The Heaven-shattering: I and Wu Shi compete for the throne

Chapter 823 Winning Chance
If one acts rashly and exposes their true cultivation level and full strength, it could very likely provoke the strange dark race to target them with all their might, causing a larger-scale dark upheaval, or even triggering the Great Cataclysm of the Epoch ahead of schedule.

Therefore, he did not reveal his full strength, but only used less than 30% of his power to fight against the strange Dark Immortal Emperor and hone himself.

After fighting countless battles with ten strange and dark immortal emperors, the Desolate Emperor also learned about their cultivation levels, strength, and methods.

What he experienced firsthand was not much different from what the six Celestial Emperors above Heaven had told him.

The strange and dark race has ten Immortal Emperors, including one peak Immortal Emperor, two late-stage Immortal Emperors, five mid-stage Immortal Emperors, and two early-stage Immortal Emperors.

Moreover, the Celestial Emperor of the strange dark race is much weaker than other Celestial Emperors of the same rank, about 30-40% weaker than those above the Heavenly Realm. As for being weaker than him? He's probably 70% weaker, only about 30% of his strength.

Having just broken through to the mid-stage of the Immortal Emperor realm, he felt that he was no weaker than the Dark Immortal Emperor, whose cultivation had reached the late-stage of the Immortal Emperor realm.

However, although the Celestial Emperors of the strange dark race are much weaker than other Celestial Emperors of the same level, they are more numerous and have higher cultivation levels.

Of the six Immortal Emperors above Heaven, not even one is at the peak of the Immortal Emperor realm; there are only two at the late stage, three at the middle stage, and one at the early stage.

Even if they are stronger than others of the same level, the six of them working together would definitely not be able to defeat ten strange dark immortal emperors, even if the desolate heaven emperor in the middle stage of immortal emperor is added.

After all, even if the Desolate Heavenly Emperor and the two late-stage Immortal Emperors from the Heavenly Realm joined forces, they could at most hold off one peak Immortal Emperor and two late-stage Immortal Emperors from the strange Dark Clan, and they would definitely be at a disadvantage.

As for the three mid-stage Immortal Emperors and one early-stage Immortal Emperor remaining above the heavens, they would absolutely be unable to stop the five mid-stage Immortal Emperors and three early-stage Immortal Emperors of the strange dark race.

The Quasi-Immortal Emperors above the heavens are far fewer in number than the Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors, and many of them are terrified of the strange dark races. They are definitely no match for the strange dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors.

The same applies to True Immortals and Immortal Kings below the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level.

From the highest-ranking Immortal Emperors to True Immortals and Immortal Kings, none of them were a match for the strange and dark race, so the Desolate Heaven Emperor naturally wouldn't act rashly.

However, after more than 500,000 years of cultivation and many battles with the strange dark race, the Desolate Emperor successfully broke through to the late stage of the Immortal Emperor realm, and his combat power was definitely no weaker than that of the Dark Immortal Emperor at the peak of the Immortal Emperor realm.

At that time, the Desolate Heaven Emperor felt that if he joined forces with the six Immortal Emperors above the heavens, they should be able to defeat the ten strange and dark Immortal Emperors.

He should be able to defeat the Dark Immortal Emperor, who is at the peak of the Immortal Emperor realm, by fighting alone.

The two late-stage Immortal Emperors above the heavens should each be able to defeat a late-stage Immortal Emperor and a mid-stage Immortal Emperor Dark Immortal Emperor.

Similarly, each of the three mid-stage Immortal Emperors above the heavens should be able to defeat a mid-stage Immortal Emperor and an early-stage Immortal Emperor Dark Immortal Emperor.

In this way, there is a mid-stage Immortal Emperor above the heavens, so you only need to fight a mid-stage Dark Immortal Emperor, and you can free up an early-stage Immortal Emperor.

The early-stage Immortal Emperor who appeared in the sky above is fully capable of taking action against the Quasi-Immortal Emperors of the strange dark race.

Facing a true Immortal Emperor, unless one forms an Immortal Emperor formation or takes turns wielding powerful Immortal Emperor weapons, no number of Quasi-Immortal Emperors can withstand them. Moreover, even if they could withstand them, it would only be temporary; given time, they would inevitably be defeated.

As for True Immortals and Immortal Kings below the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level, they can be completely crushed by sending out Quasi-Immortal Emperors. No matter how many True Immortals and Immortal Kings there are, they are definitely no match for hundreds of Quasi-Immortal Emperors.

After Huangtian Emperor broke through to the late stage of Immortal Emperor, he revealed his true cultivation and strength to the six Immortal Emperors above the heavens and speculated that their strength was enough to fight against, or even defeat, the strange dark race. The seven emperors were very excited and even intended to mobilize a large army to actively destroy the strange dark race.

However, after calming down and discussing the matter, the seven decided to abandon the idea and postpone their attack on the strange dark race.

If things went according to their plan, and they were to fight one-on-one against the Celestial Emperor of the strange and dark race, they would indeed have a very high chance of winning.

But not all the Immortal Emperors of the mysterious dark race are fools; how could they possibly obediently follow their wishes?
Although the Desolate Heavenly Emperor could defeat the Dark Immortal Emperor, who was at the peak of the Immortal Emperor level, he could not win quickly. It would not be difficult for the opponent to hold off the Desolate Heavenly Emperor.

Similarly, although the two Dark Immortal Emperors whose cultivation reached the late stage of Immortal Emperor were not as strong as the two late-stage Immortal Emperors above the heavens, and the three Dark Immortal Emperors whose cultivation reached the middle stage of Immortal Emperor were not as strong as the three middle-stage Immortal Emperors above the heavens, they could certainly hold them off for the time being.

In this way, the strange dark race has two mid-stage Immortal Emperors and two early-stage Immortal Emperors left, while only one early-stage Immortal Emperor remains in the heavens.

If they join forces to kill that early-stage Immortal Emperor above the heavens, it really won't take long before the other battlefields are still far from a decisive battle.

Once the early-stage Immortal Emperor above the heavens is surrounded and killed by four Dark Immortal Emperors, then five Immortal Emperors can surround and kill a mid-stage Immortal Emperor above the heavens, which probably won't take long either.

……

If the strange, dark race were to do this, the outcome would be uncertain.

Moreover, they knew themselves very well and had no other trump cards left, but they did not know much about the strange dark race. They had no idea whether the ten strange dark immortal emperors had any trump cards, let alone whether the strange dark race had any trump cards at all.

Moreover, they estimated that if the ten mysterious dark immortal emperors had trump cards, the mysterious dark race was very likely to have trump cards as well, and the mysterious dark race might not have just one trump card; it was definitely extraordinary.

Because every era, the strange and dark race holds a small sacrifice, and every ten eras, the strange and dark race holds a large sacrifice.

For the purpose of sacrifice, the eerie dark race harvested countless lives, offering up their life essence, primal power, and divine power of the Dao... which can be described as boundless.

If the feedback from the sacrifice were used on the ten eerie dark immortal emperors and hundreds of eerie dark quasi-immortal emperors, their cultivation progress would definitely not be so slow.

But if the feedback obtained from the sacrifice was not all used on the ten strange dark immortal emperors and hundreds of strange dark quasi-immortal emperors, then where was it used?
Could there be an even more powerful being within this mysterious dark race? Could that being have already transcended the realm of the Immortal Emperor? ...

They cannot overwhelm the overtly powerful members of the mysterious dark race. Based solely on their apparent strength, it is still uncertain who will win; at most, they have a slightly better chance of winning.

However, if we take into account the unknown and potentially existing hidden cards of the mysterious dark race, then their chances of winning are not so great, and they may very well be defeated.

Furthermore, there are four main reasons why the previously mysterious and dark races were not completely eradicated:
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