Chapter 282: Chapter 272 Hong Yuan Battles the Three Heroes, Impenetrable by Tens of Thousands - Part 2

Due to the Flood Gathering War Banner being sent by Hong Yuan to assist his defending army, he had no suitable weapon in hand.

Yet, facing the aggressive onslaught of Zhu Jiushi, Hong Yuan stepped into the void, his body transforming into frost and thunder. In the blink of an eye, he had fled far ahead at extreme speed.

This was precisely the Divine Power of the ice and thunder paths, Frost Thunderbolt!

When Hong Yuan’s Demonic Body broke through to the fifth-order middle rank, he had condensed the Frost Thunderbolt and Cold Wind Frozen Rain Divine Powers.

This was also one of the reasons Hong Yuan had always been so confident, completely unconcerned about the coalition of one hundred and eight sea area armies.

Zhu Jiushi and the other Great Demons’ attacks all came to nothing. They struggled to turn their heads, looking at Hong Yuan in disbelief.

"A second Divine Power!?"

The three Demons cried out in unison, their minds slightly shaken.

They had already been startled by Hong Yuan’s display of the Ten thousand Heavy Water Divine Power. Now, they realized his strength was far more terrifying than they had imagined.

Roughly counting, the enemy forces only amount to about seventy sea area corps. There are still about thirty sea area corps yet to arrive, so I will tangle with these three Demons for a while longer.

When all the enemy forces arrive, that will be the perfect time to trigger ’See Me Causing Division’!

Hong Yuan thought to himself, but his actions didn’t cease.

The Cold Wind roared, Frozen Rain erupted, and frost and thunder raged wildly.

His maneuvers heavily pressured Lang Fanyun and the other two Demons, forcing them to struggle desperately to hold on.

At this moment, Hong Yuan wore the Trident Wrapped Purple Gold Crown on his head and was dressed in Clear White Robes Armor. Every move he made carried immense might.

He truly appeared majestic and overwhelmingly powerful!

"A third Divine Power!?"

At that instant, Lang Fanyun and the other two Demons were completely numb with shock.

In their hearts, a terrifying suspicion began to take shape.

The person before them, much like a young Demon Emperor, might already possess three thousand Tao Marks, capable of resisting a Demon Saint despite being only a Demon!

The three Demons exchanged glances, all harboring thoughts of retreat.

After a barrage of CLANGS and BANGS, the three Demons were beaten until they spat mouthfuls of blood, fleeing in a sorry state, no longer daring to continue the fight.

They wanted to use their combined strength to shatter Hong Yuan in one fell swoop.

Truly, Hong Yuan was too fierce, comparable to a young Demon Emperor reborn.

Their actions perfectly aligned with Hong Yuan’s intentions. Merely to make it seem less abrupt, Hong Yuan formed a Tao Seal with his hands and leaped forward.

"Don’t run! Stay and battle me for another three hundred rounds!"

A vast ocean descended from the sky. Each drop of seawater seemed to weigh ten thousand catties; this was indeed the Ten thousand Heavy Water Divine Power.

Seeing Hong Yuan unleash this particular Divine Power, the three Demons secretly sighed in relief.

This was because they already knew that the Black Dragon Demon Saint had taught Hong Yuan the Ten thousand Heavy Water Divine Power, and the three Demons had prepared for it long ago.

"Immobilize!"

The three Demons each produced an azure water bead from their robes. This vast ocean, composed of Ten thousand Heavy Water, then ignored them, allowing them to escape with their lives.

Fixing Water Beads!? Hong Yuan narrowed his draconic eyes, observing them intently.

However, moments later, he returned to the defensive line of the Gale Sea Area to secure the border.

「」

「Dragon God Sacred Land, Dragon Transformation Pool.」

The Demon Saints watched as Hong Yuan rode the clouds and mists, commanded the wind and rain, and summoned thunder and lightning.

Each of his actions seemed to contain the Great Power of a near-Saint, effortlessly tearing through space. They fell silent for a moment.

With their keen eyes, they could discern the several Divine Powers Hong Yuan had used.

Cold Wind Frozen Rain, Ten thousand Heavy Water, Frost Thunderbolt...

And with Hong Yuan’s talent, the Cold Moon Dragon’s Innate Divine Ability, Cold Moon Seal, must also be within his grasp.

Thus, by this count, Hong Yuan possessed at least four Divine Powers!

"HISS..."

The gambling den’s owner, the Blue Fox Great Saint, grimaced.

If the situation continued to develop this way, Xuan Guangqiao truly had a chance to turn the tables. That would mean I’d have to compensate that profligate, Cold Rain Great Saint, with two Holy Artifacts!

The mere thought of this happening made the Blue Fox Great Saint’s heart ache so much he could barely breathe.

The value of a unique Holy Artifact was self-evident.

To lose two Holy Artifacts to a gambler, especially to a profligate like Cold Rain Great Saint, was truly unbearable for the Blue Fox Great Saint.

As the Blue Fox Great Saint looked at Lang Fanyun and the other two Tao Species, his eyes flickered.

"Haha, Xuan Guangqiao truly is the prophesied Demon of calamity."

"The struggles in the Xuanwu, Vermilion Bird, and White Tiger sections of the Heavenly Scenic Tower Demon Realm have only just begun. It seems our Green Dragon Heavenly Scenic Tower will be the first to conclude its drama~"

The Cold Rain Demon Saint couldn’t help but boast about Hong Yuan, partly to prove his own exceptional judgment and partly to subtly warn the Blue Fox Great Saint not to even think about welshing on the bet.

The Demon Saints Swallow Wolf, Thunder Eagle, and Wild Bull remained silent, quietly observing the situation below.

It was indeed a bit embarrassing for three seniors to be unable to defeat a junior. However, the contest for the Ten Thousand Domains wasn’t decided solely by the strength of the most powerful individuals; the collective power of their forces also mattered.

Their protégés had not lost yet!

「On the other side.」

The Black Dragon Demon Saint, the Red Luck Demon Saint, and other Demon Saints were also paying close attention to this battle, their emotions even more fraught with tension.

"What a fierce young fellow! With such strength, he truly rivals how the Dragon Sun Demon Emperor must have been in his youth," the Red Luck Demon Saint exclaimed in admiration.

The Black Dragon Demon Saint shook his head with a smile. "He can’t compare yet. Guangqiao still has a long way to go to match a young Demon Emperor."

As they chatted and smiled, the situation in the Gale Sea Area suddenly took another turn.

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Red! Deep red! A blood-soaked, deep red!

Legion after legion of sea area armies burst into the Gale Sea Area. Their surging, bloody aura stained the seawater so thoroughly red that it could no longer appear blue.

Endless Demon Soldiers spread out in all directions, completely enveloping the Gale Sea Area.

The native demon races of the Gale Sea Area screamed incessantly, crying out that the apocalypse had arrived, living in constant, unbearable terror.

In past years, no matter how fierce the contest for the Ten Thousand Domains became, it was rare for all living beings within an entire sea area to be massacred.

But now, the demons of Gale Sea Area had no doubt:

If the defensive line of the Zero Desolate Army broke, the allied Demon Soldiers storming in would completely erase the Gale Sea Area, slaughtering every last one of its native inhabitants!

A cruel game. Perhaps this is one of the reasons the Demon Clan has been able to cling to survival under the overwhelming power of the nine Great Emperors of the Human Race.

Every hundred years, there’s a cleansing, eliminating all the weak and those with insufficient Luck Tao from the Demon Clan. The survivors become either more brutal or their Luck Tao grows stronger.

Hong Yuan felt a dawning understanding in his heart.

Especially when he placed this tradition of the Ten Thousand Domains contest against the grand backdrop of the conflict between the Human Race and the Demon Clan, it seemed even more tragic and desolate.

Survival of the fittest, natural Worm breeding...

His gaze shifted, turning inward to the black Divine Skill Talisman: ’See Me Causing Division’.

By now, the enemy forces had amassed hundreds of sea area legions. The Gale Sea Area’s defensive line, held by the Zero Desolate Army, was already precarious, as if battered by wind and rain, with cries of despair filling the heavens.

[Life Span +1,000]

[Life Span +1,000]

[Aptitude +1]

[...]

All beings suffer; I alone shall achieve transcendence.

Slave Tao Divine Power—See Me Causing Division!

The black Divine Skill Talisman shone brilliantly. Black light spread from it, radiating in all directions from Hong Yuan’s body.

It devoured the Essence Qi of heaven and earth, causing multiple Energy Arrays to begin to collapse.

Darkness fell!

"What is this!?"

The Sea Area Monarchs were horrified. They hastily cast spells to stop the spread of the black light, but to no avail.

Whether they were the Demon Soldiers and Demon Generals of the Zero Desolate Army or those of the Bridge-Claiming Army, their bodies and minds trembled as if the world itself were collapsing around them.

"An earth-grade Divine Power..." Lang Fanyun stared blankly at the spreading black light, his mind sluggish.

Liu Hongde and Zhu Jiushi were in no better state, both stunned speechless for a moment.

A Demon exerting an earth-grade Divine Power? This defies all Tao and reason...

The next moment, the three Tao Species trembled and looked towards their own legions.

"Kill! Kill them all!!!"

They saw nearly half of the allied forces’ legions descend into chaos. Demon Soldiers and Demon Generals turned on their own comrades, and turmoil erupted throughout their ranks.

Defeated. Utterly defeated.

The three Tao Species looked at each other, their hearts filled with despair.

Now, the most important objective was no longer to break the Zero Desolate Army, but to lead their own troops and flee from this place...