Chapter 1730: The Nine Sin Demon Kings

Thick, viscous malice filled the air, blanketing half of Outer Shenzhou with unprecedented density.

The defensive line formed by the Allied Forces of Outer Shenzhou across the vast Star Fall Great Plain met the charge of the Dark World's army at this very moment. In an instant, countless earth-shattering energy attacks poured forth, and one after another, carefully arranged strange arrays unleashed devastating power, ceaselessly wiping out the alien horde of the Dark World.

Looking down from high above across this territory of several million miles, one could see massive chasms spreading across the land like glaring wounds, with no telling how many mountains and rivers had been razed flat.

Under this nearly world-ending war, even King-realm experts appeared utterly insignificant.

The entire Outer Shenzhou trembled and rumbled at this moment.

Qi Huang, Jiang Jiang Qinge, Wang Xuanjin, Zhen Linshuang, and the Golden-Winged Elder all stared with solemn, wary gazes toward the depths of the malice origin that blanketed half of Outer Shenzhou. From within, nine demonic shadows strode forth; wherever they passed, the stars dimmed, as if bringing true oblivion.

However, as those nine demonic shadows approached the Star Fall Great Plain's defensive line, the vast malice origin surging around them began to contract, and the enormous demonic shadows shrank as well.

After a brief moment, the demonic shadows vanished, scattering in all directions, but a single figure appeared in the void outside the Star Fall Great Plain's defensive line.

Qi Huang stared at that figure, his expression growing ever more solemn, and slowly said, "Killing Sin, Death Sin, Hunger Sin, Madness Sin, Illusion Sin, Resentment Sin, Fear Sin, Miasma Sin, Greed Sin, plus the sealed Bliss Sin—these are the Ten Sin Demon Kings."

"And the foremost among the Ten Sins is Killing Sin."

In the sky stood a youth in white robes. The youth had a delicate appearance, with a gentle smile at the corner of his lips—except his pupils were filled with a blood-red color.

Terrifying, unparalleled killing-intent malice surged out from within him like a flood, flooding the world.

That killing-intent malice was so overwhelming that even ordinary King-realm experts, once tainted, would be corroded and ultimately reduced to monsters that knew only slaughter.

The Killing Sin Demon King!

This was the strongest existence beneath the Great Demon Kings of the Dark World!

"Light King Qi Huang—I've heard of your great name for a long time." The white-robed youth's lips curved in a smile, his gentle voice echoing throughout the heavens and earth.

Qi Huang's expression remained calm, but he had no intention of engaging the other in conversation. The Killing Sin Demon King before him appeared to share a human form, but beneath that shell lurked a monster that spread slaughter.

Moreover, there was not the slightest room for compromise between the two sides. Given that, why waste words?

If they wanted to enter the Star Fall Great Plain and seize the "Withering-Flourishing Fruit," they would have to slaughter the Allied Forces of the various Outer Shenzhou first.

Qi Huang extended his palm, and vast light gathered, transforming into a Divine Light Bell. At this moment, the great bell erupted with sacred, resonant sound waves that swept mightily across the heavens and earth, dispelling the oppressive force brought by the nine Sin Demon Kings.

"Why must you resist, sir? With the foundations of your ten Outer Shenzhou, you are no match for our Dark World. So why not bind yourselves and kneel to accept surrender? Our Dark World will not exterminate you—we will merely pen you up to provide us with an endless supply of negative emotions." The Killing Sin Demon King paid no heed to Qi Huang's coldness and continued with a gentle smile.

Boom!

Yet what answered it was the sudden rise of one protective strange array after another from the several-million-mile defensive line of the Star Fall Great Plain.

These sect-protecting great arrays, built at great cost by the various major powers, were now exquisitely linked together. Stars, sun, moon, mountains, and rivers were all reflected into the defensive line at this moment.

Like an unimaginable barrier, it stretched across the Star Fall Great Plain.

"This is the Ten Shenzhou Heaven-Earth Barrier."

Qi Huang murmured. This Heaven-Earth Barrier had been deduced by Li Li Tianwang of the Academy Alliance; once forged, it possessed an unbreakable defense.

Before this barrier, even if the Dark World poured out in full force, destroying it would still require a terrible price.

"Foolish creatures, stubbornly obstinate."

The Killing Sin Demon King shook its head with some helplessness, then waved its hand. Cracks tore open in the void one after another, and the next moment, alien Kings surged forth like a tide, blotting out the sky as they charged toward the defensive line.

The Allied Forces of Outer Shenzhou were not to be outdone. Immediately, numerous King-realm experts howled toward the heavens, and one King Crown after another manifested, drawing in the energy of heaven and earth, transforming it into rolling origin power.

Then they met the charge!

A battle of Kings, spectacular beyond compare, erupted across this million-mile territory in an instant.

Qi Huang's gaze swept across the million-mile region. He could sense eight terrifying sources of malice origin approaching the "Ten Shenzhou Heaven-Earth Barrier," and the paths they took were precisely the critical points of the barrier's defensive line.

Those were the other eight Sin Demon Kings—they intended to take action personally to dismantle the defensive line laid by the Allied Forces of Outer Shenzhou.

"The Golden Dragon Mountain arrived a bit late. I hope none of you take offense."

At this moment, the void ahead shattered, and a flood of silver-frost sword light pierced through. The next moment, led by Lü Taiyi, the forces of Golden Dragon Mountain descended through the sky.

Jiang Jiang Qinge's gaze swept toward the Golden Dragon Mountain forces, pausing briefly on Lü Taiyi, then shifting backward, where she caught sight of a beautiful girl radiating an aura of extreme cold.

Lü Qing'er.

From the other girl's body, Jiang Jiang Qinge could sense that biting, frost-like sharpness, while the fluctuations of her emotions were so faint they had nearly vanished entirely.

"Has the Sacred Ice Seed evolved into a Primordial Seed?" Jiang Jiang Qinge murmured softly to herself.

Sensing Jiang Jiang Qinge's gaze, Lü Qing'er also slightly raised her head. Her Binghu-like eyes met Jiang Jiang Qinge's in a quiet stare, then indifferently shifted away.

"Elder Lü, we've been expecting you."

Seeing Lü Taiyi, Qi Huang gave a slight bow, then said with a somewhat complicated expression, "If it weren't a critical moment, the trump card of Golden Dragon Mountain wouldn't necessarily need to be activated."

Lü Taiyi chuckled upon hearing this and said, "No need to worry. This old man has his own plans."

Qi Huang nodded silently and said no more. Cupping his hands toward everyone, he said, "Then please, everyone, take action."

The moment his words fell, Wang Xuanjin, Jiang Jiang Qinge, Zhen Linshuang, the Golden-Winged Elder, and Lü Taiyi all nodded, then their figures vanished into thin air.

After they departed, Qi Huang looked up toward the Killing Sin Demon King beyond the defensive line and took a single step forward. That step directly crossed a million miles, pierced through the Ten Shenzhou Heaven-Earth Barrier, and appeared in the void.

Before him, a reeking, towering blood sea churned. Within the blood sea, mountains forged of white bone rose and fell, and the Killing Sin Demon King stood atop the peak, watching him with a gentle smile.

"Qi Huang, today you shall die within the blood sea."

The Killing Sin Demon King spoke those cursed words gently.

Yet what answered it was a great sun of light that suddenly surged forth—radiant, dazzling holy light that tore open the heavens and shone upon every corner of Outer Shenzhou.