1111: Chapter 1110 All Spirits - Return to the Void: Sacrifice

But this time, there was not a trace of smugness in the Spirit Emperor's eyes; instead, they were filled with gravity and determination.

This cannot go on any longer!

The resilience, growth speed, and control and application of power of this anomaly had exceeded its worst expectations.

The suppression of the God-Demon Domain on its battlefield was becoming increasingly obvious, while the consumption of the Origin it mobilized was getting faster and faster.

If this protracted battle continued, even if it could win in the end, it would likely be a pyrrhic victory, and it might even be countered by the opponent if they found an opportunity!

Moreover... it vaguely felt that this ancient battlefield, which had existed for who knows how many epochs, seemed to be becoming unstable because of its excessive extraction of the Origin and this terrifying battle that far exceeded its load-bearing capacity!

It could no longer hesitate!

It must exhaust everything and make one final gamble!

"Ant, to be able to force this Emperor to this point, you are worthy of leaving a name... No, you will not have the chance to leave your name anywhere!"

The Spirit Emperor's voice was bone-chillingly cold, carrying a sense of desperate madness.

It suddenly plunged the sword of the fallen emperor in its hand into the Void Realm beneath its feet, rapidly formed seals with both hands, and uttered ancient and awkward syllables from its mouth; every syllable caused the Law of the entire battlefield to tremble violently!

"In the name of my Emperor, I command all spirits! The heroic souls of this Realm shall all be my fuel!"

"Myriad Spirits — Void Return · Sacrifice!"

Boom—!!!

An irresistible, terrifying suction force—originating from the Law of the battlefield itself, yet forcibly catalyzed by the Spirit Emperor's imperial authority—erupted violently with it as the center!

This suction was not aimed at Luo Xiu, but at all the remaining Battlefield Heroic Spirits in the battlefield!

Whether it was the army of ordinary Battlefield Heroic Spirits still surging like a tide below, or all the 5th-Order Battlefield Heroic Spirits currently entangled with the Four Demon Generals or waiting for an opportunity around them.

Including 5th-Order Battlefield Heroic Spirits like the Golden Armored Axe King, Platinum Giant Bird, Eight-Armed Gargoyle, and Bone Spike Giant Lizard, all of their bodies suddenly stiffened!

The golden patterns on their bodies lit up uncontrollably and wildly, and the pure energy and Law imprints within their bodies were forcibly extracted like floodwaters breaking a dam, turning into beams of multicolored energy that roared and struggled as they shot toward where the Spirit Emperor was!

"Roar—! Emperor! No—!"

The Golden Armored Axe King let out an unwilling and desperate roar; it wanted to resist, it wanted to break free, but the dual suppression of the Emperor's authority and the battlefield Law left it completely powerless to resist, and it could only watch as its body rapidly dimmed, shriveled, and finally turned into fly ash, with all its essence merging into the beam of light!

"Screech—!"

The Platinum Giant Bird flapped its wings frantically, attempting to escape, but it was like an insect trapped in amber, all in vain; its feathers disintegrated inch by inch, turning into platinum streamers and being sucked away.

Other 5th-Order Battlefield Heroic Spirits, whether Early Stage or Middle Stage, all met the same fate!

They were like lambs being sacrificed, and amidst shrill roars and unwilling wills, they disintegrated and dissipated one by one, leaving behind only the purest Origin energy, which was swallowed up by the Spirit Emperor like a whale!

Even the endless army of ordinary Battlefield Heroic Spirits below turned into fly ash in large swathes under this terrifying sacrificial suction, and a massive amount of energy—though impure, it was terrifying in quantity—surged into the Spirit Emperor's body like hundreds of rivers returning to the sea!

"No!!"

The Four Demon Generals—Heaven Demon, Flame Demon, Blood Demon, and Sword Demon—were shocked and furious, but they were also affected by this terrifying suction force and had to exert all their strength to stabilize their bodies, unable to stop it.

Luo Xiu's pupils constricted sharply, and the warning signs in his heart rose to their Peak!

He had not expected that the Spirit Emperor would be so ruthless, directly sacrificing all the spirits under its command, and even the Foundation that maintained the existence of this battlefield began to waver!

"Hahahaha, this is more like it!"

He laughed wildly, but he knew that this was a life-or-death moment!

Having devoured all the Battlefield Heroic Spirits, especially the majority of the essence of those twenty-plus 5th-Order Battlefield Heroic Spirits, the Spirit Emperor's aura skyrocketed like a rocket!

Its golden crystal body began to emit a Perfection, flawless, glazed precious light!

Its body became even more solid, as if truly forged from immortal divine gold!

Above its forehead, a more complex and profound phantom of a dark golden crown slowly emerged, emitting a terrifying imperial prestige that commanded all directions and reigned supreme!

5th-Order Peak!

By sacrificing the myriad spirits and forcibly devouring all the remaining essence of the battlefield, the Spirit Emperor, at this moment, fiercely broke through the boundary of the Late Stage and completely reached the 5th-Order Peak!

The intensity of its pressure was many times stronger than before!

Just by standing there, the aura it emitted caused the surrounding space to constantly collapse and reorganize, as if unable to bear its existence!

However, at the same time—

"Rumble—!!!"

The entire ancient battlefield let out a doomsday-like wail!

The earth cracked crazily, bottomless ravines crisscrossed, and scorching lava and nether Death Qi gushed out!

The baleful clouds in the sky rolled violently and dissipated, and that dark golden "Great Sun" which Luo Xiu had used as a "lighthouse" also flickered uncertainly, eventually extinguishing completely!

The ancient Law that supported the existence of this space began to disintegrate and collapse because the core energy had been excessively extracted!

Countless spatial cracks, like black lightning, spread and intertwined throughout the battlefield!

The sky began to peel away, revealing the void darkness behind it!

The entire world, like a painting that had been set on fire, was rapidly turning into ashes!

The Spirit Emperor's aura, which had just reached the Peak, also showed a trace of instability due to the collapse of this battlefield!

Its body was born from the same source as this battlefield; if the battlefield were to completely dissipate, its "Emperor's Body," condensed from the battlefield Law and obsession, would inevitably vanish into smoke along with it!

"There is not much time left!"

A trace of anxiety flashed in the Spirit Emperor's eyes, but there was more of an unmissable madness!

It must take down Luo Xiu and seize his Physical Body before the battlefield completely shattered and it dissipated along with it!

Only by obtaining that perfect, flawless, and vibrant God-Demon Physical Body and inhabiting it with its own spirit as an Emperor could it truly escape this impending cage of destruction, attain rebirth, and perhaps even use this precious body to reach a higher Realm!

"Your Physical Body is mine!"

The Spirit Emperor no longer held anything back; it pulled up the sword of the fallen emperor that was inserted into the Void Realm. On that sword body, what flowed at this moment was a dark red, almost black, destructive sword light that had fused the essence of myriad spirits and the final Origin of the battlefield!

The strength of the Sword Intent made the 5th-Order Peak space it had just stabilized tremble!

It took a step forward, its figure like a teleport, appearing directly in front of Luo Xiu, who had just stabilized his figure. The sword of the fallen emperor, carrying the ultimate might to sever all Karma and destroy all Laws, thrust straight at Luo Xiu's glabella!

This sword strike was fast! Ruthless! Absolute!

It contained the Spirit Emperor's lifelong power, will, and extreme desire for "life"!

Facing this strike that had risen to the 5th-Order Peak and came with the might of destroying the world, as well as the world rapidly collapsing around him, Luo Xiu knew that any hesitation or reservation would lead to a dead end!