Chapter 184 - The Serpent of Darkness Entrance! (2/2)

When the Serpent of Darkness finished speaking, all the divine beasts, the spirit beasts, the humans, and the demons under his command uttered battle shouts. Their cry united and spread across the battlefield that stretched for miles and miles. Everyone felt the battle intent within that cry.

”CHARGE!”

The Serpent of Darkness gave the order to advance. As a single entity, everyone behind him moved. Suddenly the sky was darkened by the vast number of these new fighters.

The spirit beasts that made up most of the army assembled by the Beast Emperor swarmed down, heading towards all martial artists under the rank of Spirit Emperor. With them were also the human and demon beast tamers who hadn't reached the rank of Spirit Emperor.

Birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, vertebrates, invertebrates, plants, and even inanimate objects. All sorts of creatures swooped against the human and demon armies, engaging in a furious struggle, without sparing a shred of their strength. After all, none of those who had followed the Serpent of Darkness had any plans to return alive. They would fight until their body allowed it.

The divine beasts and Spirit Emperor beast tamers continued to follow the Serpent of Darkness in its advance. Their direction was a definite point in the middle of the immense battlefield. There, the sky was divided into a pure white section and another of a demonic black. It was the place where the Human Hero and the Demon Emperor were fighting.

”Shit! He's heading to the Demon Emperor!” Yuan Cao cried alarmed.

It should be known that both sides had decided to let the two strongest fighters of their respective armies fight each other without anyone disturbing them. After all, the Hero and the Demon Emperor had reached a level of power beyond what normal Spirit Emperors could generate. So it was decided that they would fight undisturbed by everything and everyone.

For the various parties involved, this was the best decision. There were even those who had pressed for this solution so that they could then kill the winner once the battle was finished by taking advantage of the precarious state in which he would find himself. It is because, when one of the two died, the other would automatically become the strongest martial artist in existence. In practice, he would have become the ruler of the continent, no, of the whole world. There was no way they would allow such an existence to survive.

However, the entry of the Beast Emperor on the scene had upset their plans. If the giant snake were to kill them both, the ruler of the whole world would have become him. If instead he died but generated an imbalance in the fight, leading to the victory of one of the two contenders, this would have ruined the plans anyway. The winner could have withdrawn, taking advantage of the chaos generated by the spirit beasts. Furthermore, it wasn't as if everyone was part of the conspirators who wanted to kill the two leaders. Instead, many would have willingly given their lives for the Hero or the Demon Emperor. If the winner were to leave the battlefield alive, it would have been the end for the adverse side and even for those belonging to the same faction but didn't want someone ruling the whole world.

Therefore, all the Spirit Emperors gathered there stopped fighting and flew at full speed to curb the advance of the Beast Emperor. However, the divine beasts and the Spirit Emperor beast tamers were ready to receive them.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The group that was following the Beast Emperor began to thin out more and more. Chong Zemin and Yuan Cao were also blocked by a divine beast - a colossal thirty-meter sand-colored worm. This worm had reached the level of divine beast. Therefore it was fully comparable to a Spirit Emperor.

”I finally found you, human. Now I can avenge my brother.” the worm spoke, making its voice resound outside. Worms didn't have vocal cords; the divine beast worm made his thoughts resonate outside as sound with its spirit power.

Hearing his words, Chong Zemin frowned. The worm had used the language of humans, and therefore the historian martial artist had understood the message. And precisely because he understood the words of the divine beast, he was more nervous than ever. His bloodline belonged to a worm-like divine beast, that is, the brother of the specimen in front of him.

Yuan Cao, who was close to him, smiled to himself, thinking that the divine beast would take care of killing Chong Zemin. Therefore, the demon Spirit Emperor began to fly to the place where the Beast Emperor was heading. However, he managed to fly only a few meters when a huge tail crashed against him, causing him to fly backward. Luckily he was still covered by his skeleton and was able to reduce damage.

”What the f.u.c.k?! Stupid beast. You have a score to settle with him, don't you? Why are you attacking me? Let me go, and you can avenge your brother undisturbed.” Yuan Cao complained as he frowned. He couldn't understand why the worm attacked him despite saying it wanted to take revenge on Chong Zemin.

The worm wasn't enchanted by Yuan Cao's words and replied, ”Although I came here on purpose to get my revenge. I haven't forgotten my purpose, no, our purpose - we will protect the future and create hope. I, therefore, cannot let you pass. Nobody should disturb the Beast Emperor. NOBODY!”

The worm, therefore, began to release its spirit power. A crazy amount of spirit power was being poured out of its body. Generally, a spirit beast contained more spirit power than a human being or a demon, but since they were unable to use the Elemental Laws, this gap wasn't perceived. However, this was different for the divine beasts.

The divine beasts were able to use the Elemental Laws and possessed a bloodline. Therefore, in the aspect of the laws, they were equal to humans and demons. But unlike the latter, the divine beasts had more spirit power. It wasn't by chance that the divine beasts were hunted in groups. After all, the rule was that at least two Spirit Emperors were needed for each divine beast.

Looking at the situation, Chong Zemin had no choice but to turn to Yuan Cao. ”Yuan Cao! Fight with me and help me defeat this divine beast. ”

”Huh?! Why should I? I'd rather die than help a human in battle.” Yuan Cao replied with a face disgusted by this thought.

”If you want to die, go ahead. But we both know well the Beast Emperor cannot be allowed to reach the Hero and your Demon Emperor. As despicable as you demons could be, I don't think you're stupid enough not to understand the situation.”

Yuan Cao was silent at those words. He didn't want to die at all, and what Chong Zemin had said was true. They couldn't allow the Serpent of Darkness to approach the battlefield of the leaders of their respective factions. And to prevent this, he would have to swallow his pride.

”Okay, let's do it. Honestly, I'd rather cut my arm than help you. But we are both in a situation where we have no other choice.” Yuan Cao eventually gave his consent.

”I'm glad you listened to the reason. The fight will be difficult; we both spent a lot of our energy. You'd better not die until we knock this divine beast down.” Chong Zemin incited as he charged his spirit power.

”The same goes for you. human.” Yuan Cao answered, laughing.

”Human, demon. Have you finished? Now I will show you the hatred with which we divine beasts have lived together too long.” the worm-type divine beast began to prepare for battle. Even though it had two Spirit Emperors against, it wasn't worried at all. It was full of excitement over the impending battle.