Clash in the Forest

"As expected, they have been waiting... But it's all useless, as in the end. All returns to the stillness of the void."Muttered the Emerald Emperor.

"My Emperor, allow me to lead this charge!" Said one of his Emerald Generals who was kneeling behind him with his broadsword next to him.

"...Go on, break through the barrier."Said Emerald Emperor causing the Emerald General to nod its head before moving forward.

"Now then, let's hurry up and take over this planet before dealing with the abyss."

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In the forest before the Alvarez Empire, the marching creatures were everywhere. There was a great army, all of them coming from space, wishing to invade the Douluo world for some reason.

"Five thousand of them in this section... Most of them are around Spirit Douluo." Muttered Mu Xi as she held out her ancient sword.

Several creatures were rather close, some of them came in various forms but all had that emerald glow around their body and eyes.

Roar!

An emerald tiger released a terrible roar that shook the forest while the group of Emerald knights who had wings beat their wings, green miasma leaking off it.

As she saw these creatures moving towards her, she hacked down with her ancient sword, unleashing flames that began to engulf the area in front of her.

The Emerald Tiger was a savage beast with strong cultivation of Soul Douluo but no matter how much it tried, it couldn't resist the flames.

Its flesh was being burned to a crisp with its organ and bones being melted down before there was no more of the Emerald Tiger. As this happened, the knights released a roar as they went down towards Mu Xi, hacking down with their sword.

Ye Mu Xi showed no signs of worry as three lights appeared around her in the shape of the sun before they twisted in three shields. In the middle of the shields was a spinning orange vortex that instantly began to spew out ultimate fire upon the knights as they got close.

'Self-Created Soul Skill- Mirror Bombs.'

The knights directly used their swords and energy to resist the raging flames but this was all useless before the might of Mu Xi flames.

Dissipating some of them down to liquid and dust while Mu XI swept out with her ancient sword, bisecting the rest.

Yet just as she did that, she hacked out once again with her ancient sword, a relentless stream of flames hacked down on the attacks coming her way.

They clashed into those attacks before devouring them and moving to devour incoming emerald creatures that were numbered tens of thousands.

Mu Xi saw the creatures didn't seem to care if their comrades died, as they kept coming forward with a dull look.

'What are these creatures? It doesn't seem like they fear death... Unless there is something even more terrifying to them than death.' Thought Mu Xi with a frown but either way she still launched herself forward.

With her squad followed behind her, knowing their mission was to watch their leader back and support her. They all move to slaughter all of the creatures that are trying to invade their home.

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In another part of the forest region, the emerald creatures' movements were extremely messy, all of them trying to beat the other to the wall of Alvarez.

"This... is pretty bad."Muttered Bear Lord as he saw these creatures who looked similar to Soul Beasts but he could tell were extremely different.

Di Tian had him command their squad to move over to this region while he waited for either a General or the leader of this operation to attack.

Bear Lord didn't mind this to the surprise of Di Tian but he didn't clarify the reason why. As he stared at the moving creatures, the feeling of dread Bear Lord felt was increasing.

Roar!

Bear Lord cleave down with a terrifying slash, dusk gold shining off from its hand as it illuminated the forest and cleaved through some of the creatures.

After the first strike came, the creatures reacted, with the ones who were wielded emerald rods striking out with it. Bear Lord scoffs as he saw hundreds of rods striking towards him and his squad, the rods were causing space to twist and the air to tremble uncontrollably.

"Weak!"

Bear Lord cleaved down once again, his might even stronger than before as his claw cleaved and broke through the rods and the emerald creatures.

While he didn't get all of them, there were no worries as the squad behind had already reacted. Soul Beasts and Soul Masters all hacked out with their attacks, striking the emerald creatures.

Their Lord had informed them that it would be good and more efficient to have both humans and soul beast in their ranks. This went for all squads, as both will be able to complement each other and throw off the enemies.

As well as making the squad even stronger overall, as both races have their strength and weakness which they can cover for each other. They all had to agree with what she was saying was true and they knew better than to stick to their old ways.

While there was a bit of tension at the beginning with both soul master and soul beasts, Bear Lord noticed that they seem to be losing it.

'Is the invasion helping them become more compatible?'

His squad roared angrily, rushing over murderously, martial soul, battle armor and soul power being unleashed. As they immediately slaughtered their way through the emerald creatures with terrifying vigor.

Roar!

"That's my squad!" Bear Lord roared with a chuckle as he launched himself over like a cannonball, turning into a streak.

Before he smashed down into the middle of the marching creatures army, sending them flying and flattening the others. Then he started slaughtering all of them around with his body giving off a dusk gold light.

With his squad mercilessly slaughtering their way over here and aiding him as they move forward.

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Roar!

Arg!

The sounds and roars of the emerald creatures rang through the right border of the forest. As a figure with six purple-gold wings moved through the forest, as her sword gave off a dark-purple glow.

'Self-Created Skill: Sword Gleam.'

All of the bulky knights, ten meters sized golems and large creatures that came charging towards Yuanen Yehui were all hit by these streaks of dark-purple.

That came from her Fallen Animas as she slashed down with it, the streak cutting them before they all fell, screaming in agony. With some of them going as far as to try and claw and tear their skin off as if to stop the unbearable pain.

She didn't stop to kill these creatures as the others behind her moved, stabbing and ending the lives of the emerald creatures behind her.

Yet this did nothing to drive fear into these emerald creatures as they continued charging forward, eyes dull but filled with killing intent.

The emerald army that was in front, all charged at her with a screeching and furious roar causing Yuanen Yehui to slightly frown.

'Eight Ring: Daedalus Apocalypse.'

As nine rings appeared behind her, shining brightly as she took another step, a dark-purple and golden pulse moved through the ground.

Like the eye of a storm, a swirl of dark-purple gold energy appeared under Yuanen Yehui and the charging army of hundreds. The last thing they saw was the dark-purple and gold eyes of Yuanen Yehui that started them in pity and disdain.

Before a pillar erupted from underneath, engulfing all of the charging creatures and all of those who charged inside of it.

The creatures inside released a terrifying screeching and shrill screams as they felt their body burning, corroding, and being stripped away.

As this was going on, Yuanen Yehui was casually walking onward, swinging her Fallen Anima that gave off a dark intent.

In the next instant, the emerald creatures had their will destroyed but instead of coming under Yuanen Yehui command like they were supposed to. They began to turn to little dark particles, making Yuanen Yehui frown even more.

'So even breaking their will... They will still be turned to particles.'

Yuanen Yehui sighed before tilting her head, evading a streak of light that shot towards where her head was before. As down below, she saw the emerald creatures were launching their attacks at her, which required her and the squad to defend themselves.

"You all should really pay attention to the sky... I hear some strange things falling from it nowadays."Muttered Yuanen Yehui as she glances up.

Just as she did, countless dark spheres that were twenty meters wide were moving down from the sky, casting a shadow over the emerald creatures.

Before it crashed down onto them, releasing a series of continuous explosions that traveled a few meters down below. The violent explosions were big enough it destroyed a good chunk of the forest before they faded away.

Allowing Yuanen Yehui to see the countless craters before her with even more emerald creatures still charging forward.

"Do they feel no fear?" Muttered one of the members in her squad from behind her but Yuanen Yehui didn't say anything.

She simply clenched her sword before marching onward, the gleam in her eyes becoming even more terrifying.

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Many creatures were moving through the left forest, some of them avoiding where Bear Lord and his squad were. All of them were releasing the aura of a Soul Douluo as they smashed through everything in their way.

Their killing intent was overflowing while they defended from the occasional arrows that would come down from the sky. Even though hundreds of them were dying by the arrows, it didn't seem to even put a dent in their numbers.

Yet for some odd reason, some emerald creatures kept on falling to the ground as the wind passed by, as if they were slain by the wind.

A streak of light pierces out from the void behind five emerald creatures, separating their head from their body before vanishing instantly.

While this was happening, countless other figures were moving at extreme speed, some of them were blurs and afterimages.

As they all began to sneaky assassinate the creatures around, some stabbed through where the creature's core was, their neck and head. In the end, they all fell to the ground as they began disintegrating, turning into the particles.

A distinct chill rang through this side of the forest, as the emerald creatures kept on dying, with the continuous light striking out of the void.

But if that wasn't bad, the emerald creatures were moving as slow as a snail, as if time around them had been forcibly slowed. Allowing the streaks of shadow to easily kill the creatures and move forward with a bloody slaughter.

Emerald creatures were squished by space compressing, by nine void dragons chomping down on them and being split by space. All of this was done by Xie Xie who moved like an ominous shadow, traveling through the spatial gaps and ending his enemy.

Fully intending on making it so no one will be able to trample upon his home like last time.