822: Chapter 823 Fierce Battle

The entire battlefield had long since turned into a meat grinder.

Immortal Emperor Zhantian's battle body was more than half shattered; relying solely on his undying battle Qi to support his remaining form, he faced three powerful enemies of the same realm alone, nailing himself before the front lines like a wedge.

Not far away, the Qilin Demon King's ten-thousand-foot true form had its scales peeling off, sacred blood flowing freely, and its Heaven-burning flames were nearly exhausted, yet it still traded injury for injury, desperately holding back two Devil Emperors of the Black Abyss.

Immortal Emperor Wuji transformed his body into a sword, his Dao domain cracked, and he circled alone within the killing formation set up by four opponents. Every time he broke a layer of demonic patterns, his Dao body would burst open with several bloody wounds, yet he did not retreat even half a step.

Immortal Emperor Jiuhua faced three enemies alone, six of his protective divine suns shattered, and he burned his remaining Origin essence blood into a wall of fire that spanned heaven and earth, desperately holding back the surging demonic tide, his gaze burning like an unextinguished fire.

The Ancient Demon True Lord's demonic body was nearly half broken, white bones exposed, yet he laughed wildly while fighting for his life, frantically devouring the Death Qi and resentment on the battlefield. Appearing like a mad devil, he actually forced back two powerful enemies of the same Origin, seizing a sliver of opportunity for the defense line behind him.

There were even more figures burning, blooming, and falling all over the battlefield.

There were Immortal Emperors who burned their last bit of Origin, self-detonating their Dao fruits to drag several Black Abyss powerhouses down into the Chaos with them.

There were Demon Emperors who revealed their ancient true forms, using their flesh and blood to ram into the Black Abyss battle formations, just to delay them for a moment.

Behind them, Cultivators of the Ancient Immortal Domain followed one after another; some burned their lifelong Immortal Qi to repair formation patterns and stabilize the barrier, while others fought in blood, purging the invading Black Abyss Cultivators.

Even more used their bodies to fill the cracks in the barrier, guarding the territory to the death.

And on that supreme battlefield of Chaos, what determined the direction of the entire war were two figures standing alone against the abyss.

Deep within the Chaos, the Dao shattered, and baleful Qi burned the heavens.

Purple Bamboo Daoist's figure was proud and aloof. His Dao robe had long been soaked in blood and tattered, his long black hair stained with gore, the Dao Rhyme around his body chaotic and broken, and countless wounds traversed his body, deep enough to see bone.

With his own power, he fought the four great Black Abyss Heavenly Emperors alone!

The four Heavenly Emperors, four pitch-black, monstrous pressures of the Heavenly Emperors locked down the four directions, and the endless Laws of the Black Abyss frantically crushed, eroded, and tore apart Purple Bamboo Daoist's Dao domain.

Purple Bamboo Daoist bathed in blood with every step, hard-resisting the successive ultimate strikes of the four Heavenly Emperors. The Dao sword in his hand shattered several times, and his Physical Body was repeatedly on the verge of disintegration.

For a million years of desperate defense, he had never retreated a single step.

Even if his Dao body were to collapse and his Divine Soul to be extinguished, he remained firmly nailed to this expanse of Chaos, turning into a human wall that no one could break.

He held back the full combat power of the four Heavenly Emperors, not letting them break free to strike the barrier and slaughter all living beings.

On the other side of the deep Chaos space, the battle situation was similarly tragic to the extreme.

The Taichu main body stood in the air, his Origin Dao robe already torn in countless places, his whole body flowing with golden Origin essence blood.

The originally vast and boundless Taichu Dao domain was riddled with holes, covered in pitch-black demonic erosion cracks.

He did not have the dominance of Purple Bamboo Daoist fighting one against four, but with his own body, he desperately held off the successive fierce attacks of two newly ascended Black Abyss Heavenly Emperors.

Although these two newly ascended Heavenly Emperors were of a new realm, they bore the forbidden Laws of the Black Abyss, their killing intent violent and fearless of death. Under their joint suppression, they were enough to shake the Great Dao of the heavens.

The Taichu runes filling the sky shattered, re-condensed, and shattered again. Every time the Taichu main body received an ultimate strike from a Heavenly Emperor, his body would tremble violently, and his Origin would be greatly depleted.

Yet his gaze remained ancient and steady, not retreating a single step, forcefully locking the two Heavenly Emperors in the deep space, unable to advance even an inch.

On the two supreme battlefields, eight Heavenly Emperors fought to the death, the Laws collapsed and chaotic, and the Chaos surged.

But on the battlefield below the Heavenly Emperors, the Ancient Immortal Domain was already on the verge of its limit.

Outside the barrier, the Black Abyss army had formed a world-destroying formation that covered the sky and obscured the sun.

Dozens of Black Abyss Immortal Emperors resided at the formation eyes, thousands of quasi-emperors commanded the four directions, and the endless army's Evil Qi connected, launching an endless bombardment against the protective barrier with a force that could destroy heaven and earth!

Every strike caused the protective barrier that spanned hundreds of millions of miles to tremble violently, its spiritual light dimming at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Cracks grew and expanded frantically, and more and more pitch-black gaps pierced through from inside to outside.

And within the Void Realm inside the barrier floated a vast, incomparably broken fragment of the Immortal Realm Origin continent.

This continent was a core remnant after the collapse of the Ancient Immortal Domain, thick and boundless, stretching for hundreds of millions of miles, carrying the last Origin and Luck of the Immortal Domain.

But now, this last defensive homeland was already riddled with scars.

The rock layers at the edge of the continent crumbled and peeled off layer by layer; countless huge land fragments constantly fell into the Chaos, turning into stardust, and the entire continent was teetering, as if it would completely disintegrate in the next moment.

In the deepest part of the continent, the Immortal Realm Origin Meridians were nearly dry, yet they were still overdrawing their last reserves.

A steady stream of pure Immortal Qi surged out, flowing along the earth's veins into the protective barrier, desperately maintaining the barrier's final spiritual light, not letting it completely shatter.

Across the entire fragmented continent, the ruins of various ancient Immortal Emperor-level forces all lit up with their final remaining light at this moment!

The ruined halls of Taichu Divine Palace floated high in the sky, golden Dao patterns burning up their remaining reserves; the old site of Jiuhua Divine Palace had red-gold flames flickering and about to extinguish, all its supreme Yang power gushing out.

The ruins of Taiyin Immortal Palace had bleak moonlight, with cold Taiyin Origin flowing endlessly; the Wuji Divine Hall's broken Sword Intent wailed, and all its eternal sword Dao reserves were sacrificed!

The phantom of the Heavenly Demon Ancient Tower trembled, billions of demon powers soared into the sky, the Demon Abyss Sacred Hall glowed dimly, and the Demon Race's forbidden demonic rhymes were all released...

The various top ancient Daoist lineages, regardless of race, regardless of good or evil, were all burning their remaining reserves at this moment.

They poured their Immortal power, demon power, and devilish power into the cracked protective barrier, regardless of the consequences!

One by one, the divine palaces that once shone through the ages grew dimmer and dimmer, their reserves rapidly depleting, as if burning up their final life, just to protect this remnant realm.

But the Black Abyss's offensive was too terrifying!

Outside the barrier, endless Demonic Path Laws crashed down, each strike causing the barrier's spiritual light to plummet, cracks spreading and expanding frantically.

The cracks in the barrier grew larger and larger, and more and more pitch-black gaps connected the inside and outside!

Countless Black Abyss Demon Generals, Demon Commanders, and Demon Soldiers swarmed into the interior of the Immortal Domain along the gaps, tearing through defense lines, slaughtering the defending troops, and eroding the Origin of the land.

Countless remaining Cultivators on the front line gritted their teeth as they poured Immortal power into the barrier and repaired the formation patterns, while simultaneously raising their swords to fight the invading demon army.

Slaughter, disintegration, sacrifice, and falling were happening every single moment.

On the entire front line of the Chaos battlefield, not a single person retreated, not a single person feared the battle.

With broken bodies bathed in blood, their Dao Heart undying, they used the bodies of Mortals and their shattered Dao to forcefully shoulder the eternal darkness.

Deep in the core of the barrier, the main body of the will of the immortal domain hovered and fluctuated.

Its Origin trembled violently, endless unwillingness and sorrow turning into muffled roars that echoed throughout the entire starry sea.

It overdrew its Origin, burned its reserves, and exhausted its remaining Luck, doing everything in its power to protect all living beings, but the darkness was endless, and the catastrophe was infinite.

No matter how it roared and struggled, frantically patching the barrier, the cracks continued to increase, and the trend of collapse was already irreversible.

Despair, like thick Black Abyss Devilish Qi, completely shrouded the entire battlefield.

Heavenly Emperors were heavily injured in the bitter battle, Immortal Emperors were overdrawn from fighting to the death, and the ancient reserves were burned out.

Everyone knew that this kind of desperate defense could not last long.

The eternal defense was on the verge of its end.