Chapter 1118 Frontier Crisis, Extraterritorial Army
Deep within the Thunder Emperor's Palace lies the Chaotic Thunder Pool.
The Chaotic Thunder Pool is not actually a pool of water, but a strange space formed entirely from the liquid source of thunder, whose color constantly changes between purple-silver and chaotic.
In the center of the pool stands an ancient jade platform with thunder patterns.
Mo Yu's main body and his physical clone sat cross-legged opposite each other on the jade platform.
The clone remained unmoved, like a seated war god, its aura contained yet still radiating a palpable physical pressure.
"Let's begin," Mo Yu murmured, slowly raising his hands to form an incredibly complex ancient hand seal that seemed to connect his own life essence with the Great Dao of Thunder.
"Hmm." The clone nodded, then slowly closed its eyes.
"Buzz!"
The next moment, a dazzling silver soul light suddenly lit up between Mo Yu's brows—that was his Saint-grade Heavenly Supreme Divine Soul Core!
At the same time, a ball of bronze-colored energy and blood, as hot as fire and as heavy as a mountain, also lit up at the heart of the physical clone. That was the sacred physical essence that the clone had been tempering for many years!
"Dividing the mind, binding the body, resonating with the origin, tracing back to the source!"
As Mo Yu chanted, a slender yet incredibly solid beam of light shot out from the soul light spot between his brows, directly piercing into the heart blood energy cluster of his clone!
Meanwhile, the energy and blood aura of the clone's heart also split off a stream of bronze light, which connected in reverse to the heart of Mo Yu's main body!
In an instant, a strange resonance was established between the two!
Mo Yu's main body and clone seemed to have transformed into two thunderous furnaces resonating in unison!
"melt!"
Mo Yu let out a low roar, and his hand seals suddenly changed!
"boom!"
The vast, star-like sacred blood and qi, the extremely refined strength of the tendons and bones, and the pure lightning imprint contained within the physical body began to surge wildly into Mo Yu's main body like a flood breaking through a dam, following the ancient bronze light stream!
Mo Yu's true form is like a bottomless black hole, greedily devouring and accepting this power that originates from the same source but is enormous!
At first, the incoming power was gentle and smooth, like rain after a long drought, nourishing Mo Yu's body and sweeping away the fatigue from the previous battle, and his aura began to steadily increase.
But soon, as more and more violent clones of the source poured in, the pain began!
That is, after all, an independent physical power that has reached the Saint-level. Even if it is of the same origin, its strength and total amount are enough to cause a huge impact and load on Mo Yu's original meridians, internal organs, and even cell structure!
"Humph!"
Mo Yu let out a muffled groan, his body trembling violently.
The veins on his skin bulged out like twisted thunder dragons, and his muscles and bones made a creaking sound as if they were about to break under the strain.
His face instantly turned crimson, and cold sweat poured down his forehead, only to be instantly evaporated by the surrounding raging lightning.
Even more terrifying is the pressure on the level of the soul.
Although the clone originated from the original, its physical body has been tempered for a hundred years and has long been imprinted with unique physical memories.
At this moment, these memories and inertia are like chaotic and surging undercurrents, impacting Mo Yu's soul and attempting to interfere with or even distort his own will and spiritual power.
"Stay true to yourself! I am who I am, and all things return to their source!"
Mo Yu held fast to the single point of clarity in his spiritual platform, and his Saint-grade divine soul burst forth with brilliant light, like a stabilizing lamp, remaining unmoved amidst the raging torrent of energy and chaotic memories.
With unparalleled will, he forcefully guided, sorted, and refined every ounce of power that surged in, imprinting it with his own mark and integrating it into his own Thunder Dao system.
The liquid lightning in the Chaos Thunder Pool seemed to be drawn in, transforming into countless streams that flowed into Mo Yu's body, assisting him in refining and fusing these external forces, and combining them with his own Heavenly Origin at a deeper level.
Time slipped away quietly amidst extreme pain and focus.
Mo Yu's body seemed to have transformed into a giant furnace, undergoing a tremendous reshaping and sublimation within.
His aura fluctuated, sometimes strong, sometimes weak, like a volcano about to erupt, and sometimes like a deep, boundless sea of stars.
But the overall trend is that it is climbing and impacting a higher limit at an astonishing speed!
The purple-silver thunder patterns on the body surface became increasingly dense and complex, showing a faint tendency to transform into a chaotic color.
The thunderous pressure emanating from his body became increasingly solid and heavy, carrying an ancient charm reminiscent of the creation of the world.
After an unknown amount of time, when the last trace of blood essence from the physical body clone was completely extracted and merged into the main body, that once incomparably powerful sacred body quietly transformed into countless points of light and dissipated, returning to the world.
As for Mo Yu's true form, it was as if he had been reborn!
His body remained upright, yet it seemed to contain a terrifying power capable of crushing stars with his bare hands.
Her skin was as smooth and lustrous as jade, yet beneath it seemed as if a galaxy of thunder was flowing ceaselessly.
Between the opening and closing of his eyes, the scene of destructive silver lightning and chaotic evolution intertwined, so profound that it was suffocating.
The vast ocean of spiritual energy within his body had expanded several times over, becoming more viscous and pure, with a chaotic texture.
Deep within the dantian, the Heavenly Origin condenses into a Thunder Emperor Pill, filled with the essence of thunder. Its surface is covered with extremely profound chaotic thunder patterns, and as it slowly rotates, it resonates with the laws of thunder throughout the heavens.
The bottleneck in the early stages of obtaining a Saint-grade item has already been broken!
Just one final step is needed to fully unleash and elevate that surging power and insight to the extreme, and then you can push open the door to a higher level!
Without any hesitation, Mo Yu used the peak power and spiritual clarity brought by the fusion of his clone to immerse himself in the comprehension of the Great Dao of Thunder.
The insights gained from past battles, the inspiration from the Chaos Thunder Source, the mysteries of the Chaos Thunder Orb, and the surging chaotic power within his body at this moment... all these insights, like rivers flowing into the sea, merged and permeated his heart.
His aura began to undergo a fundamental transformation, steadily moving towards a more expansive, more inclusive, and more fundamental direction...
Outside the Thunder Emperor Palace, although Qing Yanjing and the others could not see the details inside, they could clearly feel the increasingly terrifying and transformative thunderous pressure from deep within the earth.
They waited anxiously, their hearts filled with anticipation and prayer.
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While Mo Yu was in seclusion, in the distant outer void, the "Eastern Invasion Legion," coordinated by the Myriad Tribulations Thunder Demon Emperor and composed of elites from the four races, had already assembled.
The extraterrestrial army, like ferocious fangs quietly gleaming in the darkness, began to slowly infiltrate and approach the dimensional barrier at the eastern border of the Great Thousand World.
The resolution of the Eternal Dark Abyss, with speeds that transcend space, has been transformed into concrete action.
Under the personal coordination of the Thunder Demon Emperor and with a roar filled with vengeful joy, the four infamous evil races—the Thunder Demon Clan, the Blade Demon Clan, the Blood Demon Clan, and the Spirit Demon Clan—each drew upon their most elite and bloodthirsty forces.
These are not scattered soldiers, but a genuine, regular demon army of the evil race, including many powerful demons comparable to the Supreme Beings, Earthly Supreme Beings, and even Celestial Supreme Beings of the Great Thousand Worlds.
They are tightly organized, possess unpredictable magical abilities, and are fearless in the face of death; they are truly terrifying killing machines used for interdimensional conquest.
The four demonic armies did not converge in one place. Instead, like four poisoned dark daggers, they silently cleaved through the outer void from different directions, quietly approaching the eastern region of the Great Thousand World, the dimensional barrier that protected countless lives but also blocked countless covetous beings.
The four vanguards of the extraterrestrial evil race were in charge of the front line of this "Eastern Invasion" operation.
They are Li Wujiu, the "Sky-Splitting Thunder Demon," a ruthless and cunning deputy clan leader of the Thunder Demon Clan whose strength reached the early stage of the Heavenly Demon Emperor realm.
The Blade Demon Clan dispatched Tu Feng, the "Thousand Blade Demon Emperor," who revels in slaughter and possesses unparalleled swordsmanship.
The Blood Demon Clan is led by the bloodthirsty and greedy "Blood Sea Demon Emperor" Ming Tao, who is skilled in using filthy blood and qi.
The Spirit Demon Clan sent You Ji, the "Bewitching Demon Emperor," who was skilled in bewitching minds and manipulating souls.
All four were terrifying and powerful demon emperors whose hands were stained with the blood of countless living beings!
Their demonic army consisted of battle-hardened elites, and they carried various war weapons and strange secret techniques from different races.
Their goals are clear.
Tear open the defenses of the eastern border, create maximum chaos, probe the truth and seek the legendary "Chaotic Thunder Source Body".
The borders of the eastern frontier of this vast world are not undefended.
Over the long years, countless ancestors built defenses, set up outposts, and deployed early warning systems here.
After the establishment of the Zhen Dong Prince's Mansion, Mo Yu made it a top priority to integrate border defense and build a joint defense system. Qing Yanjing personally designed and improved many key node early warning and defense spirit arrays, and the prototype of the "Sky-Patrolling Thunder Eye" network began to extend to the border.
However, even the most stringent defenses are not immune to loopholes, especially when facing the long-planned and cunning infiltration of elite extraterrestrial evil forces.
Initially, it was a few remote outposts with relatively weak spiritual energy that suddenly lost contact during routine communications, as if they had been quietly swallowed up by darkness.
The medium-sized forces responsible for that area didn't pay much attention at first, thinking it was just a common spiritual storm or interference from alien beasts in the starry sky.
But panic began to grow when their reconnaissance teams also disappeared without a trace, and the last blurry images they sent back showed distorted demonic shadows and scarlet demonic eyes.
The message spread rapidly to the Thunder Continent through various channels.
"Report! Outpost No. 37 in the Shattered Star Belt has lost contact. The entire reconnaissance team has been wiped out, but the remaining footage has revealed traces of a suspected low-level Shadow Demon!"
"Urgent report! An abnormal spatial distortion has been detected on the outskirts of the Black Annihilation Continent, accompanied by a faint reaction of evil energy!"
"Warning! At the border of the Blazing Fire Domain, a small caravan has been attacked by an unknown force. All members have been turned into desiccated corpses, their life essence and soul drained. This is suspected to be the work of the Blood Demon Clan!"
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Urgent intelligence reports poured into the Zhen Dong Prince's Mansion like snowflakes.
Qing Yanjing, Lei Feier, and the others looked grave and immediately activated the emergency plan.
Dongfang Shuo, Venerable Baosheng, and Feng Wuyai were also alarmed. As the three of them were serving as retainers of the royal palace, they also participated in the analysis and judgment.
“It’s an extraterrestrial evil race! And there’s more than one race! They’re using various methods of infiltration and targeting different areas… They’re testing the reaction speed and weaknesses of my defenses!” Qing Yanjing quickly identified the hostility.
"Order the reserve forces of all units of the Eastern Garrison to move towards the relevant border areas! Activate the 'Sky-Patrol Thunder Eye' border nodes and scan with full force! Order all border defense forces to enter a state of highest combat readiness, hold their positions and await reinforcements, and do not launch any attacks without authorization!"
The order was issued swiftly, and the newly integrated war machine in the Eastern Region began to rumble into action.
However, the evil race acted faster and more ruthlessly than expected!
Just as the royal order was being transmitted, a tremendous surge of demonic energy erupted almost simultaneously in seemingly unconnected border regions!
The Star Shattered Belt defense line was suddenly torn open, creating a dark rift that stretched for thousands of miles!
Countless Thunder Demon warriors, wreathed in dark purple lightning and with ferocious faces, surged out like a tide!
Leading the charge was none other than "Sky-Splitting Thunder Demon" Li Wujiu, who wielded a ferocious demonic halberd that seemed to be condensed from countless thunderous demonic souls. He laughed wildly as he unleashed a ten-thousand-foot-long bolt of demonic lightning that tore through the void, instantly blasting several small stars that served as outposts nearby into dust!
The sect stationed here, renowned for its body-refining techniques, had its mountain-protecting formation shatter in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn under the impact of demonic lightning and countless powerful members of the Thunder Demon Clan.
The entire sect fought to the very last moment, their blood staining the starry sky red!
On the battlefield of the Black Annihilation Continent, space was not violently torn apart, but rather rippled out like water, with countless invisible, incomparably sharp sword energies and demonic thoughts seeping out!
The army of the Blade Demons appeared like ghosts, their figures elusive, their blades slicing through the void!
"Thousand Blade Demon Emperor" Tu Feng transformed into thousands of blade shadows. Wherever he passed, a continental fortress jointly built by three forces was sliced open like paper with its thick alloy armor and defensive formations, instantly turning its interior into a bloody slaughterhouse.
The border of the Blazing Fire Domain presents a completely different and terrifying scene.
In the void, a monstrous sea of blood suddenly surged forth, its stench overwhelming and corroding everything in its path!
The Blood Demon army hid in the sea of blood, emitting a terrifying shriek.
The resource continents and space stations shrouded in the sea of blood instantly caused all living beings, regardless of their cultivation level, to feel their blood and qi flowing backward, their souls about to shatter, and their essence and blood being uncontrollably drawn out of their bodies, merging into the sea of blood and becoming nourishment for the blood demon.
The "Blood Sea Demon Emperor" Ming Tao stood in the center of the Blood Sea, like a demon god, greedily absorbing fresh flesh and soul.
The most bizarre area is the far eastern border region.
No large-scale demon army appeared here, but the several fleets stationed here and the troops of the Zhen Dong Prince's Mansion successively experienced serious chaos and infighting.
Hallucinations abound, inner demons rage, trusted companions suddenly turn on you, and the formidable defenses crumble from within.
Occasionally, the elegant yet deadly figures of the Spirit Demon race would flash by in the illusory light, reaping souls that had fallen into madness.
The "Bewitching Demon Empress" Youji didn't even have to take action herself; she brought the area's defense system to the brink of collapse simply by spreading mental plagues and illusion seeds.
After breaching the border defenses of the Eastern Region of the Great Thousand World, the four demon races did not linger in battle. Instead, they led their extraterrestrial evil army straight into the heart of the Eastern Region!
The sudden blow and fierce offensive inflicted heavy losses on the newly integrated and still-in-the-tunnel border defenses in the eastern region.
When the news reached back, the Thunder Prison on the Thunder Continent was shaken!
