Chapter 117

Storm clouds gather!

This is the feeling of almost everyone on the Emperor Pass Ancient Road.

Will Wu Shi from the Burial Emperor Star fight against the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation, who are powerful to the point of being unrivaled?

Even if he is that strong, it is still difficult to simultaneously oppose eight experts of the same cultivation level.

The Kunpeng Quasi-Emperor is already a precedent; even though he bore an Immortal Domain bloodline and the Kunpeng Contending with Heaven Art's attack power was claimed to be peerless, he still coughed blood in the starry sky and nearly perished.

However.

The showdown people anticipated has not yet occurred, yet another powerhouse has appeared.

Emperor Pass Tenth City.

The Ancient Demon True Body engaged in a blood battle with the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation!

In fact.

Anyone able to reach the Emperor Pass Tenth City is no weakling, no matter which one.

And the Ancient Demon True Body is even more so the most outstanding among them.

All enemies he encountered along the way were pushed back horizontally by him; once the Ancient Demon Dharma Aspect manifested, even Quasi-Emperor level fierce beasts of the same level were suppressed.

And after learning the outcome of the Kunpeng Quasi-Emperor's battle with the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation, he went into seclusion for a period of time, bringing his Ancient Demon True Body to the perfected realm.

Only then did he finally set foot in the Tenth City.

It was right here that he encountered the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation.

This might be a deliberate arrangement by one side.

Or perhaps it is merely coincidence; the Emperor Road has already reached this step, they would meet sooner or later, it is only a matter of time.

A great battle thus erupted in the Star Sky Battlefield outside the city.

This battle was extremely fierce; the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation all arrived, secret treasures emerged together, various forbidden divine abilities were unleashed like stars filling the sky, the strongest Quasi-Emperor level laws surged.

And the Ancient Demon True Body also unleashed his limit.

He unfolded the perfected Dharma Aspect True Body, which was a six-zhang Ancient Demon Dharma Body.

His whole body was dark gold, like a Hong Huang giant demon, ferocious and terrifying, yet also hard and undying like Immortal Gold.

No matter how the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation's Quasi-Emperor weapons ambushed and killed together, they only left a few traces on his Dharma Body with clanging sounds.

This is a terrifying Dharma Body; to a certain extent, it has already faintly approached the Imperial Body.

Of course, the distance to a truly flawless Great Emperor Body is certainly still extremely vast, but it already has that trace of implication.

And in this kind of Quasi-Emperor level clashing, this is already a crushing on a certain dimensional level.

This is also the Ancient Demon True Body's greatest reliance for daring to oppose all powerful enemies!

With his Supreme Treasure Body he killed in all directions, at one point striking several of the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation until they coughed blood heavily and suffered broken arms, seizing the upper hand.

This scene left all who watched feeling shaken.

Has such an existence finally emerged, one who can violently beat the arrogant and domineering Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation?

However.

Among the onlookers, there were also those with sharp eyes who had long seen the hidden chance for reversal within the battle opportunity!

Because the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation have roamed the Star Universe for so many years, they are naturally not mediocre people.

The other seven attacked with all their might regardless of cost, while among them Lao Er used the Source Heaven Divine Ability to set up a Peerless Source Array in the battlefield.

This is a Slaying God Great Array laid with the Dead Realm Heart as its core material, specifically designed to restrain peerless experts like the Ancient Demon True Body who possess Body Invincible!

Obviously.

The eight of them were likewise prepared early; their first move was a killing move that counters their opponent!

The Ancient Demon True Body is not that kind of reckless battle maniac.

On the contrary, he is knowledgeable and experienced; with one glance he saw through the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation's plan.

Once this great array is completed, under their eight people's joint control, there will be nearly endless Primordial Spirit annihilation light attacking.

No matter how Body Invincible you are, once the Soul is destroyed, you will only Turn to Ashes!

At this moment, the Ancient Demon True Body's heart gave rise to great alarm!

He himself was fully prepared, but the opponent was prepared even more perfectly.

He used his physical body to forcibly take several Quasi-Emperor weapons attacking from behind, then advanced without hesitation, intending to first kill Lao Er of the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation who was setting up the array.

Tsk tsk!

Accompanied by two terrifying sounds of weapons entering flesh, his back was embedded with two weapons, looking deep enough to reveal bone.

But he also broke through the encirclement, and was about to shatter Lao Er's Immortal Platform with one punch!

But at the critical moment.

Lao Ba of the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation flew forward, using his own body to block this fatal blow for his second brother.

This is a harmless-looking refined young man.

Normally, his face always hangs with a gentle smile; among the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation famous for ferocity, he also appears different, even out of place.

However, his relationship with his seven elder brothers is extremely good, and many external matters are also handled by him.

Perhaps this is also the division of labor among the eight of them; there always needs to be someone to handle external contact.

And Lao Ba might be naturally more gentle, so he undertook this role.

Who could think that at this kind of moment, he would actually disregard his own life and death, sacrificing himself to save his second brother.

No wonder this Lao Ba could earn the goodwill of his seven cruel and iron-blooded elder brothers.

The onlookers seeing this scene have already understood clearly.

Puchi!

Lao Ba was shocked by the Ancient Demon True Body until his body flew horizontally, fresh blood coughed out desperately, even his body split into four and cracked five ways, obviously suffering heavy injuries in an instant.

But his desperate block bought the God-Slaying Great Array its complete perfection, seizing the critical moment.

"Hum!"

With a strange Dao Sound slicing through Taiyu, some profound and terrifying Qi mechanism spread, surging across this Star Sky Battlefield.

Hiss hiss hiss!

One after another invisible, imperceptible God-Slaying Light surged from all directions, locking onto the Ancient Demon True Body!

There actually exists such a Great Array?!

At this moment, the Ancient Demon True Body's pupils instantly contracted!

Though his flesh body was invincibly powerful, at this time it could no longer play any role.

The opponent fundamentally would not trade flesh with you, but instead attacked and killed you from another angle.

"Roar..."

Perceiving peerless danger, he roared loudly, disregarding everything to charge out of the Great Array's range; otherwise his Primordial Spirit would be shattered, and he would die on the spot.

He was the strongest Heaven's Pride to emerge from his own lineage in hundreds of thousands of years, carrying the Dao-proving hope of his entire Sect, and even the entire Xing Chen and Star Domain!

In this life, he had not yet proved the Dao to become Emperor; he should not fall just like this.

However.

"Get back!"

With the cold, unified shout of the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation and several others, they unleashed their combined attack power, forcibly driving back the Ancient Demon True Body, returning him once more to the center of that Great Array.

This is a conspiracy!

An ambush targeting the Ancient Demon True Body, having beforehand seen through his vital point, seeking out the rare divine material Dead Realm Heart.

"Ah..."

At the center of the Great Array, the Ancient Demon True Body broke out in cold sweat; his jawbone was pierced through, and even his Immortal Platform was injured.

At this moment, great fear arose in his heart!

He had once roamed invincibly, once soared through the heavens, carrying the hopes of his kin, master, and lover, to enjoy a lifetime of Emperor Dao glory, and even become an Immortal!

But now, with this blood-red thickness, it seemed it would turn into Pa Ying!

In a daze, he felt the final Dao Heart of those two Quasi-Emperor-level Fierce Beasts he had slain in the past.

And he was unwilling, roaring, struggling...

However, all of this was of no avail.

The Great Array was complete, and under the control of six Quasi-Emperors not much weaker than him, they would not rest until they completely slew him.

Finally.

With a desperate cry, the Ancient Demon True Body's Immortal Platform was struck by several Primordial Spirit Lights and completely self-destructed.

Only a dark-gold supreme Demon Body remained, drifting in the Xing Kong, taken by Lao Da of the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation into his treasure vase.

This battle was world-shocking.

Not only did it shake the entire Emperor Pass Ancient Road, but it spread throughout the Universe, causing people everywhere to feel Shock Tremble!

The Ancient Demon True Body, regarded as having hope of proving the Dao, was alive and wiped out by the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation in the Xing Kong!

He screamed, again and again forcibly drawing essence blood to oppose, but ultimately it was of no avail.

Finally, he was slowly pierced through and his Primordial Spirit refined by the fluctuations of the myriad Dao invisible array patterns.

The mutilated body, the damaged skull, and that unwilling and miserable roar made everyone who saw this scene feel Gall Bladder Cold.

Between life and death, there is great terror.

And especially seeing such a powerful Quasi-Emperor, just like that being jointly refined and killed, with such a miserable death state, and the process lasting a very long time.

Rabbit Dies Fox Grieves, things injure their kind.

Moreover, the Ancient Demon True Body was not weak; he was a powerful Quasi-Emperor far surpassing many cultivators.

Such an existence fell under the Surround and Kill of the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation; who else could resist them?

People couldn't help but worry for Wu Shi.

Such a White Clothes Holy Body, lofty like a deity, naturally had a Dust-free freshness and confidence, Divine Aura extremely.

If he also suffered the same fate as the Ancient Demon True Body, it couldn't help but make people sigh in their hearts.

And if Wu Shi also lost, then on this life's Emperor Road, it was highly likely no one could stop the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation and such people.

In that case, perhaps from among them, a Current Era Great Emperor would truly appear.

And letting such people who Qian Qu Hao Duo and arbitrarily oppress others to seek profit prove the Dao and become Emperor, who knows how many people would be unconvinced in their hearts.

But strength was placed there; what if unconvinced?

There had already been a precedent: a young supreme expert offended Lao Si of the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation, and as a result his entire Sect was exterminated, and even the planet of his origin suffered calamity.

Unknown from when.

Along the entire Emperor Pass Ancient Road, a sentence spread.

"That Wu Shi from Burial Emperor Star is afraid, will withdraw, and will never dare to set foot in the remaining Di Guan Cheng Chi again."

No one knew where the source of this rumor came from.

Some said it was sent out by the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation, wanting thereby to force Wu Shi to appear.

One had to say, this might be an effective open conspiracy.

Emperor Road Contenders, without exception, all harbored invincible Dao Hearts.

But if because they saw the Ferocity of the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation, they dared not set foot in the Emperor Pass ahead, it would inevitably become a lifelong regret, leaving a hard-to-wash-away shameful stain, making it hard for the Dao Heart not to be damaged.

Some also rebutted: knowing they couldn't win, yet still forcing themselves—wasn't that just sending themselves to death?

It would be better to take a roundabout approach and find a way to divide and conquer them!

However.

But a truly experienced strongman sighed, saying that while a roundabout approach is possible, it could also give birth to inner demons, because you indeed felt fear and thus made such a choice.

For Heaven's Prides aspiring to the Emperor Road, such a choice could similarly lead to harm.

Unless one is like the Great Emperor of Ancient Chaos, who achieved a Magic Fetus through a hundred defeats.

Since time immemorial, who else could be like the Ancient Chaos?

Such success cannot be replicated.

For a time, the entire Emperor Pass Ancient Road was filled with wind and rain, permeated by a turbulent and mysterious atmosphere.

Many worried that Wu Shi had truly appeared, but then the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation seized the opportunity and joined forces to obliterate him.

Yet they also worried that Wu Shi truly dared not show himself, vanishing from this generation's Emperor Road, a result that left some regret.

However.

As the focus of various atmospheres, Wu Shi himself paid not the slightest attention.

On this day.

He appeared as usual at Di Guan Di San Cheng, calm and composed, as if he had not taken the deadly threat transmitted by the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation to heart at all.

This majestic ancient city was like a blood-colored mountain ridge, spanning across the Yu Zhou Xing Kong.

This blood color was both its true color and a manifestation of a certain desperate aura.

Because the city walls were dyed red by the blood of true strongmen, and to this day have not faded!

This is the Emperor Pass; since ancient times, who knows how many Heaven's Prides have shed their blood here, carrying a murderous aura.

Even, there is the aura of an ancient Great Emperor!

This is surprising, even causing Wu Shi's eyes to slightly narrow.

That was the blood spilled when young Great Emperors contended here in the past, suffering heavy injuries; later, when some became Dao, Heaven and Earth injected certain rules into the blood that surged from them in their youth, imprinting it on the city walls, indestructible to this day.

This also made the Emperor Pass even more firm, enduring for eternity; even clashes at the Quasi-Emperor Level have never caused it to collapse.

Not just one kind of Emperor Blood; this is a terrifying scene, the more one observes and contemplates it, the more awe-inspiring it becomes.

"Boom—rumble—rumble!"

Iron hooves shook the Xing Kong, like a surging torrent of steel; that iron-blooded, cruel killing aura instantly surged through the vast Star Universe.

There were exactly eight fierce beasts, covered in iron armor, with cold metallic luster, all ancient rare species.

And the Knights atop them were even more hideous and overbearing, all wearing evil ghost masks, their auras awe-inspiring.

Each emitted a surging thirst-for-blood aura; this was not deliberate, but since they began their path, they could be said to have corpses piled up to a million beneath their feet!

The Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation!

For a time, the entire Di Guan Di San Cheng fell silent.

At the city gate, people made way for the passage one after another, all holding their breath, fearing that a single carelessness would bring them a fatal disaster.

"Wu Shi?"

The Lao Da among the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation stopped his steps, his gloomy eyes fixed on the white-clothed man on the tall building ahead.

"Surely this kind of body constitution..."

He muttered to himself, so low it was almost inaudible, while his eyes revealed an extremely eager expression, as if he wanted to swallow Wu Shi whole into his body.

In fact.

The eight of them coming to the Star Sky Ancient Road and frequently engaging in decisive battles was by no means a baseless act.

No one is so full as to deliberately go looking for trouble.

Besides conquering the Star Sky Ancient Road, tempering themselves in this blood and fire, and comprehending the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, the Lao Da among the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation had another purpose.

Over these years, he has swallowed many Heaven's Prides along the way, reaching the present, and has already encountered an insurmountable bottleneck.

Even not long ago, after swallowing the true body of the Ancient Demon, it only slightly loosened this shackle.

However, upon seeing Wu Shi, this person understood that he had finally waited for this moment.

As long as he swallows Wu Shi, this Innate Holy Body Dao Embryo, he will surely make great progress on the path of transformation, and even proving the Dao is not without hope.

From a distance of several thousand zhang, Wu Shi's gaze swept over, instantly sensing that eager gaze of the Lao Da of the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation, as if wanting to devour him.

This is a certain Strongest Spiritual Awareness, and also a concrete manifestation of Wu Shi's divinity!

At this moment.

Both knew that since they had met on the Emperor Pass Ancient Road, it must be a fight to the death.

"Battle Outside Domain?"

The Lao Da of the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation spoke, his voice like two iron plates rubbing against each other, clanging and ringing, deep and piercing to the ear.

(Chapter End)