The Dark Lord was strong.
The fifth-tier Dao Spirit, Dark Touch, 'boomed' and ripped open the heavens and earth.
It was a colossal octopus-like behemoth, its dense tentacles triggering trypophobia in anyone who saw it.
"Roar."
The Dark Lord roared.
Facing the oppressive killing intent of two experts of the same realm, he felt the breath of death.
He would no longer hold back.
"Mountain Lord, Cloud Sea, you are pushing your luck too far."
Boom.
The octopus-like Dao Spirit descended and merged into the Dark Lord's body.
Nightfall descended.
Tentacles spread out from the Dark Lord's back, resembling a spider, but with so many limbs that it made one's scalp tingle.
Chik.
Tentacles permeated in all directions.
The group of Great Emperors, engaged in a fierce battle in the distance, were instantly engulfed by the octopus tentacles.
A seventh-tier Great Emperor, unable to dodge in time, was directly pierced by a tentacle. His physical essence and the power of the Great Dao were instantly absorbed, turning him into a dried corpse that fell from the tentacles, finally shattering in the chaos.
He was the first, but not the last.
There were too many tentacles, and these people were all targets of the Dark Lord.
"Move aside."
Suddenly, a loud shout echoed.
From within the crowd, beneath the command of the Cloud Sea Lord, a top-tier eighth-tier cultivator who had condensed his Dao Spirit shoved aside his companion. He roared to the heavens, "I will kill you..."
Blade light bloomed across heaven and earth.
It was a blade light exuding endless darkness and profundity, striking down with peerless divine might.
Boom.
The dark tentacles shattered inch by inch under the blade's glow.
"Dark Lord."
The man stood holding his blade. "A dignified ninth-tier attacking an eighth-tier, you are unworthy of the title of Dao Lord."
The man's voice boomed like thunder.
Its majestic sound echoed for tens of thousands of miles.
The vast battlefield reverberated with the man's voice.
"Kill."
Simultaneously, on other battlefields, everyone was attacking the omnipresent tentacles.
Those who could block them were safe.
Those who couldn't would only become nourishment for the Dark Lord.
"Haha."
Conversely, the Great Emperors under the Dark Lord were laughing.
The tentacles did not attack them.
This move by the Dark Lord had killed at least twenty enemy Great Emperors.
For the Dark Realm's powerhouses, who were at a disadvantage, this was a great opportunity to turn the tide.
"Kill."
A group of Great Emperors roared and began to counterattack.
This was the opportunity the Dark Lord had bought for them.
"Hmph."
But don't forget... the Mountain Lord and Cloud Sea were both ninth-tier.
No matter how strong the Dark Lord was, he was still one person.
"Cloud Rise."
The Cloud Sea Great Emperor raised his hand.
Amidst the rumbling sounds, the sea of clouds surged, and from the endless clouds, a colossal cloud beast poked its head out.
Its head alone was as massive as a mountain.
The beast resembled a dragon, yet was not a dragon.
Silver scales covered its body, and its enormous pupils were like blood-red suns and moons embedded in the endless chaos.
It was the Cloud Beast, the Great Dao Spirit condensed from Cloud Law.
"Roar."
The Cloud Beast roared, shaking heaven and earth.
Visible ripples spread across the land.
The heavenly secrets of this realm were thrown into disarray, and massive tentacles shattered under the ripples of the Cloud Beast's roar.
Dong.
In the distance, a mountain collapsed.
A giant mountain crumbled, and a colossal earth beast emerged from the shattered mountain.
The Spirit of the Mountain... manifested.
A giant bull-headed beast, visible to the naked eye, emerged from the giant mountain.
The next moment... the bull-headed beast roared and, with a 'bang', slammed into the Mountain Lord's physical body.
The Mountain Lord's body began to grow infinitely.
In the blink of an eye, a titan, towering into the heavens and sporting two horns, appeared.
"Die."
The giant raised its foot, and the entire chaos trembled.
As the colossal foot descended, before it even landed, the Great Emperors behind the Dark Lord were heavily wounded and sent flying.
There were many ways to use the Great Dao Spirit, and the methods of the Dark Lord and the Mountain Lord were purer, directly merging into themselves.
Thus, the scene of heaven collapsing occurred.
"Ah..."
Screams echoed through heaven and earth.
The range of the Mountain Lord's stomp was too vast. Some escaped, while others were crushed into pulp by the giant foot.
The collapse of the Great Dao instantly entered the cycle of reincarnation.
"Kill."
The giant raised its foot again.
The Cloud Beast charged, and the two joined forces to fight the Dark Lord.
Bang, bang, bang.
The collision of Great Dao caused this realm to crumble.
...
The battle was brutal.
At this moment, two figures quietly approached.
The clash of three ninth-tier experts stirred up an enormous storm, sweeping in all directions like a tempest.
It was precisely this destructive tempest that provided an opportunity for the Illusion Sect and the Lord of Light to lurk.
"Let's make our move." The Illusion Sect was already eager to act.
"Mmm."
The Lord of Light was also becoming impatient.
So many Great Emperors were all energy for the two of them to recover.
"Wait..."
Just as the two were about to act,
The Lord of Light suddenly reached out and grabbed the Illusion Sect. "Someone is coming..."
Although the Illusion Sect's reaction was half a beat slower than the Lord of Light's, he sensed it the moment the Lord of Light raised his hand.
In their perception, two hidden presences were approaching the grand battlefield.
The Illusion Sect's expression turned grim. "Ninth-tier."
The Lord of Light nodded.
The battle between the three ninth-tier experts had created too much aftermath.
If it were an eighth-tier, even the greatest aftermath would not escape the perception of the Mountain Lord and Cloud Sea, unless it was some extremely special Great Dao, but such Daos were too rare, and neither the Illusion Sect nor the Lord of Light had seen them.
Therefore, the only ones who could evade the perception of the Cloud Sea and the Mountain Lord were ninth-tier experts.
Two ninth-tier experts, lurking in the shadows, slowly approached the battlefield.
"Where are these two ninth-tier experts from?" the Lord of Light asked subconsciously.
As soon as he finished speaking, he understood and said solemnly, "The Sixth Land."
The eighth, ninth, and thirteenth lands had basically been swept clean by Chen Fan, and their ninth-tier experts had already appeared.
Only the Sixth Land remained.
Those ranked closer were also possible, but neither of them considered it.
Ninety percent probability, these two came from the Sixth Land.
What were the people from the Sixth Land doing, lurking and approaching?
"They must be reinforcements called by the Dark Lord," the Illusion Sect guessed.
The Dark Lord's identity was basically confirmed as a hidden agent from the Upper Nine Heavens.
And at this moment, the Cloud Sea and the Mountain Lord were jointly besieging the Dark Lord. Without external interference, they could kill the Dark Lord, and he wouldn't be able to escape.
Therefore, the only possibility was from the Dark Lord.
These two were helpers summoned by the Dark Lord.
"Buzz."
Just then, the space beside the Illusion Sect distorted.
A familiar figure appeared, led by Chen Fan, a compass floating in his hand.
"Two seniors."
As soon as he landed, Chen Fan spoke, "Do you two seniors recognize the ninth-tier experts from the Sixth Land?"
"Mmm?"
The two did not understand the meaning of this sentence.
But the Illusion Sect still spoke proactively, "I am from the Sixth Land."
Chen Fan raised an eyebrow and smiled. "That's wonderful. So, senior is from the Sixth Land. Are you familiar with the ninth-tier experts from the Sixth Land?"
The Illusion Sect looked at Chen Fan. Although he didn't know what he was going to say, he still nodded and said, "I am quite familiar with two of them. The others... I've only met them occasionally, and we have no relationship."
"That's enough."
Chen Fan licked his lips. "If senior doesn't mind, would you be willing to go to the Sixth Land?"