Published: February 1, 2025
“What's going on?”
“Where's the crisis coming from?”
In an instant, the Five Peaks Underworld Emperor and the Emperor of the Ten Halls of Yan felt a prickling sensation on their scalps, a wave of endless fear surging within them. They hurriedly withdrew their hands, their spiritual sense that had been focused on attacking Ning Muyao and the others abruptly shifting to scan their surroundings.
“That's...”
The next moment, the two vaguely saw in the void behind them two blurry afterimages, like ghosts, swiftly approaching them, already behind them in an instant.
“Not good!”
The Five Peaks Underworld Emperor and the Emperor of the Ten Halls of Yan were filled with anger and anxiety. In the face of the crisis, they quickly retracted their attacks, frantically calling back their respective treasures while simultaneously igniting their own origins.
Boom!
With the surge of their burning origins, two terrifying nether qi defenses rapidly formed behind them, blocking the blurry afterimages. At the same time, they finally saw clearly the appearance of the assailant.
“Emperor of Hidden Darkness... it's you...”
The Emperor of the Ten Halls of Yan and the Five Peaks Underworld Emperor felt both anger and shock. They never expected that the sudden attacker would be the Emperor of Hidden Darkness.
The Emperor of the Ten Halls of Yan was slightly better off because of the earlier warning from the Emperor of the Underworld, while the Five Peaks Underworld Emperor initially thought the assailant was the Emperor of the Underworld, believing he wanted to fish in troubled waters.
Now seeing that it was the Emperor of Hidden Darkness who attacked, they were relieved yet furious at the same time.
Although the Emperor of Hidden Darkness possessed power that reaches the heavens, ranking only below the few of them among the many emperors in the Underworld, he was still just a late-stage great emperor. In a hurried situation, stopping his attack was not impossible.
“Hidden Darkness, you seek death...”
The Five Peaks Underworld Emperor shouted in anger, gathering terrifying great emperor aura as he charged forward. In his eyes, the Emperor of Hidden Darkness was inferior in cultivation, especially since he was simultaneously attacking three of the four extreme emperors. Naturally, his power would be reduced to a third, and with his strong attack, he could surely tear apart this afterimage.
However, when the power of the Five Peaks Underworld Emperor collided with the attack of the Emperor of Hidden Darkness, his expression suddenly changed drastically.
“What is this...?” The Five Peaks Underworld Emperor's pupils constricted. When his emperor aura came into contact with the Emperor of Hidden Darkness's attack, he felt an unmatched force surge towards him. This force was so powerful, it was like a wildly spinning blade, instantly piercing through his defense and threatening his very body.
Whoosh!
A terrifying whistling sound echoed through the void, carrying an oppressive and terrifying penetrating aura that crashed into the body of the Five Peaks Underworld Emperor. With a loud bang, in his incredulous gaze, his physical body was instantly torn apart like porcelain, the horrific power of the afterimage flooding into him, shattering his internal organs in an instant and surging towards his mind, aiming to directly erase his divine soul.
The surging peak great emperor's power within him found it difficult to block this force at that moment.
“How... is this possible?”
The Five Peaks Underworld Emperor's eyes widened. Even though his physical body had suffered some damage from the earlier attacks by the undead, it was impossible for the late-stage great emperor like the Emperor of Hidden Darkness to easily tear him apart.
“Wait, this power... is definitely not at the late-stage great emperor level...”
With a spit of nether blood, the Five Peaks Underworld Emperor's expression turned terrified as a large hole appeared directly in his chest. In his anger and panic, he crazily burned his own origin to block this invading force.