Great Demon Sun Wukong

After hearing Mo Wu's words, everyone present couldn't help but inwardly groan. Although they had already made mental preparations for an ambush by the Netherworld Alliance Army and the forces from the Myriad Gods Hall and the Canglan River Realm, being mentally prepared didn't mean they were truly ready for battle. This beast attack on the city had already taken an unexpected turn, but now things went from bad to worse as they watched the ferocious charge of the Netherworld Alliance Army—it was truly a case of misfortune never coming singly.

According to the original plan, they had already predicted and prepared for the possibility of the Netherworld Alliance Army launching a sneak attack during the siege by the ferocious beasts. Moreover, Mo Wu and the others believed that, with forty-nine powerful individuals joining forces, plus his and Wan Jun's strength, they wouldn't face much pressure from the third beast attack. That's why, in the final moments of the battle with the beasts, Mo Wu had ordered everyone to conserve their energy and then drive the beasts towards Wan Jun.

But what Mo Wu didn't expect was that these ferocious beasts would become so crazed to the point that, faced with imminent failure, they made the resolute decision to self-destruct en masse. Previously, Mo Wu had ordered everyone to cluster the beasts together; because of this, the power of the explosion was more than twenty percent greater than estimated.

After all, if they had been dispersed, the explosive power of the self-destruction would have been great, but it would definitely not have reached the level it did. It could be said that Mo Wu's command backfired spectacularly. Not only did it not help everyone conserve energy, but it also directly resulted in the loss of twelve individuals. With the final decisive battle imminent, this one-time loss of twelve individuals was somewhat unbearable for Mo Wu.

A succession of calamities hadn't given everyone time to catch their breath when they now had to face the Netherworld Alliance Army that was clearly ready to strike. How could they not feel bitterness in their hearts? Regardless of their inner turmoil, what was most important now was to continue fighting. If they didn't want to remain forever in this Patrolling Celestial World, they would have to fight. If they didn't want their nations to be eliminated from the ranks of the Divine Kingdoms, they would have to fight.

It is often said that desperate soldiers will prevail, and although the people of the Annihilation Alliance Army couldn't exactly be called desperate, they were more or less the same after suffering such a major blow. Just as their indomitable spirit had begun to coalesce, the ground where they stood suddenly began to crack. As they looked on in shock and confusion, a torrent of scorching lava erupted violently from below.

This turn of events was too sudden; even Wan Jun, Mo Wu, and Long Tian didn't have the slightest premonition, distracted as they were by the Netherworld Alliance Army that was now within striking distance. Ordinary lava would have posed no problem for those with the cultivation of the Annihilation Alliance Army; they could have taken a bath in it with ease. Although they knew someone was sabotaging them secretly, this lava felt and looked no different from the ordinary kind.

Except for the few especially cautious individuals who immediately took to the air to distance themselves from the lava, most were caught off guard by that momentary lapse and failed to dodge in time. And then, their tragedy unfolded! "Red Flame Explosion, burst!" An insidious chuckle suddenly echoed from beneath the ground, and then the numerous jets of lava erupted in an explosion.

Of course, this explosion couldn't compare to that of the thousands of self-destructing ferocious beasts, but the circumstances were completely different now. The reason they had survived the earlier explosion was all thanks to the shield created by Mo Wu's secret technique at the cost of sacrificing twelve people, which protected the rest from harm.

But now, aside from those few who had escaped the range of the lava's reach, the majority had been scorched by the lava, and at the moment of the explosion, they bore the full brunt of the explosive force. Moreover, the lava exploded in an unusual way; typically, an explosion propels its force outward, but this lava contained all its explosive power within. As a result, the damage inflicted was at least thirty percent greater.

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The sudden appearance of this exploding lava, needless to say, was the work of the Flame God. As a prodigy from the Burst Phoenix Clan, the Flame God possessed the ability to trigger explosions in all fire elements. While certain limitations applied, they were almost negligible for the Flame God. Although this lava explosion was sudden and powerful, it was unlikely to kill several people with one strike.@@novelbin@@

Firstly, the lava used for the explosion was indeed just ordinary underground magma; secondly, the target was too dispersed. Hence, the Flame God would be quite content if it could severely injure those who lacked defensive capabilities. As the explosion gradually subsided, the people of the Annihilation Alliance Army barely had a moment to catch a breath when they suddenly felt enveloped by an extreme and biting cold.

This coldness intensified at a pace visible to the naked eye. In just a single breath's time, twenty-one individuals had all turned into lifelike ice sculptures. "Extreme Cold Ice Explosion, burst!" Another deep voice reverberated from underneath, and then, the twenty-one ice sculptures exploded violently, scattering countless ice fragments.

The only feeling among the Annihilation Alliance Army at this moment was the desire to cry. They had first been baptized by the self-explosions of over a thousand ferocious beasts, then blackened by what seemed like an ordinary lava explosion, and now, this extreme cold that seemed to come from nowhere not only turned everyone into ice sculptures but also brought about another ice explosion.

Could it be that today was cursed by explosions? The explosion of the scorching lava brought searing heat, while the ice explosion that followed brought a cold that seemed to freeze their blood, chilling them to the bone and to the soul. Moreover, these two completely different explosions, one hot and one cold, dulled everyone's thinking and movements for a moment.

And then, this momentary dulled state led to them once again suffering from the ravages of an explosion. This time, under everyone's feet, a thick group of earth elements resembling mud suddenly rose up and rapidly wrapped around the still somewhat stiff bodies. But this time, the mud's speed was somewhat slower than the lava and extreme cold. As a result, out of twenty-one people, only fifteen were finally wrapped by the mud group, while the remaining six managed to escape using various techniques just before they were wrapped. These six who escaped were also the ones who had dodged the Flame God's explosion lecture earlier.

Once the mud fully encased the remaining fifteen, a very pleasant yet angry female voice also came from underground, "Sealing Spirit Earth Explosion, burst!" With the sound of that voice, the fifteen clumps of mud exploded once again. Actually, in terms of explosions, the fire element is the easiest to explode and also has the highest explosive power. Compared to the volatile fire element, the ultimate ice element is also very prone to explosion. As the saying goes, extreme ice generates fire, and extreme fire generates ice, and the ultimate ice element has an added sharpness when it explodes.

Compared to the two, the earth element is much more stable and is also the least likely to explode among the five elements. Thus, this final earth explosion was not for inflicting further damage, but for sealing the flow of spiritual power within the enemy's body on top of causing damage, hence the move was called Sealing Spirit Earth Explosion.

Being injured wasn't scary, what was terrifying was the inability to channel spiritual power for recovery thereafter. Just as the final Sealing Spirit Earth Explosion ended, the group that had been charging madly at the Annihilation Alliance Army from the walls of the giant pit had arrived in front of them.

Contrary to the expected large numbers, there were actually only seventeen people in the Netherworld Alliance Army. Moreover, most of them were not familiar faces to Mo Wu and the others, but there were a few people that Mo Wu recognized. The first was Divine Honor He Tu from the Myriad Gods Hall, who was also a Domain Lord Level powerhouse, so of course, Mo Wu knew him.

Aside from Divine Honor He Tu of the Myriad Gods Hall, there was also the Rogue Heart Sword Hero from the Netherworld, also a Domain Lord Level powerhouse, and through Wan Jun's words, Mo Wu naturally knew about him as well. The great disciple of the Supreme Sword Sovereign of the past, once touted as the Sword Hero most likely to reach the end of the Supreme Path among the Nine Great Divine Kingdoms. It was a pity that he died due to a certain incident. However, later on, with his understanding of the Sword Dao, he emerged with a significant reputation in the Netherworld with his Soul Body and eventually broke through many bottlenecks that countless people couldn't reach in their lifetimes, rising to become a top-level power.

This was something that even Wan Jun, the sworn enemy of the Rogue Heart Sword Hero, had to admire. After all, Wan Jun's cultivation surged forward after obtaining the Domain Instrument Seven-Star Dragon Abyss, but he had only just touched the threshold of Domain Lord Level and reaching that realm would still take a significant amount of time.

Besides these, the rest were rather unfamiliar faces. This meant that only part of the Netherworld Alliance Army had come here. As the two sides faced off, three more figures slowly emerged from the ground next to Divine Honor He Tu. Those three were, of course, the ones who had previously sneaked underground and launched a surprise attack.

The fire explosion was orchestrated by the Flame God, the ice explosion by Xi Zhao, and as for the earth explosion, naturally it was Zijing, the former Guardian of the Dominion of Soil who led them underground. As they appeared, the fifteen from the Annihilation Alliance Army who were shrouded in Zijing's mud explosion also rid themselves of the sticky mud.

However, among these fifteen, seven of them were clearly more out of breath than in and would not live much longer without immediate medical treatment. As for the others, although they were better off than the rest, it was also limited. One by one, they were disheveled with parts of their bodies burnt and blackened or frozen and bruised. What frightened them most was that the spiritual power within their bodies seemed to be solidified, making it impossible for them to use it to recover from their injuries in a short time.

"Mo Wu, Long Tian, heh heh, didn't expect this, did you? Today, to see me here, in this form?"