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The maxing out of his devouring attribute was, for Xu Yuan, essentially an external enhancement.
What truly allowed him to rapidly assimilate the vast amounts of life essence he devoured was the Devouring Heaven and Earth Technique.
This technique, built on the foundation of the five elements and centered around the internal organs, was the cornerstone of Xu Yuan's blood essence cultivation. During his journey to the Star Luo Continent, even when he exhausted his own essence during his martial soul's second awakening and consumed a large number of rare treasures, he never experienced any lag in digestion.
In fact, back then, he was still far from reaching the limits of the Devouring Heaven and Earth Technique.
Now, with the arrival of the Demon Plane, Xu Yuan had fully unleashed this ultimate skill for the first time.
His blood surged with unparalleled intensity, coalescing into a tangible form above his head, as if embodying the heavens and earth. This made him appear ferocious and menacing.
The phantom of the Heavenly Origin Five Elements Spear also emerged during the solidification of his blood energy.
The spear in the phantom swept across the battlefield, devouring energy even more efficiently than Xu Yuan himself.
Xu Yuan stood beneath the phantom, directly sitting cross-legged on the ground. The spear floated before him, spewing forth the power of the five elements.
Pieces of armor appeared on various parts of his body, and stronger five-element energy erupted.
Within his battle armor, new "organs" based on the five elements—constructed by Xu Yuan—resonated with his internal organs, forming an additional digestive system to help process the energy.
Roar!
From behind the Demon Gate came a heaven-shaking roar.
"Damn humans, how dare you slaughter the great demon lord's legion! You will all die!"
The voice of the Demon Lord echoed through the light gate.
Then, amidst the trembling of the nine massive gates, nine towering figures slowly stepped out.
As soon as they appeared, they were met with immense repulsion. The nine gates seemed unstable, on the verge of collapse. However, these nine figures simultaneously extended their hands to stabilize the gates, their bodies radiating a brilliant purple-gold light.
Yun Ming and the others silently observed this scene from within the spatial layer created by the golden ancient tree.
At this point, the demons had clearly invested significant effort into stabilizing this dimensional passage.
The Demon Gate was reinforced, and the entire channel had been made nearly indestructible.
These nine great demons were true powerhouses of the Demon Plane. In terms of strength, they were all on par with Super Douluos in the Douluo world.
Their appearance was strikingly similar to Yuanen Yehui's current demonic form—gigantic figures with twin purple-black horns atop their heads and covered in purple-gold demonic patterns.
As the nine great demons emerged and stabilized the Demon Gate, waves upon waves of demonic creatures poured onto Sea God Island.
Xu Yuan took the lead.
Behind him, the tangible manifestation of his blood energy that had taken the form of a heavenly figure retracted into his body, compressing the surging blood energy within him to a terrifying degree.
A flash of multicolored light illuminated the area as Xu Yuan's figure grew taller and taller.
A five-meter-tall mech suit appeared before everyone.
The mech wielded a long spear, and on the battlefield, the surrounding blood essence energy seemed to emanate a sinister aura that struck fear into the hearts of those who witnessed it.
Unfazed, Xu Yuan controlled the mech and swiftly advanced, sweeping out a crescent-shaped spear arc that critically wounded the flying demons in the sky. The five-element energy contained within the spear's arc began decomposing their life force.
The golden ancient tree, utilizing Xu Yuan's five-element energy, absorbed these life forces.
On the battlefield, even the corpses of demons far from Xu Yuan were absorbed by the golden ancient tree in this manner.
The demon legion seemed endless, but under the relentless slaughter carried out by Xu Yuan and the inner court students, they could not fill the relatively small Sea God Island.
The corpses of the fallen demons were absorbed by the golden ancient tree, which was why Yun Ming could clearly sense its recovering strength.
The nine great demons roared, following the advice of the Demon Lord behind them. After stabilizing the light gates, they freed their hands and directed their attacks toward Xu Yuan, who had inflicted the most damage on the demon legion.
"Alright, this farce has gone on long enough."
Yun Ming's voice seemed to echo from the depths of the netherworld.
The space rippled in layers as his figure slowly materialized, and the surrounding heavens and earth instantly fell under his control.
The nine great demons were immediately overcome with boundless fear.
They had already felt the repulsion of the surrounding space earlier—a natural rejection from the Douluo Plane.
However, that repulsion was incomparable to the targeted suppression Yun Ming exerted now that he had taken control of the space.
The space solidified, and the nine great demons found it incredibly difficult to even lift their arms.
"Restrict!"
Yun Ming calmly uttered a single word.
Instantly, the nine great demons seemed to lose all their strength as chains formed from the forces of heaven and earth pierced through them, pinning them in place.
Above each great demon, a transparent, white-hot spear descended, impaling them.
Yun Ming did not linger on the great demons.
He took a step forward, appearing behind the nine great demons, and with a wave of his hand, he violently shook the nine massive light gates.
The nine gates were forcibly merged together.
With the assistance of the golden ancient tree, the spatial forces within were organized.
The forces of heaven and earth spread, quickly flowing through the spatial channel to the other side of the gate.
"Prepare the level-nine fixed-installation soul-guided cannon shells."
Yun Ming's voice was cold as he issued the command.
His own strength would be difficult to fully unleash on the other side of the channel.
But the soul-guided cannon shells could do the job.
Soul-guided cannon shells, strictly speaking, were the result of pushing their materials to their absolute limit, completely guiding out the energy contained within.
Their essence did not involve soul power.
Thus, even when sent to the Demon Plane, the explosion of a level-nine fixed-installation soul-guided cannon shell would retain its full power.
As Yun Ming's words faded, a blazing point of light shot past everyone at high speed.
The light was small; from afar, its core seemed no larger than a human head. However, the energy fluctuations it emitted sent shivers down the spine.
Xu Yuan felt the cannon shell pass close by, and an uncontrollable wave of fear rose within him.
This was pure energy fluctuation.
Boom!
Xu Yuan heard no sound, but the violent energy fluctuations transmitted back through the spatial channel allowed his mind to simulate the earth-shattering roar.
"Fellow elders, I leave it to you," Yun Ming said, glancing toward where the other pavilion elders were.
Without a word, Zhuo Shi and the other pavilion elders transformed into streaks of light, rushing into the Demon Gate.
Each of them fused with their three-word battle armors.
Ya Li, Zhuo Shi, Feng Wuyu, and Cai Yue'er—four sets of three-word battle armors—radiated dazzling brilliance.
Between them, there seemed to be a faint resonance.
The four charged into the Demon Gate.
"Charge!"
Xu Yuan let out a loud shout. As the leader of the current generation of Shrek's Seven Monsters, he led the way, guiding the inner court students into the Demon Gate.
After the recent battle, the rankings of the six members of the Seven Monsters aside from Xu Yuan might still require tallying, but Xu Yuan's position as the undisputed first was firmly established.
As he stepped through, the other students exchanged glances before charging in as well.
Of course, closest to Xu Yuan were the other members of the Seven Monsters who had been nearer to the core of the battle.
One after another, figures rushed into the Demon Gate.
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Spirit Pagoda Headquarters
Top floor
Qian Gu Dongfeng sensed a powerful surge of energy fluctuations. He set aside the documents in his hand and moved to the window, staring in the direction of Sea God Island.
"What happened?" His expression was grave as he gazed toward Sea God Island.
While the golden ancient tree could isolate the energy fluctuations caused by the opening of the Demon Gate, it couldn't completely smooth out the spatial ripples. Completely sealing off that space would have made it extremely difficult for the Demon Plane to establish a channel.
Not only could they not seal it off, but they also had to intentionally weaken the spatial integrity on that side.
Thus, the spatial ripples still managed to escape.
"The spatial fluctuations are incredibly intense. Is this something Shrek is capable of creating?"
What are they doing?
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