Chapter 1846: Eternal Darkness of Blood and Soul (Part 2)

Following the direction of Long Bai's palm, Long Yi and Long San looked towards the Canglan Royal Palace, their gazes simultaneously narrowing.

They didn't need Long Bai's reminder; given the intensity of the battle, a slight shift of attention to it would reveal that something was amiss.

Long Yi and Long San immediately soared into the air. The two withered figures stirred up the winds and clouds of the entire world, and a terrifying might capable of destroying stars and shattering constellations remotely pressed down towards the Canglan Royal Palace.

The massive shift in the battlefield's airflow instantly drew everyone's attention. Chi Wuyao pulled back and looked over her shoulder, her eyes filled with a chilling gaze, and a sigh escaped her heart.

Finally, this moment had arrived.

If they didn't strenuously keep the battlefield away from the Canglan Royal Palace, the palace would quickly collapse under the excessively powerful Divine Master energy, exposing the barrier within.

However, in such a scenario, if it took a bit longer, when everything else had turned into ruins amidst the smoke, the overly intact palace in the center would inevitably be too conspicuous, and would consequently trigger suspicion.

This was an unsolvable dilemma. The former approach could only buy a small amount of extra time.

Taking a slight breath, Chi Wuyao's demonic aura pulsed, issuing the most thunderous and soul-shaking demonic command she had given so far: "All back to defense!!"

Chi Wuyao's cry sharply struck the long-taut nerves of all Northern Region profound practitioners.

The royal palace barrier was their last line of defense, which they had to seal with their bodies, no matter the cost, even if it meant death.

How incredibly fast the Withering Dragon Venerables were. Amidst the howling, swirling storm, they were already approaching the sky above the Canglan Royal Palace. They attacked simultaneously, two shocking dragon powers blasting down from the sky.

Boom!

Almost simultaneously, the top of the royal palace was violently torn open, and a black flash, accompanied by a ferocious shriek, burst forth.

The moment Long Bai's dragon soul touched him, Yan Er was already poised to strike. As he burst out, his two withered hands tore out ten Yama Devil black marks, scattering Long Yi and Long San's power in mid-air. Then, with another strange roar, his hands, enveloped in dark claw shadows, thrust directly at the throats of the two Withering Dragon Venerables.

Long Yi and Long San casually pushed out their arms, and grayish-white Dragon God claw shadows simultaneously appeared on their forearms.

Bang!!

With a deafening boom, space shattered into countless fragments. Under the collision of these three immensely terrifying powers, the royal palace, built from Canglan Divine Stone, instantly crumbled by more than half, revealing its outermost barrier.

The seven-layered barrier was jointly constructed by the Three Yama Ancestors, Chi Wuyao, Qianye Ying'er, and Yan Di using powerful dark profound energy, and then had its aura erased to the greatest extent possible by Yun Che using the Eternal Night Calamity. These seven layers of barrier not only unilaterally blocked auras and sounds but also sight.

Therefore, even though the barrier was exposed, no one could glimpse what it protected.

No matter how strong Yan Er was, he absolutely could not contend with two Withering Dragon Venerables alone. Under this head-on clash of power, Yan Er's claw shadows shattered, his withered body reeled backward, and he plummeted, crashing violently into the barrier.

However, the aftershock of the Withering Dragon Venerables' power could not penetrate the barrier, striking the outermost layer and instantly creating a crack ten feet long.

Even the Canglan barrier struggled to withstand the might of the Withering Dragon Venerables, let alone this temporarily constructed dark barrier.

But the next instant, Yan Er burst out again, a Yama Devil shadow erupting behind him, charging towards Long Yi and Long San with power and aura far more terrifying than before.

The order he received was to guard the barrier to the death and protect Yun Che. Any intruder wishing to touch the Heaven Smiting Pearl must first step over his shattered corpse!

As the barrier became visible, the winds and thunder shifted across the battlefield.

Large swathes of dark profound light exploded with resolve, and all Northern Region profound practitioners' dark blood surged to their heads simultaneously... They had not chosen to flee, but had stayed in Canglan with the determination to die rather than live, all for the sake of protecting Yun Che and that last glimmer of hope.

If the barrier were breached, this last glimmer of hope would be completely extinguished. All their beliefs and persistence would turn to nothing, leaving only the futile deaths of everyone.

Therefore, for this last line of defense and hope, even if it meant only delaying for a breath or an instant, they would fight to the death without hesitation.

Under the frantically exploding dark light, all Northern Region profound practitioners cast off their opponents at all costs, charging with all their might towards the central Canglan Royal Palace. While the Western Region profound practitioners were briefly stunned, they swiftly formed a defensive ring made of their blood-stained dark bodies.

Long Bai raised his hand, and his imperial command shook everyone's hearts: "Everyone, listen to my order: release all targets you are currently engaging and fully concentrate on blasting open that barrier!"

This command undoubtedly caused all Northern Region profound practitioners' hearts to sink instantly.

The tide of battle dramatically turned, and waves of world-shattering storms surged madly towards the royal palace.

The bones of the Northern Region profound practitioners rattled violently, and their faces became exceptionally grim.

In a direct fight, they could both attack and defend each other. Even when facing enemies vastly superior in strength or numbers, they could retreat, evade, and momentarily tie up their opponents.

But to guard the barrier to the death meant they had to use their own power and bodies, head-on, to withstand all of the enemy's forces!

Even if their bodies were pulverized, they could not allow the enemy's power to strike the barrier.

The already fierce battle, after shifting to the Canglan Royal Palace, immediately became several times more brutal.

Yan Yi and Yan San simultaneously blasted their opponents away, charging directly towards the royal palace.

However, Mu Xuanyin and Chi Wuyao's opponents were the two Withering Dragon Venerables; they were not so easily shaken off. Just as they were about to force their way back, two overlapping terrifying dragon domains forcefully sealed off large areas of the surrounding space, trapping both sides within.

Mu Xuanyin acted decisively, abruptly turning with the Severing Moon Spirit Shadow, her sword like an icy rainbow, thrusting directly at the two Withering Dragons... Holding back these two Withering Dragons would also reduce two enormous threats to the royal palace barrier.

"Yama Ancestors guard the west, Yan Di, Jie Xin, and Jie Ling guard the north, all realm kings..."

Boom!!

Chi Wuyao's telepathic message was cut short by Long Si's attack. She turned her gaze back, her heart focused, and her entire body pulsed with a malevolent aura that chilled Long Si to the bone. Her dark demonic silk unfurled nightmare black lotuses as it danced, devouring the dragon domain, leaving one black void after another.

She didn't continue her telepathic message... because at this moment, a demonic command was no longer needed. What sustained everyone was only their last hope and conviction.

And what would determine the outcome was fate alone.

The thousand-mile space around the Canglan Royal Palace was undergoing incredibly violent tremors and distortions. At this moment, this place became the focal point of the battlefield, and the most terrifying and brutal place in the history of the God Realm.

The Yama Devils, Burning Moon, and Soul Stealing Devil Emperors had all retreated with all their might to defend to the death. The Primordial Dragon Clan also flew in, guarding one side. When the forces of both sides converged in one place, the battlefield instantly became utterly horrific.

Withering Dragons, Dragon Gods, Dragon Monarchs, Flood Dragons, Serpent Dragons, Azure Dragons, Myriad Forms, Qilins... When they all descended in a dense, dark mass, it was far beyond what the word "despair" could describe.

Boom!

The two Yama Devils, working together, desperately resisted the power of four Dragon Monarchs. The cost was dozens of shocking cracks tearing open on their arms. But immediately, the Dragon Monarchs' power struck again. The two Yama Devils' eyes were like those of fiends, as if pain and fear no longer existed in their will. They unleashed blood-stained Yama Devil power from their bleeding arms.

The two Yama Devils were violently sent flying, yet they forcibly twisted their bodies in mid-air. Not only did they not seize the chance to evade the four Dragon Monarchs' power, but instead used their own bodies to directly withstand the Dragon Monarchs' power, using their own flesh and blood to dissipate the force aiming at the barrier.

Boom!!

Blood mist scattered in the air. When the four Dragon Monarchs' power struck the barrier, only thirty percent remained.

In the east, those Northern Region Divine Sovereigns who were unqualified to enter the main battlefield and had been retreating with all their might, all charged forward with roars, resisting the forces aimed at the barrier with their power... and even more so, with their own bodies.

However, while their Divine Sovereign bodies were something ordinary people could only dream of, they were too fragile under the power of Divine Masters. In an instant, their shattered corpses littered the ground before the barrier. "Hold... Hold to the death!!"

Yan Tianxiao howled, violently repelling the power and bodies of three Divine Master Flood Dragons, letting the wounds left on him by Long Bai split open further.

Boom... The dark profound formation shattered, Yu Wu and Chan Yi were both injured, crashing heavily to the ground. Yao Die and Qing Ying instantly moved, taking their places.

Including Jie Xin and Jie Ling, all nine Devil Girls were already injured... especially Jie Xin and Jie Ling, who had directly confronted the two Dragon Gods, Su Xin and Zi Li. They were already half-covered in blood, their pupils unfocused, yet the demonic blades in their hands continued to swing, refusing to dim their piercing light.

Long Bai raised his arm, his palm facing the distant Primordial Dragon Emperor.

With a muffled thud, space continuously twisted. The supreme dragon aura from the Dragon Monarch struck the Primordial Dragon Emperor from a hundred miles away, sending the latter flying another hundred miles. The dragon aura then recoiled, bringing the Azure Dragon God back.

The Primordial Dragon Emperor rose with a roar. It issued an order for all Primordial Dragons to fully guard the Canglan Royal Palace, but it did not approach itself. Because for it, protecting Caizhi was the most important task.

With Caizhi exhausted and unconscious, it would no longer actively seek out opponents, much less voluntarily step into dangerous areas.

Under the pale gray light, the Azure Dragon God had returned to his human form. Nearly half of his dragon bones were broken throughout his body, his skull was covered in cracks, and his face was a bloody mess. However, the Dragon God's terrifying physique and vitality allowed him to stand up even with his spine completely shattered. From his mouth came an unusually clear voice: "Dragon Monarch... Cang... is incompetent..."

Long Bai did not respond, his dragon eyes calmly gazing at the distant Canglan Royal Palace.

With a colossal boom that shook everyone's souls, the first layer of the barrier shattered amidst a cloud of blood mist.

"Yun Che must be inside!" the Azure Dragon God said in a deep voice.

This, of course, did not require the Azure Dragon God's reminder.

Knowing of their arrival in advance, the Northern Region Devil Race did not flee but instead stood ready... It was fundamentally not about buying Yun Che time to escape back to the Northern Divine Region, but to guard this barrier to the death!

And the only one who could make these Northern Region devils act this way was their "Devil Master" Yun Che!

As for why Yun Che had not left but was instead inside this barrier, the only explanation was probably that he was in some kind of uninterruptible secluded cultivation state.

In the south, Qianye Wugu fought Long Er alone. Although he had suffered minor injuries, he was not in danger of collapsing quickly, and was considered to have firmly held back one of the greatest threats.

Qianye Bingzhu gazed at the Canglan barrier from afar, then continuously teleported, attempting to forcibly break free from the five Qilins.

"Sigh," the Qilin Emperor lightly sighed, lowering his voice: "It's better if you don't try to get away. This way, you can openly continue to hold back the five of us. If you return to defend, the five of us will have no choice but to launch a full assault, which would only bring harm, not benefit, to your side."

As the foremost Divine Emperor under the Western Region Dragon God Realm, the Qilin Emperor's own cultivation, though not as high as Qianye Bingzhu's, was not far off. Furthermore, with four Ink Qilins possessing the power of level ten Divine Masters, if they truly exerted their full strength, they would have long since defeated Qianye Bingzhu.

Qianye Bingzhu gave the Qilin Emperor a deep look, said nothing, and no longer attempted to retreat forcefully. His body radiated dazzling Brahma light, unleashing his full power directly against the Qilin Emperor.

The Primordial Dragons had colossal and formidable bodies. They guarded the north, forming a barrier of dragon bodies. This barrier should have been so impregnable as to inspire despair, but alas, the forces striking this barrier were the most powerful in the Western Divine Region, indeed, the most powerful in the current era.

Dragon blood continuously splattered and sprayed. The blood mist overhead was so dense it resembled dark clouds pressing down, threatening to crush the city.

A mournful cry rang out. As the bodies of three Primordial Dragons were cruelly shattered, the second layer of the barrier also collapsed with a roar.

The corpses underfoot and the pungent blood mist completely awakened the dormant bestiality in everyone's blood. Facing the Northern Region devils fighting to the death, the fear of death in the Western Region Divine Masters' hearts had long been twisted... Killing and being killed gradually became the only thought in everyone's mind on the battlefield.