375: Murderous intent!

Excluding Xiang Zizhen, the Great Wu Dynasty currently has a total of thirteen Saints.

However, the Crimson Refining Corpses and Evil Energy Users Xiao Shi has summoned, along with the ice mirror images, directly amount to seventeen Saints!

In terms of numbers, they have completely surpassed the Saints on the Great Wu Dynasty's side.

The Great Wu Crown Prince's expression was gloomy.

He has governed the Great Wu Dynasty for nearly a hundred years, and it took him all that time to accumulate thirteen Saints within the Great Wu Dynasty.

Yet, Xiao Shi has only just gained control of the Fifth Domain, and he can already summon seventeen Saints at once!

This left the Great Wu Crown Prince feeling very uncomfortable, his fists clenched, and his hatred for Xiao Shi deepened.

After all, in his eyes... the Fifth Domain was originally property of his Great Wu Dynasty!

Now, the opponent was using his Great Wu Dynasty's property against him!

Although he was enraged, the Great Wu Crown Prince was not in a hurry at all.

Even though the number of Saints on Xiao Shi's side had completely surpassed the number of Saints here in the Great Wu Dynasty.

No matter what... this was still the Imperial Domain!

He directly raised his hand and pressed down on these Saints, and numerous invisible, imperceptible forces immediately acted upon the Saints Xiao Shi had summoned.

He directly used the power of the Imperial Domain to suppress these Saints.

He believed that with the enemy Saints suppressed and his own Saints receiving the enhancement of their own domains, even if there was a difference in the number of Saints on both sides, it would not have a significant impact.

Their side's Saints would still hold an absolute advantage!

In the face of a huge disparity in strength, numbers alone could not compensate.

"No matter how many Saints you have, you won't cause trouble in the Imperial Domain!"

The Great Wu Crown Prince's gaze was icy.

However, in the next second.

His expression suddenly changed drastically.

He was shocked to discover... the suppression he brought forth was ineffective against these Saints!

"This... what's going on!?"

The Great Wu Crown Prince was inwardly horrified, his face filled with disbelief.

This was the suppression of the Imperial Domain!

Let alone just Saints.

Even Dao Lords could not be exempted from the suppression of the Imperial Domain, yet it was ineffective against these Saints now?

This completely exceeded his expectations and understanding.

Xiao Shi, however, did not feel any surprise about this.

He knew.

Neither the Crimson Refining Corpses nor the Evil Energy Users belonged to the current era.

No matter how strong the Imperial Domain's power was.

It could only suppress people of the current era.

It could not suppress existences from previous eras.

Unless the Great Wu Crown Prince could do what the Martial Emperor did, and completely control the Imperial Domain.

Otherwise, he would definitely be unable to suppress Saints from previous eras through the Imperial Domain.

In an instant.

These old era Saints around Xiao Shi immediately charged towards the Great Wu Dynasty Saints surrounding them.

Among these old era Saints.

The Crimson Refining Corpses served as the main force.

The Crimson Refining Corpses themselves were not bound by time; they would not experience a decline in strength just because they appeared in an era that was not their own.

Especially after Xiao Shi mastered the Crimson Refining Secret Skill, he was able to unleash the full strength of the Crimson Refining Corpses when controlling them.

And when these Crimson Refining Corpses were equipped with the Crimson Refining Corpse Blade and Crimson Refinement Battle Armor, the combat power they could unleash was already not inferior to these Saints within their own domains!

These Crimson Refining Corpses dragged their Corpse Blades, sweeping towards the surrounding Saints at an astonishing speed.

Two Evil Energy Users followed closely behind.

Compared to the Crimson Refining Corpses.

Evil Energy Users could only unleash their full strength in their own era.

Once an Evil Energy User left their Nether Moon Era.

The strength they could exert was relatively limited.

However, a moon shadow now appeared on Xiao Shi's brow.

After he gained control of the Fifth Domain.

He was already able to utilize the power of the five ancient eras within the Fifth Domain.

At this moment, he used the power of the Nether Moon Era to form a Youyue Shadow, thereby making him seem to transform into a Youyue, which allowed these two Evil Energy Users to be constantly bathed in the moonlight, effectively placing them in the Nether Moon Era, thus enabling them to unleash their full strength.

Their strength would not decline due to the era problem.

Evil Energy Users in this state.

Also possessed power not inferior to these Saints within their own domains.

However, the ice mirror images were slightly inferior to the Crimson Refining Corpses and Evil Energy Users in terms of strength.

Although the ice mirror images Xiao Shi formed all inherited one hundred percent of the power of the Crimson Refining Corpses and Evil Energy Users.

Many powerful techniques belonging to the Crimson Refining Corpses and Evil Energy Users could not be used by the mirror images.

Especially the Crimson Refining Corpse Blade and Crimson Refinement Battle Armor on the Crimson Refining Corpses, which the mirror images could not inherit.

Ultimately.

Mirror images were not the same as clones after all.

It was impossible for them to possess strength not inferior to the main body, like clones.

Although the mirror images' strength was slightly inferior.

But with mutual cooperation, they could also contend with these Great Wu Dynasty Saints.

And they also held an advantage in terms of numbers.

In an instant.

The Saints from both sides began a fierce battle in the main hall.

The only thing Xiao Shi found somewhat regrettable was that the ice domain he created could not have much impact on these Saints.

During the fierce battle between these Saints.

Xiao Shi and the Great Wu Crown Prince both remained still.

They were located at opposite ends of the main hall.

Like two chess players, using this main hall as a chessboard and numerous Saints as chess pieces, engaging in a special game of chess.

Besides being able to provide these Saints with the enhancement of his own domain, the Great Wu Crown Prince could also condense a portion of the Great Wu Dynasty's fate onto them, thereby allowing them to gain a greater degree of enhancement.

However, the Great Wu Dynasty's fate was already scarce... coupled with the Great Wu Crown Prince needing to condense most of the fate onto the Dao Lords confronting the petrified face, the amount of fate he could use was very limited.

The Crimson Refining Corpses and ice mirror images controlled by Xiao Shi, however, were extremely fierce.

Especially the Crimson Refining Corpse Blade in the hands of the Crimson Refining Corpses, which had a great restraining effect on these Saints.

Once struck by the Crimson Refining Corpse Blade, the injury would be unable to heal due to the Crimson Refining Corpse Blade's wound-stopping effect.

This made the Great Wu Dynasty Saints extremely wary of the Crimson Refining Corpse Blade in the hands of the Crimson Refining Corpses.

They dared not easily clash with them head-on.

Coupled with the powerful defense of the Crimson Refinement Battle Armor, even if their attacks landed on the Crimson Refining Corpses, they were difficult to be effective.

At the same time, as corpses, their soul-based attacks were also completely ineffective.

This caused them to be completely at a disadvantage in their battle with the Crimson Refining Corpses.

They were quite passive.

The Great Wu Crown Prince's expression was grim.

Even if he sensed the disadvantage of his own Saints, he found it difficult to change the situation.

At this moment, he needed to multitask.

Not only did he have to provide enhancements to these Saints, but he also had to constantly monitor the situation above the Imperial Domain.

Especially when he noticed that the petrified face above the Imperial Domain began to open its eyes, most of his attention immediately focused on the dark-red sky above the Imperial Domain...

Chen Yuan looked solemnly at the gigantic face spread across the entire sky.

Before this enormous petrified face.

He was as tiny as an ant.

Even with his cultivation as a Dao Lord, facing this petrified face, he couldn't help but feel a sense of powerlessness.

Regarding this.

Chen Yuan did not hesitate at all.

He decisively extended his finger and gently tapped his brow.

Chii!

His entire brow instantly split open, revealing an eye as deep as the starry sky.

As soon as the entire eye was revealed.

The terrifying aura of a demigod immediately spread from within the eye.

It was... the eye of imperial judgment!

However, with Chen Yuan's current strength and cultivation, he was still unable to control this demigod-level forbidden treasure, and the power he could utilize was quite limited.

"Senior, I implore you!"

After manifesting the eye of imperial judgment, Chen Yuan respectfully said to its artifact spirit.

"It's it..."

The eye of imperial judgment gazed at the petrified face above.

A hint of surprise was also present within the entire eyeball.

Evidently, it hadn't expected the petrified face to reappear.

"No!"

After carefully observing the petrified face, the eye of imperial judgment suddenly spoke.

"It no longer has a soul; it has merely come here driven by instinct..."

Chen Yuan breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

He knew the terror of this petrified face well.

If this petrified face were in its complete form.

Then it would be something the current Great Wu Dynasty could not possibly contend with.

However, even without a soul, the petrified face's threat was still considerable.

Chen Yuan had to rely on the eye of imperial judgment to resist it.

"With your current cultivation, you cannot withstand my power. Have those few Dao Lords condense all of their Daos onto you, and let me see how much power I can exert by combining all of your Daos."

The eye of imperial judgment said to Chen Yuan.

"Yes!"

Chen Yuan nodded.

He immediately relayed the words of the eye of imperial judgment to Cheng Riyou.

If it were peacetime.

Cheng Riyou would definitely not agree.

But now, with the safety of the entire Imperial Domain at stake, Cheng Riyou did not hesitate at all and decisively complied.

And it wasn't just Cheng Riyou who agreed.

From the shadows beneath Chen Yuan and Cheng Riyou's feet, figures emerged, each wearing a black mask and covered in black armor.

There were three in total.

They were none other than the three Dao Lords of the Imperial Guard!

Ancient auras emanated from each of them.

Upon their appearance, they immediately condensed their respective Daos onto Chen Yuan.

For a time.

Chen Yuan's aura surged.

Terrifying fluctuations continuously emanated from him, causing the surrounding void to violently tremble and distort.

Chen Yuan gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his face, as if he was enduring immense pain with all his might.

These Dao Lords each wielded different Daos.

When all these Daos were condensed onto one person, the resulting burden was extremely immense.

If an ordinary Dao Lord were to have so many different Daos condensed onto them, they would surely be unable to bear it and would explode and die.

However, Chen Yuan was already considered one of the stronger Dao Lords.

Coupled with the protection of the eye of imperial judgment.

Most importantly, Chen Yuan currently had a large amount of the Great Wu Dynasty's fate condensed upon him, which allowed him to maintain the integrity of his body and prevent it from exploding due to being overwhelmed.

However, the pain brought by these different Daos would not be lessened in the slightest.

This required an extremely tenacious willpower to endure.

Chen Yuan felt as if he was being torn apart by a thousand blades, bloodshot eyes, but he still endured with all his might.

At the same time.

The gigantic petrified face in the sky had already begun to twitch slightly at its eyelids.

This was clearly a sign that it was about to open its eyes.

"Enough!"

The artifact spirit of the eye of imperial judgment made a judgment after sensing the Daos currently on Chen Yuan.

As soon as it spoke.

The gigantic petrified face in the sky suddenly opened its eyes.

They were empty, emotionless eyes.

But the moment they opened.

An invisible gray light beam immediately descended from the sky, shining towards the imperial palace below at an astonishing speed.

Chen Yuan did not hesitate in the slightest; the moment the eye of imperial judgment opened, he had already appeared between the petrified face and the imperial palace at the fastest possible speed, using his body to block the descending gray light beam.

At this moment, these Dao Lords, like the Great Wu Crown Prince, had not connected this petrified face with Xiao Shi.

They did not know that this petrified face was coming for Xiao Shi.

At the same time, because the petrified face's gaze was directed towards the imperial palace, they also could not discern from its gaze exactly who it was looking at.

They could only determine that everyone in the imperial palace was currently within the petrified face's line of sight.

If Chen Yuan did not block it.

Then everyone in the imperial palace would be completely petrified and die under the petrified face's gaze.

Buzz!

As Chen Yuan blocked, he was immediately completely covered and engulfed by the descending gray light beam.

His body instantly petrified for the most part.

However, the different Daos present on his body immediately resolved the petrification of his body.

At the same time, a white beam of light shot out from the eye of imperial judgment on his brow. Although this beam of light was smaller than the gray light beam cast by the petrified face, it was able to contend with it.

Preventing the gray light beam from continuing to descend.

Two lights, one large and one small, one gray and one white, confronted each other in the air above the imperial palace, striving to maintain a balance.

Chen Yuan's entire mind was now focused on confronting the gray light beam.

Cheng Riyou and the three Dao Lords of the Imperial Guard also had to constantly maintain their Daos integrated into Chen Yuan's body, unable to be distracted.

In the imperial palace.

Not only was the Great Wu Crown Prince paying attention to the situation above.

Xiao Shi had also been watching.

When he noticed that the Dao Lords above had formed a confrontation with the gray light beam cast by the petrified face.

A sharp glint immediately flashed in his eyes.

He clearly sensed that... these Dao Lords no longer had any spare thoughts to pay attention to other matters.

In other words... no matter how their battle here unfolded, the few Dao Lords above would be too preoccupied to intervene.

This caused a sharp killing intent to surface in Xiao Shi's gaze as he looked at the Great Wu Crown Prince!