Another four Demon Boundary Emperors had arrived. The four of them came to the side of Touba. That skeleton with a body full of Hellfire began speaking, “It’s an honor to meet you, Young Master. As the one who has successfully broken the Great Acheron Formation seal and enabled the Demonic Realm’s invasion, the Demonic Realm is greatly indebted to you.”
A delighted smile etched on Touba’s face as he asked, “My father, is he here as well?”
“The Firmament Star still currently has the Heavenly Dao restriction, so Lord Demon Emperor’s vessel still can’t enter this place so easily. However, he has already sent one of his clones here. By my estimation, he’ll be here real soon. Let us all help Lord Demon Emperor clear up these minor obstacles before he arrives,” Skeleton Boundary Emperor said bluntly.
He looked toward the Ashura Tribe people, his dark, hollow eyes ignited by a spark of cold Hellfire.
Every single person that he stared at could feel the chills creeping into their very core.
“Four Boundary Emperors, and not just that. Four of whom look like elites amongst Boundary Emperors. We’re doomed.”
“D*mn. Is there really no chance for us to pull through this catastrophe now?”
“Hang in there.”
Just then, rays of light glided past the sky.
Intimidating Boundary Emperor energies filled the entire region above Purgatory Forest. Boundary Emperors from the various great Forbidden Areas of Firmament Star had all arrived!
“Hmph. Demonic Realm invasion? They have to get through us first.”
One of the Boundary Emperors scoffed. With the lift of an arm, incredibly majestic spiritual power poured out like a torrent. Almost instantaneously, that magnitude of energy pulverized a big group of Demonic Realm beings into speckles.
“They’re here!”
“These guys really took their own sweet time to get here, huh?”
The nerves of the Ashura Tribe members calmed when they saw the arrival of the few Boundary Emperors.
This Demonic Realm invasion concerned not only the Ashura Tribe but the entire Firmament Star. Hence, they were not alone in this battle.
“Oh, a number of Boundary Emperors have arrived?” Skeleton Boundary Emperor chuckled, seemingly not bothered at all. Once the Demonic Realm Portal was opened, it would take at least an Emperor’s involvement to stop them. No matter how many Boundary Emperors joined in, it would still be of no avail.
This was precisely the reason why Skeleton Boundary Emperor and his group were not concerned at all.
“Demon spawn, die!”
In one part of Firmament Star, a brawny guy lashed out the first strike, and a fist landed from the sky in the blink of an eye. Majestic Daoist Rhyme interweaved and formed a gigantic fist, coming in full speed at Skeleton Boundary Emperor.
Yet, Skeleton Boundary Emperor merely scoffed as massive amounts of Hellfire surged from his body.
That gigantic fist sign instantly disintegrated the moment it came into contact with the Hellfire. It was not able to deal any single damage to Skeleton Boundary Emperor at all.
This shocked every Boundary Emperor who had just arrived.
“Boundary Emperor Lingyi is already one of the strongest amongst all Boundary Emperors. How did his attack get canceled out so easily?!”
“It seems that these few Demonic Realm Boundary Emperors’ combat strengths should not be underestimated.”
“This is an impending catastrophe. Folks, let’s bring out our best and fight them with full force. Firmament Star’s survival depends on us now.”
“Let’s do this.”
The longer this ensued, the vaster the demonic qi’s coverage of the area. The Boundary Emperors ceased the talk and immediately began their demon-slaying operation.
With the reinforcements of the Boundary Emperors, the Ashura Tribe felt as if a huge rock had been lifted off their shoulders.
A battle between Boundary Emperors was not an event where anyone could simply budge in as horrifying Daoist Rhyme fluctuations crisscrossed and clashed at the sky. The energy waves that were emitted were enough to kill off a Sage effortlessly. Nobody dared to get too close to them, and they had no choice but to stay far away from the place.
Right now, the whole Purgatory Forest was split into two separate battlefields. The infinite amount of Demonic Realm beings were being dealt with by cultivators below the Boundary Emperor level, while the Boundary Emperors fought against each other high up in the sky. The dazzling energy fluctuations almost dyed the whole sky into a multitude of colors.
It was five Boundary Emperors on the Demonic Realm’s camp against a combined troop of a dozen or more Boundary Emperors. No matter how strong the Demon Boundary Emperors were, their powers were still largely contained.
Despite that, these few Boundary Emperors were not a tad bit worried.
Their tactics were mainly defensive, clearly trying to buy time, as though they were waiting for something.
“The Demonic Realm Portal is not yet closed. Elites from the Demonic Realm will keep on coming to Firmament Star. The longer we linger here, the worse this situation will become.”
Nether Abyss Valley’s Boundary Emperor Tian Xue remarked.
Everybody knew of the truth in her words, but none of them could do much about it.
“Stop this pointless struggle of yours. No matter what you do, it will all be futile.”
Skeleton Boundary Emperor laughed out loud. Appalling Hellfire burst out from his skeletal body, forcing the group of Boundary Emperors to back away.
Meanwhile, on the other side, that Boundary Emperor with a human head and serpent body spat out huge amounts of black venom.
The venom was extremely toxic. Just the odor that it emitted alone was enough to wilt all flora within several kilometers radius. Even Boundary Emperors would feel paralyzed upon close distance with this venom, so none of them dared to get close.
“It’s not going to work out if things keep on this way.”
“Let’s encircle and trap them first. Then, we figure out a way to block off the Demonic Realm Portal.”
One of the Boundary Emperors suggested. Immediately after that, he took out a gold compass. That compass released symbols after symbols of mysterious runes, which transformed into an enormous sphere that trapped the five Demonic Realm Boundary Emperors to their spot, rendering them no means of escape.
After doing all that, the Boundary Emperor’s face turned extremely pale. “This compass can only hold them there for about half an hour. Hurry and make good use of this time.”
“Alright.”
Several Boundary Emperors came to the underside of the demonic qi whirlpool. They summoned their spiritual power, which turned into beams of light that hit the portal in the sky, attempting to close it up.
Nonetheless, the scale of this Demonic Realm Portal was too big. The spatial fluctuations that it emitted were far too immense. Not even Boundary Emperors’ powers were able to hinder it a single bit.
“Let us help out too.”
“We can do this together.”
As such, all the Boundary Emperors combined their powers and unleashed a terrifying amount of spiritual power toward the Demonic Realm Portal. With the Boundary Emperors’ sheer determination, that colossal demonic qi whirlpool finally began to shrink. Joy appeared on their faces when they saw that.
“There’s hope!”
“Keep it up. I think we can do it.”
Nevertheless, when the demonic qi whirlpool shrunk to a certain size, it just stopped shrinking. No matter how much energy the Boundary Emperors forced in, it was all in vain.
“There’s no use.”
Skeleton Boundary Emperor, who was trapped inside the compass, sneered at them.
At this moment, an incredibly powerful fluctuation came from inside the Demonic Realm Portal. A black ray of light was seen beaming out, and the energy fluctuations that all the Boundary Emperors released earlier were shattered in a matter of seconds. The dozen or more Boundary Emperors could feel the rebound of that power before they were sent flying backward.
Skeleton Boundary Emperor and the others looked overjoyed as they glanced at the Demonic Realm Portal.
A black-haired middle-aged man, dressed in black and with a gaze as profound as the galaxy, slowly walked out from it. He emanated a surge of cosmic Emperor Aura that seemed as if it was about to shatter the void. The entire Purgatory Forest shuddered violently. Even a good half of Firmament Star quivered.
“Such energy… Is it an Emperor?!”
“D*mn. There’s no way we can fend off such a magnitude of power.”
The group of Boundary Emperors was so petrified by this gargantuan Emperor Aura that they could not help but shiver in fear.
“Your Highness, Lord Demon Emperor!”
Skeleton Boundary Emperor and the others knelt down ecstatically, showing respect to that middle-aged man.
The sight of this plunged everyone into despair.
The Demon Emperor himself was here!!
“Puny humans, I’m back!”
The middle-aged man scanned past everyone at the scene. “Those who obey shall prosper, and those who rebel shall die!! From today on, I shall rule over the Firmament Star!” he announced coldly.
His pride-filled voice echoed in the sky like thunder. Almost the entire Firmament Star could hear his bone-curdling declaration.
“Nonsense!!”
