Chapter 330: Daoist Lord

And the five Guardians of the Zhutian Wanjie, the moment they sensed the aura of the nine ominous sovereigns, their faces suddenly changed dramatically, their eyes instantly filled with boundless gravity and horror, and even… a faint… thread of despair emerged!

"Ominous… Sovereign?!"

"How… how could this be possible?! How could such a being… infiltrate here?!"

"It's over… this is the Ominous Faction's long‑planned killing move!"

They finally understood why that ominous great power had always been so unafraid.

It turned out the opponent's true trump card was not the five of them, but this ominous sovereign capable of blotting out the sun and moon and causing the Zhutian to fall!

With its terrifying power, it could, in a short time, annihilate the five of them together with all the young Heavenly Pride below!

Call for support?

In such a brief span, against such a terrifying foe, there was simply no time!

"Ants… despair… fall…"

"This is your… only and destined fate…"

The ominous great powers again emitted a bone‑chilling mockery, as if they had already foreseen the final victory.

However, at this truly desperate moment, just as everyone thought the outcome was sealed—

"Hmph!"

A cold snort, like a sudden thunderclap, exploded across the entire time‑space battlefield!

That snort did not come from any side of the battlefield; it originated from an extremely remote, almost unnoticed corner of the time‑space battlefield… within a seemingly ordinary yet profoundly mysterious deep Dongfu.

Inside the Dongfu, an ancient, unadorned elder who had been seated for an unfathomable span, his whole being seemingly coated with dust of ages, slowly opened his eyes that had been closed for ten thousand years.

His eyes emitted no radiant light, only the calm of one who sees the cycles of the world, a faint displeasure forced awake, and… a hint of knowing that it indeed was so.

He muttered to himself, his voice hoarse and ancient:

"Indeed…"

"The Daoist Lord commanded this old man to sit here and guard… indeed there is deeper meaning…"

"It seems… the elder… had long foreseen today's situation…"

"Ominous… truly… a lingering specter…"

He continued muttering as he slowly rose to his feet.

With his movement, the time‑dust covering him fluttered down, and a vast aura—subtle yet making the surrounding Dongfu's space tremble with unparalleled stability—began to awaken, like the Ancient Divine Mountain gradually being unsealed.

"Dare not imagine… if this step fails… how great the loss would be…"

"These are… seedlings that have gathered the qi‑fortune of several epochs… astonishingly brilliant…"

As his words fell, his form vanished like a phantom within the Dongfu.

In the next instant, as the nine ominous sovereigns exerted their peak pressure, the five Guardians fell into despair, and countless young Heavenly Pride turned ashen…

The Void at the battlefield's center rippled gently like water.

The unadorned elder who had just emerged from the Dongfu now stood there silently, perfectly confronting the boundless terrifying nine ominous sovereigns!

He was slightly stooped, with an ordinary face, clad in the simplest gray cloth robe, like a rustic farmer.

Yet when he stood there, confronting the towering, demonic nine ominous sovereigns, an invisible aura of deep stillness and rock‑solid steadiness radiated from him, subtly countering the sovereigns' oppressive pressure.

"It is… Lord Huangfu Bo!!"

The oldest Guardian was the first to recognize the newcomer, his voice trembling with excitement, and hope's flame reignited in his eyes!

"A supreme great‑power under a supreme Daoist Lord of the Great Thousand Divine Universe… once one of the Daoist Lord's envoys! Position of unparalleled honor! Power unfathomable!"

"So… the Great Thousand Divine Universe had deeper arrangements all along! They even dispatched an existence like Lord Huangfu to guard in secret!"

"We… have the honor to meet Lord Huangfu!!"

The five Guardians, as if finding their keystone, hurriedly paid respectful bows, their voices filled with excitement and reverence.

"Excellent! With Lord Huangfu here, we… are saved!" The other Guardians also felt their spirits surge.

The young Heavenly Pride below, though unaware of the elder's exact background, saw the five mighty Guardians treat him with such respect, calling him "Lord," and their hope rekindled; they instantly realized this must be a peerless existence beyond even the Guardians' level! In the dire situation, dawn returned!

The unadorned elder known as Huangfu Bo first swept his gaze slowly over the frightened yet still sharp‑eyed young faces below, lingering a moment on Ye Wuque, Feng Caichen, and Yao, where his weathered eyes subtly flashed with admiration and awe.

Then his gaze returned to the nine ominous sovereigns opposite, radiating endless evil and destruction; within his calm eyes a razor‑sharp chill and murderous intent froze like ten‑thousand‑year ice, suddenly solidifying!

"Hmph…"

He spoke slowly, his voice low yet bearing the weight and majesty of ages, resonating clearly in every creature's heart:

"Indeed… such a grand stroke…"

"Ominous scum… truly… a lingering specter…"

"You almost succeeded…"

The nine ominous sovereigns' nine heads turned slowly, their eighteen icy eyes simultaneously focusing on the suddenly appeared Huangfu Bo, seeming to sense an unusual pressure.

Yet it showed no fear, instead emitting a nine‑fold mixed, mocking and destructive sound:

"Oh? Finally… a… somewhat capable ant…"

"The Great Thousand Divine Universe's… Daoist Lord's Envoy?"

"I shall see… you so‑called envoy… how much strength you possess?"

The moment the words fell—

"Boom—!!!"

Without any warning, the Void between the nine ominous sovereigns and Huangfu Bo suddenly collapsed completely!

A peak showdown concerning the life and death of every being on the time‑space battlefield, and the fate of the ominous plot, erupted in an instant!

Its terrifying might and the vast aftershocks far surpassed the sum of all previous battles!

The entire shattered time‑space battlefield seemed to emit a strained lament under the clash of these two supreme forces!

The nine ominous sovereigns and Huangfu Bo suddenly struck together!