Chapter 1081: Battle Of Devil Emperors

In truth, Devil Emperor Xue Gu was quite perplexed by Wu Yuan's sudden arrival; because he truly couldn't identify Wu Yuan. To him, this was a completely unfamiliar Devil Emperor he'd never encountered before.

He had met most of the Devil Emperors in the Abyss, and had at least heard rumors about the rest, knowing a little about them.

Devil Emperor Xia? He'd never heard of such a person.

Therefore, he couldn't gauge Wu Yuan's strength and didn't dare to attack rashly. He wasn't certain if Wu Yuan had truly come for Sovereign Gui Chi or for the Flower of Sin.

Although Devil Emperor Xue Gu considered himself extremely cautious, it was hard to guarantee he hadn't revealed any clues.

One couldn't blame Devil Emperor Xue Gu for overthinking; the Flower of Sin was simply too great a matter.

"Devil Emperor Xue Gu." Wu Yuan's voice was cold. "I have no intention of being your enemy. I only want Sovereign Gui Chi. Hand him over, and we can still be friends.

"I don't think you need to make a mortal enemy of me over a late-stage Sovereign, do you?"

𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

If they were fighting elsewhere, Wu Yuan wouldn't think twice about attacking Devil Emperor Xue Gu. But this was his opponent’s home turf. Wu Yuan wasn't absolutely confident he could kill his opponent, so his primary goal was to make a deal with Sovereign Gui Chi first.

"Hmph!" Devil Emperor Xue Gu's tone changed as well. "If I hand him over today, what face would I, Xue Gu, have left? Leave immediately, and I may overlook your crime of trespassing."

Firstly, it would indeed be humiliating for Devil Emperor Xue Gu to hand someone over without any resistance. Those who could become Devil Emperors had all risen to power from endless slaughter, each extremely proud. If Devil Emperor Xue Gu didn't have so many concerns, he would have already turned hostile and attacked.

Secondly, Sovereign Gui Chi was of great importance. Without him operating an array disk to refine essence blood, the Flower of Sin would take several million years longer to bloom.

Thirdly, although Sovereign Gui Chi didn't know about the Flower of Sin, he knew about the array disk. Once other Devil Emperors learned of this, they would certainly be able to deduce his secret.

"You really won't hand him over?" Wu Yuan stared at Devil Emperor Xue Gu.

"It's not about his strength, but because he's under my command, and I promised to protect him," Devil Emperor Xue Gu replied, equally unyielding.

A glint of killing intent flashed through Wu Yuan's eyes. But after a moment's thought, he calmed down again.

"One hundred top-grade Dao Instruments. I'll trade them for him. How about it?" Wu Yuan said in a low voice. "He's just a late-stage Sovereign after all."

One hundred top-grade Dao Instruments? If one were to trade with some major factions, three hundred top-grade Dao Instruments might even fetch a Xiantian artifact.

This made Devil Emperor Xue Gu even more suspicious.

Was a late-stage Sovereign powerhouse worth so many treasures? He didn't know that Wu Yuan had already given up a low-grade Xiantian artifact.

"Alright. Devil Emperor Xia, I can agree to your request," Devil Emperor Xue Gu suddenly transmitted.

Wu Yuan's mind stirred. If they could trade peacefully, that would be best.

"However, you'll have to wait thirty-five million years," Devil Emperor Xue Gu transmitted. "In thirty-five million years, I'll personally tie him up and deliver him to you.

"Devil Emperor Xia, I'm giving you face here. Surely you can wait thirty-some million years?"

Thirty million years later, the Flower of Sin would bloom. After thirty-five million years, Devil Emperor Xue Gu believed he would have already used up the Flower of Sin by then, greatly increasing his strength. Why would he fear a mere Devil Emperor Xia then?

"Thirty-five million years? Impossible!" Killing intent erupted in Wu Yuan's eyes as he shook his head. "I want him now."

"Devil Emperor Xia! Don't push your luck too far." Devil Emperor Xue Gu's voice had completely cooled.

He was both anxious and furious, now almost certain that Wu Yuan had come for the Flower of Sin.

Overlords usually cultivated for billions of years. If it was just for revenge, how could he not even wait thirty-some million years?

But how could Devil Emperor Xue Gu know that Wu Yuan had only cultivated for two hundred thousand years so far?

"Pushing my luck too far?" Wu Yuan shook his head slightly. "Xue Gu, I really didn't want to resort to force. But you're forcing my hand."

Boom!

Wu Yuan moved without hesitation, donning black battle armor as nine arms sprouted, each gripping a saber.

An incomparably ferocious aura erupted forth, enveloping a hundred billion li of spacetime.

Damn it! This Devil Emperor Xia.

Devil Emperor Xue Gu was thoroughly enraged as well. "You really want to fight? Then I'll oblige you."

He didn't believe that Wu Yuan could be a fourth-stage Overlord powerhouse. How rare were those? Even the probability of him being a third-stage Overlord was small.

After all, the growth of powerhouses could be traced. It was rare for someone who was previously a late-stage Sovereign to unleash third-stage Overlord strength out of nowhere.

If he only had second-stage Overlord strength? Devil Emperor Xue Gu believed he could completely suppress the other party with the help of his grand array.

Heavenly Devil Claws!

Devil Emperor Xue Gu's robes billowed as he focused his mind. Countless streams of spiritual qi surged forth, instantly enveloping everything in ten billion li like a massive vortex.

Whoosh~

The spiritual qi in the void converged, forming a giant palm several billion li in diameter in the void that loomed over Wu Yuan. Enveloped within it was a Xiantian shuttle.

Heavens! A giant palm several billion li across? Its size could certainly rival a void continent, fully capable of annihilating a high-level Abyssal world.

"Break for me!" An angry roar resounded through heaven and earth.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Blade rays suddenly lit up one after another. Each one was vast and mighty, igniting from a tiny point before exploding across ten billion li. It was as if countless worlds were born and destroyed, as if all of creation was about to fall into a great extinction in this moment.

Boom!

The blade rays were like an ocean. Nine sabers merged into one, directly splitting that giant palm in two, revealing the Xiantian shuttle hidden within.

In this clash, Wu Yuan held the absolute upper hand. A terrifying spatial rift over a hundred million li in diameter opened in the void, a product of his power penetrating higher spatial dimensions.

Whoosh!

The residual power of the blade rays surged toward Devil Emperor Xue Gu.

Peak third-stage Overlord?

Devil Emperor Xue Gu's expression changed drastically. With his keen eye, he immediately sensed the immense power imbued in Wu Yuan's strike.

He wasn't wrong. In this strike, Wu Yuan had activated all his power except for that from the path of matter. The core of his power was the Mo Yuan Sabers. Even though Wu Yuan could only unleash a part of the Mo Yuan Sabers’ power, it still allowed his self-created ultimate technique to reach the level of a peak third-stage Overlord.

"Array, activate!" Devil Emperor Xue Gu finally triggered his grand array.

The entire Blood Bone Mountain Range was suddenly set ablaze with light. Countless cryptic patterns appeared on the surface of the mountain range, stretching for over a hundred million li. The power of the array circulated, drawing in endless blood mist from all directions, raising its power to a terrifying level.

"Slash!" As soon as Devil Emperor Xue Gu activated the grand array, he immediately channeled heaven and earth's power.

Endless blood mist gathered, forming a pillar of blood light tens of billions of li high, colliding with the blade rays.

Boom!

The terrifying collision shockwave spread in all directions, distorting ten billion li of void.

"Ah!"

"No!"

The terrifying aftermath swept outwards. The two combatants were unaffected, but the numerous Astral Monarchs and Archdevils in the vicinity of the Blood Bone Mountain Range were instantly annihilated.

All were dead!

The mere aftermath of the clash between the two late-stage Devil Emperors was enough to gravely wound or even kill late-stage Sovereigns.

"What?"

"Such a huge disturbance!"

"Is it a battle between Devil Emperors?" On the vast lands light-years from the Blood Bone Mountain Range, Devil Sovereigns who were either meditating in seclusion or indulging in pleasure were all startled.

These Devil Sovereigns were all under Devil Emperor Xue Gu's command. Even at such a distance, the intense spiritual qi and spatial fluctuations allowed these Devil Sovereigns to get a sense of what was happening.

"It's coming from the direction of the Blood Bone Mountain Range."

"Has another Devil Emperor descended?"

"A fight between Devil Emperors?" These Devil Sovereigns were all terrified. Someone who dared to attack Devil Emperor Xue Gu's lair and cause such a huge disturbance must be a Devil Emperor, but which Devil Emperor could it be?

A few Devil Sovereigns, while shocked and frightened, boldly attempted to observe the battle. Of course, they only sent their mana bodies or ether bodies.

A battle between Devil Emperors! How rare indeed.

...

Above the Blood Bone Mountain Range.

Devil Emperor Xue Gu stared at Wu Yuan in shock, saying in a low voice, "Peak third-stage Overlord? You've created a limitbreak ultimate technique?"

"What else?" Wu Yuan's voice was cold. He naturally understood why his opponent had asked this.

Even when one's comprehension of a Great Dao reached the ninth-level Dao Field stage, it was almost impossible to wield direct control over the complete Great Dao. Therefore, Overlords would all use their Great Dao insights as a foundation to create more powerful ultimate techniques.

Overlord ultimate techniques were generally divided into three levels: ordinary ultimate techniques, limitbreak ultimate techniques, and eternal ultimate techniques.

Ordinary ultimate techniques were at the ninth-level Dao Field stage. All Overlords could create them with some effort. Wu Yuan's self-created 'Wheel of Life and Death' was at this level.

Limitbreak ultimate techniques were much harder to create, truly representing the pinnacle of the Dao.

Once an Overlord created a limitbreak ultimate technique, they would have second-stage Overlord strength even without Xiantian artifacts. With a few decent Xiantian artifacts, they would basically have peak third-stage Overlord strength.

Wu Yuan's saber techniques weren't quite at that level, but his artifacts and weapons made up for it, lending great strength to his saber techniques.

Only by creating a limitbreak ultimate technique could one qualify to become a Heaven's Stowaway.

"No wonder you dare to be so arrogant." Devil Emperor Xue Gu stared at Wu Yuan. "Devil Emperor Xia, with such strength, you'd easily rank in the top fifty throughout the entire Abyss. You are indeed much stronger than me.

"However, it's still not enough to breach my Blood Bone Mountain Range. I advise you..." Devil Emperor Xue Gu said in a low voice.

Wu Yuan didn't wait for him to finish.

Boom!

Wu Yuan moved again, and this time, he transformed into a colossal figure three million li tall. Clad in black battle armor, he looked like a war devil spanning heaven and earth.

This was Wu Yuan's true battle form. If one reached the ninth-stage Sovereign level on the path of matter, their true body would reach a height of six million li. And for those cultivating the path of matter, the ultimate form for a sempiternal lifeform was nine million li tall!

Revealing his full battle form, simultaneously activating his power from both the path of matter and the path of laws – this was Wu Yuan's peak strength.

To breach Devil Emperor Xue Gu's lair, I indeed cannot hold back. Then let's end this quickly.

A cold light flashed in Wu Yuan's eyes.

Full power eruption, no mercy.

Whoosh!

Sky-rending blade rays erupted once more. The same sabers, the same saber technique, yet their power seemed to have undergone some special transformation, crossing into an entirely different level. Nine sabers subtly merged into one.

“Do you really think you can breach my lair's array?" Devil Emperor Xue Gu was also enraged: "Ten Thousand Devils! Pierce! Roar!"

Two ultimate moves.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The Blood Bone Mountain Range, stretching for hundreds of billions of li, shook violently. Blood-red light converged to form terrifying spikes, each one reaching over a hundred million li long. A full ten thousand of these devil spikes, imbued with world-destroying power, shot towards the incoming saber strike.

"Roar~" Waves of eerie roars also emanated from the mountain range, assaulting Wu Yuan's soul, attempting to influence or even destroy his Yuan Soul.

Rumble!

Countless devil spikes gathered to resist the incoming attack, but as soon as they made contact, Devil Emperor Xue Gu's expression changed.

This? This! Fourth-stage Devil Emperor?

A flicker of fear flashed in Devil Emperor Xue Gu's eyes.