261: Chapter 261 The Meat Grinder Battlefield!

Deep in the vast and boundless Universe, the Realm Battlefield.

Here, the peaceful radiance of the stars had long since vanished; as far as the eye could see, there were only ruins of a Void Realm shattered to the extreme, and a deathly nebula stained dark red by endless Immortal blood and Devilish Qi.

This place was a veritable "Immortal Meat Grinder."

At the very front lines of the battlefield, two torrents were colliding in a tragic and violent manner.

One side was the Star Domain Allied Forces, radiating the brilliance of various Immortal Dao Laws, while the other was composed of Realm Demons of various forms, shrouded in corrosive auras.

In this battlefield, the Immortal Realm, which once could dominate the life and death of a Small World, was now merely a common soldier charging into the fray.

And the Heavenly Immortals who controlled an immortal core could only barely serve as the main force of the charge.

Only Golden Immortals who had condensed the Great Dao Origin were qualified to serve as generals commanding a side.

Those in the Saint Realm existed as overseers; if anyone dared to desert the battle, they would be executed on the spot!

As for those Guixu Realm Cultivators who hadn't even reached the Immortal Realm?

They didn't even have the qualification to step onto the main battlefield; they could only tremblingly serve as logistics personnel transporting supplies in the rear, or as cannon fodder to fill in when a Formation collapsed.

"Kill!!!"

The earth-shaking battle cries were accompanied by the shattering of Laws. Every moment, hundreds or thousands of Immortals and demons fell in the starry sky, turning into the purest chaotic energy.

In the far rear of the battlefield, within a secret folded space forcibly opened by supreme rules.

Hundreds of phantoms radiating terrifying pressure were quietly entrenched here.

They were the Peak combat power of the nearby Star Domains.

While the front was being torn asunder, none of these Great Emperors took the lead to act.

Because behind the demon army, Demon commanders radiating equally terrifying auras were also lying in wait.

Kings do not meet kings; this was the iron Law of the Realm wars.

Once Great Emperor-level combatants took the field, it would be a true world-ending final battle.

In the very center of the secret space, the auras of three phantoms were particularly powerful, faintly overshadowing the other Great Emperors.

They were Great Emperor Purgatory of the Wanxiang Star Domain, Empress Luyin of the Life Star Domain, and the Nether Emperor of the Nether Star Domain.

"Of the Star Domains notified, have none sent reinforcements yet?"

The phantom of Great Emperor Purgatory was the first to break the silence.

He was clad in dark red Great Emperor-rank Fire armor, and the Void Realm around him seemed to be warped and distorted by the invisible karmic fire radiating from his body.

A Saint responsible for communications shook his head with a grim expression: "Reporting to the Great Emperor, except for the several Star Domains currently participating in the war, the other Star Domains have all shirked with various excuses and have not sent a single soldier to this day."

"Hmph! Shirking? They can't wait for us to die out on the front lines; why would they send anyone?"

The Nether Emperor let out a piercing, cold laugh.

He was entirely shrouded in the deathly stillness of Nine Serenity Nether Qi, his pale eyes full of disdain for those who stood by and watched:

"How short-sighted. Do they think Realm Demons are so easy to deal with? Once this defensive line of ours is broken, they'll be the next ones to be devoured until not even a bone fragment remains!"

"The Realm Demons' offensive is ferocious now. In less than a hundred years, they have already successively captured and swallowed seven Star Domains."

Empress Luyin sighed softly.

She was extremely beautiful, with skin as white as snow and pointed ears revealing a rare Twilight Elf lineage.

Although the life Laws on her body were gentle, they had a miraculous effect when countering the corrosive aura of the demons.

Great Emperor Purgatory fell silent.

Although the Star Domain side appeared united on the surface, the Universe was too vast, with over a thousand Star Domains of various sizes.

They had been fighting openly and secretly for several epochs to compete for resources and Heavenly Dao Luck.

It might be possible to get a group of Cao Caos to gather and face a powerful enemy.

But to expect a group of 'Yuan Shaos,' each with their own ulterior motives and only caring about their own small patch of land, to gather and defend against the enemy together was simply a pipe dream.

Furthermore, the magic power of the Realm Demons and the Immortal power of the Star Domains were completely antithetical.

Wherever they went, not a blade of grass would grow, the Heavenly Dao would collapse, and all native life would find it difficult to survive. That Star Domain would completely turn into a breeding ground for the demons to rapidly multiply and grow.

This wasn't a struggle for hegemony between races; it was a life-and-death battle for survival between two entirely different biological systems!

"Since they won't shed a tear until they see the coffin, then send this to them!"

Great Emperor Purgatory's Divine Thought stirred slightly.

"Buzz—!"

Along with a surge of Law power carrying a strong sense of repulsion, a giant arm the size of a mountain, covered in purple-black Demon runes, suddenly appeared in the secret space!

As soon as this arm appeared, the residual demon Laws upon it began to crazily erode the surrounding Void Realm. Even several nearby Saints felt a strong sense of discomfort and retreated one after another.

"This is?!" The Nether Emperor's expression tightened, a flash of shock crossing his pale eyes.

"A Demon commander's arm!"

Empress Luyin couldn't help but let out a low cry. Then, she looked at Great Emperor Purgatory in the center with a wary gaze.

The hundred Great Emperors present were all very clear that although the Realm Demons' commanders were at the same Realm as them, due to the extreme destructiveness of their magic attributes and their unreasonably powerful Physical Body, their true combat strength often steadily suppressed Great Emperors of the same level.

In a one-on-one fight, a Star Domain Great Emperor would be lucky just to save their own life.

Yet Great Emperor Purgatory... had actually forcibly severed an arm from an opposing commander?!

"This old lunatic's strength... has actually grown stronger again!!!" the Nether Emperor complained wildly in his heart, his previously arrogant thoughts instantly reined in quite a bit.

Great Emperor Purgatory ignored everyone's shock. He looked coldly at the Saint responsible for communication, his tone carrying a resolve to burn his bridges:

"Take this arm and bring word to those Star Domains that are still watching the show!"

"Tell those old fogies that if after one year, I still haven't seen their banners defending the alliance on the Realm Battlefield..."

Great Emperor Purgatory's voice was like a cold wind from the Nine Serenities, making all the Great Emperors present shudder.

"Then this Realm Battlefield, my Wanxiang Star Domain will no longer defend! I will directly abandon the defensive line and lead all living beings of the Wanxiang Star Domain in a collective migration to settle in their Star Domains!"

"When the time comes, I'll see whether the Realm Demons eat them first, or if I burn down their old nests first!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire audience was shocked.

This was a blatant threat! It was also the most effective overt scheme!

If you won't come to help block the blade, then I'll open the door, let the demons in, and then I'll go seize your homes!

The Saint responsible for communications took the sealed severed demon arm with trembling hands, then bowed deeply to Great Emperor Purgatory with reddened eyes.

Because the one currently reduced to the main battlefield of the Realm war was precisely the Star Domain he belonged to!

Great Emperor Purgatory had brought the main force of the Wanxiang Star Domain across Star Domains to support them, and even gone so far as to issue such ruthless words to force other Star Domains to join the war; he had already done everything humanly possible.

"Rest assured, Great Emperor! Your subordinate guarantees that I will bring these words and this object to all Star Domains without missing a single word!"

The Saint gritted his teeth, turned to tear through the Void Realm, and departed at extreme speed with the severed demon arm.

After finishing all this, the atmosphere within the secret space became even heavier.

Great Emperor Purgatory turned his head, his eyes burning with karmic fire slowly sweeping across the hundreds of Great Emperors and Saints present.

"Everyone."

His voice was no longer as violent as before, but instead carried a calmness that had seen through life and death:

"Put away those unrealistic fantasies and prepare for a long, death-defying battle."

"That group of emotionless demons will not negotiate peace with us."

"Either we kill them back into the rift, or our Star Domains behind us! Our kin and our legacies will all turn into their nourishment!"

"To prove the determination of my Wanxiang Star Domain, starting today, we will begin conscripting all Cultivators of the Immortal Realm and above from the Wanxiang Star Domain to join the battlefield!"

After saying this, the phantom of Great Emperor Purgatory slowly dissipated, returning to the very core of the front-line battlefield to preside.

Leaving behind the hundreds of Great Emperors in the secret space, silent.

The starry sky remained cold, and the meat-grinder-like slaughter continued.