Purple Lightning Main City, Domain Lords in Confrontation

After crossing the aftermath zone of the magnetic storm Universe belt, the black stone's voyage faced no further obstacles. The scenery in the hinterland of the Purple Lightning Domain was completely different from the Black Rock Domain; the Grandmist Spiritual Qi drifting in the Void Realm carried a faint purple hue, and tiny sparks of electricity jumped on the ship's hull shield from time to time. In the distance, a more magnificent and dazzling purple thunder light, like a lighthouse in the Universe, pointed the way.

As the distance closed, the true appearance of that thunder light gradually became clear.

It was not merely a gathering of energy, but a space city so vast it was breathtaking—the Purple Lightning Main City.

The entire city was not built on a planet or landmass, but was spliced, stacked, and extended from countless huge purple metal platforms with liquid lightning-like light flowing on their surfaces. These platforms floated in the Void Realm according to a certain mysterious pattern, connected by thick purple energy pipes, and the outer perimeter was covered by an immensely thick, hemispherical purple light shield where thunder Dragons rolled and wandered—the "Purple Lightning Sky Shield."

Above the light shield, thunder light condensed into phantoms of various Vicious Beasts and weapons, emitting a heart-palpitating Aura of destruction. Inside the city, high towers stood in great numbers, countless Cultivators of the Purple Lightning Domain flew between the platforms like worker bees, and orderly patrols drove thunder-flashing flying shuttles, cruising along fixed tracks. A stern, domineering, and aggressive Aura could be clearly perceived even across the distant Void Realm.

Compared to the rough and primitive rock fortress style of the Black Rock Domain, the Purple Lightning Main City appeared more precise, powerful, and full of high-level control and application of energy.

"My Lord, ahead is the Purple Lightning Main City. The Purple Lightning Sky Shield is the ultimate defensive Formation of the Purple Lightning Domain. It is said to be able to draw on the power of Void Realm thunderstorms, sustaining itself endlessly, enough to withstand the prolonged siege of several Middle Sovereigns." Stone Firm reported with a solemn expression, "Detectors show that the energy reaction on the outskirts of the main city is dense. There are at least over a hundred Cultivators standing by, and among them, three Auras... are extremely formidable, suspected to be the Domain Lord and Protectors."

Nightmare stood in front of the bridge window, calmly watching the city of thunder. Destroying the outpost and annihilating the ambush, the opponent had clearly prepared to welcome the enemy. The Formation in front of him was the true hard battle.

"Order, decelerate to alert speed, and anchor at the edge of the opponent's main defensive cannon range." Nightmare ordered, "No need to hide, let them see clearly."

The black stone slowly decelerated and finally stopped steadily in the Void Realm about ten thousand miles away from the Purple Lightning Sky Shield. This distance, for a Cultivator of the Dominator Realm, could be covered in an instant, and it was also a position where both sides' long-range attacks could be effectively covered, yet left room for reaction.

Almost the moment the black stone stopped, the thunder light on the surface of the Purple Lightning Sky Shield surged violently, and the light shield near the black stone separated like water waves to both sides, revealing a passage.

Three figures, surrounded by a team of about a hundred Purple Lightning Guards wearing heavy purple armor and possessing fierce Auras, slowly flew out from the passage and lined up outside the Purple Lightning Sky Shield.

The leader was exceptionally tall and burly, nearly three meters tall, wearing a deep purple thunder battle robe. Faint, fine purple electric patterns flowed on his exposed skin. His face was as firm as if carved by a knife and axe, his purple hair flew upward like burning flames, and when his eyes opened and closed, terrifying purple thunder light shot out. Just standing there, he seemed to have become the center of this Void Realm thunder domain, and the Middle-level Sovereign Realm pressure emitted from his body was much stronger than the deceased Yan Kui and those Protectors, already approaching the Peak of the Middle-level Sovereign Realm!

The Purple Lightning Domain Lord, Thunder Command!

To the left of Thunder Command stood an old man with a thin build, pale complexion, and eyes as sharp as a falcon's. He held a purple wooden staff entwined with electric snakes, his Aura obscure and deep. He was also a Middle Sovereign, but slightly weaker than Thunder Command, likely the chief advisor or Great Protector of the Domain Lords Mansion. On the right was a figure shrouded in a wide purple cloak, whose face could not be seen, but whose Aura was as cold and venomous as a snake. He was also a Middle Sovereign, giving people an extremely dangerous feeling.

Three Middle Sovereigns! Coupled with the hundred elite Purple Lightning Guards behind them who were at least in the Late Stage of the Elementary Dominator Realm, this force was enough to sweep across most of the surrounding Elementary Universe Domains.

Thunder Command's gaze was like two purple lightning bolts, piercing the Void Realm and firmly locking onto Nightmare at the bow of the black stone. His face was terribly gloomy, and his eyes burned with raging anger and cold murderous intent.

"Nightmare!" Thunder Command's voice was like ten thousand thunders roaring together, rolling and echoing in the Void Realm, shaking the shield of the black stone until ripples appeared. "You have such guts! You killed my Protector, destroyed my outpost, slaughtered my elites, and yet you dare to come to my door! Do you really think my Purple Lightning Domain is made of mud?!"

His angry shout contained terrifying mental pressure; if it were an ordinary Elementary Dominator, they would likely have been trembling in heart and spirit long ago.

Nightmare stepped out of the black stone, suspended in the air, facing Thunder Command from afar. His black clothes fluttered in the micro-flow of the Void Realm, his expression calm and waveless, as if the monstrous Aura opposite him was just a breeze brushing his face.

"Your dog bit someone, so naturally it must be beaten to death." Nightmare spoke, his voice not loud but clearly entering everyone's ears, carrying a cold texture, "Your door blocked the way, so naturally it must be kicked open. Any problem?"

"Arrogant!" The cold figure under the cloak on Thunder Command's right made a hoarse and unpleasant sound, like metal grinding, "Domain Lord, why waste words with such an ignorant madman? Just activate the power of the Sky Shield and cooperate with the army to crush him!"

Thunder Command raised his hand to stop his subordinate's words. He stared fixedly at Nightmare, thunder light swallowing and spitting in his eyes: "This seat admits, I underestimated you. Being able to kill Yan Kui and destroy my two Protector routes, you do have some ability. But do you think this is your confidence to provoke the Purple Lightning Domain?"

He took a step forward, his thunder battle robe fluttering without wind, making hunting sounds, and a more formidable pressure permeated.

"This seat has already sent messages to the Domain Lords of the 'Golden Wind', 'Azure Frost', and 'Green Water' domains! Their armies will arrive in a few days! By then, the four Elementary Universe Domains will join forces to press down on your Black Rock Domain. Do you think that broken Domain you just acquired and haven't even warmed up yet can withstand it?!" Thunder Command's voice was full of threats and certainty, "Kneel down now, offer the control rights of the Black Rock Domain Origin mineral vein, and self-destruct your cultivation. This seat might be merciful and spare the lives of these ants under your command, only imprisoning your Divine Soul in the Thunder Pool to be burned for ten thousand years! Otherwise..."

He grinned grimly, and the Purple Lightning Sky Shield behind him surged with thunder light, emitting a deafening roar, as if cheering for him.

"...Otherwise, when my ally's army arrives, it will be the time for your Black Rock Domain to be completely annihilated, leaving not even a chicken or dog! And you, this seat will personally pull out your Divine Soul, light it as a thunder lamp, burning it for eternity, wishing for life but unable to, wishing for death but unable to!"

Threats, naked threats. Not only using his own powerful strength to suppress people, but also bringing out the potentially existing three major domain reinforcements, attempting to completely overwhelm Nightmare psychologically and strategically.

If it were an ordinary Domain Lord, facing such a situation, they might really feel scruples, weigh the pros and cons, and even choose to compromise.

However, he was facing Nightmare.

After Nightmare finished listening to Thunder Command's threatening remarks, the expression on his face did not even ripple. He looked as if he had heard an extremely boring joke, and the indifference in his eyes was colder than the Void Realm.

"Wait for them to come?" Nightmare repeated these four words lightly, the corner of his mouth hooked into an extremely faint, yet bone-chilling cold arc, "Before they come..."

He raised his eyes, his gaze like two sharp swords tempered with ten thousand years of cold ice, piercing directly at Thunder Command.

"...You are already dead."

Before the words fell, the Aura around Nightmare changed suddenly!

No longer restrained, no longer calm.

A more profound, more violent, terrifying Aura carrying the reversal of everything and the burning of all things, like an ancient Vicious Beast waking up, exploded! Dark golden reverse patterns flashed deep in his eyes, and the Void Realm around him slightly twisted and collapsed due to the emergence of this power!

"Hongmeng Reverse Dao Demonic Star Flame—Burning Heavens and Boiling Seas!"

No testing, no nonsense, directly attacking with full force!

Nightmare raised his hands virtually and pushed forward violently!

"Boom—!!!"

As if opening the door to the abyss Demon Realm, boundless, viscous black Demonic Flame roared out from in front of him! This Demonic Flame was no longer in a simple flame form, but condensed the three true meanings of the Reverse Path: devouring, chaos, and destruction. It also integrated the characteristics of the Purple Lightning Origin just devoured, and it faintly carried the terrifying power of tearing the Void Realm and annihilating energy!

The black flame torrent, like a broken star river wave of world destruction, carried the monstrous power of burning the firmament and boiling the star sea, crashing towards the Purple Lightning Sky Shield ten thousand miles away! Wherever it passed, the Void Realm let out an unbearable groan, and the drifting purple electric Spiritual Qi was instantly devoured and assimilated, turning into fuel for the Demonic Flame!

"He actually dared to take the initiative to attack?!" The old man holding the staff on the left of Thunder Command exclaimed, his face changing drastically. They had set up such a Formation and even threatened with the three-domain coalition army, originally thinking that the opponent would at least hesitate or negotiate. Who could have thought that this person was so crazy that without a word, he directly launched an attack comparable to world destruction!

"Seeking death! Activate the Sky Shield's strongest defense! Purple Lightning Guards, form the 'Ten Thousand Thunder Demon-Slaying Formation', attack!" Thunder Command was shocked and angry, roaring orders. The opponent's unconventional behavior completely angered him and caused the trace of uneasiness in his heart caused by the successive fall of his subordinates to expand rapidly.

"Obey!" The cold cloaked person responded sharply, his figure flashed, and he had already merged into the Purple Lightning Guard Formation behind him to preside over the Formation.

Rumble—!

The light of the Purple Lightning Sky Shield surged to the extreme, its thickness increased sharply, and the thunder Dragon phantoms wandering on the surface became solid, emitting heaven-shaking roars. Facing the rushing black Demonic Flame torrent, they sprayed countless purple destructive thunder rays the thickness of buckets! At the same time, under the command of the cold cloaked person, the hundred Purple Lightning Guards connected their Origins, outlining a huge thunder Formation pattern in the Void Realm, condensing a purple giant sword spanning a thousand feet, entirely composed of destructive thunder, following behind the thunder light, and slashing fiercely at the Demonic Flame torrent!

Thunder Command himself clenched his fists, thunder light flashed all over his body, and a ferocious purple square sky painted halberd entwined with nine thunder Dragons appeared in his hand, the tip of the halberd pointing directly at Nightmare, obviously preparing to personally take action to settle the situation after the Formation weakened the opponent!

The old man with the staff retreated rapidly, muttering, waving the wooden staff, and strands of purple runes sank into the Purple Lightning Sky Shield, obviously reinforcing the Formation or preparing other back-hands.

In an instant, the Void Realm became a battlefield where purple and black collided!

The destructive purple thunder light and the world-burning black Demonic Flame collided fiercely!

"Chi—Boom!!!"

An indescribable terrifying energy explosion erupted at the point of contact between the two! The blinding strong light made the Nidao Guards on the distant black stone unable to help closing their eyes or looking away! The destructive shockwave, like a ring-shaped tsunami, spread crazily in all directions, clearing away all dust and debris in the Void Realm!

The Purple Lightning Sky Shield vibrated violently, and the thunder Dragon phantoms on the surface let out painful hisses, flickering uncontrollably. The thunder giant sword condensed by the Ten Thousand Thunder Demon-Slaying Formation formed by the hundred Purple Lightning Guards slashed into the Demonic Flame torrent, but it was like a mud ox entering the sea, crazily eroded, decomposed, and devoured by the endless Demonic Flame! The sword body quickly dimmed, covered with black cracks!

"Impossible! Our Purple Lightning Origin is actually restrained?!" The cold cloaked person presiding over the Formation let out an unbelievable scream, feeling the backlash of the Formation coming, and his throat sweetened.

Nightmare stood in the air, facing the earth-shaking counterattack launched by the opponent, his face did not change in the slightest. He maintained the output of the Demonic Flame, his deep eyes passing through the explosive light and flames, accurately locking onto the old man with the staff who was reinforcing the Formation, and the constantly fluctuating core node of the Purple Lightning Sky Shield behind him.

"Stone Firm, Iron Edge, Sand Shadow." Nightmare's Divine Thought entered the black stone, "Lead the Nidao Guards, cooperate with me, attack those Purple Lightning Guards, interfere with the Formation, no need to fight hard."

"Yes!" A neat response came from inside the ship. The hatches on both sides of the black stone opened, and twenty-three Nidao Guards, led by the three centurions, formed a battle Formation, like arrows leaving the string, fiercely killing the hundred Purple Lightning Guards from the flank! They did not directly Impact the main Formation, but wandered and harassed, specifically attacking the key nodes of the Formation operation and the outer guards, forcing the opponent to be distracted, and the Formation operation immediately showed stagnation.

As for Nightmare himself, he ignored the disintegrating thunder giant sword and the Sky Shield thunder light constantly bombarding the Demonic Flame. His figure moved, and he actually merged into the Demonic Flame torrent he released, human and flame becoming one, turning into a dark golden flowing fire with extreme speed, following the passage eroded by the Demonic Flame, and crashing fiercely towards the area of the Purple Lightning Sky Shield that was continuously bombarded by the Demonic Flame and had already shown obvious dents and cracks!

His goal was clear—break this turtle shell and kill his way in!

"Stop him!" Seeing that Nightmare dared to risk himself and charge directly at the grand Formation, Thunder Command was shocked and angry, and could no longer suppress it. The thunder halberd in his hand erupted with purple light that illuminated the Void Realm, his figure turned into a lightning bolt tearing through space, intercepting the dark golden flowing fire turned into by Nightmare! He wanted to block Nightmare outside the Sky Shield!

The old man with the staff also changed his face greatly, unable to care about reinforcing, the wooden staff pointed, and several extremely condensed purple thunder spears shot towards Nightmare!

However, the dark golden flowing fire turned into by Nightmare had unpredictable trajectories in the Demonic Flame torrent, as if possessing life, easily avoiding the locking of the thunder spears, and his speed increased instead of decreasing!

The next instant, the dark golden flowing fire and the weakest point of the Purple Lightning Sky Shield collided fiercely!

"Break for this seat—!!!"

Nightmare's cold and decisive shout, and Thunder Command's angry and shocked roar, sounded simultaneously at the center of the explosion!

The purple and black light once again submerged that Void Realm. This explosion was more violent than any previous one! The sturdy Purple Lightning Sky Shield let out a teeth-aching, piercing sound as if glass was shattering!

The Purple Lightning Main City ushered in the most severe challenge since its construction. The ultimate showdown between the two Domain Lords officially opened a bloody prelude amidst the roar of the shield shattering.