1222: Chapter 1222 A series of probing attempts, leaving him stretched thin.

Spiritual light and Devilish Qi intertwined and collided, exploding into ring after ring of world-destroying shockwaves.

Surrounding ordinary Demonic Beasts and soldiers were caught in the aftermath, turning into dust one after another.

Even the meteorites and planetary surfaces in the distance were cracked with countless fissures.

A war general from the Red Sun Star Domain was engulfed in towering flames, engaging in a head-on confrontation with a Demonic Beast burning with pitch-black demonic flames.

Fire collided with fire, exploding into a sky full of sparks, burning the surrounding Void Realm until it twisted and deformed.

A powerhouse from the Yunze Star Domain held a long sword, sword light like a rainbow, entangled in battle with a Demonic Beast with a spectral form.

That Demonic Beast's movement technique was eerie and unpredictable; it would disappear and reappear, causing his sword strikes to miss repeatedly.

A powerhouse from the Ghost Star Domain was as elusive as a ghost, but his opponent—a similarly spectral Demonic Beast—was even more eerie. Two dim green rays of light chased and collided in the Void Realm, like two will-o'-the-wisps dancing.

A Star Envoy from Xingsu Heaven was surrounded by starlight, fiercely battling a Demonic Beast composed entirely of bone.

Starlight collided with bone blades, exploding into rings of brilliant light, beautiful yet deadly.

The battle situation fell into a stalemate.

Although the twenty-four Tier 5 Powerhouses had the numerical advantage, the madness and ferocity of the Demonic Beasts allowed them to forcefully withstand this wave of attacks.

Every Demonic Beast was like an tireless killing machine; even covered in wounds, they still crazily attacked, bit, and rammed.

And what made Lu Hongyuan even more uneasy was that on the Demon Race's side, there were still many more Tier 5 Powerhouses who had not made a move.

The Blood Demon, Heaven Demon, Sword Demon, Flame Demon... and that unfathomable Luo Xiu himself.

What were they waiting for?

Lu Hongyuan's gaze once again crossed the battlefield, landing on the back of that huge demonic elephant.

Luo Xiu was still sitting cross-legged, white hair fluttering, eyes slightly closed.

A faint arc seemed to hang from the corners of his mouth.

That was disdain, it was waiting, it was... the calm before a certain, even more terrifying storm that was about to arrive.

Lu Hongyuan's heart sank.

Lu Hongyuan's gaze swept rapidly across the battlefield, his mind quickly making a judgment.

Although the fourteen Tier 5 Demonic Beasts were ferocious, under the siege of the twenty-four Tier 5 Early Stage Powerhouses, they had already begun to show signs of decline.

Three Demonic Beasts had been severely injured, covered in blood, their movements noticeably sluggish; the remaining eleven were also covered in wounds, relying entirely on that fearless madness to hold on.

Defeat was only a matter of time.

But what Lu Hongyuan wanted was not time—he wanted to completely crush the Demon Race's defensive line, and he wanted to force out all of the Demon Race's trump cards.

"Send out eight more Tier 5 Middle Stage Powerhouses!"

He ordered in a deep voice, his gaze like iron, "I want to see exactly how deep this Demon Race's foundation really is!"

Behind him, eight figures responded and stepped out.

The aura of these eight people was deep as an abyss, far beyond what the previous Tier 5 Early Stage ones could compare to.

They said nothing, their figures shooting out violently, transforming into eight even more dazzling rainbows, shooting towards the center of the battlefield!

At the same time, the main generals of the various forces also made their decisions.

Sect Master Tuoba Shanyue snorted coldly: "Houtu Sect, send out two more Middle Stage Elders!"

Yang Wuji slightly raised his hand: "Red Sun Army, send out two Middle Stage war generals!"

Marshal Heiman nodded silently, and two Middle Stage war generals from the Black Cloud Empire stepped out without a sound.

The one-eyed burly man put away his smile and waved his hand behind him: "Old Zhao, Old Qian, you go!"

The elegant young man nodded slightly, and two Middle Stage powerhouses from the Yunze Star Domain floated out.

The Black-Robed Figure let out a low hum, and two even denser dim green rays of light shot towards the battlefield.

The white-haired old man flicked his whisk: "Xingsu Heaven, send out two Middle Stage Star Envoys."

Another sixteen Tier 5 Middle Stage powerhouses, like sixteen meteors, tore through the Void Realm and joined the battle!

— — Twenty-four Tier 5 Early Stage, sixteen Tier 5 Middle Stage — — A full forty Tier 5 Powerhouses, simultaneously besieging fourteen Tier 5 Demonic Beasts!

This was a crushing victory without any suspense.

A Tier 5 Middle Stage powerhouse from the Radiant Star Domain drew his long sword, the sword light like a rainbow, and with one strike, he severed the head of a severely injured Tier 5 Demonic Beast!

Black blood gushed out, and that huge body crashed down, smashing countless meteorites.

Two Middle Stage Elders from the Houtu Sect joined forces, their golden palm prints suppressing downwards like a mountain, forcefully smashing a Demonic Beast burning with demonic flames into meat paste!

The Middle Stage war generals of the Red Sun Star Domain thrust both fists out simultaneously, and two fire dragons roared as they pounced on a Bone Demon, burning it to ashes!

The Middle Stage Marshal of the Black Cloud Empire appeared silently behind a spectral Demonic Beast and cut it in half with one blade!

One after another, Tier 5 Demonic Beasts fell, like collapsing mountains, stirring up intense ripples in the Void Realm.

Black blood stained the entire starry sky red, and Devilish Qi dissipated, turning into clusters of black mist.

In less than half an hour, nearly half of the fourteen Tier 5 Demonic Beasts had been slain!

The morale of the Radiant Allied Forces was greatly boosted, and the cheers of the soldiers shook the heavens and earth.

The silver torrent surged again, like a breached raging tide, sweeping towards the hinterland of the Demon Beast Army!

However, there was not a hint of joy on Lu Hongyuan's face.

His gaze was fixed tightly on the deepest part of the Demon Beast Army—there, where the seven Tier 5 Demonic Beasts had fallen, wisps of invisible power were peeling away from their corpses, quietly sinking into the Void Realm, and gathering in the direction where Luo Xiu was.

He was absorbing their power.

Lu Hongyuan's heart sank abruptly, but he had no time to think carefully—because at the rear of the Demon Beast Army, there was finally movement.

Six powerful auras erupted simultaneously!

Six Tier 5 Middle Stage Demonic Beasts rushed out from the depths of the army!

They were even larger and more ferocious than the previous fourteen.

Some were covered in pitch-black scales, and every step they took made the Void Realm tremble.

Some were wrapped in blood-colored lightning, crackling and popping, emitting a heart-palpitating aura of destruction.

Some had figures like mountains, and every step they took, the Void Realm beneath their feet shattered...

The six Tier 5 Middle Stage Demonic Beasts pounced towards those forty Tier 5 Powerhouses!

"Roar—!!!"

They roared, raging, and entangled in battle with the Allied Forces' three Tier 5 Middle Stage powerhouses.

However, the numerical gap was too large.

Forty against thirteen—even if these six Demonic Beasts were more powerful and crazier, they could not make up for such a huge numerical disadvantage.

Three Tier 5 Middle Stage powerhouses besieged one, spiritual light and Devilish Qi intertwined, sword light and shadows, fists and palms flying everywhere.

In just a few hours, the first Tier 5 Middle Stage Demonic Beast crashed down.

Immediately followed by the second, the third...

Lu Hongyuan and the main generals of the various forces all saw it—the Demon Race's high-tier combat power was already stretched thin.

"They can't hold on anymore."

Sect Master Tuoba Shanyue said in a deep voice, his tiger eyes flashing with sharp light, "There are only six Tier 5 Middle Stage Demonic Beasts.

If those Four Great Demon Generals don't make a move soon, the Demon Race's defensive line will collapse."

Yang Wuji nodded slowly, his expression still solemn, but the wariness in his eyes had lessened by a few points: "It seems the Demon Race's foundation is nothing more than this."

Marshal Heiman did not speak, but in his pitch-black eyes, the frequency of the flickering dim light had noticeably slowed down.