Following in the wake of Wang Chen's attack, Yue Xia and the others, upon witnessing their defense and counterattack, saw a flicker of seriousness in their eyes. As expected of individuals nurtured by a reclusive sect, their movements, whether defensive or offensive, were nearly devoid of any wasted effort. The coordination among those four alone could be described as seamless.
*Bang…*
Fayuan's Buddhist power struck Yue Zhi's sword with extreme precision. However, it had no effect on Yue Zhi's trajectory. This was because, just before Fayuan's attack landed, to Fayuan's astonished gaze, Yue Zhi's sword rotated at an angle, causing Fayuan's strike to land on the sword's edge and be cleaved in two.
"They've got some skill. Ghost Slave, when the fighting starts, the three of you focus on one opponent and take them down first," Gui Yuan said coldly to Fa Tian as he drew the large saber from his back.
"Young Master, their spiritual artifacts have already awakened their own consciousness, and their materials have reached the peak of the Ten Directions Heaven and Earth," Ghost Slave said, rising to his feet. As his true essence surged, his form faded from everyone's sight.
No one had anticipated that even three consecutive attacks would fail to halt Wang Chen's assault, causing them to drop their guard no longer.
"Kill!" Yue Xia and the others paid no heed. Thousands of miles away from Xian Cheng and the others, their attacks relentlessly rained down upon them.
*Ding…*
The ice, in the end, could not block Yue Zhi, but it did mitigate over ninety percent of Yue Zhi's immense impact force. However, the remaining ten percent of the attack, to the grim expressions of Xian Cheng and Fayuan, tore a gap in their protective shields. Yue Zhi, lacking further momentum, then vanished from their sight with a whoosh, under Wang Chen's control.
So strong!
Xian Cheng and the others exchanged glances, their hearts skipping a beat. After that long sword had torn through their shields, they had clearly felt the terrifying energy emanating from its blade. Even as the sword turned and retreated, they felt as if it had coldly glanced at them.
"Stop spacing out, the others are already attacking. Fight!" Mo Ang roared, his entire body covered in dark, inky demonic essence. Gripping a black battle-axe in both hands, he raised it high and swung it down at the dozens of attacks from Yue Xia and the others.
*Boom…*
The shield of the Buddhist sect's Supreme Elder shattered under Mo Ang's strike. The powerful residual force continued towards Yue Xia and the others' attacks, creating massive explosions in mid-air. The sheer energy fluctuations directly annihilated several surrounding planets.
"Kill!"
Xian Cheng's face was grim. He and Wang Chen were both sword cultivators, and he was the genuine inheritor of the Immortal King Hall's sword immortal lineage, hailed by the Great Immortal Sword as the foremost sword cultivator of the past ten million years. Yet, just now, he had been thoroughly toyed with in the art of the sword.
As a sword cultivator, he could clearly sense that the long sword which had awakened its consciousness was by no means lacking in power; it had been forcibly recalled by its master.
Under Xian Cheng's command, the quasi-emperors following behind them immediately charged forward. A vast aura swept across the entire star domain. Let alone Yue Xia, even Xian Cheng and the others were witnessing such a large-scale war involving so many quasi-emperors for the first time.
"Sword Intent Law perfected, Sword Body Law perfected, and Sword Edge Law perfected! Three out of the five fundamental laws of sword cultivation are perfected. When did humanity produce such a terrifying individual!"
Yu Ming's third eye was surrounded by a silvery white glow, spreading like ink diluted in water, instantly covering his entire body and forming a long robe adorned with shimmering starlight, clearly a defensive spiritual artifact.
However, he was still feeling the lingering fear from Wang Chen's previous strike, and their divine senses constantly scanned, lest Wang Chen launch another surprise attack.
"Yu Ming, send a message to those younglings to provide support! The enemy numbers are significantly greater than ours!" Xian Cheng said, then manifested dozens of long swords around him, striking towards Xue Wu Hen, who was closest to him, with immeasurable might.
The battle involving over forty quasi-emperors, their mere aftershocks could annihilate planets within millions of miles. For a time, colorful attacks crisscrossed the cosmos as both sides found their respective opponents.
Throughout the entire Karma Star Domain, the sect disciples who had been acting arrogantly, without needing Yu Ming's reminder, immediately realized that their masters were under attack. They instantly abandoned the wealth or delicacies they were about to acquire and charged upwards with world-shattering power, heading towards the fray at their fastest speed.
"Heh heh, these mere dogs and chickens, defeating them should be a piece of cake?" On a planet, Tai Yin licked his lips greedily, his divine sense confirming that there were no cultivators above the Extreme Realm on the entire planet before he soared into the sky, heading for another planet.
The Extreme Realm, although difficult to kill, they were quasi-emperors. Once they unleashed their full power, slaying an Extreme Realm cultivator was as easy as chopping cabbage, let alone these hundred thousand Extreme Realm cultivators, where only ten percent were at the peak of the Extreme Realm, and the rest were only in the middle stage of the Extreme Realm.
And on another planet, it was even more terrifying. As soon as Di Zang appeared, boundless Buddhist light erupted. All living beings on the planet prostrated themselves upon the appearance of this Buddhist light, performed three kowtows and five bows, then rose and, regardless of their cultivation level, charged towards those sect disciples, even self-detonating upon close combat.
This left the cultivators of the Extreme Realm bewildered, unable to comprehend why these insignificant mortals would sacrifice themselves so fiercely.
"Borrowing the power of heaven and earth, open the gates of my Buddha Realm! One Dharma, One Heaven, Buddhist disciples battle!"
Di Zang stood in the void, a bright moon rising behind his head, illuminating tens of thousands of miles of space around him. Wherever the golden light passed, legions appeared.
These soldiers were varied in appearance, spanning tens of thousands of races, and all of them were above the Divine Master level. There were even hundreds of cultivators at the Extreme Realm.
"Holy shit, this monk is too terrifying! He's been hiding so much power!" Feng Xi and the Divine Master, having just finished hunting Extreme Realm cultivators on one planet and preparing to head to the next, were greatly startled by the scene before them.
"I now understand why His Majesty was so wary of this guy back then. If given time, he would definitely be a strong contender for the Great Emperor!" The Divine Master shivered at the sight of Di Zang, his speech becoming somewhat faltering.
"You two hurry up. Commander Yue has already engaged in battle. If we fall behind here, we'll all suffer the consequences when we're held accountable," Tai Yin said impatiently, seeing the two astonished members of the Divine race.