Chapter 186: Gathering of Gods and Demons
Chapter 186: Gathering of Gods and Demons
Staring into those blood-red eyes, Tian Fan felt an inexplicable trace of fear. The little dragon sensed the change, followed Tian Fan’s gaze, and a terrifying dragon’s might instantly surged forth—the little one could feel an immense threat.
High above the heavens, those eyes were larger than a house, cold beyond measure, annihilating all things. Then they slowly faded away, as though they had never appeared.
“As I thought… someone’s been targeting me all along!”
Tian Fan murmured under his breath. Then, a surge of overwhelming power erupted from his body as dark demonic energy coiled around him. His eyes turned pitch-black as he looked into the distance. “Come, all of you. I’ll trample each and every one of you beneath my feet.”
At that moment, he exuded utter dominance, striding straight toward the endless army of shadow soldiers. The ground trembled beneath his steps, and even the void itself seemed to roar in response to his presence.
In the distance, the five great masters—including Shen Wuyue—watched in astonishment, their gazes fixed on him.
A hundred zhang away, tens of thousands of shadow soldiers stood in formation—neat and disciplined—as if they had marched straight out of some ancient era. Their weapons were rusted and decayed, their bodies radiating a storm of deathly aura, terrifying beyond imagination. Yet even this suffocating dread could not halt Tian Fan’s steps.
He strode forward like a sovereign awakened, a monarch of souls. The six great masters turned their heads to watch the young man who walked past them without a glance, as though the entire world was beneath him.
Boom!
A dreadful aura erupted. The tens of thousands of shadow soldiers turned deathly pale, their faces ashen like whitewashed corpses. Black mist swirled through the land, echoing the dark sun above.
“Out of my way!”
Tian Fan’s voice was cold and unyielding as he walked on without slowing, eyes fixed on a distant altar glowing faintly with divine light.
The countless shadow soldiers trembled in pure terror. Though their faces were expressionless, their towering bodies quivered slightly. Even their hands, clutching ancient weapons, shook uncontrollably. It was fear that came from the soul itself.
“Roar…”
From within the ranks of the shadow soldiers came a savage roar. Tian Fan turned toward the sound. The corpse-beast’s face twisted ferociously, its green eyes turning blood-red and brimming with murderous intent. At once, the shadow army erupted with killing intent, swinging their decayed weapons as if commanded by death itself. The heavens and earth shook, nearly shattering.
In the distance, the six great masters all turned pale. The sheer magnitude of this killing aura made their hearts tremble—it was unstoppable. Unless an existence from the Return-to-Immortal Realm descended, no one could withstand it.
“Seal the demon, slay the spirit, annihilate the soul!”
Tian Fan’s eyes gleamed black and merciless as boundless demonic power surged from him. Countless ancient incantations floated from his body. His battle intent climbed to its peak. The space within a thousand zhang froze under his aura—hundreds of shadow soldiers were reduced to dust before they could even move.
The five great masters stood frozen in disbelief. Is that still a man?
Even Shen Wuyue couldn’t take her eyes off him; divine light flickered endlessly within her gaze.
He stood there like an ancient Demon Emperor reborn into the mortal world—his aura absolute, sovereign, unmatched. The tens of thousands of shadow soldiers quaked violently in terror, but their bodies still moved forward as if puppeteered. From the black vortex ahead, countless red threads burst forth, wrapping around each soldier and driving them onward.
Buzz…
The vortex at the front was deep and vast, capable of devouring everything. Crimson threads pulsed with eerie light, and above it appeared a pair of colossal blood-red eyes—cold, mocking, and radiating waves of death.
“Roar!”
From Tian Fan’s shoulder, the little dragon growled lowly. Its body instantly expanded, releasing boundless draconic might that surged through heaven and earth.
“A… a divine dragon!”
The six great masters fell flat on the ground, unable to resist the overwhelming pressure. Above, the Soaring Dragon Dynasty trembled violently—palaces collapsed one after another as gray mist erupted from the cracks.
“The protective formation hasn’t fully activated!? What’s going on!?”
A captain of the Soaring Dragon battle corps shouted, his roar shaking those around him until their blood churned. In the next instant, his figure vanished as he rushed toward the center.
“You think hiding in the shadows will save you? I’ll destroy your wretched soul!”
Beneath the Soaring Dragon Dynasty, Tian Fan stared into those blood-red eyes above. His voice was cold as ice. Both his hands began to move in tandem—dark clouds surged across the heavens, lightning raging within them, the air thick with terrifying power.
“Gods descend upon the world, demons walk among men!”
As his voice echoed, a colossal demonic silhouette emerged behind him, its head brushing the heavens and its feet planted on the earth. Waves of annihilation rippled outward. Thousands of shadow soldiers collapsed to the ground, no longer daring to resist.
Beside the demonic form appeared a faint golden figure—standing shoulder to shoulder with it. Though both were indistinct, their combined aura could shatter worlds.
The six great masters trembled uncontrollably, prostrating themselves as they gazed at the two phantom figures, overcome by primal fear—as if even a single breath from those beings could erase them.
“O souls wandering on the edge of death, no longer bound by fate—show forth your former glory!”
Boom!
At Tian Fan’s words, the entire shadow army began to tremble. His voice seemed to transcend time itself. The once-lifeless faces of the shadow soldiers now shone faintly—with holiness, dignity, defiance. A mighty will spread across the heavens—unstoppable, unbreakable. The sky shattered, the earth cracked, and the red threads behind them all snapped.
“Brother, they…”
The little dragon gasped in shock. The suffocating death aura had vanished—replaced by warmth.
Tian Fan stood silently among tens of thousands of shadow soldiers. In that moment, even the little dragon barely recognized him—the aura he radiated made the creature tremble in awe.
Gold, silver, and black light spread in waves. The shadow soldiers raised their weapons and howled toward the heavens, shattering the sky and breaking the earth.
“Someone sought to control our lingering souls… how pitiful that we remained ignorant!”
“For millions of years, we have never forgotten!”
“For us, death is not the end. Gods and demons shall gather again—even broken souls will return to battle!”
“The Divine King is not dead, the Immortal Emperor not gone, the Demon Emperor still endures—we have never been defeated!”
Divine radiance engulfed the entire land, and the power of their battle cries shook the heavens themselves.
The blood-red eyes above trembled violently as the demonic shadow behind Tian Fan slowly opened its eyes—instantly, those blood-red eyes in the sky exploded into nothingness.
A faint sigh echoed. Beside him, the golden soul figure opened its golden divine eyes and gazed toward the black vortex.
“Ahhh!”
At the northernmost edge of the Divine Martial Continent, on the Island of No Return, a dark specter shrieked in agony. Half its body exploded midair, its face twisted in pain and fury.
The deathly aura faded from every shadow soldier. At the center, the commander holding the battle flag roared, glaring at it with boundless hatred before shattering it with a single strike.
“We’ve slept for a million years… Let this be our final service—then we shall fade!”
Tens of thousands of souls roared as one, kneeling toward Tian Fan before their bodies dissolved into pure light—countless rays shooting skyward.
Boom!
Above the Soaring Dragon Dynasty, a pillar of divine light burst forth, rising like a rain of radiance before vanishing into the distant horizon in the blink of an eye.
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