"I am indeed still on guard."
Kong Mingan diverted part of his attention to answer the Dragon King Young Miss, shifting his body slightly to reveal another smaller screen in front of him. On the screen was a global Energy fluctuation map of the entire dark red planet where the Demon Plane was located. A vibrant red halo could be clearly seen fluctuating and contracting violently around the battlefield, seemingly trying to concentrate its power. Beside it, silver light spots labeled "silver radiance tree" and "Spiritual Pivot Network" were continuously multiplying and spreading like ink dropped into water, slowly but firmly eroding the red Domain. "With the 'fourth calamity' protocol in place, the strength of the creatures of the Demon Plane is not difficult to handle. The only thing that truly requires attention is the plane will of the Demon Plane."
"To be able to survive and grow in the universe and successfully plunder other planes, it must possess some powerful trump cards. We need to be careful..."
As Kong Mingan was speaking, he suddenly paused slightly, his gaze falling on the screen again, and then he chuckled, "Look, isn't its trump card being revealed right now?"
Gu Yue followed his gaze and saw on the screen the Death Monarch, who was being double-teamed by Kong Deming and Bear King without any strength to fight back. However, at a certain moment... a sudden change occurred.
Demon Plane, the center of the battlefield.
The Death Monarch was still being double-teamed.
Without a doubt, the Death Monarch was a top-tier powerhouse below the level of a Divinity. He possessed the plane's empowerment, his own foundation, and the death aura accumulated by the Demon Plane over many years. With so many buffs, the Death Monarch's current strength was infinitely close to that of a Divinity, making him unprecedentedly powerful.
But, infinitely close to a Deity... as if anyone else wasn't.
Bear King, an undoubtedly top-tier powerhouse, whose combat strength in the Star Dou Great Forest could be said to be...
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...the first person below the Dragon King Young Miss and Di Tian. After practicing as a "Body Cultivator" and minoring in forgingāusing forging to integrate rare metals into his claws and mastering the Ultimate Goldāhis strength had reached an exceptionally terrifying level. As for Kong Deming, with his twin spirits of the Sun and Silver Moon, since practicing as a "Body Cultivator," he used his powerful physique to maintain the balance between his Spirits. By absorbing spirit rings, his cultivation improved rapidly. Later, each of his two Spirits practiced different systems and combined with each other, finally finding the balance between the Spirits, greatly increasing his strength. And that wasn't all; after successfully developing "Mechas," although Kong Deming didn't have more time to condense more Qi and Blood Furnaces, the mecha covering his entire body was almost equivalent to the perfect construction of the six basic parts of the Dharma Idol's body. The combination of the "Body Cultivator's" "Dharma Idol" and the "Artifact Cultivator's" "Mecha" clearly demonstrated the combat advantage of combining systems.
In comparison, the composition of the Death Monarch's combat power was slightly thinner.
Just as Bear King's heavy claw shattered the death magic shield around the Death Monarch, and Kong Deming's mecha punch was about to strike his main body, a sudden change occurred. "Roarā!!!"
A shriek mixed with endless pain, madness, and determination suddenly erupted. In the next moment, a force of death far more condensed and pure than before, mixed with the power of the plane, soared into the sky. It forcibly knocked aside Bear King's giant Dharma Idol claw and forced back Kong Deming's heavy mecha punch. Taking advantage of this brief gap, the Death Monarch's battered body suddenly rose into the air, spreading his arms as if to embrace the death of the entire plane. In an instant, the thick, inseparable death aura permeating the battlefield seemed to receive some kind of summons and began to converge frantically!
That was not just the scattered remnants of the lives and Souls of the tens of millions of demons who had died in the battle just now, but also the death power deposited deep within the earth from countless plunders and internal slaughters since the dawn of the Demon Plane!
Under the plane will's generous and active intervention and guidance, the death power accumulated by the entire Demon Plane began to gush out from the mountains, the ley lines, and even the rifts in the sky. Stream after stream of thick death transformed into a visible gray-black torrent, frantically pouring into the Death Monarch's nearly collapsed body. "Boomā!"
The Death Monarch's aura began to climb frantically at an unbelievable speed!
His battered body rapidly repaired and expanded under the infusion of gray-black Energy. Countless dark gray patterns representing the power of death began to condense into an illusory crown made of withered bones and mourning Souls atop his head. He was making a Breakthrough!
From a Demon Monarch infinitely close to a Deity, he was attempting to take that final step and become a true Divinity!
At this moment, whether it was the powerhouses of the Douluo side or the survivors of the demon camp, they all stopped what they were doing and turned their gazes toward the figure undergoing an astonishing transformation in the air. One by one, the Demon Monarchs and Great Demons looked up at the Death Monarch, their eyes bursting with the light of hope born from desperation. The plane will was helping the Death Monarch with his Breakthrough; this was the savior spontaneously nurtured by the Demon Plane in its moment of crisis, the only hope to repel this group of extraterritorial heavenly demons!
The Dark Golden Giant Bear Dharma Idol transformed from Bear King let out a low growl, and his Dark Golden Dreadclaws rose again, preparing to leap up and interrupt the other's ascension. However, a giant claw covered in crimson fur lightly rested on his shoulder. Bear King looked back and met the relatively calm gaze of the Crimson King.
The Crimson King shook his head slightly, signaling him to stay calm. Bear King frowned but suppressed the urge to stop it, though his body remained tense, staring fixedly at the Death Monarch, ready to strike at any moment.
In the air, the Death Monarch's ascension entered its most critical stage. The infusion of massive death power brought extreme pain. His body repeatedly collapsed and reconstructed, and his Soul seemed to be washed and torn by countless memories of death. He gritted his teeth and persevered, but several times his mind faltered, nearly resulting in failure. Just as his will was on the verge of dissipating, he lowered his eyes and caught a glimpse of the scene below. He saw the expectant gazes of the Demon Monarchs and Great Demons, and the figures of countless Great Demons and demon soldiers waiting with anticipation. At the same time, he felt the mysterious connection with the residual faith and lives of countless demon citizens, and felt the will of the plane that had nurtured him truly descending into his body. Some kind of power began to fuse with him, and along with the Fusion, an indescribable sense of responsibility and mission acted like the final firewood, igniting the Death Monarch's nearly extinguished fire of will!
The Death Monarch stared fixedly at the extraterritorial heavenly demons that had suddenly appeared below, roaring out, his voice piercing the clouds: "I will protect the Demon Plane!"
As his voice fell, in the next moment, "Buzz!!!"
Centered on the Death Monarch, an indescribable and vast Divine Might suddenly erupted, sweeping across the entire battlefield!
In an instant, the sky became even darker, and a wailing resonance came from deep within the earth. The entire Demon Plane seemed to be cheering. At this moment, the Death Monarch had ascended to godhood!
(End of Chapter)
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