Chapter 831

In an instant—

The outer demons surged like a mountain collapsing and sea overturning, drowning the True Lords in a vast, pitch-black tide that blotted out the sun and sky.

Danger!

Without the Void Boat’s formation to protect them, they were no longer as carefree as before; in mere breaths, several True Lords had already been wounded.

“Something has gone wrong on the Dao Lord’s side.”

Li Rui’s gaze sharpened.

The Void Boat was forged by Dao Lord Bai Lian, a master of the highest rank in artifact crafting—this vessel had absorbed countless hours of his devotion. A single strike from a Dao Lord could never break its seals, unless… Bai Lian himself was in peril.

He concealed his figure amid the ranks of the True Lords, scanning with his spiritual sense, elevated by cultivation from the Immortal Dao’s primordial essence.

His heart sank.

Merely what he saw numbered over twenty True Lord-level outer demons—and their numbers kept growing.

If this continued—

Someone among them might be left behind in the Demon Sea of Sin.

The tide had turned.

Not just him—the net-casting Daoist and the Wu Kong Monk also saw the situation clearly and acted without hesitation: “Go!”

Both swiftly abandoned the Void Boat and darted off in one direction.

The rest followed without a moment’s pause.

Without its formation or Bai Lian’s power to activate it, the Void Boat had become a heavy burden.

True Lords are hard to kill.

But that doesn’t mean they can’t die.

They rely on subtle escape techniques—but once surrounded by outer demons, death remains inevitable.

The net-casting Daoist and Wu Kong Monk knew well: the outcome of this battle in the Demon Sea of Sin rested entirely with the Dao Lords. Their resistance held little meaning; staying here would be pointless. Leaving first was the wisest choice.

Yet even with two Great Completion pathfinders—

The True Lords still struggled to advance.

This was the Demon Sea of Sin, where outer demons were most plentiful—countless millions, endless in number, with True Lord-level outer demons standing guard. Even the True Lords moved with great difficulty.

Suddenly—

A massive crimson array surged into the sky.

Twenty-odd figures appeared before the True Lords.

“Great Completion Outer Demons!”

Three of the outer demons radiated overwhelming power, their Great Completion aura unmistakable.

“Foolish cultivators.”

One outer demon cackled cruelly.

Wu Kong Monk and the net-casting Daoist exchanged glances, both seeing the gravity in each other’s eyes.

The net-casting Daoist sighed softly: “Master Wu Kong, you and I hold them for ten breaths—then each of us flees for our lives.”

His words carried no magical concealment.

Even the watching outer demons could hear them.

Seeing the net-casting Daoist’s utter disregard—

The outer demons erupted in fury.

The crimson glow intensified.

Wu Kong Monk and the net-casting Daoist struck simultaneously—Buddhist light and Immortal radiance interwove, halting the outer demons’ demonic array.

“Still not gone?!”

Wu Kong Monk’s white eyebrows bristled like a wrathful Vajra.

In truth, he didn’t need to say it.

The True Lords had already activated their own methods and fled toward the outer edges of the Demon Sea of Sin.

When disaster strikes—

Everyone runs for themselves.

At the outer rim of the Demon Sea of Sin—

A figure walked steadily forward; the number of outer demons here was clearly far fewer than in the core region.

Occasional outer demons appeared.

Li Rui punched them, shattering them into fragments.

Compared to the other True Lords—

He moved far more easily.

Earlier aboard the Void Boat, he had not stood out, so few outer demons targeted him. Moreover, as a dual-certified cultivator, his [True Martial Presence] and [Eternal Garden] together functioned like an endless engine—he could never exhaust his strength.

He looked up at the gray, hazy sky of the Demon Sea of Sin, where muffled thunder rumbled intermittently.

The Dao Lords were clashing.

In this campaign to purge the Demon Sea of Sin, the True Lords were merely here to clear the riffraff—the outcome hinged entirely on the struggle between the Dao Lords.

Suddenly—