232. Chapter 231: The Demon Emperor Descends!

The commotion in Central Plains drew the attention of everyone on the battlefield. They all looked up towards the direction of Central Plains.

There, a black halo suddenly appeared. As soon as this halo emerged, it spread at an astonishing speed, enveloping the entire Central Plains.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

As the halo appeared, the energy of heaven and earth in the entire Central Plains began to boil. Countless experts were horrified and looked up at the sky.

Under the gaze of countless people, the black light in the sky began to wriggle and finally transformed into a light cauldron amidst countless fearful glances!

The area of the light cauldron was indescribable, as if the entire Central Plains was encompassed within it.

Seeing the anomaly in the sky, Xiao Yan and others couldn't help but change their expressions slightly.

"Soul Heavenly Emperor, what are you trying to do?" Gu Yuan stared in horror at the light cauldron in the sky, suddenly turning his head to look at the smiling Soul Heavenly Emperor beside him and questioned loudly.

"Hahaha—" Soul Heavenly Emperor's wanton laughter resounded in the sky. He spread his arms, as if embracing the world, his eyes flashing with madness, and said hoarsely, "What am I trying to do?"

"Gu Yuan, don't you understand? I obviously want to step into that long-desired realm!"

"You..." Gu Yuan seemed to have thought of something, his fists clenched, and he looked at Soul Heavenly Emperor in horror.

"Hiss!"

More experts on the Dou Qi Continent also seemed to understand something, and they gasped in shock, their eyes filled with horror.

Refining Emperor-grade pills? Such a feat, who in the current world could achieve that? The Soul Heavenly Emperor wasn't even an alchemist; how could he refine such pills?

"The pill is already in its embryonic form. The most crucial pill-refining steps have already been completed by the Ancient Emperor Tuoshe. If the Soul Heavenly Emperor can complete the final pill-formation step and turn this embryonic Emperor pill into a real Emperor-grade pill, it's not impossible." Xiao Yan licked his lips and said hoarsely.

"This Soul Heavenly Emperor has repeatedly shattered this emperor's understanding of him."

"Although the embryonic Emperor pill is powerful, it only has some chance of allowing him to break through to the Dou Di level. But if he really refines it into a real Emperor-grade pill, that chance will be infinitely magnified." Zhu Kun, who brought the beast tribe to the edge of the formation, looked at the giant cauldron in the sky and sighed softly.

"The difficulty of refining an Emperor-grade pill is unimaginable. He only has one chance. If he fails, he will suffer a fate worse than death. To bet everything for that faint chance of success, he truly is a daring figure!" Zhu Ming also showed a solemn expression and said seriously.

"Hmph—" At this moment, Zi Yan snorted coldly, "No matter how much of a hero he is, he's still within Xiao Yun's plan. Xiao Yun is the real genius of this continent."

After speaking, Zi Yan looked proudly at the Soul Heavenly Emperor in the sky. Upon hearing her words, Medusa's eyes also showed a gentle light.

Hearing Zi Yan's almost lovesick words, Zhu Kun and Zhu Ming exchanged glances and saw the helplessness in each other's eyes. 

Though Jiang Yun was indeed extraordinarily intelligent and talented, Zi Yan's words still stirred some frustration. If not for aiming for a more perfect Dou Di breakthrough and Jiang Yun's plan, how could this embryonic Emperor pill have fallen into the hands of the Soul Heavenly Emperor?

Zhu Kun thought to himself, then swung his fist in slight indignation.

"Jejeje, interesting, interesting," at this moment, not far away, Leighton watched this scene with great interest. After a long time, he let out a light chuckle.

"Using this continent as a cauldron, living beings as materials, heaven and earth as fire, and the flesh as the pill. To leap across the ultimate threshold, truly a commendable idea."

"They call our Holy Clan cruel, but I see you are not much different from us. However..." As he spoke, the admiration in Leighton's eyes turned into sarcasm. He sneered, "Trying to use my people as materials, aren't you afraid of bursting yourself to death?"

"Form the array!"

With Leighton's furious roar, instantly, a flame rose from the bodies of the Fire Evil Clan experts. The flame was blood-red, flowing like blood.

Under everyone's watch, the flame began to expand, and ultimately exploded, transforming into a roaring blood-red stream, which gathered into a blood-red crystal in the sky.

At the same time, Soul Heavenly Emperor sensed something, his eyes darkened, and he waved his hand, causing blood-red thunder to pour down like torrential rain, covering the blood-red crystal.

The blood thunder pierced through the space at an alarming speed, fiercely striking the blood crystal formed by the Fire Evil Clan.

Boom!

A violent explosion erupted in the next moment. The terrifying aftershock of energy rippled across Central Plains, creating a gigantic abyss about a hundred thousand miles wide.

And amidst this terrifying explosion, a pale hand reached out. With a gentle grasp, the raging energy instantly became still.

Just the appearance of this pale hand suppressed the terrifying energy turbulence, its intimidating power causing the entire heaven and earth to fall silent.

"The big guy is about to show up," Zhu Kun said hoarsely, staring solemnly at the chaotic space. At this moment, even he felt a deadly threat.

"Yes!"

Hearing Zhu Kun's low murmur, Zi Yan, Medusa, Zhu Ming, and others also showed solemn expressions. The strength on both sides had already surpassed the nine-star Dou Sheng domain, almost stepping into the half-emperor realm. As for how close they were to the legendary Dou Di, no one could say for sure.

Soul Heavenly Emperor's face slightly changed for the first time since appearing on the battlefield. He could feel that things were slipping out of his control. A terrifying fluctuation that made his heart tremble was now manifesting.

Boom!

At this moment, a gigantic blood-red pillar of light shot into the sky. Under everyone's gaze, an ethereal figure slowly walked out from it.

The figure's appearance was unclear, but those crimson eyes exuded a sense of destruction and rage.

Cold, emotionless blood-red pupils scanned around, accompanied by countless blood-red gales whipping around him. An indescribable oppressive force spread out, covering the sky, and eventually turning into a blood-red torrential rain falling from the sky, enveloping the entire land.

The people of the Dou Qi Continent shivered in frenzy, that terrifying oppression almost making them lose control of their minds. Trembling legs almost knelt on the ground.

At the same time, countless respectful, fanatical voices echoed through the Fire Evil Clan.

"Welcome, Demon Emperor!"

Countless figures knelt down reverently, staring devoutly at the ethereal figure. This scene made the people of Dou Qi Continent tremble with despair engulfing their hearts.

"Lower plane."

"Supreme aura."

The ethereal figure's eyes swept around, a vague, soft murmur came from his mouth.

"So what if you are the supreme of the upper world? Descending with just a projection is your biggest mistake. Witness as this emperor cuts you down!" 

This projection had consciousness?

Soul Heavenly Emperor suppressed the shock in his heart and looked at the other party with a sinister smile. Then he waved his hand, and a brilliant blood light shot into the ground.

Then, everyone was horrified to see countless blood lights spreading like lightning from the point of contact, resembling veins of Central Plains.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

At this moment, the land of Central Plains began to tremble violently. Massive beams of blood light soared into the sky from various locations in Central Plains!

"The places where these blood lights rise... they seem to be where the Soul Clan set up the Spirit Devouring Deadly Array!" Medusa exclaimed in surprise as she looked at those rising blood lights.

"The positions of these formations connected together..." Zhu Kun noticed something at this moment, narrowing his eyes in amazement, "These positions form another array!"

"Such an enormous array, Soul Heavenly Emperor truly made thorough preparations to become an emperor!" Zhu Ming marveled with a sigh.

"I have planned for a thousand years for this day. No matter what happens, we are prepared. How could we let a minor 'accident' ruin everything?"

As blood light enveloped Central Plains, those beams spread across the distant sky, forming a devilish array of unimaginable scale!

"An interesting array!" Demon Emperor Fire Evil finally regarded the array seriously, speaking with interest. But there was no trace of worry in his eyes.

"This array was passed down by our Soul Clan's first Dou Di powerhouse. Its name is the Empire-Slaying Array. In ancient times, Dou Di powerhouses fell to this array. Today, it shall claim another emperor!" Soul Heavenly Emperor looked at Demon Emperor Fire Evil with eerie eyes and cold laughter.

As his words fell, the Soul Heavenly Emperor waved his sleeve, and space tore apart behind him. Subsequently, blood surged out from the spatial rift, pouring into the so-called Empire-Slaying Array.

As the blood sea flooded the array, it suddenly emitted a sinister brilliance. Blood light condensed to the extreme, finally forming a massive, sinister blood blade under countless eyes!

The blood blade was extremely eerie, without a handle, shrouded in blood light, appearing capable of severing even heaven and earth!

When this sinister blood blade appeared, the moon in the sky dimmed, and the world fell into complete darkness.

Only the blood-red array draping over Central Plains shone, illuminating everyone's faces.

"Soul Clan members, heed my order! Sacrifice yourselves to the blade!"

At the appearance of the blood blade, Soul Heavenly Emperor roared fiercely. In response, the distant Soul Clan army fell into commotion, but few flew out to sacrifice themselves.

"Traitors!"

Seeing this, Soul Heavenly Emperor's eyes flashed with ferocity. He waved his arm, and the blood blade slashed through the air, directly rushing into the Soul Clan army. Blood light flickered, beheading countless heads. In just a few blinks, only one to two tenths of the army remained.

"Soul Heavenly Emperor!" Void Swallowing Flame's face darkened, glaring at the seemingly crazed Soul Heavenly Emperor.

The remaining people also looked fearfully at Soul Heavenly Emperor, faces pale.

"What, you also want to betray me?" Soul Heavenly Emperor turned to look at Void Swallowing Flame, his eyes cold.

(Chapter End)