"The Emperor has already engaged the Great Demon. Accelerate our advance and seal the Demon Plane Portal as quickly as possible to cut off the Great Demon's source of power!"
Lapers's white hair fluttered. The power fluctuations from the other side of the continent were so vast and mighty that Lapers could understand the battle between the Ancestral Red Dragon and Legendary Demon Sacreth had already begun.
"The sooner we seal the Demon Plane Portal, the more chances the Dragon Emperor will have to win!"
Although Lapers consistently referred to the Ancestral Red Dragon by his name when they were together, in public, Lapers, proud of the Ancestral Red Dragon, spared no effort in upholding the legitimate authority of this rare disciple.
Under the amplifying effect of the spell, the Old Magician's booming voice spread throughout the entire battlefield beneath the floating island.
The Golden Empire's royal banner suddenly rose amidst the tide of the earth, and warriors forged of steel and iron gathered beneath the True Dragon's royal banner.
Following the warrior who carried the steel-forged royal banner in one hand and a heavy horse-slaying blade in the other, they began to advance with large strides.
"Advance quickly! Those who block will be pulverized! Those who dare to obstruct the Empire's military might are rebellious souls destined for death!"
The warrior carrying the True Dragon's royal banner roared, his surging aura causing all the warriors to roar in response. The demons were momentarily intimidated by the Empire's army's suddenly rising morale.
All the heavy armored warriors roared their assent, the clash of steel forming a continuous clang.
"Those who block shall die!"
The Empire's steel torrent directly cut into the Demon army. Instantly, countless fierce Knife Light(blade lights) lit up, taking away the souls of countless demons.
Every warrior who followed the Ancestral Red Dragon in conquering Planes had their bloodline enhanced.
The front-line legion warriors, with hundreds of long, sharp blades, slashed in unison from bottom to top, drawing hundreds of long arcs of cold light amidst the swirling dust and abyssal death qi.
Visible ripples erupted from the sharp blades. These blades permeated the space, pushing forward, transforming into a conical impact blade wave.
The conical blade wave stirred up the earth, cut through the abyssal death qi, and tore apart the magical power on the demons' bodies. The demons charging head-on raised their claws and weapons to block, but they were infinitely slower.
The air blades had already passed through their bodies and natural armor before these demons could block, and the demons' chests and waists completely split open in that instant.
Like water-filled balloons cut horizontally by a swift knife, foul-smelling blood surged out, and the forward momentum carried the demons' mangled remains toppling forward.
The spellcaster corps also began to exert their magic power without reservation, stirring up elemental storms that began to gather. Countless dazzling, rainbow-like spells rained down from the sky, opening a path to the Abyssal Plane for the ground troops.
The stirring effect of the spells brightened the entire dim sky.
On the ground, charred remains of demons, blasted to death by spells and the Golden Lion Legion, were everywhere. Layers of demon remains covered the ground, forming a thick layer of demon soil.
"Get lost, you scum!"
The moment Lapers's voice sounded, Camid in the sky roared furiously, crashing down from the sky at the first opportunity, charging towards the bottom of that cliff.
The True Dragon dove down from mid-air, its deafening roar blasting the demons' ears, making their legs go weak. The fierce aura was the terrifying True Dragon's might.
"Die!"
Two cold breaths, almost solidified into tangible ice and snow particles, rubbed against each other, forming cold prisms that spewed forth from Camid's two heads.
The enraged Camid never used his brain in battle, but the True Dragon's techniques and hunting skills, inherited naturally within his White Dragon bloodline, were as practiced as instinct.
A black-skinned, four-armed bat demon with bat wings, four arms, and a slender tail, held a crystalline black flame dagger in each hand.
Its fanged face held deep malice, and its lifeless white eyes shot out a pilfering gaze. It swooped down above Camid, its four arms wielding four black flame daggers, slashing down towards the White Dragon's slender neck.
But the True Dragon is the king of the sky. Camid's wings spun like a fan, and his huge body suddenly twisted, more agile than the four-armed bat demon.
His frost-covered True Dragon claws, like a double-ear blow, struck and swept the four-armed bat demon. The tidal wave of frost breath momentarily froze the sneaking four-armed bat demon, and the True Dragon claws, sharper than steel, had already sliced this high-ranking bat demon into more than ten pieces.
The White Dragon, having endured the four-armed bat demon's pilfering gaze, let out a deafening roar, landed on the ground, and swept his steel tail, joining the True Dragon's army in their advance.
"Those who block me shall die!"
Two Blue Dragons roared in Dragon Language, and unextinguishable wild lightning surged in the sky. Rolling thunder accompanied the two massive Blue Dragons as they charged towards the earth.
Countless massive, tree-branch-shaped lightning bolts spread across the sky, striking through the bodies of one demon after another, then splashing, like a brilliant, dazzling line, continuously piercing through more than a dozen demons before their terrifying power finally dissipated.
The True Dragon's claws and tails had become their powerful weapons for clearing out demons. Even their wings, which grew stronger with age, transformed into broad blades for slicing demons under the condition of hooked claws as edges.
Bloody winds and unextinguishable wild lightning accompanied the Blue Dragons.
To create more favorable conditions for Kalon, the Blue Dragon Lords Dos and Akzi had entered a state of frenzy, and the slaughtering techniques of the True Dragon were re-enacted upon them.
A massive, beast-like Slaughter Demon, stitched together from different creatures, roared and stood up, reaching twelve meters tall.
It had a tail like a barbed chain, but its wings were insect-like segmented limbs.
The unextinguishable wild lightning that the Blue Dragon Lord struck down onto the ground only caused countless electric sparks and flashes to splatter on the surface of this massive Slaughter Demon.
The power of the lightning was nullified by this powerful Slaughter Demon's innate talent. Only the pure striking force within the lightning pierced some tiny wounds into the Slaughter Demon's body.
Facing the pounce of two enraged Blue Dragons, this powerful Slaughter Demon did not retreat at all. Its long, barbed-chain-like tail pierced through, and its evil-powered hooked claws directly withstood the True Dragon's strike.
Boom!
The Slaughter Demon's powerful strength allowed it to stand its ground against the two adolescent Blue Dragons. It pushed back the two adolescent Blue Dragons.
Its massive body only stumbled back a few steps, cracking the ground, which had been trampled by countless demons until it was harder than flagstones.
The tail, covered in iron spikes like a chain, pierced through Blue Dragon Akzi's steel claw, bringing forth a series of falling dragon blood.
"You dare to block our path? Die!"
Female Red Dragon Klenaya's furious voice rolled out. The Red Dragon's fury was different from the Blue Dragon's. The Blue Dragon's fury was merely their Blue Dragon species' temperament.
But the Red Dragon's fury came from the power of their bloodline; the stronger their rage, the fiercer the Dragonfire they spewed.
The fierce Dragonfire instantly ignited all the surrounding demons, and Red Dragon Klenaya pounced down from the sky.
While the Slaughter Demon was still retreating, her two front claws embedded themselves in the Slaughter Demon's arms, and her two hind claws clamped onto the demon's thick thighs. She opened her mouth, her fangs, like curved blades, gleamed with cold light, and she bit down on the Slaughter Demon's head.
This high-ranking Slaughter Demon, capable of fighting a young True Dragon and possessing the strength to kill a young True Dragon, had its entire head directly bitten off by the enraged Female Red Dragon Klenaya.
Surging Dragonfire erupted from Klenaya's throat, instantly incinerating the demon's head, and she let out a long roar to the sky.
One True Dragon after another pounced onto the ground. The Golden Lion Legion, piloting their starships, unleashed full firepower. Ion cannons and laser cannons crisscrossed the space, blasting groups of demons into the air. Demon corpses began to pile up like mountains.
The demons were powerful enough, and their numbers were sufficient.
But the True Dragons and the Empire's army were even stronger than them, because they were united and disciplined under the leadership of a single will.
Above the sky, True Dragons danced wildly, the Lords targeting the high-ranking demon commanders, cooperating seamlessly, eliminating them one by one.
On the ground, the Empire's steel warriors advanced steadily. No demon army could obstruct the legion's military might. The legion's will was as indestructible as steel. For their Emperor, all who resisted would perish.
Layer upon layer of demon corpses elevated the center of the battlefield by several meters.
The empire's legions trampled over the demons' flesh and bones, crushing these foreign beings, sweeping away all obstacles.
"Truly magnificent," Lapers exclaimed, patting the Ancient Gold Dragon standing beside him.
He laughed and said, "Go, crush these demons; I no longer need your protection."
Storms of magic and elemental energy gathered and swirled above the Saint Realm Great Mage's head, beginning to consume most of his attention.
Meanwhile, the Ancestral Gold Dragon roared mightily, swooping down from the island in the sky, and the Golden Dragon's lightning and fire began to flash across the battlefield.
...
Kalon's massive wings spread wide, sweeping across the sky, exhaling huge amounts of flame with every breath.
The thunderous Dragon Roar, accompanied by the power of edicts like witchcraft, every utterance, along with the terrifying Dragon's Might of the Ancestral Red Dragon, oppressed the spirit of Legendary Demon Sacreth.
His membrane wings, covered in ash marks, steel marks, and burning veins, merely flapped gently, and a sudden gust of wind lifted his massive body.
Pale flames and whistling winds swirled around the Ancestral Red Dragon's body, passing through the gaps in the Red Dragon's scales, which seemed to flow, and each steel scale produced the clanging sound of swords singing.
Every blow exchanged between the Ancestral Dragon and the Legendary Devil was accompanied by surging hurricanes and explosive tremors.
But even if Legendary Demon Sacreth possessed innate spellcasting abilities like High-Level Teleportation, his speed in the air could not compare to the Ancestral Red Dragon's agile movements.
Kalon traversed the sky like a blazing bolt of lightning striking through the air; even High-Level Teleportation could not keep up with this Red Dragon's combat rhythm for long.
Because of continuous use of High-Level Teleportation, even a Legendary Devil would feel mentally fatigued.
If he didn't use High-Level Teleportation and relied solely on the wings behind the Legendary Devil, he wouldn't even be able to touch the edges of the Ancestral Red Dragon.
So, even though some of the Ancestral Red Dragon's scales were shattered and his Dragon Claws were damaged, the Legendary Devil Lord was still being suppressed by Kalon, who held the initiative.
The Legendary Devil Lord was stronger than Kalon in terms of power, and the Godbane Sword, embedded with countless evil eyes, was even harder than the Ancestral Red Dragon's sharp claws, already a weapon beyond Legendary.
It was forged in the evil fires of the Abyss by the Legendary Devil, and all demon lords defeated by Legendary Demon Sakretes had their power extracted by this Devil Sword, which had been nurtured for thousands of years.
The blade was imbued with the deepest evil and chaotic power from the Abyss; even the Ancestral Red Dragon's scales, which were tougher than heavy shields, could not block it.
However, the Ancestral Red Dragon's battle intuition was more sensitive than the LegendaryDevil's battle-hardened intuition, because the Ancestral Red Dragon not only possessed innate battle intuition but also had an unparalleled brain assisting him, discerning the trajectory of every demon attack and the focal point of every power strike.
The Ancestral Red Dragon's wild laughter in the sky, however, drowned out the LegendaryDevil's furious roar.
"Damn it, you're a Dragon! Don't use these disgusting and weak spells; come at me head-on!"
Legendary Demon Sakretes , enraged, stood on the ground, his Evil Eye Godbane Sword held horizontally to block the massive Dragon Claw descending from the sky.
The blade of the Godbane Sword vibrated from the Ancestral Red Dragon's Dragon Claw strike, and the power from the Ancestral Red Dragon's sharp claws, accompanied by magical resonance, sought the sword's material vibration frequency.
But this power that vibrated the sword was channeled by the Legendary Devil into the trampled earth, and cracks spread from beneath the Legendary Devil Lord's feet.
Boom!
Kalon's figure flickered like lightning, whirling and turning, the magical runes flowing on his body like light bands, possessing their own will, rising and falling with the Red Dragon's constantly flickering glow.
Countless spells instantly formed models; sun-like rays and storms of fire descended around the Legendary Demon , sweeping everywhere, scorching his body with slight burn marks.
The power of spells below high-tier, in this magical desert region, even when cast by an Ancestral Red Dragon, could not inflict significant damage on this Great Demon.
But the reason for the Legendary Demon's fury was a low-tier spell.
This low-tier spell had no substantial power; it was merely a creation of Kalon's occasional mischievousness while researching spell models, and its only effect was to make a male creature's reproductive organ form a wreath under the spell's effect.
Logically, such a low-tier spell should not affect a creature of the Legendary Demon's caliber, but this time, it worked.
This made the Legendary Demon's rage uncontrollable.
"You're seeking death, you cowardly worm!" The eerie evil fire surged, and Sakretes plunged the massive Godbane Sword into the earth before him, uttering the deepest whispers of the demons in the Abyss.
The ancient Abyss seemed to descend into this world, and the whispers from chaos overlapped, intertwining and changing.
The hundreds of eyes on the Godbane Sword and the evil eyes on Legendary Demon Sakretes's wings blinked simultaneously, thousands of evil eye lights intertwined and crisscrossed, and the demon's whispers gradually resonated within the evil light.
One living demon after another had their souls pulled from their bodies by this blazing, interwoven evil light and demon speech.
Any demon of the same race as the demon lord's evil eyes on the Godbane Sword had their bodies torn apart instantly.
Their power also transformed into deep abyssal death qi, drawn by this invisible force, and countless demon souls surrounded Sakretes, wailing and flying.
Suddenly, everyone felt a chill from the depths of their hearts, as if in the unseen, a pair of gigantic abyssal eyes, not existing in reality but within everyone's spirit, slowly opened.
A tangible yet formless field was born around the Legendary Devil, beginning to suppress all power not belonging to demons and enhancing all evil power belonging to demons.
This field was so powerful that even the slightest magic in the air was completely repelled and suppressed, unable to flow as usual, and the wind on the horizon was stilled, not allowed to flow within this field.
Rumble!
The Legendary Demon pulled out the Godbane Sword, soaring into the sky, carrying the demon domain that suppressed all power not belonging to him, and slashed down towards the Ancestral Red Dragon.
A tangible sword-shaped energy blade, hundreds of meters long, tore through the sky, its residual edge already ripping the ground, descending upon Kalon's head.
Under this terrifying suppressive force, even the ability to elementalize could not be activated; Kalon felt the space around him almost solidified, and his unparalleled speed could not be brought into play.
But the domain formed by the Legendary Devil's power and evil eye summoning was perceived in every line of power flow by the Ancestral Red Dragon's dark golden pupils, which could see through reality.
Every trace of soul and spirituality forming the embryonic form of the demon domain was detected by the Ancestral Red Dragon.
So the Ancestral Red Dragon roared, flapping his wings, and the authority of spirituality exerted its due power at this moment.
"Where the Empire stands, there lies might! I am the Emperor of the Empire, I am the might of the Empire!"
The Dragon Emperor's words echoed in the hearts of every surviving imperial citizen in Valyria City; they heard the Emperor's words and spontaneously gave their response.
"The Emperor commands, the Empire obeys!"
Layers of echoes resonated within the spiritual domain, causing a tide of spirituality, revering their Emperor.
Boundless, vast power descended around the Ancestral Red Dragon; the tide evoked by the imperial citizens' spiritual reverence transformed into layers of phantoms.
They intertwined to form a projection of the Empire cast from the sky, unfolding around the Ancestral Red Dragon's body like a scroll.
Within the phantom, the church bells of the Empire echoed, dong!