After fighting for a while, Liu Xie, Liu Chuang, Liu Shan, Liu Gao, Liu Jing, Wang Quangui, Li Zihao, Qin Ruhuo, and Kong Xiangxi, nine people, had gradually ignited real fury.
And at this very moment, Wang Quangui suddenly stopped.
Instantly, a profound silence descended upon the mountaintop.
Whether it was the five Purple Mansion stage cultivators of the Liu Imperial Clan or the four Purple Mansion stage cultivators of the four great families, all their gazes were fixed intently on each other, not daring to relax even a fraction!
A gentle breeze swept across the mountaintop, stirring the fallen leaves on the ground, creating a rustling sound.
Liu Xie sighed thoughtfully, putting away his three top-grade spirit treasures.
He knew that this battle had already ended!
This battle would not be fought any longer.
After this so-called warm-up battle, Liu Xie, Liu Chuang, Liu Shan, Liu Gao, Liu Jing, Wang Quangui, Li Zihao, Qin Ruhuo, and Kong Xiangxi, these nine individuals, had truly solidified their plans for reckoning.
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A few months later, within the Purple State world, an unknown number of tragic screams echoed, the scene a river of blood.
Divided by the Cloud-White Mountain Range, in the southern part of the Purple State continent.
The Skyfire Legion, one of the five great legions of the Liu Imperial Clan, was in the process of purging those forces that had stood by idly, desperately concealing themselves, preparing to act in the aftermath!
It was as if the entire hell could feel the anger burning within this figure.
The true form of the Lord of the Undead, Alcess, was a man wearing a helmet and armor, wielding Frostmourne. He was about three zhang in size, his entire body a skeletal frame.
"Buzz!" "Buzz!" "Buzz!"
A palpable wave emanated from Alcess, resonating with a low hum.
This tangible wave spread outward, causing countless demons in the sky to fall, and some weaker demons even lost consciousness.
Only the seventy-two Arch-Demon Lords remained unaffected, and they were merely enduring the residual impact.
This was the terrifying pressure of Alcess, who commanded more than twenty percent of the authority of hell.
Although it could not be seen with the naked eye, its destructive power on a spiritual level was like a roaring tornado, a cataclysmic landslide, a world-ending tempest!
This was the Lord of the Undead, the king who had ruled the undead race for hundreds of millions of years.
However, when this terrifying pressure was focused upon Liu Haotian, it did not affect him in the slightest. It could not even cause the slightest ripple of emotion on Liu Haotian's face.
"The pressure of authority? This is quite a unique welcome gift."
Under the impact of this authority pressure, Liu Haotian stood firm, a slight smile playing on his lips.
A cold, merciless demonic light flashed in his dark eyes.
"Buzz!!!"
In the next instant, an even more terrifying authority pressure erupted from Liu Haotian's body, surging in all directions.
Instantly, two immensely powerful wills, carrying the pressure of authority, clashed.
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Cracks began to appear across the land, mountains and rivers trembled in unison, the sea of lava roared, and the Styx River, stretching for billions of miles, had to change its course under the force of these two wills.
The fierce clash of authority, exceeding more than half of the authority of the hell dimension, caused the entire hell to be affected to a certain extent.
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"Crack!" "Crack..."
Within this brief period of clash between the two wills, the surrounding space began to twist and warp violently, shattering and breaking apart.
If this continued, a void similar to a black hole would form, and all the demons present, save for Liu Haotian and Alcess, would perish.
Liu Haotian's authority pressure was clearly slightly stronger than Alcess's, but not by much. Thus, the collision of the two authority pressures entered a silent stalemate.
At this moment, even Arch-Demon Lords of the seventy-two pillar level, standing nearby, could feel an oppressive terror pushed to its absolute limit.
Under the collision of these two authority pressures, not a single demon dared to move. Some demons had even fainted.
Including the seventy-two pillar Arch-Demon Lords led by Baal, when observing at close range, they had to focus all their mental energy to resist these two terrifying pressures.
Alcess had quietly retreated a step at some point. No one could comprehend the immense pressure he was enduring at that moment.
While the clash of pressure generally did not injure equally matched powerhouses, the mental burden was far greater than any physical confrontation!
At this moment, Alcess was also immensely shocked, clearly not expecting Liu Haotian's authority pressure to be so formidable.
It was even stronger than anyone he had ever seen, except for Jehovah, including the previous king of demons, Satan II!
This fellow before him had absolutely mastered more than thirty percent of hell's authority.
Almost the instant their authority pressures collided, Alcess's heart confirmed his initial guess.
At the very least, what Alcess felt from Liu Haotian was a will fused with authority that was stronger, and significantly stronger, than his own.
It was a will that proclaimed supreme dominance over heaven and earth, looking down upon billions of sentient beings, gazing at the sun and stars, and toying with the entire world at its fingertips.
This will could not be faked in the slightest.
He had actually been deceived by the message released by this brat.
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The two authority pressures, fused with their respective wills, clashed for a short duration, about the time it takes an incense stick to burn...
Alcess's authority pressure was utterly shattered by Liu Haotian's authority pressure!
With the advantage of home ground, even Alcess found it difficult to resist Liu Haotian, after all, Liu Haotian was inherently stronger than him!
The moment he felt himself faltering, Alcess inwardly cried out that it was bad, he had fallen into a trap.
However, once a battle of pressure and will began, it was impossible to stop without a clear victor.
Victory was victory, defeat was defeat, there was no room for pretense!
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Moreover, Alcess had certainly come prepared today, with contingency plans in place.
The countless undead skeletons accumulated in the Undead Land over hundreds of millions of years were Alcess's trump card in engaging in battle on the demon territory.
A war between races was not just a battle between kings, but a contest of hard power in all aspects between the two races.
At this very moment, hell was in complete silence.
Within the crystal wall world, all those with aspirations held their breath, watching this unfold with unwavering eyes.
The battle between Liu Haotian and Alcess today would determine who was the true master of hell.
Alcess raised Frostmourne high in his right hand, and a ten-thousand-zhang gray-white sword energy shot straight into the sky.
This simple action blew the horn for the decisive battle between the demon and undead races!
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From a distance, in the sky, tens of millions of bone dragons gathered, resembling a dense, gray-white cloud, moving towards this location.
From the ground, tens of thousands of spatial gates capable of teleportation opened wide.
Billions of skeleton soldiers, skeleton archers, skeleton knights, and skeleton behemoths, along with other members of the undead race, led by twelve Undead Dukes, poured continuously towards the Demon King's Palace.
From every direction, boundless white tides surged, endless waves of undead, seemingly inexhaustible, encircling the Demon King's Palace.
Tens of millions of skeleton behemoths charged at the forefront, followed closely by billions of undead, including skeleton soldiers, archers, and knights, who, without hesitation, launched a desperate charge against the demon race.
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When hell first opened, the demon race, led by Satan I, with their overall strength, had forcefully suppressed the undead and insectoid races, seizing the position of overlord of hell.
From then on, deep animosity existed between the demon race and the undead and insectoid races.
The insectoid race was relatively subdued, knowing their inferiority and not causing much trouble.
However, the undead race, slightly weaker than the demon race, in their quest to reclaim the overlord position of hell, launched a grand war almost every million years.
The current battle today held an even more extraordinary significance.
Alcess's emergence from the Undead Land to engage in a king-vs-king battle with Liu Haotian had escalated the war.
This battle today would determine the survival of the demon and undead races.
"Boom!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
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The earth trembled, the sky trembled, the entire hell trembled.
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"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The seventy-two pillar Arch-Demon Lords exchanged glances, revealed their true demonic forms, and, leading billions of demons, charged forward defiantly.
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Shouts of rage and the sounds of battle echoed incessantly...
Blood-red battle banners fluttered, painting the hellscape with a solemn atmosphere. A dark crimson veil of blood enveloped the battlefield, spanning a hundred thousand li.
Without any pre-battle words, whether demon or undead, their hearts harbored a single thought: to kill everything they could see before them!
"Swoosh!" "Swoosh!" "Swoosh!" "Swoosh!"
The illusion of the very fabric of reality about to tear apart!
Boundless demonic energy surged forth, a colossal pillar reaching for the heavens, vast and unending!
Vaguely, one could sense that this terrifying aura, capable of changing the heavens and earth, emanated from this celestial pillar of demonic energy.
It turned out that Liu Haotian had activated his True Demon King form.
Upon his appearance in hell, his True Demon King form, filled with the aura of the dark origin and obscuring the sky, immediately threw a punch towards Alcess.
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