301: Stop the war! Join hands!

The invasion of Eternal Tribulation Demon Abyss ignited the flames of war between the two great abysses.

After half a month of bloody battles, the number of fallen soldiers on both sides had exceeded ten billion.

Even though the Abyss Lords regarded lower-ranking Demon Race members as mere weeds, such losses were still considered heavy.

Continuing the slaughter would only allow other abysses to reap the benefits.

The Eternal Tribulation Demon Abyss still had its strongest trump card—the Darkborn Legion—yet to be deployed.

If the Darkborn Legion were to attack, the Blood Prison Abyss would likely retreat to avoid greater losses.

However, the Darkborn Legion was renowned and feared by all abysses.

Once mobilized, its impact would undoubtedly shake the entire Demon Realm.

Though Wu Sheng Saint Venerable was powerful, he was not strong enough to contend with the entire Demon Realm alone, and would never prematurely ignite the situation in the Demon Realm unless absolutely necessary.

Thus, the six Devil Kings ascended to the Gale Layer ( Gale Layer, a layer of violent winds), initiating negotiations.

"We absolutely cannot accept this condition! Dou Devil King! If worst comes to worst, we'll fight again!" A cold voice, suppressing rage, echoed in the violent winds.

"Haha! It is you of Blood Prison who seek a ceasefire, not us of Eternal Tribulation! This King has stated the conditions! Agree, and the war ceases; refuse, and we fight!" Another voice revealed utter arrogance.

"You..."

"Yu Lang! No need for further words! Let's just fight!" A powerful voice conveyed impatience.

Before the words finished, above the violent winds layer, a phantom of a blood-colored world suddenly appeared!

Its Aura was vast, clearly having reached the Peak of a Small World.

Within the blurry image, faint signs of life could be seen.

The blood-colored world suddenly contracted, merging into a towering figure.

That figure's might surged, and with a single step, he was about to attack!

Just then, a small figure clad in a jet-black haori silently appeared, blocking his path, standing with his back to him, and one arm outstretched.

"Night Without Double! What do you mean!" Zhou Kuang's gaze, like daggers, locked onto the obstructing person.

The newcomer was none other than the leader of Blood Prison's First Legion—the Nightblood Legion—Night Without Double.

His haori was jet black, his face ordinary, yet his temperament was gentle like a recluse.

He did not reply, only casting a faint glance at Zhou Kuang.

A vast pressure, like a mountain, crashed down!

Zhou Kuang grunted, retreating angrily.

Eternal Life, Battle Heaven Extreme, and Demon King Luó, who were confronting each other in the distance, also became solemn.

Among the three, only Eternal Life was a Devil King at the Peak, Battle Heaven Extreme was at the Late Stage of Devil King, and Demon King Luó was merely at the Middle Stage.

If they truly fought, the outcome would be hard to predict.

This delicate balance was the cornerstone that facilitated the negotiations.

"Dou Devil King, I heard that you are leading Eternal Tribulation in this war? Even Eternal Life must obey your command?" Night Without Double's voice was clear and cool, not loud, yet it clearly reached every Devil King's ears.

"Precisely! Night Without Double, speak your mind!" Battle Heaven Extreme's arrogance slightly receded, but his tone remained unfriendly.

"Our Blood Prison sent three hundred eighty Demon Generals into the Secret Realm; now, only one remains whose Soul lamp has not extinguished.

I wonder about Eternal Tribulation?"

Battle Heaven Extreme paused slightly at these words, his gaze sweeping towards Eternal Life and Demon King Luó.

The three exchanged Divine Thoughts rapidly.

A moment later, Battle Heaven Extreme declared loudly, "We of Eternal Tribulation are not as petty as you! This time, eight hundred sixty people entered the Secret Realm, and over four hundred still remain! That last Soul lamp of yours is likely left by a prisoner of our army, isn't it!"

Night Without Double remained unfazed, pressing on, "Then, have you received any news from within the Secret Realm?"

The three Devil Kings of Eternal Tribulation fell silent.

Seeing the other party's silence, Night Without Double no longer beat around the bush: "I believe you have also noticed the strangeness of this Secret Realm.

Regardless of which side explores it alone, the cost is inestimable.

How about we cease hostilities and explore it together?"

"We've already said it, cooperation is possible, but we get eight parts of the output, and you get two!"

"Too little!" Night Without Double shook his head, his voice as cold and solid as ice, "A minimum of forty percent! Agree, and we cooperate; otherwise, we fight!"

"Forty percent?" Battle Heaven Extreme's eyes erupted with Battle Intent like a volcano, he bared his teeth in a savage grin, his voice booming like thunder, "Night Without Double, quite an appetite! You want this Lord to agree? First, let this Lord see if you, the First Legion Commander of Blood Prison, are worth that forty percent!"

Boom!

Before his words finished, a terrifying Aura of destruction, capable of annihilating all things, shot up from within Battle Heaven Extreme!

Space around him shattered inch by inch, as if unable to bear that pure and ultimate will of destruction!

Crimson demonic patterns instantly covered his bulging muscles; with every step he took, the Void Realm groaned under the immense burden—that was the endless fighting spirit and wild power bestowed by the Great Dao of War!

"Take this!" Battle Heaven Extreme attacked without any fancy moves, unleashing a single punch!

Where the Fist Intent passed, it was not an energy surge, but a direct collision of the Dao Laws!

The destructive torrent solidified into a jet-black Fist Intent, and wherever it went, light was extinguished, Laws disintegrated, carrying a tyrannical will to crush all things, striking directly at Night Without Double's face!

Facing this strike, powerful enough to shatter stars, Night Without Double's expression remained gentle and calm, only in the depths of his seemingly ordinary eyes, a swirling abyss vortex seemed to churn.

He did not meet it head-on, but merely gently raised the hand covered by his jet-black haori, his five fingers slightly spread.

Buzz—

In an instant, pure darkness silently spread, centered on his palm!

This darkness was not the absence of light, but a terrifying Divine Thought of existence itself being devoured and erased!

Battle Heaven Extreme's violent destructive Fist Intent crashed into the Domain of darkness, like a mud ox entering the sea, its speed drastically reduced, its destructive power rapidly decomposed, eroded, and assimilated by the darkness!

Furthermore, an indescribable great fear, originating from the depths of the Soul, flowed upstream along the Fist Intent, fiercely impacting Battle Heaven Extreme's mind, attempting to dismantle his blazing Battle Intent!

"Hmph! Fear? Shatter for this old man!" Battle Heaven Extreme roared, his Battle Intent surging like raging flames around him, forcibly dispelling the mental erosion.

He unleashed a barrage of punches, each containing ultimate destruction and Battle Intent; the fist shadows rained down like meteors, wildly bombarding the constantly expanding darkness!

Night Without Double's figure flickered in and out of the darkness, as if he were omnipresent.

His footwork was profound, each flicker bringing forth a deeper shadow.

He was no longer passive; with a light tap of his fingertips, highly condensed spears of darkness silently shot out, at tricky angles and with unpredictable trajectories, each strike precisely targeting the fleeting weak points in Battle Heaven Extreme's violent offensive.

At the same time, the power of the Great Dao of Fear, like a shadow, transformed into invisible mental spikes, continuously drilling through Battle Heaven Extreme's sturdy Battle Intent barrier.

Boom! Boom! Boom—!

Hiss! Hiss! Hiss—!

Above the violent winds layer, a destructive tide and devouring darkness fiercely clashed!

Crimson-black and inky-black furiously intertwined and collided, fragments of Law splattered, tearing a huge vacuum in the chaotic violent winds!

Battle Heaven Extreme grew wilder with each fight, his Aura like a rainbow, every strike carrying the power to shatter the heavens and rend the earth.

Night Without Double, however, was like a bottomless dark pool; with every move, he dissolved the violence, while darkness and fear, like bone-marrow parasites, continuously eroded his opponent's strength and will.

After dozens of fierce exchanges, it seemed difficult to determine a victor.

However, just as Battle Heaven Extreme once again gathered all his strength, intending to unleash an even stronger attack—

Night Without Double's figure suddenly vanished!

In the next instant, he mysteriously appeared at the center of the destructive storm formed by Battle Heaven Extreme's violent punches!

It was as if he was inherently part of the darkness, completely ignoring the destructive energy Turbulence ( Turbulence, turbulent flow of energy)!

Night Without Double's fingers were like a sword, his fingertip imbued with a point of darkness and annihilation power, condensed to the extreme, as if it could freeze the Soul, silently striking towards Battle Heaven Extreme's glabella!

This finger strike was fast! Tricky! Perilous! It condensed Night Without Double's Peak comprehension of the Great Dao of Darkness and Fear, and moreover, seized the subtle gap in Battle Heaven Extreme's power transition!

Battle Heaven Extreme's pupils suddenly contracted!

His destructive Fist Intent was too late to defend, so in a hurry, he could only condense his vast Battle Intent at his glabella, forming a crimson barrier!

Puff!

A soft but heart-stopping muffled sound.

Night Without Double's fingertip touched the crimson barrier, and the barrier instantly became covered with spiderweb-like cracks!

A cold, deathly silent power penetrated through!

Battle Heaven Extreme grunted, his body violently shook, and he flew back several hundred li!

At his glabella, a tiny yet dazzling black mark was clearly visible; although the meaning of annihilation and fear contained within it did not severely injure his body, it caused his fiery Battle Intent to suddenly stagnate!

The two had only been testing each other, neither using their innate Divine Weapons nor other means, only the simplest clash of the Dao; at this moment, the victor was decided!

Night Without Double slowly withdrew his finger, standing with his hands behind his back.

The surrounding darkness and the suffocating sense of fear receded like a tide, returning to his gentle and ordinary demeanor, as if the terrifying presence from moments ago was just an illusion.

He looked at Battle Heaven Extreme, who had stabilized his figure and whose expression was uncertain, and his voice remained calm: "Dou Devil King, I concede."

Battle Heaven Extreme stared intently at Night Without Double, the icy tremor at his glabella difficult to dispel.

After a long while, he let out a heavy snort, the arrogance in his eyes undiminished, but with an added gravity and acknowledgment: "Good! What a Night Without Double! Forty percent it is! Old Ghost Ye, Demon King Luó, do you have any objections?"

Eternal Life gave Night Without Double a deep look, then slowly nodded.

Demon King Luó also had no objection.

"The cooperation is established." Night Without Double nodded, his gaze falling upon the massive spatial rift below, "Then, prepare to send people in again."

After a slight pause, a hint of solemnity appeared in his eyes: "But this time, we must make more preparations!"

The battle between the two Devil Kings ended in a flash.

Blood Prison and Eternal Tribulation temporarily allied, and the development of the Demon Realm fragments was once again put on the agenda of the two great abysses.

Meanwhile, in the Place of Cessation of Grief, Xiao Zhuo and the others were completely unaware.

Besides the many Demon Generals originally from Xiao Zhuo's Small World, and the remaining sixty-plus members of the Eternal Life Demon Army, several hundred more Immortal Caves were added to the rift valley.

Xiao Zhuo had been in seclusion since the Immortal Caves were opened, and the other Demon Generals also began to recuperate.

Without Xiao Zhuo's command, no one was allowed to leave the rift valley.