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Chapter 245 The Great Battle Ends
Despite the defeat and the loss of the game, the battle continues.

One of the two Demon Emperors was trapped by Wu Ming's Six Swords Killing Formation, while the other wanted to retreat but dared not do so without instructions from the Demon Lord behind him. The eighth-rank Demon Lord who was fighting fiercely with Qing Lan also had to consider the overall situation of the battlefield and could not retreat at will, since there was still a Demon Saint watching the battle indifferently deep in the demonic tide behind them.

"The afterimage of the demonic cloud."

The demon king, who was fiercely fighting Wu Ming, suddenly let out a hiss when it realized it could not defeat Wu Ming. From inside its dark demonic body, one face after another emerged and then suddenly tore off its body.

These faces transformed into countless dark, demonic afterimages, splitting into a total of eight. While some continued their fierce attack on Wu Ming, others rushed towards the Six Swords Killing Array not far away, attempting to rescue the other Demon Emperor.

But Wu Ming's expression remained unchanged, and he merely raised his right hand in a gesture.

"Jade Purity - Collapsed Clouds".

A blinding bolt of lightning suddenly erupted, like a shattered cloud, instantly spreading out countless bolts of lightning that engulfed several nearby demonic figures and also swept up the demonic figures that were rushing towards the Six Swords Killing Formation.

At this moment, Wu Ming had focused most of his soul power on maintaining the Six Swords Killing Formation. His physical body was even unable to activate the Fighting Word Technique or unleash the True Self Dharma Image. He could only use a Thunder Element Dharma Image to activate the Divine Firmament Thunder Technique to fight the enemy. Facing a top-tier seventh-order Demon Emperor, he was actually at a disadvantage. However, he had mastered a perfect-level formation after all, and the power of his thunder technique was much stronger than before. With all his strength, he could hold off a top-tier Demon Emperor.

However, fighting two demon emperors at the same time, he suffered a great loss of soul power.

If it were an ordinary Daoist cultivator, releasing Daoist techniques without regard for cost would probably drain their soul power in just two or three hours. Fortunately, Wu Ming is not an ordinary Daoist cultivator. The restorative power of the "Zhe" technique allows him to maintain the balance of his soul power even in this state of almost exhausting himself. He can withstand a battle that lasts for a day and a night.

but,

He could hold out for a day and a night, but the demon king trapped by his Six Swords Killing Formation could not hold out for that long.

The Six Swords Killing Formation controlled by Wu Ming consisted of six flying swords that were themselves mid-grade spiritual treasures and weapons of mass destruction. The murderous aura that had been tempered to the extreme was just as lethal to the demon race, and the damage caused was excruciating with every strike.

Inside the killing formation, the Demon Emperor occasionally let out a painful roar. It was doing its best to resist the sword formation's attacks, and even constantly mobilizing its demonic energy, trying to break out of the sword formation, but it could not do so.

"Save me, save me!"

After holding out for three full hours, it finally couldn't hold on any longer and let out a furious roar.

However, the demon emperor who was fighting Wu Ming was unable to shake off Wu Ming's entanglement, even though it was giving it its all. In fact, it had once taken advantage of Wu Ming's unpreparedness to secretly release a demonic shadow to attack the sword formation, but that demonic shadow was not strong enough, and Wu Ming's sword formation could not be easily broken, so it ultimately failed.

It roared repeatedly and charged at Wu Ming, but was always blocked by him.

The Demon Emperor, trapped in the Six Swords Killing Formation and facing utter despair, finally let out a piercing roar upon seeing the situation outside: "Human cultivator! You think you can kill me and gain nothing!"

As the sound faded, a magnificent magical power surged up from within the Six Swords Killing Formation, transforming into a ball of pitch-black light, which then suddenly exploded.

Boom! !

This explosion was earth-shattering, seemingly a self-destruction triggered by some secret technique. For a dignified seventh-tier top-level Demon Emperor to choose self-destruction, the power was naturally terrifying.

With just one strike, Wu Ming's Six Swords Killing Formation was shattered, scattering all six flying swords in all directions. Even the 'divine spirits' that Wu Ming had attached to the six flying swords were instantly injured.

"Humph."

Wu Ming, who was locked in battle with the last Demon Emperor, also let out a muffled groan, his face paling slightly, but a sharp killing intent flashed in his eyes. He raised his left hand and pointed diagonally.

scoff.

A slender bolt of lightning suddenly separated from the Thunder Origin Dharma Image. It was only the size of a finger, but it was extremely fast. In an instant, it pierced through the void and directly struck a place more than ten feet away, a place where there was nothing.

The empty void suddenly shattered and exploded, revealing an extremely faint wisp of pitch-black demonic soul. On this demonic soul emerged a pale face, its expression one of horror.

"No!"

It only managed to let out a desperate cry before being completely annihilated by the lightning strike.

Another seventh-tier demon emperor has fallen!
No one saw how the first Demon Emperor, who was suppressed and killed by Wu Ming, perished. But the sixth-level disciples of Qingming Peak on the city gate saw the second one clearly, and they were all amazed.

Although more than one seventh-tier demon emperor had fallen on the city gate they were guarding, those were occasional events that occurred during dozens of battles over several long months. But now, in just three hours, two seventh-tier demon emperors have fallen, both at the hands of Wu Ming alone!
"..."

The remaining third Demon Emperor now had an ugly and gloomy expression on his pale face.

It stared intently at Wu Ming.

The plot to assassinate Wu Ming backfired, resulting in the deaths of two Demon Emperors. Now, as the last surviving Demon Emperor, it did not flee but instead surged with killing intent.

"You killed two of our clan's emperors, so you shall be buried with them!"

The voice fell.

It sprang up again, its body suddenly swelling and growing larger, transforming into a magnificent demonic shadow three zhang tall, rushing towards Wu Ming.

Wu Ming's strength was indeed terrifying and astonishing, but after three hours of fierce fighting, Wu Ming must have been severely exhausted, while it had the continuous replenishment of power from the demonic tide. As long as the demonic tide did not dissipate, it would never run out of power.

Furthermore, Wu Ming's killing of a Demon Emperor, forcing it to activate the 'Heavenly Demon Disintegration' self-destruction, undoubtedly caused severe damage to Wu Ming's primordial spirit. Consequently, the terrifyingly powerful sword formation would be difficult to unleash again.

All of this was clearly seen by it, and at this moment, it was confident that it could kill Wu Ming!

as predicted,

After enduring the self-destruction, Wu Ming was clearly affected. The six flying swords that had been blasted apart wobbled back and disappeared into Wu Ming's sleeve, no longer being activated.

At the same time, Wu Ming's Thunder Yuan Dharma Image also became much dimmer, and the power of the Thunder Magic Divine Power he released also decreased. From the previous strong entanglement, he is now starting to be unable to resist and is retreating step by step.

"You alone killed two emperors of our clan, which is enough to make you proud. However, you will also die from pride. If you just hold your ground, we will have a hard time dealing with you."

Seeing the situation change, the last demon emperor's pale face finally broke into a sinister grin. The human cultivator before him was too impulsive and too arrogant!
Despite having the upper hand, they insisted on killing them, which has now reversed the situation once again.

now,

It even felt a sense of pleasure.

Although the two demon emperors who accompanied it perished, it became a survivor. By killing Wu Ming, a human prodigy, it had made a great contribution and would surely have the opportunity to be guided back to the Asura Demon Realm!
Born in the Abyss, if it can return to the Asura Demon Realm and receive a gift from a powerful demon, breaking through to the eighth rank will be a piece of cake for it. It may even reach the ninth rank in the future and become a Demon Saint!
Until then,
He may return to the Abyss and this world again, but then he will no longer be the Demon Emperor, but the Demon Saint, looking down upon the world!
The more it thought about it, the happier it became. The towering demonic shadow it conjured kept rushing towards Wu Ming, launching a series of fierce attacks.

Above the city gate.

The eighth-tier demon lord who was locked in combat with Qinglan had also seen the situation below, and his mind calmed down.

Although the initial plan to kill him failed and even resulted in the loss of two subordinates, as long as Wu Ming could be dealt with in the end, the death of the two Demon Emperors would be worthwhile. In fact, the more this happened, the more it would highlight Wu Ming's value, which was far beyond that of other ordinary human cultivators.

"I acted impulsively."

"After all, I was young and impetuous. Hmm... If it were me back then, I might have been the same. So it's not necessarily a bad thing."

Qinglan was still locked in battle with the Demon Lord, and he had been keeping a close eye on Wu Ming's situation. When he saw Wu Ming in danger again, he raised an eyebrow slightly, but he wasn't too worried.

The initial attack on Wu Ming was too sudden, leaving him no time to help. But now that the battle has lasted for three hours, if he still can't spare the time to rescue his fellow disciples, then he, the senior disciple of Qingming Peak, would be far too mediocre.

In fact, he could have used some moves to forcibly spare some of his strength to support the many Qingming Peak disciples on the city gate, but doing so would have come at a price. In addition, the battle on the city gate had settled into a stable state after Wu Ming showed his strength, so he had not made a move.

Although Wu Ming is currently in danger, he will have the time to rescue him when things get really bad, so he remains calm.

however,
However, the battle did not unfold as everyone had anticipated.

Wu Ming manipulated the Thunder Element Dharma Image, and although it was retreating step by step under the fierce attack of the last Demon Emperor and seemed to be on the verge of defeat, it was able to hold on.

A quarter of an hour,

A quarter of an hour,
Three-quarters of an hour
……

As time passed, the demon emperor that had been relentlessly attacking Wu Ming's pale face gradually darkened and became even more grim. It stared intently at Wu Ming, and after another clash, it rasped, "You're not injured? That's impossible!"

It knew very well the power that the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Self-Destruction could unleash. No matter how strong Wu Ming was, as long as he did not reach the Eighth Refinement level, he could not possibly emerge unscathed.

But now,
Wu Ming appeared to be teetering on the brink of collapse, yet he remained standing for nearly an hour during the battle. This made it hard for the creature not to suspect that Wu Ming's injuries were fake!

"No, I didn't expect you to have this self-destruction tactic. I am indeed injured, but the situation is not that serious."

Wu Mingyang unleashed a lightning spell, once again annihilating a dark demonic shadow attacking from the flank.

He hadn't anticipated self-destruction and was indeed injured, but his primordial spirit was extremely resilient, far surpassing others of the same level. His injuries were not serious, and with the mastery of the "Zhe" technique, he had already rapidly healed and fully recovered.

Given his current situation, killing the third Demon Emperor wouldn't be difficult, but he didn't intend to do so. After all, killing two Demon Emperors in succession was already quite excessive, and killing the third Demon Emperor would expose even more information.

For him, having already mastered the perfect-level formation, even if he stops there, as long as he cultivates step by step, once his soul power accumulates to perfection and reaches the limit of the seventh refinement, he can directly step into the gate of the eighth refinement.

even,

The path to the Nine Refinements of the Primordial Spirit has already been half-opened for him. All he needs is time and resources. The achievements he has made in guarding the city gate during this period are enough for him to obtain a sufficient number of resource points when he returns.

In fact, compared to fighting these top-tier seventh-tier demon emperors, Wu Ming preferred to fish in troubled waters when he was guarding the city gate. He would occasionally kill a few sixth-tier demons and throw them into the Demon-Subduing Realm to be suppressed and devoured by the Demon-Suppressing Disc, which would not attract any attention.

It's a real shame now.

If this was indeed the last decisive battle launched by the demons before the upheaval of the abyss, it also means that he will not easily find such a good opportunity again to obtain so much demonic power as the driving force for the Demon-Suppressing Disc.

However, the current gains are enough. At least Wu Ming is certain that if he were to recklessly summon the Demon-Suppressing Disc, a Grandmaster with eight blood and eight refinements would have no chance of withstanding it and would surely die.

For someone who has only recently entered the seventh level of cultivation, having mastered such a method is naturally enough to put his mind at ease.

"..."

The remaining Demon Emperor's eyes were filled with madness and violence. After letting out a roar, he released several more demonic shadows to attack Wu Ming, but Wu Ming blocked them one after another.

Time passed quickly, and a day and a night went by. Wu Ming appeared to be injured and swaying, but he stood firm. The Demon Emperor, relying on the Demon Tide, had an inexhaustible source of power, but he was still unable to defeat Wu Ming.

The battle continued, with casualties everywhere, including the section of the city gate guarded by Qingming Peak. However, all the disciples of Qingming Peak worked together to keep the demons out of the city gate.

at last.

It's unclear when exactly, but it seems that a crucial juncture has finally passed, and for the first time, the ever-surging tide of demonic energy began to show signs of fading.

As the demonic tide subsided, the demons who were fighting fiercely with the peaks of the holy land on the city gate finally withdrew from the city gate one by one as the demonic energy receded.

On the city gate where Qingming Peak is located.

The eighth-tier demon lord 'Mo Jiao', who had been locked in combat with Qing Lan, stared intently in Wu Ming's direction, revealing a hint of resentment. But in the end, he trembled, unleashing a torrent of demonic power, forcibly repelling Qing Lan for a moment before retreating.

As Mo Jiao retreated, the other demons that had invaded the city gates followed suit, retreating like a tide.

Of course, some of these demons were entangled and unable to escape. In the end, they were defeated and their bodies and souls were destroyed by the combined efforts of other disciples who came to their aid, and they perished completely.

As the tide receded and the dark clouds dissipated, the demonic army retreated into the distance, finally fading into the distance as it receded to the edge of sight and disappeared into the deeper abyss.

(End of this chapter)