme beings of the demon race, noticed the situation with Bai Ye and shouted loudly.
This was because the target of the curse objects was the half-demon army below. These were the forces Xidun had painstakingly cultivated, and they would be an important power for him to rebuild the Devour world in the future.
Another clone of that guy? Bai Ye frowned. Instantly, his body erupted with flames, and the sky was obscured by a sea of fire, blocking the half-demon army from above. At the same time, lightning crackled within the flames. The curse objects, upon contact with the sea of fire, instantly turned to ash.
Seeing this, the old man also made his move. He reached out and grabbed the void, and countless vines took root and sprouted in the sea of fire. They weaved through the flames, entwining and gathering. Despite the burning of the fire and the bombardment of lightning, they continued to gather the fireballs, albeit scarred.
The fire sea defense developed several openings, and the curse objects immediately surged to the ground, scattering onto the half-demon army.
The half-demons, who hadn't reacted, instantly let out screams. Whether they were low-level half-demons or those who had already reached the emperor level, those contaminated by the curse substances rapidly withered, like dried-up trees, with strange black liquid flowing through them.
In a few moments, half of the half-demon army had died, and half – that was hundreds of millions of people! Enough to fill a sea area…
"All of you die!" Xidun's movements became even harder to track, and his sword energy became even more terrifying.
*Clang!* An elf five-star emperor who tried to stop him from rescuing was instantly sliced into several pieces. His head was cleaved in two like a watermelon, rolling and falling to the ground.
*Boom boom boom!!*
Bai Ye unleashed his power like a thousand-zhang thunder, striking at Manzhushahua's other clone, the Black Witch. The Black Witch dodged its sharpness, transforming into a cloud of dense smoke and flashing to the side. However, the lightning seemed to have a navigation system, making an almost impossible 180-degree turn.
The Black Witch, who intended to continue attacking the remaining half-demon army, could only stop to deal with Bai Ye's attack. Countless dark energies surged from its body, instantly forming a bucket-like black mass that swallowed Bai Ye's lightning.
After a series of hair-raising muffled sounds, the lightning dissipated, and the black mass vanished.
"Little Ye, your opponent is me." The old man finally launched an attack on Bai Ye. His eyes changed, and killing intent leaked out. Suddenly, countless unknown wild grasses grew in the sky, sprouting from nowhere, creating a vast expanse of green.
Although it looked like a scene of vibrant life, it exuded a terrifying death aura.
The surrounding energy was rapidly devoured, and even the flames protecting Bai Ye grew wild grasses. Even Bai Ye's own body showed signs of life and death intertwined with these grasses, insidious and strange.
Bai Ye snorted, and snow fell all over the sky, instantly freezing all the wild grasses. The moment the strange grasses were encased in ice, before they could break free, streaks of powerful lightning shattered them all.
A hint of surprise appeared in the old man's eyes. "I didn't expect you to be just one step away from breaking through this level."
"But this step, as thin as a cicada's wing, is more difficult than reaching the current level from scratch. This is because it is the limitation of this entire world. Exceeding this level allows one to control the power to destroy this world. They will not allow such an existence to appear, even... like you world evolvers."
The old man squinted and smiled, then looked at Xidun on the other side and said, "There is only one way to break through: devour the origin of other worlds!"
Bai Ye frowned slightly. The old man was trying to sow discord, but according to his own deductions, his words were indeed true. Even with more Origin Stone fragments, the current system could only achieve minuscule growth.
It was like the Pinduoduo knife-chopping game on Planet Blue. Every time it was almost finished, the remaining part could be calculated with the next smaller unit, the yuan being endless…
"Can I find a way to break through from you as well?" Bai Ye chuckled, his aura surging, and several powers erupted from his body, launching a fierce assault on the old man. Since the old man had made the first move and was using deadly force, Bai Ye had nothing to worry about.
Furious lightning, all-pervading water element, scorching flames, indestructible earth… one blow after another, magic bombarded the old man.
Terrifying energy stirred up storms in the air, creating a fearsome spectacle, even grander than the sound of tens of billions of soldiers fighting below. The residents of the Lex Empire capital felt like the end of the world, filled with fear and uncertainty about where to flee.
"Are you serious?" The old man conjured countless plants. His body was full of vitality, while outside, there was only death. This terrifying death aura directly reduced the power of Bai Ye's magic attacks by more than half.
Leaves, flowers, vines… countless plants bombarded Bai Ye's magic. The terrifying impact made space fragile, collapsed, and shattered…
Seeing that the old man had blocked Bai Ye, the Black Witch once again launched a massacre on the half-demons and the Lex Alliance army below.
"Ah! What kind of magic is this?"
"We can't resist!"
"Sect Leader, help us!" A half-demon who had already reached the three-star emperor level was brushed by the Black Witch's curse aura. His internal magic instantly drained away crazily, his body turned black, and it was terrifying.
"Damn it!" Xidun struck with all his might, killing another four-star emperor. Out of the 13 five-star emperors and more than thirty four-star emperors, only 7 five-star emperors remained, struggling to hold on. The rest of the four-star emperors had all been slaughtered by him.
For these 7 five-star emperors, facing death was only a matter of time. But upon seeing the arrival of the mysterious strongmen of the Elf race, they also unleashed their greatest potential to delay Xidun. They knew that as long as they could delay for a little while, and wait for the Black Witch to finish slaughtering the half-demons and the armies of the Lex Empire to arrive, they would have hope.
Xidun naturally knew their intentions, and anger burned in his eyes. While drawing his saber and continuing to pursue, he suddenly shouted,
"Hou Ying! I know you are here. If you don't make a move, after I deal with these old guys, I will slaughter all the demon races!"