Chapter 1273: The Wound of the Demon Race

Meng Yaozu and Zhen Yaozu, the two supreme beings of the Demon Clan, witnessing the humans attempting to flee, how could they possibly let them escape? They had already lost three Universe Sovereigns, an unimaginable loss! Since the Demon Clan’s rise to power, there had never been such a loss, and it happened right before their eyes.

“Flee? Do you think you can escape?” Meng Yaozu and Zhen Yaozu simultaneously transformed into illusions, their speeds rapidly reaching ten times the speed of light, a hundred times the speed of light…

In an instant, Meng Yaozu transformed into a silver serpent over a hundred million kilometers long, directly blocking the fleeing human forces.

At this moment, beside Zhen Yaozu, figures of the Demon Clan’s Universe Sovereigns emerged one after another—precisely the nine who had been injured earlier.

“Stand by my side and surround the humans!” Zhen Yaozu ordered.

“Yes!”

“Cursed humans!”

“Roar~~~”

These demonic race Universe Sovereigns—some winged creatures, others bizarre beasts—unleashed a torrent of attacks from beside Zhen Yaozu, engulfing the heavens and earth! Illusions, soul assaults, psychic weapon strikes… Even Luo Feng, the Dark Sovereign, and Penggong Sovereign found themselves hard-pressed under such a sudden onslaught.

Although they had inflicted a loss of three on the enemy, those lost were among the weakest of the original twelve Yao Clan Universe Sovereigns. Now, with their divine bodies nearly restored, the Yao Clan Sovereigns unleashed combined attacks that remained terrifying.

“Boom~~~” Countless shattered space particles swept forth, forming a black storm, the tip of which was the ‘Crushing Domain Cone’.

“Whoosh!” A blue phantom also howled forth.

“Damn it!” Meng Yaozu manipulated treasures while simultaneously transforming into an illusion himself.

“Whoosh~~~” Moreover, above the human forces, a spherical palace treasure appeared, with a giant crystal ball floating above, emitting a powerful suction force directly targeting the human side.

At this moment…

The demon clan had already given their all.

Any human who was careless would likely be sucked in and sealed away!

“Hahaha, when it comes to suppression-type treasures, you demon race are far inferior,” the Dark Sovereign waved his hand and vanished completely, while a beam of black light shot forth, streaking toward the demon race’s side. As it flew, the beam expanded, transforming into a massive black pyramid, its base revealing an endless abyss.

A tremendous suction force instantly engulfed the demon clan forces below.

“Be careful!” Zhen Yaozu transmitted mentally, “Don’t leave my surroundings.”

“Yes.”

“Yes.”

“Previously, we were constantly ambushed, which is why Tianlang and Mohu fell.” These demon sovereigns showed no fear; even without Zhen Yaozu, as long as they weren’t attacked again, they could resist the suction together. Especially with Zhen Yaozu protecting them.

At the edge of the abyss beneath the black pyramid floating above the demon race, figures began to emerge—precisely the group of human Universe Sovereigns.

“Demon Clan!”

“Demon race, face your doom.” Icepeak Sovereign, Dragonwalk Sovereign, and Huangjian Sovereign, along with numerous others, showed no mercy whatsoever. From the edge of the abyss within the black pyramid, they unleashed a devastating, all-encompassing assault downward. Including Dark Sovereign inside the black pyramid, there were a total of thirteen assailants!

In terms of divine bodies, there were seventeen!

At this moment, nine divine bodies simultaneously attacked the group of Demon Clan Universe Sovereigns below, while the other eight divine bodies (including the Dark Sovereign) joined forces to strike Zhen Yaozu.

“Hmph~~” Zhen Yaozu’s divine energy surged from his body, transforming into countless bizarre beasts, repeatedly blocking the attacks while manipulating the ‘Crushing Domain Cone’ to strike the black pyramid. The black pyramid’s suction and the relentless bombardment from the group of human Sovereigns were indeed very difficult to deal with.

“Peng~~~”

The black storm struck the black pyramid, causing the Crushing Domain Cone to tumble amidst countless streams of spatial particles. The black pyramid was also shaken and thrown backward, forcing the human Universe Sovereigns inside to temporarily cease their attacks.

“Boom!”

“Boom!”

Luo Feng and Penggong Sovereign, each wielding the Blood Shadow Blade and Yanjun Staff respectively, faced off against Meng Yaozu!

Luo Feng’s Blood Shadow Blade was extremely sharp, possessing terrifying piercing power. The Yanjun Staff was even more powerful, heavy and forceful… Together, even though Meng Yaozu used every trick he had, close combat and mental weapon attacks alike, he was still forced into a disadvantage, let alone trying to defeat Luo Feng and Penggong.

“Peng~~”

The collision between Luo Feng’s Blood Shadow Blade and Meng Yaozu’s lashing tail sent him involuntarily flying backward.

“Go!” Luo Feng waved his hand fiercely.

Midair, a tomb barge appeared out of nowhere!

The tomb barge majestically charged straight toward Zhen Yaozu.

“It’s useless.” Leading the nine Demon Clan Universe Sovereigns beside him, Zhen Yaozu slightly shifted downward, easily dodging the tomb barge.

The tomb barge’s weakness had long been known to all.

Although indestructible, it was fundamentally incapable of launching external attacks!

“Boom~~~” At this moment, the black pyramid above seemed to erupt in fury, plunging downward with tremendous force. Along with the Dark Sovereign, thirteen Universe Sovereigns wielding seventeen divine bodies unleashed a frenzied assault from above, while the black pyramid itself roared as it came crashing down.

At this moment…

A total of nine divine bodies attacked Zhen Yaozu! The black pyramid also smashed downward toward Zhen Yaozu.

“Get out of the way.” Zhen Yaozu manipulated the ‘Crushing Domain Cone’, doing his utmost to resist—

At this very moment—

Whoosh!

Zhen Yaozu didn’t take it seriously at all. The tomb barge, which had only descended slightly earlier to avoid a collision, now swiftly flew past the group of demonic sovereigns. At the very moment it passed, the cosmic sovereigns, already under assault from seven divine entities, suddenly…

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

A total of six figures were instantly sucked into the tomb barge!

“Zoooom!”

The tomb barge flew at high speed, quickly disappearing into the distance.

Zhen Yaozu and the three surviving Demon Sovereigns stood frozen in shock for a moment before being overwhelmed with fury!

“No!!!” Zhen Yaozu let out an angry roar.

“Humans! Humans! Humans!!!” Miejin Sovereign, Xuezan Sovereign, and Nianjiao Sovereign were also furious beyond belief.

Whoosh!

Zhen Yaozu directly absorbed the three surviving Monster Race Universe Sovereigns into his supreme palace treasure. Then, the colossal serrated-shelled beast let out a furious roar, accelerating to its maximum speed as it charged toward the tomb barge. At this moment, Zhen Yaozu had completely lost control, descending into a frenzied state—even forgetting that he was fundamentally incapable of breaching the tomb barge.

“No!” Far away, Meng Yaozu had just realized what had happened earlier.

“Humans! Humans!” Meng Yaozu also let out a shrill scream, simultaneously increasing his speed and charging toward the tomb barge.

Meanwhile, Penggong Sovereign, Luo Feng, and Dark Sovereign, who had walked out from the floating black pyramid, exchanged glances and smiled slightly.

“No! No! No!” Roaring furiously, Zhen Yaozu soon caught up to the tomb barge. He manipulated the ‘Crushing Domain Cone’, howling as he repeatedly struck the tomb barge, causing the surrounding space to directly transform into endless streams of particles, even the impact waves reaching deep into the spatial rifts.

Strike after strike!

Mad, relentless attacks! Zhen Yaozu himself was also giving his all against the tomb barge.

“Break! Break! Break!” At this moment, Zhen Yaozu was filled with anger, guilt, and resentment. This intense emotion drove him to attack the tomb barge furiously. Even Meng Yaozu, who had caught up, was also filled with madness and resentment, attacking the tomb barge furiously as well. However, the tomb barge continued to advance majestically.

“What happened? What exactly occurred just now? I only felt an extremely powerful will impact,” Zhen Yaozu communicated with the three Universe Sovereigns inside the palace treasure.

Inside the palace treasure space.

Miejin Sovereign, Xuezan Sovereign, and others were sitting on a vast grassland, still not having recovered from the previous blow. Upon hearing Zhen Yaozu’s voice echoing throughout the grassland.

“We were under assault from the human Universe Sovereigns, each unleashing their full might… We had no means of defense left,” Sovereign Miejin bowed his head, his voice gravelly, the triangular pupils of his eyes flickering with furious golden light. “When that funeral barge sailed past us, an overwhelmingly terrifying will suddenly swept over us! Despite Sovereign Xuezan, Sovereign Nianjiao, and I possessing exceptionally resilient wills, we barely clung to consciousness and fought desperately against the abrupt pulling force!”

“I only saw it for an instant, but I clearly saw it.”

The colossal creature, clad in blood-red scaled armor with countless spikes protruding from its back, growled, “When the tomb barge soared past us, its hatch was wide open! And from that hatch erupted an unimaginably terrifying will impact. Combined with the earlier assaults from the human Universe Sovereigns—soul attacks and illusion attacks—under this sudden will shockwave… Even I barely clung to consciousness. It’s no surprise the other Universe Sovereigns instantly lost control and were sucked inside.”

“Will? A powerful will impact? Could it be that humanity brought the ‘Black Patterned Stone Pillar’ into the tomb barge?”

Zhen Yaozu and Meng Yaozu floated in space, having stopped their attacks. They simply couldn’t do anything to that tomb barge.

“Cursed!” Meng Yaozu was furious, “Of the twelve Universe Sovereigns we brought, the strongest, Miejin and Xuezan, managed to resist, and Nianjiao is particularly skilled in willpower! Only those three… Of the twelve Universe Sovereigns we brought, five had clones! Miejin, Nianjiao, and two others, while the other three were sucked in and sealed! They should soon self-destruct, although we’ll lose treasures, at least they can save their lives.”

“In this battle, we lost six Universe Sovereigns! Half of us! And a large number of treasures!”

Meng Yaozu and Zhen Yaozu, upon summarizing, felt their hearts wrench painfully.

A total of twelve had come.

One was killed, and eight were captured! Fortunately, among the eight captured, three had clones… They could escape by self-destructing!

“Boom~~~” The tomb barge flew away into the distance, while the black pyramid also flew toward the tomb barge.

“All the humans are hiding inside the black pyramid.”

“What should we do?”

Meng Yaozu and Zhen Yaozu gazed from afar helplessly. Attack the black pyramid? At most, it would just waste time. Therefore, the two could only watch helplessly as the tomb barge’s hatch opened again. Although they gritted their teeth in anger, they dared not fly into the hatch, so they could only watch helplessly as the black pyramid flew directly into the hatch.