Chapter 329: Welcome Our King!

These five strange entities that suddenly descended from the depths of the time‑space battlefield, radiating an endless terrifying aura, are precisely the Ominous Great Beings that earlier, in that Ominous Origin land, zealously welcomed the birth of the nine Ominous Kings!

At this moment, they all moved together, no longer hidden behind the scenes, and their purpose is plainly revealed.

They intend to snuff out, within this time‑space battlefield, all the infinitely promising young prodigies from various epochs of the Zhutian Wanjie, especially the most dazzling among them, while they are still in the cradle, cutting off any future that might threaten the Ominous Faction.

The moment they appeared, a cold, Dead Silence, eerie aura full of erosion and corruption spread like a breached underworld river, rolling vast and mighty, instantly dropping the already chaotic battlefield's temperature and further warping the laws.

All the Heavenly Prides felt as if they were about to suffocate…

"Ahhh… how can such a being exist here?!"

This overwhelming pressure is too terrifying!

They cannot possibly cope with it!

Ye Wuque's expression also hardened to the extreme in an instant; it seems the Ominous Faction's erosion of this time‑space battlefield is more severe than he imagined!

"These are the true great beings of the Ominous Faction! The younger generation doesn't even have the qualification to contend!"

That is Ye Wuque's assessment!

And the five Ominous Great Beings, without any hesitation nor any declaration of war, their five pairs of gray eyes, filled with pure desire for destruction, instantly locked onto Ye Wuque, Feng Caichen, Yao—the three supreme prodigies who were cutting across the battlefield to eradicate the Ominous—and several other outstanding Heavenly Prides!

"Annihilate!"

A bizarre rhythm mixed with countless negative emotions rang out, and the five Ominous Great Beings struck simultaneously!

It was not aimed at any single individual, but a sweeping destructive strike!

A gigantic hand formed from endless gray mist, as if it could crush the Star River, bearing the scent of decay, slammed toward the area where Ye Wuque stood!

A bizarre cascade of gray light, like a falling gray Star River and imbued with the power to devour souls, enveloped the brilliant sword light that Feng Caichen slashed.

A gray domain that seemed able to assimilate all energy and matter, converting them into Ominous Nourishment, expanded rapidly, attempting to swallow Yao, who had achieved unity of heaven and man, together with the surrounding heavens and earth!

The other two attacks were like poisonous dragons that select their prey, each striking other elite Heavenly Prides who were bloodily battling in various squads!

A cataclysmic disaster descended suddenly!

The power of these five Ominous Great Beings far exceeds, by an incalculable multiple, the previous Bane Creatures that were comparable to the fourth calamity of the Immortal Tribulation; their attacks contain not only raw power but also a Dao-level erosion and contamination!

It is far beyond what Ye Wuque and his fellow young generation can directly contend with in a short time, even with talent and opportunity!

Countless young Heavenly Prides turned pale, feeling an unprecedented death threat, as if the next moment they would be devoured by the endless gray and despair.

However, at this critical moment—

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!"

The five relatively concealed, law‑stable zones of the time‑space battlefield simultaneously shook violently!

Although the five forces carried a hint of age‑worn decay, they were equally vast, mighty, and earth‑shattering in will, like a sleeping lion fully enraged, roaring awake!

Immediately after, five figures, as if teleporting, instantly crossed endless distances and converged above the battlefield's core!

These five figures, each different in form—some clad in simple Dao robes, some wearing tattered armor, some shrouded in hazy radiance—were all, without exception, old men.

Their faces were weathered, their gazes sharp as eagles, exuding a heavy pressure forged over countless ages and a resolute will to fight for protection!

They are the Guardians, commissioned by the higher echelons of the Zhutian Wanjie to secretly guard this crucial time‑space battlefield and prevent uncontrollable accidents…

"Hmph! Ominous scum! How dare you!!"

A roar as booming as a great bell shook the Void, coming from a towering old man with flaming red hair and bulging muscles; he brandished a hammer as massive as a mountain, his angry eyes wide open!

"Do you intend to kill the future hope of the Zhutian Wanjie? Have you even consulted our opinion?!"

Another slender, ethereal old man, with a celestial bearing and holding a dust‑sweeping staff, coldly shouted, his voice resonating with Dao thunder.

The five overwhelmingly powerful attacks were boldly launched from the five Guardians' hands, intercepting the five Ominous Great Beings' destructive assaults with pinpoint precision!

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom—!!!"

A series of earth‑shaking explosions rang out!

The Guardians' attacks collided violently with the Ominous Great Beings' offensive, unleashing an energy storm more terrifying than any previous battle!

Shattered stars were ground to dust, vast swaths of Void were instantly erased, revealing an even more chaotic Time‑Space Turbulence behind!

The five Guardians swayed slightly, yet firmly blocked the Ominous Great Beings' raid, providing the young Heavenly Prides below with a relatively safe sky!

"Got... saved?!"

"It's the Guardian! We have Guardians!"

The surviving young Heavenly Prides, after the calamity, gazed at the five old figures radiating vast aura in the sky, their hearts swelling with immense joy and gratitude.

However, faced with the Guardians' timely arrival, the five Ominous Great Beings' vague faces showed no surprise, but instead emitted a bizarre mental wave mixing mockery with coldness:

"Hehe... you five old undead things... 'Guardian'... so it really is you..."

"Lurking this long... finally... willing to come out?"

Clearly, the Ominous Faction had long planned for the time‑space battlefield; they anticipated that the Zhutian Wanjie would never leave such a crucial gathering of epochal Heavenly Prides undefended, and thus kept a contingency.

The existence of these five Guardians did not surprise them.

Being entrusted with such a heavy task, secretly guarding the time‑space battlefield, these five old men's cultivation was naturally astonishing, each a top‑tier great being who had lived for countless years with unfathomable strength!

At this moment, they and the five Ominous Great Beings exchanged no words and instantly plunged into an extremely brutal melee!

Dao Rule roared, divine abilities clashed, decay and the will of protection intertwined wildly in the Void, eroding each other!

The battle instantly reached a white‑hot climax, shaking heaven and earth, blotting out sun and moon!

However, although the five Guardians gave their all and temporarily held back the Ominous Great Beings' offensive, those five Bane Creatures remained with a cold, assured demeanor, even occasionally letting out chilling laughs amid the fierce clash.

"Futile struggle..."

"Useless effort..."

"The pitiful ants fated to fall in despair…"

They seem to be waiting for something.

Indeed!

Just as the battle seemed to be at a stalemate, in the next moment—

"Dong!"

A sound, as if it came from the core of the world—a thudding heartbeat to the extreme—suddenly, without warning, resonated in the deepest part of every creature's soul!

Immediately after, an ominous aura of infinite terror and horror, as if it gathered all the world's negativity and despair, rose like a slumbering apocalyptic Demon God fully opening its eyes, emerging from the deepest, most filthy source of the space-time battlefield, and instantly shrouded the entire battlefield!

In the face of this aura, the oppression previously brought by the five great ominous powers was merely like fireflies to a bright moon!

All beings engaged in fierce combat, catching breath, or healing—whether the young Heavenly Pride or the Guardian—froze in their actions, as a primal fear and despair born from life's instinct, like a cold venomous snake, instantly coiled around their hearts, nearly causing them to stop beating!

Within the Void, gray mist wildly converged and twisted; finally, a towering, terrifying silhouette bearing nine snarling heads slowly solidified, like a personified apocalypse, appearing at the very center of the battlefield!

It was that sovereign born from a strange egg—the Nine-Headed Ominous King!

Its eighteen eyes on the nine heads coldly swept across the battlefield; wherever its gaze fell, Space solidified, laws wailed, and all things seemed to head toward decay and end!

"King!"

"Welcome, my King!"

The five great ominous powers simultaneously emitted fervent yet reverent thought waves, causing attacks to pause for a moment.