Chapter 457: The End of the Battlefield

In a corner outside Blade Demon City, a Blade Demon Clan Commander led several thousand subordinates in a charge. After fighting through blood and finally breaking out of the encirclement, they braced themselves to face a new wave of obstruction, but when they swept their gazes forward, they were all stunned.

It was empty, as if this place had been forgotten by the entire world.

???!

!

A string of punctuation marks appeared over everyone's heads; where were the people?

Given the scale of the attackers just now, it would have been easy to surround the entire Blade Demon City airtight; how could there be a missing corner?

Could it be...

"Surround on three sides, leave one open?"

The Blade Demon Clan Commander suddenly wore an expression of sudden realization and ordered the crowd behind him:

"Be careful, this might be a trap set by the Da Qian world!"

"Yes."

Although he had "deduced" the opponent's intention, the Blade Demon Clan Commander had no other choice.

Returning the way they came meant certain death; changing routes meant a slim chance of survival.

"You lot, go ahead and scout the path; I will protect you from the rear."

The Blade Demon Clan Commander pointed randomly at a few subordinates and said in a tone that brooked no refusal.

"Yes."

The few unlucky ones could not help but show bitter expressions. They had no right to refuse, so they could only respectfully agree, then walk to the front of the formation and cautiously scout ahead.

"Follow."

At the Blade Demon Clan Commander's order, the main force trailed several thousand feet behind the scouts, carefully following the route the latter had taken.

They traveled like this for nearly a quarter of an hour, and the towering Blade Demon City behind them had already shrunk in their line of sight, yet everyone remained safe and sound.

"Are there no ambushes?"

Such an abnormal situation left the Blade Demon Clan Commander confused, his thick brows furrowed tightly.

At this moment, a burst of intense battle cries came from behind, causing everyone's hearts to tighten and the formation to stir.

"Speed up."

The threat of death caused the Blade Demon Clan Commander to gradually lose the patience to think, and he urged his subordinates in front.

What puzzled and angered the Blade Demon Clan Commander was that after the order was given, the several figures in front did not move at all.

Disobeying orders?

The Blade Demon Clan Commander suddenly erupted with a formidable aura, the dense black Demonic Qi making his already ferocious face look even more terrifying.

"Do you want to resist..."

"Thump!"

In the Blade Demon Clan Commander's suspicious gaze, the figures in front collapsed in all directions, kicking up clouds of dust.

"Clang!"

Without needing the Blade Demon Clan Commander's order, everyone had already instinctively become alert to their surroundings, ready for battle.

"Who are you?"

Just as everyone was on high alert, an old man with a peaceful expression suddenly appeared in the Blade Demon Clan Commander's line of sight.

"This old man is an Elder of Langya Heavenly Palace," the old man said with a faint smile, spreading his hands casually.

Langya Heavenly Palace?

The Blade Demon Clan Commander was very unfamiliar with this name, but he could not care about anything else and only looked cautiously behind the old man.

Noticing the other's gaze, the old man smiled gently,

"Rest assured, Excellency, there is only this old man here."

"There is no ambush."

"No ambush?"

After a brief moment of doubt, the Blade Demon Clan Commander suddenly revealed a fierce murderous intent. His figure vanished instantly, and the blade wrapped in Demonic Qi slashed suddenly toward the old man's neck.

It was not that he acted rashly; the Blade Demon Clan Commander dared to do this because he had something to rely on.

Although he could not perceive the cultivation of this mysterious old man, he could be certain that the opponent's strength definitely could not reach the level of a Heavenly Sovereign; otherwise, after the two Demon Emperor lords, where would there be any chance for them to escape?

As long as the opponent was not a Heavenly Sovereign, he could retreat unscathed.

The Blade Demon Clan Commander secretly admired his own wit, and as the long blade was about to strike the old man's neck, this smugness reached its peak.

"Clang!"

Immediately, the Blade Demon Clan Commander watched in shock as the blade in his hand, which could almost instantly kill an average Great Perfection Earth Sovereign, was caught lightly by two fingers extended by the frail-looking old man; no matter how much force he used, it could not advance even an inch.

"What an unfriendly youngster."

Regarding the Blade Demon Clan Commander's sudden attack, the old man did not seem to care; instead, he smiled as if he were teaching his own disobedient junior.

Then, he flicked his finger.

The Blade Demon Clan Commander only felt a massive force surge into his indestructible blade, and then...

"Boom!"

Mixed with shattered blade fragments and blood sprayed from his mouth, the Blade Demon Clan Commander flew backward in a sorry state, his eyes filled with unerasable horror, before crashing heavily to the ground and having his head severed by a Spirit Power longsword.

"Since you dare to invade our Da Qian, you must be prepared to die on the spot!"

At this moment, the old man no longer held his previous benevolent image, his pupils filled with cold light staring directly at the trembling remnants of the Blade Demon Clan.

He raised his hand and pressed down fiercely toward the front, and a palm covering the sky and sun descended overhead.

The illusory giant hand dissipated without a trace, and along with it vanished those thousands of Blade Demon Clan remnants.

"Clap, clap, clap!"

"Elder Tai Yun's Thousand Illusion Realm is truly extraordinary."

Xiao Han, who had by now largely recovered, came to Tai Yun's side and clapped in admiration.

At this moment, Tai Yun was holding a mysterious mirror in his hands, and within the mirror were the figures of that group of Blade Demon Clan powerhouses.

In the outside world, the Blade Demon Clan powerhouses who had already lost their life force were strewn about in a heap.

The most impossible-to-guard-against aspect of the Thousand Illusion Realm is that its target is the Spirit Soul; by pulling the enemy's Spirit Soul into the Thousand Illusion Realm, the controller can command the wind and rain within it, and when one dies in the illusion, their physical body in the outside world will likewise perish.

Against those whose Spirit Soul cultivation is not strong and who are caught completely unprepared, it is almost a guaranteed kill.

"The Palace Master overpraises; this meager skill of mine, which can only be unleashed by relying on external objects, is far inferior to the Palace Master's."

Hearing Xiao Han's praise, Tai Yun said quite modestly.

He truly had no capital to be arrogant in front of Xiao Han; back then, Xiao Han had stood still, letting him activate the Thousand Illusion Realm, and despite using every trick in his arsenal, he had been unable to do a thing.

The gap between the two sides was simply despair-inducing.

"Resolved?"

At this time, the figure of the Imperial Ice suddenly appeared beside Xiao Han.

"Just about; the various battlefields are all wrapping up, and it should be finished by today."

Xiao Han looked up at the sky; there was one hour left until midnight.

"You few have quite decent strength."

The Imperial Ice glanced at Tai Yun, who was acting like a wooden post nearby, and spoke indifferently.

Outside of Tai Yun's battlefield, Yang Ling and the others on other battlefields also had their own gains.

And the Imperial Ice, who had an overview of the entire battlefield, naturally also witnessed the combat scenes of the several former Sect Masters.

The result surprised him somewhat; they were indeed worthy of being those capable of serving as heads of factions, at least in terms of strength there was no issue at all, as they conjured various Spirit Arrays with ease, and counting the treasures in their respective hands, they beat the group of Blade Demons until they were dizzy and disoriented, dying without ever understanding where their opponents were.

"Many thanks, Supreme Elder."

Tai Yun still maintained that look of being flattered.

While waiting for news from the other battlefields, the Jade Pendant at Xiao Han's waist suddenly flashed a few times, and after closing his eyes to sense it, his expression immediately darkened.

"Something has happened."