Chapter 1061: Chapter 450: The Dual Saints’ Unexpected Move; The Nine Nether’s Invitation (2)

"You two?"

The icy cold and murderous intent on Celestial Torture Child’s face instantly froze, transforming into extreme astonishment and disbelief.

Have these two gone mad?

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t figure out why these two lower realm Divinity Transformation cultivators, whom he regarded as collaborators or even pawns, would turn their blades on him at this crucial moment.

Moreover, the attack was powerful enough to threaten him, achieved by burning their own essence.

He was utterly unguarded.

"Boom!"

A Silent Extinction Divine Light, imbued with the power of celestial destruction, and an Underworld Cold Tide, carrying the essence of lunar decay, crashed onto Celestial Torture Child’s body from the left and the right like two roaring starry rivers,

"Pfft!"

Celestial Torture Child’s seemingly unbreakable demon child body arched forward violently like porcelain struck by a giant hammer, spewing dark purple demonic blood brimming with pure Demon Essence.

The terrifying aura surrounding him burst like a punctured balloon, dissipating instantly, with his presence diminishing visibly.

Severely injured!

This betrayal from his "allies" came so suddenly, so viciously.

"Ah, Star King, Moon God, I shall obliterate you, body and soul!"

Celestial Torture Child let out an enraged roar of unparalleled fury, his small face contorted with anger, and his blood-red eyes blazing with a consuming fire of rage.

He wanted to turn around and tear apart these traitors.

But the Star Palace Saints were clearly prepared.

"All Heaven Stars, bind!"

Despite their slightly withered aura from burning their essence, the two joined forces once more.

Intertwining starlight and lunar radiance transformed into countless chains of light shimmering with runes, enveloping the severely injured Celestial Torture Child like an inescapable net.

Layer after layer, they wrapped and restrained him.

The chains carried a peculiar sealing power, continuously eroding his Demon Essence and suppressing his resistance.

"Retreat!"

The icy voice of the Star King echoed across the battlefield.

He did not linger, and together with the Moon God, they carried the bound, still struggling, and cursing Celestial Torture Child, transforming into a dazzling star and moon arc, swiftly heading towards the Inner Sea.

On the battlefield below, the Star Palace Cultivators who were still fighting the Demon Race and Outer Sea alliance were all befuddled.

The ancestors... why did the ancestors suddenly attack the ancient demon and then leave?

Yet under the strict orders from the higher-ups and the instinct for survival, the remaining Star Palace Cultivators also began to retreat like the tide.

The lower-level ancient demons, without Celestial Torture Child’s command, fell into complete chaos. Some instinctively attacked the retreating Star Palace Cultivators, some scattered and fled, while many more were slain by the Demon Race and Outer Sea alliance taking advantage of the chaos.

Under the deliberate cover and rear guarding of the Star Palace Saints, the Star Palace’s main forces successfully withdrew from the battlefield, disappearing rapidly into the horizon despite their disheveled state.

Everything happened too quickly, too dramatically!

Xu Ping, controlling the Puppet Array, watched the direction in which the Star Palace Saints disappeared, his face filled with amazement.

"Internal strife? At this crucial moment?"

He couldn’t comprehend the thinking of the Dual Saints.

After all the schemes to collude with the ancient demon, they stabbed in the back at this critical juncture and captured that mid-stage Divinity Transformation ancient demon, but what are they trying to achieve?

Ao Guang, the Dragon King, shrank his massive dragon form, transforming into a humanoid shape next to Xu Ping, also looking perplexed and serious:

"Fellow Daoist Xu, Fellow Daoist Jiuyou, should we pursue them?"

Xu Ping and the Nine Nether Elder exchanged a glance and both slowly shook their heads.

The Nine Nether Elder rasped, "Chasing a cornered enemy is unwise. Although the Star Palace Saints appear disheveled, they aren’t significantly injured, and they’ve captured a mid-stage Divinity Transformation ancient demon with unclear intentions."

"If we pursue recklessly, we might fall into an ambush."

Xu Ping added, "Moreover, although we achieved victory in this battle, we’ve also expended a lot. The urgent matter is no longer to counterattack the Inner Sea, but rather..."

His gaze slowly drifted towards the Ancient Demon Hall suspended in the air, still surging with Demonic Qi, but now appearing somewhat leaderless.

The Nascent Soul of the Joyous Demon was heavily injured, fled into the hall, and is unable to control the overall situation, nor could it manipulate the Ancient Demon Hall to hide in space.

Furthermore, Celestial Torture was unexpectedly captured by the Star Palace Saints.

The current Ancient Demon Hall is undoubtedly at an unprecedentedly weak point.

A glimmer of brilliant insight flashed in Xu Ping’s eyes, "Seize this opportunity to reinforce the Ancient Demon Hall, eradicate the Joyous Demon and the ancient demons within."

Ao Guang, the Dragon King, and the Nine Nether Elder nodded in agreement.

As long as the problem with the Ancient Demon Hall is resolved, the Dual Saints of the Star Palace alone would pose no threat to the Outer Sea.

...

"All demons heed my command, follow this king to attack the Demon Hall and eradicate the demonic aura!"

Ao Guang, the Dragon King, roared across the four seas, his massive dragon body swinging, leading the charge towards the pale Ancient Demon Hall suspended in the air.

The ghostly energy of the Nine Nether Elder surged, transforming into an infernal long river, closely following behind.

Xu Ping maneuvered the powerful Puppet Array, like a moving mountain of steel, advancing with an overwhelming crushing force.

In an instant, the elite of the Outer Sea Demon Race and the Nascent Soul Cultivators of the Outer Sea Alliance were invigorated with high morale, surging like a torrent alongside the three top entities to launch a full-scale assault on the Ancient Demon Hall.

Inside the Ancient Demon Hall, it was a scene of utter chaos.

Although the Nascent Soul of the Joyous Demon had escaped into the passageway, it could still barely relay orders, marshaling innumerable low-level ancient demons to swarm out in an attempt to halt the coalition’s advance.

These ancient demons varied in form, howling, spouting demonic flames, wielding sharp claws as they surged like a black tide.

However, under the lead of three Divinity Transformation level forces, the coalition’s assault was unstoppable.

The Nascent Soul of the Joyous Demon, hidden deep within the passage, sensed the situation outside and was consumed with boundless malice but was helpless.

Already heavily wounded in his Nascent Soul, his strength was less than a tenth of its original, unable to change the tide of battle.