Chapter 428: A Single Battle Decides the Fate of the Realm

Without waiting for Shuxiang to answer, the Water Protector spoke directly:

"Demon Venerable, when we were seizing Nuwa's Daughter at Yuehe City ahead, we ran into Duan Fengyun and Yuwen Tuo.

We do not know where they might have gone now!"

Chen Jingchou said thoughtfully:

"Xiaoxue!

Then according to what you say, shouldn't Duan Fengyun and the others have gathered all the Five Ancient Divine Artifacts!"

After Chen Jingchou finished muttering, he looked at Shuxiang again and said:

"Shuxiang, where will Duan Fengyun and the others go after gathering the Five Divine Artifacts?"

Shuxiang replied:

"Demon Venerable, after Duan Fengyun and the others gather the Five Divine Artifacts, they will certainly go to seal the Scar of the Sky again.

And the place closest to the Scar of the Sky is none other than the Tongtian Tower at Xitian Juefeng.

I think they are already on their way to Tongtian Tower at this moment!

Demon Venerable, we must hurry; once they activate the Lost Array, all our plans will come to nothing."

Chen Jingchou nodded; he was rapidly flipping through the Demon Lord's memories.

After devouring the Demon Lord, Chen Jingchou also possessed the memories from the Demon Lord, and he was recalling the Lost Array.

Chen Jingchou did not believe that the Demon Lord had previously tried every possible way to obtain the Five Divine Artifacts just to stop the Lost Array; if it were only to unilaterally stop the Lost Array, one would only need to take away one divine artifact, and there would be no need to get all five.

Chen Jingchou flipped through for a long time without finding any records regarding the Lost Array, but he did find records of another great array composed of the Five Divine Artifacts: the Nine-Five Array.

Chen Jingchou spoke:

"Shuxiang, I ask you.

Besides being able to activate the Lost Array, can the Five Ancient Divine Artifacts also activate the Nine-Five Array!"

Shuxiang nodded and said:

"That is correct, Demon Venerable.

Besides the Lost Array, the Five Ancient Divine Artifacts have another configuration, which is the Nine-Five Array.

Once the Nine-Five Array is activated, our Demon Realm will be completely unsealed from the Scar of the Sky and arrive in the Human Realm.

This is also the reason why the old Demon Lord had been trying every possible way to find the Five Divine Artifacts."

Chen Jingchou laughed loudly:

"Good, today let me show Duan Fengyun and the others whether it is they who activate the Lost Array, or we who activate the Nine-Five Array.

Everyone get ready, we are heading to the Xitian Juefeng Tongtian Tower immediately.

This time, I will make Duan Fengyun and Yuwen Tuo both die by my hands!"

"Yes, Demon Venerable!"

The Gold Protector, the Water Protector, the Eight Great Heavenly Kings, and others all shouted.

Chen Jingchou sensed the location of the Xitian Juefeng Tongtian Tower, then closed his eyes, and black mist slowly rose around the group; when the black mist dissipated and Chen Jingchou opened his eyes again, they had already arrived at the Xitian Juefeng Tongtian Tower.

At this time, Duan Fengyun and Guyue Xianren, who had been traveling at full speed, had not yet arrived at the Xitian Juefeng Tongtian Tower; Chen Jingchou looked around and said:

"Each of you find a place to hide; we will catch them off guard later."

"Yes!"

After Chen Jingchou gave the order, the Eight Great Heavenly Kings and the others immediately scattered and found places to hide.

Chen Jingchou looked at a large open space outside the Tongtian Tower and laughed loudly:

"Duan Fengyun, Yuwen Tuo, today this place shall be your grave."

Chen Jingchou sensed that someone was rushing here at high speed, and he transformed directly into a wisp of black smoke and disappeared from where he stood.

The arrivals were Guyue Xianren, Ran Weng, the Queen of the Diren Tribe, and Duan Fengyun and Yuwen Tuo's third brother, the ancient giant beast Juhai, who had arrived one step ahead of Duan Fengyun, Yuwen Tuo, and Yu Xiaoxue.

Juhai looked at the empty space and said: "Big Brother and Second Brother actually haven't arrived yet.

This speed is truly too slow."

"Third Brother, one gets their tongue pulled out for gossiping about their elder brothers behind their backs, you know."

Duan Fengyun's voice rang in the ears of the four.

Then, a massive Xuanyuan Sword descended, and standing on the sword were none other than Duan Fengyun, Yuwen Tuo, and Yu Xiaoxue.

If it were only Duan Fengyun and Yuwen Tuo, they could have just used their Divine Fire Clone to rush over.

But because Yu Xiaoxue was with them, Duan Fengyun and Yuwen Tuo could not use the Divine Fire Clone, and out of consideration for Yu Xiaoxue, Duan Fengyun even deliberately controlled the speed of his Sword Flight.

Juhai looked at the suddenly arriving Duan Fengyun and Yuwen Tuo and shouted:

"Big Brother, Second Brother, you finally arrived.

I said the wrong thing just now, I apologize to you."

Duan Fengyun walked in front of Juhai, gave him a flick on the forehead, and said:

"Alright, it's nothing!"

Juhai touched the bump that had sprouted up and said with a wronged expression:

"You call this nothing!"

In fact, it was nothing; Duan Fengyun had not used force, and Juhai had not defended himself; both were just using the most basic means to joke around.

Duan Fengyun, Yuwen Tuo, and Yu Xiaoxue walked up to Guyue Xianren and the other two:

"Two Immortals, Queen, we have now gathered the Five Ancient Divine Artifacts; can we begin to activate the Lost Array?"

Guyue nodded and said:

"That is correct, now that the Five Ancient Divine Artifacts have been gathered, it is time for us to activate the Lost Array.

Duan Fengyun, after we activate the Lost Array later, the remaining heavy responsibility will be left to you."

It is time for you, this Earth Emperor, to fulfill your mission."

Duan Fengyun laughed:

"I am duty-bound."

"Several thousand years ago, my master, the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, sealed the Demon Realm; today, I, his disciple, shall follow in my master's footsteps and seal the Demon Realm once again."

Just as the seven were preparing to walk into the Tongtian Tower, they were stopped by Duan Fengyun.

"Wait!"

Seeing Duan Fengyun suddenly stop them, the group looked at him in confusion, not knowing what medicine Duan Fengyun was selling in his gourd.

In truth, Duan Fengyun had simply discovered a problem: it was far too quiet here.

Given the Demon Venerable's personality, how could he sit idly by and watch Duan Fengyun and the others activate the Lost Array to seal their Demon Realm into the Scar of the Sky once more?

Duan Fengyun voiced his suspicions:

"Everyone, don't you find it strange?"

"The Demon Venerable is actually sitting idly by, watching us seal them into the Scar of the Sky again."

"I believe this is absolutely not the Demon Venerable's style; be careful, there may be a trap ahead!"

Hearing Duan Fengyun's words, the group suddenly realized.

That's right, all of this silence was far too abnormal.

Yuwen Tuo summoned the Xuanyuan Sword directly from the Void and then stood guard beside Xiaoxue.

Duan Fengyun slashed several beams of Golden Sword Qi toward the corners ahead, shouting as he attacked:

"Come out! Stop hiding and skulking about; I have already discovered you."

These few beams of Sword Qi from Duan Fengyun happened to strike exactly at the Eight Great Heavenly Kings and the others.

Seeing the Sword Qi attacking them and hearing Duan Fengyun's voice, the eight of them assumed they had been discovered by Duan Fengyun and his group, so they walked out from the shadows.

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Chen Jingchou, hiding in the shadows, cursed:

"Trash, they don't even know that Duan Fengyun was bluffing them; truly stupid."

"No wonder the Demon Venerable's previous plans could never succeed; it seems it is all because of you bunch of trash."

Chen Jingchou did not reveal himself, continuing to hide in the dark, waiting to deliver a fatal blow to Duan Fengyun, Yuwen Tuo, and the others.

After revealing themselves, the Eight Great Heavenly Kings said to Duan Fengyun:

"As expected of a personal disciple of the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, truly formidable."

Chen Jingchou had previously told everyone the appearances and identities of Duan Fengyun and his group, so although the Eight Great Heavenly Kings had never met Duan Fengyun, they still recognized him.

Seeing these eight unfamiliar faces, the pure Demon Energy radiating from their bodies indicated their respective identities to Duan Fengyun and the others.

Duan Fengyun spoke up:

"Who are you people from the Demon Realm?"

"Where is your Demon Venerable?"

"Why didn't he come, instead sending you eight lackeys?"

The Eight Great Heavenly Kings were not that foolish; the leader, the Great Heavenly King, spoke:

"We eight are the Eight Great Heavenly Kings of the Demon Realm."

"You lot are not worth the Demon Venerable taking action; the eight of us are enough."

Chen Jingchou, in the shadows, nodded; it was fortunate these eight fellows were not completely stupid, otherwise, he would not deal with Duan Fengyun and the others first—he would have to clean up his own house first.

Looking at these eight arrogant people, Juhai stepped forward and said:

"Big Brother, these eight fellows are so arrogant; let me deal with them."

Duan Fengyun nodded, and Juhai charged straight forward.

Seeing the adorable sea lion Juhai, the Eight Great Heavenly Kings laughed with joy; this little sea lion actually dared to challenge them—truly tired of living.

But very soon, they could no longer laugh.

Juhai transformed directly into his original form, taking on the appearance of a prehistoric beast.

Seeing the prehistoric beast before them, the Eight Great Heavenly Kings finally realized his identity.

"You are the prehistoric beast Juhai!"

The Eight Great Heavenly Kings had not expected that the adorable sea lion from before was actually the prehistoric beast Juhai in disguise.

The look of frustration on the faces of the Eight Great Heavenly Kings was unmistakable; they had thought they were dealing with a soft persimmon, but they had run into a hard nail instead.

However, as the Eight Great Heavenly Kings of the Demon Realm, they could not just admit defeat like this.

Otherwise, the Demon Venerable Chen Jingchou in the shadows would certainly not let them off.

The Eight Great Heavenly Kings each took out their own weapons; a saber, sword, spear, axe, halberd, lance, bow, and staff appeared in their hands.

Seeing the waves of baleful energy coming from the weapons in their hands, Yuwen Tuo knew that these eight were certainly no ordinary characters.

Yuwen Tuo drew the Xuanyuan Sword and shouted:

"Third Brother, let me assist you!"

Yuwen Tuo flew directly to the top of Juhai, looking down at the Eight Great Heavenly Kings and the others.

The Eight Great Heavenly Kings looked at the Xuanyuan Sword radiating terrifying Sword Qi above Juhai; naturally, the eight of them were incomparably familiar with this sword.

Several thousand years ago, it was this very sword that ruined their plans, causing them to be sealed for thousands of years.

Seeing this sword, the Eight Great Heavenly Kings were filled with rage; they wanted nothing more than to destroy this Xuanyuan Sword right now.

The Eight Great Heavenly Kings flew into the air, four attacking Juhai and four attacking Yuwen Tuo.

Although the strength of the eight was not as great as the previous Demon Realm Five Protectors, they were still quite tough, and for a short time, they were actually trading blows evenly with Yuwen Tuo and Juhai.

Duan Fengyun looked into the Tongtian Tower and shouted:

"Everyone else, come out.

Since this is the final decisive battle, stop hiding; let us of the Human Realm and you of the Demon Realm settle this once and for all.

Today shall determine whether the future master of the Human Realm will be your Demon Realm or our humanity.

Let us fight one battle to decide the fate of the world."