The whale opened his eyes, and the aura around him grew cold. He looked around and found Coltia and Kaiyka also conscious. They all had only a third of their soul power left; if it were any other cultivator, they would be doomed and probably unable even to move. However, these three only felt a heavy exhaustion.
"Sir! Something urgent happened!" Nenuo exclaimed, extremely shocked. "Something terrifying occurred in the Void Forest; there was an explosion, and the whole city collapsed. Merua and the others are in danger!"
Nenuo had woken up after being killed in the Void Dream and had no memory of anything. Alm and Bruno felt a certain relief; they imagined the impact of the explosion would be frightening, something capable of turning the entire Void Forest into a wasteland.
However, they believed that the formation made with the Queen’s power would have defense mechanisms. When that power capable of causing such damage erupted, the formation directed everything outside the forest. The people inside should be safe.
"The people of the city?" Bruno asked quickly.
Nenuo replied, "The four nations built the city together. The formations in the buildings are high-level. Although everything collapsed, it was enough for the people to survive."
Alm and Bruno nodded, satisfied. Meanwhile, in the worlds where the four nations lived, everything was completely fine.
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The whale quickly stood up after confirming this, and the two beside him moved to join him. He turned to Nenuo and spoke seriously: "Nenuo, if you want to save your sister, take me to the entrance of the Void Forest. The situation is urgent."
Nenuo nodded. He had no idea what had happened or how this figure knew something, but the certainty that his sister and friends were in danger was clear. He had no power to do anything, but if this figure had the slightest chance, he would cling to it.
Inside the forest, it took a minute for the macabre rain to stop and the ground to turn into a field of grim death.
Ruri and the group looked up and noticed the golden spatial distortion beginning to form. They understood what it was but knew they didn’t have the ability to stop it.
At the same time, the skies of that place trembled. In three seconds, hundreds of spatial channels formed again. They were ordinary channels, just like the ones the cultivators used to arrive earlier. The whale’s group tightened their weapons in anticipation.
In the next second, figures began to emerge from within. But this time, they were not cultivators at the peak of divine cultivation. The restriction was active, and the people on the other side understood what had happened.
They sent only those who were within the rules. But, since the division between the three areas of the forest was destroyed, the restrictions in place were those of the central area, the highest level. Just like in the black sealed worlds, only those up to the Divine King Realm could enter.
Hundreds of them began to emerge. The Divine King Realm was the fourth divine realm, and everyone in the whale’s group was only in the first two; it was completely impossible to resist.
"Disappear," Ruri spat, waving her hand.
She had already mastered part of the formation of this forest, which triggered this whole situation. In seconds, multicolored runes of the Formation God’s Dao emerged, pulsing.
At that moment, everyone who had arrived felt death looming over them. But there was no time to react; suddenly, a golden ray appeared, engulfing everything in the skies.
*BOOM!*
A new rain of blood fell on the land. Ruri forced the activation of the place’s restrictions, adjusting the rules to the same level as the Red Void Forest, which was the lowest cultivation level possible. Unfortunately, she had to eliminate everyone immediately, or she risked them activating their cultivations and focusing on them, preventing her from acting.
It was just a few hundred, and those on the other side stopped coming. The other side seemed to be able to sense everything happening there, acting quickly.
It took only two minutes until only young people of various races at the peak of the Divine Origin Realm were sent. They all appeared with slightly confused expressions. Ruri roared, drawing her katana:
"Master must be coming. We need to buy time. Kill them all!"
The whole group unleashed their power and, without hesitation, jumped into the skies to attack. Each spatial channel was connected to a high-level sect in some galaxy. All those young people who arrived were hastily summoned, with varying power levels. The sects didn’t have time to select or accurately inform them about what they were dealing with.
Each sect sent hundreds of them, who slowly crossed over. As there were hundreds of channels, in two seconds, there were already many in the skies. However, that small group attacked fiercely, and the invaders laughed sinisterly... the smile lasted only a second...
*BANG! BANG!*
*BOOM!*
Violent blasts, gunfire, and abnormal powers erupted everywhere. Merua and her five allies were still paralyzed on the ground, dazed, looking up.
The fight, which seemed like suicide, quickly showed otherwise. The whale’s group was like wolves among lambs. The numbers were ten times greater, but that made no difference in the face of overwhelming power.
They were all very well trained, fought perfectly as a group, and had immortal items of Ancestral level, all with two runic seals. It wasn’t a fight; the invaders quickly screamed in despair and were just trying to survive.
On the ground, the four kings and the six million former slaves watched the battle above in astonishment. The kings were completely bewildered; this fight didn’t make sense, it was only a matter of time before the hero arrived.
Meanwhile, the million souls Alm and Bruno recruited looked up, ecstatic. All of them were experienced and recognized the terrifying level of those young fighters. There was only one explanation for their power: they were allies of those two figures.
It took a minute and a few thousand deaths for the young fighters to stop coming through the channel. Ruri smiled grimly. Until the golden channel formed completely, assuming its original form before being destroyed.
An intense golden power emerged from within, and Ruri and everyone turned pale, sensing the danger. That power wasn’t trying to remove the restriction again, or it would delay the hero’s crossing. It simply reverted the restriction to the forest’s maximum level.
"Damn," Ruri muttered, trying to do something, but the hero’s power supported by the queen was absolute.
Suddenly, powerful figures in the Divine King Realm began to emerge again. But now they all had red eyes and immediately focused on Ruri and the group.
"How dare you kill our disciples!" A roar full of hatred echoed.
The whale’s group, who were in the skies, gathered in a circle. They snorted and only turned to the powerful cultivators surrounding them. In their eyes, there was no fear; they had the courage to fight against anything, even with such a huge disparity.
"Screw you! Come alone and bite us if you want revenge," Corin spat, pointing his spear forward.
"I won’t let you die easily," came the dry response of a winged beast. All its cultivation was ignited to the maximum, like a destructive wave towards the group.
But... another power emerged, throwing that Qi away.
"FIGHT!"
A million souls roared, attacking upwards. The whale’s group and all the invaders turned to them, surprised; they were just souls without Qi, what the hell did they want to do? The answer came in a rain of spatial blows, the specialty of these four races.
The invaders quickly widened their eyes, feeling the danger. Spatial laws were no joke; they needed to defend themselves.
*BOOM!*
The skies trembled with explosions of power. Ruri and the group were stunned; these souls were burning their only source of power, their soul existence. This was almost suicide.
Although they didn’t possess Qi, converting soul power into familiar spatial laws was simple. The difference was that they were burning their lives, but surprisingly, they only lost a bit of their souls in exchange for the attack.
If it were any other law, the amount they used wouldn’t pose a threat to the enemies. But spatial laws were frightening, and they all had very powerful souls. With that, they could attack hundreds of times and still exert a lot of pressure.
The whale’s group was slightly surprised. Then they smiled lightly, understanding immediately that the figure leading them had worked elsewhere and made allies.
The cultivators defended themselves, and few were injured. In the end, the enemies were not weak and managed to defend themselves; even if more soul power was used, it would hardly kill many.
In response, more and more emerged from the channels. The situation didn’t change; the enemies could always send more and more. It was an impossible fight to win with just souls and in limited numbers.
Ruri turned to the golden channel, which began to stabilize. After being exploded and having to rebuild, its speed was worse than before. It would take a few minutes for the hero to arrive.
"Brothers, we didn’t have time to convince you, but you must fight. The one trying to save us will arrive."
A voice in the sky sounded, coming from one of the souls. He roared towards the other five million on the ground. They were the ones who were on the kings’ side, and Alm and Bruno just removed them from the array. They didn’t know what was happening because they hadn’t had their memories restored.
They were all similar, souls that had been enslaved and fought for a long time. Seeing those in the sky fighting, putting their existence at risk, and then hearing their words, deeply moved them.
It didn’t take long for the first to jump into the air, joining the fight. Soon after, everyone began to move. Quickly, all six million souls that had been enslaved were fighting against the invaders.
The kings watched the unfolding events completely astonished.
Why were they fighting? In a few minutes, the hero would arrive; everyone should know. These souls had nothing to do with it; most would probably be released to reincarnate after an investigation. But they chose to fight and destroy themselves for no reason.
A minute passed, and the battle in the sky became increasingly intense. More and more invaders arrived, and the six million were no longer able to cope. The whale’s group was on the ground, powerless, unable to help.
But the kings became thoughtful. The Immortal Crane was the first to speak: "They just want to protect that group of young people, all in the hope that those divine souls will arrive."
*BOOM!*
Until the explosive sound from above echoed. Those souls didn’t hesitate when they realized they would be defeated; they began to detonate themselves in suicide, killing many enemies with them.
Quickly, the skies began to vibrate with various detonations. The enemies began to retreat; the souls chose complete death, all to gain time.