Crack.
Suddenly, a faint sound came from behind the watchtower.
Zhang Rongfang turned his head and looked at a Great Spirit Pavilion on the crimson carpet.
This pavilion was specially built to cover the entrance and exit of the Great Spirit Celestial Curtain below.
It’s called Celestial Curtain Pavilion.
At this moment, in front of the pavilion’s door, two tall figures suddenly flashed and appeared at the entrance.
They were none other than Meng Qian and Liehu.
At the moment, both of them were draped in purple cloaks, covering their bodies completely.
"You...?" Zhang Rongfang didn’t finish his question.
Meng Qian spoke up voluntarily.
"After the physical transformation, we need more time to adapt to everything. Of course, according to the plan, the two interaction zones in the north and south are left to us."
"One each?" Zhang Rongfang asked in surprise.
"One each." Meng Qian calmly answered.
The two stared at each other for a moment, and Zhang Rongfang saw absolute confidence in the other’s eyes.
"Alright... If that’s the case... Bon voyage." He spoke softly, offering his blessings.
Meng Qian gave him a slight bow, and together with Liehu, their figures flashed and disappeared into the spot.
Zhang Rongfang stayed where he was, feeling some new things from them.
Things that even he hadn’t gained from his own bloodline.
The essence of the Extreme Realm is to completely dig out all the potential within the body, reaching, or even surpassing the peak of the race’s bloodline.
And Meng Qian and the others might have touched the boundary that goes beyond the peak...
He suddenly looked forward to them even more.
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The number and scale of the gathered Evil Spirit Army and Great Spirit Army continued to grow.
Both sides almost surrounded the ruins of the entrance of Baisu.
Black smoke billowed on one side, while the crimson carpet spread on the other.
The large gatherings gradually began to naturally dye and influence the surrounding environment.
One black, one red, the two areas became more and more distinctly visible.
"Kill!"
A hoarse low roar faintly floated out from the Evil Spirit Army.
Massive numbers of over ten thousand evil spirits started to wriggle, like flowing sludge, from slow to fast, accelerating more and more, charging towards the Great Spirit Army formation.
Clang!
Emperor Jiang grasped a white short sword with one hand, and Jun’Er similarly held a white longsword with one hand.
"Stand apart! Illusionary Bubble Dissolution!"
They both raised one hand at the same time.
In an instant, countless dense white lights burst out from his hand, shooting into the distance.
And Emperor Jiang’s body also disappeared from their spot, as if becoming one with the white light, shooting towards the evil spirits.
At the same time, a large group of the Great Spirit Army behind him also drew their swords and followed by charging forward.
Outside the Celestial Curtain, martial arts skill was not the decisive factor; under the enhancement of the Bloodline, their basic physical fitness and speed weren’t much different.
The key was whether they were in the Extreme Realm.
Swish swish swish swish!
White lights transformed into sharp blades cutting into the evil spirit swarm.
Anything that touched the white light instantly split apart, sliced into countless fragments.
A few Evil Spirit Horses collided with the white light from the side, but in the twinkling of an eye, were sliced into countless pieces of black smoky meat.
Hundreds of white lights pierced through the evil spirits in the blink of an eye, directly heading towards the deepest purple demons.
At the same time, all elite members of the Great Spirit also turned into illusions and charged into the evil spirit swarm.
From a high vantage point, it was like red lines stabbing into the black smoke, cutting and stirring within.
Slaughter, finally and completely, commenced.
Boom!!
A dazzling purple light exploded, with rocks and soil from the ruins of Baisu’s entrance being blasted high up, and scattered down.
Several spirit people hiding within didn’t even groan; their bodies turned purple and transformed into Evil Spirit Vehicles on the spot.
Before they could roar in anger, they were immediately sliced by bloodlines that flashed by, their bodies splitting into dozens of pieces and scattering down.
Bang!
Another explosion of purple light flared up.
On the black earth, these purples were like blooming flowers, enchanting and beautiful.
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Sea of Oblivion.
On an island at the core of the Sea of Oblivion, Zhang Rongfang spread his wings and gently landed. He looked towards the center.
"Long?" he called out in a deep voice.
The sound waves seemed to suffer no attenuation, crossing over several kilometers and reaching the core of the island.
"Your people are attacking my Bloodline subordinates, what does this mean?" Zhang Rongfang’s tone carried a hint of questioning.
"Attack?" From within the central stone forest, a large skinless lizard slowly emerged, black chips spewing from its mouth.
"It’s all just child’s play; there’s no attack." Long responded softly.
"Play? If you’re not afraid of too many casualties, then let it be play then." Zhang Rongfang’s expression remained calm.
"I have reached an agreement with La to jointly open the final channel. Everything I’m doing right now is moving towards this goal."
"Oh~~ that’s really great news...." Long clearly showed expressions of satisfaction and joy.
"Why doesn’t La come to see me in person? I’ve always been aware of her hopes, but we never had the chance to meet, which is truly a pity...." he expressed with some regret.
Why doesn’t she dare to meet you? Don’t you know very well?
One dares not leave the force field of the Eternal Tower, while the other stays in the core of the Sea of Oblivion without moving.
Meeting would indeed be a rare thing.
Besides.... up to now, Zhang Rongfang could clearly sense Long’s goodwill and willingness to cooperate, but he always had the illusion that the other party might strike at any moment.
This tangible threat felt like a thorn in his back, making him stay vigilant at all times.
"How about it? Want to join us?" Zhang Rongfang extended his hand toward the other party.
"With our three parties working together, whether it’s finding the Three Great Secret Locks or resolving the necessary energy sources, we can certainly resolve the issues swiftly."
"I’d be delighted." Long chuckled lightly. "I’ve been waiting for this day for a long, long time.... I never expected... your arrival would bring a breakthrough."
"Then.... to avoid unnecessary depletion, should your Evil Spirit Army...?" Zhang Rongfang asked in a deep voice.
"Aren’t they having fun?"
Long gently extended a claw, from which countless purple mists rose and coalesced into a clean mirror surface.
On the surface of the mirror, a brutal battle playing out at Baisu’s entrance was displayed.
Evil spirits exploded one after another, transforming into purple light.
Meanwhile, the bloodlines were also torn apart, their bodies shredded, with limbs flying amidst the gore.
The battle had reached a fever pitch.
The Bloodline Grandmasters were entangled in a skirmish with the Evil Spirit Elephant, the Grandmasters regrowing severed limbs instantly.
The Evil Spirit Elephant, shrouded in black smoke, emitted it all around, rapidly healing any part of its body that was cut off.
Both sides were locked in a stalemate.
What truly attracted Long and Zhang Rongfang’s attention was a small-scale intense battle at the core.
Emperor Jiang, versus the demon.
"How interesting....." Long watched the screen, intrigued by Emperor Jiang’s unusual form.
"His strength originates from you, yet it has undergone its own new transformations, like new branches sprouting."
"Indeed." Zhang Rongfang nodded slightly, also observing the battle on the screen.
"I merely provided them with a possibility, but what becomes reality depends on them."
"Sengxinai’Er is ranked lower in power among the Thirteen Demons, but her abilities are quite special. As the strongest divine entity in a former super-large interactive zone, her divine seat is one of creation," Long explained.
"So... now.... she is merely enjoying the play...."
"Is that so?" Zhang Rongfang raised an eyebrow, looking at the screen where Emperor Jiang was merely using his intermediate power.
"What a coincidence, Emperor Jiang is one of my Blood Immortal Dao Spirit Extreme Institute members, and he hasn’t used his true strength yet either."
"You seem very confident in your subordinates?" Long smiled.
"And aren’t you the same?" Zhang Rongfang smiled back.
"Shall we make a wager?" Long slowly crept closer. "If Sengxinai’Er wins, you’ll give me this Emperor Jiang. If Emperor Jiang wins, you can dispose of Sengxinai’Er as you wish, how about it?"
"I am not the master of their fates." Zhang Rongfang shook his head. "They are my blood relatives, my brothers, my sisters, my close ones, but never a bet."
Long seemed to pause, then laughed.
"You’re truly interesting..... I’m starting to like you more and more..."
In the scene.
Emperor Jiang and the demon Sengxinai’Er were clashing at an astonishing speed.
Both possessed an advanced understanding of martial arts, anticipating each other’s moves, often changing techniques before they fully executed them.
As the battle progressed, they gradually stopped touching, merely intertwining and shuttling at high speeds, as if performing a coordinated dance.
"I’m feeling bored." said the purple humanoid as the smoke dispersed around her, revealing a face made entirely of purple crystals.
"This farce should come to an end."
She quickly retreated, clapping her arms together, and from the ground a purple stone wall suddenly burst forth to block her.
"Stone Dragon."
Whoo!
In an instant, the stone wall swiftly transformed, condensing into a fierce stone dragon with antlers, lunging towards Emperor Jiang.
Not only that, like a barrage, stone walls erupted from the ground around Sengxinai’Er, transforming into black stone dragons over twenty meters long, attacking Emperor Jiang.
These stone dragons were incredibly fast, just slightly slower than the two combatants.
Each stone dragon’s eyes, like hers, were made of purple crystals, with highly human-like expressions.
If someone could compare all the stone dragon eyes with Sengxinai’Er’s, they would find the expressions to be identical!
In no time, a hundred stone dragons filled the sky, forming a torrent rushing towards Emperor Jiang.
"Indeed, quite a farce..." Emperor Jiang brushed off the dirt from the short sword in his hand.
"We are quite weary as well...."
Whoo!
His eyes suddenly ignited with a blood flame, as Jun’Er beside him extended her hands, gently encircling his neck, both looking ahead.
Thick strands of blood mist seeped from his skin, forming an obscure red blood flame around him.
Raising the short sword, Emperor Jiang stared at the rapidly approaching stone dragons, his eyes ablaze with blood fire.
"Ultimate awakening."
Pshh!
His back suddenly split open, sprouting dense dark red wings.
Not bat wings, but wings covered in red feathers!
Twelve wings in total, six pairs.
At the same time, rings of blood-red ripples emanated from him, spreading outward.
In a hundred-meter radius, patches of dark red blood carpet started to grow on the ground.
"What I gaze at, is stillness." He tightly gripped the hilt, his mighty wings over six meters long fully unfolding.