Chapter 2394

Chapter 2394: The Zhutian Expeditionary Force

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

On Youming Dalu, demonic light buzzed and hummed, while in the starry sky beyond, the vast cosmos echoed with rumbling sounds.

These were Jidao Diqi, dozens of them, revived with destructive divine power under the influx of surging magical energy. They overturned the heavens and earth, disrupted yin and yang, like dozens of suns radiating imperial light that illuminated the dim sky.

"Aid has arrived."

Hearing the imperial heavenly sound, the Youming cultivators were thrilled. Even through the hazy mists, they could see the multitude of powerful figures filling the sky. After a period of recuperation, Zhutian was now strong and flourishing. Though Di Huang was not visible, peak-level experts had already gathered in great numbers.

They were not fighting alone.

"Attack! Attack for me!"

In the starry sky, the emperors of various races roared, issuing the order to launch the assault.

In an instant, dozens of Diqi swept out immortal beams, merging into one and carrying overwhelming destructive force. They pierced through the stars and bombarded the Zhexian Tian Di Zhen.

Boom!

The Tian Di Zhen buzzed and sparked, but it showed no sign of budging.

"This array is even stronger than the one that once concealed Da Chu," Fu Ya murmured.

"Though it's solid, it has flaws," Tian Lao said. If not for that flaw, the aura of the Tian Mo wouldn't have leaked out, and Zhutian wouldn't have known about the descent of the Tian Mo to Youming.

"A few more strikes, and we can break it," Shi Dian Yanluo stroked his beard.

"An array of Tian Di level isn't something Diqi can shatter."

"A bunch of ants."

The Jiu Da Mojun sneered, full of confidence in their own Tian Di Zhen. They just needed to hold out for a certain amount of time, and then the emperors from Tian Mo Domain would arrive. Even with Jidao Diqi, they couldn't withstand the extermination by a great emperor.

"Attack! Attack for me!"

The various race emperors snorted coldly, mobilizing their entire clans to activate the Diqi and fully revive their imperial might.

"Don't waste any more time."

"Don't waste any more time."

These words were spoken simultaneously by two people: Ye Chen and Jiang Taixu.

Both had already moved. One ascended to the misty east, the other stepped into the western void.

"I almost forgot about you." Kui Niu Huang hefted his imperial weapon battle axe and soared up, landing beside Ye Chen, placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Old Sun is here too!" Sheng Yuan Huang shouted, brandishing his imperial weapon iron staff as he landed.

Besides them, other emperors and divine generals arrived without exception, all carrying Jidao Diqi. They surrounded Ye Chen in a circle, each placing a hand on the others' shoulders, with Ye Chen at the center.

On the other side, Jiang Taixu was the same.

Gathered around him were figures like Cang Long Huang, Gu Zu Huang, Ling Zu Huang, Man Zu Huang, Wu Zu Huang, and the emperors of the five great king clans of the southern domain, all arriving one after another.

Ye Chen and Jiang Taixu's goal was clear: they planned to use the heavenly dao to stealthily enter the Youming Dalu and then destroy the foundations of the Zhexian Tian Di Zhen. Once the array was broken, the people of Youming Dalu could withdraw, and Zhutian's reinforcements could charge in.

It's worth noting that both were under immense pressure.

Bringing dozens of quasi-emperors into a black hole was manageable, but the Diqi were a heavy burden, consuming vast amounts of eye power. Especially for Ye Chen, who had previously led Da Chu's quasi-emperors into a black hole during Di Huang's dream wanderings, his eye power still hadn't fully recovered.

Because of this, over eighty percent of the experts and Diqi were gathered around Jiang Taixu. They could barely enter the black hole and barely exit it. This round trip would completely deplete their eye power.

"Immortal Wheel Heavenly Dao, activate!"

"Reincarnation Heavenly Dao, activate!"

Ye Chen and Jiang Taixu shouted, simultaneously invoking the heavenly dao. They led the various emperors and the many Jidao Diqi, vanishing into the black hole together.

After three instants, they each chose their positions and reemerged.

When they appeared again, both Ye Chen and Jiang Taixu, along with the Zhutian experts and the dozens of Diqi, were already inside the Youming Dalu. As a result, whether Jiang Taixu or Ye Chen, their eyes had dimmed to the extreme, their eye power utterly exhausted. Even a peak quasi-emperor like Jiang Taixu could barely hold on.

"You..." The Jiu Da Mojun's expressions changed abruptly, stunned at how these people had gotten in. But when they saw Ye Chen and Jiang Taixu's eyes, they understood—a pair of Six Paths Reincarnation Eyes and a pair of Six Paths Immortal Wheel Eyes. Zhutian's people truly stood out.

"Quickly destroy the array foundations!" Zhan Wang bellowed.

No need for his words; the peak quasi-emperors carrying Diqi were already rushing in all directions. Fused with their imperial weapons, their momentum was overwhelming, turning swaths of Tian Mo into ash as they attacked the array foundations.

"Stop them!" The Jiu Da Mojun roared in fury.

"Stop us?" Sheng Zun sneered, striding across the cosmos with Di Ji on one side, like a war god and an immortal king. They charged straight at the Mojun. Without Diqi, they were still fiercely aggressive, killing their way forward with no one able to block their path. Even quasi-emperor level Tian Mo couldn't withstand a single palm from them.

Zing!

The sound of sword cries pierced the air as Zhutian Sword God, Wine Sword Immortal, Wu Tian Sword Venerable, and Jiu Jian Sanren reunited after decades, like four supreme immortal swords, thrusting toward the Qingtian Mo Zhu.

"Don't move—leave those nine to us."

The words of the Di Zun divine generals echoed across the heavens. The nine of them stood in a neat line, like nine killing gods, leaving a trail of blood in their wake wherever they went.

The Da Chu Nine Emperors were no less formidable. Without Diqi, each was incredibly fierce. Even quasi-emperor Tian Mo couldn't hold up against them—one palm for each, no need for a second.

Zhutian's fierce experts weren't limited to them. Figures like the Son of the Plane, Mo Yuan, Chi Mei Xie Shen, Fenghuang, Donghua Seven Sons, Jiang Chen, Long Cang Jie, Yu Hua Xian Wang, and Shi Dian Yanluo—there were far too many. They paid no mind to the array foundations; their eyes were fixed on the Qingtian Mo Zhu.

That's right—this was a blatant, all-out assault.

Tsk, tsk, tsk!

The successive kings of Da Chu watched and couldn't help but click their tongues, reminiscing about the past.

That year, they were part of the Da Chu Expeditionary Force and had once launched a strong attack on the Qingtian Mo Zhu.

It was the same kind of assault, but their lineup back then paled in comparison to the Nine Emperors now. Any one of these fierce experts could take on a Tian Mo emperor—it wasn't just about numbers.

Not to boast, but even if a Tian Mo Domain great emperor arrived, as long as it wasn't at the peak emperor level, this group surging forward could turn the Tian Mo emperor to ash.

One or two fierce experts might not be scary, but a whole group was terrifying.

In an era where fierce experts gathered, even a Tian Mo great emperor would feel awkward.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Waves of blood mist surged, with blood flowers blooming one after another amid the Tian Mo army.

Dozens of fierce experts carved a path of slaughter.

Just these few dozen people had thrown the entire Tian Mo army into disarray.

In the end, it wasn't even about killing anymore—it was about chasing.

The Tian Mo had been scared witless, their entire army fleeing. Their faces, once twisted in malice, now showed only fear. Where the hell had these people come from? Were they cheating? At the same quasi-emperor level, how were they so exceptional?

Looking down from the heavens, the scene was ironically absurd. Millions of Tian Mo soldiers couldn't stop a few dozen people. Not only that, they were in full retreat, racing to see who could run faster—the slow ones got turned to ash.

The entire army retreated, heading toward the Jiu Da Mojun, crowding the skies in a dark mass.

So much so that the Tian Mo army emerging from the Qingtian Mo Zhu looked utterly baffled. Something was wrong with this setup—how had they been beaten into retreat?

"Stop them!"

The Jiu Da Mojun howled, drawing their killing swords and swinging them repeatedly.

It was clear from their expressions that even they couldn't hide their fear. Gone was their earlier air of superiority—this reckless assault was a real slap in the face.

Still, their orders were effective. The retreating Tian Mo finally halted, steeling themselves to attack, whether out of fear or something else.

"Those who block me die!"

Sheng Zun shouted, his voice laced with imperial essence like ancient thunder, obliterating swaths of Tian Mo.

Don't underestimate his short stature or his usual unreliability—when he went berserk, even Ming Di would give him a thumbs-up. It was a shame he never became an emperor.

He wasn't the only one raging; the incoming Zhutian experts were even more ferocious, one fiercer than the next. After decades of recuperation, they were bored stiff. They had missed the last Tian Mo invasion, so now that they had the chance, they fought like mad.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

More blood sprayed—some from Zhutian experts, some from Tian Mo soldiers and generals. The killing turned the ground into a mountain of corpses and a river of blood.

Behind each of them, heaps of Tian Mo bones piled up.

"The Zhutian Expeditionary Force is even more aggressive than the Da Chu Expeditionary Force."

The Da Chu cultivators still in the starry sky watched with a mix of emotion. This was on a whole different level. They suspected those old-timers' goals went beyond slaughtering the Mojun and destroying the Mo Zhu—they seemed ready to storm into the Mo Zhu for more.

"They've really brought honor to Zhutian."

"At this rate, we won't even need the Great Accomplishment Saint Body to step in."

Kui Niu Huang grinned.

Everyone nodded in agreement. The Zhutian Expeditionary Force was too strong; they would surely destroy the Qingtian Mo Zhu. The so-called Tian Mo army would perish with it.

By then, even if Di Huang awoke, there'd be no one left to fight.

It seemed they wouldn't need to join the battle—just sit back and watch the older generation show their might. The younger ones would have to wait millennia to surpass them.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

The older generation fought fiercely, but the younger ones weren't idle.

Take Young Master Ye, for example—he was incredibly fierce, wielding a blood-stained imperial sword and rampaging through the heavens. Wherever he went, an array foundation was destroyed.

"Slaughter!"

The Tian Mo generals guarding the array surged like a tide. They might not beat those fierce experts, but surely they could handle a small quasi-emperor?

In reality, they couldn't.

This one was far more ferocious than the Youming Emperor's Son. In a single clash, he split a Mo Jiang in half, body and soul both extinguished in a true kill.

"Those who block me die!"

Young Master Ye's slogan rang out boldly. His blood-stained imperial sword buzzed, with the emperor's blood on its blade flowing again, more domineering than imperial essence. No one could withstand a single sword strike.

The crowd of Tian Mo generals fled in defeat, killed to the point of doubting their existence. Zhutian was truly a haven for monsters—the old were savage, the young were fierce, and every one was a tough opponent. Good luck finding a soft target.

Boom!

As Ye Chen struck with his sword, one array foundation exploded.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

Similar sounds echoed from all directions as Sheng Yuan Huang, Kui Niu Huang, Yuan Gu Zu Huang, Nan Yu Zu Huang, and all the experts carrying Diqi blasted through more foundations.

Now, the Zhexian Tian Di Zhen was unstable, rumbling and shaking as many of its patterns shattered. Its original concealing power and might plummeted.

"Open!"

The quasi-emperors roared, sacrificing their Jidao Diqi together. They unleashed the most brilliant imperial light, converging into a destructive imperial beam that bombarded the array's weak points.