"Yeah, you few, follow me to the Ascension Platform. Corpse Gnaw, you and your men stay here and don't let those humans escape."
Fengtai said to Corpse Gnaw, then led the other demon generals and sub-generals out of the cave, leaving Corpse Gnaw and his subordinates behind.
"Damn it, those two human girls are so delicate—can only look, can't touch. What a pain!"
After Fengtai left, the general Corpse Gnaw approached the dungeon, glanced at the imprisoned Hamster Pudding and the Nanny, and grumbled in frustration.
The Heavenly Mountain Jade Pool was crescent-shaped, its waters clear and crystalline like jade. The Ascension Platform stood by the pool's edge, a circular structure built on a grassy area.
At this moment, the Ascension Platform was surrounded by black demonic energy, forming a peculiar pattern that shrouded the entire platform.
Several figures stood around the platform, led by Fengtai, a general under the Western Demon Emperor, along with his men.
The space beside Fengtai slowly twisted, revealing a pitch-black spatial rift, from which a figure gradually emerged.
"Greetings to the Emperor!"
Fengtai and his men, upon seeing the figure stepping out of the rift, immediately bowed in unison, speaking with reverence.
This figure emerging from the spatial rift was none other than Li Wuji, the Western Demon Emperor, one of the four Demon Emperors of the demon realm!
Short in stature, with triangular eyes full of cunning, Li Wuji twisted his body and frowned, saying, "This body's compatibility with me is far too low. What a useless vessel!"
His words dripped with dissatisfaction toward the body he had possessed.
"The Emperor's cultivation is unmatched; even without your true form, you could sweep through the mortal realm."
Fengtai, still bowing, looked up at Li Wuji with a flattering expression, offering a sycophantic compliment.
"I wonder what trick that old ghost Han Xiaotian used to descend in his true form."
Li Wuji waved his hand, and faint demonic energy lifted Fengtai and his men upright. Then, clasping his hands behind his back, he spoke with envy about the other's ability to manifest physically in this realm.
"Emperor, you must seek justice for me!"
Hearing Li Wuji mention Han Xiaotian's name, Fengtai immediately knelt before him, tears and sobs pouring out.
"Fengtai, what's wrong? Why such sorrow?"
As one of the Western Demon Emperor's key generals, Fengtai had rendered great service in helping Li Wuji become one of the four Demon Emperors, earning his favor. Seeing this, Li Wuji reached out, personally helped Fengtai up, and asked.
"Emperor, the Eastern Demon Han Xiaotian violated the demon realm's laws by killing my son, Feng Yang. I beg you, Emperor, to uphold justice for me and demand an explanation from the Eastern Demon!"
Fengtai tearfully recounted the Eastern Demon Emperor Han Xiaotian's misdeeds, wiping his eyes at the most painful parts.
"Oh? Is that so?"
The Western Demon Emperor Li Wuji was also taken aback. The demon realm's laws forbade demons from killing each other, with violators facing a united attack from all demons.
"Fengtai, rest assured. When I see that old ghost Han later, I will seek justice for you!"
The Western Demon Emperor patted Fengtai's shoulder, but his mind was already racing, plotting how to use Feng Yang's death to extract a hefty price from Han Xiaotian!
In the demon realm, it was a world of the strong preying on the weak, with no one yielding to another. Constant wars over territory had raged for years until four of the most powerful demons emerged, each gathering followers and seizing cities, forming the current structure of the four Demon Emperors, which had brought a semblance of stability for a few centuries.
Though the demon realm had enjoyed centuries of peace, the four Emperors remained suspicious of one another, constantly scheming to seize more cities and subjects from their rivals, all to be used as slaves.
Now, the death of Fengtai's son, Feng Yang, gave Li Wuji a perfect excuse to demand compensation from the Eastern Demon Emperor Han Xiaotian, aiming to carve out several cities under his control!
"Fengtai, the priority now is dealing with the envoys from the celestial realm. The seal won't hold much longer—it'll likely be broken within two hours. If those celestial envoys descend and sense that we've damaged the spatial barrier, the plan we've spent decades preparing will be ruined. Go check on the Kui Niu's situation. If it's dead, take your men immediately and stop those mortal realm scattered immortals!"
The Western Demon Emperor Li Wuji understood the importance of this ambush. A single mistake, even one celestial envoy surviving, could completely derail the demon realm's grand scheme to invade the mortal realm. So he patted Fengtai's shoulder, urging him to prioritize the bigger picture.
"Understood, Emperor!"
Fengtai knew that for this ambush, the demon realm had deployed two Emperors and tens of thousands of demon troops lying in wait at the Heavenly Mountain Jade Pool, all to eliminate the celestial envoys descending this time. Thus, upon receiving the Western Demon Emperor's orders, Fengtai wasted no time, transforming into a dark cloud and rising high into the sky, drifting toward the Kui Niu's location.
When Fengtai's cloud form, hidden among the high-altitude clouds, reached directly above the Kui Niu, he looked down and nearly had his eyes pop out in shock!
Beside the Kui Niu's massive body stood a sacred beast—the Black Tortoise, transformed from the Northern Twenty-Eight Mansions of the celestial realm!
"Damn! Could someone from the celestial realm have descended early?"
Startled, Fengtai cautiously descended a few hundred meters to observe the battle below.
At that moment, the Kui Niu's health bar had dropped below 100 million. The seventy-member team from the Four Alliances, under the command of Wen Ding Cang Sheng, was launching a final, fierce assault!
"All buff classes, give every output class a full round of buffs. Prepare your most powerful skills and wait for my command!"
As Wen Ding Cang Sheng spoke, flashes of light appeared on the output classes in the team, as teammates piled on every buff they could.
"Ready, three, two, one, release!"
Seeing that the output classes had enough buffs, Wen Ding Cang Sheng counted down and shouted to the group.
Jiang Yuan now had several enhancement effects above his head, boosting his magic attack by 50%, magic crit by 50%, casting speed by 10%, and skill damage by 20%.
"Black Tortoise Art: Water Annihilates the Eight Wastelands!"
Hearing Wen Ding Cang Sheng's cue, Jiang Yuan immediately commanded the Black Tortoise to unleash its ultimate skill!
The output classes in the Four Alliances team erupted in a burst of power, unleashing their ultimate moves onto the Kui Niu's massive body. After an hour of grueling battle, this mythical boss ultimately fell to the seventy-plus first-tier scattered immortals of the Four Alliances, letting out a thunderous roar of agony before crashing to the ground!
In an instant, beams of purple, orange, and red light appeared before the Four Alliances players. Among them, the red beams numbered sixteen, meaning sixteen pieces of mythical equipment had dropped!