Chapter 372: The Invincible Chen Chu, Arrival of Kings, Battle of Gods and Demons (II)

Suddenly, another unexpected change occurred.

Among the employees sitting on the ground, an endless blood light burst from the bald sound engineer, transforming him into a blood phantom that lunged toward Yan Ruoyi several meters away.

The sudden change caught everyone off guard.

"Stop!" Li Daoyi's face changed drastically as he shouted, transforming into a flash of light in an attempt to intercept the attack.

At that moment, even Yan Ruoyi showed a look of astonishment as the blood phantom appeared in front of her in an instant, its hand reaching for her neck.

Just as Akunus was about to succeed, a white gem on Bai Yunfeng’s pendant began to glow. The white light enveloped everything in a ten-meter radius in an instant, freezing time within that space.

Hum!

Akunus' terrified roar echoed as the white light contracted, drawing his phantom into the white gem. It turned blood red, shining with a mysterious light.

Only then did the lightning-wreathed sword appear in front of Yan Ruoyi, its crackling energy piercing the air, but unable to strike. Li Daoyi nonchalantly put away his sword, saying casually, "So this was your plan all along, Sister Ruoyi."

Bai Yunfeng nodded slowly. "Yes, this is a soul-sealing gem that incorporates the power of time laws, specifically prepared for Akunus. As soon as he tries to touch Little Yi to reclaim the dragon, I would activate the gem to seal him.

"I thought we wouldn’t need it, but who knew Akunus had hidden a soul avatar within Daiku. It’s strange, though. He clearly only sliced out one soul essence this time. If he had sliced out two, his main body would have already been severely injured. This one must have been the true form of Akunus’ avatar."

Yan Ruoyi pondered. "The one fighting Brother Chu was likely infused into the Blood River Domain during its creation. As a divine artifact meant to embody the Blood God's laws, it had to be fused with soul and law powers during its forging."

"So that's it. I was wondering how he could reappear after supposedly being killed." Qinqiu Mingyue chuckled proudly. "But in the end, we outsmarted him and captured this evil being! Now that his soul essence is sealed, there's nowhere for him to run. This monster is doomed."

Now that she had completed her vengeance, Yan Ruoyi’s expression relaxed as her eyes turned cold. "Indeed, Akunus' main body in the mythical world is finished."

At that moment, an evil, frenzied shout echoed through the heavens and earth. "Why, why, why must you all thwart me? I refuse to accept this! I will refine the world, I will destroy everything! Die, die!"

𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Ten kilometers away, the Demon-Slaying Puppet, still entangled with Rake, suddenly froze. Inside it, a coordinate signal pierced through the void.

Boom!

In an instant, the sky shattered. With each thunderous roar, the space above Miamir City fractured, creating immense, pitch-black rifts.

Endless blood light poured from these rifts and spread over a hundred kilometers around Miamir City, casting a horrifying, blood-red hue. Countless figures seemed to struggle, wail, and scream from within the light, as if true hell was about to descend.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

As the void trembled, an overwhelming pressure emanated from the other side, causing the million residents of Miamir to tremble in terror. Even the cultivators were uncontrollably shaking under the crushing pressure of a king-level entity.

The terrifying aura triggered celestial anomalies—rolling dark clouds appeared out of nowhere, forming a vortex that covered the sky, while fierce winds howled and the earth trembled. Even rivers began to flow backward in the distance.

Looking up at the sky, Li Daoyi's face changed dramatically. "It's Akunus' true form. He’s tearing through the world barrier to invade."

The howling wind made Yan Ruoyi's long hair dance wildly, but she remained calm as she watched the growing rift in the sky. "It's not an invasion. He originated from the Blue Planet, and now he is simply returning.

"If a king of the Purgatory Demon Clan wanted to come in or forcibly open a world passage like this, they would face strong backlash from the Blue Planet's laws. But those who were born here won’t face such resistance. The Blue Planet won’t stop them from returning.

"Even so, tearing through the world barrier to return requires a coordinate, and the massive commotion it causes will immediately draw the attention of human powerhouses."

Roar! Roar! Roar!

As the sky continued to shatter, a black void several kilometers in diameter formed at the center, surrounded by swirling dark clouds.

Within the black passage, endless blood light shone as it formed a world-destroying blood python hundreds of meters long with nine heads, exuding overwhelming pressure. Now that a fragment of his soul essence was sealed, Akunus could no longer hold back and revealed his true form.

Countless people trembled under the king's divine might, while all cameras and livestreams were cut off due to the magnetic field generated by the king’s arrival. The last image seen by those watching the livestream was the sky above Miamir City breaking apart.

Chen Chu also looked up, his eyes gleaming with excitement at the enormous figure exuding a palpable sense of danger from across the barrier. "So this is the aura of a king. So powerful. I really want to cut it down."

In the distance, Li Daoyi nodded with equal excitement. "Indeed. Only killing such strong opponents brings true satisfaction. When I ascend to the throne, I’ll definitely slay a demon king or an evil god to consecrate my sword."

Bai Yunfeng marveled internally, truly impressed by these top-level prodigies. While others trembled under the king's pressure, they thought not of fear, but of slaying the opponent.

Roar!

The heavens shook once more as the nine-headed blood python began to forcibly cross the boundary, unleashing an even more crushing pressure from above and making it hard for anyone to breathe.

Yet, despite this horrific scene, Chen Chu and his group remained unafraid. He didn’t believe the Federation would be unprepared for the cross-world arrival of a king.

Looking at Chen Chu, who stood fearlessly on the ground, Akunus roared coldly as he surged through the world passage. "Chu Batian, I told you, I will kill you!"

The sight of this Federation genius, who had repeatedly challenged his kingly dignity, filled Akunus with intense killing intent. Before he fully crossed over, the endless blood light condensed under the power of laws, forming an immense hand that spanned several kilometers and descended from the sky.

The invisible pressure it emitted caused the ground to tremble, whipping up waves of white air several kilometers in diameter and creating a scene of destruction.

"Akunus, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

A cold voice echoed, and over a hundred kilometers away from Miamir, the still incoming General "Zhang Feng” unleashed a tremendous aura.

Boom!

In the distance, a magnificent phantom appeared, towering over the earth with a grand and overwhelming aura. Behind it, a radiant divine halo shone, emitting an even stronger presence than Akunus.

"A king's projection!"

Boom!

The king's phantom slashed out with a single sword, spanning the vast distance, and obliterated the blood hand in the sky. The resulting blood-colored shockwave swept across the sky for over ten kilometers.

Immediately, the figure holding the long sword took a single step, crossing hundreds of kilometers to appear right above the city. It exuded an immense aura as it rushed into the rift.

At the same time, a powerful suction force emanated from above. Sensing the power and aura from the human king, Bai Yunfeng took off the soul-sealing gem from around her neck and threw it into the sky.

Soon, a fierce battle erupted within the passage, accompanied by Akunus' earth-shattering roars.

"Zhang Tianyi, you actually returned to Blue Planet. I knew you were waiting for me. But even with you here today, I will take back the dragon! Everyone, are you not going to act?"

"Hahaha... Akunus, it would have been better if you had revealed yourself and opened the passage earlier."

"Let's go, today we will shatter the human world."

"A mere fringe race dares to oppose our mighty Purgatory Clan? Today, we will show you what true despair is!"

"Akunus, unleash all of your divine soul power to stabilize the passage."

As these incomprehensible yet clear voices echoed through the heavens, malevolent auras erupted from the other side of the passage behind the nine-headed blood python.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Five king-level demonic auras shook the heavens, with one among them far surpassing Akunus' power by more than tenfold, causing the entire world to tremble.

Under this demonic presence, greater than any king's and akin to a world-destroying demon god, tens of thousands of ordinary people trembled and collapsed to the ground in despair and fear, unable to stand.

"This is bad. Akunus has allied with the Purgatory Demon Clan. There are five demon kings on the other side, and one of them is a great demon king." Everyone's faces changed at this moment.

Then, from the depths of the passage, Zhang Tianyi's cold voice resounded. "Akunus, today I will completely annihilate you, traitor."

"

Roar!

Zhang Tianyi, you should worry about yourself today."

"Is that so?"

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Even more king-level auras erupted from further within the passage, outnumbering the ambushing demon kings.

"This is bad, the humans have an ambush!"

"Jiuyou, your injuries have healed!"

"Not fully, but it won't be a problem to kill you trash."

"Xuanwu, weren't you being hunted by the Grand Lord?"

"Hmph! To lure you in, I even abandoned my Tianpeng avatar. Now, die."

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The battle erupted on the other side, and under the impact of the clashing forces, the world passage only held for a few breaths more before collapsing with a thunderous crash. A violent wind swept across the land.

On the shattered ground, Chen Chu quietly watched the sky, suppressing the shock within his heart.

Today's series of sudden events had left everyone bewildered, including Chen Chu himself; he hadn't anticipated that the Federation's objective was not only the Blood God Akunus, but also the Purgatory Demon Kings with whom he had colluded. Moreover, the long-lost Heavenly King Xuanwu had even appeared.

Yan Ruoyi softly explained. "When Akunus broke through to the king level and merged with the Three-Headed Golden Dragon to evolve into the Nine-Headed Blood Dragon, he gained nine distinct consciousnesses that represent his persistence, madness, insidiousness, greed, rationality, and hatred.

"In this kind of situation, once he sensed that his soul essence was sealed and he faced the prospect of being hunted down by human experts, madness would triumph over rationality. He would tear a passage through the barriers at any cost, even if it meant bringing the Purgatory demon kings into our world.

"The demon kings had always wanted to invade the human world, but opening a passage to enter would subject them to strong law suppression and diminish their power. Under such circumstances, going through would be no different from committing suicide.

"However, if they could disguise their entry with the aura of a native king's divine soul and laws, the suppression they faced would be greatly reduced.

"In the past, not even Akunus was willing to take such a risk, because tearing a passage large enough for a king would quickly attract human experts for a siege. But this time, for the dragon and his own safety, he would stop at nothing.

"With the human frontlines under heavy pressure, they assumed that even if there was an ambush, there wouldn't be enough kings available on the Blue Planet.

"But they forgot to count in the ones who had gone to the rear to heal, the experts who had returned from exploring the depths of the mythical world, and my father."

Swoosh!

At that moment, a figure swiftly approached from a distance. It was none other than Rake, the Eighth Heavenly Realm expert who had been entangled with the Demon-Slaying Puppet for so long. The middle-aged man scanned Chen Chu and the others, saying in a deep voice, "Apologies for arriving late."

Chen Chu's expression turned peculiar. "It's okay, you're not really late."

By now, he was convinced that this guy always showed up late on purpose.

Rake nodded slightly and said seriously, "You've all worked hard this time. I’ll take Kleide away for Lord Akers."

Chen Chu hesitated for a moment before speaking. "His injuries might be severe. I forced him to break his maximized beast form, and his foundation is nearly ruined."

"No matter,“ Rake said calmly. "As someone who would collaborate with an evil god for the sake of a dead person who betrayed humanity, if you hadn't crippled him today, he would have eventually followed in her footsteps.

"Out of respect for Lord Akers, instead of killing him, he will live out his days as a cripple. A genius is someone the Federation invests heavily in, as long as they are willing to fight for humanity. Otherwise, the Federation doesn't care whether they exist.

"Those are Lord Akers' words, so there's no need to worry about this matter, Brother Chu."

"That's good then." Chen Chu nodded slightly.

Although he was confident in his own potential and certain that ascending to the king level was inevitable and imminent, he preferred not to make an enemy out of an established king if it could be avoided. There was no need for such trouble.

He had initially thought that this was an internal matter within a king's family, and no matter how intense the conflict or unforgivable the actions, Lord Akers would eventually use top-level resources to heal Kleide. He hadn't expected that the king would have already given up on this grandson.

And from what Rake just said, it seems Kleide's mother had also betrayed humanity. Can it be that his father, who ran that small martial arts academy, had issues back then? Too complicated. Forget it, I won't think about it anymore.

"Let's go, it's time to return."

"Is it finally over this time?" A bodyguard hesitated.

"Definitely over. Didn't you see how many kings arrived? Speaking of which, this is my first time seeing a king. So powerful, so terrifying, just like the gods in mythical legends."