Above the Bone Plain, the tide of battle shifted in an instant!
Seeing the three Demon Kings abandon their dignity to flee in different directions, cold light erupted in the eyes of Yu Yuanchen! Want to escape? It wouldn't be that easy! The goal of this counterattack was to cripple the top-tier forces of the Demon Plane. If these three Demigod-level Demon Kings were allowed to retreat unscathed, they would surely become a major threat in the future! Even if he couldn't wipe them all out, he had to leave at least two of them behind!
In the blink of an eye, Yu Yuanchen made his decision! His primary target was locked onto the one who appeared the most violent, yet possessed the most singular escape methods and held the strongest command over the low-tier demon army—the Destruction Demon King Baroque!
"Hell Gate, Space Imprisonment!"
With a thought from Yu Yuanchen, the divine artifact in his embrace trembled slightly, and an invisible, intangible ripple of space instantly enveloped a region of several hundred zhang around Baroque, who was roaring as he attempted to smash through space and escape into the turbulence!
Hum—!
Baroque felt the space around him suddenly become as solid as divine iron. Its chain hammer, capable of shattering mountains and splitting the earth, struck the void, yet it only stirred up a ripple and could no longer tear through space! Its most relied-upon means of escape had been forcibly sealed!
"Space is locked?! It's the power of the Hell Gate!" Baroque was both shocked and furious, understanding the situation instantly. Without a space channel, relying solely on flight, its massive body lacked top-tier speed; how could it possibly escape?
"I'll trap you for now and deal with you later!" Yu Yuanchen snorted coldly, ignoring Baroque, who could only vent its impotent rage in place while attempting to use brute force to bombard the space imprisonment. His second target was the one whose threat level might be slightly lower, but whose area-of-effect lethality was immense, posing a massive threat to the low and mid-tier Soul Masters of the Coalition Army—the Plague Demon King Anate!
By this time, Anate had already used the cover of toxic clouds to quietly retreat over ten miles, and it was on the verge of merging into the dim sky in the distance!
"Where do you think you're going! Holy Dragon Town Prison Tribulation, Seal!"
Yu Yuanchen pointed his fingers like a sword, striking through the air! A highly condensed beam of purple-gold lightning, as if crossing space itself, arrived ahead of time, instantly appearing above Anate's head and transforming into a pillar of lightning over fifty zhang in diameter that crashed down with a boom! Within the pillar, the flow of time slowed, and space became like a quagmire; the powerful suppression force instantly enveloped Anate, along with the vast toxic clouds and undead surrounding it, locking them in place!
"Roar! Ten Thousand Poisons Corrode the Heavens! Undead Tide!" Anate was shocked and furious, frantically driving its demonic energy. Ink-green toxic miasma erupted from its body, blotting out the sky and sun. This miasma not only corroded flesh but also eroded soul power and spiritual power! At the same time, countless powerful undead enslaved by it wailed as they surged from the void, charging wave after wave at the lightning pillar in an attempt to grind down the thunder power with sheer numbers! The pillar trembled violently, flickering as if it might vanish!
"Small tricks! Two Forms Divine Thunder, Eradicate!" Yu Yuanchen's figure moved like lightning as he approached the pillar. Seeing this, he snorted coldly and flicked his fingers. Several tiny, black-and-white divine thunders shot into the toxic miasma and the sea of undead like swimming fish! Amidst sizzling sounds, the lightning, imbued with the Law of Destruction, caused the toxic miasma to melt rapidly wherever it passed, while the undead screamed and turned into blue smoke like snow under the sun! Anate's struggle faltered!
"Poison Explosion Nova!" Seeing the situation was dire, Anate let out a sharp shriek and proactively detonated a portion of its toxic clouds and undead! Boom! A terrifying energy storm mixed with deadly poison, deathly silence, and curses exploded, forcibly tearing a gap in the lightning pillar! It seized the chance to transform into a green streak of light and shot out from within!
"Trying to run? Destruction Thunder Seal, Suppress!" Yu Yuanchen had anticipated this. He formed seals with both hands, and a massive square seal condensed from purple-gold lightning appeared out of thin air, carrying the magnificent heavenly might to suppress all things as it smashed down onto Anate's head! Before the seal arrived, the terrifying pressure had already solidified the surrounding space!
"Undead Barrier! Ten Thousand Poison Shield!" Anate shrieked, summoning dense layers of bone shields and condensed poison liquid shields! At the same time, it opened its mouth to spit out a life-bound poison arrow, condensed to the extreme, which shot straight at Yu Yuanchen's face in an attempt to force him to defend!
Boom! Crack!
The Destruction Thunder Seal was unstoppable; the bone shields and poison liquid shields shattered one after another like paper! But Anate took this opportunity to twist its body in a bizarre way, avoiding the fatal blow. It was only grazed by the edge of the seal, causing the scales on half its body to shatter and ink-green blood to spray as it let out a miserable howl! As for that life-bound poison arrow, it was easily deflected by the thunder battle armor on Yu Yuanchen's body, dissipating into nothingness with a sizzling sound.
"This ends here!" Yu Yuanchen pressed his advantage, giving it no chance to catch its breath! His figure flashed, appearing before the injured Anate. The soul core within his body spun at an unprecedented speed, and vast power surged into the thunder dragon spear he had condensed in his hand!
"Dragon King's Judgment, tenfold amplification, Thunder Emperor's Annihilation Tribulation Spear! Die!"
He roared, pouring a massive amount of power into this spear strike and thrusting it forward! This strike pursued the ultimate in penetration and destruction! The spear body was wreathed in condensed Annihilation Divine Thunder, its speed surpassing the limits of visual perception!
"No!!" Anate's pupils shrank as it felt a fatal threat. It frantically drove all its demonic energy, laying down layers upon layers of toxic barriers and undead shields before it, while its body retreated violently!
Puff! Puff! Puff!
However, the thunder spear, imbued with the Law of Annihilation, ignored the vast majority of defenses! The spear tip, like a hot knife through butter, pierced through over a dozen shields in succession and struck with pinpoint accuracy upon the bone claw Anate had desperately raised to block its chest!
Sss--!
The bone claw instantly turned into powder! The thunder spear's momentum remained undiminished, and before Anate's despairing eyes, it pierced through its demon core!
Boom!
The annihilating power of the thunder exploded completely from within its body! Anate's demon body, along with the remaining toxic clouds and undead around it, were instantly annihilated and vaporized by the purple-black lightning!
The Plague Demon King Anate had fallen! Throughout the entire process, the two sides had exchanged nearly ten rounds; Anate had exhausted all its means, yet it still could not escape defeat and death!
After killing Anate, Yu Yuanchen did not pause for a moment, his gaze instantly turning to his final target—the Shadow Demon King Demogorgon, who had transformed into thousands of shadows and was fleeing frantically!
"Shadow clones? Let's see where you can run!" Yu Yuanchen moved again, charging into the shadows dancing across the sky! His thunder domain expanded to its full extent, covering a radius of several thousand meters! Countless bolts of lightning poured down like a rainstorm, striking every fleeing shadow!
Sss-sss-sss-sss--!
The shadow clones shattered one after another! Yu Yuanchen's spiritual power scanned every clone. Demogorgon's shadow escape technique was indeed bizarre; the thousands of clones were a mix of reality and illusion, their auras almost identical. Yu Yuanchen slaughtered them with all his might, destroying thousands of shadows in an instant, yet he ultimately could not precisely lock onto and intercept the deeply hidden true body from this sea of smoke-like clones in such a short time!
In the end, as the last, more solidified shadow flashed and vanished on the distant horizon, Yu Yuanchen ceased his pursuit. Within his powerful spiritual perception, the trail of Demogorgon's true body had been lost.
"Hmph, you're lucky to have escaped so quickly!" Yu Yuanchen snorted coldly. Demogorgon was a demon skilled in concealment and trickery; to escape this time, it had paid a heavy price to split into thousands of shadows, and its cultivation level would certainly be severely damaged.
He turned around to face the final target trapped by the space imprisonment—the Destruction Demon King Baroque!
At this moment, Baroque was still frantically attacking the space barrier, its chain hammer swinging with earth-shattering force, yet it could never break through the divine artifact's imprisonment. Seeing Anate fall and Demogorgon flee, its eyes were filled with despair and madness!
"Human! I'll fight you to the death! Destruction Fury!" Knowing there was no hope of escape, Baroque went completely insane, burning its source demonic energy. Its body expanded once more, and dark red destruction fire ignited on its chain hammer. With the momentum of mutual destruction, it charged fiercely at Yu Yuanchen! This strike contained its lifelong cultivation and mad will, its power far exceeding the norm!
"A dying struggle! Thunder Dragon Splits the Void!" Yu Yuanchen's expression remained unchanged. Facing this desperate strike, he did not meet it head-on. His figure flickered like a swimming dragon, skillfully dodging the sharp edge of the chain hammer. At the same time, his right hand formed a blade with his fingers, and a thunder hand-blade, condensed to the extreme, descended like a heavenly blade, precisely chopping at the weakest point of the chain hammer's force!
Clang!
A loud boom! Baroque's enraged strike was deflected, smashing into empty space and tearing a massive gully into the earth! Because it had used too much force, it left a huge opening!
"Die!" Seizing this fleeting opportunity, Yu Yuanchen moved like lightning, instantly closing in on Baroque! His left fist flashed with lightning, and a simple, unadorned "Thunder Emperor's Collapse Fist," imbued with the power of destruction, smashed heavily into Baroque's ribs, where its defense had weakened due to the burning of its demonic energy!
Bang!
Baroque's massive body shook violently, the scales on its ribs shattered, and demonic blood sprayed wildly! It let out a painful roar, its chain hammer sweeping back!
Yu Yuanchen had long anticipated this move. He ducked, dodging the chain hammer, and his right leg whipped out like a steel whip. A "Divine Dragon Tail Sweep," wreathed in lightning, kicked fiercely into the joint of Baroque's knee!
Crack!
A piercing sound of bone fracture rang out! Baroque screamed and fell to one knee!
"It's over! Tenfold power, Thunder Spear Punishes Evil!" Yu Yuanchen showed no mercy. The thunder dragon spear condensed once again. Taking advantage of the moment Baroque's center of gravity was unstable and its defenses were wide open, he thrust the spear. Like lightning piercing the sky, it precisely pierced through its heart!
Boom!
Thunder erupted, and the massive demonic body of Destruction Demon King Baroque was completely swallowed and annihilated by the raging lightning amidst his desperate roar!
Destruction Demon King Baroque had fallen! During this battle, Baroque's desperate fight had caused Yu Yuanchen some trouble, and it took seven or eight exchanges before he finally surrendered his head.
With this, of the three invading Demon Kings, two were dead and one had fled with heavy injuries!
Yu Yuanchen hovered in the air, slowly exhaling a breath of stale air. Engaging in continuous fierce battles and killing two Demigod-level Demon Kings was no small consumption for him. His gaze swept over the battlefield below, which was nearing its end.
The demon army was leaderless, their morale collapsed, and they were fleeing in all directions. The Human Race Coalition Army was mopping them up with full force. Although most low-level demons escaped, after this battle, the top-tier combat power of the Demon Plane had been almost completely wiped out!
Yu Yuanchen descended, arriving in front of the Coalition Army camp.
Everyone—Qian Chongxiao, Yu Boxuan, Tang Gan, Ning Zhiyuan, Qian Daoliu, Tang Chen... all the Soul Master participants of this expedition stopped what they were doing and cast their gazes toward that figure in blue. Their eyes looked at him with burning intensity, filled with shock, awe, and pride!
It was he, Yu Yuanchen, who with an invincible posture, had slain the four great Demon Kings! It was he who led them to complete this unprecedented feat—counterattacking the Demon Plane and achieving a glorious victory!
Yu Yuanchen swept his gaze over each excited yet exhausted face, his voice calm yet carrying a majesty that could settle the heavens and earth, spreading across the entire battlefield:
"Everyone, four of the Demon Kings have been executed, and the rest are nothing to fear! In this expedition to the Demon Plane, we have... achieved a total victory!"
"This battle has not only cleared away the threat of the demon invasion but has also opened up an unprecedented new situation for our Douluo Continent! From this day forward, the Demon Plane will no longer be a threat, but rather... a New Territory for our human Soul Masters to explore, undergo Training, and even colonize!"
"The achievements of today and the merits of you all will surely be recorded in history and shine for eternity! Because of our actions today, the Douluo Continent will step into a new era!"
His words, like the tolling of a great bell, struck the heart of everyone present!
"Long live!"
"Long live Young Master Yu!"
"Long live humanity!"
After a brief silence, deafening cheers, like a Tsunami, erupted across the Bone Plain! Every Soul Master, regardless of which sect they came from, felt their blood boiling and were unable to contain their excitement! They had participated in and witnessed a legendary battle destined to change the landscape of the continent! They were the creators of history!
Qian Chongxiao stroked his beard and sighed, his eyes filled with Comfort. Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen exchanged smiles, their high fighting spirit tinged with infinite longing for the future. Older powerhouses like Yu Boxuan and Tang Gan were even more gratified, as if they could see a brighter future for their sects and the continent.
The expedition to the Demon Plane had triumphed!
A colonial era belonging to the Douluo Continent slowly began to unfold with the execution of the Demon Kings! And the legend of Yu Yuanchen would surely be sung for ten thousand generations along with this epic victory!
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