The spatial sonic explosion and the destructive shockwave collided first, tearing apart the chaotic spatial turbulence between them, creating an extremely chaotic domain.
The force of the laws ravaged here; any Xuan Immortal who appeared within would be torn to pieces.
This exchange of attacks was a probe to test the other's attack strength, so they could decide whether to fight or retreat.
The result of the test showed that both sides were evenly matched.
Originally, the Demon 618’s giant warship should have been stronger, but the legion troops on the warship suffered heavy losses in the last great battle. As a result, the cultivators’ energy supply to the warship was significantly reduced, which lowered its attack power.
The Void Roc swiftly passed through the chaotic law zone and flapped its wings again, unleashing a spatial storm.
The warship’s power surged, its speed sharply rising, dodging the Void Roc’s attack, then counterattacking by firing dozens of destructive shockwaves at the Void Roc.
The Void Roc naturally couldn’t withstand the attack standing still and quickly reacted to dodge the assault.
Two late-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal legion commanders stood at the bow of the warship and the head of the Roc, respectively, both fully controlling their weapons to dodge the attacks.
Both sides were highly skilled in operating their colossal war machines.Finally, a destructive shockwave struck the Void Roc.
A layer of flame shield appeared on the Roc’s surface, blocking the strike, and then it dodged again.
Xue Feng frowned; the power behind that attack was extremely strong. Just one strike had depleted 5% of the Void Roc’s defense shield energy.
The ultimate destruction law’s destructive power was indeed impressive.
Fortunately, his energy was abundant, and the defense shield quickly recovered.
The war machines’ attacks were powerful and covered a wide area, equivalent to the combined assault of over a hundred late-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal cultivators. The strength was unimaginable.
This was why everyone was shocked when Su Yuan could continuously resist the warship’s attacks.
The two sides fought fiercely, darting swiftly within the spatial turbulence.
In the blink of an eye, the battle had lasted three days and three nights here.
Terrifying attacks left behind patches of chaotic law zones, causing the space for evasion to shrink progressively.
On the warship’s surface, a defensive barrier was raised to gradually weaken and dissipate the spatial storms, which the warship endured for a breath of time, consuming eight percent of its energy.
The Red Spirit Demon Lord checked the warship’s total energy consumption; energy loss had already reached thirty percent!
Inside the warship, numerous demon cultivators sat in meditation to restore their mana, and as soon as their recovery reached seventy to eighty percent, they would immediately recharge the warship.
However, the cultivators’ energy supply was secondary; the main issue was insufficient resource replenishment.
To compensate for Su Yuan’s losses and to purchase back his own medium-grade Postnatal Spiritual Treasures, he even moved some resources belonging to the legion. This affected the warship’s ability to sustain prolonged combat.
Xue Feng clearly knew this, so he engaged in prolonged combat, knowing that dragging it out would inevitably lead to the Red Spirit Demon Lord’s defeat!
Suddenly, a voice echoed into the Red Spirit Demon Lord’s ear.
“I have arrived. It seems your situation is quite dire!” A strange voice appeared out of nowhere beside the Red Spirit Demon Lord.
The Red Spirit Demon Lord’s heart brightened: “Demon Emperor, you’ve finally come.”
A black aura flickered in his eyes. Having been infused with calamity energy, his mind was gradually being affected.
He said directly, “This is not a bad thing. I am being intercepted by Xue Feng, which makes it easier for the Demon Emperor to collect the souls of seven Taiyi demon cultivators. I don’t need to exert more effort. Additionally, the Demon Emperor can take care of the opponent’s Taiyi Golden Immortals. There’s even a late-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal spiritual cultivator there; his soul is especially delicious!”
The Soul Devouring Demon Emperor laughed heartily, “You’re getting on the right track, kid. You’re becoming more to my liking. You were a bit conservative before, but now you look much better!”
The Red Spirit Demon Lord replied coldly, “If one doesn’t act for oneself, heaven and earth will punish! Although the Demon Emperor is wanted by all sides, that only makes you freer. After this matter, if I have nowhere to go, may I ask the Demon Emperor to take me in?”
“Hahaha, interesting, truly interesting! Deal! I agree!”
“Thank you, Demon Emperor!” Black energy, invisible to ordinary eyes, thickened in the Red Spirit Demon Lord’s eyes.
He added, “Since the Demon Emperor has arrived, I will go into close combat with Xue Feng directly!”
“I am watching. With just a slight move, these Taiyi Golden Immortal brats won’t stand a chance!” The Soul Devouring Demon Emperor said confidently.
The Red Spirit Demon Lord nodded, then suddenly directed the warship to rapidly approach the Void Roc.
Xue Feng immediately sensed something was wrong and fired a spatial storm at the warship head-on.
The warship dodged while swiftly closing in on the Void Roc. Even when occasionally hitting the spatial storm, it showed no sign of retreat, instead accelerating towards the Void Roc!
Xue Feng realized the Red Spirit Demon Lord was desperate!
“Madman! Already fighting to the death? It seems the Red Spirit Demon Lord’s legion resources were truly diverted; otherwise, he couldn’t have charged in so quickly!”
Xue Feng had long noticed that three medium-grade Postnatal Spiritual Treasures newly listed in the Seven Stars Market were purchased by someone. No surprise if it was the Red Spirit Demon Lord. He had already spent a great fortune, yet had money to buy three medium-grade Postnatal Spiritual Treasures?
The only explanation was resource diversion, which now seemed confirmed.
“Want to fight to the death? I’m not afraid either!”
Xue Feng glanced at his cool-tempered cousin.
Su Hexian nodded: “Better to end this quickly!”
Xue Feng stopped dodging and also flew rapidly toward the warship.
The distance between the two sides rapidly closed, making attacks increasingly difficult to defend.
Both super war machines’ defense shields dropped quickly.
The legion soldiers grew tense, desperately squeezing out their own energy to supply their war machines.
The law-based attacks on both sides were unleashed recklessly as if there was no cost.
The terrifying power of the war machines was enough to make even half-step Great Luo Golden Immortals avoid the fray.
The two war machines together created an enormous chaotic law zone.
At the moment they collided, both defense shields were simultaneously broken.
Then both sides condensed attacks and fired them at each other’s war machines at the same time.
At this moment, all the legion soldiers showed shock and despair on their faces.
The Red Spirit Demon Lord and Xue Feng, the Immortal Lord, stood at the bow, both calm and expressionless.
Because they both believed they had a backup plan, their hearts were steady.
The Soul Devouring Demon Emperor also decided to intervene to block this attack. If the legion was hit, not only would the souls be gone, but not even a trace would remain. How could he possibly devour them then?
A trace of surprise and excitement flashed in the Soul Devouring Demon Emperor’s eyes. A wild mid-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal cultivator! If he could devour this Great Luo Golden Immortal’s soul, he might break his bottleneck and ascend to the Great Luo Golden Immortal peak.
So, the Soul Devouring Demon Emperor completely ignored the Red Spirit Legion.
The moment he discovered Su Hexian, he shifted his already cast great divine ability’s target and instantly crossed space to attack Su Hexian.
He wanted to strike first while Su Hexian was unprepared!
Su Hexian’s expression changed. She waved her hand, unleashing spatial power that instantly acted on the Void Roc, directly taking the Void Roc and the legion soldiers inside. Because of this brief delay, she directly absorbed the Soul Devouring Demon Emperor’s strike.
A gleam of excitement appeared in the Soul Devouring Demon Emperor’s eyes, confident this hit was secured.
However, Su Hexian’s body instantly shattered into countless pieces of ice debris and disappeared from the spot.
This scene made the Soul Devouring Demon Emperor frown. He instantly recognized the move and realized it was Su Hexian’s technique. Although she was a mid-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal, her strength was equivalent to late-stage Great Luo. That initial strike could only cause minor injuries, killing her was impossible.
While the Soul Devouring Demon Emperor inwardly regretted the missed opportunity, he overlooked the spatial storm about to fall.
That spatial storm directly hit the exposed warship.
The Red Spirit Demon Lord only reacted at the second moment, immediately using his own Great Luo pressure to suppress the storm’s damage.
This suppression was extremely subtle; it merely slowed the attack’s speed, enough so that when the cultivators’ bodies shattered, their souls could still remain briefly.
Sure enough.
In an instant, billions of demon cultivators had their bodies shattered and perished on the spot!
The Soul Devouring Demon Emperor immediately acted in the next moment, collecting all their souls to prevent further destruction by the spatial storm. He intended to take them back to devour.
However, when he glanced at the collected souls, he frowned slightly.
Because among the souls retrieved, originally at full energy, less than five percent remained. Over ninety-five percent of the energy had vanished without a trace.
Such a harvest was far from his initial expectation!
This puzzled the Soul Devouring Demon Emperor greatly. What had just happened? He was extremely confident in his exquisite soul collection technique and his suppression of the spatial storm, so how could ninety-five percent of the souls’ essence vanish?
The key was that the souls lost ninety-five percent of their essence as if it dissipated from within, with no external overflow at all.
At this moment, the Red Spirit Demon Lord’s expression drastically changed. The scene before him was completely different from what he had imagined.
He had to struggle fiercely against the spatial storm and hurriedly shouted, “Demon Emperor, what’s going on?”
This was the third instant the warship was attacked. The warship itself remained intact, but all the demon cultivators on it had been killed off, leaving only seven Taiyi Golden Immortal demon cultivators and the Red Spirit Demon Lord himself resisting within the spatial storm.
Fortunately, the spatial storm’s follow-up strength was weak and would not injure him, but this was completely different from the Red Spirit Demon Lord’s initial expectation. He did not expect the Soul Devouring Demon Emperor to be so reckless as to attempt to devour the entire legion at once!
The Soul Devouring Demon Emperor lamented, “Little Red Spirit, my harvest is too small. I can’t leave empty-handed. What a pity about you!”
“What do you mean?” The Red Spirit Demon Lord’s expression turned panicked.