After Chen Yi and Qian Renxue pushed through the constantly distorting, hazy light at the end of the passage, the scenery before them suddenly changed.
The deep purple sky, like congealed blood, covered the entire land. There was no sun, moon, or stars—only swirling thick purple clouds, occasionally crossed silently by crimson lightning.
The ground was a sickly gray-black. Countless canyons crisscrossed it, from which scorching lava and turbid poisonous water flowed. The air was filled with a deep, oppressive heaviness.
In the distance, twisted strange black mountain peaks and the outlines of dilapidated buildings could be vaguely seen.
Desolate, lifeless, evil, and oppressive—this was the first impression of the Demon Realm.
"This is… the Demon Realm."
Qian Renxue released her arm from Chen Yi and looked around with a solemn expression at the extremely uncomfortable surroundings.
The evil and chaos permeating the air constantly repelled the brilliant soul power within her.
Chen Yi nodded, his expression calm as if he had anticipated this.
"It's not surprising. In a world that has been corrupted and chaotic for many years, resources are scarce and laws are distorted. Such a scene is only natural."
"Where do we plan to find him?" Qian Renxue turned to Chen Yi. Their target was likely in the hands of that demon spirit.
However, the Demon Spirit was formless and intangible. It usually merged with the entire dimension, making it elusive and difficult to locate its core.
Chen Yi did not answer immediately. He looked around again and, after a while, slowly spoke:
"Perhaps… he has been waiting for us all along."
He looked at Qian Renxue and said, "Take out the Angel Sword."
Upon hearing this, Qian Renxue's palm shone. The Angel God Sword appeared in her hand.
However, the divine sword was now dull and lifeless. Its blade was wrapped in a faint eerie black aura, firmly sealed, and could not even emit the most basic spiritual glow.
"The seal is still there…" Qian Renxue frowned. She felt the resonance between the divine sword and the angel power had become extremely weak.
Chen Yi's gaze was not only on the divine sword. The moment the Angel God Sword appeared, he sharply sensed extremely faint gazes from all directions across the entire dimension simultaneously fixing on the two of them.
However, the feeling of being watched lasted only an instant and disappeared without a trace, like the tide receding.
"As expected…" Chen Yi's eyes became even more serious. Even the Angel Sword, which had the closest connection to the Angel God, could not fully draw out this Demon Spirit. Its vigilance and concealment ability far exceeded his expectations.
"It seems we need another method." Chen Yi stroked his chin, and a thought suddenly came to mind.
In the next instant, the power of Thunder God within him fluctuated slightly. Sea God's Trident and Asura's demon sword appeared before his eyes.
These two divine artifacts, once renowned in the Divine Realm, had been weakened and suppressed by Chen Yi's god status. Yet the moment they appeared, they released soul-shaking terrifying auras that instantly shook the surrounding space.
Chen Yi's speculation was simple. Since Poseidon was the direct culprit behind the Angel God's fall and Asura God had likely assisted or secretly incited it, the appearance of these two divine artifacts had a very high chance of provoking the demon spirit closely related to the Angel God.
"Poseidon—!!! Asura—!!!"
Indeed!
The moment the two sacred relics were fully exposed in the Demon Realm, a roar filled with endless hatred surging from the depths of the soul suddenly resounded between heaven and earth!
The roar did not travel through the air but directly echoed in the depths of Chen Yi and Qian Renxue's souls.
Every word carried ancient, deep-seated hatred. The entire Demon Realm trembled violently from the roar. The dark purple sky seemed about to crack, and the ground groaned under the unbearable weight.
"This is… the demon spirit?!" Qian Renxue's expression changed slightly. She cried out in surprise, "He can really produce such a clear human voice?! This… Demon Spirits usually only vaguely recognize rules. How is this possible?!"
In fact, as mechanisms that maintained balance between dimensions and regulated energy, Demon Spirits rarely possessed clear emotional expression or personality traits.
The state of this demon dimension's spirit was clearly extremely abnormal.
"Poseidon! Asura!"
The voice rang out again, repeating the two names with chilling coldness and boundless hatred, as if squeezed out from between teeth.
BOOM—!!!
In the next instant, the sky above their heads was suddenly torn apart by an invisible giant hand. A pale heavenly hand carrying the mighty will to destroy heretics ignored spatial distance and slammed down on the spot where the two stood.
Even before the giant hand arrived, its terrifying pressure instantly cracked the ground within a radius of several thousand meters. Qian Renxue gasped, and the circulation of angel god power in her body stagnated.
"Be careful!"
Chen Yi shouted sharply. He instantly retracted and sealed Sea God's Trident and Asura's demon sword back into his body. At the same time, he grabbed the twin maces on his back, and both hands flashed with light.
Zzz—!
An excited buzzing sound came from the two maces in his hands. The purple-gold lightning runes engraved on the maces instantly lit up!
Chen Yi's soul power surged violently and poured into the maces in both hands. Lightning burst from his eyes. His footwork changed as he assumed an ancient, mysterious stance. His aura instantly merged with that of the maces in his hands.
"Thunder God's Nine Forms—First Form: Thunder Shakes the Heavens!"
A deep and majestic chant came from Chen Yi's mouth, as if releasing the laws of thunder into the darkness.
In the next instant, pure and exquisite purple-gold sacred lightning surged from Thunder God's twin maces.
It was no longer scattered electricity but had condensed into pillars of lightning carrying the will to create the world.
Chen Yi gripped the maces with both hands and delivered a ferocious strike from bottom to top against the descending heavenly giant hand!
BOOM—!!!
The maces and the hand collided in mid-air with an ear-piercing roar!
At the center of the collision, dazzling light engulfed everything as if countless suns had exploded at once!
A terrifying, indescribable energy shockwave spread spherically with ferocious force, instantly tearing apart everything around it and turning it into primal chaos.
A massive void temporarily formed at the collision point, violently devouring all matter and energy around it!
Chen Yi felt unimaginable force from the two maces. His arm bones groaned in unbearable pain, and the tiger's mouth on his hands instantly split.
But he gritted his teeth and gripped the maces tightly. His soul core pulsed violently, trying to nullify the impact.
Finally, in the aftermath where the lightning pillar and the heavenly giant hand vanished, Chen Yi used the recoil to grab Qian Renxue's slender waist and rapidly leaped backward.
The two retreated nearly a thousand meters before performing a light somersault in the air and landing on relatively intact scorched earth.
Chen Yi remained motionless. He ignored the blood dripping from the corner of his mouth and instead had eyes shining with surprising excitement.
"This is… Thunder God's Nine Forms!"
His heart was filled with excitement. The strongest sure-kill technique left by his master contained the supreme secrets of thunder laws in every movement. Its power was enough to shake heaven and earth.
His current cultivation level was limited, and he could barely execute the first few moves. The power was far from its peak. Even so, this first move had already demonstrated terrifying force capable of withstanding a Level 3 God's attack.
The previous strike, though somewhat strenuous, had indeed successfully blocked the demon spirit's enraged blow.
"Has it… given up?" Qian Renxue regained her composure, looked up at the now quiet sky, and asked with some unease.
However, Chen Yi did not relax for even a moment. He remained vigilant, scanning the surroundings, and said in a low voice:
"No, absolutely not."
"The plane's soul is in its home territory and essentially possesses inexhaustible energy. That previous attack probably consumed almost none of it. The real attack has likely only just begun!"
Crack… Rumble!!!
The ground beneath their feet suddenly collapsed without warning. The earth within a radius of dozens of miles shattered like fragile eggshells.
Lava churned violently underground. Its temperature exceeded the limits of human fire and reached a level capable of burning even gods. Terrifying heat waves erupted high into the sky, instantly distorting and exploding the air!
At the same time, without any warning, thick green poisonous rain with strong corrosive effects began falling from the deep purple sky.
The raindrops fell at extremely high speed and density, like rivers pouring from the heavens, instantly reaching the ground.
Sizzle—!!!
The moment magma and poisonous rain met, a violent evaporation reaction occurred. It was not merely steam rising but the result of two extreme forces colliding fiercely, triggering countless microscopic energy explosions and turbulence.
These violent flows acted like invisible meat grinders, mercilessly corroding everything within their range. Even a god-level body would be instantly destroyed if caught in them.
"The Demon Spirit's methods are… truly extraordinary!"
Chen Yi's eyes were solemn. He raised Thunder God's twin maces in both hands again. The purple-gold lightning emanating from his body was even more intense than before!
"Thunder God's Nine Forms—Second Form: Thunder Shakes the Universe!"
As Chen Yi let out a low shout, the Thunder God's twin maces in his hands shone with divine light once more. In the blink of an eye, their main bodies rapidly expanded into two massive thunder maces, each a thousand meters long.
Chen Yi exerted force with both arms and swung the two giant maces horizontally—one upward toward the sky where poisonous rain was pouring down, and the other downward, deeply piercing the collapsing edge of the earth beneath their feet.
Between the two giant maces, countless delicate purple-gold sacred lightning danced and intertwined, forming a massive lightning cage that enclosed Chen Yi and Qian Renxue.
The terrifying turbulence generated by the magma annihilation and poisonous rain slammed into the lightning cage, producing ear-piercing roars.
While maintaining the cage, Chen Yi searched for the hidden will behind the scenes through the raging energy turbulence and dimensional interference.
"Found it!"
After a while, Chen Yi suddenly raised the thunder mace in his right hand that dominated the earth. He poured all his soul power into it and slammed it powerfully toward the distorted dark purple sky to his left!
"Open!"
SNAP—!!!
Wherever the giant mace passed, space shattered like glass. A massive crack opened in the sky.
Beyond the fissure was not void but a hazy, chaotic space that seemed detached from the Demon Realm.
"That's it!"
Chen Yi shouted in a low voice and no longer hesitated.
His left hand maintained the lightning canopy above, while his right hand grabbed Qian Renxue's wrist. The two emitted dazzling holy light.
Thunder God's power surged violently into the twin maces, transforming into a thunder bridge connecting heaven and earth. It carried the two into the void and instantly vanished into that hazy, strange space.
…
Lightning pierced the silence of this misty space like an invading sword.
The moment it arrived, the chaotic aura pervasive around suddenly froze as if encountering a natural enemy and began shaking violently.
Thunder roared from Chen Yi's palm. The supreme majesty of the Thunder God spread, filling this vast and special space.
The evil aura drifting in the space quietly groaned and trembled faintly under this pure holy pressure.
"Is he… hiding here?" Qian Renxue gripped her dimly glowing Angel Sword tightly and looked around vigilantly.
"No," Chen Yi's gaze locked onto a single point like the most accurate spear. In a low, deep voice, he said:
"I have to say, he has always been here, waiting for us."
"Huh?" Qian Renxue had not yet fully understood the meaning behind Chen Yi's words.
Just then, in the direction Chen Yi was staring, the misty fog slowly parted to the left and right.
From afar, footsteps approaching with a strange rhythm could be clearly heard.
Qian Renxue's heart tightened. She immediately looked toward the source of the sound.
The swirling light fog was parted by an invisible hand.
A tall, graceful figure with six huge wings faintly visible on its back slowly emerged from the depths of the light and fog.
The figure gradually became clearer.
The moment Qian Renxue finally saw the newcomer's face and appearance clearly, her delicate body trembled violently. She staggered back a step involuntarily. Confusion and disbelief instantly appeared on her beautiful face.
"How… how is this possible?!"
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