Chapter 403: Arrival

In the cloud layer above Jiangzhou City, the Nine Abyss Demon Saint stood silently.

It was the only true Demon Saint of the demon race in the human world! Their only transcendent combat power! If it were to perish, the demon race would likely spend nearly a century before another true Demon Saint could emerge in the human world. For this reason, the demon race had always ensured it wouldn't easily take risks; even when tasked with bringing in some demon kings, they chose methods with extremely high certainty of success. The demon race cared little for the casualties of other demon kings; only the Nine Abyss Demon Saint's safety was paramount.

Now, Meng Chuan's threat was too great! Emperor Xinghe's century-long lifespan sacrifice in an attempt to curse him had failed. With no other options, only one path remained: for the Nine Abyss Demon Saint to act. This demonstrated the three Emperors valued the Nine Abyss Demon Saint's safety even more than Emperor Xinghe's century of life, highlighting its immense importance. And the Nine Abyss Demon Saint's intervention would be terrifying, because the power of the demon race's treasures, when wielded by a Demon Saint, was vastly different from when activated by Fifth-Heaven Demon Kings.

"Hmm?" The Nine Abyss Demon Saint sensed something. "Do I still need to make a move?" It looked down. "There it is." Its gaze immediately fixed on an ordinary residence in Jiangzhou City below, which the demon race had identified as Meng Chuan's dwelling. Furthermore, when the curse had just been cast, the clash between Meng Chuan's power and the cursing energy had leaked, and the Nine Abyss Demon Saint had detected it as well.

"This is my first full-power strike since arriving in the human world. And for this battle, the Emperors have bestowed upon me the Tribulation Realm secret treasure I desired most, allowing me to reach an unprecedented level." A dark red eye suddenly opened on the Nine Abyss Demon Saint's forehead. This eye seemed to contain a dark red world within it. The moment it opened, the surrounding heavens and earth began to distort, gradually turning dark red, and this crimson hue continued to spread in all directions. "You should feel honored to have me unleash my full power."

The Nine Abyss Demon Saint swooped down, unleashing a palm strike directly towards the residence below.

The terrifying spatial distortions alarmed Meng Chuan and his wife. It also alarmed their neighbors. Among the many residential houses surrounding Meng Chuan and his wife, one specialized in stone carvings. At this moment, a seemingly ordinary stone carving suddenly opened its eyes and looked towards the dark red sky.

"There really is an assassination attempt on Meng Chuan." The stone carving suddenly shot into the sky, transforming into a stone ox-like exotic beast. It stepped through the void, charging with terrifying might to meet the palm strike unleashed by the Nine Abyss Demon Saint.

"Hmm?" The Nine Abyss Demon Saint frowned slightly, immediately discerning that this stone ox beast was not a true living being, but rather a guardian puppet. Such guardian puppets, regardless of their combat power, typically possessed an 'indestructible body.'

"Boom!" The massive palm collided with the stone ox beast. The stone ox beast possessed immense strength, though its techniques were crude. It still had top-tier Creation Realm combat power. As a bodyguard, it was far superior to a top-tier Creation Realm expert, as few Creation Realm experts would dare to recklessly entangle themselves with an enemy in such a way.

A deafening roar ensued. The heavens and earth shattered! Indeed, they shattered. Even the world membrane ruptured, revealing the terrifying gloom of the outer domain.

"Hmph." Although the stone ox beast possessed immense power, it was directly sent flying by the Nine Abyss Demon Saint, whose power was superior and techniques more profound. Having acquired the Tribulation Realm secret treasure most suited to it, the Nine Abyss Demon Saint's strength had far surpassed its past capabilities.

"Yuanchu Mountain actually has a Creation Realm guardian beast, secretly dispatched to protect him. They truly treasure this Meng Chuan," the Nine Abyss Demon Saint mused inwardly. With a slight shift in its palm's trajectory, it continued its strike towards the residence.

Meng Chuan and his wife had already flown out of their quiet chamber. They witnessed the dark red world descending! They saw the stone ox beast shoot into the sky, only to be blasted away by that palm.

As an Order Holder, Meng Chuan knew that Yuanchu Mountain possessed nine 'Regal-level' guardian beasts and one 'Creation-level' guardian beast. According to Yuanchu Mountain's rules, places like 'Cangyuan Grotto-heaven' required more than half of the Order Holders' consent to be opened. The same applied to the 'Creation-level' guardian beast; it could only be mobilized with the agreement of more than half of the Order Holders.

"My masters secretly sent a guardian beast as well," Meng Chuan thought, feeling grateful yet also nervous.

The surrounding world began to transform into a dark red realm. Though the palm strike wasn't exceptionally fast, it felt like an entire world descending, inescapable.

"Go!" With a thought from Meng Chuan, the Bloodblade Disk appeared beneath his feet, and numerous bloodblades flew out, turning into dazzling streaks of light across the sky.

"Boom." Liu Qiyue, without hesitation, activated her Phoenix Nirvana, wielding an ancient divine bow and immediately firing arrow after arrow.

"Qiyue." Seeing his wife activate Phoenix Nirvana, Meng Chuan also grew anxious. But having witnessed the collision between the stone ox beast and the palm, he clearly understood the terrifying power of that strike.

After reaching the Blooddrop Realm, Meng Chuan's dantian space expanded, and his skill level improved, making his Seamless Realm True Essence even more refined! Now, wielding the 'Bloodblade' could instantly unleash ordinary Creation Realm power, and if continuously accelerated by the electro-magnetic field to its peak, it could unleash top-tier Creation Realm combat power.

"Azure Cloud Heaven." In an instant, Meng Chuan activated his Origin Treasure; azure clouds appeared around them, along with three layers of lightning shields, protecting both Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh." The bloodblades unleashed by Meng Chuan continuously accelerated within the 'electro-magnetic field'. Liu Qiyue's arrows, however, struck the massive palm first.

Boom! Boom! Each arrow was incredibly powerful. Because she used an Emperor-level bow and arrow weapon perfectly suited to her, and given that archers' shots are inherently highly threatening, each arrow was comparable to a top-tier Creation Realm expert's full-power strike. Although their force was not as great as the 'stone ox beast's' collision, they possessed greater penetrative power, and the burning flames caused immense destruction. The massive palm was directly pierced with one bloody crater after another, with flames searing within them.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh." The bloodblades whirled around with terrifying speed, instantly accelerating to their maximum within the electro-magnetic field. A total of twelve bloodblades struck the massive palm one after another. Each strike also reached the top-tier Creation Realm level, slightly inferior to Liu Qiyue's arrows but still possessing seventy to eighty percent of their power. Their advantage lay in their sheer number.

"Hmm?" This accumulating palm strike, having been successively bombarded by arrows and bloodblades, lost its momentum before reaching Meng Chuan and his wife.

"How is the Nine Abyss Demon Saint so strong?" Meng Chuan and his wife couldn't believe it. According to their intelligence, the Nine Abyss Demon Saint, despite its long cultivation history, was only at the 'Late Heaven Realm.' By the human world's power classifications, this would only be considered a stronger level among top-tier Creation Realm experts, still a considerable distance from the 'peak Creation Realm.' This was why Venerable Li Guan's Primordial Spirit avatar had initially claimed confidence in blocking the Nine Abyss Demon Saint. But looking at it now? Just one palm strike had successively defeated the stone ox beast and suppressed the desperate attacks of Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue. This was definitely not top-tier Creation Realm strength! This was 'peak Creation Realm' power.

"A palm strike condensed with world power, yet it seems it can't kill them," the Nine Abyss Demon Saint casually retracted its palm. "However, the world power has diffused sufficiently. Dark Red Prison, descend!"

The surrounding heavens and earth were already a dark red. At this moment, the dark red world fully solidified, converging into an ultra-small realm, even forming its own world membrane. The Tribulation Realm secret treasure the Nine Abyss Demon Saint had obtained was its most coveted item: the 'Eye of the Dark Realm'.