Chapter 601 356: Decisive Battle 2

The War of Ascension... just how terrifying must it have been?

Lu Mingyuan had never witnessed the power of the Celestial Court's nine Great Emperors. Yet he knew that even a tenth of their remaining strength would be enough to unify the Central Plains World in an extremely short amount of time.

'I have to find a way to rescue all the imprisoned members of the Human Race.'

Lu Mingyuan muttered to himself.

'These ancestors of the Human Race all shed blood fighting for the Central Plains. I can't just stand by and do nothing.'

Princess Zichuan quickly tried to dissuade him. "Lu Mingyuan, you mustn't act rashly! The one who controls the Abandoned Celestial Demon Statue and opened this spatial rift is the Night Shadow Emperor, the master of the night. He is utterly cruel. If he learns you're here, it will provoke a backlash from this realm's Celestial Dao, and he will stop at nothing to seize the Ascension Platform from you."

"Your Majesty, I also wish to save our fellow members of the Human Race, but right now, this is truly impossible. Don't throw your own life away. The World Origin is more important," the Female Imperial Tutor also advised.

Lu Mingyuan didn't speak. His gaze was steady as he nodded lightly, making it impossible to tell if he had taken their advice to heart.

On one side of the originally calm sea, ripples began to appear.

These slight fluctuations were undetectable to ordinary Human Immortal Cultivators, but they could not escape the notice of the top-tier experts in the Evil God Army.

They instantly appeared above the ripples.

They scanned everything below.

"Now!"

The Female Imperial Tutor used the deliberately created disturbance to signal Lu Mingyuan.

Seeing the opportunity, Lu Mingyuan summoned the Ascension Platform without hesitation.

A simple, disc-shaped Crown Divine Artifact appeared in his palm, rotating with an ancient golden aura flowing within it.

Its appearance immediately caused the Array on Ascension Island to dissipate.

A powerful surge of the Power of Space erupted from the Female Imperial Tutor's body, enveloping everyone. In an instant, they vanished from above the sea and landed on Ascension Island.

"Hm?"

By the time the Demon General realized what had happened, all traces of their auras were gone.

The area of the sea where the slight disturbance had been deliberately created was now perfectly calm.

"Courting death."

He had clearly realized what had occurred.

The Demon General let out a furious roar and slammed his palm down toward the sea below.

Immense Power of Darkness gathered beneath his palm, forming a giant Hand Seal. Space itself fractured wherever it passed.

"Get out here!"

This Demon General was one of the Four Great Demon Generals who had not yet appeared, and he was also the most powerful.

He wore black Dragon and Qilin Armor and wielded a Heaven-piercing Halberd. Towering at thirty feet tall, he had a burly physique and a grim face. A pair of shiny black dragon horns grew from his head, engraved with strange Secret Patterns that faintly emanated an aura of Thunder, making him resemble a Thunder Law Celestial Venerable.

This man was the leader under the Abandoned Heaven Demon Emperor, the head of the Four Great Demon Generals. He hailed from the Dragon Race and was known as the Thunder Dragon Venerable, a name that carried a fearsome reputation.

The Demon Race had always been the hegemons of ancient times. As a top-tier clan within it, the Dragon Race was not numerous, but they were incomparably powerful. Unrivaled prodigies were born among them in every era, allowing them to prosper without decline.

BOOM!

A single wisp of Three-Colored Nether Thunder exploded, releasing world-destroying power. It instantly flattened a large swath of mountains on Ascension Island. Even space itself was filled with a dense web of dark cracks, and the surface of the sea surged with monstrous waves.

The Thunder Dragon Venerable's contemptuous Dragon Eyes swept across Ascension Island, but he saw no trace of Lu Mingyuan's group.

This infuriated him.

"Imperial Tutor Changming, Yu Xuanji, you have some nerve, daring to hide right under my nose! With just the likes of you, you think you can stop the Celestial Court's descent? You're simply asking to die!" the Thunder Dragon Venerable shouted coldly.

As the leader of the Four Great Demon Generals, he had never taken the Awakened, including Lu Mingyuan and his group, seriously.

Even when the Eternal Emperor was still alive, he hadn't feared these people.

With both the Eternal Emperor and Lord Qitian dead, he was now the top dog. Naturally, he feared no one.

"Yu Xuanji? Was he talking about you?"

Hidden among some inconspicuous mountains, Lu Mingyuan looked at the Female Imperial Tutor with a puzzled expression.

'She had never introduced herself. He'd even thought the Female Imperial Tutor didn't have a name.'

"That's a name from a long time ago. It's not worth mentioning," Yu Xuanji explained, her eyes growing distant for a moment.

"The Divine Altar beneath the spatial rift is still some distance away. If we want to get there, we'll have to fight," the Yao Yang Human King said, stepping forward at this moment with a sharp glint in his eyes.

"Be careful."

Yu Xuanji nodded lightly.

To destroy the Divine Altar, someone had to buy time by holding back the Four Great Demon Generals.

The Yao Yang Human King transformed into a streak of rainbow light and stood atop a mountain peak, declaring domineeringly, "Thunder Dragon Venerable, you're far too arrogant! Others may fear you, but I do not."

'Lu Mingyuan hadn't expected that the sharp-tongued Yao Yang Human King would be the first to step up and block the Evil God's Demon General.'

"Big Brother, this piece-of-shit Yao Yang Human King actually dared to show his face. Let's just kill him first," Life and Death Yama said with a laugh, a murderous glint appearing in his eyes from high in the void.

As soon as he spoke, the four Demon Generals locked onto the Yao Yang Human King, making no effort to hide their killing intent.

Feeling the pressure from the four of them, the Yao Yang Human King saw tangible Dark Power manifesting behind them.

He was shocked. 'I can't believe they've fallen so far.'

"I'll help you!"

At that moment, the Beidou Human King and the Giant Spirit Human King both appeared, standing atop two separate mountain peaks and looking toward the Four Great Demon Generals.

"If you want to fight our King, you'll have to get through us first!"

With a series of thunderous shouts, two more figures shot out and appeared by the Yao Yang Human King's side.

The two men were identical. Both were handsome and martial, clad in golden Radiant Sun Armor and wielding long spears. The powerful, scorching vital energy within them formed an oppressive Golden Sun Phenomenon.