More than five million devils crowded together within the tight space around the spatial tunnel.
"The air here is really bad." Many devils frowned upon stepping out of the spatial tunnel.
The next moment, their expressions froze as they discovered Lou Jie.
"We greet Devil Emperor!" All the newly arrived devils hurriedly knelt down and bowed toward Lou Jie.
Although they didn't know his identity, his aura was evident. It was an aura of a Devil Emperor.
Lou Jie glanced at them and asked. "Who is your master?"
"It's Lord Gray Tomb, Sir." One of the devils said respectfully.
Lou Jie swept his gaze over everyone and said. "All of you will serve me from now on."
All the devils were startled for a moment and quickly shouted in unison. "It's our honor to serve Devil Emperor."
"Good," Lou Jie nodded. "Go ahead. Ravaging this world to your heart's content."
"Yes!" The devils were immediately boiled in excitement and quickly rushed out one after another.
Lou Jie glanced at Xue Jiang and asked. "Why are you still here?"
Xue Jiang shuddered and hurriedly said. "This lowly one will leave now."
With that, his figure disappeared in a flash.
Lou Jie scoffed disdainfully before glancing in Heavenly Cloud Mountain's direction. "Interesting… Let me see how powerful you are."
***
"Open your Soul Gates." Inside the Chaotic Sea Region, Yun Lintian said coldly at four men pressed to the ground before him.
These four men were the last batch of the remaining experts here.
No matter how unwilling they were, they had no choice but to obey Yun Lintian's order.
After opening their Soul Gates, Yun Lintian quickly branded a soul imprint on their souls one by one, turning them into his people.
"There shouldn't be people left." Shui Gen said. Behind them, there were twenty people that were "captured" by Yun Lintian during this period. All of them were at the peak level of the Divine Foundation Realm experts.
At first, they were unwilling to follow Yun Lintian, but the longer they stayed with him, the more convinced they became.
Not only was Yun Lintian extremely generous, but he also never treated them as slaves like they had expected. Except for being restricted on their souls, they were pretty much free.
Yun Lintian retracted his hand and said. "Once everything is over, I will release all of you."
Shui Gen and the others were surprised to hear this.
"What do you want us to do?" The skinny man who had just joined the team asked.
Yun Lintian looked at them and said calmly. "I'll be honest with you. I gather all of you for one purpose, which is to fight against the invaders from the other worlds."
Everyone's expression changed drastically. They couldn't help but become worried.
"I can promise I won't force you to fight enemies that are out of your league." Yun Lintian said calmly.
His eyes narrowed slightly as he said further. "Of course. It doesn't mean you can deliberately give up… You know that I will know immediately if that happens."
Shui Gen and the others were relieved. As long as they weren't forced to fight an impossible-to-win enemy, they were fine with it.
"Before going out, I will tell you about the overall situation of the outside world." Yun Lintian then proceeded to inform them.
"It doesn't seem to change much." Yu Qiao said after listening to Yun Lintian's narration.
Gu Wei frowned deeply as he asked. "They are, at best, an early level of the Divine Foundation Realm. Why did it sound like some overpowered enemies were waiting for us out there?"
Shui Gen and the others looked at Yun Lintian in doubt.
"As I said before, there's a spatial tunnel below the Central Continent. Once this tunnel opens, people from the Divine Realm will be able to come here. Perhaps we would face some Divine Kings." Yun Lintian said.
Everyone's expression turned solemn immediately. They naturally knew what the Divine King meant. With a casual wave of the Divine King's hand, they were likely to instantly disappear from the world.
"Can you tell me honestly? How confident are you to fight against them?" Shui Gen asked.
"As long as there's no existence above the Divine King, I am fifty percent confident to deal with them." Yun Lintian replied truthfully.
Yun Lintian's confidence came from the newly gained power the Spatial Wheel gave him. During this period, he had spent time studying it and discovered its terrifying power—the ability to absolutely control space.
Once he encountered a dead-end, Yun Lintian could activate the Spatial Wheel and send all the enemies out of this world.
As for why he said he was fifty percent confident, it was because he had no idea whether he could send a Divine King out.
Shui Gen and the others fell into silence. They thought Yun Lintian had a trump card that could deal with the enemy, but it didn't sound like that now.
However, what choice did they have? All they could do was pray that Yun Lintian could win.
"Since everyone understands it now, we will leave immediately." Yun Lintian glanced at everyone and said.
Afterward, he waved his hand, and a huge portal appeared beside him. "Go."
Shui Gen and the others put their concern aside and quickly walked into the portal.
"Do you want to go back right away, Senior?" Yun Lintian asked Lei Yongzheng.
Lei Yongzheng thought for a moment and said. "I'll go with you first in case Yin Weizhe appears. There's no point for me to take the Divine Thunder Palace back at the moment. After all, the enemy is too powerful."
Yun Lintian nodded. Before he could say anything further, a screeching sound suddenly echoed from a far distance, along with a gigantic black bird appeared in his line of sight.
"Demonic Glass Bird!" Hongyue's voice resounded. "And it has already reached its peak… Run now!"
Without hesitation, Yun Lintian pushed Lei Yongzheng into the portal and followed suit.
"Scree—" The Demonic Glass Bird retracted its wings, suddenly diving through the sky like lightning. Everywhere it went, dark space would twist into whirlpools.
Its whole body seemed to transform into a lightning streak, rushing toward the closing portal.
However, before it could reach the portal, a powerful sword beam suddenly shot out from the other side, forcing the Demonic Glass Bird to avoid it.
At the same time, the portal was completely closed!
Seeing this, the Demonic Glass Bird let out furious screams, making the entire space tremble…
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