970: Chapter 971 The Great Battle Ends

However, the core that decided the fate of Tianlan City remained the ultimate duel between blood and darkness at the highest point of the sky!

The figures of Blood Begonia and Yin Nine Nethers shuttled and collided at high speeds within the shattered Void Realm!

The Blood Scythe swung, slashing out a sky-spanning river of blood; every droplet of blood contained terrifying Demonic Energy capable of corroding the Primordial Spirit and defiling Magic Treasures!

Yin Nine Nethers transformed into a Nether Ghost Shadow, his Nine Nether Cold Qi freezing the Void Realm as countless ice crystal spears and Deathly Demonic Light that could freeze all things launched a frenzied counterattack!

Both sides were fighting with true fury!

Blood Begonia's exquisite face was twisted with excitement and killing intent, her golden slit pupils burning with blood flames.

Her attacks grew increasingly violent, each strike carrying a ruthless intent to bring mutual destruction!

Yin Nine Nethers was like a silent monolith, his withered body erupting with unimaginable resilience.

He performed the freezing cold, deathly stillness, and devouring nature of the Nine Nether Law to the extreme, neutralizing the lethal scythe blade time and again in the nick of time!

This Peak battle, representing the highest martial power of the Eastern Territory, lasted for a full half-month!

The entire vault of heaven became their canvas of slaughter, at times a surging sea of blood, at others the Nine Nethers obscuring the sun.

The collision of Laws made the very structure of space fragile and unstable; day and night were reversed, and the stars lost their luster!

Finally, at dusk on the fifteenth day!

"Pfft—!"

A sound of spitting blood, not loud but striking the hearts of all Nine Nether Sect Disciples like a heavy hammer, rang out clearly amidst the chaotic battlefield!

High in the Void Realm, Yin Nine Nethers' withered figure shook violently and flew backward like a kite with a broken string!

He forcibly stabilized his form, but a hideous wound, deep enough to see the bone and wreathed in unextinguishable Blood Evil Qi, was gurgling out black blood that emanated a freezing chill!

His face was as ashen as golden paper, and his aura instantly plummeted to rock bottom!

Opposite him, Blood Begonia's figure also appeared slightly disheveled, her blood-colored gauze dress torn in several places.

A trace of blood leaked from the corner of her mouth, and her golden slit pupils carried a hint of exhaustion from overexertion, but more than that, they held a sky-spanning killing intent and the arrogance of a victor!

"Old Ghost Yin! In the end... you really have grown old! You were one move short!"

Blood Begonia licked the blood from her lip, her voice carrying a cruel pleasure as she raised the Blood Sea Shura Scythe once more.

She pointed it at the tottering Yin Nine Nethers, and terrifying Evil Qi began to condense frantically again!

"Revered Master!!!"

Below, Abyssal Heaven Hero, who was currently forcing back a Middle Stage Body Integration Devil Head with a single sword strike, saw this scene with eyes nearly splitting from grief!

His heart felt as if it were being ruthlessly squeezed by an invisible giant hand!

A mouthful of blood surged up his throat, which he forcibly swallowed back down, but the despair in his eyes could no longer be hidden!

It was over!

Everything was over!

His Revered Master was defeated and heavily injured; there was no longer anyone to restrain this killing god, Blood Begonia!

As for the Body Integration battlefield below them, although they had slightly suppressed the Heavenly Demon Sect through numerical advantage—

With the Nine Nether Sect having lost two Early Stage Body Integration Elders and the Heavenly Demon Sect having lost one Early Stage and one Middle Stage Protector—

In the face of a Peak Body Integration Devil Head like Blood Begonia, this small advantage would turn to ash in an instant!

Tianlan City... could not be held!

A cold despair swept through the hearts of all the fighting experts of the Nine Nether Sect like a plague.

The dark clouds of the city falling and its people perishing loomed over all of Tianlan City!

Just as the members of the Nine Nether Sect were filled with hopeless despair, Yin Nine Nethers was coughing up blood, and Abyssal Heaven Hero's eyes were clouded with hopelessness—

Just as all of Tianlan City seemed to smell the foul wind and bloody rain of the city's impending fall—

"Chila—!!!"

Three terrifying space cracks, as if brutally torn open by invisible giant claws, suddenly appeared above Tianlan City!

They stood between Blood Begonia's poised, lethal scythe blade and the heavily injured Yin Nine Nethers!

Three figures, like stabilizing pillars of the sea, stepped out from the cracks!

The rampaging energy turbulence and the sky-spanning Blood Evil Qi—

Were actually forcibly suppressed and calmed by a magnificent and peerless aura the moment these three appeared!

The person in the center was dressed in white as pure as snow, carrying an ancient sword box on his back. His face was as cold as ten-thousand-year-old profound ice, and his gaze was sharp enough to pierce through the Nine Nethers!

It was precisely the one who had previously shocked the world with a single sword strike, instantly killing Zhu Wuneng and forcing back Ming Qianye—the Yin Yang Sect Grand Elder, Supreme Elder Ling Juechen!

The person on the left had a burly frame like an iron tower and carried a Juque Heavy Sword the size of a door on his back. His entire body surged with Sword Qi—

As if countless angry Dragons were roaring. Simply by standing there, he made others feel as if their skin was being pricked by invisible sword light!

This was the Myriad Sword Valley Grand Elder, Tyrant Sword Old Ancestor, who was famous for his fiery temper and fierce combat power!

The person on the right wore a black robe and had a refined face with a faint, lingering smile.

His eyes, however, were as deep as an ancient starry abyss, and his entire body was permeated with a heavy, stable Law power that seemed capable of carrying all things.

This was the Moyang Sect Grand Elder, Guanglingzi!

As soon as the three appeared, three auras of Peak Body Integration, none inferior to Blood Begonia's, descended like three divine mountains!

They instantly and forcefully suppressed Blood Begonia's overbearing arrogance!

Supreme Elder Ling Juechen's gaze was like lightning as it swept across the ruined Tianlan City and the disheveled members of the Nine Nether Sect below.

Finally, his gaze fixed on Blood Begonia, whose expression had changed drastically. His voice was calm yet contained an unquestionable Law power that resounded throughout the battlefield:

"Blood Begonia, your Heavenly Demon Sect's hand has reached too far.

You have already swallowed a third of the Xuan Ye Dynasty's Eastern Territory. It is time to know when to stop and retreat."

The word "retreat" came out like a thunderclap from the Nine Heavens, carrying an invisible power of rules as if heaven and earth were echoing his will!

For the first time, an extremely solemn and wary expression appeared on Blood Begonia's enchantingly beautiful face.

Her golden eyes stared fixedly at the three Peak experts, her voice bone-chillingly cold and filled with irrepressible anger:

"Hehe... Quite the Three Great Immortal Sects! Supreme Elder Ling Juechen, do you intend to represent the Eastern Region Orthodoxy and start a full-scale war with my Heavenly Demon Sect?!"

"Bullshit!" The Myriad Sword Valley Grand Elder's hair and beard bristled, his voice like a great bell, and his Juque Heavy Sword hummed as if it were ready to split heaven and earth at any moment.

"You demonic woman! Stop trying to confuse the issue! Your Heavenly Demon Sect's wild ambition is as clear as day!

After swallowing Xuan Ye, is your next step to point your swords at all the immortal sects in my Eastern Region?! Do you really think everyone in the world is blind?!"

The Moyang Sect Grand Elder still wore a smile, but his tone was colder than ten-thousand-step profound ice. He lightly raised his hand, and a river of stars seemed to flow within his palm:

"Hehehe, Blood Demon Ancestor, I advise you.

If you insist on acting willfully, today will be more than just a clash of words. Why don't you try touching a single hair of Fellow Daoist Yin Nine Nethers?

And see if my 'Myriad Manifestations Origin Seal' can leave a permanent mark on that Shura Scythe of yours?"

A threat! A blatant threat!

Three Peak Body Integration experts—two famous for their offensive power and one for his defense and Law suppression!

With the three of them joining forces, their power was far more than a simple addition of individuals!

Even someone as strong as Blood Begonia felt an unprecedented pressure at this moment, as if three primordial divine mountains were hanging over her head!

Just as the fury and killing intent in Blood Begonia's eyes intertwined, and she was almost ready to explode regardless of the consequences—

A steady, majestic voice that seemed to contain the supreme will of the Demonic Path rang out directly in her Sea of Consciousness like a demonic sound from the depths of the Nine Nethers:

'Auntie Blood, retreat! Now is by no means the time to start a full-scale war with the Eastern Region Orthodoxy!'

This was the will of the true controller behind her!