The battle.
No more wasted words, just a fight.
Clang.
The Heavenly Cloud Sword descended, cleaving the netherworld.
The River of Life and Death surged, a berserk lion roared, directly piercing into the Heavenly Cloud Sword.
Dao spirit empowerment.
This sword, like the falling River of Stars, would shatter all before it.
Chaos tore apart, a vast rift spreading towards the Yin Death Dao Master.
This strike had long surpassed the limits of the eighth order, reaching the power of the ninth.
The Yin Death Dao Master's face was grave.
With the power of the eighth order, to unleash the might of the ninth.
This youth before him was undoubtedly a formidable enemy of life and death.
He dared not be careless in the slightest. The Yin Death Dao churned: "The underworld has no path, only death reigns supreme."
A colossal roar shook heaven and earth.
The Yin Death Dao transformed into a flowing river, its surging waves engulfing the Life and Death Sword.
The roar echoed through the heavens, the Yin Death River continuously collapsed, while the Heavenly Cloud Sword's power was also constantly being eroded.
The clash between the two sides was white-hot from the very beginning.
"Kill."
The Evil Lord also attacked.
The killing intent in his heart could no longer be suppressed. His eyes were already bloodshot, like a beast that had lost its sanity.
Boom.
A sea of poison spread, engulfing heaven and earth.
In an instant, the Yin Death Dao Master felt his breath catch.
This potent poison could actually slow his movements, even corroding his Great Dao with its miasma.
But he was, after all, a top-tier ninth-order being, and he broke free from the poison fog's control in an instant.
"Annihilate."
His hand covered the sky.
Under the Yin Death Dao Master's command, it was truly like turning over his hand to create clouds and rain.
With but one palm, he suppressed the Evil Lord, rendering his attacks futile.
Yet, the more this happened, the more excited the Evil Lord became.
"Kill, kill, kill."
He was like a madman, overwhelming negative emotions pouring into the Yin Death Dao Master's body.
The Yin Death Dao Master's consciousness was instantly shaken and destabilized.
Chen Fan naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity: "Light and Dark Sword, slash..."
The Heavenly Cloud Sword struck again.
This sword, empowered by the forces of light and dark, descended.
Rumble.
The great sword roared, destroying heaven and earth.
A colossal sword energy, a hundred zhang in size, tore through everything before it. A hideous scar ran from the Yin Death Dao Master's brow downwards.
"Get lost."
The Yin Death Dao Master instantly regained his senses.
With a roar, he flung Chen Fan away: "I will kill you."
The Yin Death Dao Master was consumed by fury. He had never suffered such a severe wound before.
"Netherworld Purgatory."
Boom.
A massive white bone banner appeared in the Yin Death Dao Master's hand.
The enormous banner surface swelled to a million li, obscuring the sky.
Gigantic beasts of the underworld, one after another, emerged from the banner's surface. The banner itself seemed to be the infernal purgatory.
"Roar."
The great beasts roared.
These were beasts not of the human realm, utterly ferocious, engulfing Chen Fan and the Evil Lord.
The battle, instantly, entered a white-hot stage.
...
Outside the White Bone Banner.
Chen Fan and the Evil Lord fought the Yin Death Dao Master together.
As this battle began, the powerful figures under the Yin Death Dao Master could not resist.
The Dragon King and others had been waiting for a long time.
"Kill."
The Dragon King bellowed his command, revealing his true form.
Bang.
A sweep of his dragon tail turned an eighth-order cultivator into a bloody pulp.
Chaos beasts possessed invincible physiques.
"We will fight you."
In an instant, nearly thirty eighth-order cultivators charged towards the Dragon King.
A ninth-order being demanded their full attention.
"Hahaha."
Old Demon Chu's laughter shook the heavens: "I love a good brawl. Come... I'll take on ten!"
Bang bang bang.
Old Demon Chu unleashed his full power. Demonic clouds rolled, and mighty demons emerged from the clouds, joining the fray.
Old Demon Chu's boast was not mere arrogance. His true form, combined with nine demonic phantoms, truly faced ten opponents.
Dong.
The eighth-order Black Gold Great Staff swept across the land.
This divine weapon, in the hands of the Immortal Emperor, had been refined to perfection, wielded with effortless grace.
Overlord, Mad Emperor, General Lei... and others, all unleashed their full power, clashing head-on with their opponents.
Screech.
A Golden Crow cried out.
Like the Dragon King, Emperor Golden Crow also revealed his true form.
The Undying Fire rained down, unceasing. Once touched, it was a fight to the death, refusing to cease until the opponent was reduced to ashes.
The battlefield was magnificent.
The Seventh Land was in complete disarray.
Due to the arrival of Chen Fan and his companions, this great battle had been triggered prematurely.
From afar...
The Illusion Sect and the Lord of Light hid in the shadows.
"Should we intervene?" the Illusion Sect asked, a headache forming.
The two of them had been hidden here for a long time.
Despite being ninth-order, their injuries were too severe.
Yet, even so, if they both intervened, they could easily hold off eight or ten eighth-order Great Emperors. But Chen Fan had not requested them to.
"Let's wait a bit longer."
The Lord of Light contemplated for a moment before replying, "Since Chen Fan hasn't said anything, we won't rush to act. Of course... if a crisis arises, we can still intervene."
The two finally decided to observe for the time being.
However, at this moment, Chen Fan's voice drifted into their ears: "Seniors, this is an opportunity. The path of life and death requires immense energy. Unless you both possess billions of Great Dao crystals, this is an opportunity you absolutely must not miss."
"Billions of Great Dao crystals?" The Illusion Sect's expression changed instantly.
How could it be so much?
The Lord of Light murmured, "We haven't decided to walk the path of life and death yet..."
Chit.
Before his words were even finished, his body acted with utmost honesty.
Light bloomed, and the Great Sun Divine Fist descended.
Bang.
An unlucky eighth-order cultivator was directly blasted to death by the Lord of Light's punch.
With a wave of his hand, he seized the opponent's physical body.
Billions of Great Dao crystals, it was too much.
Although he still had several billion, it was still a considerable distance from a hundred billion.
He would store some first. If, in the end, there was no other path but to retrace the path of life and death, it would still be a way forward, wouldn't it?
"Alas."
The Illusion Sect sighed.
Since the Lord of Light had already acted, he could not just watch.
Both of them understood clearly that apart from retracing the path of life and death, other methods of recovery were too slim.
Besides the Earth Core Stone, they could not think of any other way to rapidly heal Dao injuries.
Helplessly, the two could only intervene.
Even if it meant becoming mere pawns.
"Light, Illusion Sect..." The intervention of the two made the top-tier eighth-order cultivators who were besieging the Dragon King's faces change drastically.
Two more ninth-order beings?
Didn't they have enmity? How did they end up together?
"Roar."
The Yin Death also sensed the aura of the two.
He could sense that the two were injured, but even an injured ninth-order being was still a ninth-order being.
The intervention of these two had directly broken the balance.
"Light, Illusion Sect..."
The Yin Death's voice was filled with intense hatred: "How dare you two? How dare you?"
The Yin Death Dao Master was filled with despair.
Two ninth-order beings plus Chen Fan had already made him feel immense pressure.
If Illusion Sect and the Lord of Light were added, he might even perish here today.
The Yin Death's voice was loud, but the Illusion Sect and the Lord of Light remained silent, focused on killing rapidly.
"Hurry."
Light urged, "This battle will end soon. Before it stops, kill as many people as possible."
"Mm."
The Illusion Sect also understood this.
Speaking of which, the Lord of Darkness was the true target.
And the Yin Death was merely an incidental. Before his true identity was determined, a fight to the death would not occur.