Chapter 1138: Annihilation of the Cangyan Holy Land

In the blink of an eye, a cataclysmic upheaval struck the Cangyan Holy Land of the Horned Demon Imperial Clan.

Hundreds of millions of human starry-sky warships, countless Primeval Beast Blood Dao Soldiers, Taiyi Taiyi Qingmu Dao Soldiers, and Divine Way Heavenly Soldiers and Generals descended. The first thing they did upon arrival was not to attack, but to spread out a chaotic battle formation, sealing the entire Cangyan Holy Land layer upon layer, imprisoning space, imprisoning the rules of escape.

"Humans!"

"Where did these humans come from, daring to set foot in the Imperial Clan's Holy Land?"

"Seeking death!"

The cataclysmic upheaval immediately triggered chaos in the Cangyan Holy Land. Seeing the appearance of one human cultivator after another, many Horned Demon Imperial Clan kings sternly rebuked, their anger instinctive.

This was a habit, an instinct.

In their lives of thousands or tens of thousands of years, the symbol of "humans" was synonymous with weakness and lowliness—innate bodies and divine souls both frail, the very bottom even among slaves.

"Kill!"

Many Horned Demon Imperial Clan kings did more than rebuke—they truly struck.

The kings felt the dignity of the Imperial Clan affronted. Their hundred-zhang black-armored giant bodies swelled, ten zhang of chaotic indestructible space looming around them. A single punch blasted forth, enough to annihilate hundreds of li of starry sky—terrifying might, incomparably dreadful.

Numbers, in the starry sky of realms, were not much of an advantage.

In the long lives of Imperial Clan kings, the experience of instantly slaying hundreds of millions of ant-like slave-race cultivators was not uncommon.

Boom!

There were several hundred kings currently in the Cangyan Holy Land, of all kinds, with differing temperaments and experiences. Among them, twenty-seven Horned Demon Imperial Clan kings struck the very instant they were provoked by the slave race.

They wielded King Weapons—great halberds, giant axes, Sky-Splitting Hammers—and other heavy weapons of the Imperial Clan, cleaving down with thunderous force. Boundless power gathered at a single point; space shattered into fragments before them, ten-thousand-zhang mountain peaks split apart before them.

The terrifying king-level attacks all landed upon the Primeval Beast Blood Dao Soldiers of the Wan Shouxianzong and the Taiyi Taiyi Qingmu Dao Soldiers of the Qingmuxian Sect.

Thud.

The heavy weapons of the many Horned Demon Imperial Clan kings struck the Dao Soldiers' shields, producing this dull sound.

And then, nothing.

No backlash force, no counterattack. The Dao Soldiers of the various sects stood silently, showing no reaction whatsoever.

Counterattack?

Counterattack what?

A breeze has passed over you, not even a single hair has had time to stir—what is there to counterattack?

"Humans…"

The pupils of countless Horned Demon Imperial Clan kings contracted sharply, and intense fear welled up in their hearts. Many guesses were instantly confirmed.

Besides the Ancient Emperor, there were thirteen Horned Demon Imperial Clan Great Emperors here. Their reactions were far swifter than the kings'. At the very instant the nine great sects of the human race descended, they had already attempted to flee into space, but were horrified to discover that the surrounding space and rules had become like iron plates, impossible to break through even a fraction.

Even the Horned Demon Imperial Clan Ancient Emperor, after attempting once, felt his heart sink.

Vast fear, an icy premonition of death, ceaselessly warned through the powerful divine soul instincts of body cultivators, preventing them from acting rashly.

"Honored guests!"

"…Might I ask which fellow Daoist you are?"

The Cangyan Ancient Emperor suppressed the shock in his heart, performed a Daoist bow, and probed.

At the core of the immortal gate's hundreds of millions of warships, Yuan watched his posture from afar, his heart stirring slightly, somewhat surprised.

This bow ritual was utterly standard, yet carried a certain peculiar flavor, implicitly containing a path that was both sinister and orthodox. Clearly the product of a prestigious lineage—unlike the blood-drinking, flesh-eating style the Horned Demon Imperial Clan displayed outwardly.

Of course, this "blood-drinking, flesh-eating" was the human civilization's definition.

"Fellow Daoist Cangyan, it seems your own lineage is no mean one."

Yuan nodded slightly. He too was a man of propriety, and said very politely: "The Horned Demon Imperial Clan has slaughtered generation upon generation of our human race—hundreds of millions of kin—and enslaved the myriad races' living beings for hundreds of thousands of years. Their crimes are monstrous; heaven and earth reject them, the myriad races resent them."

"Therefore, we have come here to annihilate them."

"Every guilty living being of the Horned Demon Imperial Clan deserves death; only a very few can be pardoned."

After Yuan finished speaking, he paid no more heed, exchanging a glance with the eight great sect mighty figures.

Hum!

At this moment, the immortal gate's hundreds of millions of warships activated. Countless runes blossomed across the starry sky; within countless formation patterns, rules were born, forming streak after streak of terrifying deep-blue rule runes that illuminated the entire star river.

Dreadful and heavy magnetic-origin rules were born between heaven and earth. The moment they appeared, they displayed a terrifying chaotic aura far surpassing the peak of Refinement Void.

On the Freedom Immortal Gate flagship, countless starry sky fortresses, sky motherships, sky warships, and sky fighter-craft had their gunports flickering; the aura of destruction began to bloom.

Hum!

At the same time, the mighty figure of Brother Brother Xuanwu's Heavenly Palace, the mighty figure of Qingmuxian Sect, the mighty figure of Wuxingtian Sect, and others formed a Bagua-Ba Huang Formation. Eight peak Refinement Void cultivators struck simultaneously, their auras fully exposed.

"Ancient Emperor!"

"Nine human Ancient Emperors!"

In an instant, the faces of all the Horned Demon Imperial Clan Great Emperors turned deathly pale.

"Our Horned Demon Imperial Clan has a Sovereign in existence!"

"Human slaves, are you truly seeking your own deaths?"

The Cangyan Ancient Emperor roared fiercely, his threat cold, but it was utterly useless—he received no response whatsoever.

In the starry sky, the eight human Refinement Void cultivators formed their array, ultimately coalescing into a Brother Xuanwu phantom that filled the star river. Accompanied by a low roar, like a Brother Xuanwu talon forged of divine metal, it pressed down to slay. Before such a sharp claw, countless Heavenly Dao rules snapped one by one like tautened strings, unable to affect anything.

A terrifying killing intent shrouded heaven and earth, freezing the bodies of all Horned Demon Imperial Clan powerhouses.

These otherworldly human powerhouses had no desire for conversation whatsoever—locking down space and descending to slay right from the start!

The resolute killing intent contained within chilled the heart.

"Kill!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"The Imperial Clan is the absolute sovereign of Jiao Jiao Mingyu—mere human slaves…"

At almost the same instant, the many experts of the Horned Demon Imperial Clan also moved. Innumerable military formation runes spontaneously appeared on the three Ancient Emperors, then spread to every Horned Demon Imperial Clan cultivator in the entire Cangyan Holy Land—regardless of gender or age, every one of them became a soldier of the military formation.

Hum!

This was the Cangyan Holy Land, the lair of the Cangyan Ancient Emperor. At this moment, countless formation-path runes rose into the air, drawing in the spiritual energy of endless star rivers, and countless force-rule runes bloomed like starlight. The tremendous fluctuation of power spread throughout the entire realm's star rivers, impossible to block, instantly triggering countless stirrings.

The tremendous power, like a hundred streams returning to the sea, poured entirely into the three Ancient Emperors.

"Roar!"

The three Ancient Emperors bellowed.

Their bodies swelled and grew into towering Demon God giants, each wielding an Ancient Emperor weapon. The chaotic indestructible spaces of all the Great Emperors fused together, forming a chaotic indestructible space ten thousand zhang across. Countless force-rule runes of the same origin permeated every inch of the space, granting them the utmost defense and the utmost power.

"Kill!"

At this moment, the three Horned Demon Imperial Clan experts were practically transformed into a single three-headed, six-armed Demon God, becoming the embodiment of the force rules of the cosmic starry sky, wielding boundless immense strength. With a single hand they upturned a stretch of starry sky tens of thousands of li wide, hurling it like a stone, savagely smashing it toward the Human Clan's experts.

The Brother Xuanwu sharp claws jointly wielded by the eight great experts of Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong descended at this moment.

Bang!

The sound of a bubble bursting.

The tens of thousands of li of spatial starry sky shattered like an illusory dream-bubble, unable to resist in the slightest, being torn apart. The Brother Xuanwu-rule sharp claws gently rested upon the imperial-grade heavy weapons of the three Ancient Emperors, lightly flicking and tapping. Yin and yang energies circulated, and the combined attack unleashed by the three Horned Demon Imperial Clan experts—an attack powerful enough to pulverize hundreds of thousands of li of star rivers—thus dissipated into nothingness.

Rip!

The next moment, the two Brother Xuanwu-rule sharp claws sank deeply into the Horned Demon Imperial Clan's unique ten-thousand-zhang chaotic indestructible space. With a slight exertion of force, under the horrified gazes of all the Horned Demon Imperial Clan's Great Emperors, they violently tore the ten-thousand-zhang indestructible space in two!