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Chapter 1620: Chapter 428: The Nine Demon Emperors Cross Over_2
"No good!"
The eyes of the nine Demonic Emperors trembled, and a profound sense of crisis arose in the hearts of Empyrean Yu and the others. They had never experienced such a thing before, each of their bodies uncontrollably shuddering.
Gu Chen had not long ago directly slain a Demonic Emperor, and Empyrean Yu and the others were certainly aware of it, so this time, all nine Demonic Emperors had come together.
But unexpectedly, they were still confronted with a fatal crisis at first encounter.
"How did this lad’s strength reach such a level? Is he becoming comparable to the Primordial Ancestors?" one of the Demonic Emperors said with trembling eyes and a quavering voice.
"Impossible, this is impossible. The Primordial Ancestors are unrivaled; how could an insignificant little bug reach such heights!"
At this moment, the nine Demonic Emperors were utterly unable to control their bodies and minds, all overwhelmed by intense fear.
That kind of trembling came from their very core, the most potent suppression, as if a little rabbit had encountered the king of all beasts in the jungle, unable to resist at all.
In front of Gu Chen’s mighty hand, they appeared as chaff, like helpless and powerless mortals.
"No— I am a Demonic Emperor; I should be suppressing all the heavens and myriad realms!" cried out a Demonic Emperor in terror and anger.
"He has become a force to be reckoned with," Empyrean Yu furrowed his brows, also struggling to contain his fear as his entire body shook uncontrollably.
Boom!
The next moment, the cosmos trembled, and despite the nine Demonic Emperors joining forces, using their supreme techniques and various demonic powers to resist, it was all in vain.
Gu Chen’s hand closed, and at that moment, even if a true god descended, they would still have to bow their heads and turn into flying ashes!
Woosh!
Soon, Gu Chen’s hand opened and, with a light shake, the ash from nine pools scattered down.
In a single encounter, with just one move, Gu Chen caused the demise of the nine Demonic Emperors, who had been boasting not long before—all meeting an untimely death!
Such a scene, seen by the supreme beings behind Gu Chen, each one a practitioner of the Way reaching the Great Beyond, and all cultivators of the Wangu Imperial Court, stirred an excitement so profound that their bodies shook and they let out a cry that shook the cosmos.
"The Master of the Imperial Court reigns supremely divine, unmatched under the heavens!"
And at that moment, the morale of the troops also broke through to its peak, reaching new heights.
"A rabble!"
After ending the battle, Gu Chen had only these four words of harsh speech for the Netherworld army, turning into a wave of the Way that echoed in the outer space, decisive and resounding like struck metal!
This strength could indeed be described as reaching the absolute pinnacle, incomparable, capable of pressuring all the heavens, an unquestioned peak of supremacy!
But in the next moment, before people could revel in their joy for long, the void collapsed once again, and countless Netherworld armies came to kill.
"It makes no difference, the more that come, the more we kill!" roared Ao Tian, the leader of the Purple-blood Sky Dragon Clan, one of the nine supreme beings of the upper realm.
Despite his old age, at this moment, all his vitality was stirred as if he was returned to his youthful days.
Thud!
But just then, supreme demonic energy swept across all directions, and from the collapsing void, another nine Demonic Emperors arrived.
"How can this be, does the Netherworld really have so many Demonic Emperors?!" exclaimed the people of the Wangu Imperial Court.
"Surprised, aren’t you? We have returned!"
The moment this cold voice emerged, everyone from the Wangu Imperial Court paled.
For no other reason than the fact that the nine Demonic Emperors now appearing before their eyes were exactly the same as those Gu Chen had just slain!
"This is impossible, could those just now have been avatars?" Everyone was utterly astonished, including the Void King Clan leader Nie Gu and the leader of the Purple-blood Sky Dragon Clan, Ao Tian, along with the other nine supreme beings.
The scene unfolding before their eyes was indeed shocking!
Empyrean Yu’s face remained calm, while the other eight Demonic Emperors wore cold smiles, looking at Gu Chen and others, and said, "Surprised, aren’t you? Quite unexpected, is it? Let me give you an unfortunate piece of news: we are undying!"
"Undying?"
"This is impossible!"
"Reversing life and death, recreating the samsara, no one can achieve this!"
Upon hearing these words, everyone from the Eternal Imperial Court was filled with disbelief, and their astonishment reached the extreme.
"Nothing is impossible. The strength of our ancestor surpasses your imagination. Do you really think a junior scholar can rival our ancestor? Or do you think we, the emperors, are fools who have come to seek death?" One demon emperor after another spoke, casting cold remarks at the army of the Eternal Imperial Court, mocking them incessantly.
At this moment, the people of the upper realms were stunned, their previously high morale was now showing signs of plummeting.
Even Gu Chen frowned; the technique of the Ancestor of the Netherworld was truly against the heavens, to actually be able to reverse life and death!
This was something that not even he could do at present.
"The Netherworld, could it really be hell, with the Six Paths of Reincarnation, where all the deceased can be reborn?"
Some people in the Eternal Imperial Court panicked as they saw that billions of demonic troops, just like the scene before, seemed to repeat recent events or as if time had flowed backward!
"Could everything before our eyes be an illusion?!"
Not to mention others, even Bai Xiao, the patriarch of the White Tiger Clan at the supreme realm, couldn’t contain himself anymore. His complexion turned sour, he let out a low growl, and his laws spread about, scouring the surroundings.
"Stop wasting your efforts. I’m telling you, this is reality. Feel despair yet?" The Feather Emperor said with a cold voice.
Indeed, what the Feather Emperor said was correct. The realization that they could not kill their enemies slowly allowed a sense of despair to pervade the hearts of the people from the Eternal Imperial Court.
A group of undying enemies, how were they to contend with this?
"The demon fiends of the Netherworld, an accumulation of negative energies from the myriad worlds and realms, hence, they have no physical bodies. The Ancestor of the Netherworld merged with the Dao, merely using boundless negative energy to materialize them."
Soon, Gu Chen understood the principle behind the resurrection of the Feather Emperor and the other nine demon emperors.
But what good was understanding it? In a certain sense, the opponents truly were immortal.
Yet he could not do the same.
This is the difference between the myriad worlds and realms and the Netherworld.
And it was precisely because of this that, apart from the previous great era, all other eras had met their downfall!
The supreme beings of the myriad worlds and realms were finite, whereas looking at their enemies—the Netherworld, they were infinite.
Supreme beings, when faced with enemies of the same level, also had moments when their power was exhausted. In other words, this battle was unfair from the beginning.
"Is heaven set on destroying us?" In an instant, a heavy atmosphere spread through the hearts of the Eternal Imperial Court’s army.
The nine supreme beings were no exception, all of them felt an extreme heaviness in their hearts.
"So what if they can’t be killed?"
At that moment, a harsh yet resolute voice rang out. People looked towards the source and saw that the speaker was none other than the lord of the Eternal Imperial Court, the strongest being in the history of the myriad worlds and realms—Gu Chen!
At this moment, this majestic ruler had disheveled black hair, his eyes deep, and his expression was extremely detached as he looked at his proud adversaries before him and spoke, "I’m standing right here. Come at me, and I will slay you each time. I really want to see whether your Ancestor and the Netherworld indeed have boundless energy!"
Such a statement was domineering to the extreme, and as the words were spoken, the waves of the Dao were vast, capable of sweeping across nine heavens and ten earths!
The nine demon emperors changed color; their ancestor had revived them at a significant cost. As Gu Chen had said, being continuously killed resulted in tremendous depletion for their cosmos.
And all of this, ultimately, would be traced back to their Ancestor, weakening them.
And with Gu Chen’s statement, hearts were shaken, reigniting the morale and will of the Eternal Imperial Court’s army!
"Kill!"
"Kill until they tremble with fear!"
"Kill until the Netherworld is extinguished!"
"From death to life, we come with the determination to die, what is there to fear?!"
The crowd roared, their will united, and their murderous intent converged, instantly obliterating the billions of demonic troops from the Netherworld even without striking.
At this moment, under Gu Chen’s leadership, the Eternal Imperial Court returned to its peak!
