195: Alliance with the Phantom

Demon Shadow showed a regretful expression.

"Speaking of which, if it weren't for you back then, I would have already cultivated a powerful army of exotic beasts and resisted this second great calamity with you all."

"The Alliance wouldn't have fallen to its current state either."

Su Lei said expressionlessly, "In front of Demonic Beasts, even Yao Beasts are powerless to resist. Even if you had succeeded, what then?"

"Also, I'm very curious, why aren't you affected by the dark aura?"

Demon Shadow didn't answer immediately, but slowly raised his hand.

In an instant, a dark blue chain appeared out of thin air, encircling his body.

It seemed to distort space, completely isolating the encroaching black mist.

Su Lei's pupils contracted slightly.

He suddenly remembered.

When he was imprisoned by Demon Shadow, he was bound by this kind of chain, which allowed him to Break through in desperation, condense Protective Aura, and step into the Grandmaster realm.

"So that's how it is..." Su Lei said coldly, "A Yao Beast, yet he obtained the secret art of ancient human civilization's Legacy, how ironic."

Demon Shadow shook his head, a hint of undetectable weariness in his voice.

"Su Lei, give up. You are not Burial Mound's opponent."

"Burial Mound?" Su Lei frowned slightly,

"That Demonic Beast's name."

Demon Shadow whispered, a hint of apprehension flashing in his eyes.

"It's not an ordinary monster, but... something older, more terrifying."

Su Lei sneered, his Battle Intent undiminished: "Did you specifically come all this way just to tell me these useless things?"

Demon Shadow ignored his taunt and said in a deep voice:

"If you fail... you will be corrupted and become the strongest human mutated entity in history."

"By then, this world will probably have no one left to stop its expansion."

Su Lei was expressionless, his right hand slowly reaching behind him,

With a clang, sky prison was unsheathed!

The dark sword body gleamed with a cold light, and on the blade, fine blood-colored patterns were vaguely visible, wriggling like living things.

"Do you see it?" Su Lei's voice was cold and calm, "This was forged from that fellow's severed limbs."

He flicked his wrist, pointing the sword at Demon Shadow, his tone grim.

"And this time, humanity will completely end it here."

Demon Shadow gazed at sky prison, a complex look flashing in his eyes, but it quickly returned to normal.

"You appeared in the heart of the Northern Territory, and the Demonic Beast army is already heading here."

"If you don't leave now... you really won't be able to."

Su Lei's lips curved slightly, "I deliberately appeared here."

Demon Shadow was silent for a moment, then finally sighed deeply: "Lure them here, and then wipe them out with large-scale destructive weapons?"

He shook his head, a hint of helplessness in his voice.

"A good plan, but unfortunately... you know nothing about the power of Demonic Beasts."

Su Lei frowned slightly, "What do you mean?"

Demon Shadow sighed, "It's not just humans who learn and grow stronger; Demonic Beasts do too."

"They are not wild beasts, but intelligent life forms more perfect than all other creatures."

Su Lei's gaze was like a knife, and he sneered: "If they were really that powerful, why were humans able to Seal them thirty thousand years ago?"

"Since they could do it, we naturally can too."

Before he finished speaking—

Rumble!!

The ground suddenly trembled violently, rocks bounced, and dust flew.

On the distant horizon, a black tide surged, and the Demonic Beast army swept in like a monstrous wave,

Wherever it passed, the earth cracked inch by inch, and the air twisted and boiled.

At the forefront, four mountain-like figures crushed the earth, each step causing terrifying tremors—

Those were four Fourth-Rank Lord-level Demonic Beasts, their crimson eyes burning with destructive desire.

At the same time, the sky suddenly darkened, and dark clouds rolled and spread like ink, obscuring the sun.

An indescribably terrifying aura poured down, as if the entire firmament was about to collapse!

Crack—!

The Void Realm cracked with fine black lines, and an invisible oppressive force caused sand and gravel within several miles to defy gravity and slowly float.

Demon Shadow's face was extremely grim, his knuckles white.

But Su Lei remained still as a mountain, only slightly raising his head to gaze into the depths of the clouds—

There, a black shadow that blotted out the sky was slowly descending.

"Burial Mound..."

Su Lei's thoughts raced.

The so-called Yao Beasts were actually originally creatures of this planet, just like humans,

During the first Spiritual Qi calamity, they gradually evolved from wild beasts into exotic beasts, Vicious Beasts, Yao Beasts... Although the other party was a Yao Beast, at least it was not the destroyer of this world.

Compared to the Demonic Beasts, which were bent on corrupting all things and standing against all living beings, Demon Shadow was, at least... still a kindred spirit.

As for the grievances between him and Lin Qianqian, it wasn't too late to settle them later.

The ground tremors grew more violent, and the sky was completely swallowed by darkness.

The clouds tore apart, and a giant claw entwined with black mist emerged, its claw tip alone comparable to a mountain!

At the same time—

In the higher stratosphere, twenty intercontinental missiles carrying nuclear warheads were streaking across the sky, diving rapidly towards this area!

Su Lei silently retracted his Mental Energy, then suddenly turned his head to look at Demon Shadow beside him.

"If you don't want to succumb to the control of the Demonic Beasts, then fight it with me."

"Although I don't have much hope for you... you do possess the ancient Seal secret art, so you might still be useful."

Demon Shadow's expression flickered, and after a moment of silence, he took a deep breath, a hint of regret flashing in his eyes.

"If only you had accepted my proposal back then..."

Su Lei sneered, the sky prison blade pointing obliquely at the ground.

"Don't misunderstand."

"You are not qualified for me to bow down to you—for now, it's merely a temporary Alliance."

He looked up at the approaching tide of Demonic Beasts, his tone indifferent:

"Of course, the premise of this Alliance is... that you can survive the upcoming nuclear strike."

"...Deal."

As the two spoke, the Demonic Beast army had already surged into the valley like a black tsunami, less than a thousand meters away!

A putrid stench assailed them, and the ground cracked under the trampling of countless sharp claws.

And in the sky, the black shadow that blotted out the sun finally revealed its full form—

A colossal creature nearly ten thousand meters in size.

Its body was covered in hard carapace, adorned with various strange patterns and protrusions.

Dozens of crimson eyes grew on its distorted, tumor-like head,

Hundreds of tentacle-like appendages extended from both sides of its body,

Six pairs of bone wings covered in barbs slowly unfurled, each beat causing space to tremble.

Merely gazing at it caused a sharp, tearing pain in one's mind.

Su Lei narrowed his eyes, silently watching the sky.

"It's about time..."

The next second!

Above the firmament, twenty blazing white meteors tore through the clouds!

Fifteen intercontinental missiles accurately struck the colossal creature in the air, while the remaining five, like divine judgment, plunged into the center of the Demonic Beast army.

The moment of impact, a dazzling, brilliant light illuminated the entire sky!