ATG: My genius is almost frightening!

The world suddenly turned dim as darkness descended from above. A gigantic storm of darkness had appeared out of nowhere, enveloping Honorable Tai Yu. Two dark claws from different directions clawed at him, like the devil's hands from hell.

The space shuddered and swayed violently, as if someone had thrust their hands into water jars, sending ripples everywhere.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Cracks began to spread in all directions as black lightning erupted from the torn space.

Tai Yu's face turned extremely solemn. He thrust both palms forward to block the incoming dark claws. The clash triggered an even larger shockwave of divine power, destroying everything within a radius of tens of thousands of kilometers.

Boom!

The poor disciples who were too slow to escape evaporated into dark mist before they could even scream.

A fight between Divine Masters was terrible enough… but a battle between God Emperors was even worse!

Tai Yu's face turned red as he stumbled back, then spat out a jet of blood. The blood was red, but dark traces swirled within it. He clenched his teeth and let out a thunderous roar, forcing the two Moon Eaters back.

"Even if I have to die, I'll take one of you down!" he roared. With a flick of his wrist, a sword appeared in his hand. The sword was grey in color, emitting a silver shine. It looked ancient. Clenching it tightly, he slashed at Fen Daoqi with a ruthless expression!

However, as his attention was locked entirely on Fen Daoqi and Fen Daozang, a disdainful voice rang out from his left.

"Disgusting hypocrite. The only thing you'll take down with you is your self-righteousness!"

A pitch-black claw suddenly appeared in his path, and a dark, scornful laugh from Fen Zhuo immediately followed.

Shocked, Tai Yu tried to spin in midair, but the claw still raked across his ribs.

BOOM—

An explosion as black as purgatory erupted at the point of contact, and Honorable Tai Yu was sent flying, black blood spilling from his lips.

Fen Zhuo was the second strongest Moon Eater after Fen Daozang. His strength even surpassed that of the new Burning Moon God Emperor. With him joining the fray, the strongest Guardian, already at a complete disadvantage, was pushed into an even worse situation.

While Tai Yu was still being sent flying, the other two Moon Eaters didn't stay idle. Both lunged forward and struck with their dark claws, tearing into his back and shoulder.

Boom! Boom!

"Agh! When... when will the reinforcements come?" Honorable Tai Yu didn't even have the time to look at his injuries. He fought back with every ounce of his divine power just to fucking stay alive, hoping that reinforcements from the Brahma Monarch God Realm would arrive. But even so, deep down, he knew that even if the Brahma Monarch did come to the rescue, the situation would not change.

"Uwaaa, Aghhh!"

Suddenly, accompanied by an extremely miserable cry, a Guardian was sent flying by the Moon Eater Fan Sheng. Before he could hit the ground, Yan Huo's claw grabbed his head and burst it open like a watermelon.

"Tai Yun!!!" Zhou Xuzi had just taken a deadly spear attack to his chest when the miserable death of the Guardian Tai Yun appeared before his eyes.

"Sto...!" However, before he could even recover from the shock, the scene of Qu Hui, the leader of the Adjudicators, being split in two by the trap Sheng Shiyan, the leader of the Soul Spirits, struck him even harder.

Qu Hui fought back against five Soul Spirits before being split in two at the waist. Then his upper body was cleaved into four pieces, which fiendish darkness quickly consumed, reducing them to ashes.

"Qu Hui..." Zhou Xuzi muttered, his eyes losing all color and his complexion turning as pale as a corpse. The death of one Adjudicator was an immeasurable loss to them, much less the death of Guardians or their leader.

"Heh, you have the leisure to be distracted, as expected of the famous Eternal Heaven God Emperor!" Yan Wu sneered, then swung her spear, slamming it straight toward his face.

Swoosh!

Zhou Xuzi's eyes regained their color, and he quickly moved back to evade the attack, but the spear still grazed his skin, leaving a large horizontal wound that spanned nearly his entire face.

Yan Jie, unwilling to lose to his sister and eager to prove his worth to their father, didn't hold back. He was the most aggressive of the three, risking fierce retaliation from Zhou Xuzi and attacking with everything he had, carving a sword wound into his shoulder.

"When will the reinforcements come? When?!" Zhou Xuzi gritted his teeth as he fought back, eyes fixed on the direction of the teleportation formations.

All the king realms of each Divine Region were connected by profound teleportation formations, allowing them to reach each other in a very short time. But to teleport to another realm, one needed permission from the opposite side before arriving.

Zhou Xuzi had already sent a call for help to Qianye Fantian, but even after more than fifteen minutes, there was still no response.

Yun Wuji watched the massacre ongoing with an indifferent expression. He didn't feel any remorse or guilt from this. He already gave them a choice. He may be someone who doesn't like killing, but that doesn't mean he was a good guy. If someone had something he wanted, then they better be smart and give it to him.

"You," he said, glancing at the Moon Gods and Star Gods, "go help them. Finish this. I want this mess over quickly."

"You too. Help your descendants," he ordered the three Yama Ancestors.

The reason he hadn't directly ordered everyone to attack earlier was because he was wary of traps. Although unlikely, the possibility of the Dragon God Realm setting a trap for him existed. So, he first sent some to attack and probe them, though this probing attack had already devastated the Eternal Heaven Realm.

But now it seemed there was no trap after all. Given the immense pride and arrogance the dragons had, they would disdain using such underhanded tactics.

"Yes, my lord!"

The moment Yun Wuji uttered those words, the Three Yama Ancestors, who had been as quiet and still as corpses just moments before, suddenly transformed into three black scars streaking across the sky. Violent dark energy erupted and filled the battlefield, devouring all the light within the capital.

Though they didn't have slave imprints, the soul mark made them extremely obedient to Yun Wuji.

"Worthless descendants, even with three of you, you can't even deal with a single small fry!" Yan One's disdainful voice rang out as his body slammed toward Zhou Xuzi. He did not use any fancy attacks or profound skills but tore into him with his withered claws.

Bang!

Zhou Xuzi's already pale face grew even paler. The pressure this strange man radiated was stronger than any human he had ever faced. The claw crashed into his chest, clawing through three of his ribs as he was sent plummeting to the ground.

"Weak trash!" Yan One casually threw away the ribs, dissolving into a black puddle of water. He pushed aside the Yama Emperor and his children and followed Zhou Xuzi.

Yan One was the leader of the three Yama Ancestors and the first true ancestor to inherit the Yama Devil power. Besides that, he had soaked in the ancient yin energy of the Bone Sea of Eternal Darkness for over eight hundred thousand years. Judging by profound cultivation alone, he was the strongest God Emperor there ever had been besides the Simp Monarch himself.

Yan Two also joined the battle against Honorable Tai Yu, or rather, he 'chased' away the two Moon Eaters and proceeded to abuse the poor Guardian.

Yan Three, on the other hand, ran wild, attacking every Guardian and Adjudicator his eyes landed on.

Meanwhile, with the Star Gods and Moon Gods joining the fight, the Eternal Heaven disciples died at an accelerated pace.

However, despite facing over forty God Emperors, they still displayed astonishing resilience. Even after more than ten minutes, only half of the Guardians had fallen.

The will and strength of the Eternal Heaven God Realm centered on one word, protect. Their defensive capabilities were exceedingly strong, and they possessed the strongest realm-protecting barrier in the Eastern Divine Region.

Unfortunately for them, at this rate it was only a matter of time before they ceased to exist.

Swoosh!

As the Eternal Heaven sank deeper into bloody despair, the teleportation formation at the far edge of the capital sparked to life and began to glow.

"Reinforcements? Finally!" Zhou Xuzi's eyes lit up with desperate hope.

Before he could move toward it.

Boom!

A red streak burst from the sky, and a brilliant scarlet explosion swallowed the entire teleportation formation. A slender figure descended through fire and rubble, her red dress billowing like flame.

It was Jasmine who had been hiding, waiting for the moment when the Brahma Monarch God Realm activated the formation to destroy it. This way they would suffer some backlash from the destruction of the formation and perhaps some of them might even be lost in the void.

"...The formation." Zhou Xuzi's body froze in that instant, and he looked as if struck by a million bolts of lightning. Countless bloody veins burst open in his eyes, which had been filled with divine light.

He was so stunned and shocked that he ignored the attacks from Yan One.

The last hope he and the entire Eternal Heaven Realm clung to was destroyed before their eyes.

The destruction of the teleportation formation sent another wave of despair through the hearts of the Guardians and Adjudicators.

Bang!

Yan Three took down yet another Guardian with his ghastly claws. When he perished, his eyes were filled with despair and fear instead of the will to protect.

More and more Guardians and Adjudicators fell slain under the claws of the Moon Eaters and the spears of the Yama Devils.

Rumble!

The protective profound formation of the first sacred hall finally collapsed completely under the endless bombardment.

The sacred hall was constructed from divine jade, but without the protective formation, it couldn't withstand the power of a Divine Master. Over half of the building was destroyed in the blink of an eye.

The underground section of the sacred hall was fifty kilometers deep. It contained everything the Eternal Heaven Realm had accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years.

"It's plundering time! I mean... time to collect taxes!" Xia Qingyue's eyes shone as she saw the collapsed sacred hall and shot toward it. Under the 'great teachings' of Yun Wuji, all his disciples and women developed the habit of spreading their 'protection' everywhere. Seeing the treasury of the Eternal Heaven Realm, Xia Qingyue got so excited she gave up on the Guardian she was torturing and rushed to the treasury.

"Stop her!" Honorable Tai Yu wanted to stop Xia Qingyue, but even he was powerless against Yan Two. He was thrown back again and again by Yan Two's powerful swipes. The reddish black claw marks covering his body were so numerous they became an unbearable sight.

Tai Yu's mind went blank as the sacred hall collapsed before his eyes. Yan Two punched him right through the heart for that lapse of concentration. Jets of blood burst from his body as he was thrown back like a leaking blood bag.

He hit the ground and skidded for a moment before coming to a stop, leaving a bloody trail behind. For a time, he was too weak to even get back on his feet. A sorrowful shout echoed in his mind.

Reinforcements... there are no reinforcements...

Is it the heavens' will for us to die?

Their formations collapsed and their morale crumbled. Each second, a Guardian or an Adjudicator fell.

Then, in the middle of this despair, space suddenly twisted.

An unnatural spatial distortion appeared out of nowhere, and in the next moment an impossibly huge floating city flashed into existence.

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