Inside the floating continent.
The Ripper Behemoth’s colossal body was shaking as it sank into the endless black sea.
Though smaller than beetles, the Behemoth Crawlers had easily pierced into its body.
Not only did its tearing aura have absolutely no effect on them, but they were even devouring it happily and using it to accelerate their growth and transformation.
Each new generation of Behemoth Crawlers was more powerful than the last, and the speed at which they gnawed at the Ripper Behemoth’s body increased several-fold.
By devouring its blood and flesh to their hearts’ content, the Behemoth Crawlers continued to multiply by the thousands.
No matter how powerful the Ripper Behemoth was, it wouldn’t be able to withstand their endless gnawing, and would die eventually.
However, it couldn’t exterminate these foul insects that had been designed to deal with its kind by relying on its own power.
Like the ticks on elephants and lions, these Behemoth Crawlers could only be killed by another force.
“Nie Tian! Nie Tian!” The Ripper Behemoth’s roars rumbled out from the floating continent like mighty waves.
The wrath of the behemoth shook heaven and earth!
Many realms in the Domain of Endless Snow that looked like frozen crystals were influenced, their realm barriers cracking, their mountains shattering, and their earth trembling.
Even rifts connecting to unknown places appeared in the vast area of the starry river, and let out streaks of strange light that formed terrifying storms within a short time.
It seemed to the outsider grand monarchs that the entire Domain of Endless Snow was shaking under the Ripper Behemoth’s furious roars.
Not just that, but even Qi warriors in the Realm of Crystal Snow, which was enveloped in utter darkness, felt great pressure on their chests, their hearting pounding heavily.
All of them had a feeling that they were facing imminent doom, a.s.suming that this was the doing of Aztec, the Son of Darkness. None of them expected this to be caused by the Ripper Behemoth.
WHOOs.h.!.+
Countless dark-yellow streaks of light gathered and formed another peculiar storm in the void.
The storm contained not only strong tearing power, but also a twisting magnetic field.
Due to a momentary lapse in attention, Grand Monarch Bloodl.u.s.t of the Demons was. .h.i.t by the storm of strange light. His large, mountain-like body that was wreathed in dazzling purple light was instantly mangled and spilled dark purple blood.
CRACK!
Even his bones exploded and flew from his body, along with chunks of flesh.
“Twisting Void Storms!” Grand Monarch Bloodl.u.s.t’s expression flickered drastically as he yelled to the other grand monarchs from the Spirit World and the Void World, “Be careful everyone! The Ripper Behemoth has activated its core bloodline talent to create these storms! Even late tenth grade grand monarchs can’t contend with the devastating power within these storms!”
Upon hearing this, none of the other grand monarchs dared to approach the floating continent.
Their enormous bodies of various appearances rapidly backed away from the floating continent and the Realm of Falling Snow.
PUFF!
Barbara of the Netherspirits coughed up another mouthful of blood.
Even her sharp eyes grew slightly dim.
The soul connection between her and the Spirit Scepter in her hand seemed to be severed, as the scepter’s suppression on the souls of other beings was suddenly lifted.
Barbara looked rather weak as she said to the several grand monarchs from the Void World that were gathering around and protecting her. “That Ripper Behemoth will die beyond the shadow of a doubt if it has no one to help it. Don’t mind me. Go kill that Nie Tian. If his doppelgänger is here, his true self must be nearby. Go get rid of him, both his doppelgänger and his true self.
“He can burn the Behemoth Crawlers with his flames. He has to die!”
Barbara glared at Nie Tian from afar, her young, tender face filled with icy killing intent.
“Barbara of the Netherspirits and the Spirit Scepter...” Nie Tian’s flame doppelgänger soon recovered in the torrential flames he had released.
Barbara’s secret soul magic had failed after she had suffered from that heavy blow.
Thanks to this, Nie Tian, whose flame power sub-soul had been on the verge of breaking down just now, recovered his ability to channel flames from the Flame Land with his flame domain.
Of course, he had also heard the Ripper Behemoth’s cries for help.
WHOOs.h.!.+
In the blink of an eye, he morphed into a streak of crimson flames and shot towards the floating continent.
The five evil G.o.ds, on the other hand, returned to the Spirit Pearl, which sped towards the Realm of Falling Snow where his true self was.
From the five evil G.o.ds, he had already learned that the Spirit Scepter had belonged to Grand Monarch Heavenly Spirit.
Since the evil G.o.ds had served Grand Monarch Heavenly Spirit as their master their whole lives, they had been reverent and unable to bring themselves to attack Barbara, its current owner.
This was a result of the rigid hierarchy among the Netherspirits.
It was said that the Spirit Scepter was a super-powerful soul weapon Grand Monarch Heavenly Spirit had forged with his bloodline power, soul power, and countless precious treasures he had looted from the three worlds after he had transcended the limits of the tenth grade.
After Grand Monarch Heavenly Spirit’s demise, the Netherspirits had viewed the Spirit Scepter as their most precious treasure. However, only many millennia after his death had a young member of their race emerged to win the scepter’s acknowledgment and become its second master: Barbara.
Though talented, Barbara had originally only been known by a few. However, she had made shockingly rapid advances in her bloodline since she obtained the Spirit Scepter.
No one knew why or how she had managed to win the Spirit Scepter’s acknowledgment. However, everyone knew that after obtaining the scepter, she was bound to become the strongest member of their race.
Even Grand Monarch Thousand Spirits, their current high chieftain, treated her with much respect.
For some reason, there were even times that Grand Monarch Thousand Spirits couldn’t see through her, and sensed mysterious terrifying auras from her.
“Go!”
Barbara suddenly cast the Spirit Scepter forward.
As the scepter shot through the void, the Nether Rivers engraved on it seemed to suddenly come to life. Numerous fierce spirits could even be seen fighting and devouring each other in those Nether Rivers.
It was as if the Nether River’s branches in the Phantasms and Netherspirits’ ancestral lands had been magically downscaled and branded on the scepter.
Apparently, the Spirit Scepter could channel and draw power from the Nether River, and thus greatly enhance Barbara’s battle prowess.
It looked as if many Nether Rivers flowed across the starry river as the Spirit Scepter hurtled.
They all shared the same destination: the Realm of Falling Snow.
A cold sneer appeared at the corner of Barbara’s mouth as she said, “The Spirit Pearl. Compared to the Spirit Scepter, all other soul tools are garbage. It’s hard to believe such a mediocre pearl could enslave those five. It appears to be time to liberate them. While the Spirit Pearl will become a part of the Spirit Scepter, those five powerful ones will be mine to command!”
She had unshakable confidence.
Hearing this, Grand Monarch Thousand Spirits’ sub-soul was greatly spirited, and asked, “Barbara... Can you really liberate those five lords? They had their bodies reforged, and they’ve almost regathered all of their lost memories and soul fragments. If you can return their senses to them and make them fight for us, we’ll suddenly have five late tenth grade grand monarchs joining our side.”
As the two of them spoke, several outsider grand monarchs cautiously threaded through the twisting storms and approached the floating continent.
Their goal was to kill Nie Tian’s flame doppelgänger.
At the same time, several other grand monarchs followed the Spirit Scepter towards the Realm of Falling Snow.
Their goal was Nie Tian’s true self.
Barbara fixed Grand Monarch Thousand Spirits with a strange look and said, “With the help of the Spirit Scepter, isn’t it a given for those five to be liberated from the humans’ slavery and return to the arms of their own people? The Spirit Scepter is connected to the Nether River. You know what that means, right? Those five late tenth grade grand monarchs will rejoin us, and we’ll be like a tiger that has grown wings!” (idiom: with redoubled power)
“If the five of them are actually liberated, then I’ll be able to focus on the battle in the Doomed Star Sea,” Grand Monarch Heavenly Spirit exclaimed.
Barbara didn’t seem to fear Grand Monarch Thousand Spirits at all as she said to him, “You can summon this sub-soul of yours back now. With me here, things won’t go wrong in the Mortal World. The battles in the Doomed Star Sea and the Void World are of greater importance. The battle in the Doomed Star Sea is the most tricky of all.”
At this moment, Nie Tian’s true self shuddered in the Realm of Falling Snow, and his eyes finally slowly opened.