298: The courage is commendable, but it's all for nothing!

Chen Nian's voice wasn't loud, yet it clearly reached the ears of every Demonic Evil present.

His gentle tone formed an extremely eerie contrast with the bloody and tragic scene around him!

"Boom—!!!"

After a brief, deathly silence, panic and chaos erupted completely!

"The Barrier... it's shattered..." a Sixth-Tier Demonic Evil muttered to itself, its eyes hollow.

"The Myriad Shadows Obscuring Heaven Grand Formation... was blown apart by one punch... just one punch..." another Demonic Evil repeated the unacceptable fact.

"This is impossible! Absolutely impossible! That Barrier was personally set up by the Lord!"

"A Demon God! He's a Demon God who crawled out of Hell! We're finished! All finished!"

The Demonic Evils with fragile minds had completely collapsed, clutching their heads and wailing.

The remaining hundreds of Demonic Evils stared at the figure standing proudly at the edge of the ruins, spotless.

They looked at the scattered blood and flesh of their companions and the shattered residual light of the Barrier.

Extreme fear, like a deluge of ice water, instantly drowned all their reason!

Flee!

Must flee!

Get away from this monster!

Some Demonic Evils with weaker minds were utterly terrified, letting out piercing screams.

They desperately fled deeper into the ritual grounds, towards the dark, deep caves!

"Run! Hurry and run!"

"Even the Barrier couldn't stop him! If we stay, we're just waiting to die!"

"Run separately! May as many as can escape!"

The scene instantly spiraled out of control!

Hundreds of Demonic Evils, like a disturbed hornet's nest, scattered wildly in all directions!

They knocked over companions, trampled Magic Formations, and even attacked each other to vie for escape routes!

Their ugliness was on full display, as lowly as ants!

However, more Demonic Evils, especially the mid-to-high-tier Demonic Evil Leaders and core cultists,

after their initial shock, erupted with hysterical madness and brutality in their blood-red eyes!

They knew deeply that the ritual had reached its most crucial stage; a single step back meant an Abyss of ten thousand fathoms!

Not only would they die, but their clansmen far away in the Abyss would also be implicated, and it might even cause Lord of Curses Your Majesty's century-long plan to fail!

At that time, death would be a luxury; their Souls would be cast into the Curse Crucible, enduring eternal torment!

"No retreating! Everyone hold your ground!"

A Seventh-Order Evil Spirit Leader, covered in dense dark Evil Energy, over four meters tall, and resembling a rotten giant, let out an earth-shattering roar!

Wielding a three-meter-long great saber condensed from dark Evil Energy, it sliced two fleeing low-tier Demonic Evils beside it in half at the waist, roaring fiercely:

"Those who flee the battle will be executed without mercy!"

"Form up! Stop him! Buy time for Lord Demon Commander!"

Another hunched Demonic Evil also shrieked, "Kill! For the Lord! For the glory of the Abyss!"

It waved its withered, claw-like hands, drawing ghastly green runes in the air.

Instantly, dozens of curse arrows radiating venomous aura condensed!

"He's only one person! We still have hundreds of our kind! We can pile him to death!"

"Right! That punch just now must have consumed a huge amount of energy! He's at the end of his rope now!"

"Attack together! Avenge our fallen brothers!"

In their despair, the Demonic Evils' ferocity was completely unleashed!

Hundreds of Demonic Evils, led by their leaders, mustered their last ounce of courage.

They all activated their Evil Energy, fearlessly launching attacks at Chen Nian!

Some revealed their true forms, baring hideous claws and fangs!

Some cast secret techniques, their bodies swelling several times over, muscles bulging like rocks!

Some jointly cast spells, their Evil Energy converging into massive energy balls, bone spear arrays, and toxic waves!

In an instant, the entire valley was filled with towering Evil Energy!

All sorts of evil arts, curses, shadows, tentacles... like a torrential downpour, overwhelmingly covered Chen Nian's position!

The sky was dyed eerie dark red, ghastly green, and purplish-black!

The earth trembled violently under the impact of the Evil Energy, crisscrossed with cracks!

The air was polluted with various toxins, curses, and negative energy; an ordinary person would instantly turn into pus and blood if they inhaled it!

This was the full-force attack unleashed in despair by hundreds of Demonic Evils, at least Fifth-Tier, with no shortage of Sixth-Tier and Seventh-Tier ones!

However, facing this world-destroying barrage of attacks,

Chen Nian merely shook his head gently, a hint of obvious disdain curving his lips.

"Commendable courage."

"Unfortunately, it's utterly meaningless."

He didn't even make any defensive or evasive movements, merely a slight thought.

"Om—!"

A thin, yet incredibly condensed golden light membrane, radiating magnificent Divine Might,

instantly appeared within three meters of his body, like an absolute Barrier.

The next second—

"Boom boom boom boom boom—!!!!!"

The dense, rain-like attacks slammed squarely onto the golden light membrane!

The combined full-force attack of hundreds of Demonic Evils possessed an incalculably terrifying amount of energy!

Deafening explosions merged into one continuous roar, as if countless missiles had been detonated at the same spot!

Blinding Evil Light—dark red, ghastly green, purplish-black, eerie blue—instantly engulfed Chen Nian's figure completely!

At the center of the explosion, energy raged, space warped, and the ground was blasted into a giant pit over fifty meters in diameter!

The shockwave spread outwards like a tsunami, forcing even the more distant Demonic Evils to retreat repeatedly.

Some weaker ones even spat blood and collapsed!

"It hit! All of them hit!" a Seventh-Order Evil Spirit shrieked excitedly.

"With this level of attack, no matter how strong he is, he can't be completely unharmed!" another Demonic Evil's eyes gleamed with hope.

"Continue! Don't stop! Strike him while he's down!" the leading Demonic Evil shouted loudly, its morale greatly boosted, "All ranged units, keep attacking! Melee group, prepare to charge!"

The Demonic Evils' faces revealed ferocious and expectant smiles.

As if they had already seen the arrogant human's defenses shatter under the saturated attack, reduced to fragments!

They seemed to see the dawn of victory!

However—

Three seconds later.

The Evil Light gradually dispersed.

The energy aftermath slowly subsided.

The scene in the center of the giant pit gradually became clear.

Then—

The smiles on all the Demonic Evils' faces instantly froze!

Their pupils contracted to pinpricks, their eyes reflecting a sight that froze their Souls and shattered their faith!

Chen Nian still stood in place.

No, to be precise, he floated three feet above the center of the giant pit.

Completely unharmed!

Not even a single corner of his clothes was ruffled!

The golden light membrane around him was as stable as Mount Tai, its radiance even more brilliant than before.

Not even the slightest ripple had appeared!

And those world-destroying attacks... were directly annihilated the moment they touched the light membrane!

Completely purified!

Rendered utterly ineffective!

They didn't even qualify to make Chen Nian move half a step!

"This... how is this possible?!" the leading Demonic Evil shrieked in disbelief, its voice completely distorted by extreme horror.

"Our combined attack... couldn't even break his defense?!" another Demonic Evil's voice trembled, almost on the verge of tears.

"Monster! He's not human at all! He's an ancient Demon God in human skin!" the Demonic Evils wailed in despair.

Faith collapsed.

Courage dissipated.

Hope was shattered.

All that remained was boundless fear and despair!

Chen Nian looked down at the terrified Demonic Evils below, who felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave, his eyes as indifferent as still water.

He slowly raised his right hand, index and middle fingers joined, forming a sword-finger gesture.

"Had enough fun?"

These three plain words made all the Demonic Evils tremble!

"Then now, it's my turn."